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Miles Davis: Young Man With A Horn

In March 1953, “Blue Note” label released “Young Man with a Horn”, the second Miles Davis album. It was recorded in May 1952, at “WOR” in New York City, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Miles Davis – trumpet, arrangements
  • Jackie McLean – alto saxophone
  • Jay Jay Johnson – trombone
  • Gil Coggins – piano
  • Oscar Pettiford – bass
  • Kenny Clarke – drums

Track listing:

  1. Dear Old Stockholm – traditional, Stan Getz
  2. Would’n You – Dizzy Gillespie
  3. Yesterdays – Jerome Kern, Otto Hatbach
  4. Chance It – Oscar Pettiford
  5. Donna – Miles Davis
  6. How Deep Is the Ocean – Irving Berlin

Tindersticks: The Something Rain

On February 20, 2012, “Lucky Dog Recordings” label released “The Something Rain”, the ninth Tindersticks studio album. It was recorded May – August, 2011, at “Le Chien Chanceux” in Creuse, France, and was produced by Stuart A. Staples.

Personnel:

  • Stuart A. Staples – vocals
  • David Boulter – vocals, piano, organ
  • Neil Fraser – acoustic and electric guitars
  • Dan McKinna – bass
  • Earl Harvin – drums, percussion
  • David Kitt – guitar
  • Thomas Bloch – cristal baschet
  • Terry Edwards – saxophone
  • Andy Nice – soprano saxophone, cello
  • Julian Siegel – bass clarinet, tenor saxophone
  • Will Wilde – chromatic harmonica
  • Gina Foster – vocals

Track listing:

  1. Chocolate – David Boulter
  2. Show Me Everything – David Boulter, Stuart Staples
  3. This Fire of Autumn – Stuart Staples
  4. A Night So Still – Dan McKinna, Stuart Staples
  5. Slippin’ Shoes – Stuart Staples
  6. Medicine – Stuart Staples
  7. Frozen – David Kitt, Stuart Staples
  8. Come Inside – Stuart Staples
  9. Goodbye Joe – David Boulter

Ornette Coleman: Love Call

In February 1971, “Blue Note” label released “Love Call”, the twelve Ornette Coleman album. It was recorded April – May 1968, at “A&R Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Francis Wolff.

Personnel:

  • Ornette Coleman – alto saxophone, trumpet
  • Dewey Redman – tenor saxophone
  • Jimmy Garrison – bass
  • Elvin Jones – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Ornette Coleman.

  1. Airborne
  2. Check Out Time
  3. Open to the Public
  4. Love Call
  5. Just for You

Bedhead: Transaction De Novo

On February 10, 1998, “Trance Syndicate” label released “Transaction de Novo”, the third Bedhead studio album. It was recorded in May 1997, and was produced by Steve Albini, Bubba Kadane and Matt Kadane.

Personnel:

  • Bubba Kadane – vocals, guitar
  • Matt Kadane – vocals, guitar
  • Tench Coxe – guitar
  • Kris Wheat – bass
  • Trini Martinez – drums
  • Steve Albini – engineer

All tracks by Matt Kadane and Bubba Kadane.

  1. Exhume
  2. More Than Ever
  3. Parade
  4. Half-Thought
  5. Extramundane
  6. Forgetting
  7. Lepidoptera
  8. Psychosomatica
  9. The Present

MGMT: Little Dark Age

On February 9, 2018, “Columbia” label released “Little Dark Age”, the fourth MGMT studio album. It was recorded September 2016 – May 2017, at “Baby Office” and “Kingsize Soundlabs” in Los Angeles, “The CRC” and “Tarbox Toad” in New York, and was produced by Patrick Wimberly, Dave Fridmann and Andrew VanWyngarden, Ben Goldwasser.

Personnel:

  • Andrew VanWyngarden – vocals, backing vocals, guitar, keyboards, synthesizer, bass, drums, percussion, programming
  • Ben Goldwasser – vocals, backing vocals, organ, keyboards, bass, synthesizer, flute,  programming
  • Josh Da Costa – additional drums
  • Ariel Pink – synthesizer, guitars, backing vocals
  • Danny Meyer – saxophone
  • Connan Mockasin – guitar, backing vocals
  • Cellars – vocals
  • Patrick Wimberly – vocals, bass, percussion, vibraphone
  • James Richardson – additional bass, synthesizer, French horn, recorder, guitar, bass
  • Sébastien Tellier – backing vocals
  • Patrick Wimberly – engineer
  • Dave Fridmann – engineer, mixing
  • Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson – additional engineering
  • Celso A. Estrada – engineer assistant
  • Tyler Karmen – engineer assistant
  • Matt Estep – mixing assistant
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Steve Fallone – mastering

Track listing:

All lyrics by Andrew VanWyngarden, all music by Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser, except where noted.

  1. She Works Out Too Much
  2. Little Dark Age
  3. When You Die – lyrics by Andrew VanWyngarden, Ariel Pink, music by Andrew VanWyngarden, Ben Goldwasser, Ariel Pink
  4. Me and Michael
  5. TSLAMP – music by Andrew VanWyngarden, Ben Goldwasser, James Richardosn
  6. James
  7. Days That Gone Away – music by Andrew VanWyngarden, Ben Goldwasser, Patrick Wimberley, Connan Mockasin
  8. One Thing Left to Try
  9. When You’re Small – lyrics by Andrew VanWyngarden, Ben Goldwasser, music by Andrew VanWyngarden, Ben Goldwasser
  10. Hand It Over

Low: The Great Destroyer

On January 25, 2005, “Sub Pop” label released “The Great Destroyer”, the seventh Low studio album. It was recorded May – September 2004, at “Tarbox Road Studios” in Cassadaga, New York, and was produced by Dave Fridmann, Mimi Parker, Zak Sally and Alan Sparhawk.

Personnel:

  • Mimi Parker – vocals, percussion, mixing
  • Zak Sally – bass guitar, mixing, painting, illustrations
  • Alan Sparhawk – vocals, guitar, mixing
  • Dave Fridmann – keyboards, mixing
  • Hollis Mae Sparhawk – vocals
  • Gerry Beckley – backing vocals
  • Tom Herbers – engineer
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Jeff Kleinsmith – layout

Track listing:

 All tracks by Mimi Parker, Zak Sally, and Alan Sparhawk

  1. Monkey
  2. California
  3. Everybody’s Song
  4. Silver Rider
  5. Just Stand Back
  6. On the Edge Of
  7. Cue the Strings
  8. Step
  9. When I Go Deaf
  10. Broadway (So Many People)
  11. Pissing
  12. Death of a Salesman
  13. Walk into the Sea

Oliver Nelson: Screamin’ The Blues

In January 1961, “New Jazz” label released “Screamin’ the Blues”, the third Oliver Nelson album. It was recorded in May 1960, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Esmond Edwards.

Personnel:

  • Oliver Nelson – alto and tenor saxophone
  • Eric Dolphy – bass clarinet, alto saxophone
  • Richard Williams – trumpet
  • Richard Wyands – piano
  • George Duvivier – bass
  • Roy Haynes – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Oliver Nelson, except where noted.

  1. Screamin’ the Blues
  2. March On, March On – Esmond Edwards
  3. The Drive
  4. The Meetin’
  5. Three Seconds
  6. Alto-Itis

Clark – Hutchinson: A=MH2

On January 16, 1970, “Decca” label released “A=MH²”, the debut Clark-Hutchinson studio album. It was recorded on May 1969, at “Recorded Sound Studios” in London, and was produced by Ian Sippen and Peter Shertser.

Personnel:

  • Andy Clark – voices, bass drum, maracas, piano, organ, alto and tenor saxophone, gong, flute, bagpipes, arrangements,, recording
  • Mick Hutchinson – acoustic, lead and rhythm guitar, bass, piano, flute, timpani, bongos, arrangements, recording
  • H. Day – engineer
  • Terry Stewart – engineer assistant
  • Horst Angenendt – lacquer cut
  • David Wedgbury – photography
  • Ian Sippen, John Peel, Miles Associates – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Andy Clark and Mick Hutchinson.

  1. Improvisation on a Modal Scale
  2. Acapulco Gold
  3. Impromptu in E’ Minor
  4. Textures in ¾
  5. Improvisation on an Indian Scale

The Beatles: Yellow Submarine

On January 13, 1969, “Apple” label released “Yellow Submarine”, the tenth Beatles (The) studio album. It was recorded May 1966 – February 1968 (the Beatles), October 1968 (George Martin), and was produced by George Martin. It is the soundtrack to the animated film of the same name, and contains six songs by the Beatles, including four new songs and the previously released “Yellow Submarine” and “All You Need Is Love”. The remainder of the album is a re-recording of selections from the film’s orchestral soundtrack by George Martin.

Personnel:

  • John Lennon – lead and backing vocals, rhythm and lead guitars, piano, harpsichord, glockenspiel, ukulele, harmonica, banjo, handclaps
  • Paul McCartney – lead and backing vocals, bass guitar, acoustic guitar, double bass, trumpet, handclaps, percussion
  • George Harrison – lead and backing vocals, lead and acoustic guitars, Hammond organ, percussion, handclaps, violin
  • Ringo Starr – lead and backing vocals, drums, percussion, handclaps
  • George Martin – piano, orchestral arrangements

Track listing:

Songs from the film.

All tracks by Lennon–McCartney, except where noted.

  1. Yellow Submarine
  2. Only a Northern Song – George Harrison
  3. All Together Now
  4. Hey Bulldog
  5. It’s All Too Much – George Harrison
  6. All You Need Is Love

Orchestral film score.

All tracks by George Martin, except where noted.

  1. Pepperland
  2. Sea of Time
  3. Sea of Holes
  4. Sea of Monsters
  5. March of the Meanies
  6. Pepperland Last Easte
  7. Yellow Submarine in Pepperland – John Lennon, Paul McCartney