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Scorpions: Taken By Force

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On December 4, 1977, “RCA” label released “Taken by Force”, the fifth Scorpions studio album. It was recorded June – October 1977, at “Dierks Studios” in Stommeinn, Germany, and was produced by Dieter Dierks.

Personnel:

  • Klaus Meine – lead and backing vocals
  • Ulrich Roth – lead guitar
  • Rudolf Schenker – rhythm guitar
  • Francis Buchholz – bass guitar
  • Herman Rarebell – drums, percussion
  • Dieter Dierks – engineer, mixing
  • Michael von Gimbut – cover photography

Track listing:

  1. Steamrock Fever – Rudolph Schenker, Klaus Meine
  2. We’ll Burn the Sky – Rudolph Schenker, Monika Dannemann
  3. I’ve Got to Be Free – Ulrich Roth
  4. The Riot of Your Time – Rudolph Schenker, Klaus Meine
  5. The Sails of Charon – Ulrich Roth
  6. Your Light – Ulrich Roth
  7. He’s a Woman-She’s a Man – Rudolph Schenker, Herman Rarebell
  8. Born to Touch Your Feelings – Rudolph Schenker, Klaus Meine

V.A.: A Christmas Gift for You from Philles Records

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On November 22, 1963, “Philles” label released “A Christmas Gift for You from Philles Records”, an album of Christmas songs. It was recorded September – October 1963, at “Gold Star” in Hollywood, and was produced by Phil Spector. In 2003, the album was ranked at no. 142 on “Rolling Stone” magazine’s list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”, and in 2019, it was ranked the greatest “Christmas Album of All Time”.

Personnel:

  • Darlen Love – performer (White Christmas, Marshmallow World, Winter Wonderland, Christmas, Baby Please Come Home)
  • The Ronettes – performer (Frosty the Snowman, Sleigh Ride, I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus)
  • Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans – performer (The Bells of St. Mary’s, Here Comes Santa Claus)  
  • The Crystals – performer (Santa Claus is Coming to Town, Rudolph the Red-Nose Reindeer, Parade of the Wooden Soldiers)
  • Phil Spector – performer (Silent Night)
  • Barney Kessel – guitar
  • Bill Pitman – guitar
  • Tommy Tedesco – guitar
  • Nino Tempo – guitar
  • Irv Rubins – guitar
  • Leon Russell – piano
  • Al De Lory – piano
  • Don Randi – piano
  • Ray Pohlman – bass
  • Jimmy Bond – bass
  • Hal Blaine – drums
  • Sonny Bono – percussion
  • Frank Capp – percussion
  • Jack Nitzsche – percussion, arrangements
  • Jay Migliori – saxophone
  • Steve Douglas – baritone saxophone
  • Roy Caton – trumpet
  • Lou Blackburn – horns
  • Johnny Vidor – strings
  • Larry Levine – engineer

Track listing:

  1. White Christmas – Irving Berlin
  2. Frosty the Snowman – Steve Nelson, Walter Rollins
  3. The bells of St. Mary’s – A. Emmet Adams, Douglas Furber
  4. Santa Claus Is Coming to Town – J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie
  5. Sleigh Ride – Leroy Anderson, Mitchell Parish
  6. Marshmallow World – Carl Sigman, Peter DeRose
  7. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus – Tommie Connor
  8. Rudolph the Red-Nose Reindeer – Johnny Marks
  9. Winter Wonderland – Felix Bernard, Dick Smith
  10. Parade of the Wooden Soldiers – Leon Jessel
  11. Christmas (Baby Please Come Home – Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry, Phil Spector
  12. Here Comes Santa Claus – Gene Autry, Oakley Haldeman
  13. Silent Night – Josef Mohr, Franz X. Gruber

Freddie Hubbard: Hub-Tones

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In November 1963, “Blue Note” label released “Hub-Tones”, the seventh Freddie Hubbard album. It was recorded in October 1962, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Freddie Hubbard – trumpet
  • James Spaulding – alto saxophone, flute
  • Herbie Hancock – piano
  • Reggie Workman – bass
  • Clifford Jarvis – drums
  • Reid Miles – design
  • Francis Wolff – photography

Track listing:

All tracks Freddie Hubbard, where noted.

  1. You’re My Everything – Mort Dixon, Harry Warren, Joe Young
  2. Prophet Jennings
  3. Hub-Tones
  4. Lament for Booker
  5. For Spee’s Sake

Etta James: At Last!

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On November 15, 1960, “Argo” label released “At Last!”, the debut Etta James studio album. It was recorded January – October 1960, and was produced by Phil Chess and Leonard Chess. Magazine “Rolling Stone” ranked “At Last!” at number 191 on its list of “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.

Personnel:

  • Etta James – vocals
  • Harvey Fuqua – vocals
  • Riley Hampton – arrangements, conductor
  • Don Bronstein – cover
  • Don Kamerer – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Anything to Say You’re Mine – Sonny Thompson
  2. My Dearest Darling – Edwin “Eddie Bo” Bocage, Paul Gayten
  3. Trust in Me – Milton Ager, Jean Schwartz, Ned Wever
  4. A Sunday Kind of Love – Louis Prima, Barbara Belle, Anita Leonard, Stan Rhodes
  5. Tough Mary – Etta James, Joe Josea
  6. I Just Want to Make Love to You – Willie Dixon
  7. At Last – Mack Gordon, Harry Warren
  8. All I Could Do Was Cry – Billy Davis, Gwen Fuqua, Berry Gordy
  9. Stormy Weather – Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler
  10. Girl of My Dreams – Charles “Sunny” Clapp

Kenny Drew: Pal Joey

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In October 1958, “Riverside” label released “Pal Joey”, the ninth Kenny Drew album. It was recorded in October 1957, at “Reeves Sound Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Orin Keepnews.

Personnel:

  • Kenny Drew – piano
  • Wilbur Ware – bass
  • Philly Joe Jones – drums
  • Jack Higgins – engineer
  • Paul Bacon – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart.

  1. Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered
  2. Do It the Hard Way
  3. I Didn’t Know What Time It Was
  4. Happy Hunting Horn
  5. I Could Write a Book
  6. What Is a Man?
  7. My Funny Valentine
  8. The Lady Is a Tramp

Allan Holdsworth: None Too Soon

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On September 24, 1996, “JMS-Cream Records” label released “None Too Soon”, the ninth Allan Holdsworth album. It was recorded in October 1994, at “The Brewery” in North County, San Diego, and was produced by Allan Holdsworth.

Personnel:

  • Allan Holdsworth – guitar, Synth Axe, engineer, mixing
  • Gordon Beck – digital piano
  • Gary Willis – bass
  • Kirk Covington – drums
  • Bernie Grundman – mastering

Track listing:

  1. Countdown – John Coltrane
  2. Nuages – Django Reinhardt
  3. How Deep is the Ocean – Irving Berlin
  4. Isotope – Joe Henderson
  5. None Too Soon Pt I/Interlude/None Too Soon Pt II – Gordon Beck
  6. Norwegian Wood – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
  7. Very Early – Bill Evans
  8. San Marcos – Gordon Beck
  9. Inner Urge – Joe Henderson

Gil Evans: The Individualism Of Gil Evans

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In September 1964, “Verve” label released “The Individualism of Gil Evans”, the sixth Gil Evans album. It was recorded September 1963, April, May, July and October 1964, at “A&R Studios” and “Webster Hall” in New York City, “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.

Personnel:

  • Gil Evans – piano, arrangements, conductor
  • Steve Lacy – soprano saxophone
  • Phil Woods – solo alto saxophone
  • Wayne Shorter – solo tenor saxophone
  • Johnny Coles – solo trumpet
  • Thad Jones – trumpet
  • Ernie Royal – trumpet
  • Bernie Glow – trumpet
  • Louis Mucci – trumpet
  • Jimmy Knepper – trombone
  • Frank Rehak – trombone
  • Jimmy Cleveland – solo trombone
  • Tony Studd – trombone
  • Bill Barber – tuba
  • Eric Dolphy – flute, bass clarinet, alto saxophone
  • Jerome Richardson – reeds, woodwinds
  • Bob Tricarico – reeds, woodwinds
  • Garvin Bushell – reeds, woodwinds
  • Andy Fitzgerald – reeds, woodwinds
  • George Marge – reeds, woodwinds
  • Al Block – solo flute
  • Julius Watkins – French horn
  • Gil Cohen – French horn
  • Don Corado – French horn
  • Bob Northern – French horn
  • Jimmy Buffington – French horn
  • Ray Alonge – French horn
  • Pete Levin – French Horn
  • Harry Lookofsky – tenor violin
  • Bob Maxwell – harp
  • Margaret Ross – harp
  • Kenny Burrell – guitar
  • Barry Galbraith – guitar
  • Gary Peacock – bass
  • Ron Carter – bass
  • Paul Chambers – bass
  • Richard Davis – bass
  • Ben Tucker – bass
  • Milt Hinton – bass
  • Elvin Jones – solo drums
  • Osie Johnson – drums
  • Val Valentin – director of engineering
  • Bob Simpson – engineer
  • Phil Ramone – engineer
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
  • Gene Lees – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Time of the Barracudas – Miles Davis, Gil Evans
  2. The Barbara Song – Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill
  3. Las Vegas Tango – Gil Evans
  4. Flute Song/Hotel Me – Miles Davis, Gil Evans
  5. El Toreador – Gil Evans

Deathheaven: Infinte Granite

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On August 20, 2021, “Sargent House” label released “Infinite Granite”, the fifth Deafheaven studio album. It was recorded August – October 2020, at “Atomic Garden East” in Oakland, California, “Electric Bunker” in Boston, “Chez JMJ” in Glendale, California, and was produced by Justin Meldal Johnsen.

Personnel:

  • George Clarke – vocals
  • Kerry McCoy – vocals, guitars, synthesizers
  • Shiv Mehra – vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, synthesizers
  • Chris Johnson – vocals, bass guitar
  • Daniel Tracy – vocals, drums, percussion
  • Justin Meldal-Johnsen – Fender Bass VI, additional vocals, additional synthesizers, additional guitar, engineer
  • Chelsea Jade – additional vocals
  • Jack Shirley – engineer
  • Darrell Thorp – engineer, mixing
  • Brendan Dekora – engineer
  • Chris Johnson – engineer
  • Joshua Lago – engineer assistant
  • Dave Cooley – mastering
  • Nick Steinhardt, 23in – art direction, design

Track listing:

All lyrics by George Clarke, all music by George Clarke, Kerry McCoy, Shiv Mehra, Chris Johnson and Daniel Tracy.

  1. Shellstar
  2. In Blur
  3. Great Mass of Color
  4. Neptune Raining Diamonds
  5. Lament for Wasps
  6. Villain
  7. The Gnashing
  8. Other Language
  9. Mombasa

Architecture in Helsinki: Places Like This

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On July 27, 2007, “Polyvinyl” label released “Places Like This”, the third Architecture in Helsinki studio album. It was recorded October 2006 – January 2007, at “Big Jesus Burger Studios” in Sydney, Dave Sitek’s studio in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and was produced by Cameron Bird, James Cecil, Gus Franklin, Jamie Mildren, Sam Perry and Kellie Sutherland.

Personnel:

  • Cameron Bird – lead singer, guitars, percussion
  • Gus Franklin – organ, drums, bongos, engineer
  • Kellie Sutherland – melodica, harmony vocals
  • James Cecil – instrumentation, engineer
  • Jamie Mildren – instrumentation
  • Sam Perry – instrumentation
  • Patrick Davis – steel drums
  • Dale Packard – alto saxophone
  • Tim Stocker – baritone saxophone
  • Indra Adams – trumpet
  • Martin Pena – flute
  • Lee Sargent – sampler
  • Gary Olson – engineer
  • Chris Coady – engineer, mixing
  • Chris Gehringer – mastering
  • Rene Vaile – photography
  • Will Sweeney – illustration
  • Markus Karlsson – design

Track listing:

All tracks by James Cecil, Gus Franklin, Jamie Mildren, Sam Perry, Kellie Sutherland and Cameron Bird.

  1. Red Turned White
  2. Heart It Races
  3. Hold Music
  4. Feather In a Baseball Cap
  5. Underwater
  6. Like It or Not
  7. Debbie
  8. Lazy
  9. Nothing’s Wrong

Les Filles de Illighadad: At Pioneer Works

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July 9, 2021, “Sahel Sounds” label released “At Pioneer Works”, the third Les Filles de Illighadad album. It was recorded in October 2019, at “Pioneer Works” cultural center in Red Hook, Brooklyn, and was produced by Christopher Kirkley, Ben Parrish and Justin Pyre.

Personnel:

  • Fatou Seidi Ghali – vocals, guitar
  • Amaria Hamadlher – guitar, percussion
  • Alamnou Akrouni – vocals, percussion
  • Abdoulaye Madassane – vocals, percussion
  • Bob Bellarue – recording
  • Kyle Keays Hagerman – recording
  • Mathew Mann – recording
  • Osaro Ogedengbe – recording
  • Ryan Caruso – recording
  • Jason Powers – mixing
  • Timothy Stollenwerk – mastering
  • Christopher Kirkley – art direction, liner notes
  • Daniel Kent – artwork, design
  • Jesse Johanning – artwork, design
  • Walter Wlodarczyk – photography

Track listing:

  1. Surbajo
  2. Eghass Malan
  3. Telilit
  4. Chakalan
  5. Inssegh Inssegh
  6. Irriganan