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Iron Maiden: Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son

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On April 11, 1988, “EMI” label released “Seventh Son of a Seventh Son”, the seventh Iron Maiden studio album. It was recorded February – March 1988, at “Musicland” in Munich, Germany, and was produced by Martin Birch.

Personnel:

  • Bruce Dickinson – vocals
  • Dave Murray – guitars
  • Adrian Smith – guitars, synthesiser
  • Steve Harris – bass, string synthesiser
  • Nicko McBrain – drums
  • Martin “Disappearing Armchair” Birch – tape operator, engineer, mixing
  • Stephane Wissner – engineer
  • Bernd Maier – engineer
  • George Marino – mastering
  • Rod Smallwood – sleeve concept
  • Derek Riggs – sleeve illustrations
  • Ross Halfin – photography

Track listing:

  1. Moonchild – Adrian Smith, Bruce Dickinson
  2. Infinite Dreams – Steve Harris
  3. Can I Play with Madness – Adrian Smith, Bruce Dickinson, Steve Harris
  4. The Evil That Men Do – Adrian Smith, Bruce Dickinson, Steve Harris
  5. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son – Adrian Smith
  6. The Prophecy – Dave Murray, Steve Harris
  7. The Clairvoyant – Steve Harris
  8. Only the Good Die Young – Steve Harris, Bruce Dickinson

Aerosmith: Toys In The Attic

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On April 8, 1975, “Columbia” label released “Toys in the Attic”, the third Aerosmith studio album. It was recorded January – March 1975, at “Record Plant” in New York City, and was produced by Jack Douglas.

Personnel:

  • Steven Tyler – vocals, keyboards, harmonica, percussion
  • Joe Perry – lead guitar, acoustic and rhythm guitar, slide guitar, talkbox, backing vocals, percussion
  • Brad Whitford – rhythm guitar, lead guitar, coda solo
  • Tom Hamilton – bass guitar, rhythm guitar
  • Joey Kramer – drums, percussion
  • Scott Cushnie – piano 
  • Jay Messina – bass marimba 
  • Mike Mainieri – orchestra conductor
  • Jay Messina – engineer
  • Rod O’Brien, Corky Stasiak, Dave Thoener – engineer assistant
  • Doug Sax – mastering
  • Pacific Eye & Ear – design
  • Ingrid Haenke – illustration
  • Bob Belott – photography

Track listing:

  1. Toys in the Attic – Steven Tyler, Joe Perry
  2. Uncle Salty – Steven Tyler, Tom Hamilton
  3. Adam’s Apple – Steven Tyler
  4. Walk This Way – Steven Tyler, Joe Perry
  5. Big Ten Inch Record – Fred Weismantel
  6. Sweet Emotion – Steven Tyler, Tom Hamilton
  7. No More No More – Steven Tyler, Joe Perry
  8. Round and Round – Steven Tyler, Brad Whitford
  9. You See Me Crying – Steven Tyler, Don Solomon

Elvis Presley: Elvis Is Back

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On April 8, 1960, “RCA Victor” label released “Elvis Is Back!”, the fourth Elvis Presley studio album. It was recorded March – April 1960, at “RCA Victor Studio B” in Nashville, and was produced by Steve Sholes and Chet Atkins.

Personnel:

  • Elvis Presley – lead vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Scotty Moore – electric guitar
  • Hank Garland – electric guitar, electric bass
  • Floyd Cramer – piano
  • Bob Moore – double bass
  • D. J. Fontana – drums, percussion
  • Buddy Harman – drums, percussion
  • Boots Randolph – saxophone
  • The Jordanaires – backing vocals
  • Charlie Hodge – harmony and backing vocals

Track listing:

  1. Make Me Know It – Otis Blackwell
  2. Fever – John Davenport, Eddie Cooley
  3. The Girl of My Best Friend – Beverly Ross, Sam Bobrick
  4. I Will Be Home Again – Bennie Benjamin, Raymond Leveen, Louis C. Singer
  5. Dirty, Dirty Feeling – Jerry Lieber, Mike Stoller
  6. Thrill of Your Love – Stan Kesler
  7. Soldier Boy – David Jines, Theodore William Jr.
  8. Sucha Night – Lincoln Chase
  9. It Feels So Right – Fred Wise, Ben Weisman
  10. Girl Next Door Went A-Walking – Bill Rice, Thomas Wayne
  11. Like a Baby – Jesse Stone
  12. Reconsider Baby – Lowell Fulson

The Libertines: All Quiet On The Eastern Esplanade

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On April 5, 2024, “EMI” label released “All Quiet on the Eastern Esplanade”, the fourth Libertines (The) studio album. It was recorded February – March 2023, at “Albion Rooms” in Margate, Kent, England, and was produced by Dimitri Tikovoï.

Personnel:

  • Carl Barât – vocals, guitar, piano, backing vocals
  • Pete Doherty – vocals, backing vocals, guitar
  • John Hassall – vocals, backing vocals, bass, drums, synthesizer programming, piano
  • Gary Powell – vocals, backing vocals, drums, percussion, string arrangements
  • Richie Kennedy – pianoi, percussion, clapping, backing vocals, programming
  • Dimitri Tikovoï – Wurlitzer electric piano, piano, organ, keyboards, percussion, backing vocals
  • Dan Grech-Marguerat – programming
  • Julie Gay – backing vocals
  • Pascale Mason – backing vocals
  • Atholl Ransome – saxophone
  • Malcolm Strachan – trombone, trumpet
  • Fiona Brice – violin
  • Katrina Lee – violin
  • Liam Brolly – viola 
  • Alice Allen – cello
  • Claude Samuel Levine – theremin
  • Fiona Brice – string arrangements
  • The Haggis Horns – recording arrangements
  • Richie Kennedy – engineer
  • Matthew Boyle – engineer
  • Ben Barker – engineer
  • Eliaz Le Floch – engineer assistant
  • Jason Stafford – engineer assistant
  • Dan Grech-Marguerat – mixing
  • Charles Haydon Hicks – mixing assistant
  • Luke Burgoyne – mixing assistant
  • Matt Colton – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Carl Barât, Pete Doherty, John Hassall and Gary Powell, except where noted.

  1. Run Run Run – Danny Connors
  2. Mustangs – Danny Connors
  3. I Have a Friend
  4. Merry Old England
  5. Man With the Melody – Oliver Rhys, Jamie Treays
  6. Oh Shit
  7. Night of the Hunter
  8. Baron’s Claw – Mike Moore
  9. Shiver
  10. Be Young
  11. Songs They Never Play on the Radio

Rahsaan Roland Kirk: Brotherman in the Fatherland

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On April 4, 2006, “Hyena” label posthumously released “Brotherman in the Fatherland”, album by Rahsaan Roland Kirk album. It was recorded in March 1972, at “Funkhaus” in Hamburg, Germany, and was produced by Joel Dorn.

Personnel:

  • Roland Kirk – tenor saxophone, manzello, stritch, clarinet, flute
  • Ron Burton – piano
  • Henry Metathias Pearson – bass
  • Richie Goldberg – drums
  • Joe Habad Texidor – percussion

Track listing:

All tracks by Rahsaan Roland Kirk, except where noted.

  1. Intro/Like Sonny – John Coltrane
  2. Make It with You – David Gates 
  3. Rahsaan’s Spirit
  4. My Girl – Smokey Robinson, Ronald White
  5. Seasons/Serenade to a Cuckoo
  6. Pedal Up
  7. Lush Life – Billy Strayhorn
  8. Afro Blue – Mongo Santamaría
  9. Blue Train – John Coltrane

The Young Rascals: Same

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On March 28, 1966, “Atlantic” label released the self-titled, debut Young Rascals (The) studio album. It was recorded September 1965 – March 1966, and was produced by Gene Cornish, Felix Cavaliere, Dino Danelli and Eddie Brigati.

Personnel:

  • Gene Cornish – vocals, guitar
  • Felix Cavaliere – vocals, organ
  • Dino Danelli – drums
  • Eddie Brigati – vocals, percussion

Track listing:

  1. Slow Down – Larry Williams
  2. Baby Let’s Wait – Pam Sawyer, Lori Burton
  3. Just a Little – Ron Elliott, Bob Durand
  4. I Believe – Ervin Drake, Irvin Graham, Jimmy Shirl, Al Stillman
  5. Do You Feel It – Felix Cavaliere, Gene Cornish
  6. Good Lovin’ – Artie Resnick, Rudy Clark
  7. Like a Rolling Stone – Bob Dylan
  8. Mustang Sally – Mack Rice
  9. I Ain’t Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore – Pam Sawyer, Lori Burton
  10. In the Midnight Hour – Steve Cropper, Wilson Pickett

The Antlers: In the Attic of the Universe

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On March 26, 2007, The Antlers self – released the second album “In the Attic of the Universe”. It was recorded September 2006 – March 2007, at “Watcher’s Wood” in New York, and was produced by Peter Silberman.

Personnel:

  • Peter Silberman – vocals, guitar various instruments, recording, mixing
  • Shelly Blake Plock – mastering
  • Emma Spear Brodsky – artwork
  • Zan Goodman – sleeve jacket

Track listing:

All tracks by Peter Silberman.

  1. In the Attic
  2. Look!
  3. On the Roof
  4. Shh!
  5. The Universe Us Going to Catch You
  6. The Carrying Arms
  7. In the Snow
  8. Stairs to the Attic

Herman’s Hermit: There’s A Kind Of Hush All Over The World

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In March 1967, “Columbia” label released “There’s a Kind of Hush All Over the World”,  the fifth Herman’s Hermits studio album. It was recorded March, August – December 1966, at “De Lane Lea Studios” in London, and was produced by Mickey Most.

Personnel:

  • Peter Noone – lead vocals
  • Derek Leckenby – lead guitar
  • Keith Hopwood – vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Karl Green – vocals, bass
  • Barry Whitwam – drums 
  • Val Valentin – recording supervisor
  • Acy R. Lehman – design
  • Ken Whitmore – photography

Track listing:

  1. There’s a Kind of Hush (All Over the World) – Les Reed, Geoff Stephens
  2. Saturday’s Child – David Gates
  3. If You’re Thinkin’ What I’m Thinkin’ – Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart
  4. You Won’t Be Leaving – Tony Hazzard
  5. Dandy – Ray Davies
  6. Jezebel – Wayne Shanklin
  7. No Milk Today – Graham Gouldman
  8. Little Miss Sorrow, Child of Tomorrow – Bruce Woodley
  9. Gaslight Street – Keith Hopwood, Derek Leckenby
  10. Rattler – Bruce Woodley
  11. East West – Graham Gouldman

Grinderman: Same

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On March 5, 2007, “Mute” label released the self-titled, debut Grinderman studio album. It was recorded in March 2006, at “RAK Studios” and “Metropolis Studios” in London, and was produced by Nick Launay, Nick Cave, Warren Ellis, Martyn Casey and Jim Sclavunos.

Personnel:

  • Nick Cave – vocals, electric guitar, organ, piano
  • Warren Ellis – acoustic guitar, electric mandolin, viola, violin, electric bouzouki, backing vocals
  • Martyn Casey – bass, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
  • Jim Sclavunos – drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Nick Launay – engineer
  • Dom Morley – engineer
  • Matt Lawrence – engineer
  • James Aparicio – engineer assistant
  • Tim Young – mastering
  • Rohan Onraet – technician
  • Tom Hilingston  – design
  • Polly Borland – photography

Track listing:

All lyrics by Nick Cave, all music by Nick Cave, Martin Casey, Jim Sclavunos and Warren Ellis.

  1. Get It On
  2. No Pussy Blues
  3. Electric Alice
  4. Grinderman
  5. Depth Charge Ethel
  6. Go Tell the Women
  7. (I Don’t Need You To) Set Me Free
  8. Honey bee (Let’s Fly to Mars)
  9. Man in the Moon
  10. When My Love Comes Down
  11. Love Bomb

Van Morrison: Live At The Grand Opera House Belfast

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In February 1984, “Mercury” label released “Live at the Grand Opera House Belfast”, album by Van Morrison. It was recorded in March 1983, at “Grand Opera House”, in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and was produced by Van Morrison.

Personnel:

  • Van Morrison – vocals, guitar, electric piano, alto saxophone
  • Chris Michie – guitar
  • John Allair – organ
  • Mark Isham – synthesizer, trumpet
  • Pee Wee Ellis – tenor saxophone, flute, backing vocals
  • David Hayes – bass
  • Peter Van Hooke – drums
  • Tom Donlinger – drums
  • Katie Kissoon – backing vocals
  • Bianca Thornton – backing vocals
  • Carol Kenyon – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Van Morrison, except where noted.

  1. Into the Mystic (instrumental) / Inarticulate Speech of the Heart
  2. Dweller on the Threshold – Van Morrison, Hugh Murphy
  3. It’s All in the Game / You Know What They’re Writing About / Make It Real One More Time – Charles Dawes, Carl Sigman, Van Morrison
  4. She Gives Me Religion
  5. Haunts of Ancient Peace
  6. Full Force Gale
  7. Beautiful Vision
  8. Vanlose Stairway
  9. Rave On John Donne / Rave On Part Two
  10. Northern Muse (Solid Ground)
  11. Cleaning Windows