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Meat Puppets: Dusty Notes

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On March 8, 2019, “Megaforce Records” label released “Dusty Notes”, the fifteenth Meat Puppets studio album.

Personnel:

  • Cris Kirkwood – vocals, bass, banjo
  • Curt Kirkwood – vocals, piano, guitar, percussion
  • Elmo Kirkwood – vocals, guitar
  • Ron Stabinsky – keyboards
  • Derrick Bostrom – drums, percussion
  • Sam Hundley – engineer, mixing
  • Dan Shike – mastering
  • Sam Hundley – artwork, design

Track listing:

All tracks by Curt Kirkwood, except where noted.

  1. Warranty
  2. Nine Pins
  3. On
  4. Unfrozen Memory
  5. Dusty Notes
  6. The Great Awakening
  7. Sea of Heartbreaker – Hal David, Paul Hampton
  8. Nightcap
  9. Vampyr’s Winged Fantasy
  10. Outflow

50 Foot Wave: Golden Ocean

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On March 8, 2005, “Throwing Music” label released “Golden Ocean”, the debut 50 Foot Wave album. It was recorded June – August 2004, and was produced by Ethan Allen.

Personnel:

  • Kristin Hersh- vocals, guitars
  • Bernard Georges– vocals, bass
  • Rob Ahlers – vocals, drums
  • Ethan Allen – engineer, mixing
  • James Adam Watts – engineer
  • Joe Gastwirt – mastering
  • Lakuna, Inc. – design
  • David Narcizo, L. Fletcher – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Rob Ahlers, Bernard Georges and Kristin Hersh.

  1. Long Painting
  2. Bone China
  3. Pneuma
  4. Clara Bow
  5. Petal
  6. Dog Days
  7. Sally Is a Girl
  8. El Dorado
  9. Ginger Park
  10. Diving
  11. Golden Ocean

Wye Oak: Civilian

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On March 8, 2011, “Merge” label released “Civilian”, the third Wye Oak studio album. It was recorded in 2010, and was produced by John Congleton, Jenn Wasner and Andy Stack.

Personnel:

  • Jenn Wasner– vocals, guitar, bass, keys
  • Andy Stack– drums, bass, guitar, keys, electronics

Track listing:

All tracks by Jenn Wasner.

  1. Two Small Deaths
  2. The Alter
  3. Holy Holy
  4. Dogs Eyes
  5. Civilian
  6. Fish
  7. Plains
  8. Hot as day
  9. We Were Wealth
  10. Doubt

Guapo: Black Oni

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On March 8, 2005, “Ipecac Recordings” label released “Black Oni”, the fifth Guapo album. It was recorded 2004 – 2005, at “Zed One Studios” in London, and was produced by Pete Lyons.

Personnel:

  • Matt Thompson – bass, guitar, electronics
  • Dave Smith – drums, percussion
  • Daniel O’Sullivan – electric piano, keyboards, harmonium, mellotron, guitar, electronics
  • Pete Lyons – mixing
  • Jaime Gomez Arellano – mastering
  • Yukimaro Takematsu – art direction, design, photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Matt Thompson, Dave Smith and Daniel O’Sullivan.

  1. I
  2. II
  3. III
  4. IV
  5. V

George Martin

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On March 8, 2016, Sir George Henry Martin died aged 90. He was musician (oboe, keyboards), music producer, arranger, composer, conductor and audio engineer, best known for his work with The Beatles and sometimes referred to as “the Fifth Beatle”. Martin had 30 number-one hit singles in the UK and 23 number-one hits in the US. In 1996, as recognition of his services to the music industry and popular culture, he was made a “Knight Bachelor”.

Stereophonics: Performance and Coktails

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On March 8, 1999, “V2” label released “Performance and Cocktails”, the second Stereophonics studio album. It  was recorded 1995 – 1996, and was produced by Steve Bush and Marshall Bird. The cover photograph was taken by Scarlet Page in autumn 1998 at a football pitch under the Westway in London.

Personnel:

  • Kelly Jones– vocals, guitar
  • Marshall Bird – Hammond, Rhodes piano, piano, mellotron
  • Richard Jones– bass guitar
  • Stuart Cable– drums
  • Astrid– backing vocals

Track listing:

All lyrics by Kelly Jones, all music by Kelly Jones, Richard Jones, Stuart Cable, Marshall Bird and Astrid.

  1. Roll Up and Shine
  2. The Bartender and the Thief
  3. Hurry Up and Wait
  4. Pick a Part That’s New
  5. Just Looking
  6. Half the Lies You Tell Ain’t True
  7. I Wouldn’t Believe Your Radio
  8. T – Shirt Sun Tan
  9. Is Yesterday, Tomorrow, Today
  10. A Minute Longer
  11. She Takes Her Clothes Off
  12. Plastic California
  13. I Stopped to Fill My Car Up

Sting: Mercury Falling

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Mercury falling

On March 8, 1996, “A&M” label released “Mercury Falling”, the fifth Sting studio album. It was recorded in 1995, and was produced by Sting and Hugh Padgham. The album was certified Platinum in US by “RIAA” and in UK by “BPI” in United Kingdom.

Personnel:

  • Sting– vocals, bass
  • Dominic Miller– guitars
  • J. Cole– pedal steel
  • Kenny Kirkland– keyboards
  • Gerry Richardson – Hammond organ
  • Vinnie Colaiuta– drums
  • Branford Marsalis– saxophone
  • Andrew Love – saxophone
  • Wayne Jackson – trumpet
  • Tony Walters, Lance Ellington, Shirley Lewis, East London Gospel Choir– vocals
  • Kathryn Tickell– Northumbrian pipes, fiddle

Track listing:

All tracks by Sting, except where noted.

  1. The Hounds of Winter
  2. I Hung My Head
  3. Let Your Soul Be Your Pilot
  4. I Was Brought to My Senses
  5. You Still Touch Me
  6. I’m So Happy I Can’t Stop Crying
  7. All Four Seasons
  8. Twenty Five to Midnight
  9. La Belle Dame Sans Regrets – Sting, Dominic Miller
  10. Valparaiso
  11. Lithium Sunset

Soundgarden: Superunknown

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Superunknown

On March 8, 1994, “A&M” label released “Superunknown”, the fourth Soundgarden album. It was recorded July – September 1993, at “Bad Animals Studio” in Seattle, and was produced by Michael Beinhorn, Chris Cornell, Kim Thayll, Ben Shepherd and Matt Cameron.  “Superunknown” was certified 5 x Platinum in US by the “RIAA”. In 2003, “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked it at number 336 on its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of all Time” and at number 38 on magazine’s list of the “100 Greatest Albums of the Nineties”. “Kerrang” magazine listed “Superunknown” in its list of “100 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die”.

Personnel:

  • Chris Cornell– vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Kim Thayil– lead guitar
  • Ben Shepherd– lead and backing vocals, bass guitar, guitar, drums, percussion
  • Matt Cameron– drums, percussion, mellotron, pots, pans
  • Michael Beinhorn– piano
  • April Acevez –viola
  • Artis the Spoonman – spoons
  • Fred Chalenor– harmonic guidance
  • Justine Foy –cello
  • Natasha Shneider– clavinet
  • Gregg Keplinger– drums, percussion
  • Kelk – front cover design
  • Reyzart –layout
  • Kevin Westenberg –band photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Chris Cornell, except where noted.

  1. Let Me Drown
  2. My Wave
  3. Fell on Black Days
  4. Mailman
  5. Superunknown
  6. Head Down
  7. Black Hole Sun
  8. Spoonman
  9. Limo Wreck
  10. The Day I Tried To Live
  11. Kickstand
  12. Fresh Tendrils
  13. 4th of July
  14. Half
  15. Like Suicide

Nine Inch Nails: The Downward Spiral

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On March 9, 1994, “Interscope” label released “The Downward Spiral”, the second Nine Inch Nails studio album. It  was recorded 1992 – 1993, at “Le Pig” in Beverly Hills;” Record Plant Studios” and “A&M Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Trent Reznor and Mark Flood Ellis. “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked the album at number 201 on its list of the “500 greatest albums of all time”. The album was placed 10th on magazine “Spin” list of “125 Best Albums of the Past 25 Years” In 2001, “Q” magazine named  “The Downward Spiral” as one of the “50 Heaviest Albums of All Time” and in 2010, the album was ranked number 102 on their “250 Best Albums of Q’s Lifetime”.

Personnel:

  • Trent Reznor– vocals, drums, arranger
  • Mark “Flood” Ellis– hi-hat, ARP 2600 synthesizer
  • Chris Vrenna– drums, programming, sampling
  • Adrian Belew– texture generating guitar, ring mod guitar
  • Danny Lohner– guitar
  • Andy Kubiszewski– drums
  • Stephen Perkins– drum loops
  • Charlie Clouser– programming
  • Russell Mills– paintings
  • David Buckland – photography
  • Gary Talpas– package

Track listing:

All tracks by Trent Reznor.

  1. Self Destruct
  2. Piggy
  3. Heresy
  4. March of the Pigs
  5. Closer
  6. Ruiner
  7. The Becoming
  8. I Do Not Want This
  9. Big Man With a Gun
  10. A Warm Place
  11. Eraser
  12. Reptile
  13. The Downward Spiral
  14. Hurt

The Fall: Hex Enduction Hour

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On March 8, 1982, “Kamera” label released “Hex Enduction Hour”, the fourth Fall (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1981, at “Regal Cinema” in Hitching, in 1981 at “Hljóðriti” in Reykjavik, and was produced by Grant Showbiz, Richard Mazda and Mark E. Smith.

Personnel:

  • Mark E. Smith– vocals, guitar, tape operation, design
  • Craig Scanlon– guitar, piano, backing vocals
  • Marc Riley– electronic organ, piano, guitar, banjo, backing vocals
  • Steve Hanley– bass guitar, xylophone, backing vocals
  • Paul Hanley– drums, guitar
  • Karl Burns– drums, tape operation, backing vocals
  • Kay Carroll – percussion, backing vocals
  • Alan Skinner – design

Track listing:

All lyrics by Mark E. Smith, except where noted.

  1. The Classical
  2. Jawbone and the Air-Rifle
  3. Hip Priest
  4. Fortress / Deer Park – Mark E. Smith, Craig Scanlon, Marc Riley, Karl Burns
  5. Mere Pseud Mag. Ed
  6. Winter (Hostel – Maxi) – Mark E. Smith, Craig Scanion
  7. Winter 2 – Mark E. Smith, Craig Scanion
  8. Just Step S’ways
  9. Who Makes the Nazis?
  10. Iceland – Mark E. Smith, Craig Scanlon, Marc Riley, Steve Hanley
  11. And This Day