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Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers: Into The Great Wide Open

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Into the Great Wide Open

On July 2, 1981, “MCA” label released “Into the Great Wide Open”, the eighth Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers album. It was recorded in 1991, at “Rumbo Recorders”; “Studio C”; “Canoga Park and “M.C. Studios” in California, and was produced by Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty and Mike Campbell.

Personnel:

  • Tom Petty– vocals, guitars, keyboards, percussion, bass guitar
  • Mike Campbell– lguitars, bass guitar, Dobro, keyboards
  • Benmont Tench– acoustic and electric pianos, accordion
  • Howie Epstein– bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Stan Lynch– drums, percussion
  • Jeff Lynne –vocals,  guitars, bass, piano, synthesizer, percussion, sound effects
  • Richard Tandy– synthesizer
  • Roger McGuinn– backing vocal

Track listing:

All tracks by Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne, except where noted.

  1. Learning to Fly
  2. Kings Highway – Tom Petty
  3. Into the Great Wide Open
  4. Two Gunslingers – Tom Petty
  5. The Dark of the Sun
  6. All or Nothin – Tom Petty,Mike Campbell, Jeff Lynne
  7. All the Wrong Reasons
  8. Too Good to Be True – Tom Petty
  9. Out in the Cold
  10. You and I Will Meet Again – Tom Petty
  11. Makin’ Some Noise – Tom Petty, Mike Campbell, Jeff Lynne
  12. Built to Last

Pink Floyd: A Momentary Lapse Of Reason

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MLOT

On September 7, 1987, “EMI” label released ”A Momentary Lapse of  Reason”, the thirteenth Pink Floyd studio album.  It was recorded October 1986 – May 1987, and was produce by Bob Ezrin and David Gilmour. The album features David Gilmour’s material recorded for his third solo album and is recorded together with two Pink Floyd original members, drummer Nick Mason and keyboardist Richard Wright. “Momentary lapse of reason” is the first Pink Floyd album since the departure of bass guitarist, singer, and songwriter Roger Waters in December 1985.

Personnel:

  • David Gilmour– vocals, guitars, keyboards, sequencers
  • Richard Wright– vocals, piano, Kurzweil, Hammond organ
  • Nick Mason– drums, sound effects
  • Michael Landau– guitar
  • Bob Ezrin– keyboards, percussion, sequencers
  • Jon Carin– keyboards
  • Bill Payne– Hammond organ
  • Patrick Leonard– synthesizers
  • Tony Levin– bass guitar, Chapman Stick
  • Carmine Appice– drums
  • Jim Keltner– drums
  • Steve Forman – percussion
  • Tom Scott– alto saxophone, soprano saxophone
  • Scott Page– tenor saxophone
  • John Helliwell– saxophone
  • Darlene Koldenhoven– backing vocals
  • Carmen Twillie – backing vocals
  • Phyllis St. James – backing vocals
  • Donnie Gerrard – backing vocals

Track listing:

  1. Signs of Life – David Gilmour, Bob Ezrin
  2. Learning to Fly – David Gilmour, Moore, Bob Ezrin, Jon Carin
  3. The Dogs of War – David Gilmour, Moore
  4. One Slip – David Gilmour, Phil Manzanera
  5. On the Tuning Away – David Gilmour and Moore
  6. Yet Another Movie / Round and Around – David Gilmour,  Patrick Leonard
  7. A New Machine Part 1 – David Gilmour
  8. Terminal Frost – David Gilmour
  9. A New Machine Part 2 – David Gilmour
  10. Sorrow – David Gilmour