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Paul Anka: Rock Swings

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On May 31, 2005, “Verve” label released “Rock Swings”, album  by Paul Anka. It was recorded in November 2004, and was produced by Paul Anka.

Personnel:

  • Paul Anka – vocal, executive producer
  • Jon Bon Jovi – guitar, piano, backing vocals
  • Larry Koonse – guitar
  • Dean Parks – guitar
  • Randy Kerber – piano
  • Mike Lang – piano
  • Mike Valerio – bass
  • Peter Doubrovsky, Frances Liu-Wu – bass
  • Vinnie Colaiuta – drums
  • Emil Richards – vibes
  • Dan Higgins, Greg Huckins – alto saxophone, flute
  • Jon Crosse – tenor saxophone
  • Gene Cipriano – tenor saxophone, flute
  • Bill Liston – tenor saxophone, flute, clarinet
  • Gary Grant, Charles Davis, Larry Hall, Warren Luening, Sal Cracchiolo – trumpet
  • Steve Holtman, Andrew Martin, Alex Iles, Bill Reichenbach, Bob McChesney, Bryant Byers – trombone
  • Joel Peskin – bass clarinet, baritone saxophone
  • Brad Warnaar, Jim Atkinson, Kurt Snyder – French horn
  • Joel Derouin, Bruce Dukov – concert-master, violin
  • Rebecca Bunnell, Mario De Leon, Tiffany Yi Hu, Patricia Johnson, Peter Kent, Miran Kojian, Haim Shtrum, Mari Tsumura, Shari Zippert, Kirstin Fife, Razdan Kuyumjian, Dennis Molchan, Les Terry, Jennifer Munday, Anatoly Rosinsky, Charles Everett, Armen Garabedian, Berj Garabedian, Darius Campo – violin
  • Marilyn Baker, Jorge Moraga, James Ross, Harry Shirinian, Karie Prescott, Evan Wilson, Simon Oswell, Pam Goldsmith – viola
  • Larry Corbett, Vanessa Freebairn-Smith, Miguel Martinez, Steve Richards, Andrew Shulman, Anne Karam, Ernie Ehrhardt – cello
  • Gayle Levant – harp
  • Patrick Williams, Randy Kerber, John Clayton – session arranger, conductor
  • Jon Crosse – conductor
  • Al Schmitt – session engineer
  • Alex Christensen – session producer

Track listing:

  1. It’s My Life – Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, Max Martin
  2. True – Gary Kemp
  3. Eye of the Tiger – Jim Peterik, Frankie Sullivan
  4. Everybody Hurts – Michael Stipe, Peter Buck, Mike MIlls, Bill Berry
  5. Wonderwall – Noel Gallagher
  6. Black Hole Sun – Chris Cornell
  7. It’s a Sin – Neil Tennant, Chris Lowe
  8. Jump – David Lee Roth, Eddie Van Halen, Michael Anthony, Alex Van Halen
  9. Smells Like Teen Spirit – Kurt Cobain, Kris Novoselic, Dave Grohl
  10. Hello – Lionel Richie
  11. Eyes Without a Face – Billy Idol, Steve Stevens
  12. Lovecats – Robert Smith
  13. The Way You Make Me Feel – Michael Jackson
  14. Tears in Heaven – Eric Clapton, Will Jennings

Eskimo Joe: Inshalla

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On May 29, 2009, “Warner Bros” label released “Inshalla”, the fourth Eskimo Joe studio album. It was recorded October – November 2008, at “Studios 301” at Byron Bay, Australia.

Personnel:

  • Kavyen Temperley– vocals, bass, keyboards
  • Stuart MacLeod– vocals, guitar
  • Joel Quartermain– vocals, guitar, drums
  • Lee Jones – guitar
  • Hugh Jennings – accordion
  • Paul Millard – horns
  • Anne-Louise Comerford, Phillip Hartl, Andrew Hines – strings
  • Andy Lawson – vocals
  • Steve Parkin– vocals
  • Shaun Luke Sibbes – percussion, whistling
  • Mark Underwood – horns
  • Claire White – whistling
  • Jimi Maroudas – engineer
  • Pablo Verduga – engineer assistant
  • Andy Lawson – post-production engineer
  • Gil Norton– mixing
  • Dave Bascombe – mixing
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Mathematics – design
  • Adrian Mesko – photography

Track listing:

  1. Foreign Land (contains elements from Adiyaman (a province of South-Eastern part of Turkey) performed by the Anadolu University Folk Dance Ensemble (A university student club in Turkish province of Eskisehir) – Kavyen Temperley, Stuart MacLeod, Joel Quartermain, Steve Perkin
  2. Inshalla – Kavyen Temperley, Stuart MacLeod, Joel Quartermain
  3. Losing Friends Over Love – Kavyen Temperley, Stuart MacLeod, Joel Quartermain, Steve Perkin
  4. The Sound of Your Heart – Kavyen Temperley, Stuart MacLeod, Joel Quartermain, Steve Perkin
  5. Childhood Behaviour – Kavyen Temperley, Stuart MacLeod, Joel Quartermain
  6. Don’t Let Me Down – Kavyen Temperley, Stuart MacLeod, Joel Quartermain, Steve Perkin
  7. Falling for You (intro) – Kavyen Temperley, Stuart MacLeod, Joel Quartermain
  8. Falling for You – Kavyen Temperley, Stuart MacLeod, Joel Quartermain, Steve Perkin
  9. Losing My Mind – Kavyen Temperley, Stuart MacLeod, Joel Quartermain
  10. Your Eyes – Kavyen Temperley, Stuart MacLeod, Joel Quartermain
  11. Please Elise – Kavyen Temperley, Stuart MacLeod, Joel Quartermain, Justin Burford
  12. Morning Light – Kavyen Temperley, Stuart MacLeod, Joel Quartermain

Brian Jonestown Massacre: Take It from the Man!

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On May 28, 1996, “Bomp!” label released “Take It from the Man!”, the third Brian Jonestown Massacre studio album. November 1995 – February 1996, and was produced by Larry Thrasher.

Personnel:

  • Anton Newcombe– vocals, guitar, bass, organ, mellotron, drums
  • Dean Taylor, Jeff Davies, Mara Keagle – guitar
  • Matt Hollywood– vocals, bass, guitar
  • Brian Glaze– drums
  • Joel Gion– percussion

Track listing:

All tracks by Anton Newcombe, Matt Hollywood, Dean Taylor, Jeff Davies, Mara Keagle, Brian Glaze and Joel Gion, except where noted.

  1. Vacuum Boots
  2. Who?
  3. Oh Lord
  4. Caress
  5. (David Bowie I Love You) Since I Was Six
  6. Straight Up and Down
  7. Monster – Anton Newcombe, Jeff Davies
  8. Take It from the Man
  9. S.A.
  10. Mary, Please
  11. Monkey Puzzle
  12. Fucker
  13. Dawn
  14. Cabin Fever
  15. In My Life
  16. The Be Song
  17. My Man Syd
  18. Straight Up and Down (long version)

Wilco: Sky Blue Sky

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On May 15, 2007, “Nonesuch” label released “Sky Blue Sky”, the sixth Wilco studio album. It was recorded November 2006 – January 2007, at “The Wilco Loft” in Irving Park, Chicago, Illinois, and was produced by Nels Cline, Mikael Jorgensen, Glenn Kotche, Pat Sansone, John Stirratt and Jeff Tweedy.

Personnel:

  • Jeff Tweedy– vocals, guitar, design
  • Nels Cline– electric guitar, 12 string guitar, lap steel guitar
  • Mikael Jorgensen– piano, organs, Wurlitzer
  • Pat Sansone– organs, guitar, Chamberlin, mellotron, Wurlitzer, harpsichord, piano, backing vocals
  • John Stirratt– bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Glenn Kotche– drums, percussion, glockenspiel
  • Jim O’Rourke– feedback, percussion, acoustic guitar, string arrangements
  • Karen Waltuch – viola, violin
  • TJ Doherty – recording
  • Jason Tobias, Tom Gloady, Kevin Dean – engineer assistant
  • Jim Scott – mixing
  • Robert Ludwig– mastering
  • Nathaniel Murphy – illustrations
  • Lawrence Azerrad – design
  • Frack Ockenfels – photography
  • Manuel Presti – cover photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Jeff Tweedy, except where noted.

  1. Either Way
  2. You Are My face – Jeff Tweedy, Nels Cline
  3. Impossible Germany – Jeff Tweedy, Nels Cline, Mikael Jorgensen, Glenn Kotche, Pat Sansone, John Stirratt
  4. Sky Blue Sky
  5. Side with the Seeds – Jeff Tweedy, Mikael Jorgensen
  6. Shake It Off
  7. Please Be Patient With Me
  8. Hate It Here – Jeff Tweedy, Nels Cline, Mikael Jorgensen, Glenn Kotche, Pat Sansone, John Stirratt
  9. Leave Me (like You Find Me)
  10. Walken – Jeff Tweedy, Nels Cline, Mikael Jorgensen, Glenn Kotche, Pat Sansone, John Stirratt
  11. What Light
  12. On and On and On – Jeff Tweedy, Nels Cline, Mikael Jorgensen, Glenn Kotche, Pat Sansone, John Stirratt

Gabrielle Alpin: English Rain

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On May 13, 2013, “Parlaphone” label released “English Rain”, the debut Gabrielle Aplin studio album. It was recorded 2012 – 2013, and was produced by Mike Spencer.

Personnel:

  • Gabrielle Aplin – vocals, guitar, piano

Track listing:

  1. Panic Cord – Gabrielle Aplin, Nicholas Atkison, Jez Ashurst, Aiman Faiz
  2. Keep On Walking – Gabrielle Aplin, Nicholas Atkinson
  3. Please Don’t Say You Love Me – Gabrielle Aplin, Nicholas Atkinson
  4. How Do You Feel Today? – Gabrielle Aplin, Nicholas Atkinson, Thomas Wilding
  5. Home – Gabrielle Aplin, Nicholas Atkinson
  6. Salvation – Gabrielle Aplin, Joel Pott
  7. Ready to Question – Gabrielle Aplin, Nicholas Atkinson, Thomas Wilding
  8. The Power of Love – Peter Gill, Holly Johnson, Mark O’Toole
  9. Alive – Gabrielle Aplin, Mike Spencer
  10. Human – Gabrielle Aplin, Nicholas Atkinson, Thomas Wilding
  11. November – Gabrielle Aplin, Nicholas Atkinson
  12. Start of Time – Gabrielle Aplin, Jim Irvin, Julian Emery

The Go Betweens: Oceans Apart

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On May 3, 2005, “LO-MAX Records” label released “Oceans Apart”, the ninth and final The Go-Betweens studio album. It was recorded November 2004 – January 2005, and was produced by Mark Wallis and Dave Ruffy.

Personnel:

  • Robert Forster– vocals, guitars, piano, organ
  • Grant McLennan– vocals, guitars
  • Adele Pickvance –bass, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Glenn Thompson – drums, keyboards, guitar, backing vocals
  • Tom Rees-Roberts – flugelhorn
  • Trevor Miles – trombone
  • David Powell – tuba
  • Duncan Lamont – clarinet
  • Dave Ruffy – keyboards, percussion
  • Rachel Gutek – design
  • Bleddyn Butcher – photography
  • Stuart Dayman – cover photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Robert Foster and Grant McLennan.

  1. Here Comes a City
  2. Finding You
  3. Born to a Family
  4. No Reason to Cry
  5. Boundary Rider
  6. Darlinghurst Nights
  7. Lavender
  8. The Statue
  9. This Night’s for You
  10. The Mountains Near Dellray

The Mountain Goats: The Sunset Tree

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On April 26, 2005, “4AD” label released “The Sunset Tree”, the ninth Mountain Goats (The) studio album. It was recorded in November 2004, at “Prairie Sun Recording Studios” in Cotati, California, and was produced by John Vanderslice.

Personnel:

  • John Darnielle– vocals, guitar
  • Franklin Bruno– piano
  • Peter Hughes– bass, backing vocals
  • Alex Decarville – drums
  • Erik Friedlander– cello
  • Scott Solter, Aaron Prellwitz, Timin Murray – engineer

Personnel:

All tracks by John Darnielle.

  1. You of Your Memory
  2. Broom People
  3. This Year
  4. Dilaudid
  5. Dance Music
  6. Dinu Lipatti’s Bones
  7. Up the Wolves
  8. Lion’s Teeth
  9. Hast Thou Considered the Tetrapod
  10. Magpie
  11. Song for Dennis Brown
  12. Love Love Love
  13. Pale Green Things

Levon Helm

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On April 19, 2012, Mark Lavon “Levon” Helm died aged 71. He was singer, multi – instrumentalist and actor, best known as drummer and vocalists for The Band. He sang on Band classics including The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, Up on Cripple Creek, Rag Mama Rag, and The Weight. In February 2008, his album “Dirt Farmer” won “Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album”, and in November same year, “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked Helm at number 91 on its list of “100 Greatest Singers of All Time”.

Joseph Arthur: Let’s Just Be

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On April 17, 2007, “Lonely Astronauts” label released “Let’s Just Be”, the sixth Joseph Arthur studio album, and the first with his backing band The Lonely Astronauts. It was recorded October – November 2006, at “Donner & Blitzen Studios, in Arcadia, California, and was produced by Joseph Arthur, Kraig Jarret Johnson, Jennifer Turner, Sibyl Buck and Greg Wieczorek.

Personnel:

  • Joseph Arthur– lead vocals, guitar, electric sitar, mixing
  • Kraig Jarret Johnson – guitar, lead and backing vocals, keyboards
  • Jennifer Turner– guitar, lead and backing vocals
  • Sibyl Buck– backing vocals, bass
  • Greg Wieczorek– backing vocals, drums
  • Mathias Schneeberger – recording
  • Fred Kevorkian – mastering
  • Davies -original artwork
  • Judith Salavetz, Spencer Drate – art direction, design.
  • Cerise Leang, Joseph Arthur, Lauren Pattenaude – photography
  • Karen Karibian – copy help

Track listing:

All tracks by Joseph Arthur, except where noted.

  1. Diamond Ring – Joseph Arthur, Kraig Jarret Johnson
  2. Good Life
  3. Precious One
  4. Spaceman
  5. Take Me Home – Joseph Arthur, Kraig Jarret Johnson
  6. Chicago
  7. Cockteeze – Joseph Arthur, Kraig Jarret Johnson
  8. Lonely Astronaut
  9. Cocaine Feet
  10. Let’s Just Be – Joseph Arthur, Kraig Jarret Johnson
  11. Shake It Off
  12. Lack a Vision
  13. Gimmie Some Company – Jennifer Turner
  14. I Will Carry You – Joseph Arthur, Kraig Jarret Johnson
  15. Yer the Reason – Joseph Arthur, Kraig Jarret Johnson
  16. Star Song