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Prefab Sprout: Jordan: The Comeback

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On August 28, 1990, “Kitchenware” and “CBS” label released “Jordan: The Comeback”, the fifth studio Prefab Sprout studio album. It was recorded 1989 – 1990, and was recorded by Thomas Dolby.

Personnel:

  • Paddy McAloon – lead vocals
  • Wendy Smith – vocal, guitar, keyboards
  • Martin McAloon – bass guitar
  • Neil Conti – drums, percussion
  • Luís Jardim – percussion
  • Judd Lander – harmonica
  • Jenny Agutter – spoken word
  • The Phantom Horns – horns
  • Paul Gomersall – recording
  • Paul Cuddeford – engineer assistant
  • Karen White – engineer assistant
  • Adrian Moore – engineer assistant
  • Charlie Smith – engineer assistant
  • Derek McCartney – engineer assistant
  • Chris Puram – engineer assistant
  • Mark Williams – engineer assistant
  • Eric Calvi – mixing
  • Bernie Grundman – mastering
  • Tim Young – mastering
  • Gerry Judah – cover concept, art direction
  • Peter Barrett – design
  • Andrew Biscomb – design
  • Jonathan Lovekin – cover photography
  • Trevor Hart – cover photography
  • The Douglas Brothers – group portrait

Track listing:

All tracks by Paddy McAloon.

  1. Looking for Atlantis
  2. Wild Horses
  3. Machine Gun Ibiza
  4. We let the Stars Go
  5. Carnival 2000
  6. Jordan: The Comeback
  7. Jesse James Symphony
  8. Jesse James Bolero
  9. Moon Dog
  10. All the World Loves Lovers
  11. All Boys Believe Anything
  12. The Ice Maiden
  13. Paris Smith
  14. The Wedding March
  15. One of the Broken
  16. Michael
  17. Mercy
  18. Scarlet Nights
  19. Doo Wop in Harlem

John Cale: Mercy

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On January 20, 2023, “Double Six Records” label released “Mercy” the seventeenth John Cale studio album. It was recorded in 2022, at “Arm Studios”, EastWest Studios” and “Vox Studios” in Los Angeles, “Snap Studios” in London, and was produced by Nita Scott and John Cale.

Personnel:

  • John Cale – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, bass guitar, piano, keyboards, vintage keyboards, synthesizer, drums, percussion, additional strings, string arrangements, noises, Swarmatron, drone
  • Weyes Blood – vocals
  • Amelia Meath – vocals
  • Tei Shi – vocals
  • Lias Saoudi – vocals
  • Dustin Boyer – guitar, rhythm guitar, bass guitar, noises, backing vocals
  • Nick Sanborn – acoustic guitar
  • Dev Hynes – acoustic guitar
  • Adam J. Harmer – guitar, backing vocals
  • Actress – synthesizers, effects
  • Laurel Halo – additional vocals, synthesizer, effects
  • Brian Weitz – synthesizer
  • Joey Maramba – bass guitar, bowed bass
  • Ian Walker – double bass
  • Deantoni Parks – acoustic and electronic drums, timpani, additional synthesizer
  • Jack Everett – acoustic drums, backing vocals
  • Tony Allen – acoustic drums
  • Nita Scott – additional drums, additional percussion, additional drum programming, backing vocals
  • Marissa Kuney – violin
  • Jenny Takamatsu – violin
  • Eric Gorfain – violin
  • Caroline Buckman – viola
  • Leah Katz – viola
  • Rodney Wirtz – viola
  • Matt Fish – cello
  • Nathan Saoudi – Juno, backing vocals
  • Destani Wolf – backing vocals
  • Tokimonsta – effects
  • Dustin Boyer – engineer, mixing, additional production
  • Nita Scott – mixing
  • Mikaelin Bluespruce – mixing
  • Seven Davis Jr – mixing
  • Tokimonsta – mixing
  • Justin Raisen – mixing
  • Mike Bozzi – mastering
  • Actress – additional production
  • Abby Portner – artwork
  • Rob Carmichael – design

Track listing:

All tracks by John Cale.

  1. Mercy
  2. Marilyn Monroe’s Legs (Beauty Elsewhere)
  3. Noise of You
  4. Story of Blood
  5. Time Stands Still
  6. Moonstruck
  7. Everlasting Days
  8. Night Crawling
  9. Not the End of the World
  10. The Legal Status of Ice
  11. I Know You’re Happy
  12. Out Your Window

Roine Stolt: Wallstreet Voodoo

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On November 11, 2005, “Inside Out” label released “Wallstreet Voodoo”, the sixth Roine Stolt album. It was recorded January – September 2005, at “Cosmic Lodge Studio” in Uppsala, Sweden, and was produced by Roine Stolt.

Personnel:

  • Roine Stolt – lead vocal, acoustic and electric guitars, percussion, mixing, mastering
  • Neal Morse – lead and background vocals, Hammond Organ
  • Slim Pothead – Wurlitzer piano, Minimoog, Hammond organ
  • Victor Woof – Fender bass
  • Marcus Liliequist – drums
  • Hasse Bruniusson – percussion
  • Thomas Ewerhard – cover art, layout

Track listing:

All tracks by Roine Stolt except where noted.

  1. The Observer
  2. Head Above Water
  3. Dirt
  4. Everyone Wants to Rule the World
  5. Spirit Of the Rebel
  6. Unforgiven
  7. Dog With a Million Bones
  8. Sex Kills – Joni Mitchell
  9. Outcast
  10. The Unwanted
  11. Remember
  12. It’s All About Money
  13. Everybody Is Trying to Sell You Something
  14. Hotrod (The Atomic Wrestler)
  15. Mercy
  16. People That Have the Power to Shape the Future

Joe Perry: Same

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On May 3, 2005, “Sony BMG” label released the self titled, debut Joe Perry solo album. It was recorded in 2005, at “The Boneyard”, and was produced by Joe Perry and Paul Caruso.

Personnel:

  • Joe Perry– lead and backing vocals, guitars, bass guitar, synth guitar, keys
  • Paul Caruso- drums, hand percussion, drum programming, backing vocals, recording
  • The Bonaires (Billie Paulette Montgomery Perry, Chris Noyes, Roman Perry, Jim Survis) – backing vocals
  • Ross Halfin – cover photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Joe Perry, except where noted.

  1. Shakin’ My Cage
  2. Hold on Me
  3. Pray for Me
  4. Can’t Compare
  5. Lonely
  6. Crystal Ship – Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger, John Densmore, Jim Morrison
  7. Talk Talkin’
  8. Push Comes to Shove
  9. Twilight
  10. Ten Years
  11. Vigilante Man – Woody Guthrie
  12. Dying to Be Free
  13. Mercy

Aretha Franklin: Through the Storm

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On April 27, 1989, “Arista” label released “Through the Storm”, the thirty-second Aretha Franklin studio album. It was recorded in 1988, and was produced by Narada Michael Walden, Walter Afanasieff, Arif Mardin, Joe Mardin and Aretha Franklin.

Personnel:

  • Aretha Franklin– lead and backing vocals, piano, vocal engineer
  • James Brown – lead vocals
  • Elton John– lead vocals
  • Four Tops– lead and backing vocals
  • Whitney Houston– lead vocals
  • Corrado Rustici – guitar, rhythm guitar
  • Steve Khan– guitar
  • Reggie Griffin – guitar
  • David Paich– piano
  • David Foster– piano, Fender Rhodes, synthesizer
  • Walter Afanasieff– keyboards, synthesizer, programming
  • Aaron Zigman– keyboards, bass vocals
  • Ren Klyce– additional keyboards, programming
  • Robbie Kondor – synthesizer, piano
  • Louis Johnson– bass guitar
  • Jerry Knight – bass guitar
  • Jeff Porcaro– drums
  • John Robinson– drums
  • Yogi Horton– drums
  • Sammy Merendino – electronic drums
  • Narada Michael Walden– electronic drums, sequencer, synthesizer, arrangements
  • Steve Kroon – percussion
  • George Devens – percussion
  • Greg Gigi Gonaway– cymbal
  • Kenny G– saxophone
  • Marc Russo– saxophone
  • Andy Snitzer – tenor saxophone
  • Kenneth Hitchcock – baritone saxophone
  • Kent Smith – trumpet
  • Chris Botti– trumpet
  • Mike Davis – trombone
  • Liz Jackson – backing vocals
  • Skyler Jett – backing vocals
  • Melisa Kary – backing vocals
  • Brenda Corbett – backing vocals
  • Edie Lehman – backing vocals
  • Marti McCall – backing vocals
  • Claytoven Richardson– backing vocals
  • Kitty Beethoven – backing vocals
  • Margaret Branch – backing vocals
  • Siedah Garrett– backing vocals
  • “Bongo” Bob Smith – programming
  • Arif Mardin– arrangements
  • Rod Hui – recording, mixing
  • Mike Lacopelli – recording, vocal recording
  • Lincoln Clapp – engineer
  • David Frazer – engineer
  • Darren Klein – engineer, mixing
  • Joe Mardin– programming, sequencer, recording, mixing
  • Peter Max – front and back cover art
  • Marlene Cohen – art direction
  • Norman Parkinson – photography

Track listing:

  1. Gimme Your Love – Narada Michael Walden, Jeffrey Cohen
  2. Mercy – Siedah Garrett, Glen Ballard
  3. He’s the Boy – Aretha Franklin
  4. It Isn’t, It Wasn’t, It Ain’t Never Gonna Be – Albert Hammond, Diane Warren
  5. Through the Storm – Albert Hammond, Diane Warren
  6. Think (1989) – Aretha Franklin, Ted White
  7. Come to Me – Willard Eugene Price
  8. If Ever a Love There Was – Pamela Phillips Oland, Todd Cerney

Wire: Chair Missing

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In August 1978, “Harvest” label released “Chairs Missing”, the second Wire studio album. It was recorded in 1978, at “Advision Studios” in London, and was produced by Mike Thorne.

Personnel:

  • Colin Newman– vocals, guitars, arrangements
  • Bruce Gilbert– guitars, arrangements, concept
  • Mike Thorne– keyboards, synthesizers, arrangements
  • Graham Lewis– vocals, bass guitar, arrangements, concept, design
  • Robert Gotobed– drums, arrangements
  • Kathryn Lukas– flute
  • Paul Hardiman– engineer
  • Ken Thomas – engineer assistant
  • Chris Blair – cutting engineer
  • Denis Blackham– remastering
  • Brian Palmer – art direction
  • Phil Smee– packaging
  • Annette Green – photography
  • Tim Chacksfield – project co-ordination

Track listing:

  1. Practice Makes Perfect – Bruce Gilbert, Colin Newman
  2. French Film Blurred – Graham Lewis, Colin Newman
  3. Another the Letter – Bruce Gilbert, Colin Newman
  4. Men 2nd – Graham Lewis
  5. Marooned – Bruce Gilbert, Colin Newman, Graham Lewis
  6. Sand in My Joints – Graham Lewis
  7. Being Sucked in Again – Colin Newman
  8. Heartbeat – Colin Newman
  9. Mercy – Graham Lewis, Colin Newman
  10. Outdoor Miner – Graham Lewis, Colin Newman
  11. I Am the Fly – Graham Lewis, Colin Newman
  12. I Feel Mysterious Today – Graham Lewis, Colin Newman
  13. From the Nursery – Graham Lewis, Colin Newman
  14. Used To – Bruce Gilbert, Graham Lewis
  15. Too Late – Bruce Gilbert

Widespread Panic: Same

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On July 30, 1991, “Capricorn” label released the self-titled, second Widespread Panic album. It was recorded in 1991, and was produced by Johnny Sandlin.

Personnel:

  • John Bell– vocals, guitar
  • Michael Houser– vocals, guitar
  • Dave Schools– vocals, bass
  • T Lavitz– keyboards
  • Todd Nance– drums
  • Domingo S. Ortiz– percussion
  • Andrew Love – saxophone
  • Wayne Jackson – trumpet, trombone
  • Samantha Woods – backing vocals
  • Johnny Sandlin – engineer, mixing
  • Jeff Coppage – engineer, remixing
  • Steve Tillisch – engineer
  • Alan Schulman – engineer
  • Jim Bickerstaff – engineer assistant, mixing
  • Greg Archilla – engineer assistant
  • Johnny Walls – engineer assistant
  • Russ Martin – mixing assistant
  • Glenn Meadows – mastering
  • Bonnie Koloc – illustrations
  • William Claxton – photography
  • Deborah Norcross – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks written by John Bell, Michael Houser, Todd Nance, Domingo S. Ortiz and Dave Schools, except where noted.

  1. Send Your Mind – Van Morrison
  2. Walkin’ (For Your Love)
  3. Pigeons
  4. Mercy
  5. Rock
  6. Makes Sense to Me – Daniel Hutchens
  7. Brown – John Bell, Michael Houser, Todd Nance, Domingo S. Ortiz, Dave Schools, Jeff Riley
  8. Love Tractor
  9. Weight of the World
  10. I’m Not Alone
  11. Barstools and Dreamers
  12. Proving Ground
  13. The Last Straw

James Brown: Plays The Real Things

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On June 1, 1967, “Smash Records” released “James Brown Plays the Real Thing”, the twentieth James Brown studio album. It was recorded in 1967, and was produced by James Brown.

Personnel:

  • James Brown – organ
  • Alfred Ellis – arrangements
  • Three Lions – photography
  • Ron Oberman – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Jimmy Mack – Holland, Dozier, Holland
  2. What Do You Like – Alfred Ellis
  3. PeeWee’s Groove In “D” – Alfred Ellis
  4. Bernadette – Holland, Dozier, Holland
  5. Mercy, Mercy, Mercy – Joe Zawinul
  6. I Never Loved a Man The Way I Love You – Ronnie Shannon
  7. Funky Broadway – Arlester Christian
  8. D Thing – Ted Wright

Aretha Franklin: Through the Storm

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In May 1989, “Arista” label released “Through the Storm”, the thirty-fifth Aretha Franklin studio album. It was recorded in 1988, and was produced by Narada Michael Walden, Walter Afanasieff, Arif Mardin, Joe Mardin and Aretha Franklin.

Personnel:

  • Aretha Franklin– lead and backing vocals, acoustic piano, vocals engineer
  • James Brown – lead vocals
  • Whitney Houston– lead vocals
  • Elton John– lead vocals
  • Four Tops– vocals
  • Reggie Griffin – guitar
  • Corrado Rustici – guitar, rhythm guitar
  • Steve Khan– guitar
  • Narada Michael Walden– Simmons drums, synthesizer, arrangements
  • Aaron Zigman– bass vocal, keyboards
  • David Foster– electric piano, synthesizer
  • Robbie Kondor – synthesizer, acoustic piano
  • David Paich– acoustic piano
  • Walter Afanasieff– keyboards, synth bass, drum programming
  • Ren Klyce– Fairlight CMI programming, additional keyboards
  • Louis Johnson– bass guitar
  • Jerry Knight – bass guitar
  • Yogi Horton– drums
  • Jeff Porcaro– drums
  • John Robinson– drums
  • George Devens – percussion
  • Steve Kroon – percussion
  • Greg “Gigi” Gonaway – cymbal
  • Marc Russo– saxophone solo
  • Kenny G– saxophone
  • Andy Snitzer – tenor saxophone
  • Kenneth Hitchcock – baritone saxophone
  • Chris Botti– trumpet
  • Kent Smith – trumpet
  • Mike Davis – trombone
  • Arif Mardin– arrangements
  • “Bongo” Bob Smith – drum programming
  • Sammy Merendino – additional drum samples
  • Joe Mardin – programming, sequencing, recording, mixing
  • Claytoven Richardson– backing vocals
  • Edie Lehman – backing vocals
  • Siedah Garrett– backing vocals
  • Kitty Beethoven – backing vocals
  • Margaret Branch – backing vocals
  • Brenda Corbett – backing vocals
  • Liz Jackson – backing vocals
  • Skyler Jett – backing vocals
  • Melisa Kary – backing vocals
  • Marti McCall – backing vocals
  • Rod Hui – recording, mixing
  • Mike Iacopelli – recording , vocal recording
  • Darren Klein – engineer, mixing
  • Lincoln Clapp – engineer
  • David Frazer – engineer
  • Marlene Cohen – art direction
  • Peter Max – cover art
  • Norman Parkinson – photography

Track listing:

  1. Gimme Your Love – Narada Michael Walden, Jeffrey Cohen
  2. Mercy – Siedah Garrett, Glen Ballard
  3. He’s the Boy – Aretha Franklin
  4. It Isn’t, It Wasn’t, It Ain’t Never Gonna Be – Albert Hammond, Diane Warren
  5. Through the Storm – Albert Hammond, Diane Warren
  6. Think – Aretha Franklin, Ted White
  7. Come to Me – Willard Eugene Price
  8. If Ever a Love There Was – Pamela Phillips Oland, Todd Cerney