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Verve Pipe: Pop Smear

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On December 9, 1993, “Landspeed” label released “Pop Smear”, the debut Verve Pipe studio album. It was recorded in 1993, at “Station C Studios” in Grand Rapids, MI, and was produced by Jon Frazer, A.J. Dunning, Donny Brown, and Brian Vander Ark.

Personnel:

  • Brian Vander Ark – lead vocals, electric guitar, rbass, percussion, art direction, arranger
  • A.J. Dunning – vocals, lead, acoustic and slide guitar, keyboards, mandolin, arranger
  • Donny Brown – vocals, drums, arranger
  • Brad Vander Ark – acoustic guitar
  • Randy Sly- keyboards
  • Donny Brown, Doug Corella – percussion
  • Leslie E. Rose – violin
  • Albin Rose – viola
  • Kathryn Dykema – cello
  • Mark Byerly – trumpet
  • Robert Engelsman – trombone
  • Patty Brower – art direction
  • Jon Frazer – engineer, mixing, photography
  • John Bruey – engineer
  • Fred Baker – editing, sequencing

Track listing:

All tracks by Brian Vander Ark, except where noted.

  1. Pretty for You
  2. Spoonful of Sugar – Brian Vander Ark, Sid Herring
  3. Victoria
  4. Honest – Brian Vander Ark, Donny Brown
  5. The River
  6. Sleepy Town
  7. Bullies on Vacation
  8. What You Wanted
  9. Wanna Be – Brian Vander Ark, Donny Brown
  10. Out Like a Lamb
  11. Senator Speak
  12. Is It Worth It? – Donny Brown

Bob Seger: I Knew You When

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On November 17, 2017, “Capitol” label released “I Knew You When”, the eighteenth Bob Seger studio album. It was recorded in 2017, and was produced by Bob Seger.

Personnel:

  • Bob Seger – vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, piano, artwork, design
  • Rob McNelley, Rick Vito, Biff Watson – acoustic and electric guitar
  • David Cole, Tim Mitchell – acoustic guitar
  • Jim Kaatz – rhythm guitar
  • Tom Bukovac, T. Corenflos, Kenny Greenberg – electric guitar
  • Michael Rojas – piano
  • Reese Wynans – piano, Hammond B3
  • Billy Payne – piano
  • Steve Nathan – Hammond B3, piano, synthesizer
  • Chris Campbell, Glenn Worf, Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass guitar
  • Chad Cromwell, Greg Morrow, Richie Hayward – drums
  • Eric Darken, Gerard Smerek – percussion
  • Jim “Moose” Brown, John Jarvis – synthesizer
  • Deanie Richardson – fiddle
  • Craig Frost – clavinet
  • Alto Reed, Keith Kaminski – saxophone
  • Mark Byerly, Bob Jensen- trumpet
  • John Rutherford – trombone
  • John Catchings, Carole Rabinowitz – cello
  • Laura Creamer, Herschel Boone, Terena Boone, Bekka Bramlett, Rosemary Butler, Donny Gerrard, Shaun Murphy, Seth Morton, Barbara Payton– backing vocals
  • Nicole Frantz – art direction
  • Tom Weschler – design, back cover photography
  • Christopher Lee Lyons – design
  • Bill Blackwell – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Bob Seger, except where noted.

  1. Gracile
  2. Busload of Faith – Lou reed
  3. The Highway
  4. I Knew You When
  5. I’ll Remember You
  6. The Sea Inside
  7. Marie
  8. Runaway Train – Craig Frost, Tim Mitchell, Bob Seger
  9. Something More
  10. Democracy – Leonard Cohen