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Blind Melon: Soap

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On August 15, 1995, “Capitol” label released “Soup”, the second Blind Melon studio album. It was recorded November 1994 – January 1995, at “Kingsway Studios” in “Ultrasonic Studios” in New Orleans, and was produced by Andy Wallace.

Personnel:

  • Shannon Hoon – vocals, guitar, harmonica, kazoo
  • Rogers Stevens – lead guitar, piano, Hammond organ
  • Christopher Thorn – rhythm guitar, mandolin, banjo
  • Brad Smith – bass guitar, double bass, flute
  • Glen Graham – drums, percussion
  • Miles Tackett – cello
  • Jena Kraus – backing vocals
  • Andy Wallace – engineer
  • Steve Sisco – mixing assistant

Track listing:

All tracks by Shannon Hoon, Rogers Stevens, Christopher Thorn, Brad Smith and Glen Graham.

  • (untitled track)
  • Hello, Goodbye [50-second unlisted track] / Galaxie
  • 2×4
  • Vernie
  • Skinned
  • Toes Across the Floor
  • Walk
  • Dumptruck
  • Car Seat (God’s Presents)
  • Wilt
  • The Duke
  • St. Andrew’s Fall
  • New Life
  • Mouthful of Cavities
  • Lemonade

Bill Evans: Getting Sentimental

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On August 12, 2003, “Milestone” label released “Getting Sentimental”, 71st Bill Evans album. It was recorded in January 1978, at the “Village Vanguard” in New York City.

Personnel:

  • Bill Evans – piano
  • Michael Moore – bass
  • Philly Joe Jones – drums
  • Mike Harris – recording
  • Joe Tarantino – digital mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Bill Evans, except where noted.

  1. I Should Care – Sammy Cahn, Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston
  2. How My Heart Sings – Earl Zindars
  3. Gary’s Theme – Gary McFarland
  4. I’m Getting Sentimental Over You – George Bassman, Ned Washington
  5. Quiet Now – Denny Zeitlin
  6. Re: Person I Knew
  7. The Peacocks – Jimmy Rowles
  8. Emily – Johnny Mandel, Johnny Mercer
  9. Theme from M*A*S*H (Suicide Is Painless) – Mike Altman, Johnny Mandel
  10. Turn Out the Stars
  11. When I Fall in Love – Edward Heyman, Victor Young
  12. In Your Own Sweet Way – Dave Brubeck
  13. But Beautiful – Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen
  14. I Love You – Cole Porter

Blur: The Ballad Of Darren

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On July 21, 2023, “Parlaphone” label released “The Ballad of Darren”, the ninth Blur studio album. It was recorded January – May 2023, at “Studio 13” in London and Devon, and was produced by James Ford.

Personnel:

  • Damon Albarn – lead and backing vocals, keyboards, piano
  • Graham Coxon – lead and backing vocals, guitar
  • Alex James – bass guitar
  • Dave Rowntree – drums, backing vocals
  • James Ford – keyboards
  • Chris Storr – trumpet
  • Danny Marsden – trumpet
  • Alistair White – trombone
  • Nichol Thompson – trombone
  • Kotono Sato – violin
  • Sarah Tuke – violin
  • Ciara Ismail – viola
  • Izzi Dunn – cello
  • Samuel Egglenton – engineer, additional production
  • Mat Bartram – strings engineering, brass engineering
  • Giacomo Vianello – engineering assistant
  • Luke Pickering – engineering assistant
  • David Wrench – mixing
  • Grace Banks – mixing assistant
  • Matt Colton – mastering
  • Martin Parr – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree.

  1. The Ballad
  2. St. Charles Square
  3. Barbaric
  4. Russian Strings
  5. The Everglades (for Leonard)
  6. The Narcissist
  7. Goodbye Albert
  8. Far Away Island
  9. Avalon
  10. The Heights

Fantômas: The Director’s Cut

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On July 9, 2001, “Ipecac” label released “The Director’s Cut”, the second Fantômas studio album. It was recorded in January 2001, and was produced by Mike Patton.

Personnel:

  • Mike Patton – vocals, keyboards, melodica, arrangements, artwork
  • Buzz Osborne – guitar
  • Trevor Dunn – bass guitar
  • Dave Lombardo – drums
  • S. Husky Höskul – engineer
  • Magnum D. I. – engineer assistant
  • Toji-Division – engineer assistant
  • Desmond Shea – engineer assistant
  • DJ Klinger and Radar – engineer assistant
  • George Horn – mastering
  • Martin Kvamme – artwork
  • Kai Myhre – photography

Track listing:

  1. The Godfather – Nino Rota
  2. Der Golem – Karl Ernst Sasse
  3. Experiment in Terror – Henry Mancini
  4. One Step Beyond – Harry Lubin
  5. Night of the Hunter (remix) – Walter Schumann
  6. Cape Fear – Bernard Herrmann
  7. Rosemary’s Baby – Krzysztof Komeda
  8. The Devil Rides Out (remix) – James Bernard
  9. Spider Baby – Ronald Stein
  10. The Omen (Ave Satani) – Jerry Goldsmith
  11. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer – Robert McNaughton
  12. Vendetta – John Barry
  13. Untitled
  14. Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion – Ennio Morricone
  15. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me – Angelo Badalamenti
  16. Charade – Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer

Letlive: The Blackest Beautiful

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On July 9, 2013, “Epitaph” label released “The Blackest Beautiful”, the third Letlive studio album. It was recorded June 2012 – January 2013, at “Suburban Soul Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Kit Walters, Stephen George, Jason Aalon Butler, Jeff Sahyoun, Ryan Jau Johnson and Jean Francisco Nascimento.

Personnel:

  • Jason Aalon Butler – lead vocals
  • Jeff Sahyoun – guitar, backing vocals
  • Jean Francisco Nascimento – guitar, keyboard
  • Ryan Jay Johnson – bass, backing vocals
  • Christopher Crandall – drums, percussion
  • Stephen George – mixing
  • Jonathan Weiner – artwork, layout

Track listing:

All tracks by Jason Aalon Butler, Jeff Sahyoun, Ryan Jau Johnson and Jean Francisco Nascimento.

  1. Banshee (Ghost Fame)
  2. Empty Elvis
  3. White America’s Beautiful Black Market
  4. Dreamer’s Disease
  5. That Fear Fever
  6. Virgin Dirt
  7. Younger
  8. The Dope Beat
  9. The Priest and Used Cars
  10. Pheromone Cvlt
  11. 27 Club

PJ Harvey: I Inside The Old Year Dying

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On July 7, 2023, “Partisan” label released “I Inside the Old Year Dying”, the tenth PJ Harvey studio album. It was recorded January – February 2022, at “Battery Studios” in London, and was produced by John Parish, Flood and Rob Kirwan.

Personnel:

  • PJ Harvey – vocals, nylon string guitar, steel string guitar, electric guitar, baritone guitar, bass guitar, piano, Rhodes piano, bass clarinet, drawings, inner sleeve photography
  • John Parish – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, drums, percussion, Rhodes piano, synth, variophon, trombone, bass guitar, mixing
  • Cecil – field recording samples, voice samples, bass keyboards, keyboards, synth, piano, loop creations, additional recording
  • Flood – synth, field recording samples, effects, pedals, loop creations, sonic disturbance, mixing
  • Ben Whishaw – backing vocals
  • Colin Morgan – backing vocals
  • Rob Kirwan – recording, mixing
  • Oliver Baldwin – additional recording
  • Sam Petts-Davies – original recordings of Ben Whishaw and Colin Morgan
  • Ed Farrell – engineer assistant
  • Jacob Zinzan – 2nd engineer assistant
  • Jason Mitchell – mastering
  • Jasdaface – lacquer cut by
  • Michelle Henning – art direction, design, front cover photography
  • Todd Lynn – back cover portrait – dress by
  • Kieran Tudor – back cover portrait – hair by
  • Rob Crane – additional design, typesetting
  • Steve Gullick – portrait and studio photograph
  • Brian Whar – portrait and studio photography assisted by
  • Sumit Bothra – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by PJ Harvey.

  1. Prayer at the Gate
  2. Autumn Term
  3. Lonesome Tonight
  4. Seem and I
  5. The Nether -edge
  6. I Inside the Old Year Dying
  7. All Souls
  8. A Child’s Question, August
  9. I Inside the Old I Dying
  10. August
  11. A Child’s Question, July
  12. A Noiseless Noise

The Gathering: If Then Else

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On July 3, 2000, “Century Media” label released “If Then Else”, the sixth Gathering (The) studio album. It was recorded January – March 2000, at “Koeienverhuurbedrijf Studio”, in Purmerend, and at “S&K Studio”, Doetinchem, in Holland, and was produced by Zlaya Hadzich, René Rutten, Hans Rutten, Silje Wergeland, Hugo Prinsen Geerligs and Frank Boeijen.

Personnel:

  • Silje Wergeland – lead vocals
  • René Rutten – guitars
  • Frank Boeijen – keyboards
  • Hugo Prinsen Geerligs – bass
  • Hans Rutten – drums
  • Ad Verspaandonk – trombone
  • Bart van Vegchel – French horn
  • Emmeke Bressers – oboe
  • Jiska ter Bals – violin
  • Jasper Slotboom – cello
  • Marthe Kalkhoven – cello

Track listing:

All lyrics by Anneke van Giersbergen, except when noted, all music by René Rutten, Hans Rutten, Silje Wergeland, Hugo Prinsen Geerligs and Frank Boeijen.

  1. Rollercoaster
  2. Shot to Pieces
  3. Amity
  4. Bad Movie Scene
  5. Colorado Incident – René Rutten, Anneke van Giersbergen
  6. Beautiful War
  7. Analog Park
  8. Herbal Movement
  9. Saturnine
  10. Morphis’s Waltz
  11. Pathfinder

Dover: Late At Night

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On June 28, 1999, “Lol Jackson” label released “Late at Night”, the third Dover studio album. It was recorded January – March 1999, at “Robert Lang Studios” in Seattle, Washington, and was produced by Barret Jones.

Personnel:

  • Cristina Llanos – vocals, guitar
  • Amparo Llanos – guitar
  • Álvaro Díez – bass guitar
  • Jesús Antúnez – drums
  • Chip Butters – engineer assistant
  • Barrett Jones – recording, mixing
  • Stephen Marcussen – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Amparo Llanos and Cristina Llanos.

  1. DJ
  2. Four Graves
  3. Cherry Lee
  4. Me and My Mulón
  5. Free Kitten
  6. Downtown
  7. Flashback
  8. Straight to Jail
  9. Sea Witch
  10. Far
  11. The Real Me
  12. The Hitter
  13. Late at Night

Jackie Wilson And Count Basie: Manufacturers Of Soul

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 In June 1968, “Brunswick” label released “Manufacturers of Soul”, album by Jackie Wilson and Count Basie (the 18th Jackie Wilson album overall). It was recorded in January 1968, in Los Angeles, and was produced by Nat Tarnopol and Teddy Reig.

Personnel:

  • Jackie Wilson – vocals
  • Count Basie – piano
  • Bobby Plater, Marshal Royal – alto saxophone
  • Eric Dixon, Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis – tenor saxophone
  • Charlie Fowlkes – baritone saxophone
  • Al Aarons, Oscar Brashear, Gene Coe, Sonny Cohn – trumpet
  • Richard Boone, Steve Galloway, Grover Mitchell – trombone
  • Bill Hughes – bass trombone
  • Freddie Green – guitar
  • Uncredited – bass
  • Harold Jones – drums
  • Benny Carter – arrangements
  • Decca Photo Studio – photography
  • Hal Buksbaum – photography
  • Teddy Reig – liner notes

Track listing.

  1. Funky Broadway – Lester Christian
  2. For Your Precious Love – Arthur Brooks, Richard Brooks, Jerry Butler
  3. In the Midnight Hour – Steve Cropper, Wilson Pickett
  4. Ode to Billy Joe – Bobbie Gentry
  5. Chain Gang – Sam Cooke
  6. I Was Made to Love Her – Stevie Wonder, Lula Mae Hardaway, Henry Cosby, Sylvia Moy
  7. Uptight (Everything’s Alright) – Stevie Wonder, Henry Cosby, Sylvia Moy
  8. I Never Loved a Woman (The Way I Love You) – Ronnie Shannon
  9. Respect – Otis Redding
  10. Even When You Cry – Quincy Jones, Alan and Marilyn Bergman
  11. My Girl – Smokey Robinson, Ronald White

Flaming Lips: Transmissions From Satelite Heart

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On June 22, 1993, “Warner Bros” label released “Transmissions from the Satellite Heart”, the sixth Flaming Lips studio album. It was recorded January – February 1993, and was produced by Keith Cleversley.

Personnel:

  • Wayne Coyne – vocals, guitar
  • Ronald Jones – guitar, backing vocals
  • Michael Ivins – bass, backing vocals
  • Steven Drozd – vocals, drums, keyboards, guitar
  • Keith Cleversley – recording, mixing

Track listing:

All tracks by Wayne Coyne, Ronald Jones, Michael Ivins and Steven Drozd, except where noted.

  1. Turn It On
  2. Pilot Can at the Queer of God
  3. Oh My Pregnant Head (Labia in the Sunlight)
  4. She Don’t Use Jelly
  5. Chewin the Apple of Yer Eye
  6. Superhumans
  7. Be My Head
  8. Moth in the Incubator
  9. Plastic Jesus – Ed Rush, George Cromarty
  10. When Yer Twenty Two
  11.  Slow•Nerve•Action