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Aztec Camera: Frestonia

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On November 14, 1995, “Reprise” label released “Frestonia”, the sixth and final Aztec Camera studio album. It was recorded April – August 1995, and was produced by Roddy Frame, Clive Langer, and Alan Winstanley.

Personnel:

  • Roddy Frame – vocals, guitar
  • Mark Edwards – keyboards
  • Yolanda Charles – bass, backing vocals
  • Jeremy Stacey – drums
  • Luís Jardim – percussion
  • Claudia Fontaine – backing vocals
  • Audrey Riley, Chris Tombling, Leo Payne, Sue Dench – strings

Track listing:

All tracks by Roddy Frame.

  1. Rainy Season
  2. Sun
  3. Crazy
  4. On the Avenue
  5. Imperfectly
  6. Debutante
  7. Beautiful Girl
  8. Phenomenal World
  9. Method of Love
  10. Sunset

Curved Air: Air Conditioning

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In November 1970, “Warner Bros” label released “Air Conditioning”, the debut Curved Air studio album. It was recorded in July 1969, at “Island Studios” in London, and was produced by Mark Edwards.

Personnel:

  • Sonja Kristina– lead vocals
  • Francis Monkman– guitars, keyboards
  • Darryl Way– electric violin, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Rob Martin – bass
  • Florian Pilkington-Miksa– drums
  • Colin Caldwell – engineer
  • Bob Potter – engineer assistant
  • Lionel Conway – executive producer

Track listing:

  1. It Happened Today – Francis Monkman, Sonja Kristina Linwood
  2. Stretch – Darryl Way, Francis Monkman
  3. Screw – Darryl Way, Sonja Kristina Linwood
  4. Blind Man – Darryl Way, Rob Martin
  5. Vivaldi – Darryl Way
  6. Hide and Seek – Darryl Way, Sonja Kristina Linwood
  7. Propositions – Francis Monkman
  8. Rob One – Rob Martin
  9. Situations – Darryl Way, Rob Martin
  10. Vivaldi (With Cannons) – Darryl Way, Francis Monkman

David Byrne: Same

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David Byrne

On May 24, 1994, “Luaka Bop” label released the self-titled, fourth  David Byrne album. It was recorded November – Decemebr 1993, and was produced by David Byrne and Susan Rogers.

Personnel:

  • David Byrne – vocals, guitar, synthesizer, clavinet, bells, balafon, lap steel guitar
  • Arto Lindsay– guitar
  • John Medeski– organ, synthesizer, Farfisa
  • Mitchell Froom– keyboards
  • Paul Socolow – bass
  • Valerie Naranjo– drums, percussion, marimba, shaker, talking drum, percussion sampling
  • Todd Turkisher – drums, percussion, surdo, sampling, doumbek, roto toms, frame drum, trash cans
  • Bashiri Johnson– percussion, bongos, chimes, conga, shaker
  • Sue Hadjopoulos – percussion
  • Bill Ware– marimba, vibraphone
  • Mark Edwards – drones
  • Marcus Rojas– tuba
  • Bebel Gilberto– backing vocals
  • Dolette McDonald– backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by David Byrne.

  1. A Long Time Ago
  2. Angels
  3. Crash
  4. A Self-made Man
  5. Back in the Box
  6. Sad Song
  7. Nothing at All
  8. My Love Is You
  9. Lilies of the Valley
  10. You & Eye
  11. Strange Ritual
  12. Buck Naked