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Japanese Breakfast: Jubilee

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On June 4, 2021, “Dead Oceans” label released “Jubilee”, the third Japanese Breakfast studio album. It was recorded in 2021, and was produced by Michelle Zauner, Craig Hendrix, Jack Tatum,  Ryan Galloway and Alex Giannascoli.

Personnel:

  • Michelle Zauner – vocals, bass, piano, acoustic and electric guitar, percussion, synthesizers, string and horn arrangements
  • Craig Hendrix – vocals, drums, bass, acoustic and electric guitars, slide guitar, Rhodes, piano, synthesizers, percussion, string and horn arrangements, engineer
  • Jack Tatum – vocals, synthesizers, bass, programming, electric guitar, E-bow, engineer
  • Ryan Galloway – electric guitar, synthesizers
  • Alex Giannascoli – Rhodes, piano, synthesizers
  • Adam Schatz – saxophone
  • Aaron Rockers – trumpet
  • Adam Dotson – trombone
  • Molly Germer – violin
  • Veronica Jurkiewicz – viola
  • Carolina Diazgranados – cello
  • Alex Santilli – additional engineering
  • Eric Bogacz – additional engineering
  • Michelle Zauner – creative direction
  • Nathaniel David Utesch – layout, design
  • Peter Ash Lee – photography
  • Evaline Huang – production design
  • Peter Bradley – production assistant
  • Cecelia Liu – styling
  • Maiko Waki – hair and makeup

Track listing:

All lyrics were written by Michelle Zauner.

  1. Paprika
  2. Be Sweet – Michelle Zauner, Jack Tatum
  3. Kokomo, IN
  4. Slide Tackle
  5. Posing in Bondage
  6. Sit
  7. Savage Good Boy
  8. In Hell
  9. Tactics
  10. Posing for Cars

James: All the Colours of You

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On June 4, 2021, “Virgin Music Label & Artist Services” label released “All the Colours of You”, the 16th James studio album. It was recorded in 2020, at Jacknife Lee’s home studio, Topanga Canyon, California, and was produced by Jacknife Lee.

Personnel:

  • Tim Booth – lead and backing vocals, production overseer, pre-production
  • Saul Davies – guitar, violin, backing vocals
  • Mark Hunter – keyboards, backing vocals 
  • Adrian Oxaal – guitar, backing vocals
  • Jim Glennie – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Andy Diagram – trumpet, horns, backing vocals
  • Chloe Alper – backing vocals
  • Jacknife Lee – guitar, keyboards, drums, bass guitar, backing vocals, programming, engineer, mixing
  • Beni Giles – keyboards
  • Peter Glennie – EBow, strings, cello, backing vocals
  • Matt Bishop – drums
  • Collette Byrn – backing vocals
  • Kate Shela – backing vocals
  • Mia Davies – backing vocals
  • Vincent Davies – backing vocals
  • Bryony Ross – backing vocals
  • Matt Bishop – engineer, editing
  • Mark Hunter – engineer, pre-production
  • Jim Glennie – pre-production
  • Peter Glennie – pre-production
  • Beni Giles – additional engineering
  • Matthew Walsh – additional engineering
  • Matt Glaseby – additional engineering
  • John Davis – mastering
  • Matt de Jong – visual creative direction
  • Jamie–James Medina – visual creative direction

Track listing:

All lyrics by Tim Booth, all music by Tim Booth, Saul Davies, Jim Glennie, Mark Hunter, and Jacknife Lee.  

  1. Zero
  2. All the Colours of You
  3. Recover
  4. Beautiful Beaches
  5. Wherever It Takes Us
  6. Hush
  7. Miss America
  8. Getting Myself Into
  9. Magic Bus
  10. Isabella
  11. XYST

Billy Gibbons: Hardware

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On June 4, 2021, “Concord” label released “Hardware”, the third Billy Gibbons studio album. It was recorded in 2020, and was produced by Billy Gibbons, Matt Sorum and Mike Fiorentino.

Personnel:

  • Billy Gibbons – vocals, guitars, bass guitar, ‘virtual’ bass
  • Austin Hanks – guitars, bass guitar, ‘virtual’ bass
  • Matt Sorum – drums, bass guitar
  • Larkin Poe – vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Billy Gibbons, Matt Sorum, Mike Fiorentino and Chad Shlosser, except where noted.

  1. My Lucky Card
  2. She’s On Dire
  3. More-More-More
  4. Shuffle, Step & Slide
  5. Vagabond Man – Billy Gibbons, Matt Sorum, Mike Fiorentino
  6. Spanish Fly
  7. West Coast Junkie
  8. Stackin’ Bones
  9. I Was a Highway – Billy Gibbons, Josh Dunne, Mike Fiorentino, Neil Mason, Tim Montana, Matt Sorum, Chad Shlosser
  10. S-G-L-M-B-B-R – Billy Gibbons, Mike Fiorentino
  11. Hey Baby, Que paso – Augie Meyers, Bill Sheffield
  12. Desert High

Rupert Hine

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On June 4, 2020, Rupert Neville Hine died aged 72. He was musician (various instruments), songwriter and record producer. As producer he worked with Kevin Ayers, Bob Geldof, Howard Jones, Saga, Thompson Twins, Stevie Nicks, Tina Turner, Chris de Burgh, Suzanne Vega and Rush. Under his real name, under the pseudo-band name Thinkman, and as a member of the band Quantum Jump, Hine released eleven albums.

Jimmy Buffett: A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean

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On June 4, 1973, “Dunhill” label released “A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean”, the third Jimmy Buffett studio album. It was recorded in 1972, at “Glaser Sound” in Nashville, TN, and was produced by Don Gant.

Personnel:

  • Jimmy Buffett – lead vocals, acoustic rhythm guitar
  • Steve Goodman – acoustic lead guitar
  • Reggie Young – electric lead guitar
  • Doyle Grisham – pedal Steel guitar
  • Mike Utley – piano
  • Greg “Fingers” Taylor – harmonica
  • Shane Keister – Moog synthesizer
  • Vassar Clements – fiddle
  • Ed “Lump” Williams – bass guitar
  • Sammy Creason – drums
  • Phil Royster – congas
  • Johnny Gimble – fiddle
  • Ferrell Morris – percussion
  • Marvin Gardens – maracas, beer cans
  • Sand Key Chorale (Jimmy Buffett, Don Gant, Buzz Cason) – backing vocals
  • The Buffets; Carol Montgomery, Diane Harris – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Jimmy Buffett, except where noted.

  1. The Great Filling Station Holdup
  2. Railroad Lady – Jimmy Buffett, Jerry Jeff Walker
  3. He Went to Paris
  4. Grapefruit—Juicy Fruit
  5. Cuban Crime of Passion – Jimmy Buffett, Tom Corcoran
  6. Why Don’t We Get Drunk – Marvin Gardens
  7. Peanut Butter Conspiracy
  8. They Don’t Dance Like Carmen No More
  9. I Have Found Me a Home
  10. My Lovely Lady
  11. Death of an Unpopular Poet

Rogue Wave: Nightingale Floors

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On June 4, 2013, “Vagrant Records” label released “Nightingale Floors”, the fifth Rogue Wave studio album. It was recorded in July 2012, at “Prairie Sun Recording Studios” at Cotati, CA, and was produced by John Congleton.

Personnel:

  • Zach Rogue (Zach Schwartz) – vocals, guitar, bass, Hammond B3 organ
  • Peter Pisano – guitar
  • Ross Peacock – analogue synthesizer
  • Masanori Mark Christianson- bass
  • Julie Baeziger – vocal harmony
  • Pat Spurgeon – demo engineer, engineer, mixing, pre-production
  • John Congleton- engineer, mixing
  • Matthew Wright – second engineer
  • Bond Berglund – mixing
  • Alan Douches – mastering
  • Andrew Schoultz – artwork
  • Ben Goetting – layout, design

Track listing:

All tracks by Zach Rogue.

  1. No Magnatone
  2. College
  3. Figured It Out
  4. Siren’s Song
  5. The Closer I get
  6. S(a)tan
  7. Used to It
  8. Without Pain
  9. When Sunday Morning Comes

Ryuichi Sakamoto: 1996

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On June 4, 1996, “Gut” label released “1996”, the twelve Ryuichi Sakamoto studio album. It was recorded in 1996, at “Right Track Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Ryuichi Sakamoto. The album contains a selection of his popular songs and two new songs, arranged for piano trio.

Personnel:

  • Ryuichi Sakamoto– piano
  • Jaques Morelenbaum– cello
  • Everton Nelson – violin
  • David Nadien– violin
  • Barry Finclair – violin
  • Fernando Aponte – engineer, mixing
  • Ted Jensen– mastering
  • Joe Lizzi & Jason Goldstein – engineer assistant
  • Hideki Nakajima – art direction, design
  • Yoshinori Ochiai – design
  • Kazunari Tajima – photography
  • Clare de Graw, David Rubinson – production managers

Track listing:

All tracks by Ryuichi Sakamoto.

  1. A Day a Gorilla Gives a Banana
  2. Rain
  3. Bibo no Aozora
  4. The Last Emperor
  5. 1919
  6. Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence
  7. A.Y. in the Backyard
  8. The Sheltering Sky
  9. A Tribute to N.J.P.
  10. High Heels (main theme)
  11. Aoneko no Torso
  12. The Wuthering Heights
  13. Parolibre
  14. Acceptance (End Credit)
  15. Before Long
  16. Bring Them Home

Liars: WIXIW

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On June 4, 2012, “Mute” label released “WIXIW”,  the sixth Liars album. It was recorded 2011 – 2012, at Liar’s private studio in Los Angeles, and was produced by Daniel Miller.

Personnel:

  • Angus Andrew – various instruments
  • Aaron Hemphill – various instruments
  • Julian Gross – drums
  • John Wiese – art direction, design

Track listing:

All lyrics by Angus Andrew; all music by Angus Andrew, Aaron Hemphill and Julian Gross.

  1. The Exact Color of Doubt
  2. Octagon
  3. 1 Against the Rush
  4. A Ring on Every Finger
  5. Ill Valley Prodigies
  6. WIXIW
  7. His and Mine Sensations
  8. Flood to Flood
  9. Who Is the Hunter
  10. Brats
  11. Annual Moon Words

Motorhead: Another Perfect Day

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On June 4, 1983, “Bronze” label released “Another Perfect Day”, the sixth  Motörhead studio album. It was recorded February – March 1983, at “Olympic Studios” and “Eal Pie Studios” in London, and was produced by Tony Platt.

Personnel:

  • Ian Kilmister – Lemmy– vocals, bass
  • Brian “Robbo” Robertson– guitars, piano, Fender piano, backing vocals
  • Phil “Philthy Animal” Taylor– drums
  • Tony Platt – mixing
  • Joe Petagno – sleeve art

Track listing:

All tracks by Ian Kilmister, Phil Taylor and Brian Robertson.

  1. Back at the Funny Farm
  2. Shine
  3. Dancing on Your Grave
  4. Rock It
  5. One Track Mind
  6. Another Perfect Day
  7. Marching Off to War
  8. I Got Mine
  9. Tales of Glory
  10. Die You Bustard!