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John Mayall: A Special Life

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On May 30, 2014, “Forty Below” label released “A Special Life”, the 33rd John Mayall album. It was recorded in November 2013, and was produced by John Mayall and Eric Corne.

Personnel:

  • John Mayall – vocals, guitars, harmonica, organ, piano
  • Rocky Athas – guitars
  • C. J. Chenier – vocals, accordion
  • Greg Rzab – bass guitar, percussions
  • Jay Davenport – drums

Track listing:

  1. Why Did You Go Last Night – Clifton Chenier
  2. Speak of the Devil – Sonny Landreth
  3. That’s All Right – James Lane
  4. World Gone Crazy – John Mayall
  5. Floodin’ in California – Albert King
  6. Big Town Playboy – Eddie Taylor
  7. A Special Life – John Mayall
  8. I Just Got to Know – Jimmy McCracklin
  9. Heartache – John Mayall
  10. Like a Fool – Greg Rzab, Rocky Athas
  11. Just a Memory – John Mayall

Velvet Underground: Live At Max’s Kansas City

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On May 30, 1972, “Cotillion” label released “Live at Max’s Kansas City”, the first Velvet Underground  live album. It was recorded on August 23, 1970, at “Max’s Kansas City” in New York City, and was produced by Geoff Haslam.

Personnel:

  • Lou Reed – vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Sterling Morrison – lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Doug Yule – vocal, bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Billy Yule – drums, cowbell

Track listing:

All tracks by Lou Reed, except where noted.

  1. I’m Waiting for the Man
  2. Sweet Jane
  3. Lonesome Cowboy Bill
  4. Beginning to See the Light
  5. I’ll Be Your Mirror
  6. Pale Blue Eyes
  7. Sunday Morning – Lou Reed, John Cale
  8. New Age
  9. Femme Fatale
  10. After Hours

Wynton Marsalis: Levee Low Moan: Soul Gestures in Southern Blue, Vol. 3

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On May 30, 1991, “Columbia” label released “Levee Low Moan: Soul Gestures in Southern Blue, Vol. 3” the 13th Wynton Marsalis album.

Personnel:

  • Wynton Marsalis- trumpet
  • Wes “Warmdaddy” Anderson- alto saxophone
  • Todd Williams- tenor saxophone
  • Marcus Roberts- piano
  • Reginald Veal- acoustic bass
  • Herlin Riley- drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Wynton Marsalis, except where noted.

  1. Levee Low Moan
  2. Jig’s Jig
  3. So This Is Jazz, Huh?
  4. In the House of Williams – Todd Williams
  5. Superb Starling

Jane Wiedlin: Tangled

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On May 30, 1990, “EMI” label released “Tangled”, the third Jane Wiedlin studio album. It was recorded 1989 – 1990, and was produced by Peter Collins.

Personnel:

  • Jane Wiedlin – vocals
  • Tim Pierce – guitar
  • Andy Reynolds – keyboards
  • Nik Kershaw – bass, backing vocals, backing vocals arrangements
  • Steve Ferrera – drums, percussion
  • Barbara Gaskin – backing vocals
  • Mark Goldenberg – guitar
  • Steve Bloomfield – guitar
  • Rick Biddulph – twelve-string guitar, bouzouki 
  • Herbie Flowers – bass
  • Claire Torrey, Elizabeth Lamers, Gail Lennon, Mary Cassidy, Miriam Stockley, Tessa Niles, The Amorphous Choir – backing vocals
  • Graham Preskett – fiddle
  • Jeffrey Benet Hall – arrangements
  • Scott Cutler – arrangements
  • Barbara Gaskin – backing vocal arrangements
  • Annee Griffiths – choir coordinator
  • Phil Chapman – engineer, mixing
  • Andy Reynolds – engineer, mixing assistant
  • Gary Hellman – engineer, mixing assistant
  • John Luongo – engineer, mixing assistant
  • Vivid Information Design – art direction, design
  • Xavier Guardans – photography
  • Andy Hill – co-producer

Track listing:

  1. Rain on Me – Jane Wiedlin, Robin Hild, Kevin Hunter, Peter Collins
  2. At the End of the Day – Mark Tibenham, Anton McIlwain
  3. Guardian Angel – Jane Wiedlin, Scott Cutler, Dennis Morgan
  4. Flowers on the Battlefield – Jane Wiedlin, Mark Goldenberg
  5. Tangled – Jane Wiedlin, Scott Cutler
  6. World on Fire – Jane Wiedlin, Scott Cutler, Terry Hall, Valerie Block
  7. Paper Heart – Jane Wiedlin, Cyndi Lauper, Richard Orange
  8. Big Rock Candy Mountain – Jane Wiedlin, Larry Tagg
  9. 99 Ways – Jane Wiedlin, Chris Thompson, Andy Hill
  10. Euphoria – Jane Wiedlin, Paul Gordon

Frank Sinatra: Strangers In The Night

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On May 30, 1966, “Reprise” label released “Strangers in the Night”, the 43rd Frank Sinatra album. It was recorded April – May 1966, in Hollywood, and was produced by Jimmy Bowen. At the 1967 “Grammy Awards”, Frank Sinatra won “Record of the Year” and “Best Male Vocal Performance”. Ernie Freeman’s arrangement of the title track won him the “Grammy Award for Best Arrangement Accompanying a Vocalist or Instrumentalist”, and Eddie Brackett and Lee Herschberg’s engineering earned them the “Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical”. The album was certified Platinum in Us by the “RIIA”.

Personnel:

  • Frank Sinatra – vocals
  • The Nelson Riddle Orchestra
  • Nelson Riddle – arranger, conductor
  • Glen Campbell, Al Viola – guitar
  • Artie Kane – Hammond B3 organ
  • Pete Candoli, Don Fagerquist, Cappy Lewis, Ray Triscari – trumpet
  • Dick Noel, Tommy Pederson, Tom Shepard – trombone
  • George Roberts – bass trombone
  • Chuck Gentry, Bill Green, Justin Gordon, Harry Klee, Ronny Lang – saxophone
  • Vincent DeRosa, Henry Sigismonti, Gale Robinson, Richard Perissi – French horn
  • Bill Green, Andreas Kostelas – flute
  • Sidney Sharp, Lennie Malarsky, William Kurasch, Ralph Schaeffer, Israel Baker, Arnold Belnick, Jerome Reisler, Robert Sushe, John De Voogdt, Bernard Kundell, Tibor Zelig, Victor Amo, Alex Beller, Herman Clebanoff, James Getzoff, Anatol Kaminsky, Paul Shure, Gerald Vinci Gerald Vinci, William Weiss, Harry Bluestone – violin
  • Harry Hyams, Joseph Di Fiore, Darrel Terwilliger, Alex Neiman, Joseph Saxon, Jesse Ehrlich, Emmet Sargeant, Stanley Harris, Paul Robyn, Armand Kaproff – viola
  • Justin DiTullio, Elizabeth Greenschpoon, Armand Kaproff – vielle
  • Bill Miller, Michel Rubini – piano
  • Alvin Casey, William Pitman, Glen Campbell, Tommy Tedesco – guitar
  • Chuck Berghofer, Ralph Pefla – bass
  • Hal Blaine, Irving Cottler – drums
  • Eddie Brackett Jr., Emil Richards – percussion
  • Ernie Freeman – arrangements
  • Donnie Lanier, Nelson Riddle – conductor

Track listing:

  1. Strangers in the Night (from the “Universal” picture “A Man Could Get Killed” – Bert Kaempfert, Charles Singleton, Eddie Snyder
  2. Summer Wind – Heinz Meier, Hans Bradtke, Johnny Mercer
  3. All or Nothing at All – Arthur Altman, Jack Lawrence
  4. Call Me – Tony Hatch
  5. You’re Driving Me Crazy – Walter Donaldson
  6. On a Clear Day (You Can See Forever) – Alan Jay Lerner, Burton Lane
  7. My baby Just Cares for Me – Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn
  8. Downtown – Tony Hatch
  9. Yes Sir, That’s My Baby – Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn
  10. The Most Beautiful Girl in the World – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart

Alanis Morissette: Flavors of Entanglement

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On May 30, 2008, “Maverick” label released “Flavors of Entanglement”, the seventh Alanis Morissette studio album. It was recorded October 2007 – February 2008, and was produced by Guy Sigsworth.

Personnel:

  • Alanis Morissette – vocals
  • Andy Page – guitars, programming, mixing, mastering
  • Peter Freeman – bass guitar
  • Blair Sinta – drums
  • Fiora Cutler – string arrangement
  • Sean McGhee – programming, backing vocals, engineer
  • Guy Sigsworth – engineer
  • Andrei Maberley – engineer
  • Ben Tolliday – engineer, mastering assistant

Track listing:

All lyrics by Alanis Morissette, all music by Alanis Morissette and Guy Sigsworth.

  1. Citizen of the Planet
  2. Underneath
  3. Straitjacket
  4. Versions of Violence
  5. Not as We
  6. In Praise of the Vulnerable Man
  7. Moratorium
  8. Torch
  9. Giggling Again for No Reason
  10. Tapes
  11. Incomplete

Joan Armatrading: What’s Inside

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On May 30, 1995, “RCA” label released “What’s Inside”, the fourteenth Joan Armatrading studio album. It was recorded 1994 -1995, at “A&M Recording Studios” in Hollywood, “Abbey Road Studios” in London, “Plant Recording Studios” in Sausalito, California, “Kiva Recording Studios” in Memphis. Tennessee, and was produced by Joan Armatrading and David Tickle.

Personnel:

  • Joan Armatrading – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, e-bow guitar, arrangements
  • Hojah Farah – acoustic guitar
  • B. J. Cole – slide guitar
  • Greg Phillinganes – keyboards
  • Benmont Tench – keyboards
  • Todd Cochran – keyboards
  • Peter Robinson – keyboards
  • Tony Levin – bass
  • Darryl Jones – bass
  • Manu Katché – drums
  • Alex Acuña – percussion
  • Memphis Horns – horns
  • The London Metropolitan Orchestra – strings
  • Kronos Quartet – strings
  • Boz Burrell – tin whistle
  • K. La – backing vocals
  • Ray Williams – backing vocals
  • Terry Evans – backing vocals
  • Willie Green, Jr. – backing vocals
  • Caroline Dale – arrangements, orchestration
  • Dana Brayton – arrangements
  • Wolfgang Amadeus – engineer
  • Malcolm Springer – engineer
  • Tom Luekens – engineer
  • Simon Rhodes – engineer
  • Chad Munsey – second engineer
  • David Tickle, Shelly Yakus – mixing
  • Andy Brown – musical director
  • Sherri Maxwell – design, illustration

Track listing:

All tracks by Joan Armatrading.

  1. In Your Eyes
  2. Everyday Boy
  3. Merchant of Love
  4. Shapes and Sizes
  5. Back on the Road
  6. Lost The Love
  7. Songs
  8. Would You Like to Dance
  9. Recommend My Love
  10. Beyond The Blue
  11. Can’t Stop Loving You
  12. Shape of a Pony
  13. Trouble

Nels Cline: The Inkling

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On May 30, 2000, “Cryptogramophone” label released “The Inkling”, the eleventh Nels Cline album. It was recorded in May 1999, and was produced by Jeff Gauthier.

Personnel:

  1. Nels Cline – acoustic and electric guitar
  2. Mark Dresser – contrabass
  3. Billy Mintz – drum set
  4. Zeena Parkins – harp, electric harp

Track listing:

All tracks by Nels Cline

  1. New Old Hat
  2. Spider Wisdom
  3. Circular
  4. Sunken Song
  5. Shale Bed
  6. Alstromeria
  7. Moth Song
  8. Cork Farm
  9. Queen of Angels
  10. Lullaby for Ian

Peter Frampton: Where I Should Be

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On May 30, 1979, “A&M” label released “Where I Should Be”, the sixth Peter Frampton studio album. It was recorded November 1978 – May 1979, at “The Record Plant” in New York City, and was produced by Peter Frampton.

Personnel:

  • Peter Frampton – vocals, guitars, keyboards
  • Steve Cropper – guitar
  • Bob Mayo – keyboards
  • Eddie N. Watkins, Jr. – bass
  • Stanley Sheldon – bass
  • Donald Dunn – bass
  • Tower of Power – horn section
  • Gary Mallaber – drums
  • Jamie Oldaker – drums
  • Steve Forman – percussion

Track listing:

All tracks by Peter Frampton, except where noted.

  1. I Can’t Stand It No More
  2. Got My Feet Back on the Ground – Peter Frampton, Rodney Eckerman
  3. Where I Should Be (Monkey Song)
  4. Everything I Need – Peter Frampton, Bob Mayo
  5. May I Baby – Isaac Hayes, David Porter
  6. You Don’t Know Like I Know – Isaac Hayes, David Porter
  7. She Don’t Reply
  8. We’ve Just Begun – Peter Frampton, Bob Mayo
  9. It’s a Sad Affair

Bill Wyman’s Rhythm Kings: Groovin’

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On May 30, 2000, “Roadrunner” label released “Groovin’”, the third Bill Wyman’s Rhythm Kings studio album. It was recorded 1999 – 2000, and was produced by Bill Wyman and Terry Taylor.

Personnel:

  • Bill Wyman– bass, arrangements
  • Terry Taylor– lead, rhythm and acoustic guitar
  • Graham Broad– drums
  • Ray Cooper– percussion
  • Albert Lee– lead vocals, lead guitar
  • Martin Taylor–lead guitar
  • Mick Taylor– lead and slide guitar
  • Andy Fairweather Low– lead-guitar
  • Tommy Emmanuel– lead, slide, acoustic and rhythm guitar
  • Georgie Fame– lead vocals, organ, piano
  • Dave Hartley – piano lead vocals,
  • Nick Payn – harmonica, horns
  • Frank Mead – horns
  • Henry Spinetti– drums
  • Jerry Portnoy– harmonica
  • Chris Hall – accordion
  • Gerry Hogan – pedal steel guitar
  • Anthony Kerr– vibraphone
  • Eddie Hession – accordion
  • Beverley Skeete – lead and backing vocals
  • Adrian Byron Burns – lead vocals
  • Anita Kelsey, Sara Skeete, Janice Hoyte, Keeley Coburn, Melanie Redmond, Susie Webb, Zoe Nicholas – backing vocals
  • Nick Payn – horn arrangements
  • Brian Tench – mixing
  • Stuart Epps – engineer
  • Tim Young – mastering
  • Russ Kane – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Tell You a Secret – Bill Wyman, Terry Taylor
  2. Groovin’ – Eddie Brigati, Felix Cavaliere
  3. Rough Cut Diamond – Bill Wyman, Terry Taylor
  4. Mood Swing – Keith Sewell, Nial Toner, Wendy Buckner
  5. Hole in the Wall – Bull Wyman, Terry Taylor
  6. Can’t Get My Rest at Night – J. David Ray
  7. I Put a Spell on You – Jay Hawkins
  8. Tomorrow Night – Bill Wyman
  9. I Want to Be Evil – Judson, Taylor
  10. Rhythm King – Georgie Fame
  11. Daydream – John Sebastian
  12. Oh! Baby – Barbara Linda Ozen
  13. Streamline Woman – Bill Wyman, Terry Taylor
  14. Yesterdays – Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach