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Rain Parade: Last Rays Of A Dying Sun

On August 4, 2023, “51 Recordings” label released “Last Rays of a Dying Sun”, the third Rain Parade studio album. It was recorded 2022 – 2023, at “25th Street Recording”, “Wally Sound”, and “Skyline Studio” in Oakland, California, “Babwe Sound” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Jim Hill.

Personnel:

  • Matt Piucci – vocals, guitar, keyboards, harmonica, baritone guitar, sitar, bass
  • John Thoman – vocals, guitar
  • Derek See – vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • Steven Roback – vocals, bass, acoustic guitar
  • Stephan Junca – drums, percussion
  • Mark Hanley – vocals, keyboards, bass
  • Jim Hill – vocals, treatments and manipulations, synthesizer, tambourine
  • Meena Makhijani – tabla
  • Mac Hill – synthesizer
  • Aryeh Frankfurter – strings
  • Debbi Peterson – backing vocals
  • Vicki Peterson – backing vocals
  • Greg Moore – backing vocals
  • Thom Moore – backing vocals
  • Rob Bonfiglio – backing vocals
  • Marcus Blake – backing vocals
  • Darian Sahanaja – backing vocals, backing vocal arrangements
  • Jim Hill – engineer
  • Gabriel Shepard – engineer assistant
  • Wally Sound – engineer assistant
  • Varun Kejriwal – engineer assistant
  • Chris Bellman – mastering
  • Stefanie Beltran – art direction
  • Jon Krop – packaging layout
  • Emily Wick – cover photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Matt Piucci and Steven Roback.

  1. Angel Sister
  2. Last Rays of a Dying Sun
  3. Couldn’t Stand to Be Alone
  4. Bring You Back
  5. Got the Fear
  6. Share Your Love
  7. Sundays Almost Gone
  8. Green
  9. Forgetfulness
  10. Other Side of You
  11. Left the Fire

Wall Of Voodoo: Dark Continent

On August 18, 1981, “I.R.S.” label released “Dark Continent”, the debut Wall of Voodoo album. It was recorded in 1981, and was produced by Jim Hill, Paul McKenna, Stanard Ridgway, Marc Moreland, Bruce Moreland, Chas Gray and Joe Nanini.

Personnel:

  • Stanard Ridgway – vocals, keyboards, harmonica
  • Marc Moreland – guitar
  • Chas Gray – keyboards, synthesizers
  • Bruce Moreland – bass guitar, keyboards
  • Joe Nanini – drums, percussion
  • Jim Hill – co-engineer
  • Paul McKenna – co-engineer
  • Kirk Ferraioli – engineer assistant
  • Phillip Culp – art direction, design
  • Scott Lindgren – photography

Track listing:

All tracks written by Stanard Ridgway, Marc Moreland, Bruce Moreland, Chas Gray and Joe Nanini.

  1. Red Light
  2. Two Minutes Till Lunch
  3. Animal Day
  4. Full of Tension
  5. Me and My Dad
  6. Back in Flesh
  7. Tse Tse Fly
  8. Call Box (1-2-3)
  9. This Way Out
  10. Good Times
  11. Crack the Bell