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Edgar Winter: Shock Treatment

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In May 1974, “Epic” label released “Shock Treatment”, the fourth Edgar Winter studio album. It was recorded in 1974, at “Record Plant” in New York City, and was produced by Rick Derringer.

Personnel:

  • Edgar Winter – vocals, bass, clavinet,  mellotron,  organ,  piano,  synthesizer, vibraphone, saxophone
  • Rick Derringer- vocals, guitar, electric sitar
  • Dan Hartman – vocals, guitar, bass, percussion, autoharp
  • Chuck Ruff- drums
  • Shelly Yakus- engineer
  • Jimmy Iovine- engineer assistant
  • Lou Schlossberg – engineer assistant
  • Lehman Yates – engineer assistant
  • Vic Anesini – mastering
  • Teresa Alfieri – design
  • Bill King – photography

Track listing:

  1. Some Kinda Animal – Dan Hartman
  2. Easy Street – Dan Hartman
  3. Sundown – Dan Hartman
  4. Miracle of Love – Edgar Winter, Dan Hartman
  5. Do Like Me – Edgar Winter
  6. Rock & Roll Woman – Dan Hartman
  7. Someone Take My Heart Away – Edgar Winter
  8. Queen of My Dreams – Dan Hartman
  9. Maybe Some Day You’ll Call My Name – Dan Hartman
  10. River’s Risin’ – Dan Hartman
  11. Animal – Edgar Winter

Travis: The Boy with no Name

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On May 7, 2007, “Epic” label released “The Boy with No Name”, the fifth Travis studio album. It was recorded December 2004-January 2007, at “British Grove Studios”, “The Hospital”, “Kensaltown Studios”, “Mayfair Studios”, “RAK Studios”, “Westside Studios”, “The Zeppelin Studios”,” Hampstead Heath” in London, “Mercer Street”, “The Weston Park Hotel” and “Washington Square Park” in New York City, and was produced by Steve Orchard, Nigel Godrich, Mike Hedges, Fran Healy, Andy Dunlop, Dougie Payne, Neil Primrose and George Tandero.

Personnel:

  • Fran Healy– lead vocals, guitar, harmonica, piano
  • Andy Dunlop– guitar
  • Dougie Payne– bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Neil Primrose– drums
  • Sarah Clarke – clarinet
  • Joby Talbot– string arrangement
  • Sally Herbert– violin, string arrangements
  • Lucy Wilkins – violin
  • Louisa Fuller – violin
  • Helena Wood – violin
  • Rick Koster – violin
  • Richard George – violin
  • Louisa Aldridge – violin
  • Jonathan Hill – violin
  • Darragh Morgan – violin
  • Jeff Moore – violin
  • Natalia Bonner – violin
  • Everton Nelson – violin
  • Calina De La Mare – violin
  • Oli Langford – viola
  • Adrian Smith – viola
  • Reiad Chibah – viola
  • John Metcalfe – viola
  • Rachel Robson – viola
  • Chris Worsey – cello
  • Ian Burdge – cello
  • Zoe Martlew – cello
  • Manon Morris – harp
  • Julia Stone– backing vocals
  • KT Tunstall– backing vocals
  • Mike Hedges– vocal recordings
  • Steve Orchard – engineer
  • George Tandero – engineer, mixing
  • Nigel Godrich– engineer
  • Matthieu Clouard – production assistant, vocal recordings
  • Jens L Thomsen – engineer assistant
  • Michael H. Brauer– mixing
  • Will Hensley – mixing assistant
  • Emery Dobyns– Washington Square Park recording
  • Tappin Gofton– design, art direction
  • Stefan Ruiz – photography

Track listing:

  1. 3 Times and You Loose – Fran Healy, Andy Dunlop
  2. Selfish Jean – Fran Healy
  3. Closer – Fran Healy
  4. Big Chair – Fran Healy, Andy Dunlop
  5. Battleship – Fran Healy
  6. Eyes Wide Open – Fran Healy
  7. My Eyes – Fran Healy
  8. One Night – Fran Healy
  9. Under the Moonlight – Susie Hug
  10. Out in Space – Fran Healy
  11. Colder – Fran Healy, Dougie Payne
  12. New Amsterdam – Fran Healy
  13. Sailing Away – Fran Healy

Lou Reed: New Sensation

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In April 1984, “RCA” label released “New Sensations”, the thirteenth Lou Reed studio album. It was recorded in 1984, at “Skyline Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Lou Reed and John Jansen.

Personnel:

  • Lou Reed – vocals, lead and rhythm guitar
  • Peter Wood– piano, synthesizers, accordion
  • Fernando Saunders– electric and string bass, rhythm guitar, backing vocals
  • Fred Maher– drums
  • Lakshminarayana Shankar– electric violin
  • Michael Brecker– tenor saxophone
  • Randy Brecker– trumpet
  • Jon Faddis– trumpet
  • Tom Malone– trombone, horn arrangement
  • Jocelyn Brown– backing vocals
  • Rory Dodd– backing vocals
  • Connie Harvey – backing vocals
  • Eric Troyer– backing vocals
  • Dan Nash – engineer assistant
  • Roger Moutenot – engineer asistant
  • Greg Calbi– mastering
  • Waring Abbott – art direction, photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Lou Reed

  1. I Love You, Suzanne
  2. Endlessly Jealous
  3. My Red Joystick
  4. Turn to Me
  5. New Sensations
  6. Doin’ the Things that We Want To
  7. What Becomes a Legend Most
  8. Fly Into the Sun
  9. My Friend George
  10. High in the City
  11. Down at the Arcade

Blue Öyster Cult: Secret Treaties

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In April 1974, “Columbia” label released “Secret Treaties”, the third Blue Öyster Cult studio album.  It was recorded in 1974, at “CBS Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Murray Krugman, David Lucas and Sandy Pearlman. The album cover art was by Ron Lesser. In 1975, a poll of critics of “Melody Maker” magazine voted “Secret Treaties” as the “Top Rock Album of All Time”.

Personnel:

  • Eric Bloom– vocals, stun guitar, keyboards
  • Donald “Buck Dharma” Roeser– lead guitar
  • Allen Lanier– keyboards, rhythm guitar, synthesizers, second lead guitar
  • Joe Bouchard– vocals, bass
  • Albert Bouchard– vocals, drums
  • Tim Geelan, Jerry Smith – engineer
  • Lehman Yates, Lou Schlossberg – recording

Track listing:

  1. Career of Evil – Patti Smith, Albert Bouchard
  2. Subhuman – Sandy Pearlman, Eric Bloom
  3. Dominance and Submission – Sandy Pearlman, Eric Bloom, Albert Bouchard
  4. ME 262 – Sandy Paerlman, Eric Bloom, Albert Bouchard
  5. Cagey Cretins – Richard Meltzer, Albert Bouchard
  6. Harvester of Eyes – Richard Meltzer, Eric Bloom, Donald “Buck Dharma” Roeser
  7. Flaming Telepaths – Sandy Pearlman, Eric Bloom, Albert Bouchard, Donald “Buck Dharma” Roeser
  8. Astronomy – Sandy Pearlman, Joe Bouchard, Albert Bouchard

Yeah Yeah Yeahs: Mosquito

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On April 12, 2013, “Interscope” label released “Mosquito”, the fourth Yeah Yeah Yeahs studio album. It was recorded 2012-2013, at “DFA Studios”; “Stratosphere Sound” in New York City, “Sonic Ranch” in Tornillo, Texas, “The Square” in London, “Squeak E. Clean Studios” in Echo Park, California, and was produced by Nick Launay, James Murphy, David Andrew Sitek and Sam Spiegel.

Personnel:

  • Karen O– vocals, bass, keyboards, design concept
  • Nick Zinner– vocal, guitar, bass, keyboards, mixing
  • David Andrew Sitek– bass, engineer, recording
  • Brian Chase – vocal, drums, cymbal, percussion
  • Money Mark– keyboards
  • Debra Barsha – choir vocal arrangements
  • Michael McElroy – choir leader
  • Danielle Chambers – choir
  • Shayna Cook – choir
  • Bradley Dean – choir
  • Laura Dean – choir
  • Lucia Giannetta – choir
  • Renee Goldsberry – choir
  • Tanesha Gray – choir
  • Danielle L. Greaves – choir
  • Marva Hicks– choir
  • Zonya Johnson – choir
  • Chelsea Krombach – choir
  • Adriane Lenox – choir
  • Lisa Lynne Mathis – choir
  • Travis Morin – choir
  • Virginia Woodruff – choir
  • Jesse Nager – choir
  • Octagon– vocals
  • John Eric Parker – choir
  • Desiree Rodriguez – choir
  • Eliseo Roman – choir
  • Michael Seelbach – choir
  • Beomsik Shimbe Shim – artwork
  • James Murphy– engineer, recording
  • Zeph Sowers – engineer, recording
  • Sam Spiegel– engineer, recording
  • Manuel Calderon – engineer
  • Nick Launay– engineer, recording
  • Abby Echiverri – engineer, mixing
  • Wes Fontenot – engineer, mixing
  • Charles Godfrey – engineer assistant
  • Nathan Eldridge – engineer assistant
  • Matt Foster – engineer assistant
  • Rudyard Lee Cullers – engineer assistant
  • Atom – engineer assistant
  • Matt Thornley – engineer assistant
  • Craig Silvey – mixing
  • Eduardo de la Paz – mixing assistant
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Julian Gross – design, layout
  • Dan Martensen – back cover photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Karen O, Nick Zinner and Brian Chase.

  1. Sacrilege
  2. Subway
  3. Mosquito
  4. Under the Earth
  5. Slave
  6. These Paths
  7. Area 52
  8. Buried Alive
  9. Always
  10. Despair
  11. Wedding Song

Jim Croce: You Don’t Mess Around with Jim

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In April 1972, “ABC” label released “You Don’t Mess Around with Jim”, the third Jim Croce studio album. It was recorded 1971-1972, at “The Hit Factory” in New York City, and was produced by Terry Cashman and Tommy West.

Personnel:

  • Jim Croce – lead and backing vocals, guitar, rhythm guitar
  • Maury Muehleisen – guitar, backing vocals
  • Tommy West- bass, percussion, piano, rhythm guitar, keyboards, electric piano, backing vocals
  • Joe Macho – bass
  • Jimmy Ryan – bass
  • Gary Chester– drums
  • The Briggs – backing vocals
  • Terry Cashman- backing vocals
  • Bruce Tergesen – engineer
  • Paul Wilson – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Jim Croce.

  1. You Don’t Mess Around with Jim
  2. Tomorrow’s Gonna Be a Brighter Day
  3. New York’s Not My Home
  4. Hard Time Losin’ Man
  5. Photographs and Memories
  6. Walkin’ Back to Georgia
  7. Operator (That’s Not the Way It Feels)
  8. Time in a Bottle
  9. Rapid Roy (The Stock Car Boy)
  10. Box #10
  11. A Long Time Ago
  12. Hey Tomorrow

The Flaming Groovies: Teenage Head

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In April 1971, “Kama Sutra” label released “Teenage Head”, the third Flamin’ Groovies (The) album. It was recorded in January 1971, at “Bell Sound Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Richard Robinson.

Personnel:

  • Cyril Jordan – vocals, guitar
  • Roy Loney – vocals, guitar
  • Tim Lynch – guitar
  • George Alexander – bass guitar
  • Danny Mihm – drums
  • Jim Dickinson- piano

Track listing:

All tracks by Cyril Jordan and Roy A. Loney except where noted.

  1. High Flyin’ Baby
  2. City Lights
  3. Have You Seen My Baby? – Randy Newman
  4. Yesterday’s Numbers
  5. Teenage Head
  6. 32-20 – Robert Johnson, new lyrics by Roy A. Loney
  7. Evil Hearted Ada – Roy A. Loney
  8. Doctor Boogie
  9. Whiskey Woman

James Gang: Thirds

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In April 1971, “ABC” label released “Thirds”, the third James Gang studio album. It was recorded in 1970, at “Record Plant” in Los Angeles, “Cleveland Recording Company” in Cleveland, “Hit Factory” in New York City, and was produced by Bill Szymczyk, Joe Walsh, Dale Peters and Jim Fox. It was the last band’s album with Joe Walsh.

Personnel:

  • Joe Walsh– vocals, lead, rhythm, pedal steel and slide guitars, acoustic and electric pianos, keyboards, sound effects, organ
  • Dale Peters– vocals, electric and upright basses, vibraphone
  • Jim Fox– vocals, drums, percussion, piano, organ
  • Bob Webb – guitars, backing vocals
  • Tom Baker – horns
  • Mary Sterpka – backing vocals
  • The Sweet Inspirations– backing vocals
  • Bill Szymczyk – engineer
  • Kenneth Hamann – engineer
  • Eddie Youngblood – engineer
  • Tom Wilkes – design
  • Tom Wright – design, photography

Track listing:

  1. Walk Away – Joe Walsh
  2. Yadig? – Dale Peters, Jim Fox, Joe Walsh
  3. Things I Could Be – Jim Fox
  4. Dreamin’ In The Country – Dale Peters
  5. It’s All The Same – Joe Walsh
  6. Midnight Man – Joe Walsh
  7. Again – Joe Walsh
  8. White Man/Black Man – Dale Peters
  9. Live My Life Again – Jim Fox

Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings: I Learned the Hard Way

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On March 6, 2010, “Daptone Records” label released “I Learned the Hard Way”, the fourth Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings studio album. It was recorded 2009-2010, at “House of Soul Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Gabriel “Bosco Mann” Roth.

Personnel:

  • Sharon Jones – vocals
  • Thomas Brenneck – guitars, piano
  • Binky Griptite – guitars, bass
  • Victor Axelrod – piano, organ
  • Bosco Mann – bass
  • Homer Steinweiss – drums
  • Fernando “Boogaloo” Velez – bongos, congas, tambourine
  • Cosmo Bann – guitars
  • Sam Boncon – piano, clavinet
  • Jimmy Hill – organ
  • Boom Boom Romero – drums
  • Brian Floody – timpani
  • Toby Pazner – vibraphone, glockenspiel
  • Cochemea Gastelum – alto and tenor saxophone
  • Neal Sugarman – tenor saxophone
  • Ian Hendrickson-Smith – baritone saxophone, flute
  • Leon Michels – tenor saxophone
  • Dave Guy – trumpet
  • Michael Leonhart – trumpet
  • Aaron Johnson – trombone
  • Eric Davis – French horns
  • Daisy Sugarman – flute
  • Matthew Lehmann – violin
  • Antoine Silverman – violin, string arrangement
  • Chris Cardona – violin
  • Anja Wood – cello
  • Alex Kadvan – cello
  • Entcho Todorov – violin
  • Mikey Post – soul claps
  • Nydia Davila – soul claps
  • Wayne Gordon – soul claps
  • El Deuvo – cabasa
  • Moon Bancs – marching snare
  • Saundra Williams – backing vocals
  • AnGee Blake – backing vocals
  • The Bushwick Callers – backing vocals
  • Kevin C. Keys – backing vocals
  • Amos B. Conn – string arrangement

Track listing:

All tracks written by Bosco Mann, except where noted.

  1. The Game Gets Old – Dave Guy, Homer Steinweiss, Tommy Brenneck
  2. I Learned the Hard Way
  3. Better Things – Homer Steinweiss
  4. Give it Back – Dave Guy
  5. Money
  6. The Reason – Neal Sugarman
  7. Window Shopping – Wayne Gordon, Lawrence Gordon, Derek Nievergelt
  8. She Ain’t a Child No More
  9. I’ll Still Be True – Tommy Brenneck
  10. Without a Heart
  11. If You Call
  12. Mama Don’t Like My Man