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Dire Straits: Love Over Gold

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On September 20, 1982, “Vertigo” label released “Love over Gold”, the fourth Dire Straits studio album. It was recorded March – June 1982, at “Power Station” in New York City, and was produced by Mark Knopfler. The album was certified 2 x Platinum in Canada by “CRIA”; Platinum in France by “SNEP”; 2 x Platinum in UK by “BPI”; Platinum in Germany by “IFPI”.

Personnel:

  • Mark Knopfler– vocals, guitar
  • Hal Lindes– guitar
  • Alan Clark– keyboards
  • John Illsley– bass
  • Pick Withers– drums
  • Mike Mainieri– vibes, marimba
  • Ed Walsh – synthesizer programming
  • Neil Dorfsman– engineer
  • Barry Bongiovi – engineer assistant
  • Bob Ludwig– mastering
  • Michae Rowe – design
  • Alan Lobel – photography
  • Peter Cunningham – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Mark Knopfler.

  1. Telegraph Road
  2. Private Investigations
  3. Industrial Disease
  4. Love over Gold
  5. It Never Rains

AC/DC: Dirty Deeds Done Dirt  Cheap

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On September 20, 1976, “Albert” label released “Dirty Deeds Done Dirt  Cheap”, the third AC/DC album. It was recorded December 1975–March 1976, at “Albert Studios” in Sydney, and was produced by Harry Vanda and George Young. The album was certified 6 x Platinum in Australia by “ARIA”; Platinum in Germany by “BVMI”, and 6 x Platinum in the US by the “RIIA”.

Personnel:

  • Bon Scott– lead vocals
  • Angus Young– lead guitar
  • Malcolm Young– rhythm guitar, backing vocals
  • Mark Evans– bass guitar
  • George Young–bass guitar
  • Phil Rudd– drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Angus Young, Malcolm Young and Bon Scott.

  1. Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
  2. Ain’t No Fun (Waiting Round to Be a Millionaire)
  3. There’s Gonna Be Some Rockin’
  4. Problem Child
  5. Squealer
  6. Big Balls
  7. I.P. (Rock in Peace)
  8. Jailbreak

MGMT: Same

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On September 17, 2013, “Columbia” label released the self-titled, debut MGMT studio album. It was recorded February 2012 – March 2013, at :Vacation Island: and “Tarbox Road Studios”, and was produced by Dave Fridmann, Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser.

Personnel:

  • Andrew VanWyngarden – vocals, guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, drums, percussion
  • Ben Goldwasser – vocals, keyboards
  • Dave Fridmann – engineer, mixing
  • Matt Boynton – additional recording
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Alejandro Cardenas – art direction, design
  • Danny Clinch – photography

Track listing:

All lyrics by Andrew VanWyngarden; all music by Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser except where noted.

  1. Alien Days
  2. Cool Song No. 2
  3. Mystery Disease
  4. Introspection – Faine Jade cover
  5. Your Life Is a Lie
  6. A Good Sadness
  7. Astro-Mancy
  8. I Love You Too, Death
  9. Plenty of Girls in the Sea
  10. An Orphan of Fortune

Frank Zappa: Joe’s Garage

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On September 17, 1979, “Zappa Records” label released “Joe’s Garage”, 28th and 29th, Frank Zappa albums. The First Zappa’s rock opera was originally released as two separate studio albums, and in 1987, remastered and reissued as a triple album box set, “Joe’s Garage, Acts I, II & III”. It was recorded March — June 1979, at “Village Recorders B” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Frank Zappa.

Personnel:

  • Frank Zappa – vocals, lead guitar
  • Warren Cuccurullo – vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Denny Walley – vocals, slide guitar
  • Ike Willis– lead vocals
  • Peter Wolf– keyboards
  • Tommy Mars– keyboards
  • Craig Steward – harmonica
  • Arthur Barrow– vocals, bass, guitar
  • Patrick O’Hearn– bass
  • Vinnie Colaiuta– drums, combustible vapors, optometric abandon
  • Ed Mann– vocals, percussion
  • Jeff Hollie – tenor sax
  • Marginal Chagrin (Earle Dumler) – baritone sax
  • Stumuk (Bill Nugent) – bass sax
  • Dale Bozzio– vocals
  • Al Malkin – vocals
  • Joe Chiccarelli – engineer, mixing, recording
  • Steve Nye– remix
  • Mick Glossop – remix
  • Stan Ricker – mastering
  • Jack Hunt – mastering
  • Thomas Nordegg – assistant
  • Tom Cummings – assistant
  • John Williams – artwork
  • Ferenc Dobronyi – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Frank Zappa.

Act I

  1. The Central Scrutinizer
  2. Joe’s Garage
  3. Catholic Girls
  4. Crew Slut
  5. Wet T-Shirt Nite
  6. Toad-O Line
  7. Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?
  8. Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up
  9. Scrutinizer Postlude

Act II

  1. A Token of My Extreme
  2. Stick It Out
  3. Sy Borg
  4. Dong Work for Yuda
  5. Keep it Greasy
  6. Outside Now

Act III

  1. He Used to Cut the Grass
  2. Packard Goose
  3. Watermelon in Easter Hay
  4. A Little Green Rosetta

Juan De Marcos González And Ry Cooder: Buena Vista Social Club

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On September 16, 1997, “World Circuit Records” label released “Buena Vista Social Club”, studio album Juan de Marcos González and Ry Cooder. It was recorded March 1996, at “Egrem Studio” in Havana, Cuba, and was produced by Ry Cooder.

Personnel:

  • Ry Cooder – guitar, mbira, oud, bolon, slide guitar, percussion, liner notes
  • Omara Portuondo – vocals
  • Ibrahim Ferrer – lead and backing vocals
  • Eliades Ochoa – lead vocals, guitar
  • Benito Suarez Magana – guitar
  • Rubin Gonzales – piano
  • Orlando Lopez – bass
  • Salvador Repilado Labrada – bass
  • Joachim Cooder – drums, dumbek
  • Compay Segundo – lead and backing vocals, guitar, congas
  • Lazaro Villa – guiro
  • Carlos Gonzales – bongos, cowbell
  • Alberto Valdes – maracas, backing vocals, chorus vocals
  • Julienne Oviedo Sanchez – timbales
  • Manuel Mirabal – trumpet
  • Barbarito Torres – lute
  • Juan de Marcos Gonzales – conductor, backing vocals
  • Luis Barzaga – backing vocal, chorus vocals
  • Manuel Licea – backing vocals, chorus vocals
  • Jerry Boys – recording, mixing
  • Bernie Grundman – mastering
  • The Team – design
  • Susan Titelman – photography
  • Nick Gold – executive producer

Track listing:

  1. Chan Chan – Compay Sequndo
  2. De Camino a la Vereda – Ibrahim Ferrer
  3. El Cuarto de Tula – Sergio González Siaba
  4. Pueblo Nuevo – Cachao
  5. Dos Gardenias – Isolina Carnillo
  6. ¿Y Tú Qué Has Hecho? – Eusebio Delfín
  7. Veinte Años – María Teresa Vera
  8. El Carretero – Guillermo Portabales
  9. Candela – Faustino Oramas
  10. Amor de Loca Juventud – Rafael Montiel Ortíz
  11. Orgullecida – Eliseo Silveira
  12. Murmullo – Electo “Chepín” Rosell
  13. Buena Vista Social Club – Orestes “Macho” López
  14. La Bayamesa – Sindo Garay

Elvis Costello: Blood & Chocolate

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On September 15, 1986, “Demon” label released “Blood & Chocolate”, the eleventh Elvis Costello studio album. It was recorded March – May 1986, and was produced by Nick Lowe and Colin Fairley.

Personnel:

  • Elvis Costello– vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, harmonium,  tambourine, bellows, canes, knives, bass, Vox Continental electric organ
  • Cait O’Riordan– vocals
  • Jimmy Cliff– vocals
  • Tom “T-Bone” Wolk– electric guitar, bass
  • Nick Lowe– acoustic guitar
  • Steve Nieve– piano, organ, harmonium
  • Mitchell Froom– organ
  • Bruce Thomas– bass, electric guitar, saxophone
  • Pete Thomas– drums, alto saxophone
  • Mickey Curry– drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Declan MacManus (Elvis Costello), except where noted.

  1. Uncomplicated
  2. I Hope You’re Happy Now
  3. Tokyo Storm Warning – Declan MacManus, Cait O’Riordan
  4. Home Is Anywhere You Hang Your Head
  5. I Want You
  6. Honey, Are You Straight or Are You Blind?
  7. Blue Chair
  8. Battered Old Bird
  9. Crimes of Paris
  10. Poor Napoleon
  11. Next Time Round

 

Metallica: Death Magnetic

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On September 12, 2008, “Warner Bros” label released “Death Magnetic”, the ninth Metallica studio album. It was recorded March 2007 – May 2008, at “Sound City Studios”in Los Angeles; “Shangri La Studios” in Malibu, California; Metallica’s HQ in San Rafael, California, and was produced by Rick Rubin. On the 51st “Grammy Awards” in 2009, Metallica won “Grammy Awards” for “Best Metal Performance” for “My Apocalypse”. Producer Rick Rubin received the award for “Producer of the Year, Non-Classical”, and art directors Bruce Duckworth, David Turner & Sarah Moffat were awarded “Best Recording Package”.” Death Magnetic” was awarded “Best Album in the 2009” at Kerrang! Awards. The album was certified Platinum in Argentina by “CAPIF”; 2 x Platinum in Australia by “ARIIA”; Platinum in Belgium by “BEA”; 4 x Platinum in Canada by “Music Canada”; 2 x Platinum in Denmark by “IFPI Denmark”; 3 x Platinum in Finland by “Musiikkituottajat”; Platinum in Greece by “IFPI Greece”; Platinum in New Zealand by “RMNZ”; Platinum in Mexico by “AMPROFON”;  2 x Platinum in Poland by “ZPAV”; Platinum in Portugal by “AFP”;  2 x Platinum in Sweden by “GLF”; Platinum in Switzerland by “IFPI Switzerland”; Platinum in UK by the “BPI”; 2 x Platinum in the US by the “RIIA”, and Platinum in Europe by “IFPI”.

Personnel:

  • James Hetfield– vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Kirk Hammett– lead guitar
  • Lars Ulrich– drums
  • Robert Trujillo– bass
  • David Campbell– orchestration
  • Greg Fidelman– mixing, recording
  • Andrew Scheps– mixing
  • Mike Gillies – additional recording
  • Ted Jensen– mastering
  • Dan Monti– digital editing

Track listing:

All lyrics by James Hetfield; all music by James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett, and Robert Trujillo.

  1. That Was Just Your Life
  2. The End of the Line
  3. Broken, Beat & Scarred
  4. The Day That Never Comes
  5. All Nightmare Long
  6. Cyanide
  7. The Unforgiven III
  8. The Judas Kiss
  9. Suicide & Redemption
  10. My Apocalypse

Bob Dylan: Under The Red Sky

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On September 10, 1990, “Columbia” label released “Under the Red Sky”, the twenty-seventh Bob Dylan studio album. It was recorded January 1990, March–May 1990, and was produced by Jack Frost (Bob Dylan) and Don Was.

Personnel:

  • Bob Dylan – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, piano, accordion, harp
  • George Harrison– slide guitar
  • Jimmie Vaughan– guitar
  • Stevie Ray Vaughan– guitar
  • Waddy Wachtel– guitar
  • Robben Ford– guitar
  • David Lindley– bouzouki, guitar, slide guitar
  • Elton John– piano
  • Bruce Hornsby– piano
  • Jamie Muhoberac– organ
  • Al Kooper– organ, keyboards
  • David McMurray – saxophone
  • Rayse Biggs – trumpet
  • Randy “The Emperor” Jackson– bass guitar
  • David Was– bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Kenny Aronoff – drums
  • Paulinho Da Costa – percussion
  • Sweet Pea Atkinson – backing vocals
  • Donald Ray Mitchell – backing vocals
  • Sir Harry Bowens – backing vocals
  • David Crosby – backing vocals
  • Ed Cherney – engineer, mixing
  • Dan Bosworth – engineer assistant
  • Jim Mitchell – engineer assistant
  • Brett Swain – engineer assistant
  • Steve Deutsch – engineer assistant
  • Judy Kirshner – engineer assistant
  • Marsha Burns – production coordination

Track listing:

All tracks by Bob Dylan.

  1. Wiggle Wiggle
  2. Under the Red Sky
  3. Unbelievable
  4. Born in Time
  5. V. Talkin’ Show
  6. 000 Men
  7. 2 x 2
  8. God Knows
  9. Handy Dandy
  10. Cat’s in the Well

The Decemberists: Her Majesty The Decemberists

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On September 9, 2003, “Kill Rock Star” label released “Her Majesty the Decemberists”, the second The Decemberists album. It was recorded February – March 2003, and was produced by Colin Meloy, Chris Funk, Jenny Conlee, Jesse Emerson,  Rachel Blumberg, Adam Selzer and Larry Crane.

Personnel:

  • Colin Meloy- vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, percussion, design assistant
  • Chris Funk- electric guitar, Oberheim synthesizer, pedal steel, lap steel, dobro, percussion
  • Jenny Conlee- Hammond organ, piano, Rhodes piano, accordion, Wurlitzer, percussion, backing vocals
  • Jesse Emerson – electric and upright bass, percussion
  • Rachel Blumberg- drums, percussion, vibes, glockenspiel, organ, backing vocals
  • Cory Gray – trumpet, trombone, hand claps
  • Dave Lipkind – chromatic harmonica
  • Carson Ellis – Blood-curdling scream
  • Kenneth Erlick – hand claps

Her Majesty’s String Quartet

  • Bridget Callahan – viola
  • Mike Lah – cello
  • Lucia Atkinson – violin
  • Emily Cox – violin
  • Mike Johnson – string arrangements
  • Larry Crane, Adam Selzer – engineer
  • John Golden – mastering
  • Carlson Ellis – cover art, illustrations, design
  • Brady Clark – layout

Track listing:

All tracks by Colin Meloy.

  1. Shanty for the Arethusa
  2. Billy Liar
  3. Los Angeles, I’m Yours
  4. The Gymnast, High Above the Ground
  5. The Bachelor and the Bride
  6. Song for Myla Goldberg
  7. The Soldiering Life
  8. Red Right Ankle
  9. The Chimbley Sweep
  10. I Was Meant for the Stage
  11. As I Rise

Frank Black And The Catholics: Same

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On September 9, 1997, “Spin Art” released the self-titled, debut Frank Black and the Catholics. album  It was recorded in March 1997, and was produced by Frank Black.

Personnel:

  • Frank Black– vocals, guitar
  • Lyle Workman– lead guitar
  • David McCaffery– vocals, bass
  • Scott Boutier– drums
  • Billy Bowers – recording

Track listing:

All tracks by Frank Black, except where noted.

  1. All My Ghosts
  2. Back to Rome
  3. Do You Feel Bad About It?
  4. Dog Gone
  5. I Gotta Move
  6. I Need Peace
  7. King & Queen of Siam
  8. Six-Sixty-Six – Larry Norman
  9. Solid Gold
  10. Steak ‘n’ Sabre
  11. Suffering
  12. The Man Who Was Too Loud