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Mark Knopfler: Down The Road Wherever

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On November 16, 2018, “British Grove Records” label released “Down the Road Wherever”, the ninth Mark Knopfler studio album. It was recorded in 2017, January – February 2018, at “British Grove” in Chiswick, London, and was produced by Guy Fletcher and Mark Knopfler.

Personnel:

  • Mark Knopfler – vocals, guitars
  • Richard Bennett – guitars
  • Robbie McIntosh – guitar
  • Guy Fletcher – keyboards, engineer
  • Jim Cox – keyboards
  • Glenn Worf – upright and electric bass
  • Ian Thomas – drums
  • Danny Cummings – percussion
  • Nigel Hitchcock – tenor saxophone
  • Tom Walsh – trumpet
  • Trevor Mires – trombone
  • John McCusker – fiddle
  • Mike McGoldrick – whistle
  • Lance Ellington – backing vocals
  • Beverley Skeete – backing vocals
  • Katie Kissoon – backing vocals
  • Kris Drever – backing vocals
  • Imelda May – backing vocals
  • Martin Hollis – engineer
  • Rowan McIntosh, Jason Elliot, Andy Cook, Poppy Kavanagh, Josh Tyrell – engineer assistant

Track listing:

  1. Trapper Man
  2. Back on the Dance Floor
  3. Nobody’s Child
  4. Just a Boy Away from Home
  5. When You Leave
  6. Good on You Son
  7. My Bacon Roll
  8. Nobody Does That
  9. One Song at a Time
  10. Floating Away
  11. Slow Learner
  12. Heavy Up
  13. Matchstick Man

The Boo Radleys: Wake Up!

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On March 27, 1995, “Creation” label released “Wake Up!”, the fourth Boo Radleys (The), album. It was recorded September – October, 1994, in Rockfield, Wales, and was produced by Sice, Tim Brown, Martin Carr and Rob Cieka.

Personnel:

  • Sice – lead vocals, handclaps 
  • Martin Carr – guitar, glockenspiel, keyboard, harmonica, handclaps, percussion, backing vocals 
  • Tim Brown – bass, piano, keyboard
  • Rob Cieka – drums, percussion, keyboard, bell
  • Dick Green – guitar 
  • Peter Fry – double bass 
  • Nigel Hitchcock – saxophone
  • Simon Gardner – trumpet
  • Neil Sidwell – trombone
  • Steve Kitchen – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Chris Moore – trumpet 
  • Fay Sweet – viola
  • Lindsay Johnston – cello
  • Scottie – handclaps
  • Andy Wilkinson – engineer
  • Paul Read – engineer assistant
  • Al Clay – mixing
  • Matt Sime – mixing assistant
  • Stephen A. Wood – sleeve art
  • Joel Graphics – typeset layout reprographics
  • Toby Egelnick – final assemblage
  • Roger Sargent – band photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Martin Carr.

  1. Wake Up Boo!
  2. Fairfax Scene
  3. It’s Lulu
  4. Joel
  5. Find the Answer Within
  6. Reaching Out from Here
  7. Martin, Doom! It’s Seven O’Clock
  8. Stuck on Amber
  9. Charles Bukowski Is Dead
  10. 4am Conversation
  11. Twinside
  12. Wilder

Richard Ashcroft: Alone With Everybody

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On June 26, 2000, “Hut” label released “Alone with Everybody”, the first Richard Ashcroft solo album. It was recorded in 2000, and was produced by Chris Potter and Richard Ashcroft.

Personnel:

  • Richard Ashcroft – vocals, guitar, percussion, keyboards, piano, mellotron, organ, melodica
  • The London Community Gospel Choir – Samantha Smith, Leonard Meade, Vernetta Meade, Michelle-John Douglas, Donovan Lawrence, Irene Myrtle Forrester – vocals
  • J. Cole– pedal steel guitar
  • Chuck Leavell – piano, Hammond organ
  • Kate Radley– keyboards
  • Judd Lander– harmonica
  • Pino Palladino– bass
  • Chris Potter – bass
  • Peter Salisbury– drums
  • Steve Sidelnyk – drums, percussion, programming
  • Craig Wagstaff –congas
  • Jim Hunt – saxophone, flute
  • Philip D Todd – saxophone
  • Nigel Hitchcock– saxophone
  • Jamie Talbot – baritone saxophone
  • John Barclay – trumpet
  • Stuart Brooks – trumpet
  • Duncan Mackay – trumpet
  • Jane Pickles – flute
  • Anna Noakes – flute
  • The London Session Orchestra – strings
  • Lucinda Barry –harp
  • Teena Lyle – vibes
  • Will Malone– brass and string arrangements, conducting

Track listing:

All tracks by Richard Ashcroft.

  1. A Song for the Lovers
  2. I Get My Beat
  3. Brave New World
  4. New York
  5. You on My Mind in My Sleep
  6. Crazy World
  7. On a Beach
  8. Money to Burn
  9. Slow Was My Heart
  10. C’mon People (We’re Making It Now)
  11. Everybody

 

Mark Knopfler: Tracker

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Mark Knopfler-Tracker

On March 16, 2015, “Mercury” label released “Tracker”, the eighth Mark Knopfler solo studio album. It was recorded in 2014, at “British Grove Studios” and was produced by Mark Knopfler and Guy Fletcher.

Personnel:

  • Mark Knopfler – vocals, guitars
  • Guy Fletcher– keyboards, vocals
  • Bruce Molsky– fiddle, rhythm guitar, banjo
  • John McCusker– fiddle, cittern
  • Mike McGoldrick– whistle, wooden flute
  • Phil Cunningham– accordion
  • Glenn Worf– bass
  • Ian Thomas – drums
  • Nigel Hitchcock– saxophone
  • Tom Walsh – trumpet
  • Ruth Moody– vocals
  • Richard Ford– sleeve notes

Track listing:

  1. Laughs and Jokes and Drinks and Smokes
  2. Basil
  3. River Towns
  4. Skydiver
  5. Mighty Man
  6. Broken Bones
  7. Long Cool Girl
  8. Lights of Taormina
  9. Silver Eagle
  10. Beryl
  11. Wherever I Go

Kate Bush: The Red Shoes

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On November 1, 1993, “EMI” released “The Red Shoes”, the seventh Kate Bush studio album. It was recorded 1990 -1993, and was produced by Kate Bush. Its release was accompanied by Bush’s short film, “The Line, the Cross and the Curve”.

Personnel:

  • Kate Bush – vocals, bass, keyboards,  piano, guitar, arrangements
  • Jeff Beck – guitar
  • Danny McIntosh – guitar
  • Eric Clapton – guitar
  • Prince – vocals, bass, guitar, arranger, keyboards
  • Paddy Bush – vocals, whistle, mandola, valiha, singing bowls, fujara, musical bow
  • Gary Brooker – Hammond organ
  • John Giblin: bass
  • Gaumont d’Oliver – bass, percussion, drums, sound effects
  • Stuart Elliott – percussion, drums
  • Charlie Morgan – percussion
  • Nigel Hitchcock – baritone and tenor saxophones
  • Steve Sidwell – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Paul Spong – trumpet
  • Neil Sidwell – trombone
  • Michael Kamen: orchestration
  • Nigel Kennedy – violin, viola
  • Lily – narrator
  • Lenny Henry – vocals
  • Trio Bulgarka – vocals
  • Colin Lloyd Tucker – vocals
  • Justin Vali – vocals, valiha, kabosy
  • Del Palmer – Fairlight sampler, engineer, mixing
  • Demetr Penev – vocal arrangements for Trio Bulgarka
  • Haydn Bendall – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Kate Bush.

  1. Rubberband Girl
  2. And So Is Love
  3. Eat the Music
  4. Moments of Pleasure
  5. The Song of Solomon
  6. Lily
  7. The Red Shoes
  8. Top of the City
  9. Constellation of the Heart
  10. Big Stripey Lie
  11. Why Should I Love You
  12. You’re the One