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Paul Weller: As Is Now

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On October 11, 2005, “Yep Roc” label released “As Is Now”, the eight Paul Weller studio album. It was recorded in March 2005, at “Wheeler End Studios” in Buckinghamshire, England, and was produced by Jan “Stan” Kubert and Paul Weller.

Personnel:

  • Paul Weller – vocals, rhythm guitar, piano
  • Steve Cradock – lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Damon Minchella – bass
  • Steve White – drums
  • Benjamin Herman – alto and baritone saxophone
  • Jacko Paake – soprano and tenor saxophone 
  • Jan Van Duikeren – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Louk Boudesteijn – trombone
  • Arlia De Ruiter, Pauline Terlouw – violin
  • Mieke Honingh – viola
  • Bastiaan Van Der Werf – cello
  • Williem Friede – strings arrangements
  • Simon Halfon – design
  • Joeri Saal – recording, engineer, mixing
  • Lawrence Watson – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Paul Weller.

  1. Blink and You’ll Miss It
  2. Paper Smile
  3. Come On / Let’s Go
  4. Here’s the Good News
  5. The Start of Forever
  6. Pan
  7. All on a Misty Morning
  8. From the Floorboards Up
  9. I Wanna Make It Alright
  10. Savages
  11. Fly Little Bird
  12. Roll Along Summer
  13. Bring Back the Funk (Parts 1 & 2)
  14. The Pebble and the Boy

The Charlatans: Some Friendly

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On October 8, 1990, “Situation Two” label released “Some Friendly”, the debut Charlatans (The) studio album. It was recorded March – August 1990, at “Strawberry” in Stockpot, “The Windings” in Wrexham, Wales, and was produced by Chris Nagle.

Personnel:

  • Tim Burgess – vocals
  • John Baker – guitar
  • Rob Collins – keyboards
  • Martin Blunt – bass
  • Jon Brookes – drums
  • Pete Coleman – woodwind, engineer
  • Chris Nagle – mixing
  • K10 AD – concept
  • Derek Philip – cover photography
  • Steve Double – additional photography
  • Ian Lawton – additional photography
  • Derek Rodgers – additional photography
  • Peter Wals – additional photography
  • Nick Provan – additional photography

Track listing:

  1. You’re Not Very Well – John Baker, Martin Blunt, Jon Brookes, Tim Burgess, Rob Collins
  2. White Shirt – Martin Blunt, Tim Burgess, Rob Collins
  3. The Only One I Know – John Baker, Martin Blunt, Jon Brookes, Tim Burgess, Rob Collins
  4. Opportunity – Martin Blunt, Jon Brookes, Tim Burgess
  5. Then – Martin Blunt, Jon Brookes, Tim Burgessm Rob Collins
  6. 109 Pt.2 – Martin Blunt, Jon Brookes, Tim Burgess, Rob Collins
  7. Polar Bear – John Baker, Martin Blunt, Jon Brookes, Tim Burgess, Rob Collins
  8. Believe You Me – Martin Blunt, Jon Brookes, Tim Burgess, Rob Collins
  9. Flower – Martin Blunt, Jon Brookes, Tim Burgess, Rob Collins
  10. Sonic – Martin Blunt, Tim Burgess, Rob Collins
  11. Sproston Green – John Baker, Martin Blunt, Tim Burgess, Rob Collins

The Heartbreakers: L.A.M.F.

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On October 3, 1977, “Track” label released “L.A.M.F.” (abbreviation of Like a Motherfucker), debut and the only Heartbreakers (The) studio album. It was recorded in March 1977, at “Essex” and “Ramport” in London, and was produced by Speedy Keen and Daniel Secunda.

Personnel:

  • Johnny Thunders – lead and backing vocals, lead and rhythm guitar
  • Walter Lure – lead and backing vocals, rhythm and lead guitar
  • Billy Rath – bass
  • Jerry Nolan – drums, backing vocals
  • Roberta Bayley – cover photography

Track listing:

  1. Born to Lose
  2. Baby Talk
  3. All by Myself – Walter Lure, Jerry Nolan
  4. I Wanna Be Loved
  5. It’s Not Enough
  6. Chinese Rocks – Dee Dee Ramone, Richard Hell
  7. Get Off the Phone – Walter Lure, Jerry Nolan
  8. Pirate Love
  9. One Track Mind – Walter Lure, Jerry Nolan
  10. I Love You
  11. Goin’ Steady
  12. Let Go – Johnny Thunders, Jerry Nolan

Stanley Turrentine: Don’t Mess With Mister T.

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In September 1973, “CTI” label released “Don’t Mess with Mister T.”, album by Stanley Turrentine. It was recorded March – June 1973, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood, Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.

Personnel:

  1. Stanley Turrentine – tenor saxophone
  2. Bob James – piano, electric piano, arrangements, conductor
  3. Harold Mabern – electric piano
  4. Richard Tee – organ
  5. Eric Gale – guitar
  6. Ron Carter – bass
  7. Idris Muhammad – drums
  8. Billy Cobham – drums
  9. Rubens Bassini – percussion
  10. Jerry Dodgion – alto saxophone
  11. Joe Farrell – tenor saxophone
  12. Pepper Adams – baritone saxophone
  13. Randy Brecker – trumpet
  14. John Frosk – flugelhorn
  15. Alan Raph – bass trombone
  16. Harry Cykman, Harry Glickman, Emanuel Green, Harold Kohon, Guy Lumia, David Nadien, John Pintaualle, Irving Spice – violin
  17. Harold Coletta, Emanuel Vardi – viola
  18. Seymour Barab, George Ricci – cello
  19. Rudy Van Gelder – engineer

Track listing:

  1. Don’t Mess with Mister T. – Marvin Gaye
  2. Two for T. – Stanley Turrentine
  3. Too Blue – Stanley Turrentine
  4. I Could Never Repay Your Love – Bruce Hawes

Stan Getz: Nobody Else But Me

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On September 27, 1994, “Verve” label released “Nobody Else but Me”, studio album by Stan Getz. It was recorded in March 1964, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs” in New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.

Personnel:

  • Stan Getz – tenor saxophone
  • Gary Burton – vibraphone
  • Gene Cherico – bass
  • Joe Hunt – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer

Track listing:

  1. Summertime – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward
  2. 6-Nix-Quix-Flix – Gary Burton
  3. Here’s That Rainy Day – Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke
  4. Waltz for a Lovely Wife – Phil Woods
  5. Out of Focus – Gary Burton
  6. Nobody Else but Me – Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II
  7. Sweet Sorrow – Michael Gibbs
  8. Little Girl Blue – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
  9. What Is This Thing Called Love? – Cole Porter
  10. Waltz for a Lovely Wife (single version)

Bruce Springsteen: Magic

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On September 25, 2007, “Columbia” label released “Magic”, the fifteenth Bruce Springsteen studio album. It was recorded March – May 2007, at “Southern Tracks” in Atlanta, Georgia, and was produced by Brendan O’Brien.

Personnel:

  • Bruce Springsteen – lead and backing vocals, guitars, pump organ, harmonica, synthesizer, glockenspiel, percussion
  • Nils Lofgren – guitars, backing vocals
  • Steven Van Zandt – guitars, mandolin, backing vocals
  • Roy Bittan – piano, organ
  • Danny Federici – organ, keyboards
  • Garry Tallent – bass guitar
  • Max Weinberg – drums
  • Clarence Clemons – saxophone, backing vocals
  • Jeremy Chatzky – upright bass 
  • Patrick Warren – Chamberlin, tack piano
  • Soozie Tyrell – violin, backing vocals
  • Daniel Laufer – cello 
  • Kenn Wagner, Jay Christy, Justin Bruns, William Pu, Cristopher Pulgram, John Meisner, Olga Shpitko, Sheela Lyengar – violin
  • Tania Maxwell Clements, Amy Chang, Lachlan McBane – viola
  • Karen Freer, Daniel Laufer, Charae Kruege – cello
  • Patti Scialfa – backing vocals
  • Eddie Horst – string arrangements
  • Nick DiDia – recording
  • Billy Bowers – additional engineering
  • Tom Tapley – recording and mixing assistant
  • Toby Scott – additional recording
  • Tom Syrowski, Matt Serrecchio, Glenn Pittman, Kevin Mills – additional recording
  • Brendan O’Brien – mixing
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Patti Horst, Shari Sutcliffe – string contractors
  • Michelle Holme, Chris Austopchuk – album art direction
  • Mark Seliger, Danny Clinch – photography
  • Bea Nettles – disk icon

Track listing:

All tracks by Bruce Springsteen.

  1. Radio Nowhere
  2. You’ll Be Coming Down
  3. Livin’ in the Future
  4. Your Own Worst Enemy
  5. Gypsy Biker
  6. Girls in Their Summer Clothes
  7. I’ll Work for Your Love
  8. Magic
  9. Kast to Die
  10. Long Walk Home
  11. Devil’s Arcade
  12. Terry’s Song (hidden track)

They Might Be Giants: Lincoln

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On September 25, 1988, “Bar/None” label released “Lincoln”, the second They Might Be Giants studio album. It was recorded March – June 1988, at “Dubway” in New York City, and was produced by Bill Kraus.

Personnel:

  • John Flansburgh – lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, trumpet, melodica
  • John Linnell – lead and backing vocals, accordion, autoharp, clarinet, keyboards, baritone and bass saxophone, bass harmonica, tenor saxophone, banjo
  • Lisa Klapp – bridge monologue
  • Kenneth Nolan – drums
  • The Ordinaires – arrangements
  • Al Houghton – engineer
  • Brian Dewan – cover art
  • Carol Kitman – cover photography

Track listing:

All tracks by John Flansburgh and John Linnell.

  1. Ana Ng
  2. Cowtown
  3. Lie Still, Little Bottle
  4. Purple Toupee
  5. Cage & Aquarium
  6. Where Your Eyes Don’t Go
  7. Piece of Dirt
  8. Mr. Ne
  9. Pencil Rain
  10. The World’s Address
  11. I’ve Got a Match
  12. Santa’s Beard
  13. You’ll Miss Me
  14. They’ll Need a Crane
  15. Shoehorn with Teeth
  16. Stand on Your Own Head
  17. Snowball in Hell
  18. Kiss Me, Son of God

Yellow Magic Orchestra: Solid State Survivor

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On September 25, 1979, “Alfa” label released “Solid State Survivor”, the second Yellow Magic Orchestra studio album. It was recorded March – June 1979, at “Alfa Studio A” in Shibaura, Tokyo, Japan, and was produced by Haruomi Hasono.

Personnel:

  • Ryuichi Sakamoto – keyboards, vocoder, electronics, arrangements, remix, cover conception
  • Haruomi Hosono – bass guitar, synth bass, keyboards, vocoder, electronics, arrangements, remix, cover conception
  • Yukihiro Takahashi – vocals, drums, electronic drums, electronics, arrangements, remix, cover concept, costume design
  • Hideki Matsutake – Microcomposer programming
  • Sandii – vocals
  • Makoto Ayukawa – electric guitar
  • Norio Yoshizawa – recording, remixing
  • Mitsuo Koike – recording
  • Masako Hikasa, Akira Ikuta – recording coordinators
  • Heikichi Harata – art director
  • Lou Beach – logo type
  • Masayoshi Sukita – photography
  • Kunihiko Murai, Shōrō Kawazoe – executive producers
  • Bricks – costumes
  • Takehime, Fumiko Iura, Mayo Tsutsumi – stylists
  • Mikio Honda (Clip) – hair

Track listing:

All tracks by Chris Mosdell, except where noted.

  1. Technopolis – Ryuichi Sakamoto
  2. Absolute Ego Dance – Haruomi Hosono
  3. Rydeen – Yukihiro Takahashi
  4. Castalia – Ryuichi Sakamoto
  5. Behind the Mask – lyrics by Chris Mosdell, music by Ryuichi Sakamoto
  6. Day Tripper – Lennon – McCartney
  7. Insomnia – lyrics by Chris Mosdell, music by Haruomi Hosono
  8. Solid State Survivor – lyrics by Chris Mosdell, music by Yukihiro Takahaski

PJ Harvey: White Chalk

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On September 24, 2007, “Island” label released “White Chalk”, the seventh PJ Harvey studio album. It was recorded November 2006 – March 2007, and was produced by Flood, John parish and PJ Harvey.

Personnel:

  • PJ Harvey – vocals, piano, acoustic guitar, bass, keyboards, zither, harmonica, harp, cigfiddle, mixing, additional engineering
  • Eric Drew Feldman – piano, keyboards, optigan, mellotron, minimoog, backing vocals
  • John Parish – drums, bass guitar, acoustic guitar, banjo, percussion, backing vocals
  • Jim White – drums, percussion
  • Nico Brown – concertina, backing vocals
  • Andrew Dickson – backing vocals
  • Bridget Pearse – backing vocals
  • Martin Brunsden – backing vocals
  • Nick Bicât – backing vocals
  • Flood – engineer, mixing
  • John Parish – mixing
  • Catherine Marks – engineer assistant
  • Andrew Savors – engineer assistant
  • Ali Chant – additional engineering
  • Maria Mochnacz – artwork, photography
  • Rob Crane – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by PJ Harvey.

  1. The Devil
  2. Dear Darkness
  3. Grow Grow Grow
  4. When Under Ether
  5. White Chalk
  6. Broken Harp
  7. Silence
  8. To Talk to You
  9. The Piano
  10. Before Departure
  11. The Mountain

Grant Green: Visions

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In September 1971, “Blue Note” label released “Visions”, the 17th Grant Green album. It was recorded in March 1971, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by George Butler.

Personnel:

  • Grant Green – guitar
  • Billy Wooten – vibes
  • Emmanuel Riggins – electric piano
  • Chuck Rainey – electric bass
  • Idris Muhammad – drums
  • Harold Caldwell – drums, percussion
  • Ray Armando – conga
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording

Track listing:

  1. Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? – Robert Lamm
  2. Maybe Tomorrow – Marilyn Bergman, Alan Bergman, Quincy Jones
  3. Mozart Symphony #40 in G Minor, K550, 1st Movement – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  4. Love on a Two-Way Street – Bert Keyes, Sylvia Robinson
  5. Cantaloupe Woman – Ben Dixon
  6. We’ve Only Just Begun – Roger Nichols, Paul Williams
  7. Never Can Say Goodbye – Clifton Davis
  8. Blues for Abraham – Eloise Riggins