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Loudon Wainwright: Album III

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On June 15, 1972, “Columbia” label released “Album III”, the third Loudon Wainwright III studio album. It was recorded in 1972, at “Marquee Studios” in London, and was produced by Thomas Jefferson Kaye.

Personnel:

  • Loudon Wainwright III – vocals, guitar
  • Thomas Jefferson Kaye – guitar, rhythm guitar, arrangements
  • Charlie Brown III – guitar, electric guitar
  • Elliott Randall – electric guitar
  • Jimmy Ryan – guitar
  • Hugh McCracken – guitar
  • Eric Weissberg – dobro, guitar
  • Bill Keith – banjo, steel guitar
  • Teddy Wender – piano
  • “Sailor” Bob Schmidt – harmonica
  • Don Payne – electric bass
  • Tom Watson – electric bass
  • Richard Davis – bass
  • Richard Crooks – drums
  • David Sanborn – saxophone
  • David Amram – French horn
  • Kenny Kosek – fiddle, violin
  • White Cloud – Charles Brown III, Richard Crooks, Thomas Jefferson Kaye, Kenneth Kosek, Don Payne, Teddy Wender
  • Brooks Arthur – engineer, mixing
  • Fred Lombardi – cover photography
  • Milton Kramer – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Loudon Wainwright III, except where noted.

  1. Dead Skunk
  2. Red Guitar
  3. East Indian Princess
  4. Muse Blues
  5. Hometeam Crowd
  6. B Side
  7. Needless To Say
  8. Smokey Joe’s Café – Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
  9. New Paint
  10. Trilogy
  11. Drinking Song
  12. Say That You Love Me

Tonto’s Expanding Head Band: Zero Time

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On June 15, 1971, “Embryo Records” label released “Zero Time”, the debut Tonto’s Expanding Head Band studio album. It was recorded in 1971, at “Mediasound” in New York City, and was produced by Malcolm Cecil and Robert Margouleff.

Personnel:

  • Malcolm Cecil – performer, programming, engineer
  • Robert Margouleff – performer, programming, engineer
  • Sol Kessler – mastering consultant
  • Carol Herzer – cover painting
  • Isaac Abrams – inside painting
  • Haig Adishian – design
  • Joel Brodsky – photography
  • Herbie Mann – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Malcolm Cecil and Robert Margouleff, except where noted.

  1. Cybernaut
  2. Jetsex
  3. Timewhys
  4. Aurora
  5. Riversong – lyrics by Tama Starr
  6. Tama

Marisa Anderson: Cloud Corner

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On June 15, 2018, “Thrill Jockey” label released “Cloud Corner”, the sixth Marisa Anderson studio album. It was recorded in January 2017, at Anderson’s home studio, in Portland, Oregon, and was produced by Marisa Anderson.

Personnel:

  • Marisa Anderson – acoustic and electric guitar, charango, requinto guitar, Wurlitzer electronic piano, recording
  • Jesse Munro Johnson – mixing
  • Timothy Stollenwerk – mastering
  • Justin Landis – layout
  • Caroline Dossche – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Marisa Anderson.

  1. Pulse
  2. Slow Ascent
  3. Angel’s Rest
  4. Cloud Corner
  5. Sanctuary
  6. Sun Song
  7. Lament
  8. Sant Feliu de Guixols
  9. Surfacing
  10. Lift

Buddy Guy: The Blues Is Alive and Well

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On June 15, 2018, “RCA/Silverstone Records” label released “The Blues Is Alive and Well”, the 18th Buddy Guy studio album. It was recorded in 2018 and was produced by Tom Hambridge. At the 61st “Grammy Awards”, “The Blues Is Alive and Well” won the “Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album”. 

Personnel:

  • Buddy Guy – vocals, lead guitar
  • Jeff Beck – guitar
  • Keith Richards – guitar
  • Rob McNelley – rhythm and slide guitar
  • James Bay – vocals, guitar
  • Kevin McKendree – keyboards, electric piano, organ, mellotron, upright piano, clavinet
  • Mick Jagger – harmonica
  • Willie Weeks – bass
  • Tommy MacDonald – bass
  • Tom Hambridge – drums, mixing
  • The Muscle Shoals Horns – horns
  • Doug Moffet – tenor saxophone
  • Jim Hoke – baritone saxophone
  • Ducky Carlisle – recording
  • Michael Saint-Leon – mixing
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Jeff Schulz – art direction, design
  • Chuck Lanza, Paul Natkin – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Richard Flemming and Tom Hambridge, except where noted.

  1. A Few Good Years
  2. Guilty as Charged
  3. Cognac – Buddy Guy, Richard Flemming, Tom Hambridge
  4. The Blues Is Alive and Well – Gary Nicholson, Tom Hambridge
  5. Bad Day – Mac Davis, Tom Hambridge
  6. Blue No More- Jamey Johnson, Tom Hambridge
  7. Whiskey for Sale – Tom Hambridge
  8. You Did the Crime
  9. Old Fashioned – Buddy Guy, Tom Hambridge
  10. When My Day Comes – Bill Sweeney, Tom Hambridge
  11. Nine Below Zero – Sonny Boy Williamson
  12. Ooh Daddy
  13. Somebody Up There
  14. End of the Line
  15. Milking Muther for Ya – Buddy Guy

Gin Blossoms: Mixed Reality

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On June 15, 2018, “Cleopatra Records” label released “Mixed Reality”, the sixth Gin Blossoms studio album. It was recorded 2017 – 2018, at “Drive-In Studios” in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and was produced by Don Dixon.

Personnel:

  • Robin Wilson – lead vocals
  • Jesse Valenzuela – lead and backing vocals, rhythm and lead guitar
  • Scott “Scotty” Johnson – lead and rhythm guitar, backing vocals
  • Bill Leen – bass guitar
  • Scott Hessel – drums, percussion
  • Mitch Easter – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Robin Wilson, except where noted.

  1. Break
  2. Face the Dark
  3. New Mexico Trouble – Scott Johnson, Bill Leen
  4. Angels Fly – Jesse Valenzuela, Danny Wilde
  5. Here Again – Jesse Valenzuela, Danny Wilde
  6. Still Some Room in Heaven – Scott Johnson, Bill Leen
  7. Miranda Chicago – Bill Leen
  8. Girl on the Side – Scott Johnson, Kira Brown
  9. Fortunate Street – Jesse Valenzuela, Danny Wilde
  10. Wonder – Jesse Valenzuela, Danny Wilde
  11. Shadow – Scott Johnson, Robin Wilson
  12. Forever Is This Night
  13. The JFK Shit Show – Scott Johnson, Robin Wilson
  14. The Devil’s Daughter
  15. Mega Pawn King – Bill Leen

J. Tillman: Cancer and Delirium

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On June 15, 2007, “Yer Bird” label released “Cancer and Delirium”, the fifth J. Tillman album. It was recorded in 2007, and was produced by Kory Kruckenberg.

Personnel:

  • Josh Tillman – vocals, guitar, bass, piano, harmonica, drums, percussion, art direction
  • Colin Wolberg – guitar
  • Zach Tillman – bass
  • Jason Merculief – drums
  • Kory Kruckenberg – recording, mixing
  • Colin Wolberg – recording
  • Jason Merculief – recording
  • Eric Fisher – layout
  • Dominique Jaquin – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by J. Tillman.

  1. Visions of a Troubled Mind
  2. Milk White Air
  3. Evans and Falls
  4. A Fine Suit
  5. Ribbons of Glass
  6. Under the Sun
  7. If I Get to the Borderline
  8. When I Light Your Darkened Door
  9. How Much Mystery

Dream Academy: A Different Kind of Weather

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On June 15, 1990, “Blanco y Negro Records” label released “A Different Kind of Weather”, the third and final Dream Academy (The) studio album. It was recorded 1989 – 1990, and was produced by David Gilmour, Anthony Moore, Gilbert Gabriel, Nick Laird-Clowes and Steve Lambert.

Personnel:

  • Kate St. John – vocals, soprano saxophone, Cor Anglais, oboe
  • Nick Laird-Clowes – vocals, guitar, banjo, piano
  • Gilbert Gabriel – vocals, keyboards

Track listing:

All tracks by Nick Laird-Clowes and Gilbert Gabriel, except where noted.

  1. Love – John Lennon
  2. Mercy Killing
  3. Lucy September
  4. Gaby Says
  5. Waterloo
  6. Twelve-eight Angel – Nick Laird-Clowes, David Gilmour
  7. St. Valentine’s Day
  8. It’ll Never Happen Again – Tim Hardin
  9. Forest Fire
  10. Lowlands
  11. Not for Second Prize – Nick Laird-Clowes

John Paul Jones: The Thunderthief

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On June 15, 2001, “Discipline Global Mobile” label released “The Thunderthief”, the second John Paul Jones album. It was recorded 2000 – 2001, and was produced by John Paul Jones.

Personnel:

  • John Paul Jones – vocals, 12-string bass guitars, bass steel guitar, acoustic and electric guitars, mandolin, electric mandolin, piano, organ, synthesizers, Kyma, koto, autoharp, ukulele, harmonica
  • Nick Beggs – Chapman Stick
  • Adam Bomb – guitar
  • Robert Fripp – guitar
  • Terl Bryant – drums, percussion, toforan

Track listing:

All tracks by John Paul Jones, except where noted.

  1. Leafy Meadows
  2. The Thunderthief – John Paul Jones, Peter Blegvad
  3. Hoediddle
  4. Ice Fishing at Night – John Paul Jones, Peter Blegvad
  5. Daphne
  6. Angry Angry
  7. Down to the River to Pray – traditional, arr. John Paul Jones
  8. Shibuya Bop
  9. Freedom Song

Herbie Hancock: Sunlight

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On June 15, 1978, “Columbia” label released “Sunlight”, the 19th Herbie Hancock album. It was recorded in 1977, and was produced by David Rubinson and Herbie Hancock.

Personnel:

  • Herbie Hancock – lead and background vocals (vocoder), keyboards, synthesizers, string, brass and woodwind arrangements
  • Patrick Gleeson – additional synthesizers
  • Bennie Maupin – soprano saxophone solo
  • Wah Wah Watson, Ray Parker, Jr. – guitar
  • Byron Miller, Paul Jackson, Jaco Pastorius – electric bass
  • Leon “Ndugu” Chancler, James Levi, Harvey Mason, Sr., Tony Williams – drums
  • Raul Rekow, Bill Summers – percussion
  • Baba Duru – table
  • Bobby Shew, Maurice Spears, Robert O’Bryant, Garnett Brown – brass
  • Ernest J. Watts, Fred Jackson, Jr., Jack Nimitz, David Willard Riddles – woodwind
  • Terry Adams, Roy Malan, Nathan Rubin, Linda Wood, Emily VanValkenburgh – strings
  • David Rubinson, Fred Catero, Chris Minto, Cheryl Ward – engineer
  • Steve Mantoani – engineer
  • Terry Becker – engineer assistant
  • Phill Brown – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Herbie Hancock, except where noted.

  1. I Thought It Was You – Herbie Hancock, Melvin Ragin, Jeffrey Cohen
  2. Come Running to Me – lyrics by Allee Willis
  3. Sunlight
  4. No Means Yes
  5. Good Question

Robin Trower: In City Dreams

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On June 15, 1977, “Chrysalis” label released “In City Dreams”, the fifth Robin Trower studio album. It was recorded in “Criteria Studios” in Miami, Florida, and was produced by Don Davis.

Personnel:

  • James Dewar – vocals
  • Robin Trower – guitar
  • Rustee Allen – bass
  • Bill Lordan – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Robin Trower and James Dewar, except where noted.

  1. Somebody Calling
  2. Sweet Wine of Love
  3. Bluebird
  4. Falling Star
  5. Farther On Up the Road – Don Robey, Joe Veasey
  6. Smile
  7. Little Girl
  8. Love’s Gonna Bring You Round
  9. In City Dreams