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One Ok Rock: Ambitions

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On January 11, 2017, “A-Sketch” label released “Ambitions”, the eighth One Ok Rock. It was recorded in 2016, at “Foxy Studios” in Los Angeles, “The Hideout Studios” in Las Vegas, and was produced by Colin Brittain, John Feldmann, Dan Lancaster, Andrew Goldstein, Kane Churko, CJ Baran, Takahiro Moriuchi, Toru Yamashita, Ryota Kohama and Tomoya Kanki.

Personnel:

  • Takahiro “Taka” Moriuchi – vocals
  • Toru Yamashita – guitar
  • Ryota Kohama – bass
  • Tomoya Kanki – drums
  • Avril Lavigne – vocal
  • 5 Seconds of Summer
  • Ben Sabin – piano, additional engineering, digital editing
  • Nolan Sipe – additional vocals
  • Aimer – backing vocals
  • Nick Long – backing vocals, additional instruments
  • Colin Brittain – programming, recording, mixing, engineer, editing 
  • John Feldmann – recording
  • Dan Lancaster – engineer, mixing
  • Jonathan Gerring – programming, additional production
  • Neil Avron – mixing
  • Zakk Cervini – programming, engineer, mixing, editing, additional production
  • Matt Pauling – programming, engineer, editing, additional production
  • Serban Ghenea – mixing
  • Mitch McCarthy – mixing
  • John Hanes – mixing
  • Kane Churko – engineer, mixing, mastering 
  • Mike Shinoda – additional production
  • Florian Ammon – additional vocal recording, engineer
  • Tyler Carter – vocal direction
  • Chris Baseford – vocal production
  • Phil Threlfall – vocal recording
  • Ted Jensen – mastering
  • Bruno Agra – drum tech
  • Kazuaki Seki – art direction
  • Daichi Shiono – design

Track listing:

  1. Ambitions (introduction) – Takahiro Moriuchi, Colin Brittain, Bruno Agra
  2. Bombs Away – Takahiro Moriuchi, Colin Brittain, Bruno Agra
  3. Taking Off – Takahiro Moriuchi, Dan Lancaster, Nick Long
  4. We Are – Toru Yamashita, Takahiro Moriuchi, Colin Brittain, Nick Long
  5. 20/20 – Takahiro Moriuchi, Colin Brittain, Nick Long
  6. Always Coming Back – Takahiro Moriuchi, Totu Yamashita, John Feldmann
  7. Bedroom Warfare – Takahiro Moriuchi, Nolan Sipe, Andrew Goldstein
  8. Lost in Tonight – Takahiro Moriuchi, Kame Churko
  9. I Was King – Takahiro Moriuchi, John Feldmann, Simon Wilcox, Colin Brittain
  10. Listen – Takahiro Moriuchi, Colin Brittain, Nick Long
  11. One Way Ticket – Takahiro Moriuchi, CJ Baran, Nick Long
  12. Bon Voyage – Toru Yamashita, Takahiro Moriuchi, Colin Brittain
  13. Start Again – Takahiro Moriuchi, Colin Brittain, Nick Long
  14. Take What You Want – Takahiro Moriuchi, Colin Brittain, Nick Long

Moby: Live Ambient – Improvised Recordings Vol. 1

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On December 24, 2020, “Mobyambient” label released “Live Ambient – Improvised Recordings Vol. 1”, the eighteenth Moby studio album. It was recorded in 2020, at Moby’s home studio in Los Angeles, and was produced by Moby.

Personnel:

  • Moby – all instruments, electronics

Track listing:

All tracks by Moby.

  1. Live Ambient 1
  2. Live Ambient 2
  3. Live Ambient 3
  4. Live Ambient 4
  5. Live Ambient 5
  6. Live Ambient 6
  7. Live Ambient 7
  8. Live Ambient 8
  9. Live Ambient 9
  10. Live Ambient 10

Mr. Big: What If…

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On December 15, 2010, “WHD / Victor” label released in Japan “What If…”, the seventh Mr. Big studio album. It was recorded September – October 2010, in Los Angeles, and was produced by Kevin Shirley.

Personnel:

  • Eric Martin – lead vocals
  • Paul Gilbert – guitar, backing vocals
  • Billy Sheehan – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Pat Torpey – drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Vanessa Parr – engineer
  • Jared Kvitka – engineer
  • Kevin Shirley – mixing
  • Steve Hall – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Eric Martin, Paul Gilbert, Billy Sheehan, Pat Torpey and Kevin Dotson, except where noted.

  1. Undertow
  2. American Beauty – Eric Martin, Paul Gilbert, Billy Sheehan, Pat Torpey
  3. Stranger in My Life – Eric Martin, Paul Gilbert, Billy Sheehan, Pat Torpey, André Pessis
  4. Nobody Left to Blame – Eric Martin, Paul Gilbert, Billy Sheehan, Pat Torpey
  5. Still Ain’t Enough for Me – Eric Martin, Paul Gilbert, Billy Sheehan, Pat Torpey
  6. Once Upon a Time – Eric Martin, Paul Gilbert, Billy Sheehan, Pat Torpey
  7. As Far as I Can See Now
  8. All the Way Up
  9. I Won’t Get in My Way – Eric Martin, Paul Gilbert, Billy Sheehan, PatTorpey, André Pessis
  10. Around the World
  11. I Get the Feeling
  12. Kill Me with a Kiss – Eric Martin, Paul Gilbert, Billy Sheehan, Pat Torpey, André Pessis

The White Stripes: Walking With a Ghost

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On December 12, 2005, “Third Man Records” label released “Walking with a Ghost”, the first White Stripes (The) EP. It was recorded in 2005, at “Ultrasuede Studio” in Cincinnati, OH, “The Village Recorder” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Jack White and Ariana Morgenstern.

Personnel:

  • Jack White – vocals, guitar, piano, mixing
  • Meg White – drums, bongos, percussion
  • John Curley – recording, engineer
  • Greg Jackman – recording
  • Jason Wormer – engineer, mixing
  • Matt Lawrence – mixing
  • Matthew Kettle – mixing
  • Rohan Onraet – mixing assistant
  • Jared Nugent – engineer assistant, mixing assistant
  • Howie Weinberg – mastering
  • Kevin Metcalfe – mastering
  • Mario Diaz – editing

Track listing:

  1. Walking with a Ghost – Sara Quin, Tegan Quin
  2. Same Boy You’ve Always Known (live) – Jack White
  3. As Ugly as I Seem (live) – Jack White
  4. The Denial Twist (live) – Jack White
  5. Screwdriver (live) – Jack White

Taylor Swift: Evermore

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On December 11, 2020, “Republic Records” label released “Evermore”, the ninth Taylor Swift studio album. It was recorded August – December 2020, at “Long Pond Studio” in Hudson Valley, “Kitty Committee” and Ariel Rechtshaid house in Los Angeles, “Scarlet Pimpernel” in London, and was produced by Taylor Swift, Aaron Dessner, Jack Antonoff and Bryce Dessner.

Personnel:

  • Taylor Swift – lead vocals, executive producer
  • Aaron Dessner – acoustic and electric guitar, rubber bridge guitar, high string guitar, banjo, bass guitar, synth bass, tambourine, mandolin, piano, keyboards, synthesizer, drum kit, percussion, drum machine programming, field recording, recording, drone
  • Haim
  • The National
  • Bon Iver
  • Bryce Dessner – electric guitar, piano, orchestration, pulse
  • Josh Kaufman – acoustic and electric guitar, lap steel, mandolin, organ, harmonium, harmonica
  • Justin Vernon – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, banjo, bass, synthesizer, triangle, drum kit, Prophet X, Messina, field recording, vocal recording
  • Josh Kaufman – acoustic and electric guitar, lap steel, mandolin, harmonium, organ, harmonica
  • Jack Antonoff – acoustic and electric guitar, slide guitar, bass, piano, Mellotron, drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Mikey Freedom Hart – nylon and electric guitar, DX7, electric guitar, nylon guitar, Rhodes, celeste
  • James McAlister – keyboards, synthesizers, drum kit, percussion, drum machine programming, Vermona pulse
  • Thomas Bartlett – piano, keyboard, synthesizers
  • William Bowery – piano
  • Nick Lloyd – Hammond B3 Organ
  • Patrik Berger – OP-1
  • Scott Devendorf – bass guitar, pocket piano
  • Logan Coale – upright bass
  • Sean Hutchinson – drums
  • Michael Riddleberger – drums
  • Sean Hutchinson – drums 
  • Michael Riddleberger – drums
  • JT Bates – drum kit, percussion
  • Jason Treuting – glockenspiel, drum kit, percussion, crotales, metal percussion, chord stick
  • Bryan Devendorf – drum kit, percussion, drum machine programming
  • Jonathan Low – drum machine programming
  • Evan Smith – horns
  • Trever Hagen – trumpet, no-input mixer
  • Kyle Resnick – trumpet
  • Dave Nelson – trombone 
  • Benjamin Lanz – trombone, modular synthesizer, horn arrangements
  • Stuart Bogie – alto and contrabass clarinet, flute
  • Alex Sopp – flute
  • CJ Camerieri – French horn
  • Bobby Hawk – violin
  • Yuki Numata Resnick – violin
  • Clarice Jensen – cello
  • Gabriel Cabezas – cello
  • Danielle Haim – vocals
  • Este Haim – vocals
  • Matt Berninger – vocals
  • Marcus Mumford – backing vocals
  • Marjorie Finlay – backing vocals
  • Ryan Olson – Allovers Hi-Hat Generator
  • Jonathan Low – recording, mixing
  • Laura Sisk – recording, vocal recording
  • Ariel Rechtshaid – vocal recording
  • Matt DiMona – vocal recording
  • Robin Baynton – vocal recording
  • Sean O’Brien – vocal recording
  • John Rooney – engineer assistant
  • Jon Sher – engineer assistant
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Steve Fallone – mastering
  • Beth Garrabrant – photography
  •  BJ Burton – additional production
  • James McAlister – additional production

Track listing:

All tracks by Taylor Swift and Aaron Dessner, except where noted.

  1. Willow
  2. Champagne Problems – Taylor Swift, William Bowery
  3. Gold Rush – Taylor Swift, Jack Antonoff
  4. Tis the Damn Season
  5. Tolerate It
  6. No Body, No Crime – Taylor Swift
  7. Happiness
  8. Dorothea
  9. Coney Island – Taylor Swift, William Bowery, Aaron Dessner
  10. Ivy – Taylor Swift, Aaron Dessner, Jack Antonoff
  11. Cowboy Like Me
  12. Long Story Short
  13. Marjorie
  14. Closure – Taylor Swift, BJ Burton, James McAlister
  15. Evermore – Taylor Swift, William Bowery, Justin Vernon

Fanny: Same

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In December 1970, “Reprise” label released the self-titled, debut Fanny album. It was recorded in 1970, at “The Village Recorder” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Richard Perry.

Personnel:

  • June Millington – vocals, guitar
  • Nickey Barclay – vocals, piano, organ
  • Jean Millington – vocals, bass
  • Alice de Buhr – vocals, drums, percussion
  • Richard Moore – engineer
  • Don Lewis – photography
  • Roy Silver – associate producer

Track listing:

  1. Come and Hold Me – June Millington, Jean Millington
  2. I Just Realized – Nickey Barclay, June Millington
  3. Candlelighter Man – June Millington, Jean Millington
  4. Conversation with a Cop – Nickey Barclay
  5. Badge – Eric Clapton, George Harrison
  6. Changing Horses – Nickey Barclay
  7. Bitter Wine – Nickey Barclay
  8. Take a Message to the Captain – Nickey Barclay
  9. It Takes a Lot of Good Lovin’ – Alvertis Isbell, Booker T. Jones
  10. Shade Me – Nickey Barclay
  11. Seven Roads – June Millington, Jean Millington, Alice de Buhr

Mark Almond: Mark Almond II

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In November 1971, “Blue Thumb” label released “Mark Almond II”, the second Mark Almond album. It was recorded in 1971, in San Francisco, Sausalito, London, and Los Angeles and was produced by Tommy LiPuma.

Personnel:

  • Jon Mark – lead vocals, classical and 12-string guitars, electric guitar, percussion
  • Tommy Eyre – harmony vocals, concert piano, electric piano, flute, percussion 
  • Johnnie Almond – harmony vocals, soprano, alto and tenor saxophone, vibraphone, flute, percussion
  • Roger Sutton – second and harmony vocals, bass, cello, percussion
  • Dannie Richmond – harmony vocals, drums, percussion
  • Bruce Botnick – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Jon Mark, except where noted.

The Sausalito Bay Suite

  1. The Bridge
  2. The Bay
  3. Solitude
  4. Friends

Journey Through England

  • One Way Sunday
  • Sunset – Roger Sutton
  • Ballad of a Man

Oliver Nelson: The Sound of Feeling

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In November 1968, “Verve” label released “The Sound of Feeling” (Leonard Feather Presents the Sound of Feeling and The Sound of Oliver Nelson), the 19th Oliver Nelson album.It was recorded in November 1967, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs and in Los Angeles, and was produced by Creed Taylor and Jesse Kaye.

Personnel:

The Sound of Feeling(tracks 1-5)

  • Oliver Nelson – soprano saxophone, arrangements, conductor
  • Alyce Andrece, Rhae Andrece – vocals
  • Gary David – vocals, piano, marxophone, arranger
  • Chuck Domanico, Ray Neapolitan – bass
  • Dick Wilson – drums

The Oliver Nelson Orchestra (tracks 6-9)

  • Oliver Nelson – arranger, conductor
  • Al Dailey, Hank Jones – piano
  • Eric Gale – guitar
  • Ron Carter – bass
  • Grady Tate – drums
  • Phil Kraus, Bobby Rosengarden – mallets, additional percussion
  • Jerome Richardson – soprano saxophone
  • Jerry Dodgion, Phil Woods – clarinets, alto saxophones
  • Jerome Richardson, Zoot Sims – tenor saxophones
  • Danny Bank – baritone saxophone
  • Burt Collins, Joe Newman, Ernie Royal, Clark Terry, Joe Wilder, Snooky Young, Nat Adderley – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Nat Adderley – cornet
  • Jimmy Cleveland, J. J. Johnson – additional trombones
  • Bob Brookmeyer – valve trombone
  • Tony Studd – bass trombone
  • Jerry Dodgion, Jerome Richardson – flutes
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording
  • Val Valentin – director of engineering
  • Dave Wiechman – engineer
  • Dick Smith – art direction
  • Fred Seligo – photography
  • Leonard Feather – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. My Favorite Things – Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II
  2. Waltz Without Words – Gary David
  3. Who Knows What Love Is? – Gary David
  4. Phrases – Alyce Andrece, Rhae Andrece
  5. Circe Revisited – Gary David, Bob Fylling
  6. Ricardo’s Dilemma – Roy Ayers
  7. Patterns for Orchestra – Oliver Nelson
  8. The Sidewalks of New York – Charles B. Lawlor, James W. Blake
  9. Greensleeves – traditional

Ringo Starr: Goodnight Vienna

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On November 15, 1974, “Apple” label released “Goodnight Vienna”, the fourth Ringo Starr studio album. It was recorded in August 1974, at “Sunset Sound” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Richard Perry.

Personnel:

  • Ringo Starr – lead vocals, drums, percussion
  • John Lennon – piano, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
  • Vini Poncia – acoustic guitar, backing vocals
  • Richard Bennett – electric guitar
  • Dennis Coffey – guitars
  • Steve Cropper – electric guitar
  • Jesse Ed Davis – electric guitar
  • Robbie Robertson – guitars
  • Alvin Robinson – guitar
  • Lon Van Eaton – guitars
  • Dr. John – piano, backing vocals
  • Elton John – piano
  • David Foster – piano
  • Tom Hensley – electric piano
  • Nicky Hopkins – electric piano
  • Lincoln Mayorga – piano
  • Billy Preston – electric piano, clavinet
  • James Newton Howard – synthesizer
  • Gary Wright – keyboards
  • Carl Fortina – accordion
  • Klaus Voormann – bass guitar
  • Richard Perry – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Jim Keltner – drums
  • Chuck Findley – horns
  • Bobby Keys – horns
  • Trevor Lawrence – horns
  • Lew McCreary – horns
  • Steve Madaio – trumpet
  • Madeline Bell – backing vocals
  • Lesley Duncan – backing vocals
  • Jean Gilbert – backing vocals
  • Jimmy Gilstrap – backing vocals
  • Joe Greene – backing vocals
  • Ira Hawkins – backing vocals
  • Clydie King – backing vocals
  • Linda Lawrence – backing vocals
  • Harry Nilsson – backing vocals
  • May Pang – backing vocals
  • Masst Alberts – backing vocals
  • Derrek Van Eaton – backing vocals
  • Cynthia Webb – backing vocals

Track listing:

  1. (It’s All Down to) Goodnight Vienna – John Lennon
  2. Occapella – Allen Toussaint
  3. Oo-Wee – Vini Poncia, Richard Starkey
  4. Husbands and Wives – Roger Miller
  5. Snookeroo – Elton John, Bernie Taupin
  6. All by Myself – Vini Poncia, Richard Starkey
  7. Call Me – Richard Starkey
  8. No No Song – Hoyt Axton, David Jackson
  9. Only You – Buck Ram
  10. Easy for Me – Harry Nilsson
  11. Goodnight Vienna (reprise) – John Lennon

Charles Lloyd: Moon Man

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In November 1970, “Kapp” label released “Moon Man”, the 14th Charles Lloyd album. It was recorded in July 1970, in Los Angeles, and was produced by Charles Lloyd.

Personnel:

  • Charles Lloyd – vocals, tenor saxophone, flute, theremin
  • Ned Doheny – vocals, guitar
  • Michael Cohen – keyboards
  • Kenneth “Ken” Jenkins – bass
  • James Zitro – drums
  • Bob Jenkins – vocals
  • Henry Lewy – engineer
  • Eric Sherman – design concept
  • John C. LePrevost – art direction

Track listing:

All tracks by Charles Lloyd except where noted.

  1. Moonman I
  2. I Don’t Care What You Tell Me
  3. Sermon – additional lyrics by Bob Jenkins
  4. Sweet Juvenia
  5. Heavy Karma – James Zitro
  6. Hejira: Prayer / Exile / Journey / Hurrikit / Forever
  7. Ship
  8. Moonman II
  9. Crank Dat