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Broken Social Scene: Forgiveness Rock Record

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On May 4, 2010, “Arts & Crafts” label released “Forgiveness Rock Record”, the fourth Broken Social Scene studio album. It was recorded in 2010, and was produced by John McEntire.

Personnel:

  • Kevin Drew – vocals, electric and acoustic guitar, keyboards, piano, synthesizer, bass, vibraphone
  • Brendan Canning – vocals, backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, bass, keyboards, loop, piano
  • Andrew Whiteman – vocals, backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, bass
  • Charles Spearin – Farfisa organ, electric and acoustic guitar, guitar effects, bass, keyboards, melodica, memory Moog, trumpet
  • Justin Peroff – vocals, drum machine, drums, percussion, prepared piano, art direction, artwork, cover painting
  • John McEntire – drums, synthesizer, gong, omnichord, sequencers, vibraphone, Wurlitzer, engineer, mixing
  • Lisa Lobsinger, Jason Collett, Leslie Feist, Emily Haines, Amy Millan, Sam Prekop – vocals
  • Sam Goldberg – vocals, backing vocals, electric and acoustic guitar, sitar, xylophone,
  • Ohad Benchetrit – acoustic and electric slide guitar, engineer
  • James Shaw – vocals, guitar
  • Martin Davis Kinack – guitar
  • Eric Claridge – bass
  • Leon Kingstone – saxophones
  • Bryden Baird – trumpet
  • Evan Cranley, David Hodge – trombone
  • Paul Von Mertens – clarinet, flute
  • Julie Penner, Susan Voelz – violin
  • Alison Chesley – cello
  • John Crossingham – backing vocals
  • Sebastien Grainger – backing vocals
  • Joe McKay – artwork, layout
  • Elisabeth Chicoine – photography

Track listing:

  1. World Sik
  2. Chase Scene
  3. Texico Bitches
  4. Forced to Love
  5. All to All
  6. Art House Director
  7. Highway Slipper Jam
  8. Ungrateful Little Father
  9. Meet Me in the Basement
  10. Sentimental X’s
  11. Sweetest Kill
  12. Romance to the Grave
  13. Water in Hell
  14. Me and My Hand

The Maccabees: Wall of Arms

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On May 4, 2009, “Fiction” label released “Wall of Arms”, the second Maccabees studio album. It was recorded in 2009, and was produced by Markus Dravs. The album’s cover art was by Boo Ritson.

  • Orlando Weeks – vocals, guitar
  • Hugo White – guitar
  • Felix White – guitar, backing vocals
  • Rupert Jarvis – bass
  • Sam Doyle – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Orlando Weeks, Hugo White, Felix White, Rupert Jarvis and Sam Doyle.

  1. Love You Better
  2. One Hand Holding
  3. Can You Give It?
  4. Young Lions
  5. Wall of Arms
  6. No Kind Words/Bag of Bones Part A
  7. Dinosaurs
  8. Kiss and Resolve
  9. William Powers
  10. Seventeen Hands
  11. Bag of Bones Part B

Los Lobos: The Ride

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On May 4, 2004, “Hollywood/Mammoth” labels released “The Ride”, the eleventh Los Lobos album. It was recorded 2003 – 2004, and was produced by David Hidalgo, Louie Pérez, Cesar Rosas, Conrad Lozano and Steve Berlin. The album contains new material and new versions of earlier bands songs.

Personnel:

  • David Hidalgo- vocals, guitar, accordion, fiddle, requinto jarocho
  • Louie Pérez- vocals, guitar, drums, jarana
  • Cesar Rosas- vocals, guitar, bajo sexto
  • Conrad Lozano- vocals, bass, guitarron
  • Steve Berlin- keyboards, woodwinds
  • Cougar Estrada – drums, percussion
  • Victor Bisetti – additional percussion

Café Tacuba

  • Elfego Buendia – vocals
  • Alejandro Flores – quinta guapanguera, requinto
  • Emmanuel de Real – jarana, keyboards
  • Joselo Rangel – electric guitar
  • Garth Hudson- keyboards
  • Mitchell Froom- keyboards
  • Greg Leisz- pedal steel guitar
  • Charles Williams – piano, organ, clavinet
  • Francisco Torres – trombone
  • Alberto Salas – piano
  • Lonnie Jordan – B-3

Track listing:

  1. La Venganza de Los Pelados – featuring Café Tacuba
  2. Rita
  3. Is This All There Is? – featuring Little Willy G.
  4. Charmed
  5. Somewhere in Time – featuring Dave Alvin
  6. Wicked Rain/Across 110th Street – featuring Bobby Womack
  7. Kitate – featuring Tom Waitsand Martha Gonzales
  8. Hurry Tomorrow
  9. Ya Se Va – featuring Rubén Blades
  10. Wreck of the Carlos Rey – featuring Richard Thompson
  11. A Matter of Time – featuring Elvis Costello
  12. Someday – featuring Mavis Staples
  13. Chains of Love

Mumford & Sons: Wilder Mind

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On May 4, 2015, “Gentlemen of the Road” label released “Wilder Mind”, the third Mumford & Sons studio album. It was recorded 2014-2015, at “AIR Studios” in London, and was produced b James Ford.

Personnel:

  • Marcus Mumford– lead vocals, rhythm guitar, drums
  • Ben Lovett– piano, keyboard, synthesiser, backing vocals
  • Winston Marshall– lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Ted Dwane– bass guitar, backing vocals
  • James Ford– drums, percussion, keyboards
  • Aaron Dessner– keyboards
  • Thomas Bartlett – keyboards
  • Dave Nelson – trombone
  • Benjamin Lanz – trombone
  • Tom Hobden – violin

Track listing:

All tracks by Marcus Mumford, Ben Lovett, Winston Marshall and Ted Dwane.

  1. Tompkins Square Park
  2. Believe
  3. The Wolf
  4. Wilder Mind
  5. Just Smoke
  6. Monster
  7. Snake Eyes
  8. Broad-Shouldered Beasts
  9. Cold Arms
  10. Ditmas
  11. Only Love
  12. Hot Gates

Minus the BearL Omni

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On May 4, 2010, “Dangerbird” label released “Omni”, the fourth Minus the Bear album. It was recorded in 2010, and was produced by Joe Chiccarelli, Jake Snider, Dave Knudson, Erin Tate, Cory Murchy and Alex Rose.

Personnel:

  • Jake Snider- lead vocals, guitar
  • Dave Knudson- guitar, omnichord
  • Alex Rose – vocals, keyboards
  • Cory Murchy – bass
  • Erin Tate- drums
  • Rachel Flotard – additional vocals
  • Joe Chiccarelli – mixing
  • Emily Lazar, Joe Laporta – mastering
  • Jake Snider, Alex Rose – additional recording
  • Jonny Mendoza – recording assistant
  • Jay Follette – engineer assistant
  • Eric Corson – engineer assistant
  • Lars Fox – track editor
  • John Stephan – guitar technician
  • Kurt Bujack – keyboard technician
  • Gregg Keplinger – drum technician
  • Phil Petrocelli – additional drum technician

Track listing:

All lyrics by Jake Snider, all music by Jake Snider, Dave Knudson, Erin Tate, Cory Murchy and Alex Rose, except where noted.

  1. My Time
  2. Summer Angel
  3. Secret Country
  4. Hold Me Down
  5. Excuses
  6. The Thief – lyrics co-written by Alex Rose
  7. Into the Mirror
  8. Animal Backwards – lyrics co-written by Alex Rose
  9. Dayglow Vista Rd.
  10. Fooled by the Night

My Morning Jacket: The Waterfall

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On May 4, 2015, “ATO Records” released “The Waterfall”, the seventh My Morning Jacket studio album. It was recorded 2013–2014, at “Panoramic House” in Stinson Beach, California, and was produced by Tucker Martine and Jim James.

Personnel:

  • Jim James– lead vocals, guitar, artwork
  • Carl Broemel– guitar, backing vocals
  • Tom Blankenship– bass guitar
  • Patrick Hallahan– drums
  • Bo Koster– keyboards, backing vocals
  • Michael Finn – keyboards, recording
  • Tucker Martin – percussion, mixing
  • Anna Fritz – strings, backing vocals
  • Kyleen King – strings, backing vocals
  • Patti King – strings, backing vocals
  • Brittany Howard– backing vocals
  • Neil Krug – artwork
  • Danny Cash – layout
  • Kevin Ratterman – recording, sequencing
  • Bob Ludwig– mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Jim James, except where noted.

  1. Believe (Nobody Knows)
  2. Compound Fracture
  3. Like a River
  4. In Its Infancy (The Waterfall)
  5. Get the Point
  6. Spring (Among the Living)
  7. Thin Line
  8. Big Decisions – Jim James, Dan Wilson
  9. Tropics (Erase Traces)
  10. Only Memories Remain

David CRosby: Thousand Roads

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On May 4, 1993, “Atlantic” label released “Thousand Roads”, the third David Crosby solo studio album. It was recorded 1992 – 1993, and was produced by Phil Collins, Don Was, Dean Parks,David Crosby, Glynn Johns,Stephen Barncard and Phil Ramone.

Personnel:

  • David Crosby- lead and backing vocals
  • Jeff Pevar- guitar
  • Michael Landau- electric guitar
  • Bernie Leadon- electric guitar, acoustic guitar
  • John Leventhal- guitars
  • Dean Parks- guitars, flute
  • Andy Fairweather Low- electric guitar
  • Benmont Tench- keyboards
  • Jimmy Webb- acoustic piano
  • Marc Cohn- acoustic piano
  • Craig Doerge- keyboards, arrangements
  • J. Vanston- keyboards
  • Bonnie Hayes- keyboards
  • Paul (Wix) Wickens- keyboards, accordion
  • Leland Sklar- bass guitar
  • David Watkins Clarke – bass guitar
  • Pino Palladino – bass guitar
  • David Young – acoustic bass
  • Russell Kunkel – drums
  • Phil Collins- drums, percussion, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Jim Keltner- drums
  • Jeff Porcaro- drums
  • Ethan Johns- drums, percussion, additional electric guitar
  • Paulinho Da Costa- percussion
  • Luis Conte- percussion
  • Graham Nash – harmonica, harmony vocals
  • Jackson Browne- harmony vocals
  • Stephen Bishop- harmony vocals
  • Kipp Lennon- harmony vocals
  • Armen Garabedian – violin, concertmaster
  • Dimitrie Levici – violin
  • Berj Garabedian – violin
  • Ruth Johnson- violin
  • Evan Wilson – viola
  • Scott Haupert – viola
  • Maria Newman- viola
  • Suzie Katayama – cello, contractor
  • Larry Corbett – cello
  • Daniel Smith – cello
  • David Campbell- string arrangement

Track listing:

  1. Hero
  2. Too Young to Die – Jimmy Webb
  3. Old Soldier – Marc Cohn
  4. Through Your Hands – John Hiatt
  5. Yvette in English – Joni Mitchell, David Crosby
  6. Thousand Roads – David Crosby
  7. Columbus – Noel Brazil
  8. Helpless Heart – Paul Brady
  9. Coverage – Bonnie Hayes
  10. Natalie – Stephen Bishop

PJ Harvey: Rid Of Me

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On May 4, 1993, “Island” label released “Rid of Me”the second PJ Harvey studio album. It was recorded December 1992 at “Pachyderm Studio” in Cannon Falls, Minnesota, and was produced by Steve Albini and PJ Harvey. “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked the album at number 406 on its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.

Personnel:

  • PJ Harvey– vocals, guitar, organ, cello, violin
  • Steve Vaughan – bass
  • Rob Ellis– drums, percussion, backing vocals, arrangement
  • Steve Albini– engineer, mixing
  • Head – engineer
  • John Loder– mastering
  • Maria Mochnacz – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Polly Jean Harvey, except where noted.

  1. Rid of Me
  2. Missed
  3. Legs
  4. Rub ’til It Bleeds
  5. Hook
  6. Man-Size Sextet
  7. Highway 61 Revisited – Bob Dylan
  8. 50ft Queenie
  9. Yuri-G
  10. Man-Size
  11. Dry
  12. Me-Jane
  13. Snake
  14. Ecstasy

 

Echo & The Bunnymen: Ocean Rain

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On May 4, 1984, “Korova” label released “Ocean Rain”, the fourth Echo & the Bunnymen studio album. It was recorded at “Studio des Dames” and “Studio Davout” in Paris, “Crescent Studio” in Bath, “Amazon Studios” in Liverpool, and was produced by Ian McCulloch, Will Sergeant, Les Pattinson, Pete de Freitas, Gil Norton and Henri Loustau.

Personnel:

  • Ian McCulloch– vocals
  • Will Sergeant– guitar, harpsichord, sitar
  • Les Pattinson– bass
  • Pete de Freitas– drums
  • Adam Peters – piano, cello
  • Alan Perman – harpsichord
  • Luvan Kiem – clarinet
  • Adam Peters – orchestral arrangements
  • Gil Norton– engineer, mixing
  • Henri Loustau-  engineer
  • David Lord – engineer
  • Jean-Yves – engineer assistant
  • Martyn Atkins – artwork
  • Brian Griffin – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Will Sergeant, Ian McCulloch, Les Pattinson and Pete de Freitas except where noted.

  1. Silver
  2. Nocturnal Me
  3. Crystal Days
  4. The Yo Yo Man
  5. Thorn of Crowns
  6. The Killing Moon
  7. Seven Seas
  8. My Kingdom
  9. Ocean Rain

Frank Zappa: Orchestral Favorites

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On May 4, 1979, “DiscReet Records” label released “Orchestral Favorites”, the twenty seventh Frank Zappa album. It was recorded in September 1975, at “Rotce Hall”, UCLA, and was produced by Frank Zappa. The album features instrumental music performed by the 37-piece Abnuceals Emuukha Electric Symphony Orchestra.

Personnel:

  • Frank Zappa – vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • Mike Lang – keyboards
  • Dave Parlato – bass
  • Terry Bozzio– drums
  • Emil Richards– percussion
  • Malcolm McNab– trumpet
  • Bruce Fowler– trombone
  • Dana Hughes – bass trombone
  • David Duke – French horn
  • Earle Dumler – oboe
  • Joann McNab – bassoon
  • Mike Altschul – flute, clarinet
  • Ray Reed – flute
  • David Shostac – flute
  • Bobby Dubow – violin
  • John Wittenberg – violin
  • Pamela Goldsmith – viola
  • Jerry Kessler – cello

Track listing:

All tracks ny Frank Zappa.

  1. Strictly Genteel
  2. Pedro’s Dowry
  3. Naval Aviation in Art
  4. Duke of Prunes
  5. Bogus Pomp