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The Black Keys: Let’s Rock

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On June 28, 2019, “Easy Eye Sound” and “Nonesuch” labels released “Let’s Rock”, the ninth Black Keys (The) studio album. It was recorded September 2018 – January 2019, at “Easy Eye Sound” in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney.

Personnel:

  • Dan Auerbach– vocals, guitar, bass guitar, percussion
  • Patrick Carney– guitar, drums, percussion
  • Leisa Hans – backing vocals
  • Ashley Wilcoxson – backing vocals
  • Allen Parker – engineer
  • Marc Whitmore – engineer
  • Tchad Blake– mixing
  • Richard Dodd – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney.

  1. Shine a Little Light
  2. Eagle Birds
  3. Lo/Hi
  4. Walk Across the Water
  5. Tell Me Lies
  6. Every Little Thing
  7. Get Yourself Together
  8. Sit Around and Miss You
  9. Go
  10. Breaking Down
  11. Under the Gun
  12. Fire Walk with Me

The Soft Boys: Underwater Moonlight

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On June 28, 1980, “Armageddon” label released “Underwater Moonlight”, the second Soft Boys studio album. It was recorded in June 1979, at “Spaceward Studios” in Cambridge, England, January – June 1980, at “Alaska” and “James Morgan Studios” in London, and was produced by Pat Collier and Spaceward.

Personnel:

  • Robyn Hitchcock– vocals, guitar, rhythm bass
  • Kimberley Rew– vocals, guitar, bass, synthesizer
  • Matthew Seligman– bass
  • Morris Windsor – vocals, drums
  • Gerry Hale– violin
  • Andy King – sitar
  • Pat Collier– engineer
  • James Morgan – engineer
  • Mike Kemp – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Robyn Hitchcock, except where noted.

  1. I Wanna Destroy You
  2. Kingdom of Love
  3. Positive Vibrations
  4. I Got the Hots
  5. Insanely Jealous
  6. Tonight
  7. You’ll Have to Go Sideways – Robyn Hitchcock, Kimberley Rew
  8. Old Pervert – Robyn Hitchcock, Kimberley Rew, Matthew Seligman, Morris Windsor
  9. Queen of Eyes
  10. Underwater Moonlight

Brad Mehldau And Renée Fleming: Love Sublime

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On June 27, 2006, “Nonesuch” label released “Love Sublime”, an album by Brad Mehldau and Renée Fleming. It was recorded in January 2006, at “SUNY Purchase Arts Center” in Purchase, New York.

Personnel:

  • Brad Mehldau– piano
  • Renée Fleming– vocals

Track listing:

  1. The Book of Hours: Love Poems to God: Your First Word Was Light – Brad Mehldau, Rainer Maria Rilke
  2. The Book of Hours: Love Poems to God: The Hour Is Striking So Close Above Me – Brad Mehldau, Rainer Maria Rilke
  3. The Book of Hours: Love Poems to God: I Love the Dark Hours of My Being – Brad Mehldau, Rainer Maria Rilke
  4. The Book of Hours: Love Poems to God: I Love You, Gentlest of Ways – Brad Mehldau, Raineer Maria Rilke
  5. The Book of Hours: Love Poems to God: No One Lives His Life – Brad Mehldau, Rainer Maria Rilke
  6. The Book of Hours: Love Poems to God: His Caring Is a Nightmare to Us – Brad Mehldau, Rainer Maria Rilke
  7. The Book of Hours: Love Poems to God: Extinguish My Eyes, I’ll Go On Seeing You – Brad Mehldau, Rainer Maria Rilke
  8. The Blue Estuaries: Tears in Sleep – Brad Mehldau, Louise Bogan
  9. The Blue Estuaries: Memory – Brad Mehldau, Louise Bogan
  10. The Blue Estuaries: A Tale – Brad Mehldau, Louise Bogan
  11. Love Sublime – Brad Mehldau, Renée Fleurine

Count Basie And His Orchestra: I Told You So

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In June 1976, “Pablo” label released “I Told You So”, album by Count Basie and his Orchestra. It was recorded in January 1976, at “RCA Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Norman Granz.

Personnel:

  • Count Basie- piano
  • Sonny Cohn- trumpet
  • Pete Minger- trumpet
  • Bobby Mitchell – trumpet
  • John Thomas – trumpet
  • Jack Feierman – trumpet
  • Al Grey- trombone
  • Curtis Fuller- trombone
  • Bill Hughes- trombone
  • Mel Wanzo- trombone
  • Bobby Plater- alto saxophone
  • Danny Turner – alto saxophone
  • Jimmy Forrest- tenor saxophone
  • Eric Dixon- tenor saxophone
  • Charlie Fowlkes- baritone saxophone
  • John Duke – double bass
  • Freddie Green- guitar
  • Butch Miles- drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Bill Holman, except where noted.

  1. Tree Frog
  2. Flirt
  3. Blues for Alfy
  4. Something to Live For – Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn
  5. Plain Brown Wrapper
  6. Swee’Pea
  7. Ticker
  8. Too Close for Comfort – Jerry Bock, George David Weiss, Larry Holofcener
  9. Told You So
  10. The Git

Cluster: Zuckerzeit

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In June 1974, “Brain” label released “Zuckerzeit”, the third Cluster album. It was recorded in January 1974 and was produced by Michael Rother, Hans-Joachim Roedelius and Dieter Moebius.

Personnel:

  • Hans-Joachim Roedelius
  • Dieter Moebius

Track listing:

  1. Hollywood – Hans – Joachim Roedelius
  2. Caramel – Dieter Moebius
  3. Rote Riki – Dieter Moebius
  4. Rosa – Hans – Joachim Roedelius
  5. Caramba – Dieter Moebius
  6. Fotschi Tong – Hans – Joachim Roedelius
  7. James – Dieter Moebius
  8. Marzipan – Hans – Joachim Roedelius
  9. Rotor – Dieter Moebius
  10. Heiße Lippen – Hans – Joachim Roedelius

Bill Callahan: Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest

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On June 14, 2019, “Drag City” label released “Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest”, the sixth Bill Callahan album (under his own name). It was recorded August 2018 – January 2019, at “Wonder Chamber” in Austin, Texas, and was produced by Bill Callahan.

Personnel:

  • Bill Callahan– vocals, acoustic guitar, Moog synthesizer, percussion, bowed psaltery, bowed banjo, harmonica, Wurlitzer electric piano, Casio SK-1, drum machine, mellotron, piano, kalimba, organ, bells
  • Brian Beattie – upright bass, acoustic bass, electric upright bass, percussion, piano, pump organ, Hammond organ, Moog synthesizer, mellotron, celesta, marimbula, bells
  • Matt Kinsey – acoustic guitar, percussion
  • Gary Newcomb – lap steel guitar
  • Adam Jones – drumkit
  • Dony Wynn – drumkit
  • Hanly Banks Callahan – backing vocals
  • Tori Olds – backing vocals
  • Brian Beattie – recording, mixing
  • JJ Golden – mastering
  • Joanna Skumanich – cover drawings
  • Dan Osborn – layout

Track listing:

All tracks by Bill Callahan, except where noted.

  1. Shepherd’s Welcome
  2. Black Dog on the Beach
  3. Angela
  4. The Ballad of the Hulk
  5. Writing
  6. Morning is My Godmother
  7. 747
  8. Watch Me Get Married
  9. Young Icarus
  10. Released
  11. What Comes After Certainty
  12. Confederate Jasmine
  13. Call Me Anything
  14. Son of the Sea
  15. Camels
  16. Circles
  17. When We Let Go
  18. Lonesome Valley
  19. Tugboats and Tumbleweeds
  20. The Beast

Graham Coxon: The Golden D

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On June 12, 2000, “Transcopic” label released “The Golden D”, the second Graham Coxon album. It was recorded in January 2000, and was produced by Graham Coxon.

Personnel:

  • Graham Coxon – vocals, all instruments, arrangements, programming, cover painting, illustrations, design
  • Ben Hillier – arrangements, programming, engineer
  • John Coles – engineer assistant
  • Ed Chadwick – engineer assistant
  • But – mastering
  • Alex Hutchinson – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Graham Coxon, except where noted.

  1. Jamie Thomas
  2. The Fear
  3. Satan I Gatan
  4. Fame and Fortune – Roger Miller
  5. My Idea of Hell
  6. Lake
  7. Fags and Failure
  8. Leave Me Alone
  9. Keep Hope Alive
  10. Oochy Woochy
  11. That’s When I Reach for My Revolver – Clint Conley
  12. Don’t Think About Always

Rahsaan Roland Kirk: Nature Black Ibventions: Root Strata

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In June 1971, “Atlantic” label released “Natural Black Inventions: Root Strata”, the 19th Rahsaan Roland Kirk album. It was recorded January – February 1971, at “Regent Sound Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Joel Dorn.

Personnel:

  • Roland Kirk – tenor saxophone,  manzello,  stritch,  clarinet, flute, black mystery pipes, harmonium, piccolo, bass drum, thundersheet, cymbals, bells, music box, palms, timpani, gong, bird sounds
  • Maurice McKinley – drums, congas
  • Joe Habad Texidor – tambourine, triangle, washboard, thundersheet
  • Sonelius Smith – piano
  • Bob Liftin – engineer
  • Lewis Hahn – engineer, mixing
  • Prince Givens – artwork
  • Loring Eutemey – design
  • Joel Dorn – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Rahsaan Roland Kirk except where noted.

  1. Something for Trane That Trane Could Have Said
  2. Island Cry
  3. Runnin’ from the Trash
  4. Day Dream – Duke Ellington, John Latouche, Billy Strayhorn
  5. The Ragman and the Junkman Ran from the Businessman They Laughed and He Cried
  6. Breath-A-Thon
  7. Rahsaanica
  8. Raped Voices
  9. Haunted Feelings
  10. Prelude Back Home
  11. Dance of the Lobes
  12. Harder and Harder Spiritual
  13. Black Root (Back to the Root)

Porcupine Tree: Up the Downstairs

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On June 7, 1993, “Delirium” label released “Up the Downstair”, the second Porcupine Tree studio album. It was recorded February 1992 – January 1993, at “No Man’s Land” in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England, and was produced by Steven Wilson.

Personnel:

  • Steven Wilson- vocals, various instruments
  • Richard Barbieri– electronics
  • Colin Edwin– bass guitar
  • Suzanne J. Barbieri– vocals

Track listing:

All music by Steven Wilson, all lyrics by Steven Wilson, except where noted.

  1. What You Are Listening To…
  2. Synesthesia
  3. Monuments Burn into Moments
  4. Always Never – Alan Duffy
  5. Up the Downstairs
  6. Not Beautiful Anymore
  7. Siren
  8. Small Fish – Alan Duffy
  9. Burning Sky
  10. Fadeaway – Alan Duffy