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Air Supply: The Vanishing Race

On May 11, 1993, “Giant Records” label released “The Vanishing Race”, the twelfth Air Supply album. It was recorded in 1993, at “Trax Recording Studios” in Hollywood, “Ground Control Studios” and “Sunset Sound” in Los Angeles, “Chartmaker Studios” in Malibu, US, and was produced by Humberto Gatica.

Personnel:

  • Russell Hitchcock – lead and backing vocals
  • Graham Russell – lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, piano, arrangements
  • Michael Thompson – electric guitar
  • Tim Pierce – electric guitar
  • Dean Parks – acoustic guitar
  • Guy Allison – keyboards, piano, programming
  • Simon Franglen – Synclavier, Synclavier programming
  • Rick Hahn – keyboard programming, drum programming
  • Robbie Buchanan – keyboards
  • Claude Gaudette – keyboards, Moog bass, drum programming
  • Brad Buxer – keyboards, percussion programming
  • Billy Sherwood – 8-string and 5-string bass
  • Leland Sklar – bass guitar
  • Neil Stubenhaus – bass guitar
  • Clifford Rehrig – stick bass
  • Michael Baird – drums
  • Vinnie Colaiuta – drums
  • Rafael Padilla – percussion
  • Paulinho Da Costa – percussion
  • Steve Tavaglione – saxophone
  • Anita Sherman – backing vocals
  • Jessica Williams – backing vocals
  • Warren Wiebe – backing vocals
  • Quiltman – backing vocals, Indian chant and prayer
  • Michael Sherwood – backing vocals
  • Humberto Gatica – engineer, mixing
  • Felipe Elgueta – engineer, producer assistant
  • Alejandro Rodriguez – mixing assistant
  • George Marino – mastering
  • Brett-Livingstone Strong – artwork
  • Dean Armstrong – photography
  • Graham Russell – executive producer
  • Tony DeFranco – production coordinator

Track listing:

  1. It’s Never Too Late – Graham Russell, Michael Sherwood
  2. Faith – Rick Hahn, George Thatcher
  3. Kiss Me Like You Mean It – Graham Russell, Guy Allison, Clifford Rehrig
  4. Evidence of Love – Steve Diamond, Chris Farron
  5. Goodbye – David Foster, Linda Thompson
  6. The Vanishing Race – Graham Russell, Larry Antonino, Michael Sherwood
  7. Don’t Tell Me – Graham Russell, Jimmy Haun, Michael Sherwood
  8. Too Sentimental – Brad Buxer, Graham Russell
  9. I Remember Love – Graham Russell, Michael Sherwood
  10. I’ll Be Thinking of You – Graham Russell

Lowell George: Thanks I’ll Eat It Here

On March 2, 1979, “Warner Bros” label released “Thanks I’ll Eat It Here”, the only Lowell George solo album. It was recorded in 1078, at “Sunset Sound” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Lowell George. The cover art, painted by Neon Park, is a version of Édouard Manet’s painting “Le déjeuner sur l’herbe” with Marlene Dietrich, Fidel Castro and Bob Dylan as the diners.

Personnel:

  • Lowell George – vocals, guitar
  • Ron Koss – guitar, engineer
  • Turner Stephen Bruton- guitar
  • Dean Parks- guitar, keyboards
  • Luis Damian – guitar, keyboards
  • Jimmy Greenspoon – guitar, piano
  • Roberto Gutierrez – vocals, guitar, drums
  • Bonnie Raitt- vocals
  • Maxine Dixon – piano
  • Arthur Gerst – piano
  • Peggy Sandvig – piano
  • Nicky Hopkins- keyboards
  • Gordon DeWitty – keyboards, piano
  • James Newton Howard- keyboards
  • Denny Christianson – keyboards, horns
  • David Foster- keyboards
  • David Paich- keyboards
  • Bruce Paulson – keyboards
  • Bill Payne- keyboards, vocals
  • D. Souther- vocals, bass
  • Paul Stallworth – bass, guitar
  • Dennis Belfield – bass
  • Chuck Rainey- bass
  • Chilli Charles – drums
  • Jim Keltner- drums
  • Jim Gordon- drums
  • Michael Baird- drums
  • Jeff Porcaro- drums
  • Floyd Sneed – vocals, drums
  • Richie Hayward- drums
  • Jerry Jumonville – saxophone, guitar
  • Darrell Leonard – vocals, horn
  • Jim Price- horns
  • Bobby Bruce – violin, guitar
  • Maxayn Lewis- vocals
  • Herb Pedersen- vocals
  • Joel Peskin – vocals, saxophone
  • John Phillips- saxophone, drums
  • James Self – tuba
  • Steve Madaio – horns
  • Fred Tackett- guitar, vocals
  • Maxine Willard Waters – vocals
  • Donn Landee, George Massenburg– engineer
  • Billy Youdelman, Bruce Botnick, Doug Botnick – engineer assistant
  • Michael Ward – truck driver, drum tech
  • Brad Kanawyer, Michael Hollyfield – design
  • Elizabeth George, Bob Marks, Nancy Goldfarb – photography

Track listing:

  1. What Do You Want the Girl to Do – Allen Toussaint
  2. Honest Man – Lowell George, Fred Tackett
  3. Two Trains – Lowell George
  4. I Can’t Stand the Rain – Ann Peebles, Don Bryant, Bernie Miller
  5. Cheek to Cheek – Lowell George, Van Dyke Parks, Martin Kibbee (aka Fred Martin))
  6. Easy Money – Rickie Lee Jones
  7. Twenty Million Things – Lowell George, Jed Levy
  8. Find a River – Fred Tackett
  9. Himmler’s Ring – Jimmy Webb

 

Joe Cocker: Cocker

In April 1986, “Capitol” label released “Cocker”, the tenth Joe Cocker studio album. It was recorded in 1986, and was produced by Richie Zito, Terry Manning, Ron Nevison, Albert Hammond and Diane Warren and Bernard Edwards. The album was certified Platinum in Australia by “ARIA”, and Platinum in Germany by “BVMI”.

Personnel:

  • Joe Cocker – lead vocals
  • Neal Schon, Richie Zito, Eddie Martinez, Cliff Goodwin, Dann Huff – guitars
  • Mike Moran, Arthur Barrow, Jeff Lorber, Larry Marshall, Jeff Bova, Michael Boddicker, Howard Hersh – keyboards
  • Vito San Filippo, Bernard Edwards, Randy Jackson, Arthur Barrow, Mike Moran – bass
  • Michael Baird, Anton Fig, Eric Parker – drums
  • Mel Collins, Andrew Love – saxophone
  • Dick Hyde, Steve Madaio, Joel Peskin – horns
  • Albert Hammond, Diane Warren, Curtis King, Maxine Green, Julia Tillman Waters, Leslie Smith, Joe Turano, Elesecia Wright, Maxine Waters – backing vocals

Track listing:

  1. Shelter Me – Nick DiStefano
  2. A to Z – Tom Kimmel
  3. Don’t You Love Me Anymore – Albert Hammond, Diane Warren
  4. Living Without Your Love – Michael Bolton, Doug James
  5. Don’t Drink The Water – Richard Feldman, Pat Robinson
  6. You Can Leave Your Hat On – Randy Newman
  7. Heart of the Matter – Ronald Miller, Billy Aerts
  8. Inner City Blues – Marvin Gaye, James Nyx Jr.
  9. Love Is on a Fade – Stephen Allen Davis, Dennis Morgan
  10. Heaven -Terry Manning

 

Bob Dylan: Down In The Groove

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On May 30, 1988, “Columbia” label released “Down in the Groove”, the twenty-fifth Bob Dylan studio album. It was recorded 1983–1987, and was produced by Bob Dylan and Mark Knopfler.

Personnel:

  • Bob Dylan – vocals, guitar, harmonica, keyboards
  • Jerry Garcia– vocals
  • Brent Mydland– vocals
  • Bob Weir– vocals
  • Mark Knopfler – guitar
  • Eric Clapton– guitar
  • Steve Jones– guitar
  • Danny Kortchmar– guitar
  • Mitchell Froom– keyboards
  • Alan Clark– keyboards
  • Beau Hill – keyboards
  • Madelyn Quebec – keyboards, backing vocals
  • Randy “The Emperor” Jackson– bass guitar
  • Nathan East– bass guitar
  • Kip Winger– bass guitar
  • Ronnie Wood– bass guitar
  • Larry Klein– bass guitar
  • Paul Simonon– bass guitar
  • Robbie Shakespeare– bass guitar
  • Stephen Shelton – drums, keyboards, engineer, mixing
  • Michael Baird– drums
  • Sly Dunbar– drums
  • Steve Jordan– drums
  • Henry Spinetti– drums
  • Full Force – backing vocals
  • Peggie Blu– backging vocals
  • Alexandra Brown – backing vocals
  • Carolyn Dennis– backing vocals
  • Willie Green, Jr. – backing vocals
  • Bobby King– backing vocals
  • Clydie King – backing vocals
  • Pamela Quinlan – backing vocals
  • Coke Johnson – engineer
  • Mike Kloster – engineer assistant
  • Jeff Musel – engineer assistant
  • Jim Preziosi – engineer assistant
  • Brian Saucy – engineer assistant

Track listing:

  1. Let’s Stick Together – Wilbert Harrison
  2. When Did You Leave Heaven? – Walter Bullock, Richard Whiting
  3. Sally Sue Brown – Arthur June Alexander, Earl Montgomery, Tom Stafford
  4. Death Is Not the End – Bob Dylan
  5. Had a Dream About You, Baby – Bob Dylan
  6. Ugliest Girl in the World – Bob Dylan, Robert Hunter
  7. Silvio – Bob Dylan, Robert Hunter
  8. Ninety Miles an Hour (Down a Dead End Street) – Hal Blair, Don Robertson
  9. Shenandoah – traditional, arr. by Bob Dylan
  10. Rank Strangers to Me – Albert E. Brumley

Art Garfunkel: Fate For Breakfast

Fate for Breakfast

On March 15, 1979, “Columbia” label released “Fate for Breakfast” the fourth Art Garfunkel solo album. It was recorded January – February 1979, and was produced by Louie Shelton and Mike Batt.

Personnel:

  • Art Garfunkel– lead and harmony vocals
  • Lee Ritenour– electric guitar
  • Larry Rolando – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Jeffrey Staton – acoustic guitar, backing vocals
  • Chris Spedding– guitar
  • Stephen Bishop – guitar, backing vocals
  • Louie Shelton – guitar
  • Roland Harker – guitar
  • Richie Zito – guitar
  • Hugh McCracken– guitar
  • Larry Knechtel– piano
  • Richard Tee– electric piano
  • Rob Mounsey– synthesizer, clavinet, Fender Rhodes, Oberheim
  • Dennis Belfield – bass
  • DeLisle Harper – bass
  • Edwin Roxburgh – bass
  • Lyle Harper, Les Hurdle, Neil Jason, Neil Johnson – bass
  • Roy J. Morgan – drums
  • Michael Baird– drums
  • Steve Gadd– drums
  • Simon Phillips– drums
  • Errol “Crusher” Bennett – percussion
  • Ray Cooper– percussion
  • Alan Estes – percussion
  • Lyle Forman – percussion
  • Michael Brecker– tenor saxophone
  • Tom Scott– tenor saxophone
  • Penny Nichols – backing vocals
  • Leah Kunkel– backing vocals
  • Billy Alessi – backing vocals
  • Bobby Alessi – backing vocals
  • Maxine Anderson – backing vocals
  • Carolyn Dennis– backing vocals
  • Jim Gilstrap – backing vocals
  • Gene Page– arrangements
  • Del Newman – string arrangements

Track listing:

  1. In a Little While (I’ll Be on My Way) – Dennis Belfield
  2. Since I Don’t Have You – Joseph Rock, Jimmy Beaumont, Lenny Martin
  3. And I Know – Michael Sembello, David Batteau
  4. Sail on a Rainbow – Stephen Bishop
  5. Miss You Nights – Dave Townsend
  6. Bright Eyes – Mike Batt
  7. Finally Found a Reason – Michael Sembello, David Batteau, Craig Bickhardt, Rick Bell
  8. Beyond the Tears – Jeffrey Comanor, Robert Gundry
  9. Oh How Happy – Charles Hatcher
  10. When Someone Doesn’t Want You – Jeffrey Staton
  11. Take Me Away – Grant Gullickson, Lance Gullickson