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Mick Jagger: Wandering Spirit

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On February 8, 1993, “Atlantic” label released “Wandering Spirit”, the third Mick Jagger solo album. “Wandering Spirit” was recorded from February to September 1992, in Los Angeles, and was produced by Mick Jagger and Rick Rubin.

Personnel:

  • Mick Jagger– lead vocals, guitar, clavinet, harmonica, percussion
  • Lenny Kravitz– vocals
  • Brendan O’Brien– guitar
  • Jay Dee Maness – pedal steel guitar
  • Jimmy Rip– guitar, percussion
  • Frank Simes– guitar
  • Benmont Tench– piano, organ
  • Billy Preston– piano, organ, clavinet
  • David Bianco – Moog synthesizer
  • Doug Wimbish– bass guitar
  • John Pierce – bass guitar
  • Flea– bass guitar
  • Jim Keltner– drums
  • Curt Bisquera– drums
  • Lenny Castro– percussion
  • Matt Clifford – virginal, harpsichord, conductor, string arrangements
  • Courtney Pine– saxophone
  • Robin McKidd – fiddle
  • Lynn Davis– backing vocals
  • Jean McClain – backing vocals
  • Pamela Quinlan – backing vocals
  • Jeff Pescetto – backing vocals

Track listing:

  1. Wired All Night – Mick Jagger
  2. Sweet Thing – Mick Jagger
  3. Out of Focus – Mick Jagger
  4. Don’t Tear Me Up – Mick Jagger
  5. Put Me in the Trash – Mick Jagger and Jimmy Rip
  6. Use Me – Bill Withers
  7. Evening Gown – Mick Jagger
  8. Mother of a Man – Mick Jagger
  9. Think – Lowman Pauling
  10. Wandering Spirit – Mick Jagger and Jimmy Rip
  11. Hang On to Me Tonight – Mick Jagger
  12. I’ve Been Lonely for So Long – Posie Knight and Jerry Weaver
  13. Angel in My Heart – Mick Jagger
  14. Handsome Molly (traditional) – Mick Jagger

Elvis Costello: Spike

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On February 7, 1989, “Warner Bros.” released “Spike”, the 12th Elvis Costello studio album. It was recorded 1987 – 1988, and was produced by Elvis Costello, Kevin Killen and T-Bone Burnett.

Personnel:

  • Elvis Costello– vocals, acoustic guitar, bass guitar, electric guitar, mandolin, piano, bells, acoustic bass guitar, organ, melodica
  • T-Bone Burnett– acoustic guitar, bass, national steel guitar
  • Dónal Lunny– acoustic guitar, bouzouki, electric bouzouki
  • Marc Ribot– banjo, electric guitar, Spanish guitar, sounds
  • Roger McGuinn– twelve-string guitar, Rickenbacker bass guitar
  • Allen Toussaint– grand piano
  • Mitchell Froom– organ, harmonium, electric piano, Chamberlin, Indian harmonium
  • Benmont Tench– piano, clavinet, spinet, Vox Continental
  • Derek Bell– Irish harp, hammered dulcimer
  • Frankie Gavin – fiddle
  • Davy Spillane– pipe, uilleann pipes, Low whistle
  • Steve Wickham– fiddle
  • Christy Moore– bodhran
  • Paul McCartney– Hofner bass guitar, Rickenbacker bass guitar
  • Nick Lowe– bass
  • Buell Neidlinger– cello, double bass
  • Jerry Scheff– electric bass, double bass, fuzz bass
  • Tom “T-Bone” Wolk– accordion, bass
  • Pete Thomas – drums
  • Willie Green – drums
  • Jerry Marotta– drums
  • Pete Thomas– drums
  • Lionel Batiste– bass drum
  • Jenell Marshall– snare drum
  • Jim Keltner– tom-toms, snare drum, Chinese cymbal
  • Michael Blair – glockenspiel, marimba, tambourine, xylophone, bells, timpani, vibraphone, Chinese drums, Oldsmobilehubcap, Parade drum, anvil, whiplash, crash-box, temple bells, snare drum, “magic table”, metal pipe, “Martian dog bark”
  • Ralph Forbes – electric drums, drum programming
  • Cait O’Riordan– maracas, bells
  • Kevin Harris– tenor saxophone
  • Charles Joseph– trombone
  • Kirk Joseph– sousaphone
  • Roger Lewis– baritone saxophone, soprano saxophone
  • Gregory Davis– trumpet
  • Efrem Towns– trumpet
  • Chrissie Hynde– harmony vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Elvis Costello, except where noted.

  1. …This Town…
  2. Let Him Dangle
  3. Deep Dark Truthful Mirror
  4. Veronica – Elvis Costello and Paul McCartney
  5. God’s Comic
  6. Chewing Gum
  7. Tramp the Dirt Down
  8. Stalin Malone
  9. Satellite
  10. Pads, Paws and Claws – Elvis Costello and Paul McCartney
  11. Baby Plays Around – Elvis Costello and Cait O’Riordan
  12. Miss Macbeth
  13. Any King’s Shilling
  14. Coal-Train Robberies
  15. Last Boat Leaving

Roy Orbison: Mystery Girl

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On January 31, 1989, “Virgin” label released posthumously “Mystery Girl”, the twenty – second Roy Orbison album. It was recorded July 1987 – November 1988, and was produced by Roy Orbison, Mike Campbell, Jeff Lynne, T Bone Burnett, Barbara Orbison and  Bono. On December 6, 1988, Orbison died from a heart attack aged 52.

Personnel:

  • Roy Orbison– lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitar
  • Jeff Lynne– electric and acoustic guitar, keyboards, piano, bass, backing vocals
  • Tom Petty– acoustic guitar, backing vocals
  • Billy Burnette– acoustic guitar, backing vocals
  • Rick Vito– electric and slide guitar, backing vocals
  • George Harrison– acoustic guitar
  • Mike Campbell– acoustic and electric guitar, bass, mandolin
  • Bono– electric guitar
  • David Rhodes– electric guitar
  • T Bone Burnett– electric guitar
  • Steve Cropper– electric guitar
  • Mitchell Froom– piano
  • Benmont Tench– piano, organ, cheap strings
  • Al Kooper– organ
  • Howie Epstein– bass, backing vocals
  • Tom “T-Bone” Wolk– bass
  • Buell Neidlinger– arco bass
  • Jerry Scheff– string bass
  • David Miner– string bass
  • Mickey Curry– drums
  • Ray Cooper– drums
  • Jim Keltner– drums
  • Ian Wallace– drums, percussion
  • Phil Jones – drums, percussion
  • Gary Coleman – percussion
  • Louis Clark– strings arrangements
  • Michael Utley– string arrangements
  • Barbara Orbison– backing vocals

Track listing:

  1. You Got It – Roy Orbison, Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty
  2. In the Real World – Richard Kerr, Will Jennings
  3. (All I Can Do Is) Dream You – Billy Burnette, David Malloy
  4. A Love So Beautiful – Roy Orbison, Jeff Lynne
  5. California Blue – Roy Orbison, Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty
  6. She’s a Mystery to Me – Bono, The Edge
  7. The Comedians – Elvis Costello
  8. The Only One – Wesley Orbison, Craig Wiselman
  9. Windsurfer – Roy Orbison, Bill Dees
  10. Careless Heart – Roy Orbison, Diane Warren, Albert Hammond

Ramones: End Of The Century

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On February 4, 1980, “Sire” label released “End of the Century”, the fifth Ramones studio album. It was recorded in May 1979, and was produced by Phil Spector. The album was the first release without original member Tommy Ramone, who in 1978 left the band but produced their previous album “Road to Ruin”.

Personnel:

  • Joey Ramone– lead vocals
  • Johnny Ramone– guitar
  • Dee Dee Ramone– bass, backing vocals
  • Marky Ramone– drums
  • Dan Kessel – guitar
  • David Kessel – guitar
  • Barry Goldberg- piano, organ
  • Jim Keltner- drums
  • Steve Douglas– saxophone

Track Listing:

All tracks by Joey Ramone, Johnny Ramone, Dee Dee Ramone, Marky Ramone and Dan Kessel, except where noted.

  1. Do You Remember Rock ‘n’ Roll Radio?
  2. I’m Affected
  3. Danny Says
  4. Chinese Rock – Dee Dee Ramone, Richard Hell
  5. The Return of Jackie and Judy
  6. Let’s Go
  7. Baby I Love You – Phil Spector,Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich
  8. I Can’t Make It on Time
  9. This Ain’t Havana
  10. Rock ‘n’ Roll High School
  11. All the Way
  12. High Risk Insurance

David Crosby: Oh Yes I Can

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David Crosby Oh Yes I Can

On January 23, 1989, “A&M” label released “Oh Yes I Can”, the second David Crosby solo studio album. It was recorded in 1988, at the “Devonshire Sound”, “A&M Studios” and “Cherokee Studios” in Los Angeles, and “Criteria” in Miami, and was produced by David Crosby, Craig Doerge and Stanley Johnson.

Personnel:

  • David Crosby  – lead and backing vocals, guitars
  • Michael Landau – guitar
  • Larry Carlton – guitar
  • Steve Lukather- guitar
  • Michael Hedges – guitar, backing vocal
  • Dan Dugmore – slide guitar
  • David Lindley – slide guitar
  • Danny Kortchmar- guitars
  • Craig Doerge – synthesizer, Yamaha TX816 Rhodes, acoustic piano, Rhodes, keyboards
  • Graham Nash – electric piano, backing vocals
  • Michael Finnigan- organ
  • Kenny Kirkland – electric piano
  • Kim Bullard – synthesizer
  • Tim Drummond- bass
  • George “Chocolate” Perry- bass
  • Leland Sklar- bass
  • Jim Keltner- drums
  • Russell Kunkel- drums, percussion
  • Joe Vitale – drums, organ, synthesizer
  • Joe Lala- percussion
  • Jerry Hey- trumpet, horn arrangement
  • Larry Williams – saxophone
  • Kim S. Hutchcroft – saxophone
  • Gary Grant – trumpet
  • Jackson Browne- backing vocal
  • Bonnie Raitt- backing vocal
  • James Taylor- backing vocal

Track listing:

  1. Drive My Car – David Crosby
  2. Melody – David Crosby, Craig Doerge
  3. Monkey and the Underdog – David Crosby, Craig Doerge
  4. In the Wide Run – Craig Doerge, Henske
  5. Tracks in the Dust – David Crosby
  6. Drop Down Mama – David Crosby
  7. Lady of the Harbor – David Crosby, Craig Doerge
  8. Distances – David Crosby
  9. Flying Man – David Crosby, Craig Doerge
  10. Oh Yes I Can – David Crosby
  11. My Country ‘Tis of Thee – traditional, arr. Michael Hedges

George Harrison & Frineds: The Concert for Bangladesh

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On December 20, 1971, “Apple” label released “The Concert for Bangladesh”  a live triple album by George Harrison and his friends. The album is recording from the concert on August 1, 1971, at “Madison Square Garden” in New York, held in aid of the homeless Bengali refugees of the Bangladesh Liberation War. This was the first big humanitarian concert with international music stars and was the model for future big rock benefits events such as “Live Aid” (1985).  The album was produced by George Harrison and Phil Spector. The box set included a 64-page book containing concert photos. ”The Concert for Bangladesh” won “Grammy Award” for “Album of the Year”.

Personnel:

  • George Harrison – vocals, electric and acoustic guitars, backing vocals
  • Ravi Shankar– sitar
  • Bob Dylan– vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica
  • Leon Russell– piano, vocals, bass, backing vocals
  • Ringo Starr– drums, vocals, tambourine
  • Billy Preston– Hammond organ, vocals
  • Eric Clapton– electric guitar
  • Ali Akbar Khan– sarod
  • Alla Rakha– tabla
  • Kamala Chakravarty– tambura
  • Jesse Ed Davis– electric guitar
  • Klaus Voormann– bass
  • Jim Keltner– drums
  • Pete Ham– acoustic guitar
  • Tom Evans– twelve-string acoustic guitar
  • Joey Molland– acoustic guitar
  • Mike Gibbins– tambourine, maracas
  • Don Preston– electric guitar, vocals, percussion
  • Carl Radle– bass
  • Jim Horn– saxophones, horn arrangements
  • Chuck Findley– trumpet
  • Jackie Kelso– saxophones
  • Allan Beutler – saxophones
  • Lou McCreary – trombone
  • Ollie Mitchell– trumpet
  • Claudia Linnear, Jo Green, Jeanie Greene, Marlin Greene, Dolores Hall, Don Nix – backing vocals
  • Tom Wilkes – design

Track listing:

  1. George Harrison/Ravi Shankar Introduction – George Harrison, Ravi Shankar
  2. Bangla Dhun – Ravi Shankar
  3. Wah-Wah – George Harrison
  4. My Sweet Lord – George Harrison
  5. Awaiting on You All – George Harrison
  6. That’s the Way God Planned It – Billy Preston
  7. It Don’t Come Easy – Richard Starkey
  8. Beware of Darkness – George Harrison
  9. Band Introduction
  10. While My Guitar Gently Weeps – George Harrison
  11. Medley: Jumpin’ Jack Flash/Youngblood – Mick Jagger, Keith Richards/Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller, Doc Pomus
  12. Here Comes the Sun – George Harrison
  13. A Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall – Bob Dylan
  14. It Takes A Lot to Laugh It – Bob Dylan
  15. Blowin’ in the Wind – Bob Dylan
  16. Mr. Tambourine Man – Bob Dylan
  17. Just Like A Woman – Bob Dylan
  18. Something – George Harrison
  19. Bangla Desh – George Harrison

George Harrison: Dark Horse

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Dark Horse

On December 9, 1974, “Apple” label released “Dark Horse”, the fifth George Harrison studio album. It was recorded November 1973, and August – October 1974, at “FPSHOT” in Oxfordshire and “A&M Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by George Harrison.

Personnel:

  • George Harrison– lead and backing vocals , guitars, Moog synthesizer, clavinet, organ, bass, percussion, gubgubbi, drums
  • Robben Ford– guitar
  • Ron Wood– guitar
  • Alvin Lee– guitar
  • Mick Jones– guitar
  • Billy Preston– electric piano, organ, piano
  • Gary Wright– piano
  • Nicky Hopkins– piano
  • Roger Kellaway– piano, organ
  • Willie Weeks– bass
  • Klaus Voormann– bass
  • Max Bennett– bass
  • John Guerin– drums
  • Ringo Starr– drums
  • Andy Newmark– drums, percussion
  • Jim Keltner– drums
  • Emil Richards– percussion
  • Tom Scott– saxophones, flute, horn arrangements , organ
  • Jim Horn– flute
  • Chuck Findley– flute
  • Derrek Van Eaton– backing vocals
  • Lon Van Eaton– backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by George Harrison, except where noted.

  1. Hari’s on Tour
  2. Simply Shady
  3. So Sad
  4. Bye Bye, Love – Felice Bryant, Boudleaux Bryant, George Harrison
  5. Māya Love
  6. Ding Dong, Ding Dong
  7. Dark Horse
  8. Far East Man – George Harrison, Ron Wood
  9. It Is ‘He’ – Jai Sri Krishna

Eric Clapton: Journeyman

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On November 7, 1989, “Duck” label released “Journeyman”, the eleventh Eric Clapton studio album. It was recorded in 1989, and was produced by Russ Tielman. Clapton won “Grammy Award” for “Best Male Rock Vocal Performance” in 1990 for the song “Bad Love”. “Journeyman” became the first Clapton’s solo studio album to go double platinum.

Personnel:

  • Eric Clapton – vocals, guitar, Dobro, design
  • Robert Cray– guitar
  • Phil Palmer– guitar
  • John Tropea– rhythm guitar
  • George Harrison– guitar, harmony vocals
  • Cecil Womack– vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Jerry Lynn Williams– guitar, backing and harmony vocals
  • Jeff Bova– synthesizer programming, drum programming, synthesizer horns
  • Alan Clark– synthesizer, keyboards, Hammond organ, sequencing
  • Robbie Kondor– synthesizer, harmonica, keyboards, vocoder, drum programming
  • Rob Mounsey– synthesizer
  • Robby Kilgore – synthesizer
  • Greg Phillinganes– synthesizer, piano, keyboards, background vocals
  • Richard Tee– piano, Fender Rhodes
  • Nathan East– bass, backing vocals
  • Pino Palladino- bass
  • Jim Keltner– percussion, drums, tambourine, drum programming
  • Phil Collins– drums , backing and harmony vocals
  • Carole Steele – percussion, conga, tambourine
  • Gary Burton– vibraphone
  • David Sanborn– alto saxophone
  • Hank Crawford– alto saxophone
  • Ronnie Cuber– baritone saxophone
  • David “Fathead” Newman– tenor saxophone
  • Jon Faddis– trumpet
  • Lew Soloff– trumpet
  • Linda Womack– vocals
  • Daryl Hall– harmony vocals
  • Tawatha Agee – backing vocals
  • Lani Groves – backing vocals
  • Chaka Khan– backing vocals
  • Tessa Niles– backing vocals
  • Vanessa Thomas – backing vocals
  • Jimmy Bralower – drum programming
  • Arif Mardin– arrangements, string arrangements

Track listing:

  1. Pretending – Jerry Lynn Williams
  2. Anything for Your Love – Jerry Lynn Williams
  3. Bad Love – Eric Clapton, Mick Jones
  4. Running on Faith – Jerry Lynn Williams
  5. Hard Times – Ray Charles
  6. Hound Dog – Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
  7. No Alibis – Jerry Lynn Williams
  8. Run So Far – George Harrison
  9. Old Love – Eric Clapton, Robert Cray
  10. Breaking Point – Marty Grebb, Jerry Lynn Williams
  11. Lead Me On – Cecil Womack, Linda Womack
  12. Before You Accuse Me – Ellas McDaniel

George Harrison: Gone Troppo

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On November 5, 1982, “Dark Horse” label released “Gone Troppo”, the tenth George Harrison studio album. Harrison’s last studio album in five years, was recorded from May 5 to August 27, 1982, at the “FPSHOT” in Oxfordshire, and was produced by George Harrison, Ray Cooper and Phil McDonald.

Personnel:

  • George Harrison– vocals, guitars, synthesizer, bass, mandolin, marimba, jal-tarang
  • Joe Brown– mandolin, backing vocals
  • Neil Larsen – piano
  • Mike Moran– keyboards, synthesizer, piano, synthesizer bass
  • Billy Preston– organ, piano, keyboards, synthesizer, backing vocals
  • Jon Lord– synthesizer
  • Gary Brooker– synthesizer
  • Herbie Flowers– bass
  • Alan Jones – bass
  • Willie Weeks– bass
  • Ray Cooper– percussion, marimba, glockenspiel, electric piano, sound effects
  • Henry Spinetti– drums
  • Jim Keltner– percussion, drums
  • Dave Mattacks– drums
  • Willie Greene – backing vocals, bass voice
  • Bobby King– backing vocals
  • Vicki Brown– backing vocals
  • Pico Pena – backing vocals
  • Syreeta– backing vocals
  • Sarah Ricor – backing vocals
  • Rodina Sloan – backing vocals
  • Legs Larry Smith– art direction, design

Track listing

All compositions by George Harrison, except where noted.

  1. Wake Up My Love
  2. That’s the Way It Goes
  3. I Really Love You – Leroy Swearingen
  4. Greece
  5. Gone Troppo
  6. Mystical One
  7. Unknown Delight
  8. Baby Don’t Run Away
  9. Dream Away
  10. Circles

John Lennon: Menlove Ave

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John Lennon-Menlove Avenue

On November 3, 1986, “Parlaphone” label released “Menlove Ave”, the  second John Lennon posthumous album. The album featured outtakes from “Rock’n’Roll” and “Walls and Bridges” sessions, produced by Phil Spector and John Lennon.

Personnel:

  • John Lennon – vocals, guitar, keyboards, piano, arrangements
  • Jesse Ed Davis – guitar
  • Klaus Voorman – bass
  • Jim Keltner – drums
  • Arthur Jenkins – percussion
  • Little Big Horns – horns
  • Dave Thoener – engineer
  • Ed Sprigg – engineer
  • Lee Keifer – engineer
  • Roy Cicala – engineer
  • Shelly Yakus – engineer
  • Jim Lovine – engineer assistant
  • Rob Stevens – mixing
  • George Marino – mastering
  • Roy Kohara – art direction
  • Mark Shoolery – art direction
  • Andy Warhol – illustration
  • Yoko Ono – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by John Lennon, except where noted.

  1. Here We Go Again – John Lennon, Phil Spector
  2. Rock and Roll People
  3. Angel Baby – Rosie Hamlin
  4. Since My Baby Left Me – Arthur Crudup
  5. To Know Her Is to Love Her – Phil Spector
  6. Steel and Glass
  7. Scared
  8. Old Dirt Road – John Lennon, Harry Nilsson
  9. Nobody Loves You
  10. Bless You