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Teenage Fanclub: Bandwagonesque

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On November 4, 1991, “Creation” label released “Bandwagonesque”, the third Teenage Fanclub studio album. It was recorded April – May 1991, at “Amazon Studios” in Liverpool, and was produced by Don Fleming, Paul Chisholm, Norman Blake, Gerard Love, Raymond McGinley and Brendan O’Hare. In 1991, “Bandwagonesque” was voted “Album of the year” by American music magazine Spin.

Personnel:

  • Norman Blake – vocals, guitar, bass, arrangements
  • Raymond McGinley – vocals, guitar, arrangements
  • Gerard Love – vocals, bass, guitar, arrangements
  • Brendan O’Hare – vocals, drums, arrangements
  • Joseph McAlinden – brass and strings
  • Don Fleming – occasional vocals and guitar
  • Dave Buchanan – handclaps
  • Paul Chisholm – engineer
  • Keith Hartley – engineer
  • Dave Buchanan – engineer assistant
  • George Peckham – mastering
  • Sharon Fitzgerald – design, photography

Track listing:

  1. The Concept – Norman Blake
  2. Satan – Norman Blake, Gerard Love, Raymond McGinley, Brendan O’Hare
  3. December – Gerard Love
  4. What You Do To Me – Norman Blake
  5. I Don’t Know – Raymond McGinley
  6. Star Sign – Gerard Love
  7. Metal Baby – Norman Blake
  8. Pet Rock – Gerard Love
  9. Sidewinder – Gerard Love, Brendan O’Hare
  10. Alcholiday – Norman Blake
  11. Guiding Star – Gerard Love
  12. Is This Music – Gerard Love

Johnny Cash: Bitter Tears: Ballad Of The American Indian

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On October 26, 1964, “Columbia” label released “Bitter Tears: Ballads of the American Indian”, the 13th Johnny Cash album. It was recorded March – June 1964, and was produced by Frank Jones and Dom Law. In 2010, the “Western Writers of America” chose “The Ballad of Ira Hayes” as one of the “Top 100 Western songs of all time”.

Personnel:

  • Johnny Cash – vocals, guitar
  • Luther Perkins, Norman Blake, Bob Johnson – guitar
  • Marshall Grant – bass
  • W.S. Holland – drums
  • The Carter Family – vocal accompaniment
  • Bob Cato – cover photography
  • Hugh Cherry – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Johnny Cash, except where noted.

  1. As Long as the Grass Shall Grow – Peter La Farge
  2. Apache Tears
  3. Custer – Peter La Farge
  4. The Talking Leaves
  5. The Ballad of Ira Hayes – Peter La Farge
  6. Drums – Peter La Farge
  7. White Girl – Peter La Farge
  8. The Vanishing Race – Johnny Cash, Johnny Horton

Teenage Fanclub: Thirteen

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On October 4, 1993, “Creation” label released “Thirteen”, the fourth Teenage Fanclub studio album, It was recorded October 1982 – April 1993, at “Ca Va Sound Workshop” in Glasgow, Scottland, “Revolution Studios” in Cheadie Hulme, Cheshire, England, and was produced by Andy MacPherson, Norman Blake, Gerard Love, Raymond McGinley and Brendan O’Hare.

Personnel:

  • Norman Blake – vocals, guitar
  • Raymond McGinley – vocals, guitar
  • Gerard Love – vocals, bass
  • Brendan O’Hare – drums
  • Mike Hare – slide guitar
  • Iain MacDonald – flute
  • John McCusker – violin
  • Joe McAlinden – violin, alto saxophone
  • Andy MacPherson – engineer
  • Darrin Tidsey – engineer assistant
  • Andy Lee – engineer assistant
  • Tony Doogan – engineer assistant
  • Duncan Cameron – engineer assistant
  • Paul Chisholm – engineer assistant
  • Tim Young – mastering engineer
  • Mark Bown – layout
  • Brian Spanklen – photography
  • Dennis Keeley – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Gerard Love, except where noted.

  1. Hang On
  2. The Cabbage – Norman Blake
  3. Radio
  4. Norman 3 – Norman Blake
  5. Song to the Cynic
  6. 120 Mins – Raymond McGinley
  7. Esher – Raymond McGinley
  8. Commercial Alternative – Norman Blake
  9. Fear of Flying
  10. Tears Are Cool – Raymond McGinley
  11. Ret Liv Dead – Norman Blake
  12. Get Funky – Brendan O’Hare
  13. Gene Clark

Teenage Fanclub: Nothing Lasts Forever

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On September 22, 2023, “PeMa” label released “Nothing Lasts Forever”, the twelfth Teenage Fanclub studio album. It was recorded in 2022, at “Rockfield Studios” in Monmouth, “Raymond’s Place” in Glasgow, and was produced by Norman Blake, Euros Childs, Francis MacDonald, Raymond McGinley and Dave McGowan.

Personnel:

  • Norman Blake – vocals, guitar
  • Raymond McGinley – vocals, lead guitar, engineering
  • Euros Childs – vocals, keyboard
  • Dave McGowan – vocals, bass
  • Francis MacDonald – vocals, drums
  • Stephen Black – clarinet, saxophone
  • John McCusker – strings
  • Daisy Spiers – strings
  • David Henderson – engineer
  • Joe Jones – engineer
  • Tom Walsh – string engineering
  • Guy Davie – mastering
  • H. Hawkline – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Norman Blake, except where noted.

  1. Foreign Land
  2. Tired of Being Alone – Raymond McGinley
  3. I Left a Light On
  4. See the Light – Raymond McGinley
  5. It’s Alright
  6. Falling into the Sun – Raymond McGinley
  7. Self-Sedation
  8. Middle of My Mind – Raymond McGinley
  9. Back to the Light
  10. I Will Love You – Raymond McGinley

Sara Watkins: Same

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On April 7, 2009, “Nonesuch” label released the self-titled, debut Sara Watkins album. It was recorded 2008 – 2009, at “Sound Emporium” in Nashville, Tennessee, “Henson Recording Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by John Paul Jones.

Personnel:

  • Sara Watkins – vocals, fiddle, ukulele
  • Sean Watkins – acoustic and electric guitar, harmony vocals
  • Jon Brion – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Gillian Welch – electric guitar, harmony vocals
  • Chris Eldridge – guitar, harmony vocals
  • Greg Leisz – pedal steel guitar
  • John Paul Jones – bass, mandolin, piano, organ, electric piano, harmony vocals
  • Billy Cardine – dobro
  • Michael Witcher – dobro
  • Ronnie McCoury – mandolin
  • Chris Thile – mandola
  • Benmont Tench – piano
  • Byron House – bass
  • Mark Schatz – bass
  • Sebastian Steinberg – bass
  • David Rawlings – drums, electric guitar, harmony vocals
  • Rayna Gellert – fiddle
  • Pete Thomas – drums
  • Luke Bulla – harmony vocals
  • Claire Lynch – harmony vocals
  • Jenny Anne Mannan – harmony vocals
  • Tim O’Brien – harmony vocals
  • Aoife O’Donovan – harmony vocals
  • Dave Sinko – recording, mixing
  • Eric Conn – mastering
  • Wendy Stamberger – design
  • Jeremy Cowart – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Sara Watkins, except where noted.

  1. All This Time
  2. Long Hot Summer Days – John Hartfoed
  3. My Friend
  4. Freiderick
  5. Same Mistakes – Jon Brion
  6. Any Old Time – Jimmie Rodgers
  7. Pony – Tom Waits
  8. Lord Won’t You Help Me – Norman Blake
  9. Jefferson
  10. Give Me Jesus
  11. Bygones
  12. Too Much – David Garza
  13. Will We Go
  14. Where Will You Be

Johnny Cash: Johnny Cash Sings the Ballads of the True West

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On August 2,1965, “Columbia” label released “Johnny Cash Sings the Ballads of the True West”, the 22nd Johnny Cash album. It was recorded August 1959 – April 1965, and was produced by Don Law and Frank Jones.

Personnel:

  • Johnny Cash – vocals, guitar
  • Luther Perkins – guitar
  • Norman Blake, Jack Clement – acoustic guitar
  • Bob Johnson – 12-string guitar, flute, banjo, mandocello
  • Bill Pursell – piano, harpsichord
  • Charlie McCoy – harmonica
  • Marshall Grant – bass
  • W.S. Holland – drums
  • Michael N. Kazak – drums
  • Mother Maybelle Carter – autoharp
  • The Carter Family, The Statler Brothers – backing vocals

Track listing:

  1. Hiawatha’s Vision – Johnny Cash
  2. The Road to Kaintuck – Johnny Cash, June Carter
  3. The Shifting, Whispering Sands Part I – V. C. Gilbert, Mary Hadler
  4. The Ballad of Boot Hill – Carl Perkins
  5. I Ride an Old Paint – traditional, Johnny Cash
  6. Hardin Wouldn’t Rain – Johnny Cash
  7. Mr. Garfield – Ramblin’ Jack Elliot
  8. Streets of Laredo – traditional, Johnny Cash
  9. Johnny Reb – Merle Kilgore
  10. A Letter from Home – Maybelle Carter, Dearest Dean
  11. Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie – traditional, Johnny Cash
  12. Mean as Hell – Johnny Cash
  13. Sam Hall – Tex Ritter
  14. 25v Minutes to Go – Shel Silverstein
  15. The Blizzard – Harlan Howard
  16. Sweet Betsy from Pike – Jimmie Driftwood
  17. Green Grow the Lilacs – traditional, Johnny Cash
  18. Stampede – Peter La Farge
  19. The Shifting, Whispering Sands Part II – Jack Gilbert, Mary Hadler
  20. Reflections – Johnny Cash

Teenage Fanclub: Shadows

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On May 31, 2010, “PeMa” label released “Shadows”, the ninth Teenage Fanclub studio album. It was recorded in August 2008 – January 2009, at “Leeders Farm” in Norfolk, England, Raymond’s place in Glasgow, and “Rockfield Studios” in Monmouth, Wales.

Personnel:

  • Norman Blake – vocals, guitar
  • Gerard Love – vocals, bass
  • Raymond McGinley – vocals, guitar
  • David McGowan – keyboards, guitar
  • Francis Macdonald – drums
  • Euros Childs – piano, backing vocals
  • Tom Crossley – flute 
  • John McCusker – strings
  • Nick Brine – engineer, mixing
  • Andy Bell – engineer assistant
  • Dave Pye – engineer assistant
  • Steve Rooke – mastering
  • Toby Paterson – artwork
  • Robert Dallas Gray – layout

Track listing:

All tracks by Gerrard Love, except where noted.

  1. Sometimes I Don’t Need to Believe in Anything
  2. Baby Lee – lyrics by Norman Blake, Jo Mango, Ziggy Campbell, music by Norman Blake
  3. The Fall – Raymond McGinley
  4. Into the City
  5. Dark Clouds – Norman Blake
  6. The Past – Raymond McGinley
  7. Shock and Awe
  8. When I Still Have Thee – Norman Blake
  9. Live with the Seasons – Raymond McGinley
  10. Sweet Days Waiting
  11. The Back of My Mind – Norman Blake
  12. Today Never Ends – Raymond McGinley

Johnny Cash: Hello, I’m Johnny Cash

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On January 26, 1970, “Columbia” label released “Hello, I’m Johnny Cash”, the 33rd Johnny Cash album. It was recorded February – September 1969, and was produced by Bob Johnston. In 1971, album track “If I Were a Carpenter”, duet with his wife, June Carter Cash, won a “Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal”.

Personnel:

  • Johnny Cash – vocals, guitar
  • June Carter Cash – vocal
  • Carl Perkins, Bob Wootton, Jerry Shook, Fred Carter, Jr. – guitar
  • Norman Blake – dobro, guitar
  • Bill Pursell – piano
  • Marshall Grant – bass guitar
  • W.S. Holland – drums
  • George Tidwell, Bob Phillips, William Pippin – trumpet
  • The Carter Family – backing vocals
  • Charlie Bragg – engineer
  • Joel Baldwin – cover photography

Track listing:

  1. Southwind – Johnny Cash
  2. Devil to Pay – Merle Travis, Leon Rusk
  3. Cause I Love You – Johnny Cash
  4. See Ruby Fall – Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison
  5. Route No. 1, Box 144 – Johnny Cash
  6. Sing a Travelling Song – Ken Jones
  7. If I Were a Carpenter – Tim Hardin
  8. To Beat the Devil – Kris Kristofferson
  9. Blistered – Billy Ed Wheeler
  10. Wrinkled Crinkled Wadded Dollar Bill – Vincent Matthews
  11. I’ve Got a Thing About Trains – Jack Clement
  12. Jesus Was a Carpenter – Chris Wren

The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band: All the Good Times

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In January 1972, “United Artists” label released “All the Good Times”, the sixth Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (The) album. It was recorded in 1971, and was produced by William E. McEuen.

Personnel:

  • Jeff Hanna – vocals, arranger, arranger
  • Jimmie Fadden – vocals, guitar, harmonica, drums, arranger
  • John McEuen – vocals, guitar, steel guitar, arranger
  • Les Thompson – vocals, bass, guitar, arranger
  • Jim Ibbotson – vocals, drums, guitar, keyboards
  • Randy Scruggs – acoustic guitar
  • Norman Blake – dobro
  • Ellis Padgett – acoustic bass

Track listing:

  1. Sixteen Tracks – Jeff Hanna, Jim Ibbotson
  2. Fish Song – Jimmie Fadden
  3. Jambalaya (On the Bayou) – Hank Williams
  4. Down in Texas – Eddie Hinton
  5. Creepin’ Round Your Back Door – Jimmie Fadden
  6. Daisy – Jim Ibbotson
  7. Slim Carter – Kenny O’Dell
  8. Hoping to Say – David Hanna
  9. Baltimore – Jim Ibbotson
  10. Jamaica Say You Will – Jackson Browne
  11. Do You Feel It Too – Richie Furay
  12. Civil War Trilogy – Walter McEuen
  13. Diggy Liggy Lo – J.D. Miller

Johnny Cash: Happiness Is You

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On October 10, 1966, “Columbia” label released “Happiness Is You”, the 24th Johnny Cash album. It was recorded June 1962 – December 1965, and was produced by Don Law and Frank Jones.

Personnel:

  • Johnny Cash – vocals, guitar
  • Luther Perkins – guitar
  • Norman Blake – guitar, dobro
  • Bob Johnson – guitar, flute
  • Bill Pursell – piano
  • Maybelle Carter – autoharp
  • Marshall Grant – bass
  • W.S. Holland – drums
  • The Carter Family, The Statler Brothers – backing vocals

Track listing:

  1. Happiness Is You – Johnny Cash, June Carter Cash
  2. Guess Things Happen That Way – Jake Clement
  3. Ancient History – Wayne P. Walker, Irene Stanton
  4. You Comb Her Hair – Harlan Howard, Hank Cochran
  5. She Came from the Mountain – Peter La Farge
  6. For Lovin’ Me – Gordon Lightfoot
  7. No One Will Ever Know – Fred Rose, Mel Force
  8. Is This My Destiny – Helen Carter
  9. A Wound Time Can’t Erase – Bill D. Johnson
  10. Happy to Be with You – Merle Kilgore, June Carter Cash, Johnny Cash
  11.  Wabash Cannonball – A.P. Carter