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Ran Blake: All That Is Tied

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On March 7, 2006, “Tompkins Square” label released “All That Is Tied”, the 36th Ran Blake album. It was recorded in 2005, and was produced by Jonah Kraut and Ran Blake.

Personnel:

  • Ran Blake – piano
  • Nate Dube – engineer
  • A. T. Michael MacDonald – mastering
  • Joel T. Jordan – design
  • Kathy Chapman – photography
  • John Medeski – liner notes
  • Josh Rosenthal – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Ran Blake, except where noted.

  1. All That Is Tied – Jonah Kraut
  2. Breakthru
  3. Birmingham, U.S.A.
  4. Thursday
  5. How ‘Bout That
  6. Impresario of Death
  7. Sontagism
  8. Epilogue
  9. Latter Rain Christian Fellowship
  10. Field Cry
  11. Wende
  12. Breakthru

Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band: Horses In The Sky

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On March 7, 2005, “Constellation” label released “Horses in the Sky”, album by Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band (the fourth Silver Mt. Zion album overall). It was recorded in 2004, at “Hotel2Tango” in Montreal, Quebec, and was produced by Howard Bilerman.

Personnel:

  • Efrim Menuck – voice, guitar, piano, mixing
  • Ian Ilavsky – voice, guitar, harmonium, mixing
  • Jessica Moss – voice, violin, piano, glasses, mixing
  • Thierry Amar – voice, contrabass, glasses, harmonica, mixing
  • Scott Levine Gilmore – voice, drums, percussion, guitar, mandolin, mixing
  • Sophie Trudeau – voice, violin, trumpet, glasses, mixing
  • Beckie Foon – voice, cello, mixing
  • Howard Bilerman – recording, mixing
  • J. F. Chicoine – mastering
  • Luc Paradis – drawings
  • Nadia Moss – side 4 etching
  • Silver Mt. Zion – other collages and scribblings

Track listing:

All tracks by Efrim Menuck, Ian Ilavsky, Jessica Moss, Thierry Amar, Scott Levine Gilmore, Sophie Trudeau and Beckie Foon.

  1. God Bless Our Dead Marines
  2. Mountains Made of Steam
  3. Horses in the Sky
  4. Teddy Roosevelt’s Guns
  5. Hang on to Each Other
  6. Ring Them Bells (Freedom Has Come and Gone)

The Slip: From The Gecko

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On March 7, 1997, “KA” label released “From the Gecko”, the debut Slip (The) album. It was recorded in 1996, and was produced by Martin Guigui, Brad Barr, Marc Freidman, Andrew Barr and Gus Ziesing.

Personnel:

  • Brad Barr – vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • Marc Freidman – bass
  • Andrew Barr – drums
  • Gus Ziesing – soprano saxophone
  • Daisuke Fujiwara – soprano saxophone
  • Timo Shanko – tenor saxophone
  • Gus Ziesing – engineer
  • David Correia – engineer, mixing
  • Andy Hall – engineer, mixing
  • Barrett Rogers – illustrations
  • Kim Wallace – illustrations
  • Jason Booth – layout design

Track listing:

All tracks by Brad Barr, Marc Freidman and Andrew Barr.

  1. Munf
  2. Alsoa
  3. Yellow Medicine
  4. The Weight of Solomon
  5. Spice Groove
  6. Cumulus
  7. Eube
  8. Children of Atlantis
  9. Island of Peace
  10. Honey Melon
  11. Entering Saugus

The Proclaimers: Hit The Highway

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On March 7, 1994, “Chrysalis” label released “Hit the Highway”, the third Proclaimers (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1993, at “Chipping North Studio” in Chipping North, Oxfordshire, England, and was produced by Pete Wingfield, Charlie Reid and Craig Reid.

Personnel:

  • Craig Reid – vocals, tambourine
  • Charlie Reid – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar 
  • Stuart Nisbet – acoustic and electric guitar, steel guitar, mandolin
  • Tim Renwick – acoustic and electric guitar, electric slide guitar
  • Jerry Donahue – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Bobby Valentino – fiddle
  • Pete Wingfield – keyboards, piano, Hammond C3 
  • Pete Thomas – tenor and baritone saxophone 
  • Raul D’Oliveira – trumpet
  • Vince Sullivan – trombone
  • Iain Bruce – bass guitar
  • Phil Cranham – bass guitar, fretless bass guitar
  • Kevin Wilkinson – drums
  • Dave Mattacks – drums
  • Martin Ditcham – percussion
  • Barry Hammond – engineer
  • Geoff Pesche – mastering 

Track listing:

All tracks by Charlie and Craig Reid, except where noted.

  1. Let’s Get Married
  2. The More I Believe
  3. What Makes You Cry?
  4. Follow the Money
  5. These Arms of Mine – Otis Redding
  6. Shout Shout
  7. The Light
  8. Hit the Highway
  9. A Long Long Long Time Ago
  10. I Want to Be a Christian – Sullivan S. Puch
  11. Your Childhood
  12. Don’t Turn Out Like Your Mother

Blue Mitchell: The Last Tango=Blues

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On March 7, 1973, “Mainstream” label released “The Last Tango = Blues”, the 20th Blue Mitchell album. It was recorded in 1972, in Los Angeles, and was produced by Bob Shad.

Personnel:

  • Blue Mitchell – trumpet
  • Jackie Kelso, Bill Perkins – flute, tenor saxophone
  • David Angel – clarinet, alto saxophone
  • Steve Kravitz – bass clarinet, baritone saxophone
  • Herman Riley – tenor saxophone
  • David T. Walker – guitar
  • Charles Kynard – organ
  • Darrell Clayborn, Chuck Rainey – electric bass
  • Raymond Pounds – drums
  • King Errisson, Paul Humphrey, Chino Valdes – percussion
  • Dick Fritz – arrangements

Track listing:

  1. Soul Turn Around – Walter Bishop, Jr.
  2. Killing Me Softly With His Song – Charles Fox, Norman Gimbel
  3. The Message – Patrick Patterson, Steve Scipio
  4. Steal the Feel – Richard Fritz
  5. Last Tango in Paris – Gato Barbieri
  6. One for Russ – Alf Clausen
  7. Peace – Horace Silver
  8. P.T. Blues – Blue Mitchell

David Bowie: Young Americans

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On March 7, 1975, “RCA” label released “Young Americans”, the ninth David Bowie studio album. It was recorded August 1974 – January 1975, at “Sigma Sound” in Philadelphia, “Record Plant” and “Electric Land Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Tony Visconti, Harry Massin and David Bowie.

Personnel:

  • David Bowie – vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • John Lennon – vocals and backing vocals, guitar
  • Carlos Alomar – guitars
  • Earl Slick – guitars
  • Mike Garson – piano
  • Willie Weeks – bass guitar
  • Emir Ksasan – bass guitar
  • Dennis Davis – drums 
  • Andy Newmark – drums
  • Ralph MacDonald – percussion 
  • Pablo Rosario – percussion 
  • Larry Washington – congas
  • David Sanborn – saxophone
  • Ava Cherry – backing vocals
  • Robin Clark – backing vocals
  • Luther Vandross – backing vocals, vocal arrangements
  • Anthony Hinton – backing vocals
  • Diane Sumler – backing vocals
  • Jean Fineberg – backing vocals
  • Jean Millington – backing vocals 

Track listing:

All tracks by David Bowie, except where noted.

  1. Young Americans
  2. Win
  3. Fascination – David Bowie, Luther Vandross
  4. Right
  5. Somebody There Likes Me
  6. Across the Universe – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
  7. Can You Hear Me
  8. Fame – David Bowie, Carlos Alomar, John Lennon

Adam Ant: Wonderful

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On March 7, 1995, “EMI” label released “Wonderful”, the fifth Adam Ant studio album. It was recorded in 1994, at “Abbey Road Studios” in London, and was produced by David Tickle.

Personnel:

  • Adam Ant – vocals
  • Boz Boorer – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Marco Pirroni – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Bruce Witkin – bass, mellotron, backing vocals
  • Dave Ruffy – drums
  • John Reynolds – drums, drum programming
  • Chris Lawson – engineer
  • Guy Massey – engineer assistant

Track listing:

All tracks by Adam Ant, Marco Pirroni and Boz Boorer, except where noted.

  1. Won’t Take That Talk
  2. Beautiful Dream – Adam Ant, Marco Pirroni, Kevin Mooney, John Reynolds
  3. Wonderful – Adam Ant, Marco Pirroni, Bonnie Hayes
  4. 1969 Again
  5. Yin and Yang
  6. Image of Yourself
  7. Alien
  8. Gotta Be a Sin
  9. Vampires
  10. Angel
  11. Very Long Ride – Adam Ant, Marco Pirroni, Kevin Mooney, John Reynolds

Tears for Fears: The Hurting

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On March 7, 1983, “Mercury” label released “The Hurting”, the debut Tears for Fears studio album. It was recorded 1982 – 1983, and was produced by Chris Hughes and Ross Cullum.

Personnel:

  • Roland Orzabal – lead and backing vocals, guitars, keyboards, rhythm programming
  • Curt Smith – lead and backing vocals, bass, keyboards
  • Ian Stanley – keyboards programming, computer programming
  • Manny Elias – drums, rhythm programming
  • Chris Hughes – rhythm programming, tuned percussion, conducting
  • Ross Cullum – jazz high, dynamic toggle percussion
  • Mel Collins – saxophones
  • Phil Palmer – Palmer picking guitar
  • Caroline Orzabal – child vocal

Track listing:

All tracks by Roland Orzabal.

  1. The Hurting
  2. Mad World
  3. Pale Shelter
  4. Ideas as Opiates
  5. Memories Fade
  6. Suffer the Children
  7. Watch Me Bleed
  8. Change
  9. The Prisoner
  10. Start of the Breakdown

MX-80 Sound: Out of the Tunnel

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On March 7, 1980, “Ralph” label released “Out of the Tunnel”, the second MX-80 Sound studio album. It was recorded in 1980, at “Mobius Music” in San Francisco, and was produced by Mark Bingham.

Personnel:

  • Rich Stim – vocals, guitar, saxophone
  • Dale Sophiea – bass guitar
  • Bruce Anderson – guitar
  • Dave Mahoney – drums
  • Mark Bingham – recording, mixing
  • Oliver Dicicco – recording, mixing
  • Kim Torgerson – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Bruce Anderson, Dave Mahoney, Dale Sophiea and Rich Stim.

  1. It’s Not My Fault
  2. Follow That Car
  3. Fender Bender
  4. I Walk Among Them
  5. Someday You’ll Be King
  6. Frankie I’m Sorry
  7. Gary and Priscilla
  8. Man in a Box
  9. Metro teens

Mick Harris & Bill Laswell: Somnific Flux

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On March 7, 1995, “Subharmonic” label released “Somnific Flux”, album by Mick Harris and Bill Laswell. It was recorded in November 1994, at “Wall of Silence” in Birmingham, UK, in December 1994, at “Greenpoint Studios” in Brooklyn, New York, and was produced by Mick Harris and Bill Laswell.

Personnel:

  • Mick Harris – effects, recording, photography
  • Bill Laswell – effects, recording, mixing
  • Robert Musso – engineer
  • Layng Martine – engineer assistant

Track listing:

All tracks by Mick Harris and Bill Laswell.

  1. Distal Sonority
  2. Capacious