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Clifford Jordan: Cliff Jordan

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In July 1957, “Blue Note” label released “Cliff Jordan”, the second Clifford Jordan studio album. It was recorded in June 1957, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Lee Morgan – trumpet
  • Curtis Fuller – trombone
  • John Jenkins – alto saxophone
  • Cliff Jordan – tenor saxophone
  • Ray Bryant – piano
  • Paul Chambers – bass
  • Art Taylor – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording, mastering
  • Tom Hannan – design
  • Francis Wolff – photography
  • Robert Levin – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Not Guilty – Clifford Jordan
  2. St. John – John Jenkins
  3. Blue Shoes – Curtis Fuller
  4. Beyond the Blue Horizon – W. Franke Harling, Leo Robin, Richard A. Whiting
  5. Ju-Ba – Lee Morgan

Lou Donaldson Quintet: Swing And Soul

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In July 1957, “Blue Note” label released “Swing and Soul”, album by the Lou Donaldson Quintet (the sixth Lou Donaldson album overall). It was recorded in June 1957, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Lou Donaldson – alto saxophone
  • Herman Foster – piano
  • Peck Morrison – bass
  • Dave Bailey – drums
  • Ray Barretto – congas
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording
  • Reid Miles – design
  • Francis Wolff – photography
  • Ira Gitler – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Lou Donaldson, except where noted.

  1. Dorothy – Rudy Nichols
  2. I Won’t Cry Any More – Al Frisch, Fritz Wise
  3. Herman’s Mambo – Herman Foster
  4. Peck Time
  5. There’ll Never Be Another You – Mack Gordon, Harry Warren
  6. Groove Junction
  7. Grits and Gravy

The Kinks: Low Budget

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On July 10, 1979, “Arista” label released “Low Budget”, the eighteenth Kinks (The) studio album. It was recorded January – June 1979, at “Power Station” and “Blue Rock Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Ray Davies.

Personnel:

  • Ray Davies – vocals, guitar, keyboards, cover concept
  • Dave Davies – guitar, backing vocals
  • Jim Rodford – bass, backing vocals
  • Mick Avory – drums
  • Gordon Edwards – piano
  • Nick Newall – saxophone
  • John Rollo – engineer
  • Ron Kellum – art direction, design
  • Gary Gross – photography
  • “Special thanks to” Scott Litt and Raymond Willhard

Track listing:

All tracks by Ray Davies.

  1. Attitude
  2. Catch Me Now I’m Falling
  3. Pressure
  4. National Health
  5. (Wish I Could Gly Like) Superman
  6. Low Budget
  7. In a Space
  8. Little Bit of Emotion
  9. A Gallon of Gas
  10. Misery
  11. Moving Pictures

Phil Woods Septet: Pairing Off

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In July 1956, “Prestige” label released “Pairing Off”, album by Phil Woods Septet (the third Phil Woods album overall). It was recorded in June 1956, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Weinstock.

Personnel:

  • Phil Woods – alto saxophone
  • Gene Quill – alto saxophone
  • Donald Byrd, Kenny Dorham – trumpet
  • Tommy Flanagan – piano
  • Doug Watkins – bass
  • Philly Joe Jones – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording

Track listing:

All tracks by Phil Woods, except where noted.

  1. The Stanley Stomper
  2. Cool Aid
  3. Pairing Off
  4. Suddenly It’s Spring – Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen

The Cyrkle: Red Rubber Ball

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On June 30, 1966, “Columbia” label released “Red Rubber Ball”, the debut Cyrkle (The) album. It was recorded February – June 1966, and was produced by John Simon.

Personnel:

  • Don Dannemann – vocals, arrangements
  • Tom Dawes – guitar, sitar, bass, harmonica, castanets, arrangements
  • John Simon – calliope organ, arrangements, conductor
  • Marty Fried – drums, arrangements
  • Eddie Smith – engineer
  • Gordy Clark – engineer
  • Stanley Weiss – engineer

Track listing:

  1. Red Rubber Ball – John Simon, Bruce Woodley
  2. Why Can’t You Give Me What I Want – Stephen Friedland, Tom Dawes
  3. Baby, You’re Free – Bob Crewe, Gary Weston
  4. Big Little Woman – Don Dannemann, Tom Dawes
  5. Cloudy – John Simon, Bruce Woodley
  6. Cry – Don Dannemann, Tom Dawes
  7. Turn-Down Day – Jerry Keller, David Blume
  8. There’s a Fire in the Fireplace – Stephen Friedland
  9. Bony Moronie – Larry Williams
  10. How Can I Leave Her – Don Dannemann, Tom Dawes
  11. Money to Burn – Don Dannemann, Tom Dawes

Duke Ellington: Ellington Showcase

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In June 1955, “Capitol” label released “Ellington Showcase”, album by Duke Ellington. It was recorded April – December 1953 at “Capitol Studios” in Los Angeles and “Universal Studios” in Chicago, January – June 1954 at “Capitol Studios” in New York, and May 1955.

Personnel:

  • Duke Ellington – piano, electric piano
  • Billy Strayhorn – piano
  • Russell Procope – alto saxophone, clarinet
  • Rick Henderson – alto saxophone
  • Paul Gonsalves – tenor saxophone
  • Jimmy Hamilton – tenor saxophone, clarinet
  • Harry Carney – baritone saxophone, bass clarinet
  • Cat Anderson, Willie Cook, Ray Nance, Clark Terry – trumpet
  • Quentin Jackson, George Jean, Juan Tizol, Britt Woodman – trombone
  • John Sanders – valve trombone
  • Wendell Marshall, Jimmy Woode – bass
  • Butch Ballard, Dave Black – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Duke Ellington, except where noted.

  1. Blossom – Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn
  2. Big Drag
  3. Don’t Ever Say Goodbye
  4. Falling Like a Raindrop
  5. Gonna Tan Your Hide – Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn
  6. Harlem Air Shaft
  7. La Virgen De La Macarena – Bernardo Bautista Monterde
  8. Clarinet Melodrama – Jimmy Hamilton
  9. Theme For Trambean – Jimmy Hamilton
  10. Serious Serenade

Algiers: The Underside Of Power

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On June 23, 2017, “Matador” label released “The Underside of Power”, the second Algiers studio album. It was recorded June – October 2016, at “Argot Studio”, “Strange Weather” and “Walker Studios”, “Figure 8” in New York, “Goat Farm” in Atlanta, “Real World” in Bath, “Rex Studios” in London, and was produced by Adrian Utley and Ali Chant.

Personnel:

  • Franklin James Fisher – vocals, cello, double bass, drum programming, guitar, keyboards, percussion, piano, sampling, synthesizer, tambourine, Wurlitzer
  • Lee Tesche – cymbals, guitar, harmonium, loop, music box, percussion, prepared guitar, prepared piano, saxophone, synthesizer, backing vocals
  • Ryan Mahan – bass, drum programming, guitar, baritone guitar, sampling, synthesizer, backing vocals
  • Matt Tong – chimes, drones, drums, glockenspiel, guitar, percussion, backing vocals
  • Adrian Utley – drum machine, guitar, Moog bass, synthesizer
  • Ali Chant – guitar, backing vocals
  • Macks Faulkron – guitar, percussion, engineer
  • Ashiya Eastwood – backing vocals
  • Jessica Upton Crowe – backing vocals
  • Travis Ono – backing vocals
  • Alex Weston – engineer
  • Ben Greenberg – engineer, additional production
  • Chris Kyles – engineer
  • Oli Jacobs – engineer
  • Patrick Phillips – engineer
  • Paul Reust – engineer
  • Randall Dunn – mixing
  • Will Smith – mixing assistant
  • Jason Ward – mastering

Track listing:

  1. Walk Like a Panther
  2. Cry of the Martyrs
  3. The Underside of Power
  4. Death March
  5. A Murmur A Sign
  6. Mme Rieux
  7. Cleveland
  8. Animals
  9. Plague Years
  10. Hymn for and Average Man
  11. Bury Me Standing
  12. The Cycle/The Spiral: Time to Go Down Slowly

Muddy Waters: Sings “Big Bill”

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In June 1960, “Chess” label released “Muddy Waters Sings “Big Bill”, the first studio and second Muddy Waters overall album. It was recorded June – August 1959, in Chicago, Illinois.

Personnel:

  • Muddy Waters – vocals, guitar
  • James Cotton – harmonica
  • Otis Spann – piano
  • Pat Hare – guitar
  • Andrew Stephenson – bass
  • Francis Clay – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Big Bill Broonzy, except where noted.

  1. Tell Me Baby
  2. Southbound Train
  3. When I Get to Thinking – Harriett Melka
  4. Just a Dream (On My Mind)
  5. Double Trouble – Harriet Melka
  6. I Feel So Good
  7. I Done Got Wise – McKinley Morganfield
  8. Mopper’s Blues
  9. Lonesome Road Blues
  10. Hey, Hey

Velvet Revolver: Contraband

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On June 8, 2004, “RCA” label released “Contraband”, the debut Velvet Revolver studio album. It was recorded June – December 2003, at “NRG”, “Pulse Recording”, and was produced by Josh Abraham, Nick Raskulinecz, Scott Weiland, Slash, Duff McKagan, Matt Scorum and Dave Kushner. The album was certified 2 x Platinum in US by the “RIAA”.

Personnel:

  • Scott Weiland – lead vocals
  • Slash – lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Dave Kushner – rhythm guitar
  • Duff McKagan – bass, backing vocals
  • Matt Sorum – drums, backing vocals
  • Douglas Grean – keyboards, vocal production, engineer, associate producer
  • Ryan Williams – engineer
  • Brandon Belsky – engineer assistant
  • Rocco Guarino – engineer assistant
  • Chris Young – mixing assistant
  • George Marino – mastering
  • Robin C. Hendrickson – art direction
  • Brett Kilroe – art direction
  • Dan Winters – photography

Track listing:

All lyrics by Scott Weiland, except where noted; all music by Scott Weiland, Slash, Duff McKagan, Matt Scorum and Dave Kushner, except where noted.

  1. Sucker Train Blues
  2. Do It for the Kids
  3. Big Machine
  4. Illegal I Song
  5. Spectacle
  6. Fall to Pieces
  7. Headspace
  8. Superhuman
  9. Set Me Free
  10. You Got No Right
  11. Slither
  12. Dirty Little Thing – Scott Weiland, Slash, Duff McKagan, Matt Scorum, Dave Kushner, Keith Nelson
  13. Loving the Alien

Faust: The Faust Tapes

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On May 19, 1973, “Virgin” label released “The Faust Tapes”, the third Faust studio album. It was recorded June 1971 – June 1973, at “Wümme” in Bremen, Germany, and was produced by Uwe Nettelbeck.

Personnel:

  • Rudolf Sosna – vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • Hans Joachim Irmler – organ
  • Gunther Wüsthoff – synthesizer, saxophone
  • Jean-Hervé Péron – vocals, bass guitar
  • Werner “Zappi” Diermaier – drums
  • Arnulf Meifert – drums
  • Kurt Graupner – engineer
  • Uwe Nettelbeck – vocals, cover artwork

Track listing:

  1. Untitled
  2. Untitled