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The Rolling Stones: Aftermath

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Aftermath

On April 15, 1966, “Decca” label released “Aftermath” the fourth Rolling Stones (The) studio album. It was recorded 3–8 December 1965, 6–9 March 1966, at “RCA Studios” in California, and was produced by Andrew Loog Oldham.  This was band’s first album to consist entirely of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards compositions, and their first album released in true stereo. In 2002, “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked “Aftermath” at number 109 on its list of “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.

Personnel

  • Mick Jagger– lead and backing vocals, harmonica, percussion
  • Keith Richards– guitars, backing vocals
  • Brian Jones– guitars, slide guitar, piano, organ, harpsichord, marimba, sitar, percussion, Appalachian dulcimer, harmonica, koto
  • Bill Wyman– bass guitar, organ pedals, backing vocals
  • Charlie Watts– drums, percussion
  • Jack Nitzsche– piano, organ, harpsichord, percussion
  • Ian Stewart– piano, organ

Track listing

All compositions by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.

  1. Mother’s Little Helper
  2. Stupid Girl
  3. Lady Jane
  4. Under My Thumb
  5. Doncha Bother Me
  6. Goin’ Home
  7. Flight 505
  8. High and Dry
  9. Out of Time
  10. It’s Not Easy
  11. I Am Waiting
  12. Take it or Leave it
  13. Think
  14. What to Do

The Wailers: Catch a Fire

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Bob Marley Catch A Fire

On April 13, 1973, “Island” label released “Catch a Fire”the fifth Wailers (The) album. It was recorded May–October 1972; at “Dynamic Sound Studios”, “Harry J. Studios” and “Randy’s Studios” in Kingston, Jamaica, mixed at “Island Studios” in London,  and was produced by Chris Blackwell. “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked “Catch a Fire” at number 126 on its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of all Time”.

Personnel:

  • Peter Tosh – vocals, organ, guitar, piano
  • Bob Marley – vocals, guitar
  • Aston “Family Man” Barrett– bass guitar
  • Carlton “Carlie” Barrett– drums
  • Bunny Wailer– vocals, bongos, conga
  • Wayne Perkins– guitar
  • John “Rabbit” Bundrick– keyboards, synthesizer, clavinet
  • Tommy McCook– flute
  • Robbie Shakespeare– bass guitar
  • Francisco Willie Pep – percussion
  • Winston Wright – percussion
  • Chris Karan – percussion
  • Rita Marley– backing vocals
  • Marcia Griffiths– backing vocals
  • Carlton Lee – engineer
  • Stu Barrett – engineer
  • Tony Platt – engineer
  • Bob Weiner – design
  • Rod Dyer – design

All tracks by Bob Marley, except where noted.

  1. Concrete Jungle
  2. Slave Driver
  3. 400 Years – Peter Tosh
  4. Stop that Train – Peter Tosh
  5. Baby We’ve Got a Date (Rock It Baby)
  6. Stir It Up
  7. Kinky Reggae
  8. No More Trouble
  9. Midnight Ravers

Public Enemy: Fear Of A Black Planet

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On April 10, 1990, “Def Jam Recordings” released “Fear of a Black Planet”, the third Public Enemy album. It was recorded June – October 1989, at “Greene St. Recording”  in New York City, “The Music Palace” and “Spectrum City Studios” in Hempstead, and was produced by Chuck D, Eric “Vietnam” Sadler, Hank Shocklee and Keith Shocklee. In 2003, “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked “Fear of a Black Planet” was ranked at number 300 on its list of the “500 greatest albums of all time”, and in 2005, the Library of Congress added it to the National Recording Registry. According to “Acclaimed Music”, “Fear of a Black Planet” is the 126th most ranked album on critics’ lists of the all-time greatest records. In 1997, “The Guardian” ranked the album at number 50 in their of “100 Best Albums Ever”. In 2013, “NME” magazine ranked the album at number 96 on its all time list of “Best records ever.”

Personnel:

  • Agent Attitude – performer
  • Brother James I – performer
  • Brother Mike – performer
  • James Bomb – performer
  • Big Daddy Kane – rapper
  • Chuck D – rapper, sequencing, arrangements, director
  • Flavor Flav – rapper
  • Ice Cube – rapper
  • Professor Griff – rapper
  • Branford Marsalis – saxophone
  • Terminator X – scratching
  • Wizard K-Jee – scratching
  • Paul Shabazz – programming
  • Eric “Vietnam” Sadler – programming, sequencing, arrangements, director
  • Hank Shocklee – arrangements, director, sequencing
  • Keith Shocklee – arrangements, director, sequencing
  • Steve Loeb – engineer
  • Kirk Yano – engineer
  • Alan “JJ/Scott” Plotkin – vocals, engineer, mixing
  • Paul Eulin – engineer, mixing
  • Dan Wood – engineer, mixing
  • Mike Bona – engineer, mixing
  • Christopher Shaw – engineer, mixing
  • Nick Sansano – engineer, mixing
  • Rod Hui – engineer, mixing
  • James Staub – engineer assistant
  • Dave Harrington – engineer assistant
  • Chris Champion – engineer assistant
  • Kamarra Alford – engineer assistant
  • Dave Patillo – engineer assistant
  • Jody Clay – engineer assistant
  • Tom Conway – engineer assistant
  • Howie Weinberg – mastering
  • The Drawing Board – art direction
  • E. Johnson – cover art
  • Russell Winter – photography
  • Ashman Walcott – photography
  • Jules Allen – photography
  • Robin Holland – photography

Track listing:

  1. Contract on the World Love Jam – Keith Shocklee, Eric Sadler, Carl Ridenhour
  2. Brothers Gonna Work It Ou – Keith Shocklee, Eric Sadler, Carl Ridenhour
  3. 911 Is a Joke – William Drayton, Keith Shocklee, Eric Sadler
  4. Incident at 66.6 FM – Keith Shocklee, Eric Sadler, Carl Ridenhour
  5. Welcome to the Terrordrome – Keith Shocklee, Eric Sadler, Carl Ridenhour
  6. Meet the G That Killed Me – Keith Shocklee, Eric Sadler, Carl Ridenhour
  7. Pollywanacraka – Keith Shocklee, Eric Sadler, Carl Ridenhour
  8. Anti-Nigger Machine – Keith Shocklee, Eric Sadler, Carl Ridenhour
  9. Burn Hollywood Burn – O’Shea Jackson, Antonio Hardy, Keith Shocklee, Eric Sadler, Carl Ridenhour
  10. Power to the People – Keith Shocklee, Eric Sadler, Carl Ridenhour
  11. Who Stole the Soul – Keith Shocklee, Eric Sadler, Carl Ridenhour
  12. Fear of a Black Planet – Keith Shocklee, Eric Sadler, Carl Ridenhour
  13. Revolutionary Generation – Keith Shocklee, Eric Sadler, Carl Ridenhour
  14. Can’t Do Nuttin’ for Ya Man – Keith Shocklee, Eric Sadler, Carl Ridenhour
  15. Reggie Jax – Keith Shocklee, Eric Sadler, Carl Ridenhour
  16. Leave This Off Your Fuckin Charts – Norman Rogers
  17. B Side Wins Again – Keith Shocklee, Eric Sadler, Carl Ridenhour
  18. War at 33⅓ – Keith Shocklee, Eric Sadler, Carl Ridenhour
  19. Final Count of the Collision Between Us and the Damned – Keith Shocklee, Eric Sadler, Carl Ridenhour
  20. Fight the Power – Keith Shocklee, Eric Sadler, Carl Ridenhour

Ocean Colour Scene: Moseley Shoals

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On April 8, 1996, “MCA” label released “Moseley Shoals”, the second Ocean Colour Scene album. It was recorded in 1995, at “Moseley Shoals Studio” in Birmingham, and was produced by Brendan Lynch. In 1998, “Q” magazine’s readers voted “Moseley Shoals” the 33rd greatest album of all time.

Personnel:

  • Simon Fowler- vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica
  • Steve Cradock- vocals, guitar, piano
  • Paul Weller- vocals, organ, guitar, piano
  • Damon Minchella- bass
  • Oscar Harrison- vocals, drums, piano
  • Martyn Heyes – engineer
  • Tony Keach – engineer assistant
  • Tim Young – mastering
  • Gerard Saint – design
  • Lord Antony Mark Briggs – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Damon Minchella, Oscar Harrison, Steve Cradock and Paul Weller.

  1. The Riverboat Song
  2. The Day We Caught the Train
  3. The Circle
  4. Lining Your Pockets
  5. Fleeting Mind
  6. 40 Past Midnight
  7. One for the Road
  8. It’s My Shadow
  9. Policeman & Pirates
  10. The Downstream
  11. You’ve Got It Bad
  12. Get Away

The White Stripes: Elephant

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Elephant

On April 1, 2003, “V2 Records” released “Elephant”, the fourth White Stripes album. It was recorded November 2001 and April 2002, at “Toe Rag Studios” and “BBC Maida Vale Studios” in London, and was produced by Jack White.The album won “Grammy Awards” for “Best Alternative  Album” and “Best Rock Song” for “Seven Nation Army”. In 2003, “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked the album at number 390, on its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”. “Channel 4” ranked “Elephant”  at number 39, on its list of the “100 Greatest Albums of All Time”. In December 2003, “NME” magazine made it their “Album of the Year”.

Personnel:

  • Jack White– lead vocals, guitar, keyboards, mixing
  • Meg White – lead, co-lead and backing vocals, drums
  • Mort Crim– speech
  • Holly Golightly– co-lead vocals
  • Liam Watson– engineer, mixing
  • Noel Summerville – mastering
  • “The Third Man” – artwork
  • Bruce Brand – layout
  • Patrick Pantano – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Jack White, except where noted.

  1. Seven Nation Army
  2. Black Math
  3. There’s No Home for You Here
  4. I Just Don’t Know What to Do with Myself – Burt Bacharach, Hal David
  5. In the Cold, Cold Night
  6. I Want to Be the Boy to Warm Your Mother’s Heart
  7. You’ve Got Her in Your Pocket
  8. Ball and Biscuit
  9. The Hardest Button to Button
  10. Little Acorns – Mort Crim, White
  11. Hypnotize
  12. The Air Near My Fingers
  13. Girl, You Have No Faith in Medicine
  14. Well It’s True That We Love One Another

Magazine: Secondhand Daylight

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On March 30, 1979, “Virgin” label released “Secondhand Daylight”, the second Magazine studio album. It was recorded in January 1979, at “Good Earth Studios” in London and “Virgin Records” mobile studio, which was used at “Farmyard Studios”, and was produced by Colin Thurston and Tony Wilson.

Personnel:

  • Howard Devoto– vocals
  • John McGeoch– guitar, saxophone, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Dave Formula– keyboards
  • Barry Adamson– bass, backing vocals
  • John Doyle– drums, percussion
  • Colin Thurston–  engineer
  • JJ Allom – engineer
  • Bill Aitken – engineer
  • Ian Pollock – illustration
  • Malcolm Garrett– typography, images
  • Richard Rayner-Canham – photography

Track listing:

  1. Feed the Enemy – Dave Formula
  2. Rhythm of Cruelty – John McGeoch, Barry Adamson
  3. Cut-Out Shapes – Howard Devoto
  4. Talk to the Body – John McGeoch
  5. I Wanted Your Heart – Dave Formula, Barry Adamson
  6. The Thin Air – Howard Devoto, John McGeoch
  7. Back to Nature – Dave Formula
  8. Believe That I Understood – Howard Devoto, Barry Adamson
  9. Permafrost – Howard Devoto

Supertramp: Breakfast in America

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On March 29, 1979, “A&M” label released “Breakfast in America”, the sixth Supertramp album. It was recorded in 1978, at “The Village Recorder” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Peter Henderson, Rick Davies, John Heliwell, Roger Hodgson, Dougie Thomson and  Bob Sienberberg. In 1980, the album won two “Grammy Awards” and was certified quadruple platinum by “RIAA” for sale in US. In France, “Breakfast in America” is the biggest-selling English-language album of all time, and the third biggest seller overall. In 2006, “Q”   magazine ranked the album at number two on its list of “Records it’s OK to Love”,

Personnel:

  • Rick Davies– vocals, keyboards, harmonica
  • John Helliwell– vocals, saxophones, woodwinds
  • Roger Hodgson– vocals, guitars, keyboards
  • Dougie Thomson– bass
  • Bob Siebenberg– drums, percussion
  • Slyde Hyde– trombone, tuba
  • Gary Mielke – Oberheim programming
  • Peter Henderson – engineer
  • Lenise Bent, Jeff Harris – engineer assistant
  • Crystal Sound, Studio B – mixing
  • Mike Doud – art concept
  • Mike Doud, Mick Haggerty – art direction
  • Mick Haggerty – design
  • Mark Hanauer – photography
  • Aaron Rapoport – cover photography

All tracks by Rick Davies and Roger Hodgson.

  1. Gone Hollywood
  2. The Logical Song
  3. Goodbye Stranger
  4. Breakfast in America
  5. Oh Darling
  6. Take the Long Way Home
  7. Lord Is it Mine?
  8. Just Another Nervous Wreck
  9. Casual Conversations
  10. Child of Vision

Laura Marling: I Speak Because I Can

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I speak because I can

On March 22, 2010, “Virgin” label released “I Speak Because I Can”, the second Laura Marling studio album. It was recorded in 2009, and was produced by Ethan Johns. The album was ranked at number 8 on “The Guardian’s” list of “Best albums of 2010”. In 2011, Marling won the “Best British solo artist” at the “Brit Awards” for “I Speak Because I Can”. In 2013, magazine “NME” ranked the album at number 263 in its list of the “500 greatest albums of all time.”

Personnel:

  • Laura Marling- voice, guitar
  • Winston Marshall– banjo
  • Pete Roe- keyboards
  • Ted Dwane- double bass
  • Marcus Mumford– drums
  • Tom Hobden– fiddle
  • Ruth De Turberville– cello

Track listing:

All tracks by Laura Marling.

  1. Devil’s Spoke
  2. Made by Maid
  3. Rambling Man
  4. Blackberry Stone
  5. Alpha Shallows
  6. Goodbye England (Covered in Snow)
  7. Hope in the Air
  8. What He Wrote
  9. Darkness Descends
  10. I Speak Because I Can

 

Bob Dylan: Bringing It All Back Home

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On March 22, 1965, “Columbia” label released “Bringing It All Back Home”, the fifth Bob Dylan studio album. It was recorded January 13–15, 1965, at “Columbia Recording Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Tom Wilson. In 2003, “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked the album at number 31 on its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of all Time.”

Personnel:

  • Bob Dylan– vocals, guitar, harmonica, keyboards
  • John P. Hammond– guitar
  • Bruce Langhorne– guitar
  • Al Gorgoni – guitar
  • Kenny Rankin– guitar
  • Paul Griffin– piano, keyboards
  • Frank Owens – piano
  • John B. Sebastian– bass guitar
  • Bill Lee– bass guitar
  • Joseph Macho, Jr. – bass guitar
  • John Boone – bass guitar
  • Bobby Gregg– drums
  • Daniel Kramer – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Bob Dylan.

  1. Subterranean Homesick Blues
  2. She Belongs to Me
  3. Maggie’s Farm
  4. Love Minus Zero/No Limit
  5. Outlaw Blues
  6. On the Road Again
  7. Bob Dylan’s 115th Dream
  8. Tambourine Man
  9. Gates of Eden
  10. It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)
  11. It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue