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Mick Jagger: She’s The Boss

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On February 19, 1983, “CBS” label released “She’s the Boss”, the debut Mick Jagger album. It was recorded May – November 1984, and was produced by Mick Jagger, Bill Laswell and Nile Rodgers.

Personnel:

  • Mick Jagger – lead and backing vocals
  • Pete Townshend – guitar
  • Jeff Beck – guitar
  • Nile Rodgers – guitar
  • Eddie Martinez – guitar
  • E. Smith – guitar
  • Jam Hammer – piano
  • Robert Sabino – piano keyboards, synthesizer
  • Herbie Hancock – organ, synthesizer
  • Chuck Leavell – organ
  • Wally Badarou– synthesizer
  • Guy Fletcher – synthesizer
  • John “Rabbit” Bundrick– synthesizer
  • Ron Magness – synthesizer
  • Lenny Pickett – saxophone
  • Bill Laswell – bass, synthesizer
  • Colin Hodgkinson – bass guitar
  • Bernard Edwards – bass guitar
  • Robbie Shakespeare – bass guitar
  • Sly Dunbar– drums
  • Steve Ferrone– drums
  • Anton Fig– drums
  • Michael Shrieve – drums
  • Tony Thompson– drums
  • Daniel Ponce, bata drum, percussion
  • Ray Cooper – percussion
  • Anton Fler – percussion
  • Alyb Dieng – shaker
  • Alan Pickett – rapping
  • Bernard Fowler – backing vocals
  • Fonzi Thornton– backing vocals
  • Paul Buckmaster – string arrangements

Track listing:

  1. Lonely at the Top – Mick Jagger, Keith Richards
  2. 1/2 a Loaf – Mick Jagger
  3. Running Out of Luck – Mick Jagger
  4. Turn the Girl Loose – Mick Jagger
  5. Hard Woman – Mick Jagger
  6. Just Another Night – Mick Jagger
  7. Lucky in Love – Mick Jagger, Carlos Alomar
  8. Secrets – Mick Jagger
  9. She’s the Boss – Mick Jagger, Carlos Alomar

 

Laurie Anderson: Mister Heartbreak

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On February 14, 1984, “Warner Bros” label released “Mister Heartbreak”, the second Laurie Anderson studio album.  It was recorded July – December 1983, at “The Lobby, RCA, A & R” in New York, and was produced by Laurie Anderson, Bill Laswell, Roma Baran  and  Peter Gabriel.

Personnel:

  • Laurie Anderson– vocals, synclavier, violin,  whistle, vocoder, electronic conches, bell, percussion
  • William S. Burroughs– vocals
  • Adrian Belew– guitar
  • Nile Rodgers– guitar
  • Peter Gabriel– vocals, synclavier, Linn drum
  • Bill Laswell– bass
  • Anton Fier– drums, toms, wood block
  • David Van Tieghem– plywood, singing bowls, drums, Simmons, steel drum, gato, bamboo
  • Daniel Ponce– percussion
  • Bill Blaber– soprano saxophone
  • Sang-Won Park– kayagum
  • Connie Harvey, Janet Wright– Japanese chorus
  • Phoebe Snow, Atsuko Yuma– backing vocals
  • November (Michelle Cobbs, Dolette McDonald, Brenda Nelson) –backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Laurie Anderson except where noted.

  1. Sharkey’s Day
  2. Langue d’Amour
  3. Gravity’s Angel
  4. Kokoku
  5. Excellent Birds – Laurie Anderson, Peter Gabriel
  6. Blue Lagoon
  7. Sharkey’s Night – Laurie Anderson, William S. Burroughs