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Neil Young And The Crazy Horse: Colorado

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On October 25, 2019, “Reprise” label released “Colorado”, album by Neil Young and Crazy Horse (41st studio Neil Young album overall). It was recorded January – April 2019, at “Studio in the Clouds” in Rocky Mountains, Colorado, and was produced by John Hanlon and Neil Young.

Personnel:

  • Neil Young – lead vocals, guitar, acoustic piano, vibes, harmonica, glass harmonica
  • Nils Lofgren – vocals, guitar, piano, pump organ, taps
  • Billy Talbot – vocals, bass
  • Ralph Molina – vocals, drums
  • Joe Yankee – glass harmonica
  • John Hanlon – engineer, mixing
  • Dana Nielsen – recording, editing
  • Philip Broussard, Lynn Peterson, Greg Naylor, Rob Bisel, Dylan Neustadter – engineer assistant
  • Chris Bellman – mastering
  • Daniele Taska, Alex Tenta – art coordination
  • Daryl Hannah – cover art, photography
  • Amber Young – cover art
  • Don Michael Sampson – cover art
  • Drew Doggett – photography
  • Adam CK Vollick – spread photography
  • Elliot Roberts – direction

Track listing:

All tracks by Neil Young.

  1. Think of Me
  2. She Showed Me Love
  3. Olden Days
  4. Help Me Lose My Mind
  5. Green Is Blue
  6. Shut It Down
  7. Milky Way
  8. Eternity
  9. Rainbow of Colors
  10. I Do

Neil Young: Chrome Dreams II

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On October 23, 2007, “Reprise” label released “Chrome Dreams II”, the 30th Neil Young studio album. It was recorded July 1988, May – July 2007, at “Broken Arrow Ranch”, and was produced by Niko Bolas and Neil Young.

Personnel:

  • Neil Young – lead vocal, acoustic and electric guitars, banjo, harmonica, grand piano, pump organ, Hammond B-3 organ, vibes, percussion
  • Ben Keith – pedal steel guitar, lap slide guitar, Dobro, electric guitar, Hammond B-3 organ, vocal
  • Frank “Poncho” Sampedro – guitar
  • Rick Rosas – vocal, bass guitar
  • Ralph Molina – vocal, drums, percussion
  • Chad Cromwell – drums
  • Joe Canuck – vocal
  • Ben Keith – alto saxophone
  • Steve Lawrence – tenor saxophone, keyboards
  • Larry Cragg – baritone saxophone
  • John Fumo – trumpet
  • Tom Bray – trumpet
  • Claude Cailliet – trombone
  • The Wyatt Earps – Ben Keith, Ralph Molina, Neil Young
  • The Jane Wyatts – Nancy Hall, Annie Stocking, Pegi Young
  • The Dirty Old Men – Larry Cragg, Ben Keith, Ralph Molina, Rick Rosas, Neil Young
  • The Young People’s Chorus of New York City
  • Elizabeth Núñez – conductor
  • Darrell Brown – choir arrangements
  • Francisco J. Núñez – artistic director
  • Niko Bolas – recording, mixing
  • John Hausmann – engineer assistant
  • Brent Walton, Tim McColm – engineer assistant
  • Colin Suzuki, Eric Pfeifer – engineer assistant
  • Rob Clark – engineer assistant, editing
  • John Nowland – analog-digital transfers
  • Tim Mulligan – mastering, editing
  • Elliot Roberts – direction

Track listing:

All tracks by Neil Young.

  1. Beautiful Bluebird
  2. Boxcar
  3. Ordinary People
  4. Shining Light
  5. The Believer
  6. Spirit Road
  7. Dirty Old Man
  8. Ever After
  9. No Hidden Path
  10. The Way

Carpenters: Offering

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On October 9, 1969, “A&M” label released “Offering”, the debut Carpenters studio album. It was recorded in 1969, at “A&M Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Jack Daugherty.

Personnel:

  • Richard Carpenter – lead and backing vocals, piano, Wurlitzer electric piano, harpsichord, remastering
  • Karen Carpenter – lead and backing vocals, drums, electric bass
  • Gary Sims – guitar
  • Joe Osborn – bass
  • Bob Messenger – bass
  • Herb Alpert – shakers
  • Ray Gerhardt – engineer
  • Bernie Grundman – remastering
  • Tom Wilkes – art director
  • Jim McCrary – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Richard Carpenter and John Bettis, except where noted.

  1. Invocation
  2. Your Wonderful Parade
  3. Someday
  4. Get Together – Chet Powers
  5. All of My Life – Richard Carpenter
  6. Turn Away
  7. Ticket to Ride – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
  8. Don’t Be Afraid – Richard Carpenter
  9. What’s the Use
  10. All I Can Do
  11. Eve
  12. Nowadays Clancy Can’t Even Sing – Neil Young
  13. Benediction

Nils Lofgren: Mountains

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On July 21, 2023, “Castle Track Road Records” label released “Mountains”, the 29th Nils Lofgren album. It was recorded 2022 – 2023, at Lofgren’s home studio in Scottsdale, Arizona, and was produced by Nils Lofgren and Amy Lofgren.

Personnel:

  • Nils Lofgren – vocals, guitar, keyboards, pedal steel guitar, dulcimer, lap steel guitar, bass guitar, drums, percussion
  • Neil Young – vocals
  • Cindy Mizelle – vocals
  • David Crosby – vocals
  • The Howard University Gospel Choir – choir
  • Ron Carter – double bass 
  • Kevin McCormick – bass guitar
  • Ringo Starr – vocals, drums
  • Andy Newmark – drums
  • Timm Biery – drums
  • Luis Conte – percussion
  • Christine Vivona – harp
  • Jamison Weddle – engineer, recording, mixing
  • Ed Mell – album artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Nils Lofgren, except where noted.

  1. Ain’t the Truth Enough
  2. Only Ticket Out
  3. Back in Your Arms – Bruce Springsteen
  4. Won’t Cry No More (for Charlie Watts)
  5. Nothin’s Easy (for Amy)
  6. Dream Killer
  7. Only Your Smile
  8. I Remember Her Name
  9. We Better Find It
  10. Angel Blues

Neil Young and Crazy Horse: Toast

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On July 8, 2022, “Reprise” label released “Toast”, the 44th Neil Young studio album (credited to Neil Young and Crazy Horse). It was recorded November – December 2000 – February 2001, at “Toast Recoding Studios” in San Francisco, and was produced by John Hanlon and Neil Young.

Personnel:  

  • Neil Young – vocals, guitar, piano, squeezebox, vibes, art direction
  • Pegi Young – vocals
  • Astrid Young – vocals
  • Frank Sampedro – vocals, guitar
  • Billy Talbot – vocals, bass guitar
  • Ralph Molina – vocals, drums, percussion
  • Tom Bray – trumpet
  • John Hanlon – engineer
  • Aaron Prellwitz, Alex Osborne, John Hausmann – engineer assistant
  • Niko Bolas – editing
  • Chris Bellman – mastering
  • Gary Burden, Janice Heo – art direction, design
  • Hannah Johnson, Ebet Roberts – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Neil Young.

  1. Quit
  2. Standing in the Light of Love
  3. Goin’ Home
  4. Timberline
  5. Gateway of Love
  6. How Ya Doin’?
  7. Boom Boom Boom

Neil Young: Homegrown

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On June 19, 2020, “Reprise” label released “Homegrown”, the 42nd Neil Young studio album. The album consists of material recorded June – December 1974, January 1975, at “Quadrafonic” in Nashville, “Broken Arrow Ranch” in Redwood City, “Village Recorders” in Los Angeles, “Ramport” in London, and was produced by Neil Young, Elliot Mazer, Tim Mulligan and Ben Keith.

Personnel:

  • Neil Young – lead vocals, guitar, harmonica, piano, wine glass, piano strings, narration
  • Emmylou Harris – vocal, backing vocals
  • Sandy Mazzeo – vocal
  • Ben Keith – vocals, pedal steel guitar, lap slide guitar, dobro, wine glass, piano strings, narration
  • Robbie Robertson – guitar
  • Stan Szelest – piano, Wurlitzer piano
  • Joe Yankee – piano
  • Tim Drummond – vocals, bass
  • Levon Helm – drums
  • Karl T. Himmel – drums
  • Sandy Mazzeo – backing vocals
  • Tom Wilkes – cover art
  • John Hanlon – assembly, pre-mastering, restoration

Track listing:

All tracks by Neil Young.

  1. Separate Ways
  2. Try
  3. Love Is a Rose
  4. Homegrown
  5. Florida
  6. Kansas
  7. We Don’t Smoke It No More
  8. White Line
  9. Vacancy
  10. Little Wing
  11. Star of Bethlehem

Bill Frisell: Nashville

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On April 29, 1997, “Nonesuch Elektra” label released “Nashville”, the ninth Bill Frisell album. It was recorded September 1995 – November 1996, at “Sound Emporium” in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by Wayne Horvitz.

Personnel:

  • Bill Frisell – guitar
  • Ron Block – banjo
  • Adam Steffey – mandolin
  • Jerry Douglas – dobro
  • Pat Bergeson – harmonica
  • Viktor Krauss – bass
  • Robin Holcomb – vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Bill Frisell, except where noted.

  1. Gimme a Holler
  2. Go Jake
  3. One of These Days – Neil Young
  4. Mr. Memory
  5. Brother
  6. Will Jesus Wash the Bloodstains from Your Hands – Hands Dickens
  7. Keep Your Eyes Open
  8. Pipe Down
  9. Family
  10. We’re Not from Around Here
  11. Dogwood Acres
  12. Shucks
  13. The End of the World – Arthur Kent, Sylvia Dee
  14. Gone

Neil Young With Crazy Horse: World Record

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On November 18, 2022, “Reprise” label released “World Record”, the 43rd Neil Young studio album, and the 15th with Crazy Horse. It was recorded in 2022, at “Shangri-La”, Malibu, California, and was produced by Rick Rubin and Neil Young.

Personnel:

  • Neil Young – lead vocals, guitar, pump organ, Wurlitzer electric and upright piano, harmonica, kick tub drum, Marxophone, vibes
  • Nils Lofgren – vocals, lap steel guitar, slide guitar, pedal steel guitar, guitar, bottleneck guitar, acoustic guitar, muted upright piano, accordion, dobro, percussion 
  • Billy Talbot – vocals, bass guitar
  • Ralph Molina – vocals, drums
  • Ryan Hewitt – engineer, mixing
  • Louis Remenapp – engineer assistant
  • Taylor Jackson – engineer assistant

Track listing:

All tracks by Neil Young.

  1. Love Earth
  2. Overhead
  3. I Walk with You (Earth Ringtone)
  4. This Old Planet (Changing Days)
  5. The World (Is in Trouble Now)
  6. Break the Chain
  7. The Long Day Before
  8. Walkin’ on the Road (To the Future)
  9. The Wonder Won’t Wait
  10. Chevrolet
  11. This Old Planet (reprise)

Dave Gahan & Soulsavers: Imposter

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On November 12, 2021, “Columbia” label released “Imposter”, the third Dave Gahan and Soulsavers album. It was recorded in November 2019, at “Shangri-La” in Malibu, California, and was produced by Rich Machin and Dave Gahan.

Personnel:

  • Dave Gahan – vocals, harmonica
  • Tony Foster – guitar, pedal steel
  • James Walbourne – guitar
  • Rich Machin – guitar, synthesizer
  • Ed Harcourt – piano
  • Sean Read – organ, piano
  • Kevin Bales – drums, percussion
  • Martyn Lenoble – upright and electric bass
  • Janet Ramus – vocals
  • Wendi Rose – vocals
  • Travis Cole – vocals
  • Eric Weaver – engineer
  • Kaushlesh Garry Purohit – engineer
  • Marta Salogni – mixing
  • Geoff Pesche – mastering

Track listing:

  1. The Dark End of the Street – Dan Penn, Chips Moman
  2. Strange Religion – Mark Lanegan
  3. Lilac Wine – James Shelton
  4. I Held My Baby Last Night – Elmore James
  5. A Man Needs a Maid – Neil Young
  6. Metal Heart – Chan Marshall
  7. Shut Me Down – Rowland S. Howard
  8. Where My Love Lies Asleep – Gene Clark
  9. Smile – Charlie Chaplin, John Turner, Geoffrey Parsons
  10. The Desperate Kingdom of Love – PJ Harvey
  11. Not Dark Yet – Bob Dylan
  12. Always on My Mind – Wayne Carson, Mark James, Johnny Christopher

Warren Zevon: Transverse City

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On October 12, 1989, “Virgin” label released “Transverse City”, the seventh Warren Zevon studio album. It was recorded in 1989, at “Mad Hatter” in Los Angeles, “A&M” in Hollywood, “Red Zone” in Burbank, “Paisley Park” in Chanhassen, “Abbey Road” in London, and was produced by Warren Zevon, Andrew Slater and Duncan Aldrich.

Personnel:

  • Warren Zevon – lead and harmony vocals, guitar, harmonica, piano, keyboards
  • Mike Campbell – guitar, mandolin
  • Jerry Garcia – guitar
  • David Gilmour – guitar
  • Waddy Wachtel – acoustic guitar
  • Jorma Kaukonen – acoustic guitar, harmony vocals
  • Neil Young – lead guitar, harmony vocals
  • David Lindley – saz, steel guitar, oud, lap steel guitar, harmony vocals
  • Howie Epstein – banjo, mandolin, bass
  • Chick Corea – piano
  • Benmont Tench – organ
  • John Patitucci – bass
  • Jorge Calderón – bass, harmony vocals
  • Jack Casady – bass
  • Bob Glaub – bass
  • Richie Hayward – drums
  • Rob Jaczko – miscellaneous percussion
  • Mark Isham – flugelhorn
  • J.D. Souther – harmony vocals
  • Jordan Zevon – harmony vocals
  • Duncan Aldrich, John Cutler, Andrew Jackson, Andy Jackson, Rob Jaczko, Tim Mulligan – engineer
  • Heidi Hanschu, Robert Reed, Ira Rubnitz – engineer
  • Rob Jaczko – mixing
  • Jimmy Wachtel – art direction, design, photography
  • Jonathan Exley, Nels Israelson – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Warren Zevon, except where noted.

  1. Transverse City – Stefan Arngrim, Warren Zevon
  2. Run Straight Down
  3. The Long Arm of the Law
  4. Turbulence
  5. They Moved the Moon
  6. Splendid Isolation
  7. Networking – Stefan Arngrim, Warren Zevon
  8. Gridlock
  9. Down in the Mail
  10. Nobody’s in Love This Year