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John Coltrane: Blue World

On September 27, 2019, “Impulse!” label released “Blue World”, an album by John Coltrane. It contains recordings form June 1964, recorded at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Ken Druker and John Coltrane.

Personnel:

  • John Coltrane – soprano and tenor saxophone
  • McCoy Tyner – piano
  • Jimmy Garrison – double bass
  • Elvin Jones – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording, mixing, mastering
  • Kevin Reeves – mastering
  • Ashley Kahn – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by John Coltrane

  1. Naima (Take 1)
  2. Village Blues (Take 2)
  3. Blue World
  4. Village Blues (Take 1)
  5. Village Blues (Take 3)
  6. Like Sonny
  7. Traneing In
  8. Naima (Take 2)

Muse: Absolution

On September 22. 2003, “Taste Media” label released “Absolution”, the third Muse studio album. It was recorded September 2002 – June 2003, at “Grouse Lodge” in Rosemount, Minnesota, “Air” and “Livingston” in London, “Cello” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Rich Costey, John Cornfield, Paul Reeve, Matthew Bellamy, Chris Wolstenholme and Dominic Howard.

Personnel:

  • Matthew Bellamy – lead vocals, guitars, keyboards, programming, string arrangements
  • Chris Wolstenholme  – bass, backing vocals
  • Dominic Howard – drums, programming, percussion
  • Audrey Riley – string arrangements
  • Paul Reeve – backing vocals, vocal samples
  • Spectrasonic’s Symphony of Voices – vocal samples
  • Rich Costey – engineer, mixing
  • Wally Gagel – engineer, digital engineering, additional production
  • John Cornfield – engineer
  • Roger Lian – digital editing
  • Howie Weinberg – mastering
  • Storm Thorgerson, Dan Abbott – design
  • Lee Baker – layout, design
  • Sam Winston – typography
  • Rupert Truman, Sean Winstanley – photography
  • Perou – band photography
  • Dennis Smith, Safta Jaffery – executive production

Track listing:

All lyrics by Matthew Bellamy; all music by Matthew Bellamy, Dominic Howard and Chris Wolstenholme.

  1. Intro
  2. Apocalypse Please
  3. Time is Running Out
  4. Sing for Absolution
  5. Stockholm Syndrome
  6. Falling Away with You
  7. Interlude
  8. Hysteria
  9. Blackout
  10. Butterflies and Hurricanes
  11. The Small Print
  12. Endlessly
  13. Thoughts of a Dying Atheist
  14. Ruled by Secrecy

David Bowie: Hours

On September 21, 1999, the twenty-second David Bowie studio album “Hours” was released on Internet. It was recorded April – June 1999, at “Seaview” in Bermuda, ”Looking Glass” and “Chung King” in New York City, and was produced by David Bowie and Reeves Gabrels.

Personnel:

  • David Bowie – vocals, 12-string guitar, keyboards, drum programming
  • Reeves Gabrels – guitar, drum programming, synthesizer programming
  • Chris Haskett – rhythm guitar
  • Marcus Salisbury – bass guitar
  • Mark Plati – bass guitar, acoustic and electric 12-string guitar, mellotron, synth and drum programming
  • Mike Levesque – drums, percussion
  • Sterling Campbell – drums
  • Everett Bradley – percussion
  • Holly Palmer – backing vocals
  • Kevin Paul – engineer
  • Ryoji Hata – engineer assistant
  • Jay Nicholas – engineer assistant
  • Andy VanDette – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by David Bowie and Reeves Gabrels; except where noted.

  1. Thursday’s Child
  2. Something in the Air
  3. Survive
  4. If I’m Dreaming of My Life
  5. Seven
  6. What’s Really Happening? – lyrics by Alex Grant
  7. The Pretty Things Are Going to Hell
  8. New Angels of Promise
  9. Brilliant Adventure
  10. The Dreamers

Frank Sinatra: Frank Sinatra Sings For Only The Lonely

On September 8, 1958, “Capitol” label released “Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely”, the fifteenth Frank Sinatra studio album. It was recorded May – June 1958, at “Capitol Studio A” in Hollywood, and was produced by Dave Cavanaugh. “Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely” won the “Grammy Award for Best Album Cover”.

Personnel:

  • Frank Sinatra – vocal
  • Nelson Riddle – conductor, arrangements
  • Felix Slatkin – conductor
  • Nick Volpe – cover art
  • Sammy Cahn And James Van Heusen – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Only the Lonely – Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen
  2. Angel Eyes – Matt Dennis, Earl Brent
  3. What’s New – Bob Haggart, Johnny Burke
  4. It’s a Lonesome Old Town – Harry Tobias, Charles Kisco
  5. Willow Weep for Me – Ann Ronell
  6. Goodbye – Gordon Jenkins
  7. Blues in the Night – Harold Arien, Johnny Mercer
  8. Guess I’ll Hang My Tears Out to Dry – Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne
  9. Ebb Tide – Robert Maxwell, Carl Sigman
  10. Spring is Here – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
  11. Gone with the Wind – Allie Wrubel, Herb Magidson
  12. One for My Baby (and One More for the Road} – Harold Arien, Johnny Mercer

Thin Lizzy: Bad Reputation

On September 2, 1977, “Vertigo” label released “Bad Reputation”, the eighth Thin Lizzy studio album. It was recorded May – June 1977, at “Toronto Sound”, “Sounds Interchange” in Toronto, Canada, and was produced by Tony Visconti, Phil Lynott, Scott Gorham, Brian Downey and Brian Robertson.

Personnel:

  • Phil Lynott – bass guitar, vocals, string synthesizer, Celtic harp
  • Scott Gorham – lead and rhythm guitar
  • Brian Robertson – lead guitar, voice box, keyboards
  • Brian Downey – drums, percussion
  • John Helliwell – saxophone, clarinet
  • Jon Bojic, Ken Morris, Mary Hopkin-Visconti – backing vocals
  • Tony Visconti – engineer
  • Jon Bojic, Ken Morris, Ed Stone – assistant engineers
  • Sutton Cooper – cover photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Phil Lynott, except where noted.

  1. Soldier of Fortune
  2. Bad Reputation – Brian Downey, Scott Gorham, Phil Lynott
  3. Opium Trail – Brian Downey, Scott Gorham, Phil Lynott
  4. Southbound
  5. Dancing in the Moonlight (Its Caught Me in His Spotlight)
  6. Killer without a Cause – Scott Gorham, Phil Lynott
  7. Downtown Sundown
  8. That Woman’s Gonna Break Your Heart
  9. Dear Lord – Scott Gorham, Phil Lynott

Idles: Joy As An Act Of Resistance

On August 31, 2018, “Partisan” label released “Joy as an Act of Resistance”, the second Idles studio album. It was recorded 2017 – 2018, and was produced by Space.

Personnel:

  • Joe Talbot – lead vocals
  • Mark Bowen – guitar
  • Lee Kiernan – guitar
  • Adam Devonshire – bass
  • Jon Beavis – drums
  • Nick Launay – mixing
  • Adam ‘Atom’ Greenspan – mixing

Track listing:

All tracks by Adam Devonshire, Jonathan Beavis, Joseph Talbot, Lee Kiernan, and Mark Bowen except where noted.

  1. Colossus
  2. Never Fight a Man with a Perm
  3. I’m Scum
  4. Danny Nedelko
  5. Love Song
  6. June
  7. Samaritans
  8. Television
  9. Great
  10. Gram Rock
  11. Cry to Me – Bert Russell
  12. Rottweiler

R.E.M.: Chronic Town

On August 24, 1982, “I.R.S.” label released “Chronic Town”, the debut R.E.M. EP. It was recorded October 1981 – June 1982, at “Drive-In Studio” in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and was produced by Mitch Easter, Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Michael Stipe.

Personnel:

  • Michael Stipe – vocals
  • Peter Buck – acoustic and electric guitar, electric sitar
  • Mike Mills – bass guitar, synthesizer, backing vocals
  • Bill Berry – drums, maracas, timbales, backing vocals
  • Mitch Easter – tape loops, engineer
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • R.A. Miller – artwork
  • Ron Scarselli – design
  • Kako .n. – graphics
  • Curtis Knapp – cover photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Michael Stipe.

  1. Wolves, Lower
  2. Gardening at Night
  3. Carnival of Sorts (Boxcars)
  4. 1,000,000
  5. Stumble

Roy Eldridge: Swingin’ On The Town

In August 1960, “Verve” label released “Swingin’ on the Town”, the 18th Roy Eldridge album. It was recorded in June 1960, in New York City, and was produced by Norman Granz.

Personnel:

  • Roy Eldridge – trumpet
  • Ronnie Ball – piano
  • Benny Moten – bass
  • Eddie Locke – drums

Track listing:

  1. Bossa Nova – Roy Eldridge
  2. The Way You Look Tonight – Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields
  3. Sweet Sue, Just You – Victor Young, Will J. Harris
  4. I’ve Got a Crush on You – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
  5. When I Grow Too Old to Dream – Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II
  6. Crème de Menthe – Erroll Garner
  7. Honeysuckle Rose – Fats Waller, Andy Razaf
  8. All the Things You Are – Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II
  9. Easy Living – Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin
  10. But Not for Me – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
  11. Song of the Islands – Charles E. King
  12. Misty – Eroll Garner, Johnny Burke

Eels: Beautiful Freak

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
  • Tommy Walter – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Jon Brion – guitar, trombone, chamberlin
  • Mark Goldenberg – guitar, keyboards, engineer
  • Jim Jacobsen – keyboards, loops, engineer
  • Jon Brion – engineer
  • Amir Derakh – engineer
  • Matt Thorne – engineer
  • Michael Simpson – mixing
  • Billy Kinsley – mixing
  • Rob Seifert – mixing
  • Stephen Marcussen – mastering
  • Ann Giordano – photography
  • Francesca Restrepo – art direction, sleeve design

Track listing:

All tracks by E, except where noted.

  1. Novocaine for the Soul – E, Mark Goldenberg
  2. Susan’s House – E, Jim Jacobsen, Jim Weatherly
  3. Rags to Rags
  4. Beautiful Freak
  5. Not Ready Yet – Jon Brion, E
  6. My Beloved Monster
  7. Flower – E, Jim Jacobsen
  8. Guest List
  9. Mental
  10. Spunky
  11. Your Lucky Day in Hell – E, Goldenberg
  12. Manchild – E, Jill Sobule

Aretha Franklin: Laughing on the Outside

On August 12, 1963, “Columbia” label released “Laughing on the Outside”, the fourth Aretha Franklin studio album. It was recorded in April – June 1963, at “Columbia Recording Studios” in New York and Hollywood, and was produced by Robert Mersey.

Personnel:

  • Aretha Franklin – vocals
  • Robert Mersey – arrangements, conductor
  • Don Arnome, Tommy Tedesco, Billy Strange – guitar
  • Earl Van Dyke, Dave Grusin, Andrew Acker, Leon Russell – piano
  • C. Bosler, Ray Pohlman, Melvin Pollan – bass guitar
  • Hindel Butts, Hal Blaine – drums
  • Plas Johnson – saxophone
  • Jimmy Nottingham – trumpet
  • Robert Ascher – trombone
  • Bernard Eichenbaum, Julius Schacter, Leo Kahn, Berl Senofsky, Felix Gigol, Max Pollikoff, George Ockner, John Rublowsky, Sid Sharp, Tibor Zelig, George Poole, Irving Lipschultz, Irving Weinper, Darrel Terwilliger – violin
  • R. Dickler, Theodore Israel, Jacob Glick – viola
  • Jesse Erlich, Anthony Twardowsky, Joseph Tekula – cello

Track listing:

  1. Skylark – Johnny Mercer, Hoagy Carmichael
  2. For All We Know – Sam M. Lewis, J. Fred Coots
  3. Make Someone Happy – Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Jule Styne
  4. I Wonder (Where Are You Tonight) – Aretha Franklin, Ted White
  5. Solitude – Duke Ellington, Eddie DeLange, Irving Mills
  6. Laughing on the Outside – Bernie Wayne, Ben Raleigh
  7. Say It Isn’t So – Irving Berlin
  8. Until The Real Thing Comes Along – Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin, L. E. Freeman
  9. If Ever I Would Leave You – Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe
  10. Where Are You? – Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh
  11. Mr. Ugly – Norman Mapp
  12. I Wanna Be Around – Johnny Mercer, Sadie Vimmerstedt