Tag Archives: May 1988

Michael Brecker: Two Blocks From The Edge

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In May 1988, “Impulse!” label released “Two Blocks from the Edge”, the 17th Michael Brecker album (as leader or co-leader). It was recorded in 1997, “Avatar Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Joey Calderazzo and Michael Brecker.

Personnel:

  • Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone, arrangements
  • Joey Calderazzo – acoustic piano
  • James Genus – bass
  • Jeff ‘Tain’ Watts – drums
  • Don Alias – percussion
  • Joey Calderazzo – arrangements
  • James Farber – recording, mixing
  • Rory Romano – recording assistant, mixing assistant
  • Greg Calbi – mastering 
  • Steve Fallone – mastering assistant
  • Hollis King – art direction
  • Kevin Gaor – design
  • Timothy White – photography
  • Gitte Gammelgaard – band photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Michael Brecker, except where noted.

  1. Madame Toulouse
  2. Two Blocks from the Edge
  3. Bye George – Joey Calderazzo
  4. El Niño – Joey Calderazzo
  5. Cat’s Cradle – Joey Calderazzo
  6. The Impaler – Jeff “Tain” Watts
  7. How Long ‘Til the Sun
  8. Delta City Blues

Herbie Hancock: Perfect Machine

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In May 1988, “Columbia” label released “Perfect Machine”, the thirty-seventh Herbie Hancock album. It was recorded in 1988, and was produced by Bill Laswell and  Herbie Hancock. It was the last Hancock’s album with the Rockit Band.

Personnel:

  • Herbie Hancock – piano, Fairlight CMI Series I & II, Rhodes Chroma, Apple/Mac Plus, Yamaha DX1, Yamaha DX7 and DX7IIFD, Kurzweil K250, Yamaha TX816, Oberheim Matrix-12, Akai S900, vocoder
  • Jeff Bova – synth programming
  • William “Bootsy” Collins – electric bass, vocoder
  • Sugarfoot – vocals
  • Nicky Skopelitis –  Fairlight drums
  • Micro Wave – Minimoog bass, talk box, vocoder
  • S.T. – turntables, “FX”
  • Martin Bisi, Mike Krowiak, Dave Jerden, Billy Yodelman, Bryan Bell – engineer
  • Dave Jerden – mixing
  • Howie Weinberg – mastering
  • Tony Meilandt – associate producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Herbie Hancock, Bill Laswell, William “Bootsy” Collins and Bonner, except where noted.

  1. Perfect Machine – Herbie Hancock, Bill Laswell, Nicky Skopelitis
  2. Obsession
  3. Vibe Alive – Herbie Hancock, Bill Laswell, William “Bootsy” Collins, Bonner, Micro Wave
  4. Beat Wise
  5. Maiden Voyage/P. Bop
  6. Chemical Residue – Herbie Hancock

Wire: A Bell Is a Cup

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In May 1988, “Mute” label released “A Bell Is a Cup… Until It Is Struck”, the fifth Wire  studio album. It was recorded in December 1987, and at “Preußen Tonstudio” in Berlin, and was produced by Gareth Jones.

Personnel:

  • Colin Newman – vocal, guitars
  • Bruce Gilbert – guitar
  • Graham Lewis – vocals, bass
  • Robert Gotobed – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Bruce Gilbert, Robert Gotobed, Graham Lewis and Colin Newman.

  1. Silk Skin Paws
  2. The Finest Drops
  3. The Queen of Ur and the King of Um
  4. Free Falling Divisions
  5. It’s a Boy
  6. Boiling Boy
  7. Kidney Bingos
  8. Come Back in Two Halves
  9. Follow the Locust
  10. A Public Place

Hothouse Flowers: People

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In May 1988, “London” label released “People”, the debut Hothouse Flowers album. It was recorded in 1988, and was produced by Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley.

Personnel:

  • Liam Ó Maonlaí – lead vocal, piano, Hammond organ,  harmonica,  bodhrán, vibraphone, marimba
  • Fiachna Ó Braonáin – acoustic and electric guitars, electric sitar, backing vocals
  • Leo Barnes – saxophone, backing vocals
  • Peter O’Toole – bass, electric guitar, mandolin, bouzouki, backing vocals
  • Jerry Fehily – drums, percussion
  • Luís Jardim- percussion
  • Lovely Previn – electric fiddle
  • Claudia Fontaine- backing vocals
  • Jimmy Chambers – backing vocals
  • Jimmy Helms – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Liam Ó Maonlaí, Fiachna Ó Braonáin and Peter O’ Toole, except where noted.

  1. I’m Sorry
  2. Don’t Go
  3. Forgiven
  4. It’ll Be Easier in the Morning
  5. Hallelujah Jordan
  6. If You Go
  7. The Older We Get
  8. Yes I Was
  9. Love Don’t Work This Way – Hothouse Flowers
  10. Ballad of Katie
  11. Feet on the Ground