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Meat Puppets: Forbidden Places

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On July 1, 1991, “London” label released “Forbidden Places”, the seventh studio Meat Puppets studio album. It was recorded 1990 – 1991, at “Capitol Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Pete Anderson.

Personnel:

  • Curt Kirkwood – vocals, guitar
  • Cris Kirkwood – bass, backing vocals, illustrations
  • Derrick Bostrom – drums, percussion
  • Skip Edwards – organ
  • Alex Acuña – percussion
  • Dusty Wakeman – programming, recording
  • Pete Doell – recording engineer
  • Kevin Reeves, Leslie Ann Jones, Ray Blair, Tracy Chisholm – additional engineering
  • Judy Clapp – mixing
  • Stephen Marrcussen – mastering
  • Klotz – art direction
  • Michael Lavine – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Curt Kirkwood.

  1. Sam
  2. Nail It Down
  3. This Day
  4. Open Wide
  5. Another Moon
  6. That’s How It Goes
  7. Whirlpool
  8. Popskull
  9. No Longer Gone
  10. Forbidden Places
  11. Six Gallon Pie

Marianne Faithfull: Strange Weather

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In July 1987, “Island” label released “Strange Weather”, the eleventh Marianne Faithfull album. It was recorded in 1987, at “A&R Recording Studios”, “Record Plant Studios” in New York City, “Bearsville Studios” in Bearsville, New York, and was produced by Hal Willner.

Personnel:

  • Marianne Faithfull – vocals
  • Bill Frisell- guitars
  • Sharon Freeman- piano
  • John (credited as Mac Rebennack) – piano
  • Garth Hudson- accordion
  • William Schimmel- accordion
  • Fernando Saunders- bass
  • T. Lewis – drums, horn arrangements
  • Chris Hunter – alto saxophone, flute
  • William Schimmel- accordion
  • Steve Slagle – alto saxophone
  • Lew Soloff- trumpet
  • Michael Levine- violin
  • Michael Gibbs- string arrangements
  • Joe Ferla – recording, mixing
  • Tony Wright – photography

Track listing:

  1. Stranger Intro – Bill Frisell
  2. Boulevard of Broken Dreams – Al Dubin, Harry Warren
  3. I Ain’t Goin’ Down To The Well No More – Huddie Ledbetter, Alan Lomax, John Lomax
  4. Yesterdays – Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern
  5. Sign of Judgement – Kid Prince Moore
  6. Strange Weather – Tom Waits, Kathleen Brennan
  7. Love, Life and Money – Julius Dixon, Henry Glover
  8. ll Keep It With Mine – Bob Dylan
  9. Hello Stranger – Doc Pomus, Mac Rebennack (Dr. John)
  10. Penthouse Serenade – Will Jason, Val Burton
  11. As Tears Go By – Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Andrew Loog Oldham
  12. A Stranger On Earth – Sid Feller, Rick Ward