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Mark Lanegan: I’ll Take Care Of You

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On September 21, 1999, “Sub Pop” label released “I’ll Take Care of You”, the fourth Mark Lanegan album. It was recorded in 1999, and was produced by Martin Feveyear.

Personnel:

  • Mark Lanegan – vocals
  • Mike Johnson – guitar
  • Martin Feveyear – organ, percussion, piano, Wurlitzer, engineer, mixing
  • Steve Berlin – organ, flute, piano
  • Mark Hoyt – acoustic and electric guitar, vocals
  • Van Conner – bass
  • Mark Pickerel – drums
  • Mark Boquist – drums
  • Barrett Martin – percussion, vibraphone
  • David Krueger – violin
  • Brett Eliason – engineer
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Jeff Kleinsmith – layout design
  • Stanford Wilson – photography
  • Chris Takino – A&R

Track listing:

  1. Carry Home – Jeffrey Lee Pierce
  2. I’ll Take Care of You – Brook Benton
  3. Shiloh Town – Tim Hardin
  4. Creeping Coastline of Lights – Leaving Trains
  5. Badi-Da – Fred Neil
  6. Consider Me – Eddie Floyd, Booker T. Jones
  7. On Jesus’ Program – Overton Vertis Wright
  8. Little Sadie – traditional
  9. Together Again – Buck Owens
  10. Shanty Man’s Life – Stephen Harrison Paulus
  11. Boogie Boogie – Tim Rose

Spelling: The Turning Wheel

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On June 25, 2021, “Sacred Bones” label released “The Turning Wheel”, the third Spellling (Chrystia “Tia” Cabral) studio album. It was recorded in 2021, and was produced by Spelling.

Personnel:

  • Spellling (Chrystia “Tia” Cabral) – vocals, synthesizer
  • Milo Jimenez – acoustic guitar
  • Macgregor Munson – banjo
  • Donia Jarrar – piano
  • Javier Santiago – piano
  • Brijean Murphy – conga drum
  • Lidia Rodriguez – baritone saxophone
  • Sara Mayo – trombone
  • Jennifer Hinkle – bass trombone
  • Monica Benson – flugelhorn, trumpet
  • Rebecca Steinberg – flugelhorn, trumpet
  • Carolyn Walter – bassoon, clarinet, bass clarinet
  • Erin Paul – horn
  • Calliope Brass Quintet – brass
  • Jinty McTavish – violin
  • Sabrina Tabby – violin
  • Rita Andrade – viola
  • Del Sol Quartet – strings
  • Noor Al-Samarrai – choir
  • Dharma Mooney – choir
  • Ezra Teshome – choir
  • Ted Case – string arrangements
  • Nick Marchione – brass arrangement
  • Aleks Ozolins – engineer
  • John Finkbeiner – engineer
  • Drew Vandenberg – mixing, additional production
  • Adrian Morgan – mastering
  • Jonny Esser – mastering
  • Mike Johnson – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Spellling.

  1. Little Deer
  2. Always
  3. Turning Wheel
  4. The Future
  5. Awaken
  6. Emperor with an Egg
  7. Boys at School
  8. Legacy
  9. Queen of Wands
  10. Magic Act
  11. Revolution
  12. Sweet Talk

Queens Of The Stone Age: Rated R

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On June 6, 2000, “Interscope” label released “Rated R”, the second Queens of the Stone Age studio album. It was recorded December 1999 – March 2000, at “Sound City” in Van Nuys, California, and was produced by Chris Goss and Joshua Homme.

Personnel:

  • Josh Homme – lead and backing vocals, guitars, piano, lead guitar, drums, percussion, mixing, concept
  • Nick Oliveri – lead and backing vocals, bass, guitar, percussion, concept, art conception
  • Gene Trautmann – drums
  • Dave Catching – piano, electric piano, lap steel guitar, guitar, 12-string guitar
  • Chris Goss – grand piano, noise piano, bass, percussion, backing vocals
  • Nick Lucero – drums, percussion
  • Barrett Martin – vibes, percussion, steel drum
  • Scott Mayo – baritone sax, horns
  • Fernando Pullum – flugelhorn, horns
  • Reggie Young – horns
  • Mark Lanegan – lead and backing vocals
  • Mike Johnson – backing vocals
  • Pete Stahl – backing vocals
  • Rob Halford – backing vocals
  • Nick Eldorado – backing vocals
  • Wendy Rae Fowler (Wendy Ray Moan) – backing vocals
  • Bradley Cook – engineer
  • Martin Schmelzle – engineer, sequencing, assembly
  • Trina Shoemaker – engineer, mixing
  • Dan Druff – guitar technician
  • Marek – noise, mixing
  • Robert Brunner – pre-production assistant
  • Francesca Restrepo – art direction

Track listing:

All tracks by Josh Homme and Nick Oliveri.

  1. Feel Good Hit of the Summer
  2. The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret
  3. Leg of Lamb
  4. Auto Pilot
  5. Better Living Through Chemistry
  6. Monsters in the Parasol – Josh Homme, Mario Lalli
  7. Quick and to the Pointless
  8. In the Fade (includes a reprise of Feel Good Hit of the Summer) – Josh Homme, Mark Lanegan
  9. Tension Head
  10. Lightning Song – Dave Catching
  11. I Think I Lost My Headache

Willie Nelson: I Don’t Know a Thing About Love: The Songs of Harlan Howard

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On March 3, 2023, “Legacy Recordings” label released “I Don’t Know a Thing About Love: The Songs of Harlan Howard”, the 73rd Willie Nelson album. It was recorded in 2022, at “Sound Emporium”, ”East Iris” and “Blackbird” in Nashville, “Pedernales” in Austin, and was produced by Buddy Cannon. The album is a tribute to the songwriter Harlan Howard.

Personnel:

  • Willie Nelson – lead vocals, trigger
  • Bobby Terry – acoustic and electric guitar
  • James Mitchell – electric guitar
  • Mike Johnson – steel guitar
  • Jim “Moose” Brown – piano, synthesizer, B-3 organ, Wurlitzer
  • Mickey Raphael – harmonica
  • Larry Paxton – bass, tic tac bass
  • Lonnie Wilson – drums
  • Wyatt Beard – backing vocals
  • Melonie Cannon – backing vocals
  • Tony Castle – recording, mixing
  • Steve Chadie – recording
  • Andrew Mendelson – mastering
  • Shannon Finnegan – production coordinator
  • Micah Nelson – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Harlan Howard, except where noted.

  1. Tiger by the Tail – Harlan Howard, Buck Owens
  2. The Chokin’ Kind
  3. Excuse Me (I Think I’ve Got a Heartache) – Harlan Howard, Buck Owens
  4. Life Turned Her That Way
  5. I Don’t Know a Thing About Love
  6. Streets of Baltimore – Harlan Howard, Tompall Glasser
  7. Busted
  8. She Called Me Baby
  9. Too Many Rivers
  10. Beautiful Annabel Lee

Spelling: The Turning Wheel

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On June 25, 2021, “Sacred Bones Records” label released “The Turning Wheel”, the third Spellling studio album. It was recorded in 2021, and was produced by Spelling (Chrystia “Tia” Cabral).

Personnel:

  • Spelling – vocals
  • Milo Jimenez – acoustic guitar
  • Macgregor Munson – banjo
  • Donia Jarrar – piano
  • Javier Santiago – piano
  • Brijean Murphy – conga drum
  • Lidia Rodriguez – baritone saxophone
  • Monica Benson – flugelhorn, trumpet
  • Sara Mayo – trombone
  • Jennifer Hinkle – bass trombone
  • Rebecca Steinberg – flugelhorn, trumpet
  • Carolyn Walter – bassoon, clarinet, bass clarinet
  • Erin Paul – horn
  • Calliope Brass Quintet – brass
  • Del Sol Quartet – strings
  • Sabrina Tabby – violin
  • Jinty McTavish – violin
  • Rita Andrade – viola
  • Dharma Mooney – choir
  • Ezra Teshome – choir
  • Noor Al-Samarrai – choir
  • Ted Case – string arrangements
  • Nick Marchione – brass arrangement
  • Aleks Ozolins – engineer
  • John Finkbeiner – engineer
  • Drew Vandenberg – additional production, mixing
  • Adrian Morgan – mastering
  • Jonny Esser – mastering
  • Mike Johnson – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Spellling.

  1. Little Deer
  2. Always
  3. Turning Wheel
  4. The Future
  5. Awaken
  6. Emperor with an Egg
  7. Boys at School
  8. Legacy
  9. Queen of Wands
  10. Magic Act
  11. Revolution
  12. Sweet Talk

Mark Lanegan: Imitations

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On September 17, 2013, “Vagrant Records” and “Heavenly Records” labels released “Imitations”, the eighth Mark Lanegan studio album. It was recorded in 2012, and was produced by Martin Feveyear.

Personnel:

  • Mark Lanegan – vocals
  • Billy Stover – piano
  • Mike Johnson – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Alain Johannes – cigfiddle, mellotron, acoustic and ebo guitar
  • Jeff Fielder – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Andrew Joslyn – violin, viola
  • Rebecca Filice – cello
  • Mark Hoyt – backing vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Jason Staczek – harpsichord
  • Eric Padget – trumpet
  • Tom Yoder – trombone
  • Drew Church – bass
  • Duff McKagan – bass
  • Barrett Martin – vibraphone, tambourine, drums, percussion
  • Bill Rieflin – drums, percussion, pump organ, mellotron
  • Mark Pickerel – drums

Track listing:

  1. Flatlands – Chelsea Wolve
  2. She’s Gone – Vern Gosdin
  3. Deepest Shade – Greg Dulli
  4. You Only Live Twice – Leslie Bricusse, John Barry
  5. Pretty Colors – Al Gorgoni, Chip Taylor
  6. Brompton Oratory – Nick Cave
  7. Solitaire – Neil Sedaka, Phil Cody
  8. Mack the Knife – Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht (English lyrics by Manheim – Willett)
  9. I’m Not the Loving Kind – John Cale
  10. Lonely Street – Carl Belew, Kenny Sowder, W.S.Stevenson
  11. Élégie Funèbre – Gérard Manset
  12. Autumn Leaves – Joseph Kosma, Jacques Prévert (English lyrics by Johnny Mercer)

Willie Nelson: First Rose of Spring

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On July 3, 2020, “Legacy Recordings” label released “First Rose of Spring”, the seventieth Willie Nelson studio album. It was recorded in 2019 at “The Tracking Room”, UMG Studios”, “Blackbird Studios” and “The Tone Dock” Nashville, “Pedernales Studios” in Austin, and was produced by Buddy Cannon.

Personnel:

  • Willie Nelson – Trigger, vocals
  • Buddy Cannon – acoustic guitar, backing vocals
  • Bobby Terry – acoustic and electric guitar, steel guitar
  • Mike Johnson – steel guitar
  • Catherine Marx – piano, B3 organ, Wurlitzer, Rhodes
  • Mickey Raphael – harmonica
  • Kevin “Swine” Grantt – upright bass
  • Larry Paxton – upright bass
  • Chad Cromwell – drums
  • Lonnie Wilson – drums
  • Sari Reist – strings
  • Kristin Wilkinson – strings
  • David Davidson – strings
  • Connie Ellisor – strings
  • Alicia Enstrom – strings
  • Anthony La Marchina – strings
  • Dave Angell – strings
  • Monisa Angell – strings
  • Jerry Bifano – strings
  • Karen Winkelmann – strings
  • Kristin Wilkinson – string arrangements
  • Melodie Cannon – backing vocals
  • Ward Davis – backing vocals
  • Tony Castle – recording, mixing
  • Steve Chadie – recording
  • Kevin Boettger – engineer assistant
  • Michelle Freetley – engineer assistant
  • Matt Leigh – assistant engineer
  • Steve Mazur – engineer assistant
  • Nick Molino – engineer assistant
  • Bryce Roberts – engineer assistant
  • Bobby Terry – engineer assistant
  • Andrew Mendelson – mastering
  • Luke Armentrout – mastering assistant
  • Bobbi Giel – mastering assistant
  • Andrew Darby – mastering assistant
  • Shannon Finnegan – production coordinator
  • Steven Lamb – copyist
  • Micah Nelson – artwork
  • Alexandra Dascalu Nelson – back cover photo

Track listing:

  1. First Rose of Spring – Randy Houser, Allen Shamblin, Mark Beeson
  2. Blue Star – Willie Nelson, Buddy Cannon
  3. I’ll Break Out Again – Sanger D. Shafer, A. L. “Doodle” Owens
  4. Don’t let the Old Man In – Toby Keith
  5. Just Burnin’ Around – Pete Graves
  6. Our Song – Chris Stapleton
  7. We Are the Cowboys – Billy Joe Shaver
  8. Stealing Home – Maria Cannon-Goodman, Casey Beathard, Don Sampson
  9. I’m the Only Hell My Mama Ever Raised – Wayne Kemp, Bobby Borchers, Mack Vickery
  10. Love Just Laughed – Willie Nelson, Buddy Cannon
  11. Yesterday When I Was Young – Charles Aznavour, Herbert Kretzmer

Mark Lanegan: Scraps at Midnight

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On July 21, 1998, “Sub Pop” label released “Scraps at Midnight”, the third Mark Lanegan album. It was recorded in 1998, at “Rancho De La Luna” in Joshua Tree, California, and was produced by Mike Johnson and Mark Lanegan.

Personnel:

  • Mark Lanegan- vocals, guitar
  • Mike Johnson- guitar
  • Paul Solger Dana – guitar
  • Dave Catching – vocals, keyboards, bass
  • J Mascis– piano
  • Terry John – harmonica
  • Fred Drake
  • Phil Sparks – upright bass
  • Keni Richards – drums
  • Tad Doyle– drums
  • Liz Burns – voice
  • Mike Stinette – saxophone
  • John Agnello – engineer, mixing
  • John Burton – engineer
  • Terry Date– engineer
  • Jack Endino– engineer
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Judith Schaechter – artwork
  • Kenneth Sherwood – design
  • Charles Peterson – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Mark Lanegan, except where noted.

  1. Hospital Roll Call
  2. Hotel
  3. Stay – Mark Lanegan, Mike Johnson
  4. Bell Black Ocean – Mark Lanegan, Mike Johnson, Keni Richards
  5. Last One in the World – Mark Lanegan, Mike Johnson
  6. Wheels
  7. Waiting on a Train – Mark Lanegan, Mike Johnson
  8. Day and Night
  9. Praying Ground – Mark Lanegan, Mike Johnson
  10. Because of This – Mark Lanegan, Mike Johnson, Keni Richards, Paul Solger Dana

The Dirty Projectors: Lamp Lit Prose

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On July 13, 2018, “Domino” label released “Lamp Lit Prose”, the eighth Dirty Projectors (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2018, at “Ivo Shandor” in Los Angeles, and was produced by David Longstreth/

Personnel:

  • David Longstreth– vocals, acoustic, 12-string and electric guitar, Juno, Rhodes, piano, organ, bass, drums, drum production, Wurlitzer, string arrangements, horn arrangements
  • Syd– vocals
  • Lorely Rodriguez (Empress Of)– vocals, additional vocals
  • Teresa Eggers – additional vocals
  • Mauro Refosco– surdo, percussion
  • Tyondai Braxton– modular processing
  • Todd Simon – trumpet, cornet, flugelhorn, French horn, euphonium
  • Tracy Wannomae – alto, tenor and baritone saxophone, bass clarinet, recorder
  • Juliane Graf – trombone, bass trombone, tuba
  • Mike Johnson – drums
  • Benjamin Jacobson– violin
  • Andrew Bulbrook– violin
  • Jonathan Moerschel– viola
  • Eric Byers– cello
  • Danielle Haim– vocals
  • Alana Haim– vocals
  • Este Haim– vocals
  • Amber Mark – vocals
  • Rostam Batmanglij– vocals
  • Katy Davidson– vocals
  • Robin Pecknold– vocals
  • Björk– higurashi recording
  • Daniel Luna – güira
  • Francisco Javier Paredes – bongos
  • Nat Baldwin– bass
  • David Longstreth – mixing
  • Manny Marroquin– mixing
  • Greg Calbi– mastering
  • Sonny DiPerri – drum engineering, percussion engineer, guitar engineering
  • David Tolomei – drum engineering, string engineering, horn engineering, percussion engineer, piano engineering
  • Miro Mackie – vocal engineering, piano engineering, guitar engineering
  • Ryan Tuttle – guitar, Wurlitzer and Rhodes engineer, piano engineering
  • Robby Moncrieff – guitar engineering, Rhodes and Wurlitzer engineering, bass and organ engineering, additional engineering
  • Nikolaj Nielsen – Robin Pecknold’s vocal engineering
  • Logan Patrick – Rostam Batmanglij’s vocal engineering
  • David Longstreth – art direction
  • Joe Cariati – glass sculptures
  • Jason Frank Rothenberg – photography
  • Kelsey Fugere – prop styling
  • Teresa Eggers – prop styling
  • Rob Carmichael (Seen) – design

Track listing:

All tracks by David Longstreth, except where noted.

  1. Right Now
  2. Break-Thru
  3. That’s a Lifestyle
  4. I Feel Energy
  5. Zombie Conqueror
  6. Blue Bird
  7. I Found It in U
  8. What Is the Time
  9. You’re the One
  10. (I Wanna) Feel It All – David Longstreth, Net Baldwin, Mike Johnson

Mark Lanegan: Field Songs

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On May 8, 2001, “Beggars Banquet” label released “Field Songs”, the fifth Mark Lanegan album. It was recorded in 2001, at “Jupiter Studios” in Alliance, Ohio,    “Robert Lang Studios” in Shoreline, Washington, “Sound City Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by John Angello and Martin Feveyear.

Personnel:

  • Mark Lanegan– vocals, guitar
  • Allen Davis – acoustic guitar, bass
  • Ben Shepherd– vocals, acoustic, lap steel and electric guitar, bass, piano
  • Mike Johnson- acoustic guitar and electric guitar, Wurlitzer organ, piano, backing vocals
  • Brett Netson – acoustic guitar
  • John Agnello – vocals, recorder, mixing, mastering
  • Martin Feveyear– vocals, Hammond organ, recorder, mixing, mastering
  • Keni Richards – piano, drums, mellotron
  • Marek – piano
  • Chris Goss– vocals, synthesizer
  • Mark Hoyt – vocals
  • Wendy Rae Fowler- vocals
  • Duff McKagan- drums, Fender Rhodes
  • Mark Boquist – drums
  • Bill Rieflin- drums
  • Chris Strother – photography

 Track listing:

All tracks by Mark Lanegan except where noted.

  1. One Way Street
  2. No Easy Action
  3. Miracle
  4. Pill Hill Serenade
  5. Don’t Forget Me
  6. Kimiko’s Dream House – Jeffrey Lee Pierce, Mark Lanegan
  7. Resurrection Song
  8. Field Song
  9. Low
  10. Blues for D – Mark Lanegan, Ben Shepherd
  11. She Done Too Much
  12. Fix