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Silver Jews: American Water

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On October 20, 1998, “Drag City” label released “American Water”, the third Silver Jews studio album. It was recorded in 1998, at “Rare Book Room” in Brooklyn, New York, and was produced by Nicolas Vernhes, David Berman, Stephen Malkmus, Tim Barnes and Chris Stroffolino.

Personnel:

  • David Berman – lead vocals, guitar
  • Stephen Malkmus – co-lead and backing vocals, guitar
  • Mike Fellows – bass
  • Tim Barnes – drums, percussion
  • Chris Stroffolino – trumpet, keyboards, piano
  • Chris Kysor – cover art

Track listing:

All tracks by David Berman, except where noted.

  1. Random Rules
  2. Smith & Jones Forever
  3. Night Society
  4. Federal Dust – David Berman, Stephen Malkmus
  5. People
  6. Blue Arrangements – David Berman, Stephen Malkmus
  7. We Are Real
  8. Send in the Clouds
  9. Like Like the the the Death
  10. Buckingham Rabbit
  11. Honk If You’re Lonely – David Berman, Gate Pratt
  12. The Wild Kindness

Margo Guryan: Take a Picture

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In October 1968, “Bell” label released “Take a Picture”, the only Margo Guryan studio album. It was recorded in 1968, in New York, and was produced by John Hill, John Simon and David Rosner.

Personnel:

  • Margo Guryan – vocal, arrangements
  • John Hill – guitar
  • Paul Griffin – keyboards
  • Kirk Hamilton – bass, flute
  • Buddy Saltzman – drums
  • Phil Bodner – oboe
  • Fred Catero, Glen Kolotkin, Lou Waxman, Roy Segal – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Margo Guryan

  1. Sunday Morning
  2. Sun
  3. Love Songs
  4. Thoughts
  5. Don’t Go Away
  6. Take a Picture
  7. What Can I Give You?
  8. Think of Rain
  9. Can You Tell
  10. Someone I Know
  11. Love

Touché Amoré: Lament

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On October 9, 2020, “Epitaph” label released “Lament”, the fifth Touché Amoré studio album. It was recorded in 2020, at the “Bunker Studio” in Brooklyn, New York, “Favorite Gentlemen Studio” in Alpharetta, Georgia, and was produced by Ross Robinson.

Personnel:

  • Jeremy Bolm – vocals
  • Clayton Stevens – acoustic and electric guitar, 12-string guitar
  • Nick Steinhardt – electric guitar, pedal steel guitar, lap steel guitar, 12-string acoustic guitar, art direction, design
  • Tyler Kirby – bass, additional guitar
  • Elliot Babin – drums, keyboards, piano
  • Ross Robinson – keyboards, additional engineering
  • Jason Schimmel – keyboards, piano, additional engineering
  • Justice Tripp – backing vocals
  • Julien Baker – backing vocals
  • John Andrew Hull – additional vocals
  • Manchester Orchestra
  • Mike Balboa – engineer
  • Robert McDowell – additional recording 
  • Steve Evetts – mixing
  • Alan Douches – mastering
  • George L Clarke – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Jeremy Bolm, Clayton Stevens, Nick Steinhardt, Elliot Babin and Tyler Kirby, except where noted.

  1. Come Heroin
  2. Lament
  3. Feign
  4. Reminders
  5. Limelight – Jeremy Bolm, Clayton Stevens, Nick Steinhardt, Elliot Babin, Tyler Kirby, Andy Hull
  6. Exit Row
  7. Savoring
  8. A Broadcast
  9. I’ll Be Your Host
  10. Deflector
  11. A Forecast

Cissy Houston and Chuck Jackson: I’ll Take Care Of You

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On September 29, 1992, “Shanachie” label released “I’ll Take Care of You” album by Cissy Houston and Chuck Jackson. It was recorded June – July 1992, at “Acme Studios” in Mamaroneck, New York, and was produced by Peter Denenberg and Joe Perry.

Personnel:

  • Chuck Jackson – lead vocals
  • Cissy Houston – lead vocals
  • Joe Ferry – acoustic guitar, percussion, mixing
  • Hiram Bullock – electric guitar
  • Gil Parris – guitar
  • Richard Tee – piano, organ
  • Bruce Williamson – synthesizer, saxophone
  • Wilbur Bascomb – bass
  • Bernard Purdie – drums
  • Tommy McDonnell – congas, backing vocals
  • Barry Danielian – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Amanda Homi, Chuck St. Troy, Diane Garisto, Lenora Zenzalai Helm, Nicki Richards, Vaneese Thomas – backing vocals
  • Doug Munro – arrangements, mixing
  • Thom Leinbach – engineer
  • Peter Denenberg – engineer, mixing
  • Randall Grass – mixing
  • Robert Vosgien – digital mastering
  • Stefan Grossman – art direction
  • Joan Pelosi – design
  • Shari Weingarten – photography

Track listing:

  1. Looking for Love – James Alexamder, Zelda Samuels
  2. Always on My Mind – Johnny Christopher, Mark James, Wayne Carson
  3. I Don’t Want to Cry – Chuck Jackson, Luther Dixon
  4. Why Do You Turn Away – Barbara Soehner, Michael Zager
  5. Take Me Back, I’m Sorry – Larry Weiss
  6. Are You Lonely for Me, Baby? – Bert Berns
  7. I Wanna Be with You – Charles Strouse, Lee Adams
  8. Waiting in Vain – Bob Marley
  9. I’ll Take Good Care of You – Jerry Ragovoy, Bert Berns
  10. You Make Me Feel Brand New – Thom Bell, Linda Creed

The Brecker Brothers: Heavy Metal Be-Bop

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In September 1978, “Arista” label released “Heavy Metal Be-Bop”, the first Brecker Brothers (The) live album. It was recorded in 1978, at “My Father’s Place” in Roslyn, New York, and was produced by Randy Brecker, Michael Brecker, Neil Jason and Kash Monet.

Personnel:

  • Randy Brecker – trumpet, keyboards
  • Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone
  • Barry Finnerty – guitars, guitorganiser, backing vocals
  • Neil Jason – lead vocals, bass
  • Terry Bozzio – drums, backing vocals
  • Paul Shaffer – Fender Rhodes
  • Victoria – tambourine
  • Allan Schwartzberg – drums
  • Sammy Figueroa – percussion
  • Rafael Cruz – percussion
  • Kash Monet – handclaps, percussion, backing vocals
  • Bob Clearmountain – handclaps
  • Jeff Schoen – backing vocals
  • Roy Herring – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Randy Brecker, except where noted.

  1. East River – Neil Jason, Bret Mazur, Kash Monet (studio recording)
  2. Inside Out
  3. Some Skunk Funk
  4. Sponge
  5. Funky Sea, Funky Dew – Michael Brecker
  6. Squids

Glasvegas: Same

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On September 8, 2008, “Columbia” label released the self-titled, debut Glasvegas studio album. It was recorded in 2008, at “Brooklyn Recording Studios” in New York, and in Glasgow, Scotland, and was produced by James Allan and Rich Costey. In September 2009, the album was certified Platinum by the “BPI” in UK.

Personnel:

  • James Allan – vocals
  • Rab Allen – guitar
  • Paul Donoghue – bass
  • Caroline McKay – drums
  • Max Dingle – engineer
  • Rich Costey – engineer, mixing
  • Anthony Palazzole, Ben Liscio, Charlie Stavish, Justin Gerrish – engineer assistant
  • Chung King – mixing
  • Dick Beetham – mastering
  • Howie Weinberg – mastering
  • Village Green – illustration, design

Track listing:

All tracks by James Allan, except where noted.

  1. Flowers & Football Tops – contains elements from the song “You Are My Sunshine” by Charles Mitchell, Jimmie Davis
  2. Geraldine
  3. It’s My Own Cheating Heart That Makes Me Cry
  4. Lonesome Swan
  5. Go Square Go
  6. Polmont on My Mind
  7. Daddy’s Gone
  8. Stabbed – uses the music of Ludwig van Beethoven’s “Moonlight” Sonata as a backdrop to spoken word
  9. S.A.D. Light
  10. Ice Cream Van

Laurie Anderson: Amelia

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On August 30, 2024, “Nonesuch” label released “Amelia”, the eighth Laurie Anderson studio album. It was recorded 2023 – 2024, at “Canal Street Communications” in New York, “Besední dům” in Brno, Czech Republic, “Miraval Studios” in Correns, France, and was produced by Laurie Anderson.

Personnel:

  • Laura Phillips “Laurie” Anderson – lyrics, voice, keyboards, viola
  • Anohni Hegarty – vocals
  • Amelia Earhart – voice
  • Martha Mooke – viola
  • Marc Ribot – guitar
  • Tony Sherr – bass
  • Kenny Wollesen – percussion
  • Ryan Kelly – ukulele, recording
  • Rob Moose – violin, string arrangements
  • Dennis Russell Davies – conductor, string arrangements
  • Marie Petříková – concertmaster, first violin
  • Barbora Gajdošová – first violin
  • Jaromír Graffe – first violin
  • Kristýna Jungová – first violin
  • Jiří Kopecký – first violin
  • Vladimír Lžičař – first violin
  • Marie Pšenicová – first violin
  • Leoš Zavadilík – first violin
  • Radoslav Havlát – second violin
  • Jana Horáková – second violin
  • Dorothea Kellerová – second violin
  • Ludmila Netolická – second violin
  • Josef Ondrůj – second violin
  • Tomáš Vinklát – second violin
  • Petr Pšenica – principal viola, production assistant
  • Martin Heller – viola
  • Nadia Sirota – viola
  • Tomáš Kulík – viola
  • Karel Plocek – viola
  • Otakar Salajka – viola
  • Zbyněk Volf – viola
  • Pavla Jelínková – cello
  • Eva Kovalová – cello
  • Katarína Madariová – cello
  • Lukáš Svoboda – cello
  • Gabriel Cabezas – cello
  • Marek Švestka – principal double bass
  • Jaromír Gardoň – double bass
  • Vojtech Velíšek – double bass
  • Jaroslav Zouhar – recording
  • Damien Quintard – recording, mixing, mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Laurie Anderson.

  1. To Circle the World
  2. I See Something Shining
  3. Take-Off
  4. Aloft
  5. San Juan
  6. Brazil
  7. Crossing the Equator
  8. The Badlands
  9. Waves of Sand
  10. The Letter
  11. India and down to Australia
  12. This Modern World
  13. Flying at Night
  14. The Word for Woman Here
  15. Road to Mandalay
  16. Broken Chronometers
  17. Nothing But Silt
  18. The Wrong Way
  19. Fly Into the Sun
  20. Howland Island
  21. Radio
  22. Lucky Dime

Interpol: Marauder

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On August 24, 2018, “Matador” label released “Marauder”, the sixth Interpol studio album.  It was recorded December 2017 – April 2018, at “Tarbox Road” in Cassadaga, New York, and was produced by Dave Fridmann.

Personnel:

  • Daniel Kessler – lead guitar
  • Paul Banks – vocals, bass guitar, rhythm guitar
  • Brandon Curtis – keyboards
  • Sam Fogarino – drums, percussion
  • Roger Joseph Manning Jr. – keyboards
  • Dave Fridmann – recording, mixing
  • Michael Fridmann – engineer assistant
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Matt de Jong – artwork
  • Jamie-James Medina – artwork, back photography
  • Elliot Richardson – cover art subject
  • Garry Winogrand – cover art photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Paul Banks, Sam Fogarino and Daniel Kessler.

  1. If You Really Love Nothing
  2. The Rover
  3. Complications
  4. Flight of Fancy
  5. Stay in Touch
  6. Interlude 1
  7. Mountain Child
  8. NYSMAW
  9. Surveillance
  10. Number 10
  11. Party’s Over
  12. Interlude 2
  13. It Probably Matters

Three: The End Is Begun

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On July 24, 2007, “Metal Blade Records” label released “The End Is Begun”, the fourth Three studio album. It was recorded in 2007, at “Jersville Studios” in Woodstock, New York, and was produced by Joey Eppard, Billy Riker, Daniel Grimsland, Joe Stote and Chris Gartmann.

Personnel:

  • Joey Eppard — vocals, guitar
  • Billy Riker — guitar
  • Joe Stote — keyboards, percussion
  • Daniel Grimsland — bass guitar
  • Chris “Gartdrumm” Gartmann — drums
  • Jerry Marotta — additional percussion, taos drums
  • Daniel Grimsland — string arrangements
  • Toby Wright — mixing
  • Louie Toran — mastering
  • Roman Klum — production engineer
  • Dennis Sibeijn — artwork, design

Track listing:

All lyrics by Joey Eppard, except where noted, all music by Joey Eppard, Billy Riker, Daniel Grimsland, Joe Stote and Chris Gartmann.

  1. The Word Is Born of Flame
  2. The End Is Begun
  3. Battle Cry
  4. All That Remains
  5. My Divided Falling
  6. Serpents in Disguise – lyrics by Joey Eppard, Billy Riker
  7. Been to the Future
  8. Bleeding Me Home
  9. Live Entertainment
  10. Diamond in the Crush
  11. Shadow Play
  12. These Iron Bones
  13. The Last Day

Rhyton: Redshift

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On July 22, 2016, “Thrill Jockey” label released “Redshift”, the fifth Rhyton album. It was recorded in 2016, at “Black Dirt Studio” in New York, and was produced by Dave Shuford, Jimy Seitang and Rob Smith.  

Personnel:

  • Dave Shuford – guitar, arrangements
  • Jimy Seitang – arrangements
  • Rob Smith – drums, arrangements
  • Jason Meagher – recording, mixing
  • Patrick Klem – mastering
  • Arik Moonhawk Roper – art direction, design
  • Paul Gold – lacquer cut

Track listing:

All tracks by Dave Shuford, Jimy Seitang and Rob Smith, except where noted.

  1. The Nine
  2. Redshift
  3. Concentric Village
  4. End of Ambivalence
  5. D. D. Damage
  6. Turn to Stone – Joe Walsh, Terry Trebandt
  7. The Variety Playhouse