On March 6, 2025, Brian James died aged 70. He was songwriter, musician (guitar) and singer, member of the bands London SS, Tanz Der Youth, Bastard, The Dripping Lips, The Racketeers, The Lords of the New Church, The Brian James Gang, but was best known as the founding member of Damned. As leader, James released five albums.
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Social Broken Scene: Feel Good Lost
On March 6, 2001, “Noise Factory” label released “Feel Good Lost”, the debut Broken Social Scene studio album. It was recorded January – February 2001. And was produced by Brendan Canning and Kevin Drew.
Personnel:
- Brendan Canning – acoustic and electric guitar, piano, organ, keyboards, bass, drum programming, sampler
- Kevin Drew – acoustic and electric guitar, piano, organ, keyboards, drums, sampler, recording
- Charles Spearin – mixing
- Ohad Benchetrit – mixing
- Noah Mintz – mastering
- Cecilia Berkovic – front cover art
- Stephen Crowhurst – back cover art
- Joe English – design layout
Track listing:
All tracks by Brendan Canning and Kevin Drew.
- I Slept with Bonhomme at the CBC
- Guilty Cubicles
- Love and Mathematics
- Passport Radio
- Alive in 85
- Prison Province
- Blues for Uncle Gibb
- Stomach Song
- Mossbraker
- Feel Good Lost
- Last Place
- Cranley’s Gonna Make It
Dream Theater: When Dream And Day Unite
On March 6, 1989, “Mechanic” label released “When Dream and Day Unite”, the debut Dream Theater studio album. It was recorded July – August 1988, at “Kajem / Victory Studios” in Gladwyne, Pennsylvania, and was produced by Terry Date, Charlie Dominici, Kevin Moore, John Myung, John Petrucci and Mike Portnoy.
Personnel:
- Charlie Dominici – vocals
- John Petrucci – guitars
- Kevin Moore – keyboards
- John Myung – bass
- Mike Portnoy – drums, percussion
- Terry Date – engineer, mixing
- Joe Alexander – engineer, mixing
- Brian Stover, Trish Finnegan – engineer assistant
- Amy Guip – cover art
- Steve Sinclair – executive producer
Track listing:
All tracks by Charlie Dominici, Kevin Moore, John Myung, John Petrucci and Mike Portnoy, except where note.
- A Fortune In Lies – lyrics by John Petrucci
- Status Seeker – lyrics by Charlie Dominici, John Petrucci
- The Ytse Jam – music by John Petrucci, John Myung, Kevin Moore, Mike Portnoy
- The Killing Hand – lyrics by John Petrucci
- Light Fuse and Get Away – lyrics by Kevin Moore
- Afterlife – lyrics by Charlie Dominici
- The Ones Who Help to Set the Sun – John Petrucci
- Only a Matter of Time – Kevin Moore
Three Dog Night: Hard Labor
On March 6, 1974, “Dunhill” label released “Hard Labor”, the eleventh Three Dog Night album. It was recorded in 1973, at “Record Plant” in Sausalito, California, and was produced by Jimmy Lenner.
Personnel:
- Danny Hutton – lead and backing vocals, arrangements
- Chuck Negron – lead and backing vocals, arrangements
- Cory Wells – lead and backing vocals, arrangements
- Mike Allsup – banjo, guitars, arrangements
- Jimmy Greenspoon – keyboard, arrangements
- Skip Konte – keyboard, ARP, chamberlin, arrangements
- Jack Ryland – bass, arrangements
- Joe Schermie – bass, arrangements
- Floyd Sneed – percussion, drums, arrangements
- Greg Calbi, Dennis Ferrante, Jimmy Lenner, Jay Messina, Tom Rabstenek, John Stronach – engineer
- Corky Stasiak – engineer assistant
- Roy Cicala – engineer, remix
- Jim Messina – engineer, remix
- Ed Caraeff – art direction, photography
- David Larkham – design
Track listing:
- Prelude – public domain
- Sure As I’m Sittin’ Here – John Hiatt
- Anytime Baby – Larry Weiss
- Put Out the Light – Daniel Moore
- Sitting in Limbo – Gully Bright, Jimmy Cliff
- I’d Be So Happy – Skip Prokop
- Play Something Sweet (Brickyard Blues) – Allen Toussaint
- On the Way Back Home – Daniel Moore
- The Show Must Go On – David Courtney, Leo Sayer
Skin Alley: Same
On March 6, 1969, “CBS” label released the self-titled, debut Skin Alley studio album. It was recorded in 1968, and was produced by Dick Taylor.
Personnel:
- Bob James – vocals, guitar, alto saxophone, flute, sleeve notes
- Krzysztof-Henryk Juskiewicz – vocals, piano, organ, harpsichord, mellotron, sleeve notes
- Thomas Crimble – vocals, bass, mellotron, sleeve notes
- Alvin Pope – drums, congas, timpani, sleeve notes
- Mike Fitzhenry – engineer
- Allan Tanner – artwork
Track listing:
All tracks by Krzysztof-Henryk Juskiewicz, except where noted.
- Living in the Sin – Bob James
- Tell Me – Bob James
- Mother Please Help Your Child
- Marsha
- Country Aire – Bob James
- All Alone – Thomas Crimble
- Night Time – Thomas Crimble
- Concerto Grosso (Take Heed)
- (Going Down) The Highway – Thomas Crimble
Nadia Reid: Out of My Province
On March 6, 2020, “Spacebomb Records” label released “Out of My Province”, the third Nadia Reid album. It was recorded in 2019, and was produced by Trey Pollard, Sam Taylor and Matthew E. White.
Personnel:
- Nadia Reid – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar
- Sam Taylor – electric guitar
- Daniel Clarke – piano, organ, keyboards
- Cameron Raiston – acoustic bass, bass
- Brian Wolfe – drums, percussion
- Marcus Tenney – tenor saxophone
- J.C. Kuhl – baritone saxophone
- Taylor Barnett – trumpet
- Toby Whitaker – trombone
- Adrian Olsen – engineer, mixing
- Dave Cooley – mastering
- Travis Robertson – art direction, design
- Alex Lovell – Smith – photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Nadia Reid.
- All of My Love
- High & Lonely
- Oh Canada
- Heart to Ride
- Other Side of the Wheel
- Best Thing
- I Don’t Wanna Take Anything from You
- The Future
- Who Is Protecting Me
- Get the Devil Out
Jonathan Wilson: Dixie Blur
On March 6, 2020, “Bella Union” label released “Dixie Blur”, the fourth Jonathan Wilson album. It was recorded in 2019, at “Jack Clement Recording Studios”, “Alex the Great”, “Middletree Studios”, “Fivestarstudios”, “Grovemasters Studio”, and was produced by Jonathan Wilson and Pat Sansone.
Personnel:
- Jonathan Wilson – vocal, 12 strings acoustic guitar, acoustic guitar, baritone guitar, slide guitar, tambourin, electric piano, organ, synthesizer, mellotron, vibraphone, harp, drums, percussion, congas, mixing
- Kenny Vaughan – 12 strings acoustic guitar, acoustic and electric guitar
- Mark O’Connor – acoustic guitar
- Pat Sansone – acoustic guitar, bass guitar, mellotron, vibraphone, backing vocals
- Russ Pahl – acoustic guitar, pedal steel guitar
- Joe Pisapia – pedal steel guitar
- Drew Erickson – piano, organ
- Dennis Crouch – bass, bass fiddle
- Jon Radford – drums, percussion
- Jim Hoke – harmonica, saxophone, flute, bass clarinet, harp
- Leslie Stevens – backing vocals
- Kevin Smith – engineer
- Rachel Moore – engineer
- Dave Cerminara – recording, mixing
- Adam Ayan – mastering
- Andrea Nakhia – art direction, artwork
Track listing:
All tracks by Jonathan Wilson, except where noted.
- Just for Love – Dino Valenti
- ’69 Corvette
- New Home
- So Alive
- In Heaven Making Love
- Oh Girl
- Pirate
- Enemies
- Fun for the Masses
- Platform
- Riding the Blinds
- El Camino Real
- Golden Apples
- Korean Tea
Lou Ottens
On March 6, 2021, Lodewijk Frederik Ottens aka Lou Ottens, died aged 94. He was inventor and engineer, known as the inventor of the audio cassette tape. Nearly 20 years after Philips introduced cassette tapes, Ottens helped the company to develop compact disc technology and, with Sony, to create audio format that would become the industry standard. In 2016, Ottens appeared in a film, “Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape”. The director, Zack Farmer, likened the creation of the cassette to “trying to paint a masterpiece on a postage stamp”.
One Ok Rock: Jinsei x Boku=
On March 6, 2013, “A-Sketch” label released “Jinsei×Boku=”, the sixth One Ok Rock studio album.
Personnel:
- Takahiro “Taka” Moriuchi – lead vocals, arranger
- Toru Yamashita – guitars, arranger
- Ryota Kohama – bass guitar, arranger
- Tomoya Kanki – drums, percussion, arranger
- Makoto Minagawa – piano
- Kiyohide Ura – piano
- Yoshinobu Takeshita – contrabass
- Mio Okamura – violin
- Shohei Yoshida – violin
- Mikiyo Kikuchi – viola
- Robin Dupuy – cello
- Ayano Kasahara – cello
- Mari Masumoto – cello
- Akkin – programming, arranger
- Kenichi Arai – engineer
- Takashi Kagami – engineer
- John Feldmann – mixing
- Tommy English – mixing
- Tue Madsen – mixing
- Chris Lord-Alge – mixing
- Kazuaki Seki – art direction
- Daichi Shiono – design
Track listing:
All lyrics are written by Takahiro “Taka” Moriuchi , music as noted.
- Introduction – Where Idiot Should Go – Toru Yamashita
- Ending Story – Takahiro Taka Moriuchi, Toru Yamashita
- Onion – Takahiro Taka Moriuchi
- The Beginning – Takahiro Taka Moriuchi
- Clock Strikes – Takahiro Taka Moriuchi, Toru Yamashita
- Be the Light – Takahiro Taka Moriuchi
- Nothing Helps – Takahiro Taka Moriuchi, Toru Yamashita, Tomoya, Ryota
- Juvenile – Takahiro Taka Moriuchi
- All Mine – Takahiro Taka Moriuchi
- Smiling Down – Takahiro Taka Moriuchi, Toru Yamashita
- Deeper Deeper – Ryota, Tomoya
- 69 – Takahiro Taka Moriuchi, Toru Yamashita, Tomoya, Ryota
- The Same As… Takahiro Taka Moriuchi
Delays: You See Colours
On March 6, 2006, “Rough Trade” label released “You See Colours”, the second Delays studio album. It was recorded in 2005, at “Real World”, “Rockfireld” and “Dustsucker Sound”, and was produced by Graham Sutton.
Personnel:
- Greg Gilbert – vocals, guitar
- Aaron Gilbert – sequencer, synths, backing vocals
- Colin Fox – bass, percussion, backing vocals
- Rowly – drums
- Graham Sutton – additional synth arrangements, programming, engineer, mixing
- Trevor Horn – additional arrangement, vocal overdub
- Duncan Lewis – additional arrangement
- Jon Kelly – additional arrangement
- Robbie Nelson – engineer
- Paul Burgess – artwork
- Jeff Teader – package design
- Roger Sargent – photography
Track listing:
- You and Me – Greg Gilbert, Aaron Gilbert
- Valentine – Greg Gilbert, Aaron Gilbert
- This Town’s Religion – Greg Gilbert
- Sink Like a Stone – Greg Gilbert
- Too Much in Your Life – Greg Gilbert, Aaron Gilbert
- Winter’s Memory of Summer – Greg Gilbert, Aaron Gilbert
- Given Time – Greg Gilbert
- Hideaway – Greg Gilbert
- Lillian – Greg Gilbert, Aaron Gilbert
- Out of Nowhere – Greg Gilbert
- Waste of Space – Greg Gilbert, Aaron Gilbert
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