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The Isley Brothers: Showdown

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On April 22, 1978, “T-Neck” label released “Showdown”, the 16th Isley Brothers (The) album. It was recorded in 1978, at “Bearsville Studios” in Bearsville, New York, and was produced by Ronald Isley, O’Kelly Isley, Rudolph Isley, Chris Jasper, Marvin Isley and Ernie Isley.

Personnel:

  • Ronald Isley – lead and backing vocals
  • Marvin Isley – bass, percussion, woodblock, cowbell, foot stomps, backing vocals
  • Chris Jasper – piano, keyboards, synthesizers, clavinet, tambourine, foot stomps, backing vocals
  • Ernie Isley – guitar, drums, congas, percussion, foot stomps, timbales, maracas, backing vocals
  • O’Kelly Isley, Jr. – backing vocals
  • Rudolph Isley – backing vocals
  • John Holbrook – recording
  • Thomas Mark – recording

Track listing:

All tracks by Ernie Isley, Marvin Isley, Chris Jasper, Rudolph Isley, O’Kelly Isley and Ronald Isley.

  1. Showdown (Part 1 & 2)
  2. Groove with You
  3. Ain’t Givin’ Up No Love
  4. Rockin’ with Fire (Part 1 & 2)
  5. Take Me to the Next Phase (Part 1 & 2)
  6. Coolin’ Me Out (Part 1 & 2)
  7. Fun and Games
  8. Love Fever (Part 1 & 2)

Rick James & The Stone City Band: Come And Get It!

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On April 20, 1978, “Gordy” label released “Come Get It!”, album by Rick James and the Stone City Band (the debut Rick James album overall). It was recorded 1977 – 1978, at “Cross Eyed Bear Studios” in New York, “record Plant” in New York City, and was produced by Art Stewart and Rick James.

Personnel:

  • Rick James – vocals, bass, guitars, keyboards, synthesizers, arrangements
  • Freddy Rapillo – guitar
  • Levi Ruffin, Jr. – Keyboards
  • Billy Nunn – keyboards, backing vocals
  • Bobby Nunn – keyboards, backing vocals
  • Andy Rapillo – bass
  • Richard Shaw – bass
  • Mike Caputy – drums
  • Lorenzo Shaw – drums
  • Randy Brecker, Mike Brecker – horns
  • Flick, Berry, Steve Williams – horns
  • Levi Ruffin – backing vocals
  • Jackie Ruffin – backing vocals
  • Sascha Meeks – backing vocals
  • Richard Shaw – backing vocals
  • Vanessa Brooks Nunn – backing vocals
  • Joey Diggs – backing vocals
  • Anthony Caesar – backing vocals
  • Roger Brown – backing vocals
  • Calvin Moore – backing vocals
  • Bennie McCullough – backing vocals
  • Chuck Madden, Shelly – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Rick James.

  1. Stone City Band, Hi!
  2. You and I
  3. Sexy Lady
  4. Dream Maker
  5. Be My Lady
  6. Mary Jane
  7. Hollywood
  8. Stone City Band, Bye!

Dresden Dolls: Yes, Virginia…

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On April 18, 2006, “Roadrunner” label released “Yes, Virginia…”, the second Dresden Dolls album. It was recorded in September – November 2005, at “Allaire Studios” in Shokan, New York, “Camp Street Studios” in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and was produced by Sean Slade, Paul Q. Kolderie, Amanda Palmer and Brian Viglione.

Personnel:

  • Amanda Palmer – vocals, piano, Mellotron, organ
  • Brian Viglione – vocals, drums, percussion, bass guitar, guitar
  • Holly Brewer, Matt McNiss – choir
  • Holly Brewer, Whitney Moses, Mali Sastri – Delilahs
  • Adam Taylor – engineer
  • Paul Q. Kolderie – engineer, mixing
  • George Marino – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Amanda Palmer.

  1. Sex Changes
  2. Backstabber
  3. Modern Moonlight
  4. My Alcoholic Friends
  5. Delilah
  6. Dirty Business
  7. First Orgasm
  8. Mrs. O.
  9. Shores of California
  10. Necessary Evil
  11. Mandy Goes to Med School
  12. Me & the Minibar
  13. Sing

Jimmy Smith: Hobo Flats

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In April 1963, “Verve” label released “Hobo Flats”, Jimmy Smith’s second album for the company. It was recorded in March 1963, in New York, and was produced by Creed Taylor.

Personnel:

  • Jimmy Smith – Hammond organ
  • Oliver Nelson – arrangements, conductor
  • Val Valentin – director of engineering
  • Bob Simpson – engineer
  • Ray Hall – engineer
  • Chuck Stewart – photography
  • Del Shields – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Hobo Flats – Oliver Nelson
  2. Blueberry Hill – Al Lewis, Larry Stacks, Vincent Rose
  3. Walk Right In – Erik Darling, Willard Svanoe
  4. Trouble in Mind – Larry Jones
  5. The Preacher – Horace Silver
  6. Meditation – Antonio Carlos Jobim,  Newton Ferreira de Mendonca, Norman Gimbel
  7. I Can’t Stop Loving You – Don Gibson

The Flaming Lips: King’s Mouth: Music And Songs

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On April 13, 2019, “Warner Bros” label released “King’s Mouth: Music and Songs”, the fifteenth Flaming Lips (The) album. It was recorded in 2018, at “Pink Floor Studios” in Oklahoma City, “Tarbox Road Studios” in Cassadaga, New York, and was produced by Dennis Coyne, Scott Booker, Wayne Coyne, Steven Drozd, Derek Brown and Matt Duckworth Kirksey.

Personnel:

  • Wayne Coyne – vocals, guitar, keyboards, recording, artwork, design, layout
  • Steven Drozd – vocals, guitars, keyboards, bass, recording
  • Derek Brown – keyboards, guitars, percussion, recording
  • Matt Duckworth Kirksey – drums, percussion, keyboards, recording
  • Mick Jones – narrator
  • Steven Drozd – guitar
  • Jake Ingalls – piano, keyboards
  • Nicholas Ley – drums, percussion
  • Dave Fridmann – recording, mixing, mastering, additional production
  • Dennis Coyne – recording
  • George Salisbury – layout, design
  • Chris Bellman – lacquer cut
  • Mike Fridmann – additional production

Track listing:

  1. We Don’t Know How and We Don’t Know Why
  2. The Sparrow
  3. Giant Baby
  4. Mother Universe
  5. How Many Times
  6. Electric Fire
  7. All for the Life of the City
  8. Feedaloodum Beedle Dot
  9. Funeral Parade
  10. Dipped in Steel
  11. Mouth of the King
  12. How Can a Head

Hot Tuna: Steady As She Goes

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On April 5, 2011, “Red House Label” released “Steady as She Goes”, the sixth Hot Tuna studio album. It was recorded November – December 2010, at “Levon Hels Studio” in Woodstock, New York, and was produced by Larry Campbell.

Personnel:

  • Jorma Kaukonen – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar
  • Barry Mitterhoff – acoustic and electric mandolin
  • Jack Casady – bass
  • Skoota Warner – drums
  • Larry Campbell – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, pedal steel guitar, fiddle, organ
  • Teresa Williams – vocals
  • Justin Guip – engineer
  • David Glasser – mastering
  • Kevin Morgan – cover art

Track listing:

  1. Angel of Darkness – lyrics by Larry Campbell, Jorma Kaukonen, music by Larry Campbell
  2. Children of Zion – Rev. Gary Davis
  3. Second Chances – Jorma Kaukonen
  4. Goodbye to the Blues – Marshall Wilborn
  5. A Little Faster – John Hurlbut
  6. Mourning Interrupted – Jorma Kaukonen
  7. Easy Now Revisited – lyrics by Jorma Kaukonen, music by Jorma Kaukonen, Larry Campbell
  8. Smokerise Journey – lyrics by Jorma Kaukonen, music by Jack Casady, Larry Campbell
  9. Things That Might Have Been – Jorma Kaukonen
  10. Mama Let Me Ley It on You – Rev. Gary Davis
  11. Is This Love – Mark Markham
  12. Vicksburg Stomp – Papa Charlie McCoy

Alan Bashung: Bleu pétrole

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On March 24, 2008, “Barclay” label released “Bleu pétrole”, the twelfth and the last Alain Bashung studio album. It was recorded in 2022, at “Alice’s Restaurant” in New York City, “Buzz Studio” in Paris, “Studios ICP” in Brussels, “Jackpot Studios” in Portland, “Looking Glass Studios” in New York, and was produced by Gaëtan Roussel and Mark Plati.

Personnel:

  • Alain Bashung – vocals
  • Gaëtan Roussel – acoustic and electric guitar, ukulele
  • Marc Ribot – electric guitar, banjo
  • M. Ward – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Arman Méliès – electric guitar, banjo
  • Mark Plati – bass guitar, guitars, keyboard, drum machine
  • Simon Edwards – bass guitar
  • Shawn Pelton – drums
  • Martyn Barker – drums, bongo
  • Tahar Boukhlifa – drums
  • Marian Tache, Erik Sluys, Dick Uten, Bart Lemmens, Tatjana Scleck, Christophe Pochet, Cristina Constantinescu, Annelies Broeckhoven – violin
  • François Grietje – viola
  • Hans Vandaele, Karel Steylaerts – cello
  • Mark Steylaerts – strings direction
  • Jérôme Witz, element-s – cover art and graphisms
  • Ludovic Carême – photos

Track listing:

All tracks by Gaëtan Roussel, except where noted.

  1. Je t’ai manqué
  2. Résidents de la République
  3. Tant de nuits – Joseph d’Anvers, Arman Méliès, Alain Bashung
  4. Hier à Sousse
  5. Vénus
  6. Comme un lego – Gérard Manset
  7. Sur un trapeze
  8. Je tuerai la pianiste – Gérard Manset – Gaëtan Roussel, Alain Bashung
  9. Suzanne – Leonard Cohen, adapted by Graeme Allwright
  10. Le Secret des Banquises – Gaëtan Roussel, Alain Bashung
  11. Il voyage en solitaire – Gérard Manset

Big Thief: Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You

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On February 11, 2022, “4AD” label released “Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You”, the fifth Big Thief studio album. It was recorded April – December 2021, at “The Elf Inn” in Westhampton, Massachusetts, “Flying Cloud” in New York, “Five Star” in Topanga, California, “Music Garden – Studio in the Clouds” in Colorado, “Press On” in Tucson, Arizona, and was produced by James Krivchenia.

Personnel:

  • Adrianne Lenker – vocals, acoustic guitar, prepared acoustic guitar, brush guitar, nylon guitar, electric guitar, snaps, harmonics, synthesizer, engineer, mixing, artwork, photography
  • Buck Meek – vocals, electric guitar, prepared acoustic guitar, acoustic guitar, brush guitar, acoustic 12-string guitar, magic box guitar, bass, snaps, shakers, drums, photography
  • Max Oleartchik – bass, fretless bas, synthesizer, arpeggio synthesizer, acoustic guitar, icicles, tack piano, shakers, snaps
  • James Krivchenia – vocals, drums, electronic drums, drum machine, congas, vocal synthesizer, bells, brushes, icicles, computer synthesizer, tambourine, claps, synthesizer, shakers, computer textures, snaps, mixing
  • Mat Davidson – vocals, fiddle, pedal steel, piano, accordion, recorder
  • Noah Lenker – vocals, jaw harp, snaps
  • Hannah Cohen – vocals
  • Sam Evian – tambourine
  • Richard Hardy – flute
  • Scott McMicken – percussion

Track listing:

All tracks by Adrianne Lenker, except where noted.

  1. Change
  2. Time Escaping
  3. Spud Infinity
  4. Certainty – Adrianne Lenker, Buck Meek
  5. Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You
  6. Sparrow
  7. Little Things
  8. Heavy Bend
  9. Flower of Blood
  10. Blurred View
  11. Red Moon
  12. Dried Roses
  13. No Reason
  14. Wake Me Up to Drive
  15. Promise Is a Pendulum
  16. 12.000 Lines
  17. Simulation Swarm
  18. Love Love Love
  19. The Only Place
  20. Blue Lightning

Pinegrove: 11:11

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On January 28, 2022, “Rough Trade” label released “11:11”, the fifth Pinegrove studio album. It was recorded in 2021, at “Levon Helm Studios” in Woodstock, “The Building” in Marlboro, New York, and was produced by Evan Stephens Hall and Sam Skinner.  

Personnel:

  • Evan Stephens Hall – vocals, guitar, synthesizer, drums, percussion, additional engineering, cover painting, photography
  • Joshua F. Marré – guitar, nylon string guitar, processed guitar, slide guitar, additional engineering
  • Sam Skinner – piano, accordion, organ, keyboards, synthesizer, guitar, bowed bass strings, electric bass, triangle, engineer, co-mixing
  • Megan Benevente – electric bass, additional engineering
  • Zack Levine – drums, percussion, additional engineering
  • Chris Walla – guitars, keyboards, tambourine, additional engineering, mixing
  • Doug Hall – organ, synthesizer, piano
  • Nandi Rose – vocals, additional engineering
  • Sammy Maine – vocals, photography
  • João Carvalho – mastering
  • Mira Moore – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Evan Stephens Hall, except where noted

  1. Habitat
  2. Alaska
  3. Iodine
  4. Orange
  5. Flora
  6. Respirate
  7. Let – Evan Stephens, Sam Skinner
  8. So What
  9. Swimming
  10. Cyclone
  11. 11th Hour

Tony Malaby: The Cave of Winds

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On January 7, 2022, “Pyroclastic Records” label released “The Cave of Winds”, the 13th Tony Malaby album. It was recorded in June 2021, at “Samurai Hotel Studios” in New York, and was produced by Tony Malaby.

Personnel:

  • Tony Malaby – soprano and tenor saxophone
  • Ben Monder – guitar
  • Michael Formanek – bass
  • Tom Rainey – drums
  • Mike Marciano – mixing, mastering
  • Marieken Cochius – artwork
  • Hidde Dijkastra – design
  • Kris Davis – executive producer
  • Peter Gannushkin – photography

Track listing

All tracks by Tony Malaby, except where noted.

  1. Corinthian Leather
  2. Recrudescence – Tony Malaby, Michael Formanek, Ben Monder, Tom Rainey
  3. Scratch the Horse
  4. Insect Ward
  5. The Cave of Winds
  6. Life Coach (For Helias)
  7. Just Me, Just Me