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Bob Mould: Life And Times

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On April 7, 2009, “ANTI“ label released “Life and Times”, the ninth Bob Mould album. It was recorded in 2009, and was produced by Bob Mould.

Personnel:

  • Bob Mould – vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards, percussion, programming, mixing, layout
  • Jon Wurster – drums
  • Frank Marchand – drums recording
  • Jim Wilson – mastering
  • Tom D. Kline – layout
  • Micheal Brodbeck – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Bob Mould.

  1. Life and Times
  2. The Breach
  3. City Lights (Days Go By)
  4. MM 17
  5. Argos
  6. Bad Blood Better
  7. Wasted World
  8. Spiraling Down
  9. I’m Sorry, Baby, But You Can’t Stand in My Light Anymore
  10. Lifetime

The Sensational Alex Harvey Band: Framed

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In December 1972, “Vertigo” label released “Framed”, the debut Sensational Alex Harvey Band (The) album. It was recorded in 1972, at “Morgan Studios” in London, and was produced by Alex Harvey, Zal Cleminson, Hugh Mckenna, Chris Glen and Eddie McKenna.

Personnel:

  • Alex Harvey – lead vocals
  • Zal Cleminson – lead guitar
  • Hugh McKenna – electric piano
  • Chris Glen – bass guitar
  • Eddie McKenna – drums
  • Phil Kenzie – tenor saxophone
  • Big Bud’s Brass – brass section
  • Mike Bobak – engineer
  • Jim Wilson – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Alex Harvey, except where noted.

  1. Framed – Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
  2. Hammer Song
  3. Midnight Moses
  4. Isobel Goudie (Part 1: My Lady of the Night, Part 2: Coitus Interruptus, Part 3: Virgin and the Hunter)
  5. Buff’s Bar Blues
  6. I Just Want to Make Love to You – Willie Dixon
  7. Hole In Her Stocking
  8. There’s No Lights On The Christmas Tree, Mother They’re Burning Big Louie Tonight – Jim Condron
  9. St. Anthony

Richard Thompson: Sweet Warrior

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On May 28, 2007, “Proper” label released “Sweet Warrior”. the thirteenth Richard Thompson studio album. It was recorded October – December 2006, at “House of Blues Studio” in Encino, California, and was produced by Simon Tassano and Richard Thompson.

Personnel:

  • Richard Thompson – vocals, electric guitar, steel-string acoustic guitar, mandolin, accordion, tin whistle, autoharp, harmonium, hurdy-gurdy, electronic organ, handclaps
  • Michael Hays – rhythm guitar, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
  • Danny Thompson – double bass
  • Taras Prodaniuk – electric bass guitar
  • Michael Jerome – drums, percussion
  • Sara Watkins – fiddle
  • Joe Sublett – tenor saxophone
  • Joe Buck – first violin
  • Al Michaels – second violin
  • Novi Ola – viola
  • Judith Owen – handclaps, backing vocals
  • Simon Tassano – handclaps
  • Chris Kasych – handclaps
  • Doug Tyo – engineer
  • Chris Kasych – engineer assistant
  • Simon Tassano – mixing
  • Jim Wilson – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Richard Thompson:

  1. Needle and Thread
  2. I’ll Never Give It Up
  3. Take Care the Road You Choose
  4. Mr. Stupid
  5. Dad’s Gonna Kill Me
  6. Poppy-Red
  7. Bad Monkey
  8. Francesca
  9. Too Late to Come Fishing
  10. Sneaky Boy
  11. She Sang Angels to Rest
  12. Johnny’s Far Away
  13. Guns Are the Tongues
  14. Sunset Song

Daniel Lanois: Heavy Sun

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On March 19, 2021, “Maker Series” label released “Heavy Sun”, the 20th Daniel Lanois album. It was recorded in 2020, and was produced by Daniel Lanois and Wayne Lorenz.

Personnel:

  • Daniel Lanois – vocal, guitar, bass, keyboards, cover art
  • Mary Shepherd – vocals
  • Rocco DeLuca – vocals
  • Jim Wilson – guitar, bass
  • Chris Thomas – keyboards, bass
  • Kyle Crane – drums
  • Brian Blade – drums
  • Noah Mintz – mastering
  • Adam CK Vollick – art processing
  • Marthe A. Vannebo – design

Track listing:

  1. Dance On
  2. Power
  3. Every Nation
  4. Way Down
  5. Please Don’t Try
  6. Tree of Tule
  7. Tumbling Stone
  8. Angels Watching
  9. (Under the) Heavy Sun
  10. Mother’s Eye
  11. Out of Sight

Robbie Robertson: Contact from the Underworld of Redboy

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On March 10, 1998, “Capitol” label released “Contact from the Underworld of Redboy”, the fourth Robbie Robertson album. It was recorded 1997 – 1998, and was produced by Howie B., Robbie Robertson, Marius de Vries, Tim Gordine and Jim Wilson.

Personnel:

  • Robbie Robertson – vocals, guitar
  • Bill Dillon – guitar
  • Jeremy Shaw – keyboards, tuning
  • Jules Brooks – keyboards
  • Marius de Vries – keyboards, programming, mixing
  • Tim Gordine – keyboards, programming, engineer, mixing
  • Joel Shearer – bass
  • Rupert Brown – drums
  • Benito Concha – drums
  • Geoffrey Gordon – drums, percussion
  • Jim Wilson – drums, percussion
  • Geoffrey Gordon – frame drum
  • Maztl Galindo – flute
  • Bonnie Jo Hunt – vocals
  • Leah Hicks-Manning – vocals
  • Caroline MacKendrick – vocals
  • Anthony Begay – vocals
  • Joanne Shenandoah – vocals
  • James Bilagody – vocals
  • Jackie Bird, Star Nayea, Ivan Neville, Rita Coolidge, Cree Summer – vocals
  • Verdell Primeaux, Johnny Mike – vocals
  • Priscilla Coolidge, Laura Satterfield – vocals
  • Tudjaat (Madeleine Allakariallak and Phoebe Atagotaaluk) – throat singing
  • Chief Jake Thomas – spoken word
  • Leonard Peltier – spoken word
  • David Campbell – string arrangement
  • Jony Rockstar – programming, NC-303 treatment
  • Vinez Pvel – re-programming
  • Andrew Scheps – programming
  • Howie B – engineer, mixing
  • Tim Gordine – engineer, mixing
  • Andy Bradfield – mixing
  • Carmen Rizzo – mixing
  • DJ Premier – re-mix

Track listing:

  1. The Sound is Fading – lyrics traditional, music by Howie Bernstein, Robbie Robertson
  2. The Code of Handsome Lake – Robbie Robertson
  3. Making a Noise – Robbie Robertson
  4. Unbound – Robbie Robertson, Tim Gordine
  5. Sacrifice – Robbie Robertson, Marius de Vries, Leonard Peltier
  6. Rattlebone – Robbie Robertson, Marius de Vries
  7. Peyote Healing – lyrics by Primeaux, Mike, music by Robbie Robertson, Marius de Vries
  8. In the Blood – Robbie Robertson, Tim Gordine
  9. The Lights – Robbie Robertson, Howie Bernstein
  10. Take Your Partner by the Hand (Red Alert Mix) – Robbie Robertson, Howie Bernstein

Magnapop: Hot Boxing

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On July 5, 1994, “Play It Again Sam” label released “Hot Boxing”, the second Magnapop studio album. It was recorded in August 1993 at “Pedernales Recording Studio” in Austin, Texas, “Bosstown Studios” in Atlanta, Georgia, and was produced by Bob Mould.

Personnel:

  • Linda Hopper – lead vocals
  • Ruthie Morris – guitar, backing vocals
  • Shannon Mulvaney – bass guitar
  • David McNair – drums
  • Jim Wilson – engineer
  • David Collins – remastering
  • Valerie Raimonde – design
  • Ruth Leitman – art direction, photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Linda Hopper and Ruthie Morris.

  1. Slowly, Slowly
  2. Texas
  3. Lay It Down
  4. Here It Comes
  5. Piece of Cake
  6. Free Mud
  7. Leo
  8. The Crush
  9. Ride
  10. In the Way
  11. Idiot Song
  12. Get It Right
  13. Emergency
  14. Skinburns

Bob Mould: Same

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On April 30, 1996, “Rykodisc” and “Creation” labels released the self-titled, third Bob Mould album. It was recorded September – November 1995, and was produced by Bob Mould.

Personnel:

  • Bob Mould – vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, loops, artwork
  • Jim Wilson – engineer
  • Andy Katz – engineer assistant
  • Phil Magnotti – engineer assistant
  • Howie Weinberg – mastering
  • Barbara Longo – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Bob Mould

  1. Anymore Time Between
  2. I Hate Alternative Rock
  3. Fort Knox, King Solomon
  4. Next Time That You Leave
  5. Egøverride
  6. Thumbtack
  7. Hair Stew
  8. Deep Karma Canyon
  9. Art Crisis
  10. Roll Over and Die

Bob Mould: The Last Dog and Pony Snow

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On August 25, 1998, “Creation Records” label released “The Last Dog and Pony Show”, the fourth Bob Mould album. It was recorded in 1998 and was produced by Bob Mould.

Personnel:

  • Bob Mould – vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, programming, sampling
  • Matt Hammon – drums
  • Alison Chesley- cello
  • Jim Wilson – engineer, sampling
  • Howie Weinberg – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Bob Mould

  1. New #1
  2. Moving Trucks
  3. Taking Everything
  4. First Drag of the Day
  5. Classifieds
  6. Who Was Around?
  7. Skintrade
  8. Vaporub
  9. Sweet Serene
  10. Megamanic
  11. Reflecting Pool
  12. Along the Way

Sparks: The Seduction of Ingmar Bergman

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On August 12, 2009, “Lil’ Beethoven” and “SR Records” labels released “The Seduction of Ingmar Bergman”, the 22nd Sparks album. It was recorded 2008 – 2009, at “Hollywood American Studios” in Hollywood, “Radio Drama Studio” in Stockholm, Sweden, and was produced by Ron Mael, Russell Mael, and Marie Wennersten (producer for Swedish recording). The album was conceived as a radio drama, commissioned by “Sveriges Radio Radioteatern”. It was created to be listened as a single piece, rather than a collection of stand-alone songs.

Personnel:

  • Russell Mael– vocals, studio chief, policeman 1 and 2
  • Ron Mael– keyboard, limo driver, Hollywood tour guide
  • Marcus Blake – autograph hound, Woody
  • Tammy Glover – Hollywood welcoming committee, Gerry
  • Saskia Husberg – interpreter
  • Elin Klinga– Greta Garbo
  • Marie-Chantal Long – Cannes Festival announcer
  • Jonas Malmsjö– Ingmar Bergman
  • Steve McDonald – hotel concierge
  • Steven Nistor– hotel doorman
  • Katie Puckrik– hotel operator
  • Rebecca Sjöwall– Hollywood starlet
  • Jim Wilson – first A.D, autograph hound
  • Jim Wilson – guitar
  • Dean Menta– guitar
  • Marcus Blake – bass
  • Tammy Glover– drums
  • Steven Nistor – drums
  • Marie Wennersten – director for Swedish recording
  • Magnus Lindman – translations
  • Sabina von Greyerz – SR Records project manager

Track listing:

All tracks are written by Ron Mael and Russell Mael.

  1. 1956 Cannes Film Festival
  2. I Am Ingmar Bergman
  3. Limo Driver (Welcome to Hollywood)
  4. Here He Is Now
  5. Bergman, How Are You?
  6. He’ll Come ‘Round
  7. En Route to the Beverly Hills Hotel
  8. Hollywood Welcoming Committee
  9. I’ve Got to Contact Sweden
  10. The Studio Commissary
  11. I Must Not Be Nasty
  12. Quiet on the Set
  13. Why Do You Take That Tone with Me?
  14. Pleasant Hotel Staff
  15. Hollywood Tour Bus
  16. Autograph Hounds
  17. Bergman Ponders Escape
  18. We’ve Got to Turn Him ‘Round
  19. Escape (Part1)
  20. Escape (Part 2)
  21. Oh, My God
  22. Garbo Sings
  23. Almost a Hollywood Ending
  24. He’s Home

The Sensational Alex Harvey Band: Framed

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In December 1972, “Vertigo” label released “Framed”, the debut Sensational Alex Harvey Band (The) album. It was recorded in 1972, at “Morgan Studios” in London, and was produced by Alex Harvey, Zal Cleminson, Hugh Mckenna, Chris Glen and Eddie McKenna.

Personnel:

  • Alex Harvey – lead vocals
  • Zal Cleminson– lead guitar
  • Hugh McKenna – electric piano
  • Chris Glen– bass guitar
  • Eddie McKenna– drums
  • Phil Kenzie – tenor saxophone
  • Big Bud’s Brass – Bud Parkes, Martin Drover, Phil Kenzie, Dave Coxhill, Geoff Driscoll – brass section
  • Mike Bobak – engineer
  • Jim Wilson – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Alex Harvey; except where noted.

  1. Framed – Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
  2. Hammer Song
  3. Midnight Moses
  4. Isobel Goudie – Part 1: My Lady of the Night, Part 2: Coitus Interruptus, Part 3: Virgin and the Hunter
  5. Buff’s Bar Blues
  6. I Just Want to Make Love to You – Willie Dixon
  7. Hole In Her Stocking
  8. There’s No Lights On The Christmas Tree, Mother They’re Burning Big Louie Tonight – Jim Condron
  9. Anthony