On August 13, 1996, “DreamWorks” label released “Beautiful Freak” the debut Eels studio album. It was recorded June 1993 – December 1996, at “Conway Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Jon Brion, E, Mark Goldenberg and Michael Simpson.
Personnel:
Butch – drums, backing vocals, engineer
E – vocals, guitar, Wurlitzer electric piano, engineer
On June 9, 1998, “Warner Bros” label released “Jubilee”, the fourth and final Grant Lee Buffalo studio album. It was recorded in 1998, and was produced by Paul Fox.
Personnel:
Grant Lee Phillips – vocals, guitars, mellotron, celeste
On February 27, 1996, “Private Music” label released “Phantom Blues”, the 20th Taj Mahal album. It was recorded in May 1995, at “Sound City Studios” in Van Nuys, California, and was produced by John Porter.
Personnel:
Taj Mahal – lead vocals, dobro, harmonica
Bonnie Raitt – additional vocal
Dean Parks – lead guitar
Eric Clapton – lead guitar
Joe McGrath, John Parks, Johnny Lee Schell – guitar
Mike Campbell – 12-string guitar
John Porter – lead, acoustic and slide guitar
Jon Cleary – guitar, piano, Wurlitzer, clarinet
Jon Brion – guitar, chamberlin
Mick Weaver – organ
David Hidalgo – accordion
James “Hutch” Hutchinson – bass guitar
Larry Fulcher – bass guitar
Tony Braunagel – drums, percussion
Myric “Freeze” Guillory – rubboard
Bernard “Dr. B.” Anderson, Joe Sublett – tenor saxophone
Darrell Leonard – trumpet, trombone
Alfie Silas Durio, Billie Barnum, Sir Harry Bowens, Regina Taylor, Sweat Pea Atkinson, Terrence Forsythe – backing vocals
Track listing:
Lovin’ in My Baby’s Eyes – Taj Mahal
Cheatin’ On You – Jon Cleary
The Hustle Is On – H.E. Owens
Here in the Dark – Bernard Anders
Fanning the Flames – Jon Cleary
I Need Your Loving – Clarence Lewis, Don Gardner, James McDougal, Morris Levy
Ooh Poo Pah Doo – Jessie Hill
Lonely Avenue – Doc Pomus
Don’t Tell Me – Pat McLaughlin
What Am I Living For? – Art Harris, Fred Jay
We’re Gonna Make It – Billy Davis, Carl William Smith, Gene Barge, Raynard Miner
Let the Four Winds Blow – Dave Bartholomew, Antoine “Fats” Domino
(You’ve Got to) Love Her with a Feeling – Freddie King, Sonny Thompson
On November 9, 1999, “Epic” label released “When the Pawn…”, the second Fiona Apple studio album. It was recorded 1998 – 1999, and was produced by Jon Brion. In 2020, “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked “When the Pawn…” at number 108 on its “500 Greatest Albums of All Time” list.
Personnel:
Fiona Apple – vocals, piano, synthesized bass, art concept, design
Jon Brion – various instruments, engineer assistant, mixing
Mike Elizondo – bass
Greg Cohen – bass guitar
Jonathan “Butch” Norton, Jim Keltner – drums, percussion
Matt Chamberlain – drums, percussion
Wendell Kelly, Jean Martinelli, John Noreyko, Paul Loredo – horns
Mike Breaux – woodwind
Patrick Warren – Chamberlin, Wurlitzer
Charlie Bisharat, Eve Butler, Susan Chatman, Armen Garabedian, Berj Garabedian, Peter Kent, Brian Leonard, Robert Peterson, Michele Richards, Edmund Stein, John Wittenberg – violin
Robert Becker, Denyse Buffman, Scott Haupert, Maria Newman – viola
Larry Corbett, Suzie Katayama – cello
John Bainbridge – arrangements, orchestration
Tom Banghart, Rob Brill, Greg Collins, Bryan Jackson, Steve Mixdorf, John Tyree – engineer assistant
On September 28, 2004, “Anti Records” label released “Before the Poison”, the 16th Marianne Faithfull studio album. It was recorded June – October 2003, at “The Fallout Shelter” and “Mayfair Studio” in London, and was produced by PJ Harvey, Nick Cave, Hal Willner, Rob Ellis and Head.
Personnel:
Marianne Faithfull – lead vocal, handclapping
PJ Harvey – vocals, backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, bass, slide bass, piano, synth
Diana Gutkind – piano
Adrian Utley – synth bass, bass, acoustic and electric guitar, toy piano, sampling
On September 16, 2003, “Virgin” label released “Thirteenth Step”, the second A Perfect Circle studio album. It was recorded January – June 2003, at “Perfect Circle Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Billy Howerdel and Danny Lohner.
Personnel:
Maynard James Keenan − lead vocals, artwork direction, executive producer
Billy Howerdel − guitar, backing vocals, engineer
Twiggy Ramirez − bass, backing vocals
Josh Freese − drums, backing vocals
Troy Van Leeuwen – guitar
Danny Lohner – guitar
Paz Lenchantin – strings
The Section Quartet – strings
Jarboe – vocals
Devo H. Keenan – backing vocals
K. Patrick Warren – instrumentation
Jon Brion – instrumentation
Steve Duda – digital engineering assistance
Andy Wallace – mixing
Track listing:
All tracks by Maynard James Keenan and Billy Howerdel, except where noted.
The Package
Weak and Powerless
The Noose
Blue
Vanishing
A Stranger
The Outsider
Crimes – Billy Howerdel, Maynard James Keenan, Josh Freese, White
The Nurse Who Loved Me – Greg Edwards, Ken Andrews
Pet
Lullaby
Gravity – Billy Howerdel, Maynard James Keenan, Josh Freese, Troy Van Leeuwen, Paz Lenchantin
On April 7, 2009, “Nonesuch” label released the self-titled, debut Sara Watkins album. It was recorded 2008 – 2009, at “Sound Emporium” in Nashville, Tennessee, “Henson Recording Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by John Paul Jones.
Personnel:
Sara Watkins – vocals, fiddle, ukulele
Sean Watkins – acoustic and electric guitar, harmony vocals
Jon Brion – acoustic and electric guitar
Gillian Welch – electric guitar, harmony vocals
Chris Eldridge – guitar, harmony vocals
Greg Leisz – pedal steel guitar
John Paul Jones – bass, mandolin, piano, organ, electric piano, harmony vocals
Billy Cardine – dobro
Michael Witcher – dobro
Ronnie McCoury – mandolin
Chris Thile – mandola
Benmont Tench – piano
Byron House – bass
Mark Schatz – bass
Sebastian Steinberg – bass
David Rawlings – drums, electric guitar, harmony vocals
On February 26, 2016, “Omnivore Recordings” label released “Rainbow Ends”, the fifth and the final Emitt Rhodes album. It was recorded in 2015, and was produced by Chris Price.
On February 19, 2002, “Hut” and “Virgin” labels released “Kissin Time”, the 15th Marianne Faithfull studio album. It was recorded 2001 – 2002, and was produced by Tonny Hoffer, Beck, Billy Corgan, Dave Stewart, Jarvis Cocker, Steve Mackey, Etienne Daho, Les Valentines, Ben Hillier and Barry Reynolds.
Personnel:
Marianne Faithfull – lead and backing vocals, synthesizer, percussion, hand-clapping
On May 21, 1996, “Interscope” label released “Bringing Down the Horse”, the second Wallflowers (The) studio album. It was recorded 1994 – 1996, at “Sunset Sound” and “House of Blues Sunset” in Hollywood, “Groove Masters” in Santa Monica, “O’Henry Sound Studios” in Burbank, “Brooklyn Studios” in Brooklyn, and was produced by T – Bone Burnett.
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