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George Harrison: Brainwashed

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On November 18, 2002, “Dark Horse” label released “Brainwashed”, the twelfth and final George Harrison studio album. It was recorded 1988 – 2002, at “FPSHOT” in Oxfordshire, and on other various locations, and was produced by George Harrison, Jeff Lynne and Dhani Harrison. The album was released almost a year after Harrison death, and the album was completed by Harrison’s son Dhani and longtime friend and collaborator Jeff Lynne.

Personnel:

  • George Harrison– lead vocals, lead guitar, slide guitar, Dobro, Banjo uke, ukulele, keyboards, bass, percussion
  • Mark Flannagan – acoustic lead guitar
  • Joe Brown– acoustic guitar
  • Jon Lord– piano
  • Jools Holland– piano
  • Dhani Harrison– guitar, Wurlitzer electric piano, backing vocals
  • Mike Moran– keyboards
  • Marc Mann– keyboards, string arrangement
  • Jeff Lynne– bass, guitar, piano, keyboards, percussion, backing vocals
  • Herbie Flowers– bass, tuba
  • Jim Keltner– drums
  • Ray Cooper– drums, percussion
  • Bickram Ghosh– tabla
  • Jane Lister – harp
  • Isabela Borzymowska – reading from “How to Know God”
  • Sam Brown– backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by George Harrison, except where noted.

  1. Any Road
  2. P2 Vatican Blues (Last Saturday Night)
  3. Pisces Fish
  4. Looking for My Life
  5. Rising Sun
  6. Marwa Blues
  7. Stuck Inside a Cloud
  8. Run So Far
  9. Never Get Over You
  10. Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea – Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler
  11. Rocking Chair in Hawaii
  12. Brainwashed

Deep Purple: Come Taste The Band

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On October 10, 1975, “EMI/Purple” label released “Come Taste the Band”, the tenth Deep Purple studio album. It was recorded August – September 1975, at “Musicland Studios” in Munich, and was produced by Martin Birch, Jon Lord, Ian Paice, David Coverdale, Glenn Hughes, and Tonny Bolin.

Personnel:

  • David Coverdale– lead vocals
  • Tommy Bolin– led and backing vocals, guitars, bass
  • Jon Lord– keyboards, piano, synthesizer
  • Glenn Hughes– lead and backing vocals, bass
  • Ian Paice– drums, percussion
  • Martin Birch – engineer
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Dave Schultz, Bill Inglot – remastering
  • Peter Williams – photography

Track listing:

  1. Comin’ Home – Tommy Bolin, David Coverdale, Ian Paice
  2. Lady Luck – Jeff Cook, David Coverdale
  3. Getting Together – Tommy Bolin, Glen Hughes
  4. Dealer – Tommy Bolin, David Coverdale
  5. I Need Love – Tommy Bolin, David Coverdale
  6. Drifter – Tommy Bolin, David Coverdale
  7. Love Child – Tommy Bolin, David Coverdale
  8. This Time Around/Owed To ‘G – Glen Hughes, Jon Lord, Tommy Bolin
  9. Yo Keep On Movin’ – David Coverdale, Glen Hughes

Kinks: Same

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On October 2, 1964, “Pye” label released the debut self-titled Kinks album. It was recorded July – August 1964, at “Pye Studios No. 2”; “Pye Studios No. 1”, and “IBC Studios”, and was produced by Shel Talmy.

Personnel:

  • Ray Davies– lead vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboards, harmonica
  • Dave Davies – lead and backing vocals, lead guitar
  • Pete Quaife– bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Mick Avory– drums, tambourine
  • Jimmy Page– twelve string guitar, acoustic guitar
  • Jon Lord– piano
  • Bobby Graham– drums
  • Rasa Didzpetris-Davies – backing vocals
  • Heyworth –remastering
  • Klaus Schmalenbach –design, photography

Track listing:

  1. Beautiful Delilah – Chuck Berry
  2. So Mystifying – Ray Davies
  3. Just Can’t Go to Sleep – Ray Davies
  4. Long Tall Shorty – Herb Abramson, Don Covay
  5. I Took My Baby Home – Ray Davies
  6. I’m a Lover Not a Fighter – D. “Jay” Miller
  7. You Really Got Me – Ray Davies
  8. Cadillac – Bo Didley
  9. Bald Headed Woman – Shel Talmy
  10. Revenge – Ray Davies, Larry Page
  11. Too Much Monkey Business – Chuck Berry
  12. I’ve Been Driving on Bald Mountain – Shel Talmy
  13. Stop Your Sobbing – Ray Davies
  14. Got Love If You Want It – James Moore

Jon Lord: Before I Forget

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On June 28, 1982, “Harvest” label released “Before I Forget”, album by Jon Lord. It was recorded in September 1981, February – March 1982, at “Britannia Row Studios”, and was produced by Guy Bidmead and Jon Lord.

Personnel:

  • Jon Lord: piano, organ, keyboards, mini Moog
  • Vicky Brown: lead and backing vocals
  • Tony Ashton: lead vocals
  • Elmer Gantry: lead vocals
  • Sam Brown: backing vocals
  • Bernie Marsden: guitar, lead vocals
  • Mick Ralphs: guitar
  • Neil Murray: bass
  • Boz Burrell: bass
  • Ian Paice: drums
  • Simon Phillips: drums
  • Cozy Powell: drums
  • Simon Kirke: drums
  • Guy Bidmead – engineer, mixing
  • Mike Johnson – engineer assistant, mixing

Track listing:

All tracks by Jon Lord, except where noted.

  1. Chance on a Feeling
  2. Tender Babes (O Ye Tender Babes) – Thomas Tallis, arr. by Jon Lord
  3. Hollywood Rock And Roll
  4. Bach Onto This (Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565) – Johann Sebastian Bach, arranged by Jon Lord
  5. Before I Forget
  6. Say Its Alright
  7. Burntwood
  8. Where Are You?

Deep Purple: In Rock

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On June 3, 1970, “Harvest” label released “Deep Purple in Rock”, the fourth Deep Purple studio album. It was recorded October 1969 – April 1970, at “IBC Studios”, “De Lane Lea Studios” and “Abbey Road Studios” in London, and was produced by Ritchie Blackmore, Jon Lord, Ian Paice, Roger Glover and Ian Gillan. In 2005, “Classic Rock” magazine  awarded “In Rock”, with the “Classic Rock and Roll of Honor Award” in the category “Classic Album”.

Personnel:

  • Ian Gillan– lead vocals
  • Ritchie Blackmore – guitar
  • Jon Lord– keyboards, organ
  • Roger Glover– bass
  • Ian Paice– drums, percussion
  • Andy Knight – engineer
  • Martin Birch– engineer
  • Phil McDonald – engineer
  • Peter Mew– remastering
  • Tom Bender, Jason Butera – additional studio work
  • Nesbit, Phipps & Froome – artwork
  • Edwards Coletta Productions – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord and Ian Paice.

  1. Speed King
  2. Bloodsucker
  3. Child in Time
  4. Flight of the Rat
  5. Into the Fire
  6. Living Wreck
  7. Hard Lovin’ Man

Whitesnake: Come And Get It

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On April 11, 1981, “Liberty” label released “Come an’ Get It”, the fourth Whitesnake studio album. It was recorded July and September 1980, January 1981, at “Startling Studios” in Ascot, England, and was produced by Martin Birch.

Personnel:

  • David Coverdale– vocals
  • Micky Moody– guitar, backing vocals
  • Bernie Marsden– guitar, backing vocals
  • Jon Lord– keyboards
  • Neil Murray– bass guitar
  • Ian Paice– drums
  • Martin Birch-engineer, mixing

Track listing:

  1. Come an’ Het It – David Coverdale
  2. Hot Stuff – David Coverdale, Micky Moody
  3. Don’t Break My Heart Again – David Coverdale
  4. Lonely Days, Lonely Nights – David Coverdale
  5. Wine, Women an’ Song – David Coverdale, Micky Moody,Bernie Marsden, Neil Murray, Jon Lord, Ian Paice
  6. Child of Babylon – David Coverdale, Bernie Marsden
  7. Would I Lie To You – David Coverdale, Micky Moody,Bernie Marsden
  8. Girl – David Coverdale, Bernie Marsden, Neil Murray
  9. Hit an’ Run – David Coverdale, Micky Moody, Bernie Marsden
  10. Till the Day I Die – David Coverdale

Deep Purple: Machine Head

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On March 25, 1972, “Purple Records” label released “Machine Head”, the sixth Deep Purple album .It was recorded in December 1971 in Montreux, and was produced by Ritchie Blackmore, Jon Lord, ian Paice, Ian Gillan and Roger Glover.  In 1989, “Kerrang!” magazine ranked the album at number 35 on its list of “100 Greatest Heavy Metal Albums of All Time”.

Personnel:

  • Ritchie Blackmore– guitar
  • Jon Lord– keyboards
  • Ian Gillan– vocals, harmonica
  • Roger Glover– bass, design
  • Ian Paice– drums, percussion
  • Martin Birch– engineer, mixing
  • Jeremy (Bear) Gee – engineer assistant
  • Nick Watterton – technician
  • John Coletta – design
  • Shephard Sherbell – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord and Ian Paice.

  1. Highway Star
  2. Maybe I’m a Leo
  3. Pictures of Home
  4. Never Before
  5. Smoke on the Water
  6. Lazy
  7. Space Truckin’

Deep Purple: Burn

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On February 15, 1974, “EMI / Purple” label released “Burn”, the eighth Deep Purple studio. It was recorded in November 1973, at “Rolling Stones Mobile Studio” in Montreux, and was produced by Ritchie Blackmore, Jon Lord, Ian Paice, David Coverdale and Glen Hughes.

  • David Coverdale– lead vocals
  • Ritchie Blackmore– guitar
  • Jon Lord– keyboards, synthesizers
  • Glenn Hughes– vocals, bass guitar
  • Ian Paice– drums
  • Nesbit, Phipps and Froome – artwork
  • Fin Costello – sleeve photography
  • Candle Makers Supplies – candles

Track listing:

All tracks by Ritchie Blackmore, David Coverdale, Jon Lord and Ian Paice, except where noted.

  1. Burn
  2. Might Just Take Your Life
  3. Lay Down, Stay Down
  4. Sail Away – Ritchie Blackmore, David Coverdale
  5. You Fool No One
  6. What’s Goin’ On Here
  7. Mistreated – Ritchie Blackmore, David Coverdale
  8. ‘A’ 200 – Ritchie Blackmore, Jon Lord, Ian Paice

 

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

Jon Lord

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On July 16, 2012, John Douglas “Jon” Lord, died aged 71. He was musician (piano, keyboard, Hammond organ) and composer, best known as member of Deep Purple. Lord also performed with Whitesnake, Paice Ashton Lord, The Artwoods, and The Flower Pot Men. On November 11, 2010, he was inducted as an Honorary Fellow of “Stevenson College” in Edinburgh,  and on July 15,  2011, Lord was awarded an honorary Doctor of Music degree at “De Montfort Hall” by the University of Leicester.