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Rhiannon Giddens: You’re The One

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On August 19, 2023, “Nonesuch” label released “You’re the One”, the third Rhiannon Giddens studio album. It was recorded in 2023 at “The Hit Factory Criteria”, “Irish World Academy Of Music And Dance”, “Fresh Young Minds”, “Sound Of Music Recording Studios”, “Sound Emporium”, “Studio 176” in Greensboro, NC, “Royal Recording Studios” in Memphis, and was produced by Jack Splash.

Personnel:

  • Rhiannon Giddens – vocals, banjo, viola
  • Jack Splash – guitar, electric piano, percussion, drum programming, horn arrangements, engineer, recording
  • Niwel Tsumbu – classical guitar
  • Eric Escanes – electric guitar
  • Gene Sxip Shirley – resonator guitar
  • Franceso Turrisi – piano, tamburello, piano accordion, frame drum
  • Dwayne Bennett – Hammond B3 organ, keyboards
  • Dirk Powell – accordion, piano, fiddle, guitar
  • Jason Sypher – electric upright bass
  • Tadarius McCombs – electric bass
  • Terrence Grizzle, Jr. – drums
  • Humberto Ibarra – percussion
  • Amelia Powell – triangle, backing vocals
  • Scott Klarman – saxophone, flute
  • Ted Zimmerman – trumpet
  • Jose Miranda – trombone
  • Andy Yum, Jennifer Puckett, Yennifer Correia – violin
  • Aaron Tubergen, Beth Luscombe – viola
  • Jonathan Kirkscey, Leyla McCalla – cello
  • Jason Isbell – vocals
  • Eryn Allen Kane, Lalenja Harrington – backing vocals
  • Lester Snell – string arrangements
  • Dan-O Deckelman – recording
  • Lawrence Mitchell – recording
  • Ben Rawlins, Grant Wilson, Justin Harrington – recording
  • Ian Mercel – engineer
  • Andrew Selchow – engineer assistant
  • Kennie Takahashi – mixing
  • Greg Calbi, Steve Fallone – mastering
  • JN-H – lacquer cut
  • Jeri Heiden, SMOG Design, Inc. – design
  • Ebru Yildiz – photography
  • Alex Kadvan, David Bither – executive producer

Track listing:

  1. Too Little, Too Late, Too Bad – Dirk Powell, Rhiannon Giddens
  2. You’re the One – Lalenja Harrington, Rhiannon Giddens
  3. Yet To Be – Marcus Hummon, Rhiannon Giddens
  4. Wrong Kind of Right – Rhiannon Giddens
  5. Another waste Life – Bhi Bhiman, Rhiannon Giddens
  6. You Louisiana Man – Rhiannon Giddens
  7. If You Don’t Know How Sweet It Is – Bhi Bhiman, Rhiannon Giddens
  8. Hen in the Foxhouse – Rhiannon Giddens
  9. Who Are You Dreaming Of – Dirk Powell, Rhiannon Giddens
  10. You Put the Sugar in My Bowl – Dirk Powell, Rhiannon Giddens
  11. Way Over Yonder – Kevin Moore, Rhiannon Giddens
  12. God Ol’ Cider – traditional

Steve Earle: The Hard Way

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On July 1, 1990, “MCA” label released “The Hard Way”, the fourth Steve Earle studio album. It was recorded in 1990, at “Sound Emporium” in Nashville, “Ardent Studios” in Memphis, Tennessee, and was produced by Joe Hardy and Steve Earle.

Personnel:

  • Steve Earle – lead vocal, acoustic and electric guitars, mandolin, Mandoblaster, 6-string bass, guitar synthesizer, percussion programme, harmonies

The Dukes

  • Bucky Baxter – Mullins pedal steel guitar
  • Ken Moore – organ, synthesizer, string arrangements
  • Dwayne “Zip” Gibson – vocals, electric guitars
  • Kelly Looney – vocals, bass
  • Craig Wright – drums
  • John Jarvis – piano
  • Lester Snell – organ, chorus director
  • Patrick Earle – percussion
  • Stacey Earle Mims – harmony
  • The Christ Missionary Baptist Church Choir – chorus
  • Amy Dotson, Billy Baker, Billy Steele, Chip Phillips, Chuck Allen, Craig Wright, Denis Colby, Doug Baker, Ian Earle, Justin Townes Earle, Katryna Haddrick, Kelly Looney, Ken Moore, Patrick Earle, Peter Keppler, Robyn Gibson, Scot Bonner, Stacey Earle Mims, Tommy McRae, Zip Gibson – backing vocals
  • Patricia Snell, Susan Jerome, William C. Brown III – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Steve Earle, except where noted.

  1. The Other Kind
  2. Promise You Anything – Steve Earle, Maria McKee, Patrick Sugg
  3. Esmeralda’s Hollywood – Steve Earle, Maria McKee
  4. Hopeless Romantics
  5. This Highway’s Mine (Roadmaster)
  6. Billy Austin
  7. Justice in Ontario
  8. Have Mercy
  9. When the People Find Out
  10. Country Girl
  11. Regular Guy
  12. West Nashville Boogie
  13. Close Your Eyes

Chris Stapleton: From A Room: Volume 2

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On December 1. 2017, “Mercury Nashville” label released “From A Room: Volume 2”, the third Chris Stapleton studio album. It was recorded in 2017, at “RCA Studio A” in Nashville, and was produced by Dave Cobb and Chris Stapleton.

Personnel:

  • Chris Stapleton – lead vocals, acoustic and electric guitar
  • Dave Cobb – acoustic guitar, percussion
  • Morgane Stapleton – tambourine, backing vocals
  • J.T. Cure – bass guitar, upright bass
  • Derek Mixon – drums
  • Vance Powell – engineer, mixing
  • Pete Lyman – mastering
  • Gena Jonhson – assistant
  • Rachel Urquhart – illustrations
  • Mary Hooper – design

Track listing:

  1. Millionaire – Kevin Welch
  2. Hard Livin’ – Chris Stapleton, Kendell Marvel
  3. Scarecrow in the Garden – Chris Stapleton, Brice Long, Matt Fleener, Salvatore Polimeni
  4. Nobody’s Lonely Tonight – Chris Stapleton, Mike Henderson
  5. Tryin’ to Untangle My Mind – Chris Stapleton, Jaron Boyer, Kendell Marvel
  6. A Simple Song – Chris Stapleton, Darrell Hayes
  7. Midnight Train to Memphis – Chris Stapleton, Mike Henderson
  8. Drunkard’s Prayer – Chris Stapleton, Jameson Clark
  9. Friendship – Homer Banks, Lester Snell

The Bar Kays: Flying High On Your Love

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In November 1977, “Mercury” label released “Flying High on Your Love”, the seventh Bar Kays (The) album. It was recorded in 1977, at “Ardent Recording Studios” in Memphis, Tennessee, and was produced by Allen Jones.

Personnel:

  • Larry Dodson – lead vocals, arrangements
  • Lloyd Smith – lead guitar, arrangements
  • Winstin Stewart – keyboards, arrangements
  • James Alexander – vocals, bass, arrangements
  • Michael Beard – vocals, drums, arrangements
  • Harvey Henderson – saxophones, percussion, arrangements
  • Charles Allen – vocals, trumpet, arrangements
  • Frank Thompson – trombone, percussion, arrangements
  • Lester Snell – string arrangements
  • Allen Jones – arrangements
  • William C. Brown III – recording
  • Larry Nix – engineer
  • Robert Jackson – engineer assistant
  • Jim Schubert – art direction
  • John Youssi – illustration
  • David Alexander – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Larry Dodson, Lloyd Smith, Winstin Stewart, James Alexander, Michael Beard, Harvey Henderson, Charles Allen and Frank Thompson.

  1. Shut the Funk Up
  2. Standing on the Outside
  3. Woman of the Night
  4. Whatever It Is
  5. Can’t Keep My Hands Off You
  6. Let’s Have Some Fun
  7. Attitudes
  8. You Can’t Run Away
  9. Flying High on Your Love

Isaac Hayes: Chocolate Chip

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In June 1975, “ABC” label released “Chocolate Chip”, the seventh Isaac Hayes studio album. It was recorded in 1975, at “Hot Buttered Soul Recording Studio” in Memphis, Tennessee, and was produced by Isaac Hayes.

Personnel:

  • Isaac Hayes – vocals, keyboards, arranger
  • Emerson Able – flute, alto saxophone
  • Ben Cauley- trumpet
  • Lewis Collins – flute, tenor saxophone
  • Bill Easley – flute, alto saxophone
  • Jack Hale – trombone
  • Willie Hall- drums
  • The Movement – guest artist
  • Floyd Newman – flute, baritone saxophone
  • Darrell Smith – flute, tenor saxophone
  • Lester Snell – Fender Rhodes
  • Errol Thomas – guitar, bass
  • Jackie Thomas – trombone
  • Roosevelt “Head” Green – engineer
  • Fred Valentine – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Isaac Hayes.

  1. That Loving Feeling
  2. Body Language
  3. Chocolate Chip
  4. Chocolate Chip (instrumental)
  5. I Want to Make Love to You So Bad
  6. Come Live With Me
  7. I Can’t Turn Around

My Morning Jacket: It Still Moves

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On September 9, 2003, “ATO” label released “It Still Moves”, the third My Morning Jacket album. It was recorded in 2013, at “Above the Cadillac Studios” in Shelbyville, Kentucky, and was produced by Jim James.

Personnel:

  • Jim James – vocals, guitars, artwork
  • Johnny Quaid – vocals, guitars, artwork
  • Tom Blankenship – bass
  • Patrick Hallahan – drums
  • Danny Cash – keyboards, artwork, graphic design, layout design
  • Lester Snell – horn arrangements
  • Danny Kadar– engineer, mixing
  • Archie Mitchell – engineer
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Kathy Olliges – artwork
  • Linda Park – artwork
  • Sam Erickson – cover art, photography
  • Jojo Pennebaker – cover art, photography
  • Niko Bolas– studio construction

Track listing:

All tracks by Jim James.

  1. Mahgeetah
  2. Dancefloors
  3. Golden
  4. Master Plan
  5. One Big Holiday
  6. I Will Sing You Songs
  7. Easy Morning Rebel
  8. Run Thru
  9. Rollin Back
  10. Just One Thing
  11. Steam Engine
  12. One in the Same

Isaac Hayes: Black Moses

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In November 1971, “Stax” label released “Black Moses”, the fifth Isaac Hayes studio album. It was recorded March – October 1971, and was produced by Isaac Hayes.

Personnel:

  • Isaac Hayes – lead and backing vocals, piano, electric piano, organ, vibraphone, arrangements
  • Hot Buttered Soul – backing vocals
  • The Bar-Kays – instrumentation:
  • The Isaac Hayes Movement:
  • Ronnie Hudson – bass
  • Lester Snell – electric piano
  • Charles “Skip” Pitts – guitar
  • Sidney Kirk – piano
  • Gary Jones – bongos, congas
  • Willie Hall – drums, tambourine
  • Johnny Allen, Dale Warren – arrangements
  • Ron Capone, William Brown, Henry Bush, Eddie Marion, Dave Purple – engineer
  • Ron Capone, Dave Purple, Isaac Hayes – remix engineer

Track listing:

  1. Never Can Say Goodbye – Clifton Davis
  2. (They Long to Be) Close to You – Burt Bacharach, Hal David
  3. Nothing Takes the Place of You – Toussaint McCall, Alan Robinson
  4. Man’s Temptation – Curtis Mayfield
  5. Never Gonna Give You Up – Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff, Jerry Butler
  6. Medley: Ike’s Rap II /  Help Me Love – Isaac Hayes, Johnny Baylor, Mickey Gregory, Luther Ingram, Tommy Tate
  7. Need to Belong to Someone – Curtis Mayfield
  8. Good Love – Mickey Gregory, Isaac Hayes
  9. Medley: Ike’s Rap III / Your Love is So Doggone Good – Isaac Hayes, Difosco Ervin, Rudy Love
  10. For the Good Times – Kris Kristofferson
  11. I’ll Never Fall in Love Again – Burt Bacharach, Hal David
  12. Part-Time Love – Clay Hammond
  13. Medley: Ike’s Rap IV / A Brand New Me – Isaac Hayes, Kenneth Gamble, Thom Bell, Jerry Butler
  14. Going in Circles – Jerry Peters, Anita Poree

Paul Rodgers: The Royal Sessions

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On February 4, 2014, “429 Records” label released “The Royal Sessions”, the twelve Paul Rodgers solo album. It was recorded in 2013, at “Royal Studios” in Memphis, and was produced by Perry A. Margouleff.

Personnel:

  • Paul Rodgers– vocals
  • Michael Toles– guitar
  • Perry Margouleff– guitar, mixing
  • Lester Snell– piano
  • Charles Hodges– Hammond B3
  • Archie Turner– Wurlitzer
  • Leroy Hodges– bass
  • Lannie McMillan– tenor saxophone
  • Gary Topper– tenor saxophone
  • James L. Spake– baritone sax
  • Marc Franklin– trumpet
  • Royal Horns– horn
  • Roy Brewer – violin
  • Susanna Perry-Gilmore, Jessie Munson– violin
  • Beth Luscombe– viola
  • Michael Barar– viola
  • Wesley Hovanec– electric bongos, engineer assistant, videography
  • Jonathan Kirkscey– cello
  • Mark Wallace – cello
  • The Royal Singers– strings
  • William Wittman– engineer, mixing
  • James Robertson, Steve Potts, Daniel Bean– engineer assistant
  • Ryan Smith– mastering

Track listing:

  1. I Thank You – Isaac Hayes, David Porter
  2. Down Don’t Bother Me – Albert King
  3. I Can’t Stand the Rain – Don Bryant, Bernard Miller, Ann Peebles
  4. I’ve Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now) – Jerry Butler, Otis Redding
  5. That’s How Strong My Love Is – Roosevelt Jamison
  6. Walk On By – Burt Bacharach, Hal David
  7. Any Ole Way – Steve Cropper, Otis Redding
  8. It’s Growing – Warren Moore, Smokey Robinson
  9. Born Under a Bad Sign – William Bell, Booker T. Jones
  10. I’ve Got Dreams to Remember – Otis Redding