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Roland Kirk: We Free Kings

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In January 1962, “Mercury” label released “We Free Kings”, the fourth Roland Kirk album. It was recorded in August 1961, at “Nola Recording Studios” in New York.

Personnel:

  • Roland Kirk – tenor and stritch saxophone, manzello, flute
  • Richard Wyands – piano
  • Hank Jones – piano
  • Wendell Marshall – bass
  • Art Davis – double bass
  • Charlie Persip – drums
  • Tommy Nola – recording
  • Jack Tracy – recording supervisor
  • Marvin Glick – design
  • Martin Williams – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Roland Kirk, except where noted.

  1. Three for the Festival
  2. Moon Song – Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnston
  3. A Sack Full of Soul
  4. The Haunted Melody
  5. Blues for Alice – Charlie Parker
  6. We Free Kings
  7. You Did It, You Did It
  8. Some Kind of Love
  9. My Delight

Zero 7: The Garden

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On May 22, 2006, “Atlantic” label released “The Garden”, the third Zero 7 studio album. It was recorded in 2006, and was produced by Henry Binns and Sam Hardaker.

Personnel:

  • Henry Binns
  • Sam Hardaker
  • José González -vocals
  • Sia Furler – vocals
  • Nigel Godrich – acoustic guitar
  • Dedi Madden – acoustic guitar
  • José González – acoustic guitar
  • Robin Mullarkey – bass
  • Tom Skinner – drums
  • Robin Mullarkey – vibraphone
  • Simon Willescroft – baritone saxophone
  • Pete North – tenor saxophone
  • Paul Jayasinha – trumpet
  • Martin Williams – clarinet, trombone
  • Barnaby Dickinson – trombone
  • Paul Booth – bass trombone
  • Darren Wiles – flugelhorn
  • Nathan Bray – flugelhorn, trumpet
  • Henry Collins – flugelhorn, trumpet
  • Eddie Stevens – horn arrangements
  • Valerie Etienne – backing vocals
  • Yvonne John-Lewis – backing vocals
  • Ferg Peterkin – engineer
  • Richard Woodcraft – engineer
  • Nigel Godrich – recording
  • Phill Brown – mixing
  • John Dent – mastering
  • Gideon London – artwork
  • Jez Potter – design

Track listing:

  1. Futures
  2. Throw It All Away
  3. Seeing Things
  4. The Pageant of the Bizarre
  5. You’re My Flame
  6. Left Behind
  7. Today
  8. This Fine Social Scene
  9. Your Place
  10. If I Can’t Have You
  11. Crosses
  12. Waiting to Die

alt-J: Relaxer

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On June 2, 2017, “Infectious Music” and “Canvasback Music” label released “Relaxer”, the third alt-J studio album. It was recorded August 2016 – January 2017, at “Iguana Studios” in Brixton,”Abbey Road Studios” in Westminster, “The Church Studios” in Crouch End, “Strongroom Studios” in Shoreditch, “Ely Cathedral” in Ely, and was produced by Charlie Andrew. The album art was taken from a video game made specifically for the band by Japanese artist Osamu Sato. It was inspired by Sato’s 1998 “PlayStation” video game LSD.

Personnel:

  • Joe Newman – vocals, guitar
  • Gus Unger-Hamilton – vocals, keyboards
  • Thom Sonny Green– drums, percussion, programming
  • Martin Williams – tenor saxophone
  • Joe Auckland – trumpet
  • Adrian Hallowell – trombone
  • Mike Kearsey – trombone
  • Trevor Mires – trombone
  • London Metropolitan Orchestra– strings
  • Ellie Rowsell, Marika Hackman– vocals
  • Hinako Omori – backing vocals
  • Ely Cathedral Boy Choristers – choir
  • Charlie Andrew – programming, engineer, mixing
  • Brett Cox, Jay Pocknell – engineer
  • Stefano Civetta, Paul Pritchard, Graeme Baldwin – engineer assistant
  • Dick Beetham – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Joe Newman, Gus Unger-Hamilton and Thom Sonny Green, except where noted.

  1. 3WW
  2. In Cold Blood
  3. House of the Rising Sun – traditional
  4. Hit Me Like That Share
  5. Deadcrush
  6. Adeline – Joe Newman, Gus Unger-Hamilton, Thom Sonny Green, Hans Zimmer
  7. Last Year
  8. Pleader