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Soul Asylum: Hang Time

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Hangtime

On April 25, 1988, “A&M” label released “Hang Time”, the debut Soul Asylum album.  It was recorded in 1988, and was produced by Lenny Kaye and Ed Stasium.

Personnel:

  • Dan Murphy – vocals, guitar
  • Dave Pirner – vocals, guitar, piano, saxophone
  • Karl Mueller – bass
  • Grant Young – drums
  • Paul Hamingson – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Dave Pirner, except where noted.

  1. Down on Up to Me
  2. Little Too Clean
  3. Sometime to Return
  4. Cartoon – Dan Murphy
  5. Beggars and Choosers
  6. Endless Farewell
  7. Standing in the Doorway
  8. Marionette
  9. Ode
  10. Jack of All Trades
  11. Twiddly Dee
  12. Heavy Rotation

Patti Smith: Twelve

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On April 17, 2007, “Columbia” label released “Twelve”, the seventh Patti Smith album. It was recorded in 2007, and was produced by Patti Smith.

Personnel:

  • Patti Smith– vocals, clarinet
  • Lenny Kaye– guitar
  • Duncan Webster – guitar
  • Jack Petruzelli – guitar
  • Jackson Smith – guitar
  • Tom Verlaine– guitar
  • Rich Robinson – guitar, dulcimer
  • Sam Shepard– banjo
  • Walker Shepard – banjo
  • John Cohen– banjo
  • Luis Resto– piano
  • Tony Shanahan– vocals, bass, keyboards
  • Barre Duryea – bass
  • Flea– bass
  • Paul Nowinski – double bass
  • Jay Dee Daugherty– drums, percussion, accordion
  • Mario Resto – drums
  • Peter Stampfel– fiddle
  • Giovanni Sollima– cello
  • Jesse Smith – backing vocals
  • Emery Dobyns – engineer, mixing
  • Andi Ostrowe – live sound mixing
  • David Bett – art direction
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Steven Sebring– photography

Track listing:

  1. Are You Experienced – Jimi Hendrix
  2. Everybody Wants to Rule the World – Roland Orzabal, Ian Stanley, Chris Hughes
  3. Helpless – Neil Young
  4. Gimme Shelter – Mick Jagger, Keith Richards
  5. Within You Without You – George Harrison
  6. White Rabbit – Grace Slick
  7. Changing of the Guards – Bob Dylan
  8. The Boy in the Bubble – Paul Simon, Forere Motioheola
  9. Soul Kitchen – Jim Morrison, John Densmore, Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger
  10. Smells Like Teen Spirit – Kurt Cobain, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic
  11. Midnight Rider – Gregg Allman, Robert Payne
  12. Pastime Paradise – Stevie Wonder
  13. Everybody Hurts (bonus tracks) – Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills, Michael Stipe

Patti Smith: Gung Ho

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On March 21, 2000, “Arista” label released “Gung Ho” album by Patti Smith. It was recorded in 2000, at “Sear Sound” in New York City, and was produced by Gil Norton. Magazine “Rolling Stone” included “Gung Ho” in its list of “Top 50 Albums of 2000”. The album cover includes picture of Smiths’s father, Grant Smith.

Personnel:

  • Patti Smith– vocals, guitar, photography
  • Tom Verlaine– guitar
  • Lenny Kaye– guitar
  • Jackson Smith – guitar
  • Oliver Ray– guitar
  • Ben E. Franklin – mandolin
  • Penny Whistle – mandolin
  • Kimberly Smith – mandolin
  • Grant Hart– piano, farfisa
  • Tony Shanahan– bass, keyboards
  • Jay Dee Daugherty– drums
  • Rebecca Weiner – violin
  • Skaila Kanga– harp
  • Michael Stipe– backing vocals
  • Wade Raley – backing vocals
  • Danton Supple – engineer, mixing
  • Jake Davies – engineer
  • Mark Phythers – engineer
  • Todd Parker – engineer assistant
  • Gil Norton– mixing
  • Paul Angelli – mastering
  • Ted Jensen– mastering
  • Margery Greenspan – art direction
  • Steven Sebring– photography

Track listing:

  1. One Voice – Patti Smith, Jay Dee Daugherty
  2. Lo and Beholden – Lenny Kaye, Patti Smith
  3. Boy Cried Wolf – Patti Smith
  4. Persuasion – Patti Smith, Fred “Sonic” Smith
  5. Gone Pie – Patti Smith, Tony Shanahan
  6. China Bird – Oliver Ray, Patti Smith
  7. Glitter in Their Eyes – Oliver Ray, Patti Smith
  8. Strange Messenger – Lenny Kaye, Patti Smith
  9. Grateful – Patti Smith
  10. Upright Come – Oliver Ray, Patti Smith
  11. New Party – Patti Smith, Tony Shanahan
  12. Libbie’s Song – Patti Smith
  13. Gung Ho – Jay Dee Daugherty, Lenny Kaye, Oliver Ray , Patti Smith, Tony Shanahan

Patti Smith Group: Easter

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Easter

On March 3, 1978, “Arista” label released “Easter”, the third Patti Smith studio album. It was recorded in 1977, at “Record Plant” in New York, and “House of Music” in West Orange, and was produced by Jimmy Iovine.

Personnel:

  • Patti Smith– vocals, guitar
  • Lenny Kaye– vocals, guitar, bass guitar
  • Ivan Kral– vocals, bass guitar, guitar
  • Jay Dee Daugherty– drums, percussion
  • Andi Ostrowe – percussion
  • Bruce Brody– keyboards, synthesizer
  • Richard Sohl– keyboards
  • Allen Lanier– keyboards
  • John Paul Fetta – bass
  • Jim Maxwell – bagpipes
  • Tom Verlaine– arrangements
  • Maude Gilman – insert design
  • Lynn Goldsmith– cover photography
  • Robert Mapplethorpe– insert photography
  • Cindy Black – insert photography
  • John Roberts – insert photography

Track listing:

  1. Till Victory – Patti Smith, Lenny Kaye
  2. Space Monkey – Patti Smith, Ivan Kral, Tom Verlaine
  3. Because the Night – Patti Smith, Bruce Springsteen
  4. Ghost Dance – Patti Smith and Lenny Kaye
  5. Babelogue – Patti Smith
  6. Rock’n’Roll Nigger – Patti Smith, Lenny Kaye
  7. Privilege (Set me Free) – Mel London, Mike Leander, Psalm 23
  8. We Three – Patti Smith
  9. 25th Floor – Patti Smith, Lenny Kaye
  10. High on Rebellion – Patti Smith
  11. Easter – Patti Smith, Jay Dee Daugherty