On March 23, 2021, Ethel Nagy Gabriel died aged 99. She was music producer and record executive, known as the first female producer in the music industry. She produced more than 2500 albums, winner of “Grammy Award” in 1982, produced six Grammy winning albums, and “15 RIAA Certified Gold Records” hits. Among the others, Gabriel worked with Henry Mancini, Elvis Presley, Al Hirt, Roger Whittaker, Neil Sedaka, Eddie Fisher, Paul Anka, Dolly Parton and Perry Como.
Tag Archives: March 23
Laura Marling: Short Movie
On March 23, 2015, “Virgin” label released “Short Movie”, the fifth Laura Marling studio album. It was recorded in 2014, at “Urchin Studios” in London, and was produced by Laura Marling, Matt Ingram and Dan Cox.
Personnel:
- Laura Marling – vocals, electric guitar, bass, piano, ukulele, artwork
- Nick Pinni – bass, strings
- Matt Ingram – drums, recording, mixing
- Ruth De Turberville – cello, strings
- Tom Hobden – fiddle, strings
- Dan Cox – recording, mixing
- Mark Bengston – engineer, mixing
- Steve Vealey – engineer, mixing
- Michael H. Brauer – mixing
- Bob Ludwig – mastering
Track listing:
All tracks by Laura Marling.
- Warrior
- False Hope
- I Feel Your Love
- Walk Alone
- Strange
- Don’t Let Me Bring You Down
- Easy
- Gurdjieff’s Daughter
- Divine
- How Can I
- How!
- Short Movie
- Worship Me
Bettie Serveert: Pharmacy of Love
On March 23, 2010, “Second Motion Records” label released “Pharmacy of Love”, the eighth Bettie Serveert studio album. It was recorded in 2009, at “La Chapelle Studios” in Waimes, Belgium, and “IJland Studio” in Amsterdam.
Personnel:
- Carol Van Dyk – vocals, guitar, mixing, artwork
- Peter Visser – guitar, mixing
- Martijn Blankestijn – keyboards, guitar
- Herman Bunskoeke – bass
- Joppe Molenaar – drums
- Zlaya Hadic, Bettie Serveert, Jeffrey Kok – engineer
- Remko Schouten – mixing
- Darius van Helfteren – mastering
- Jordan Decauwer – litography
Track listing:
All tracks by Carol Van Dyk, except where noted.
- Deny All
- Semaphore – Peter Visser
- Love Lee
- Mossie
- The Pharmacy
- Souls Travel
- Calling – Peter Visser
- Change4me – Peter Visser
- What They Call Love (loud version) – Peter Visser
Spock’s Beard: Day for Night
On March 23, 1999, “Metal Blade” album released “Day for Night”, the fourth Spock’s Beard studio album. It was recorded in 1998, and was produced by Neal Morse, Alan Morse, Dave Meros, Nick D’Virgilio and Ryo Okumoto.
Personnel:
- Neal Morse – lead vocals, piano, all synths, acoustic guitar
- Alan Morse – vocals, electric guitar, Mellotron
- Dave Meros – vocals, bass
- Nick D’Virgilio – vocals, drums, percussion
- Ryo Okumoto – Hammond organ, mellotron
- John Garr – saxophone
- Joy Worland – French horn
- Eric Brenton, Tom Tally, John Krovoza – string section
- Byron House – string bass, cello
Track listing:
All tracks by Neal Morse, except where noted.
- Day for Night
- Gibberish
- Skin
- The Distance to the Sun
- Crack the Big Sky
- The Gypsy
- Can’t Get It Wrong – Nick D’Virgilio, Alan Morse, Neal Morse
- The Healing Colors of Sound
- The Healing Colors of Sound Pt. 1
- My Shoes
- Mommy Comes Back
- Ley It Down
- The Healing Colors of Sound Pt. 2
- My Shoes (revisited)
David Sanborn: Inside
On March 23, 1999, “Elektra” label released “Inside”, the 20th David Sanborn album. It was recorded in 1998, at “Camel Island” in New Jersey, “Avatar Studios”, “Hiatus Studios”, “Sound On Sound” and “Electric Lady Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Marcus Miller and David Isaac.
Personnel:
- David Sanborn – alto saxophone
- Marcus Miller – keyboards, Rhodes piano, guitar, bass, drums, clarinet, backing vocals, arrangements, engineer
- Ricky Peterson – Hammond B3 organ
- Gil Goldstein – electric piano, arrangements
- Davis Isaac – keyboards
- Marvin Sewell – National resaphonic guitar
- Dean Brown – guitar
- Bill Frisell – guitar
- Fareed Haque – acoustic guitar
- Gene Lake – drums
- Don Alias – percussion
- Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone
- Ronnie Cuber – baritone saxophone
- Lenny Pickett – tenor saxophone
- Wallace Roney – trumpet
- Hank Roberts – cello
- Cassandra Wilson – lead vocals
- Eric Benét – lead and backing vocals
- Lalah Hathaway – lead and backing vocals
- Sting – lead vocals
- Davis Isaac – engineer
- Goh Hotada – engineer, mixing
- Paul Mitchell – engineer
- Malcolm Pollack – engineer
- Dean Sharenow – engineer
- Takamasa Hondu – engineer assostant
- John R. Reigert III – engineer assistant
- Rory Romano – engineer assistant
- Mike Tocci – engineer assostant
- Zach Wind – engineer assistant
- Greg Calbi – mastering
- Bibi Green – production coordinator
- Jennifer Roddie – art direction, design
- Michael Wilson – cover photography
- Eric Johnson – photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Marcus Miller, except where noted.
- Corners (For Herbie)
- Day Dreaming – Aretha Franklin
- Trance
- Brother Ray
- Lisa – David Sanborn
- When I’m With You
- Naked Moon
- Cane – Meshell Ndegeocello
- Ain’t No Sunshine – Bill Withers
- Miss You – David Sanborn
Joshua Redman: Same
On March 23, 1993, “Warner Bros” label released the self-titled, debut Joshua Redman album. It was recorded in 1993, at “Skyline Studios” and “Power Station” in New York City, and was produced by Matt Pierson.
Personnel:
- Joshua Redman – tenor saxophone
- Kevin Hays– piano
- Mike LeDonne– piano
- Paul LaDuca – double bass
- Christian McBride– double bass
- Gregory Hutchinson– drums
- Clarence Penn– drums
- Kenny Washington– drums
Track listing:
All tracks by Joshua Redman, except where noted.
- Blues on Sunday
- Wish
- Trinkle Tinkle – Thelonious Monk
- Echoes
- I Got You (I Feel Good) – James Brown
- Body & Soul – Edward Heyman, Frank Eyton, Robert Sour, John W. Green
- Tribalism
- Groove X (By Any Means Necessary)
- Salt Peanuts – Dizzy Gillespie
- On the Sunny Side of the Street – Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields
- Sublimation
Bastion: Same
On March 23, 1984, “PGP RTB” label released the self – titled, debut Bastion album. It was recorded in 1983, at “RT Skopje” in Skopje, Macedonia.
Personnel:
- Kiril Dzajkovski – vocal, synthesizers, rhythm programming, rotomsi, arragements
- Ljubomir Stojsavljevic – vocal, bass guitar, guitar, bouzouki, rotomsi, arrangements
- Ana Kostovska – lead and backing vocals, arrangements
- Anastas Panajotov Tashe – recording engineer
- Slave Dimitrov – executive producer
- Konstantin Petrovic – design
- Vladimir Pavlevski – photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Kiril Dzajkovski, except where noted.
- Hollywood
- Deca sunca
- A Hot Day in Mexico
- Mesec u sholji
- Mister kompleks
- Lica u ogledalu
- Molitva – Ljubomir Stojsavljevic
- Boja – Ljubomir Stojsavljevic, Kiril Dzajkovski
Carmen McRae: Same
On March 23, 1955, “Bethlehem” label released the self – titled, third Carmen McRae album. It was recorded October – December 1954.
Personnel:
- Carmen McRae- vocals
- Herbie Mann- flute, tenor saxophone
- Mat Mathews- accordion
- Mundell Lowe- guitar
- Tony Scott- clarinet, piano
- Dick Katz- piano
- Skip Fawcett- double bass
- Wendell Marshall- double bass
- Kenny Clarke- drums
- Osie Johnson– drums
Track listing:
- You’d Be So Easy to Love – Cole Porter
- If I’m Lucky (I’ll Be The One) – Chuck Darwin, Paulette Girard
- Old Devil Moon – Y. “Yip” Harburg, Burton Lane
- Tip Toe Gently – Mat Mathews, Paulette Girard
- You Made Me Care – Chuck Darwin, Paulette Girard
- Last Time for Love
- Misery – Tony Scott
- Too Much in Love to Care
John McLaughlin, Al Di Meola and Paco de Lucía:Passion, Grace & Fire
On March 23, 1983, “Phillips” label released “Passion, Grace & Fire”, the second John McLaughlin, Al Di Meola and Paco de Lucía album. It was recorded September – October 1982, at “Marcus Music” in London, and was produced by John McLaughlin, Al Di Meola and Paco de Lucía.
Personnel:
- John McLaughlin- nylon-string guitar.
- Al Di Meola- Ovation steel-string acoustic guitar.
- Paco de Lucía- nylon-string guitar.
- Marco Utano, Dennis MacKay, Brian Davies, Femi Jiya, Caryl Wheeler, Francis Manzella – engineer
- George Marino – mastering
- Andrew Ellis, Rob Brimson – photography
Track listing:
- Aspan – John McLaughlin
- Orient Blue Suite – Al Di Meola
- Part I
- Part II
- Part III
- Chiquito – Paco de Lucía
- Sichia – Paco de Lucía
- David – John McLaughlin
- Passion, Grace & Fire – Al Di Meola
Elvis Presley: Same
On March 23, 1956, “RCA Victor” label released the self-titled, debut Elvis Presley album. It was recorded July 1954 – January 1956, at “”RCA Victor Studios” in Nashville, Tennessee, “RCA Victor Studios” in New York City, “Sun Studio” in Memphis, Tennessee, and was produced by Sam Phillips (Sun recordings) and Steve Sholes (RCA recordings). “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked the album cover at number 40, on its list of the “100 Greatest Album Covers”. The album was certified Platinum in US by the “RIAA”.
Personnel:
- Elvis Presley– vocals, acoustic guitar, piano
- Scotty Moore– electric guitar
- Chet Atkins– acoustic guitar
- Floyd Cramer– piano
- Shorty Long– piano
- Bill Black– bass
- J. Fontana– drums
- Doug Poindexter– percussion, guitar
- Johnny Bernero – drums
- Gordon Stoker– backing vocals
- Ben Speer– backing vocals
- Brock Speer– backing vocals
Track listing:
- Blue Suede Shoes – Carl Perkins
- I’m Counting On You – Don Robertson
- I Got a Woman – Ray Charles, Renald Richard
- One Sided Love Affair – Bill Campbell
- I Love You Because – Leon Payne
- Just Because – Bob Shelton, Joe Shelton, Sydney Robin
- Tutti Frutti – Dorothy LaBostrie, Richard Wayne Penniman
- Tryin’ to Get You – Rose Marie McCoy, Charles Singleton
- I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry (Over You) – Howard Biggs, Joe Thomas
- I’ll Never Let You Go (Little Darlin’) – Jimmy Wakely
- Blue Moon – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
- Money Honey – Jesse Stone
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