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Scorpions: Eye II Eye

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On March 9, “East West” label released “Eye II Eye”, the fourteenth Scorpions studio album. It was recorded 1998 – 1999, at “Little America Studios” in Austria, and was produced by Peter Wolf.

Personnel:

  1. Klaus Meine – lead vocals, arrangements
  2. Matthias Jabs – lead guitars, backing vocals, arrangements
  3. Rudolf Schenker – rhythm guitars, backing vocals, arrangements
  4. Ralph Rieckermann – bass, backing vocals, arrangements
  5. James Kottak – co-lead and backing vocals, drums, arrangements
  6. Mick Jones – acoustic guitar
  7. Peter Wolf – piano, keyboards, arrangements, mixing
  8. Michelle Wolf – backing vocals
  9. Airway Allstars: Siedah Garrett, Lynn Davis, James Ingram, Phil Perry and Kevin Dorsey – backing vocals
  10. Herman Rarebell – backing vocals
  11. A.T., Christian Leitgeb, Paul Ericksen, Kenji Nakai – engineer
  12. Bill Schnee – mixing
  13. Chris Kimsey – mixing
  14. Stephen Marcussen, Chris von Rautenkranz – mastering
  15. Dirk Rudolph – design
  16. Olaf Heine – photography

Track listing:

All lyrics are written by Klaus Meine, except where noted, all music as noted.

  1. Mysterious – Ralph Rieckermann, Rudolf Schenker, Matthias Jabs, Jean-Michel Byron
  2. To Be No. 1 – Peter Wolf, Matthias Jabs
  3. Obsession – Klaus Meine, Peter Wolf
  4. 10 Light Years Away – lyrics by Mick Jones, Marti Frederiksen, Klaus Meine, Rudolf Schenker, music by Mick Jones, Marti Frederiksen, Klaus Meine, Rudolf Schenker
  5. Mind Like a Tree – Rudolf Schenker, Peter Wolf
  6. Eye to Eye (In memoriam of Hugo Meine and Heinrich Schenker, Klaus and Rudolf’s fathers) – Rudolf Schenker
  7. What U Give U Get Back – Klaus Meine, Rudolf Schenker, music by Rudolf Schenker, Peter Wolf
  8. Skywriter – Rudolf Schenker
  9. Yellow Butterfly – Rudolf Schenker, Marti Fredericksen
  10. Freshly Squeezed – Rudolf Schenker, Peter Wolf
  11. Priscilla – Rudolf Schenker
  12. Du bist so schmutzig – lyrics by Klaus Meine, Matthias Jabs, James Kottak, music by Matthias Jabs, Rudolf Schenker
  13. Aleyah – lyrics by Klaus Meine, Rudolf Schenker, music by Rudolf Schenker
  14. A Moment in a Million Years – Klaus Meine

Arto Lindsay: Mundo Civilizado

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On May 20, 1987, “Bar None” label released “Mundo Civilizado”, the second Arto Lindsay studio album. It was recorded in 1987, at “Rykodisc Ltd.”, “Estúdios WR”, “Svuga Svuga Studios”, “Platinum Island Studios”, and was produced by Arto Lindsay, Andrés Levin and Camus Maré Celli.

Personnel:

  • Arto Lindsay – vocals, guitar, sequences
  • – guitar, tamborim, pandeiro, surdo, handclaps
  • Marc Ribot – guitar
  • Romeo Lubambo – guitar
  • Amadeo Pace – guitar
  • Andres Levin – piano
  • Bernie Worrell – Hamond B3
  • Peter Scherer – Wurlitzer piano, keyboards
  • Camus Celli – accordion
  • Melvin Gibbs – bass, sequences
  • Dougie Bowne – drums, loops
  • Gustavo de Dalva – percussion, surdo, djembe, caixa, repinique
  • Roy Nathanson – saxophone
  • Don Byron – bass clarinet
  • Marcus Rojas – tuba
  • Jaques Morelenbaum – cello
  • Boghan, Marcio Tchin – surdo, djembe, caixa, repinique
  • DJ Spooky – samples, effects
  • Mutamassik – samples
  • C-n-A – programming, recording, mixing
  • Pat Dillet – recording, mixing
  • Bill Importico, Novelle Stephenson, Vaughn Sessions – mixing
  • Howie Weinberg – mastering
  • Diego Cortez – art direction, photography
  • Philip Taaffe – artwork
  • Deoscóredes Maximiliano Dos Santos, Keith Sonnier, Lynn Davis – artwork
  • Step Graphics, Tony Morgan – design
  • Nan Goldin – photograhy
  • Yutaka Goto – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Arto Lindsay and Vinicius Cantuaria, except where noted.

  1. Complicity
  2. Q Samba
  3. Simply Beautiful – Al Green
  4. Mundo Civilizado
  5. Titled
  6. Horizontal
  7. Mar da Gávea
  8. Imbassaí
  9. Pleasure
  10. Erotic City – Prince
  11. Clown

Stanley Turrentine: Tender Togetherness

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In April 1981, “Elektra” label released “Tender Togetherness”, album by Stanley Turrentine. It was recorded February – April 1981, at “Indigo Ranch” in Malibu, California, and was produced by Larry Dunn.

Personnel:

  • Stanley Turrentine – tenor saxophone
  • Philip Bailey – lead and backing vocals, percussion
  • Roland Bautista – guitars
  • Eduardo del Barrio – piano, electric piano, Fender Rhodes
  • Denzil Miller – piano, electric piano, clavinet, Fender Rhodes
  • Jeff Johnson – synthesizer
  • Tom Pigott Smith – synthesizer
  • Nathan East – bass guitar, electric guitar
  • Byron Miller – bass guitar
  • Leon “Ndugu” Chancler – drums, arranger
  • Paulinho Da Costa – percussion
  • Steven Dunn – percussion, drums, Moog bass, arranger
  • Fred White – percussion, drums
  • Ralph Johnson – percussion
  • Marlena Jeter – vocals
  • Dianne Reeves – vocals
  • Gwen Matthews – vocals
  • Lynn Davis – vocals, vocal arrangements
  • Don Myrick – alto saxophone
  • Andrew Woolfolk – tenor saxophone
  • Rahmlee Michael Davis – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Mike Harris – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Jerry Hey – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • David Duke – French horn
  • Sidney Muldrow – French horn
  • Bill Reichenbach Jr. – bass trombone
  • Louis Satterfield – trombone
  • Roland Bautista – arranger
  • George del Barrio – conductor, string arrangements
  • Rahmlee Michael Davis – horn arrangements
  • Eduardo del Barrio – arranger
  • Larry Dunn – arranger, vocal arrangement
  • Mike Harris – horn arrangements
  • Don Myrick – horn arrangements
  • Louis Satterfield – horn arrangements
  • Denzil Miller – arranger, vocal arrangement

Track listing:

  1. Hermanos – Eddie del Barrio, Larry Dunn
  2. I’ll Give You My Love – Roland Bautista, Cavanaugh, Larry Dunn, Stanley Turrentine
  3. Tamarac – Larry Dunn, Steven Dunn
  4. After the Love Has Gone – Bill Champlin, David Foster, Jay Graydon
  5. Cherubim – Larry Dunn
  6. Only You and Me – Eddie del Barrio, Larry Dunn, Roxanne Seeman
  7. World Chimes – Larry Dunn
  8. Pure Love – Larry Dunn, Denzil Miller Jr., Stanley Turrentine
  9. Havin Fun with Mr. T – Chandler, Larry Dunn, Denzil Miller, Byron Miller

Julian Cope: Interpreter

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On October 14, 1996, “Echo” label released “Interpreter”, the thirteenth Julian Cope studio album. It was recorded in 1996 and was produced by Julian Cope.

Personnel:

  • Julian H – vocals, “furnished” “wa-guitars”, bass guitar, Mellotrons
  • Thighpaulsandra – preened vocals, ARP & VCS3 synthesizers, string orchestrations, piano, organ
  • Flinton Chalk a.k.a. Sid Mooneye – vocals, lead guitars
  • Rooster Mark Cosby – drummer, cymbalist
  • Stee-Vroom Ferrera – drums
  • Doggen – vocals
  • Mavis Grind – vocals
  • Lynn Davis – diva vocals
  • Jody Evans – piano
  • Raymond Lovesong – drunken sax, high-note trumpets
  • Merrick Godhaven & O.K Simon – chanted vocals
  • Craig J. Stratton, EOS Counsel, Jason Glover, Amanda Tomlinson – strings
  • Martin Schellard – conductor

Track listing:

All tracks by Julian Cope.

  1. I Come from Another Planet, Baby
  2. I’ve Got My TV & My Pills
  3. Planetary Sit-In
  4. Since I Lost My Head, It’s Awl-Right
  5. Cheap New-Age Fix
  6. The Battle for the Trees
  7. Arthur Drugstore
  8. s.p.a.c.e.r.o.c.k. with Me
  9. Re-Directed Male
  10. Maid of Constant Sorrow
  11. The Loveboat
  12. Dust

George Duke

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On August 5, 2013, George M. Duke died aged 67. He was a singer-songwriter, record producer, arranger, musician (keyboards), and professor of music. He worked with numerous artists such as Frank Zappa, Cannonball Adderley, John Heard, Nat Adderley, Stanley Clarke, Leon “Ndugu” Chancler, Lynn Davis, Napoleon Murphy Brock, Billy Cobham, Sheila Escovedo, Jeffrey Osborne, Earth Wind & Fire, Kirk Whalum, Dianne Reeves, Marcus Miller, Flora Purim, and Al Jarreau.