On March 2, 2021, Neville O’Riley Livingston, OM aka Bunny Wailer died aged 73. He was musician (percussion), singer and songwriter, also known as Bunny Livingston and Jah B. Three time “Grammy Award” winner, best known as an founding member of reggae group The Wailers along with Bob Marley and Peter Tosh. In 2017, Wailer was awarded the prestigious “Order of Merit” by the Jamaican Government, for his contribution for the Jamaican music. The legendary reggae singer whose career reached across seven decades, released 30 albums as leader.
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Red Light Company: Fine Fascination
On March 2, 2009, “Lavolta” label released “Fine Fascination”, the debut Red Light Company album. It was recorded in 2008, and was produced by Adrian Bushby.
Personnel:
- Richard Frenneaux – vocals, guitar
- Paul Mellon – guitar
- Chris Edmonds – vocals, keyboards
- Shawn Day – vocals, bass
- James Griffiths – drums
Track listing:
- Words of Spectacular
- Scheme Eugene
- Arts & Crafts
- First We Land
- With Lights Out
- New Jersey Television
- The Architect
- Meccano
- When Everyone Is Everybody Else
- The Alamo
EMF: Cha Cha Cha
On March 2, 1995, “EMI” label released “Cha Cha Cha”, the third and last EMF studio album. It was recorded in 1994, at “Cinderford” in Sussex, “Biaritz Slouch”, “Parkgate Studios” in Hastings, and was produced by Johnny Dollar.
Personnel:
- Ian Dench – vocals, guitar, keyboards, programming
- James Atkin – vocals, guitar, flute, programming
- Zac Foley – vocals, bass, guitar
- Derry Brownson – vocals, bass, sampler
- Mark Decloedt – vocals, drums, percussion
- Johnny Dollar – additional keyboards, additional programming, mixing
- Steve Lyon – engineer, mixing
- Chris Sheldon – mixing
- Tony Cousins – mastering
- Kevin Westenberg – photography
Track listing:
All tracks by James Atkin, Ian Dench, Derry Brownson and Mark Decloedt.
- Perfect Day
- La Plage
- The Day I Was Born
- Secrets
- Shining
- Bring Me Down
- Skin
- Slouch
- Bleeding You Dry
- Patterns
- When Will You Come
- West of the Cox
- Ballad O’ the Bishop
- Glass Smash Jack
Julian Cope: Saint Julian
On March 2, 1987, “Island” label released “Saint Julian”, the third Julian Cope album. It was recorded in 1986, and was produced by Warne Livesey and Ed Stasium.
Personnel:
- Julian Cope – vocals, 9-string rhythm guitar, as Double DeHarrison performs organ, Hohner clavinet
- Donald Ross Skinner – electric, slide, and ‘airhead’ guitar,screams
- James Eller – bass guitar
- Chris Whitten – drums
- Warne Livesey – synthesizer, strings
- Paul Crockford – Ace Tone organ
- Richard Frost (credited asKeith-Richard Frost) – string machine
- Kate St. John – cor anglais
- Dee Lewis, Tessa Niles – chorus vocals, chorus agreement vocals
- Felix Kendall – recording engineer
- George Schilling – recording engineer
- P. St. John Nettleton, Island Art – sleeve design
- Peter Ashworth – cover photography
- Lawrence Watson – inner photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Julian Cope, except where noted..
- Trampolene
- Shot Down
- Eye’s Volcano (Covered in Sin)
- Spacehopper
- Planet Ride
- World Shut Your Mouth
- Saint Julian
- Pulsar
- Screaming Secrets
- A Crack in the Clouds
Electric Light Orchestra: ELO 2
On March 2, 1973, “Harvest” label released “ELO 2”, the second Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) studio album. It was recorded May – October 1972, at “Air Studios” in London, and was produced by Jeff Lynne.
Personnel:
- Jeff Lynne – lead vocals, guitars, Moog synthesizer
- Bev Bevan – drums, percussion
- Richard Tandy – piano, harmonium, Moog synthesizer, guitar, backing vocals
- Mike de Albuquerque – bass, backing vocals
- Mike Edwards – cello
- Wilf Gibson – violin
- Colin Walker – cello
- Roy Wood – bass, cello
- Marc Bolan – guitar
- Carl Wayne – lead vocals
- Mike Salisbury – art direction
- Lloyd Ziff – design
- Marty Evans – photograhpy
- Al Vandenburg – photograhpy
Track listing:
All tracks by Jeff Lynne, except where noted.
- In Old England Town (Boogie No. 2)
- Momma
- Roll Over Beethoven – Chuck Berry, Ludwig Van Beethoven
- From the Sun to the World (Boogie No. 1)
- Kuiama
Breeders: All Nerve
On March 2, 2018, “4AD” label released “All Nerve”, the fifth Breeders studio album. It was recorded in 2017, at “Candyland” in Dayton, Kentucky; “Electrical Audio” in Chicago and “Fernwood Studios” in Dayton, Ohio.
Personnel:
- Kim Deal– lead vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards
- Kelley Deal– vocals, guitar
- Josephine Wiggs– vocals, bass, guitar
- Jim MacPherson– drums
- Kyle Rector – Farfisa organ
- Courtney Barnett, Bones Sloane, Dave Mudie, Dylan Ranson-Hughes – backing vocals
- Steve Albini– engineer, mixing
- Mike Montgomery, Greg Norman, Tom Rastikis – engineer
- Matt Boynton – mixing
- Eric Gorman – mixing assistant
- Greg Calbi, Bob Weston– mastering
- Martin Andersen – photography
- Chris Bigg – design
Track listing:
All tracks by Kim Deal, except where noted.
- Nervous Mary
- Wait in the Car – Kim Deal, Richard Presley
- All Nerve
- MetaGoth – Kim Deal, Josephine Wiggs
- Spacewoman – Kim Deal, Morgan Nagler
- Walking With a Killer
- Howl at the Summit
- Archangel’s Thunderbird – Falk Ulrich Rogner, John Weinzierl
- Dawn, Makin an Effort
- Skinhead # 2 – Kim Deal, Josephine Wiggs
- Blues at the Acropolis
Pere Ubu: Pennsylvania
On March 2, 1998, “Cooking Vinyl” label released “Pennsylvania”, the eleventh Pere Ubu studio album. It was recorded in 1997, and was produced by David Thomas.
Personnel:
- David Thomas– vocals, organ, virtual voices
- Tom Herman – guitar, bass, tack piano, snare
- Jim Jones– guitar, bass, organ
- Robert Wheeler – EML & digital synthesizers, theremin, organ
- Michele Temple – bass, guitar, organ, piano
- Steve Mehlman – drums, percussion
Track listing:
- Woolie Bullie
- Highwaterville
- TXT
- Urban Lifestyle
- Silent Spring
- Mr Wheeler
- Muddy Waters
- Slow
- Drive
- Indiangiver
- Monday Morning
- Perfume
- Fly’s Eye
- The Duke’s Saharan Ambitions
- Wheelhouse
Lowell George: Thanks I’ll Eat It Here
On March 2, 1979, “Warner Bros” label released “Thanks I’ll Eat It Here”, the only Lowell George solo album. It was recorded in 1078, at “Sunset Sound” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Lowell George. The cover art, painted by Neon Park, is a version of Édouard Manet’s painting “Le déjeuner sur l’herbe” with Marlene Dietrich, Fidel Castro and Bob Dylan as the diners.
Personnel:
- Lowell George – vocals, guitar
- Ron Koss – guitar, engineer
- Turner Stephen Bruton- guitar
- Dean Parks- guitar, keyboards
- Luis Damian – guitar, keyboards
- Jimmy Greenspoon – guitar, piano
- Roberto Gutierrez – vocals, guitar, drums
- Bonnie Raitt- vocals
- Maxine Dixon – piano
- Arthur Gerst – piano
- Peggy Sandvig – piano
- Nicky Hopkins- keyboards
- Gordon DeWitty – keyboards, piano
- James Newton Howard- keyboards
- Denny Christianson – keyboards, horns
- David Foster- keyboards
- David Paich- keyboards
- Bruce Paulson – keyboards
- Bill Payne- keyboards, vocals
- D. Souther- vocals, bass
- Paul Stallworth – bass, guitar
- Dennis Belfield – bass
- Chuck Rainey- bass
- Chilli Charles – drums
- Jim Keltner- drums
- Jim Gordon- drums
- Michael Baird- drums
- Jeff Porcaro- drums
- Floyd Sneed – vocals, drums
- Richie Hayward- drums
- Jerry Jumonville – saxophone, guitar
- Darrell Leonard – vocals, horn
- Jim Price- horns
- Bobby Bruce – violin, guitar
- Maxayn Lewis- vocals
- Herb Pedersen- vocals
- Joel Peskin – vocals, saxophone
- John Phillips- saxophone, drums
- James Self – tuba
- Steve Madaio – horns
- Fred Tackett- guitar, vocals
- Maxine Willard Waters – vocals
- Donn Landee, George Massenburg– engineer
- Billy Youdelman, Bruce Botnick, Doug Botnick – engineer assistant
- Michael Ward – truck driver, drum tech
- Brad Kanawyer, Michael Hollyfield – design
- Elizabeth George, Bob Marks, Nancy Goldfarb – photography
Track listing:
- What Do You Want the Girl to Do – Allen Toussaint
- Honest Man – Lowell George, Fred Tackett
- Two Trains – Lowell George
- I Can’t Stand the Rain – Ann Peebles, Don Bryant, Bernie Miller
- Cheek to Cheek – Lowell George, Van Dyke Parks, Martin Kibbee (aka Fred Martin))
- Easy Money – Rickie Lee Jones
- Twenty Million Things – Lowell George, Jed Levy
- Find a River – Fred Tackett
- Himmler’s Ring – Jimmy Webb
Bo Diddley: Go Bo Diddley
In July 1959, “Checker Records” label released “Go Bo Diddley”, the second Bo Diddley album. It was recorded on March 2, 1955, and in September 1958, and was produced by Leonard Chess, Phil Chess and Bo Diddley. “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked it at number 214 on its list of “The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.
Personnel:
- Bo Diddley (Ellas McDaniel) – vocals, guitar, violin
- Peggy Jones– guitar, backing vocals
- Billy Boy Arnold– harmonica
- Lafayette Leake– piano
- Otis Spann– piano
- Jerome Green – co-lead vocals, maracas
- Willie Dixon– bass
- Clifton James – drums
- Frank Kirkland – drums
Track listing:
All tracks by Ellas McDaniel (Bo Diddley), except where noted.
- Crackin’ Up
- I’m Sorry – Ellas McDaniel, Alan Freed, Harvey Fuqua
- Bo’s Guitar
- Willie and Lillie
- You Don’t Love Me (You Don’t Care)
- Say Man
- The Great Grandfather
- Oh Yea
- Don’t Let It Go
- Little Girl
- Dearest Darling
- The Clock Strikes Twelve
Poets of the Fall: Revolution Roulette
On March 2, 2008, “Insomniac” label released “Revolution Roulette”, the third Poets of the Fall studio album. It was recorded in 2008, and was produced by Marko Saaresto, Markus “Captain” Kaarlonen, Jaska “Daddy” Mäkinen, Olli Tukiainen, Jani Snellman and Jari Salminen.
Personnel:
- Marko Saaresto – vocals
- Jaska “Daddy” Mäkinen – guitar
- Olli Tukiainen – guitar
- Markus “Captain” Kaarlonen – keyboards
- Jani Snellman – bass
- Jari Salminen – drums
- Svante Forsbäck – mastering
- Stobe Harju – cover art
- Tiia Ohman – photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Markus Kaarlonen, Marko Saaresto and Olli Tukiainen.
- More
- The Ultimate Fling
- Revolution Roulette
- Psychosis
- Fragile
- Clevermind
- Miss Impossible
- Diamonds for Tears
- Passion Colors Everything
- Save Me
- Where Do We Draw the Line
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