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The Offspring: Supercharged

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On October 11, 2024, “Concord” label released “Supercharged”, the eleventh Offspring (The) studio album. It was recorded September 2022 – May 2024, at “D-13” in Huntington Beach, “Plantation” and “A’ala” in Maui, “The Warehouse” in Vancouver, and was produced by Bob Rock.

Personnel:

  • Dexter Holland – vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards
  • Noodles – guitar
  • Jonah Nimoy – keyboards
  • Todd Morse – bass
  • Brandon Pertzborn – drums
  • Bob Rock – guitar, backing vocals
  • Adam Greenholtz – keyboards, backing vocals
  • Jamie Muhoberac – keyboards
  • Josh Freese – drums
  • Dave Pierce – strings, keyboards
  • Rebecca Shoichet – additional vocals
  • Adam Garrett – backing vocals
  • Bob Rock – mixing
  • Adam Greenholtz – mixing
  • Emily Lazar – mastering
  • Annie Kennedy – engineer assistant
  • Theo Wagner – engineer assistant
  • Ryan Enockson – engineer assistant
  • Stephen Hogan – engineer assistant
  • Andrew Fowler – engineer assistant
  • John Dibiasi – engineer assistant
  • Eric Helmkamp – additional recording
  • Daveed Benito – cover art

Track listing:

All tracks by Dexter Holland.

  1. Looking Out for #1
  2. Light It Up
  3. The Fall Guy
  4. Make It All Right
  5. OK, but This Is the Last Time
  6. Truth in Fiction
  7. Come to Brazil
  8. Get Some
  9. Hanging by a Thread
  10. You Can’t Get There from Here

Big Brother And The Holding Company: How Hard It Is

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On August 1, 1971, “Columbia” label released “How Hard It Is”, the fourth and final Big Brother and the Holding Company studio album. It was recorded in 1971, at “CBS Studios” in San Francsico, and was produced by Roscoe Segal and Roy Segal.

Personnel:

  • Sam Andrew – vocals, guitar
  • David Schallock – lead guitar
  • Peter Albin – guitar, bass, mandolin, vibraslap
  • James Gurley – bass
  • David Getz – drums, percussion, marimba, piano
  • Mike Finnigan – vocals, keyboards
  • Kathi McDonald – vocals
  • Nick Gravenites – vocals
  • David Brown, George Engfer, George Horn, Mike Larner – recording
  • Dennis Nolan – artwork

Track listing:

  1. How Hard It Is – David Getz, Sam Andrew
  2. You’ve Been Talkin’ ‘Bout Me, Baby – Ray Rivera, Gale Garnett, Walter Hirsch
  3. House on Fire – David Getz, Louis Rappaport
  4. Black Widow Spider – Sam Andrew
  5. Last Band on Side One – Roscoe Segel, Sam Andrew
  6. Nu Boogaloo Jam – Dan Nudelman, Sam Andrew
  7. Maui – Roscoe Segel, Sam Andrew
  8. Shine On – David Getz, Peter Albin, Sam Andrew
  9. Buried Alive in the Blues – Nick Gravenites
  10. Promise Her Anything but Give Her Arpeggio – David Schallock

The Tea Party: Seven Circles

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On August 17, 2004, “EMI Music Canada” label released “Seven Circles”, the seventh Tea Party (The) album. It was recorded in 2004, at “Orange Studios” in Toronto, “Plantation Studios” – Haiku Hill, Maui, and “Metalworks Studios” in Mississauga, ON, and was produced by Jeff Martin, Gavin Brown, and Bob Rock.

Personnel:

  • Jeff Martin – vocals, guitar
  • Stuart Chatwood – bass, keyboards
  • Jeff Burrows – drums
  • Holly McNarland – additional vocals
  • Marc Ouellette – strings conductor, arranger
  • Diane Tait, Dominique Laplante, Michele Irion, Rebecca Van Der Post – violin
  • Angela Rudden, Rhyll Peel – viola
  • Jill Vitols, Richard Arnib – cello
  • Bob Rock – recording
  • Eric Helmkamp, Eric Ratz – engineer
  • Jason “Metal” Donkersgoed, John Nazario, Chris Stringer, Jeff Elliott– engineer assistant
  • Kenny Luong – editing
  • Randy Staub, Zack Blackstone – mixing
  • Ted Jensen – mastering
  • Stuart Chatwood – art direction
  • Antoine Moonen – art direction, design, layout

Track listing:

All tracks by Jeff Martin, Stuart Chatwood and Jeff Burrows, except where noted.

  1. Writing’s on the Wall
  2. Stargazer
  3. One Step Closer Away
  4. Oceans
  5. Luxuria
  6. Overload – Jeff Martin, Stuart Chatwood, Jeff Burrows, Bob Rock
  7. Coming Back Again – Jeff Martin, Stuart Chatwood, Jeff Burrows, Bob Rock
  8. The Watcher – Jeff Martin, Stuart Chatwood, Jeff Burrows, Bob Rock
  9. Empty Glass
  10. Wishing You Would Stay
  11. Seven Circles

 

Steely Dan: Everything Must Go

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On June 10, 2003, “Reprise” label released “Everything Must Go”, the ninth Steely Dan studio album. It was recorded 2001 – 2003, at “Sear Sound”, “Skyline Studios” and “River Sound” in  New York City, “Hyperbolic Sound” in Maui, “Bearsville Studios” in Bearsville, and was produced by Walter Becker and Donald Fagen. It was the last studio album with founding member Walter Becker before his death in 2017.

Personnel:

  • Donald Fagen– lead vocals, organ, synthesizer, piano, Hohner Clavinet, Fender Rhodes, Wurlitzer, solo synth, percussion, horn arrangements, arrangements
  • Walter Becker– lead vocals, bass, solo guitar, percussion, arrangements
  • Jon Herington– guitar
  • Hugh McCracken– guitar
  • Ted Baker – piano, Fender Rhodes, Wurlitzer
  • Bill Charlap– piano, Fender Rhodes
  • Keith Carlock– drums
  • Gordon Gottlieb – percussion
  • Walt Weiskopf– alto and tenor saxophone
  • Chris Potter– tenor saxophone
  • Roger Rosenberg – baritone saxophone
  • Tony Kadleck – trumpet
  • Michael Leonhart– trumpet
  • Jim Pugh– trombone
  • Ken Hitchcock – clarinet
  • Tawatha Agee– backing vocals
  • Ada Dyer – backing vocals
  • Michael Harvey – backing vocals
  • Carolyn Leonhart– backing vocals
  • Cindy Mizelle – backing vocals
  • Catherine Russell– backing vocals
  • Brenda White-King – backing vocals
  • Sam Berd – technician
  • Art Smith – drum technician
  • Sam Berd – piano tuner
  • Tom Doherty, Roger Nichols, Dave Russell, Elliot Scheiner – engineer
  • Suzy Barrows, Tom Doherty, Steve Mazur, Keith Nelson, Todd Parker, Matt Scheiner – engineer assistant
  • Elliot Scheiner – mixing
  • Joe Peccerillo – mixing assistant
  • Darcy Proper – mastering
  • Larry Alexander – editing

Track listing:

All tracks by Walter Becker and Donald Fagen.

  1. The Last Mall
  2. Things I Miss the Most
  3. Blues Beach
  4. Godwhacker
  5. Slang of Ages
  6. Green Book
  7. Pixeleen
  8. Lunch With Gina
  9. Everything Must Go