Tag Archives: March 4

The Farm: Spartacus

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On March 4, 1991, “Produce Records” label released “Spartacus”, the debut Farm (The) studio album. It was recorded 1987 -1990. At “Mayfair” and “Liquidator” in London, and was produced by Graham “Suggs” McPherson, Stan Cullimore and Paul Heaton.

Personnel:

  • Peter Hooton – lead vocals
  • Keith Mullin – guitar
  • Steve Grimes – guitar
  • Ben Leach – synthesizers
  • Carl Hunter – bass
  • Roy Boulter – drums
  • Paula David – backing vocals
  • Pete Wylie – additional backing vocals
  • Gary Wilkinson – engineer 
  • Noel Rafferty – engineer 
  • Kevin Petri – engineer, remix
  • Mark Saunders – mixing 
  • Pete Heller – remix
  • Graham “Suggs” McPherson – remix
  • Terry Farley – remix

Track listing:

All tracks by Peter Hooton and Steve Grimes.

  1. Hearts & Minds
  2. How Long
  3. Sweet Inspiration
  4. Groovy Train
  5. Higher & Higher
  6. Don’t Let Me Down
  7. Family of Man
  8. Tell the Story
  9. Very Emotional
  10. All Together Now Higher & Higher
  11. Very Emotional

Billy Hart: One is the Other

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On March 4, 2014, “ECM” label released “One Is the Other”, the twelve Billy Hart album. It was recorded April – May 2013, At “Avatar Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Manfred Eicher.

Personnel:

  • Billy Hart – drums
  • Mark Turner – tenor sax
  • Ethan Iverson – piano
  • Ben Street – double bass

Track listing:

All tracks by Billy Hart, except where noted.

  1. Lennie Groove – Mark Turner
  2. Maraschino – Ethan Iverson
  3. Teule’s Redemption
  4. Amethyst
  5. Yard
  6. Sonnet for Stevie – Mark Turner
  7. Some Enchanted Evening – Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II
  8. Big Trees – Ethan Iverson

Jane Ira Bloom: Chasing Paint

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On March 4, 2003, “Arabesque” label released “Chasing Paint”, the tenth Jane Ira Bloom album. It was recorded April – May 2002, at “The Studio” in New York City, and was produced by Jane Ira Bloom.

Personnel:

  • Jane Ira Bloom – soprano saxophone, live electronics
  • Fred Hersch – piano
  • Mark Dresser – bass
  • Bobby Previte – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Jane Ira Bloom except where noted.

  1. Unexpected Light
  2. Chasing Paint
  3. The Sweetest Sounds – Richard Rodgers
  4. On Seeing JP
  5. Many Wonders
  6. Jackson Pollock
  7. Alchemy
  8. Reflections of the Big Dipper
  9. White Light

Ray LaMontagne: Ouroboros

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On March 4, 2016, “RCA” label released “Ouroboros”, the sixth Ray LaMontagne studio album. It was recorded in February 2015, at “La La land” in Louisville, US, and was produced by Jim James.

Personnel:

  • Ray LaMontagne – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar
  • Dan Dorff – CP70, RMI, piano, vibes, Mellotron, Trident synthesizer, Multivox piano, Juno, pump organ, pocket piano
  • Dave Givan – drums, percussion
  • Jim James – electric guitar, saxophone, Juno, Trident synthesizer, background vocals
  • Seth Kaufman – bass, meditation box, electric guitar textures, slide guitar
  • Alexis Marsh – background vocals
  • Kevin Ratterman – Moog bass, piano strings, pocket piano, Moog F/X

Track listing:

All tracks by Ray LaMontagne.

  1. Homecoming
  2. Hey No Pressure
  3. The Changing Man
  4. While It Still Beats
  5. In My Own Way
  6. Another Day
  7. A Murmuration of Starlings
  8. Wouldn’t It Make a Lovely Photograph

Big Big Train: English Electric Part Two

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On March 4, 2013, “English Electric Recordings” and “GEP” labels released “English Electric Part Two”, the eighth Big Big Train studio album.

Personnel:

  • David Longdon – lead vocals, flute, vibes, tambourine, banjo, accordion, melodica, keyboards, acoustic guitar, birds and bees, mandolin
  • Gregory Spawton – bass guitar, acoustic and electric guitar, slow moog, mandolin, keyboards, backing vocals,
  • Dave Gregory – electric guitar, banjo, mellotron
  • Danny Manners – keyboards, piano, double bass
  • Andy Poole – keyboards, acoustic guitar, mandolin, baritone bee, backing vocals,
  • Nick D’Virgilio – drums, backing vocals
  • Daniel Steinhardt – electric guitar
  • Andy Tillison – organ, Moog, keyboards
  • Ben Godfrey – cornet, trumpet, piccolo trumpet
  • John Storey – euphonium, trombone
  • Dave Desmond – trombone
  • Jon Truscott – tuba
  • Eleanor Gilchrist – violin
  • Geraldine Berreen – violin
  • Rachel Hall – violin
  • Sue Bowran – violin
  • Teresa Whipple – viola
  • Abigail Trundle – cello
  • Jan Jaap Langereis – recorders
  • Lily Adams – backing vocals
  • Martin Orford – backing vocals
  • Verity Joy – backing vocals
  • Violet Adams – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Greg Spawton, except where noted.

  1. East Coast Racer
  2. Swan Hunter – Greg Spawton, David Longdon
  3. Worked Out
  4. Leopards – David Longdon
  5. Keeper of Abbeys
  6. The Permanent Way
  7. Curator of Butterflies

King Crimson: The Power to Believe

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On March 4, 2003, “Sanctuary Records” label released “The Power to Believe”, the thirteenth King Crimson studio album. It was recorded in 2002, at “The Tracking Room” and “Studio Belew” in Nashville, “Pat’s Garage” in Austin, “St. Peter’s Church” in Newlyn, and was produced by Machine, David Singleton, Robert Fripp, Adrian Belew, Pat Mastelotto and Trey Gunn.

Personnel:

  • Robert Fripp – guitar
  • Adrian Belew – vocals, guitar
  • Pat Mastelotto – acoustic and electric drums, percussion
  • Trey Gunn – Warr touch bass
  • Tim Faulkner – voice source 
  • Ken Latchney – haiku voice recording
  • Machine – programming, engineer, mixing
  • Jeff Juliano – additional engineering
  • David Singleton – mastering
  • Simon Heyworth – mastering
  • P. J. Crook – artwork
  • Hugh O’Donnell – design

Track listing:

All lyrics by Adrian Belew, all music by by Adrian Belew, Robert Fripp, Trey Gunn and Pat Mastelotto except where noted.

  1. The Power to Believe I: A Cappella
  2. Level Five
  3. Eyes Wide Open
  4. Elektrik
  5. Facts of Life: Intro
  6. Facts of Life
  7. The Power to Believe II: Power Circle
  8. Dangerous Curves
  9. Happy with What You have to Be Happy With
  10. The Power to Believe III: Deception of the Trush
  11. The Power to Believe IV: Coda

Arhangel: Same

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On March 4, 1991, “Haos” label released the self-titled, debut Arhangel album. It was recorded in 1990, at “Audio Lab” studio in Skopje, Macedonia, and was produced by Mite Dimovski.

Personnel:

  • Risto Vrtev – vocal
  • Dragan Ginovski – guitars
  • Petar Jankov – bass
  • Mite Dimovski – drums
  • Tose Pop Simonov – recording, co-producer
  • Zlatko Trajkovski Hinki – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Risto Vrtev.

  1. Ladno oruzje
  2. Gordost
  3. Isus
  4. Zlatno zolto
  5. Prevez
  6. Molk
  7. Luna
  8. Dva vo eden
  9. Brcki
  10. Arhangel

Then Jerico: The Big Area

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On March 4, 1989, “London” label released “The Big Area”, the second Then Jerico album. It was recorded in 1988, at “The Manor”, “Olympic” “Abbey Road” “Townhouse” and “Air” in UK, “Sunset Sound”, “Westlake”, Summa”, “Sound Castle” and “The Hit Factory” in USA, and was produced by Rhett Davies and Peter Henderson.

Personnel:

  • Mark Shaw – vocals
  • Chris Youdell – keyboards
  • Robert Downes – guitar
  • Scott Taylor – rhythm guitar
  • Jason Stainthorpe – bass guitar
  • Steve Wren – drums, percussion
  • Belinda Carlisle – background vocals
  • Charles Judge – keyboards
  • Paul Buckmaster – string arrangements
  • John Brough – engineer
  • Peter Henderson – engineer
  • Richard Sullivan – engineer

Track listing:

All lyrics by Mark Shaw, all music by Mark Shaw, Chris Youdell, Robert Downes, Scott Taylor, Jason Stainthorpe and Steve Wren, except where noted.

  1. Big Area
  2. What Does It Takes – Sandy Stuart, David Munday
  3. You Ought to Know
  4. Song for the Brokenhearted
  5. Darkest Hour – Mark Shaw, Scott Taylor, Chris Youdell
  6. Reeling
  7. Where You Lie
  8. Sugar Box
  9. Helpless
  10. Under Fire

Little Richard: Here’s Little Richard

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On March 4, 1957, “Specialty” label released “Here’s Little Richard”, the debut Little Richard album. It was recorded September 1955 – October 1956. In 2003, “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked the album at number 50 on its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”, and ranked the track “Tutti Frutti” at number 43 on its list of the “500 Greatest Songs of All Time”.

Personnel:

  • Little Richard (Richard Penniman) – vocals, piano
  • Edgar Blanchard – guitar
  • Frank Fields – bass
  • Earl Palmer – drums
  • Lee Allen – tenor saxophone
  • Alvin “Red” Tyler – baritone saxophone
  • Huey Smith – piano
  • Justin Adams – guitar
  • William “Frosty” Pyles – guitar
  • Roy Montrell – guitar
  • Nathaniel Douglas – guitar
  • Lloyd Lambert – bass
  • Olsie Richard Robinson – bass
  • Oscar Moore – drums
  • Charles Connor – drums
  • Renald Richard – trumpet
  • Clarence Ford – tenor and baritone saxophone
  • Wilbert Smith – tenor saxophone
  • Grady Gaines – tenor saxophone
  • Joe Tillman – tenor saxophone
  • Clifford Burks – tenor saxophone
  • Jewell Grant – baritone saxohone

Track listing:

  1. Tutti Frutti – Richard Penniman, Dorothy LaBostrie, Joe Lubin
  2. True, Fine Mama – Richard Penniman
  3. Can’t Believe You Wanna Leave – Leo Price
  4. Ready Teddy – Robert Blackwell, John Marascalco
  5. Baby – Richard Penniman
  6. Slippin’ and Slidin’ – Richard Penniman, Eddie Bocage, Al Collins, James Smith
  7. Long Tall Sally – Enotris Johnson, Robert Blackwell, Richard Penniman
  8. Miss Ann – Richard Penniman, Enotris Johnson
  9. Oh Why? – Winfield Scott
  10. Rip It Up – Robert Blackwell, John Marascalco
  11. Jenny, Jenny – Enotris Johnson, Richard Penniman
  12. She’s Got It – John Marascalco, Richard Penniman

Vijay Iyer: Mutations

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On March 4, 2014, “ECM” label released “Mutations”, the 18th Vijay Iyer album. It was recorded in September 2013, at “Avatar Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Manfred Eicher.

Personnel:

  • Vijay Iyer— piano, electronics
  • Michi Wiancko, Miranda Cuckson — violin
  • Kyle Armbrust — viola
  • Kivie Cahn-Lipman — cello

Track listing:

All tracks by Vijay Iyer.

  1. Spellbound and Sacrosanct, Cowrie Shells and the Shimmering Sea
  2. Vuln, Part 2
  3. Mutation 1: Air
  4. Mutation 2: Rise
  5. Mutation 3: Canon
  6. Mutation 4: Chain
  7. Mutation 5: Automata
  8. Mutation 6: Waves
  9. Mutation 7: Kernel
  10. Mutation 8: Clade
  11. Mutation 9: Descent
  12. Mutation 10: Time
  13. When We’re Gone