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The Jayhawks: Smile

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On May 9, 2000, “American” label released “Smile”, the sixth Jayhawks (The) album. It was recorded in 1999, at “Flowers Studio” in Minneapolis, MN, and was produced by Bob Ezrin.

Personnel:

  • Gary Louris – vocals, guitar
  • Kraig Johnson – guitar
  • Karen Grotberg – vocals, keyboards
  • Marc Perlman – vocals, bass, mandolin
  • Tim O’Reagan – vocals, drums, percussion
  • Bob Ezrin – vocals, synthesizer, percussion, accordion, keyboards, string arrangements
  • Eric Heywood – dobro, pedal steel guitar
  • Patrick Seymour – synthesizer
  • Armadillo String Quartet – strings
  • Jonathan Sacks – orchestration, string arrangements
  • Joseph Bishara – programming
  • Richard Werbowenko – programming
  • Ed Ackerson – programming, engineer
  • Jay Healy – engineer, mixing
  • Ok Hee Kim – engineer assistant
  • Leon Zervos – mastering
  • Josh Cheuse – art direction
  • David Katzenstein – cover photography
  • Ken Schles – photography
  • Andy Wolf – studio technician

Track listing:

  1. Smile – Gary Louris
  2. I’m Gonna Make You Love Me – Gary Louris, Taylor Rhodes
  3. What Led Me to This Town – Gary Louris, Marc Perlman, Karen Grotberg, Tim O’Reagan
  4. Somewhere in Ohio – Marc Perlman, Gary Louris, Tim O’Reagan, Bob Ezrin
  5. A Break in the Clouds – Gary Louris, Marc Perlman, Karen Grotberg, Tim O’Reagan
  6. Queen of the World – Gary Louris, Bob Ezrin
  7. Life Floats By – Gary Louris, Marc Perlman
  8. Broken Harpoon – Gary Louris
  9. Pretty Thing – Gary Louris, Marc Perlman
  10. Mr. Wilson – Gary Louris, Tim O’Reagan
  11. (In My) Wildest Dreams – Gary Louris, Marc Perlman, Bob Ezrin
  12. Better Days – Gary Louris
  13. Baby, Baby, Baby – Gary Louris

Clutch: Same

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On May 9, 1995, “East West Records” label released the self-titled, Clutch studio album. It was recorded December 1994 – January 1995, at “Uncle Punchy Studios” in Silver Spring, Maryland, and was produced by Larry Packer, Neil Fallon, Tim Sult, Dan Maines, Jean Paul Gaster and Richard More.

Personnel:

  • Neil Fallon – vocals
  • Tim Sult – guitar
  • Richard Morel – organ
  • Dan Maines – bass
  • Jean-Paul Gaster – drums
  • Larry “Uncle Punchy” Packer – engineer
  • Danio Saratak – digital engineer
  • Jay Ryan – engineer assistant, mixing
  • Steve Thompson, Michael Barbiero – mixing
  • Mike Hamady – engineer assistant
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Jennifer Roddie – design
  • Rob Eberhardt – 3D typogtaphy
  • Dan Winters – photography
  • Wendy Berry – A&R representation

Track listing:

All tracks by Neil Fallon, Tim Sult, Dan Maines, Jean Paul Gaster and Richard Morel.

  1. Big News I
  2. Big News II
  3. Rock n’ Roll Outlaw
  4. Texan Book of the Dead
  5. Escape from the Prison Planet
  6. Spacegrass
  7. I Have the Body of John Wilkes Booth
  8. Tight Like That
  9. Animal Farm
  10. Droid
  11. The House That Peterbilt
  12. 7 Jam
  13. Tim Sult vs. The Greys

The Auteurs: Now I’m a Cowboy

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On May 9, 1994, “Hut” label released “Now I’m a Cowboy”, the second Auteurs (The) studio album. It was recorded 1993 – 1994, at “Townhouse” in Protocol, Milo, and was produced by Phil Vinall and Luka Haines.

Personnel:

  • Luke Haines – vocals, guitar, piano
  • James Banbury – cello, Hammond
  • Alice Readman – bass guitar
  • Barny Rockford – drums
  • Joe Beckett – percussion
  • Louise Elliot – saxophone
  • Belinda Sykes – oboe
  • Phil Vinall – engineer
  • Pete Hoffman – engineer assistant
  • Giles Hall – engineer assistant
  • Peter Barrett – design
  • Andrew Biscomb – design
  • Stefan De Batselier – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Luke Haines.

  1. Lenny Valentino
  2. Brainchild
  3. I’m a Rich Man’s Toy
  4. New French Girlfriend
  5. The Upper Classes
  6. Chinese Bakery
  7. A Sister Like You
  8. Underground Movies
  9. Life Classes / Life Model
  10. Modern History
  11. Daughter of a Child

Beirut: Gulag Orkestar

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On May 9, 2006, “Ba Da Bing” label released “Gulag Orkestar”, the debut Beirut studio album. It was recorded in 2005 in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Personnel:

  • Zach Condon – vocals, trumpet, flugelhorn, ukulele, percussion, mandolin, accordion, piano, organ, recording
  • Heather Trost – violin
  • Jeremy Barnes – percussion, accordion
  • Perrin Cloutier – cello
  • Hari Ziznewski – clarinet
  • Josh Clark – recording, mixing
  • Alan Douches – mastering
  • Sergey Chilikov – original photography
  • Ben Goldberg – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Zach Condon.

  1. The Gulag Orkestar
  2. Prenzlauerberg
  3. Brandenburg
  4. Postcards from Italy
  5. Mount Wroclai (Idle Days)
  6. Rhineland (Heartland)
  7. Scenic World
  8. Bratislava
  9. The Bunker
  10. The Canals of Our City
  11. After the Curtain

Paul Motian And The Electric Bebop Band: Flight Of The Blue Jay

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On May 9, 1997, “Winter & Winter” label released “Flight of the Blue Jay”, the third Paul Motian with the Electric Bebop Band album (the 22nd Paul Motian album overall). It was recorded in August 1996, at “Avatar Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Stefan W. Winter.

Personnel:

  • Paul Motian – drums
  • Chris Potter – tenor saxophone
  • Chris Cheek – tenor saxophone
  • Brad Shepik – electric guitar
  • Kurt Rosenwinkel – electric guitar
  • Steve Swallow – electric bass

Track listing:

  1. Flight of the Blue Jay – Paul Motian
  2. Pannonica – Thelonious Monk
  3. Brad’s Bag – Kurt Rosenwinkel
  4. Celia – Bud Powell
  5. The Blue Room – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
  6. Milestones – Miles Davis
  7. Light Blue – Thelonious Monk
  8. Conception – George Shearing
  9. East Coast – Kurt Rosenwinkel
  10. Barbados – Charlie Parker
  11. Work – Thelonious Monk

The Pretenders: Last Of The Independents

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On May 9, 1994, “Sire” label released “Last of the Independents”, the sixth Pretenders (The) studio album. It was recorded 1993 – 1994, at “Townhouse” and “Sarm West” in London, “The Woll Hall” in Bath, and was produced by Stephen Street, Ian Stanley and Chris Thomas.

Personnel:

  • Chrissie Hynde – vocals, guitar 
  • Adam Seymour – guitar
  • Andy Hobson – bass
  • Martin Chambers – drums
  • Robbie McIntosh – guitar
  • Ian Stanley – organ, keyboards, special effects
  • Andy Rourke – bass guitar
  • Tom Kelly – bass guitar, piano, guitar
  • David Paton – bass guitar
  • J.F.T. Hood – drums, special effects
  • Jim Copley – drums
  • London Community Gospel Choir – choir
  • David Lord – string arrangements
  • Stephen Street – engineer
  • Steve Williams – engineer
  • Jon Jacobs – engineer
  • Richard Lowe – engineer assistant
  • Greig Sangster – engineer assistant
  • Jamie Cullum – engineer assistant
  • Julie Gardener – assistant engineer
  • Bob Clearmountain – mixing
  • Tony Phillips – mixing
  • Stylorouge – artwork
  • Simon Fowler – cover photography

Track listing:

  1. Hollywood Perfume – Chrissie Hynde, Billy Steinberg, Tom Kelly
  2. Night in My Veins – Chrissie Hynde, Billy Steinberg, Tom Kelly
  3. Money Talk – Chrissie Hynde
  4. 977 – Chrissie Hynde, Billy Steinberg, Tom Kelly
  5. Revolution – Chrissie Hynde
  6. All My Dreams – Chrissie Hynde
  7. I’ll Stand by You – Chrissie Hynde, Billy Steinberg, Tom Kelly
  8. I’m a Mother – Chrissie Hynde, J.F.T. Hood
  9. Tequila – Chrissie Hynde
  10. Every Mother’s Son – Chrissie Hynde
  11. Rebel Rock Me – Chrissie Hynde
  12. Love Colours – Chrissie Hynde, Billy Steinberg, Tom Kelly
  13. Forever Young – Bob Dylan

The Zombies: Breath Out, Breathe In

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On May 9, 2011, “Rhino” label released “Breathe Out, Breathe In”, the fifth  Zombies (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2010, and was produced by Rod Argent.

Personnel:

  • Colin Blunstone – lead vocals
  • Tom Toomey – guitar
  • Rod Argent – lead and backing vocals, keyboards
  • Jim Rodford – bass, backing vocals
  • Steve Rodford – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Rod Argent, except where noted.

  1. Breathe Out, Breathe In
  2. Any Other Way – Colin Blunstone
  3. Play It for Real
  4. Shine On Sunshine – Rod Argent, Chris White
  5. Show Me the Way
  6. A Moment in Time – Rod Argent, Tom Toomey
  7. Christmas for the Free – Rod Argent, Chris White
  8. Another Day
  9. I Do Believe
  10. Let It Go

Etta James: Time After Time

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On May 9, 1996, “Private Music” label released “Time After Time”, the 20th Etta James album. It was recorded in 1995, at ”Conway Studios”, and was produced by John Snyder.

Personnel:

  • Etta James – vocal
  • Josh Sklair – guitar
  • Cedar Walton – piano, arrangements
  • John Clayton – bass
  • Paul Humphrey – drums
  • Donto Metto Jame – percussion
  • Eddie Harris – tenor saxophone
  • Herman Riley – tenor saxophone
  • Kraig Kilby – trombone
  • Ronnie Buttacavoli – flugelhorn
  • Patrick Karamian – engineer
  • Jay Newland – engineer, mastering
  • Joe Lopes – mastering
  • Lupe De Leon – executive producer

Track listing:

  1. Don’t Go to Strangers
  2. Teach Me Tonight
  3. Love Is Here to Stay
  4. The Nearness of You
  5. Time After Time
  6. My Funny Valentine
  7. Imagination
  8. Fool That I Am
  9. Willow Weep for Me
  10. Everybody’s Somebodys’ Fool
  11. Night and Day
  12. Someone to Watch Over Me

The Adventures: The Sea of Love

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On May 9, 1988, “Elektra” label released “The Sea of Love”, the second Adventures (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1987, and was produced by Pete Smith and Garry Bell.

Personnel:

  • Terry Sharpe – lead vocals
  • Pat Gribben – vocals, guitar, steel guitar, piano
  • Tony Ayre – bass
  • Paul Crowder – vocals, drums
  • Gerard “Spud” Murphy – vocals, percussion
  • Eileen Gribben – vocals
  • Andy Findon – tin whistle
  • Paul Fishman – keyboards, keyboard programming, orchestration
  • Nick Glennie-Smith – keyboards, piano, synthesizer
  • Andrew Pask – bass
  • John Whitehead – keyboards
  • Peter-John Vettese – keyboards
  • Roland Vaughan Kerridge – electronic percussion
  • Richard Niles – string arrangements
  • Bob White – uillean pipes
  • David Field – backing vocals
  • Brian Kennedy – backing vocals
  • Katie Kissoon – backing vocals
  • Stevie Lange – backing vocals
  • McCarthy Sisters – backing vocals
  • Peter Smith – backing vocals
  • Miriam Stockley – backing vocals
  • Billy Vanderpuye – backing vocals
  • Rafe McKenna – engineer
  • Dietmar Schillinger – engineer
  • Jim Scott – mixing
  • Keith Breeden – paintings
  • Tony Mascolo – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Pat Gribben.

  1. Drowning in the Sea of Love
  2. Broken Land
  3. You Don’t Have to Cry Anymore
  4. The Trip to Bountiful (When the Rain Comes Down)
  5. Heaven Knows Which Way
  6. Hold Me Now
  7. The Sound of Summer
  8. When Your Heart was Young
  9. One Step from Heaven

Per Mathisen: Ospitalità Generosa

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On May 9, 2015, “Alessa Records” label released “Ospitalità Generosa”, the debut Per Mathisen album. It was recorded in 2015, at “Sounddesign” and was produced by Per Mathisen.  

Personnel:

  • Per Mathisen – electric bass, electric upright bass, liner notes
  • Ruggero Robin – guitars
  • Gergo Borlai – drums
  • Alex Acuna – percussion
  • Christoph Kapfer – recording, mixing, mastering
  • Peter Guschelbauer – executive producer
  • Nicola Robin – photography

Track listing:

  1. Floating Fretless Dreams – Per Mathisen
  2. Baitina Scenery – Ruggero Robin
  3. Eric – Gergo Borlai
  4. June Winds – Per Mathisen
  5. High Ground – Per Mathisen
  6. Tritone Funk – Per Mathisen
  7. The Ambling Alp – Ruggero Robin
  8. I Don’t Wanna Know – Per Mathisen
  9. Der Boden Des Weißensee – Gergo Borlai, Per Mathisen, Ruggero Robin