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Procol Magic: Something Magic

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In January 1977, “Chrysalis” label released “Something Magic”, the ninth Procol Harum album. It was recorded in 1976, and was produced by Pete Solley, Chris Copping, B.J.Wilson, Mick Grabham, Gary Brooker, Keith Reid, Ron Albert and Howie Albert

Personnel:

  • Pete Solley – organ, synthesizers
  • Mick Grabham – guitar
  • Gary Brooker– vocals, piano
  • Chris Copping– bass guitar
  • J. Wilson– drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Gary Brooker and Keith Reid except where noted.

  1.  Something Magic
  2. Skating on Thin Ice
  3. Wizard Man
  4. The Mark of the Claw – Mick Grabham, Keith Reid
  5. Stranger in Space
  6. The Worm & the Tree – Part One
  7. Introduction
  8. Menace
  9. Occupation
  10. The Worm & the Tree – Part Two
  • Enervation
  • Expectancy
  • Battle

11. The Worm & the Tree – Part Three

  • Regeneration
  • Epilogue

Status Quo: Blue For You

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In March 1976, “Vertigo” label released “Blue for You” the ninth Status Quo studio album. It was recorded December 1975-January 1976, at “phonogram Studios” in London, and was produced by Damon Lyon-Shaw, John Coghlan, Alan Lancaster, Rick Parfitt and Francis Rossi.

Personnel:

  • Francis Rossi – vocals, guitar
  • Rick Parfitt – vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • Alan Lancaster- vocals, bass, guitar
  • John Coghlan- drums

Track listing:

  1. Is There a Better Way – Francis Rossi, Alan Lancaster
  2. Mad About the Boy – Francis Rossi, Young
  3. Ring of a Change – Francis Rossi, Young
  4. Blue for You – Alan Lancaster
  5. Rain – Rick Parfitt
  6. Rolling Home – Francis Rossi, Alan Lancaster
  7. That’s a Fact – Francis Rossi, Young
  8. Ease Your Mind – Alan Lancaster
  9. Mystery Song – Rick Parfitt, Young

Violent Femmes: We Can Do Anything

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On March 4, 2016, “PIAS America” label released “We Can Do Anything”, the ninth Violent Femmes album. The cover art was by Kevin Hearn.

Personnel:

  • Gordon Gano – lead vocals, guitar, banjo
  • Brian Ritchie– vocals, acoustic bass guitar
  • Brian Viglione – vocals, drums, percussion

The Horns of Dilemma

  • John Sparrow – bass cajon
  • Jeff Hamilton – guitar, mandolin, 6 string banjo, ukulele, vocals, percussion
  • Blaise Garza– contrabass, bass, baritone and tenor saxophones
  • Kevin Hearn– accordion, guitar, piano, organ, vocals
  • Paul Cebar – electric 12-string

Track listing:

All tracks by Gordon Gano except where noted.

  1. Memory
  2. I Could Be Anything
  3. Issues – Gordon Gano, Kevin Griffin, Sam Hollander
  4. Holy Ghost – Gordon Gano, Sam Hollander, Dave Katz
  5. What You Really Mean – Cynthia Gayneau
  6. Foothills – Gordon Gano, Sam Hollander, Dave Katz
  7. Travelling Solves Everything
  8. Big Car
  9. Untrue Love
  10. I’m Not Done

Kevin Ayers: That’s What You Get Babe

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In February 1980, “Harvest” label released “That’s What You Get Babe”, the ninth Kevin Ayers studio album. It was recorded in 1980, at “Vineyard Studios”, and was produced by Graham Preskett.

Personnel:

  • Kevin Ayers- vocals, guitar
  • Graham Preskett – vocals, guitar, violin, keyboards, banjo, mandolin
  • Geoff Whitehorn- guitar
  • Ollie Halsall- guitar
  • Mo Foster- bass
  • Liam Genockey- drums
  • Trevor Murrell – drums
  • Roy Jones – percussion
  • Neil Lancaster – vocals
  • Clare Torry- vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Kevin Ayers.

  1. That’s What You Get
  2. Where Do I Go From Here
  3. You Never Outrun Your Heart
  4. Given And Taken
  5. Idiots
  6. Super Salesman
  7. Money, Money, Money
  8. Miss Hanaga
  9. I’m So Tired
  10. Where Do The Stars End

Belle and Sebastian: Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance

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On January 19, 2015, “Matador” label released “Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance”, the ninth Belle and Sebastian studio album. It was recorded in 2014, in Atlanta, Georgia, and was produced by Ben H. Allen III.

Personnel:

  • Stuart Murdoch– vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, keyboards
  • Stevie Jackson– vocals, acoustic and electric guitar
  • Chris Geddes– keyboards
  • Richard Colburn– drums, percussion
  • Ben H. Allen III – percussion, synthesizer, mixing, programming
  • Sarah Martin– vocals, keyboards, acoustic and electric guitar
  • Bobby Kildea– guitar, bass
  • Dave McGowan – bass, guitar, keyboards
  • Dave McGowan – bass
  • Joe Grandsen – trumpet
  • Kevin Hyde – trombone
  • Will Scruggs – saxophones
  • The Laurels String Quartet – strings
  • Josh Misner – violin
  • Jesse Peterson – violin
  • Erica Burton – viola
  • Dan Lawonn – cello
  • Dee Dee Penny – vocals
  • Natsha Evans – backing vocals
  • Alfreda Gerald – backing vocals
  • Tanya Smith – backing vocals
  • Charles Antonio Hightower – backing vocals
  • Andy Thompson – engineer, string arrangements
  • Bo Bodnar – engineer
  • Summer Jones – engineer
  • Jason Kingsland – engineer, mixing
  • Tony Doogan – mixing
  • Frank Arkwright – mastering
  • Adam Klafke – studio assistant
  • Zach Pyles – studio assistant
  • John Rosser – studio assistant
  • Ryan Wright – studio assistant
  • Bill Zimmerman – studio asistant
  • Katherine Heath – illustrations
  • Emma Howlett – design
  • Stuart Murdoch – photography
  • Suzie Beith – photo assistant
  • Marisa Privitera – photo assistance
  • Monica Tannian – session coordinator

Track listing:

All tracks by Stuart Murdoch, Stevie Jackson , Chris Geddes, Richard Colburn, Sarah Martin, Bobby Kildea and Dave McGowan

  1. Nobody’s Empire
  2. Allie
  3. The Party Line
  4. The Power of Three
  5. The Cat with the Cream
  6. Enter Sylvia Plath
  7. The Everlasting Muse
  8. Perfect Couples
  9. Ever Had a Little Faith?
  10. Play for Today
  11. The Book of You
  12. Today (This Army’s for Peace)

Parliament: Trombipulation

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On December 5, 1980, “Casablanca” label released “Trombipulation”, the ninth Parliament studio album. It was recorded 1979 – 1980, and was produced by George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Ron Dunbar and Ron Ford.

Personnel:

  • Bootsy Collins – vocals, guitar, bass, drums
  • Tony Thomas, Michael Hampton, Gordon Carlton, Jerome Ali – guitar
  • Bernie Worrell, David Lee Chong, Michael Hampton, Manon Saulsby, Ernestro Wilson – keyboards
  • Donnie Sterling, Lige Curry, Jimmie Ali – bass
  • Lonnie Greene, Tyrone Lampkin, Kenny Colton – drums
  • Fred Wesley, Larry Hatcher, Bennie Cowan, Greg Thomas, Maceo Parker, Richard Griffith, Darryl Dixon, David Taylor, Barry Taylor, Barry Rogers, Danny Cahn, David Tofani, John Mical, David Majali, Randy Brecker, Michael Brecker – horns
  • Garry Shider, Ray Davis, Michael “Clip” Payne, Lige Curry, Jerome Rodgers, Larry Hatcher, Robert Johnson, Ron Dunbar, Jeanette McGruder, Dawn Silva, Sheila Horne, Mallia Franklin, Shirley Hayden, Janice Evans, Jeanette Washington, Gwen Dozier, Cheryl James, Ron Ford, Patty Walker, Andre Williams, Stevie Pannell, Kevin Shider, Tracey “Trey Lewd” Lewis, Tony Davis, Philippe Wynne, Jessica Cleaves, Donnie Sterling, Tony Thomas, Lonnie Greene, Nina Hoover, Linda Shider, Larry Heckstall, Dawn Driver, Ronni Faust, Godmoma, Junie Morrison – vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by George Clinton.

  1. Crush It
  2. Trombipulation
  3. Long Way Around
  4. Agony Of Defeet
  5. New Doo Review
  6. Let’s Play House
  7. Body Language
  8. Peek-A-Groove

Cat Stevens: Numbers

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On November 30, 1975, “Island” label released “Numbers”, the ninth Cat Stevens studio album. It was recorded in October 1975, at “Le Studio Morin Heights” in Quebec, Canada, and was produced by Cat Stevens.

Personnel:

  • Cat Stevens– lead vocals, acoustic, electric and twelve string guitar, piano, Fender Rhodes electric piano, ARP 2600, ARP 2500
  • Barbara Massey – vocals
  • Carl Hall – vocals
  • Tasha Thomas – vocals
  • Art Garfunkel– vocals
  • Lewis Furey – vocals
  • Melba Joyce – vocals
  • Carmen Twillie – vocals
  • Brenda Russell – vocals
  • Vennette Gloud – vocals
  • Suzanne Lynch– vocals
  • Anna Peacock – vocals
  • Vincent Beck – vocals
  • Jean Roussel – vocals, piano, Yamaha organ, Wurlitzer electric piano, synthesizer, harpsichord, Hammond organ, string synthesizer, vibraphone
  • Alun Davies– vocals, acoustic and 12-string acoustic guitar
  • Simon Nicol– acoustic, electric and 12-string electric guitar
  • Gordie Fleming – accordion
  • David Sanborn– alto saxophone
  • Bruce Lynch– bass, double bass
  • Gerry Conway– vocals, drums
  • Chico Batera – congas, wind chimes, ganza, triangle, waterphone
  • Magic Children of Ottawa – vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Cat Stevens.

  1. Whistlestar
  2. Novim’s Nightmare
  3. Majik of Majiks
  4. Drywood
  5. Banapple Gas
  6. Land o’ Freelove & Goodbye
  7. Jzero
  8. Home
  9. Monad’s Anthem

Nick Lowe: The Impossible Bird

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On November 29, 1994, “Demon” label released “The Impossible Bird”, the ninth Nick Lowe album. It was recorded in 1994, at “The Turk’s Head Function Room” in Twickenham, Middlesex; “The Old Cinema” in Brentford, Middlesex and “The Bonaparte Rooms”, in Twickenham, Middlesex, and was produced by Nick Lowe and Neil Brockbank.

Personnel:

  • Nick Lowe – vocals, rhythm and acoustic guitar, bass guitar
  • Gary Grainger– guitar
  • Geraint Watkins– organ, electric guitar
  • Bill Kirchen– trombone, electric guitar
  • Paul Riley– bass guitar
  • Robert Treherne– drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Nick Lowe, except where noted.

  1. Soulful Wind
  2. The Beast in Me
  3. True Love Travels on a Gravel Road – Dallas Frazier, L. Owens
  4. Trail of Tears – Roger Cook, Allen Reynolds
  5. Shelley My Love
  6. Where’s My Everything?
  7. 12-Step Program (To Quit You Babe)
  8. Lover Don’t Go
  9. Drive-Thru Man
  10. Withered on the Vine
  11. I Live on a Battlefield – Paul Carrack, Nick Lowe
  12. 14 Days
  13. I’ll Be There – Ray Price, Rusty Gabbard

Paul Simon: Songs From The Capeman

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On November 18, 1997, “Warner Bros” label released “Songs from The Capeman”, the ninth Paul Simon solo studio album. It was recorded in 1997, and was produced by Roy Halee. The songs retell the story of Salvador Agron, who was known as the “Capeman”.

Personnel:

  • Paul Simon – vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Arlen Roth, Paul Livant, Steve Cropper, Vincent Nguini, Wally Richardson – guitar
  • Harper Simon– guitar, harmonica
  • Robby Turner – pedal steel guitar
  • Diomedes Matos – acoustic guitar
  • Saturnino Laboy – acoustic guitar
  • Oriente Lopez – organ, electric piano, flute
  • Oscar Hernandez – piano, synthesizer, celesta, vibraphone, glockenspiel
  • Horace Ott, Paul Griffin- piano
  • Mark Ramos – accordion
  • Bakithi Kumalo, Jay Leonhart, John Beal, Rubén Rodriguez, Tony Garnier– bass
  • Bernie Minoso– bass guitar
  • Richard Crooks, Shannon Ford– drums
  • Robby Ameen– drums, percussion
  • Eddie Montalvo– congas
  • Jimmy Sabater– congas, cowbell
  • Pablo Nuñez– bongos, cowbell
  • Bobby Allende – bongos, cymbal, bell tree
  • Milton Cardona – bongos, maracas, claves, congas, guirom backing vocals
  • Danny Rivera– coro
  • Edgardo Miranda– cuatro
  • Nelson González– tres
  • Johnny Andrews– timbales
  • Marc Quinones – timbales, congas
  • ‘Crusher’ Bennett– shaker
  • Bob Franceschini– soprano saxophone
  • Chris Eminizer, Mitch Frohman– tenor saxophone
  • David Mann– tenor and baritone saxophone
  • Bill Holloman – tenor saxophone, trumpet
  • Pablo Calogero– baritone saxophone, bass clarinet
  • Luis Lopéz, Ozzie Melendez– trombone
  • David “Piro” Rodríguez, John Walsh, Ray Vega– trumpet
  • Barry Danielian– flugelhorne
  • Stewart Rose– French horn
  • Marcia Butler– oboe
  • Krista Feeney, Paul Peabody– violin
  • Juliet Haffner- viola
  • Laura Bontrager – cello
  • Angel Ramirez, Angelo Aponte, Bobby Bright, Briz, David Davila, DeWayne Snype, Derrick James, Dionte Sutton, Ed Vasquez, Edgar Stewart, Hans Giraldo, Hechter Ubarry, Karen Bernod, Kevin Harrison, Kia Jeffries, Luis Marrero, Myrna Gomila, Nestor Sanchez, Ray De La Paz, Renee Connell-Adams, Robert Vargas, Sean Pulley, Teana Rodriguez, Trent Sutton– backing vocals
  • Stanley Silverman- orchestration
  • Roy Halee – recording
  • Andy Smith – recording, mixing
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Bob Crowley – artwork
  • Frank Olinsky – design
  • Sigrid Nama – photography
  • Nitin Vadukul – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Paul Simon, with co-lyrics by Derek Walcott.

  1. Adios Hermanos
  2. Born in Puerto Rico
  3. Satin Summer Nights
  4. Bernadette
  5. The Vampires
  6. Quality
  7. Can I Forgive Him
  8. Sunday Afternoon
  9. Killer Wants to Go to College
  10. Time Is an Ocean
  11. Virgil
  12. Killer Wants to Go to College II
  13. Trailways Bus
  14. Shoplifting Clothes
  15. Born in Puerto Rico
  16. Can I Forgive Him

Funkadelic: Hardcore Jollies

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On October 29, 1976, “Warner Bros” label released “Hardcore Jollies”, the ninth Funkadelic studio album. It was recorded in 1976, and was produced by George Clinton. “Hardcore Jollies” was the last band’s album to include three original members of The Parliaments: Fuzzy Haskins, Calvin Simon and Grady Thomas.

Personnel:

  • George Clinton,Ray Davis, Fuzzy Haskins, Grady Thomas, Calvin Simon, Garry Shider, Glenn Goins – vocals
  • Michael Hampton,Eddie Hazel – lead guitar
  • Eddie Hazel, Garry Shider,Glenn Goins – guitars
  • Bernie Worrell – keyboards
  • Boogie Mosson,Bootsy Collins, Billy Bass Nelson , Jimi Calhoun – bass
  • Jerome Brailey, Tiki Fulwood, Buddy Miles – drums
  • Sir Lieb – artwork
  • Pedro Bell – artwork

Track listing:

  1. Comin’ Round the Mountain – George Clinton,Grace Cook
  2. Smokey – George Clinton,Garry Shider
  3. If You Got Funk, You Got Style – George Clinton,Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell
  4. Hardcore Jollies – George Clinton, Bernie Worrel
  5. Soul Mate – George Clinton, Grace Cook
  6. Cosmic Slop (Live)– George Clinton, Bernie Worrell
  7. You Scared the Lovin’ Outta Me – George Clinton,Glenn Goins
  8. Adolescent Funk – George Clinton,Michael Hampton, Bernie Worrell