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Elvis Presley: Moody Blue

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In July 1977, “RCA” label released “Moody Blue”, the final Elvis Presley studio album. It was recorded February – October 1976, April 1977, and was produced by Felton Jarvis, Chick Crumpacker and Don Wardell. The album was a mixture of live and studio work, and included the four tracks from Presley’s final studio recording sessions in October 1976 and two tracks left over from the previous Graceland session in February 1976. The album was certified 2 x Platinum in Canada by “CRIA”, and 2 x Platinum in US by “RIIA”.

Personnel:

  • Elvis Presley – vocals, piano, guitars, executive producer
  • James Burton– lead guitar
  • John Wilkinson – rhythm guitar
  • David Briggs– keyboards
  • Jerry Scheff– bass
  • Grayham Passmore – bass
  • Ronnie Tutt– drums
  • The Sweet Inspirations– backing vocals
  • Sherrill Nielson – backing vocals
  • Kathy Westmoreland – backing vocals
  • D. Sumner& The Stamps – backing vocals
  • Myrna Smith– backing vocals
  • Bergen White – string and horn arrangements
  • Dick Baxter – engineer
  • Don Wardell – executive producer

Track listing:

  1. Unchained Melody – Alex North, Hy Zaret
  2. If You Love Me (Let Me Know) – John Rostill
  3. Little Darlin’ – Maurice Williams
  4. Let Me Be There – John Rostill
  5. Way Down – Layng Martine, Jr.
  6. Pledging My Love – Don Robey, Ferdinand Washington
  7. Moody Blue – Mark James
  8. She Thinks I Still Care – Dickey Lee, Steve Duffy
  9. It’s Easy for You – Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice

Jack Bruce: Harmony Row

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In July 1971, “Polydor” label released “Harmony Row”, the third Jack Bruce studio album. It was recorded October 1969 at “Morgan Studios” in London, January 1971 at “Command Studios” in London, and was produced by Jack Bruce. The album title is from a tenement street in Glasgow, near where Jack Bruce grew up.

Personnel:

  • Jack Bruce– vocals, bass guitar, guitar, piano, cello, keyboards, arrangements
  • Chris Spedding– guitar
  • John Marshall– drums, percussion
  • Andy Johns– engineer
  • Barry Ainsworth – engineer
  • Roger Brown – design, photography
  • Bob Adcock – coordinator

Track listing:

All lyrics by Peter Brown, all music by Jack Bruce.

  1. Can You Follow?
  2. Escape to the Royal Wood (On Ice)
  3. You Burned the Tables on Me
  4. There’s a Forest
  5. Morning Story
  6. Folk Song
  7. Smiles and Grins
  8. Post War
  9. A Letter of Thanks
  10. Victoria Sage
  11. The Consul at Sunset

Oasis: Heathen Chemistry

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On July 1, 2002, “Big Brother Records” label released “Heathen Chemistry”, the fifth Oasis studio album. It was recorded October 2001 – March 2002, at “Wheeler End” in Buckinghamshire and “Olympic Studios” in London, and was produced by Liam Gallagher, Noel Gallagher, Gem Archer, Andy bell and Alan White. The album was certified 3 x Platinum in UK by the “BPI”.

Personnel:

  • Liam Gallagher– lead vocals, tambourine, acoustic guitar
  • Noel Gallagher– lead and backing vocals, guitars, keyboards, drums
  • Gem Archer– guitars, keyboards, piano
  • Andy Bell– bass
  • Alan White– drums, percussion
  • Johnny Marr– guitar solo, slide guitar, guitars, backing vocals
  • Paul Stacey– mellotron, piano, Hammond organ
  • Mike Rowe – piano, pump organ, Hammond organ
  • London Session Orchestra– strings

Track listing:

  1. The Hindu Times – Noel Gallagher
  2. Force of Nature – Noel Gallagher
  3. Hung in a Bad Place – Gem Archer
  4. Stop Crying Your Heart Out – Noel Gallagher
  5. Songbird – Liam Gallagher
  6. Little by Little – Noel Gallagher
  7. A Quick Peep – Andy Bell
  8. (Probably) All in the Mind – Noel Gallagher
  9. She Is Love – Noel Gallagher
  10. Born on a Different Cloud – Liam Gallagher
  11. Better Man” (Includes hidden trackThe Cage) – Liam Gallagher, Noel Gallagher

The Monkees: Changes

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In June 1970, “Colgems” label released “Changes”, the ninth Monkees (The) studio album. It was recorded in October 1966 and September 1969, at “RCA Victor Studios” and “The Sound Factory” in Hollywood, and was produced by Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart, Bill Chadwick and Jeff Barry.

Personnel:

  • Davy Jones – lead vocals
  • Wayne Erwin, Gerry McGee, Louie Shelton – guitars
  • Tommy Boyce – acoustic guitar, backing vocals
  • Larry Taylor – bass
  • Billy Lewis – drums
  • Bobby Hart – organ
  • Jay Miglior – saxophone
  • Chuck Findley – trumpet
  • Alan Robinson – French horn
  • Dick Hyde – trombone
  • Harold Ayres, John DeVoogdt, James Getzoff, Joy Lulu, Norman Serkin – violin
  • William Hymanson, Gareth Nuttycombe – viola
    Frederick Seykora – cello
  • Gene Estes – bell
  • Bobby Hart, Ron Hicklin – backing vocals
  • Jimmie Haskell – arrangements

Track listing:

All tracks by Jeff Barry and Andy Kim, except where noted.

  1. Oh My My
  2. Ticket on a Ferry Ride – Jeff Barry, Bobby Bloom
  3. You’re So Good to Me – Jeff Barry, Bobby Bloom
  4. It’s Got to Be Love – Neil Goldberg
  5. Acapulco Sun – Ned Albright,Steven Soles
  6. 99 Pounds – Jeff Barry
  7. Tell Me Love – Jeff Barry
  8. Do You Feel It Too?
  9. I Love You Better
  10. All Alone in the Dark – Ned Albright, Steven Soles
  11. Midnight Train – Micky Dolenz
  12. I Never Thought It Peculiar – Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart

Jimmy Eat World: Damage

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On June 11, 2013, “RCA” label released “Damage”, the eighth Jimmy Eat World studio album. It was recorded in October 2012, in Los Angeles, and was produced by Alain Johannes, Jim Adkins, Tom Linton, Rick Burch and Zach Lind.

Personnel:

  • Jim Adkins – lead vocals, guitar
  • Tom Linton – guitar, organ, backing vocals
  • Rick Burch – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Zach Lind – drums
  • Alain Johannes– additional guitar
  • James Brown – mixing
  • Ted Jensen – mastering
  • Morning Breath Inc. – art direction, design
  • Michael Elins – photography

Track listing:

  1. Appreciation
  2. Damage
  3. Lean
  4. Book of Love
  5. I Will Steal You Back
  6. Please Say No
  7. How’d You Have Me
  8. No, Never
  9. Byebyelove
  10. You Were Good

Allen Toussaint: American Tunes

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On June 10, 2016, “Nonesuch” label released “American Tunes”, the twentieth and the final Allen Toussaint album. It was recorded May 2013 – October  2015, and was produced by Joe Henry.

Personnel:

  • Allen Toussaint– vocals, piano
  • Rhiannon Giddens– vocals
  • Bill Frisell– electric guitar
  • Adam Levy– gut-string guitar
  • Van Dyke Parks– second piano, orchestral arrangement
  • David Piltch – upright bass
  • Jay Bellerose– drums, percussion
  • Greg Leisz– weissenborn
  • Charles Lloyd– tenor saxophone
  • Cameron Stone – cello
  • Amy Shulman – harp

Track listing:

  1. Delores’ Boyfriend – Allen Toussaint
  2. Viper’s Drag – Thomas “Fats” Waller
  3. Confessin’ (That I Love You) – Doc Daugherty, Ellis Reynolds, Al Neiburg
  4. Mardis Gras in New Orleans – Henry Roeland “Roy” Byrd
  5. Lotus Blossom – Billy Strayhorn
  6. Waltz for Debby – Bill Evareleased ns
  7. Big Chief – Earl King
  8. Rocks in My Bed – Duke Ellington
  9. Danza, Op. 33 – Louis Moreau Gottschalk
  10. Hey Little Girl – Henry Roeland “Roy” Byrd
  11. Rosetta – Earl “Fatha” Hines
  12. Come Sunday – Duke Ellington
  13. Southern Nights – Allen Toussaint
  14. American Tune – Paul Simon

Matthew Good: Lights Of Endangered Species

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On May 31, 2011, “Universal Music Canada” label released “Lights of Endangered Species”, the fifth Matthew Good studio album. It was recorded October-November 2010, at “Vogville Recording” in Port Coquitlam, Canada, and was produced by Warne Livesey.

Personnel:

  • Matthew Good – vocals, piano, guitar, bass, claratron, strings, brass and woodwind arrangements
  • Stuart Cameron – guitar, lap steel
  • Warne Livesey- organ, mellotron, strings, brass and woodwind arrangements
  • David Brown – double bass
  • Blake Manning – drums, percussion, glockenspiel, backing vocals
  • Bill Runge – baritone saxophone
  • Terry Townson – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Rod Murray – trombone
  • Jeremy Berkman – trombone
  • Brad Muirhead – bass trombone
  • Oliver De Clercq – French horn
  • Brenda Fedoruk – flute
  • Fracois Houle – clarinet
  • David Owen – cor Anglais
  • Ingrid Chiang – bassoon
  • Mary Sokol Brown – violin
  • David Harding – viola
  • Andrew Brown – viola
  • Avery Grace – backing vocals
  • Jennifer Zall – backing vocals
  • Warne Livesey- engineer, mixing
  • Joel Livesey – engineer
  • Rob Sommerfeldt, Jennifer Zall, Paul Dutil – session assistants
  • Tim Young – mastering
  • Matthew Good, Susan Michalek – art direction
  • Susan Michalek – design
  • Miriam Aroeste – artwork

Track listing:

  1. Extraordinary Fades
  2. How It Goes
  3. Shallow’s Low
  4. What If I Can’t See the Stars Mildred?
  5. Zero Orchestra
  6. Non Populus
  7. In a Place of Lesser Men
  8. Set Me On Fire
  9. Lights of Endangered Species

Blondie: Panic of Girls

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On May 30, 2011, “Five Seven” label released “Panic of Girls”, the ninth Blondie studio album. It was recorded October–December 2009 and May 2010 in Woodstock, New York and Hoboken, New Jersey, and was produced by Jeff Saltzman, Kato Khandwala, Matt Katz-Bohen and Super Buddha.

Personnel:

  • Debbie Harry- vocals
  • Chris Stein- guitar
  • Tommy Kessler, Paul Carbonara, Elliot Easton- guitar
  • Kato Khandwala – guitar, keyboards, engineer, programming
  • Matt Katz-Bohen- guitar, keyboards, programming
  • Professor Louie- accordion
  • Leigh Foxx – bass
  • Clem Burke- drums
  • Zach Condon- trumpet
  • Lauren Katz-Bohen – backing vocals
  • Marco Martin, Gabriel Espinosa – engineer
  • Mark Needham- mixing
  • Will Brierre – mixing assistant
  • Stephen Marcussen- mastering
  • Chris Berens- cover art, art direction

Track listing:

  1. D-Day – Deborah Harry, Barbara Jean Morrison, Charles W. Nieland
  2. What I Heard – Matt Katz-Bohen, Laurel Katz-Bohen
  3. Mother – Debbie Harry, Kato Khandwala, Ben Phillips
  4. The End the End – Debbie Harry, Kato Khandwala, Ben Phillips
  5. Girlie Girlie – Anthony Davis, Lloyd Douglas, Steve Golding
  6. Love Doesn’t Frighten Me – Matt Katz-Bohen, Laurel Katz-Bohen
  7. Words in My Mouth – Debbie Harry, Jean Morrison, Charles W. Nieland
  8. Sunday Smile – Zach Condon
  9. Wipe Out My Sweat – Debbie Harry, Chris Stein, Matt Katz-Bohen
  10. Le Bleu – Chris Stein, Gilles Riberolles
  11. China Shoes – Debbie Harry, Chris Stein

Sun Kill Moon: Among the Leaves

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On May 29, 2012, “Caldo Verde Records” label released “Among the Leaves”, the fifth Sun Kil Moon studio album. It was recorded October 2011 – January 2012, and was produced by Mark Kozelek.

Personnel:

  • Mark Kozelek- vocals, guitars, additional instruments
  • Eric Embry – banjo, additional vocals
  • Michi Aceret – viola
  • Mike Stevens – drums
  • Dave Muench – drums
  • Gabriel Shepard – recording, mixing
  • Aaron Prellwitz – recording, mixing
  • Brian Azer – design
  • Barry Tribuzio – photography

Track listing:

  1. I Know It’s Pathetic But That Was The Greatest Night Of My Life
  2. Sunshine In Chicago
  3. The Moderately Talented Yet Attractive Young Woman vs. The Exceptionally Talented Yet Not So Attractive Middle Aged Man
  4. That Bird Has A Broken Wing
  5. Elaine
  6. The Winery
  7. Young Love
  8. Song For Richard Collopy
  9. Among The Leaves
  10. Red Poison
  11. Track Number 8
  12. Not Much Rhymes With Everything’s Awesome At All Times
  13. King Fish
  14. Lonely Mountain
  15. UK Blues
  16. UK Blues 2
  17. Black Kite

Robert Wyatt: Ruth Is Stranger Than Richard

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In May 1975, “Virgin” label released “Ruth Is Stranger Than Richard”, the third Robert Wyatt solo album. It was recorded October 1974 – March 1975, at “The Manor Studios” and was produced by Robert Wyatt. The album art was by Wyatt’s wife Alfreda Benge.

Personnel:

  • Robert Wyatt– vocals, piano, imitation electric piano, organ, drums
  • Brian Eno– guitar, synthesizer, direct inject anti-jazz ray gun
  • Fred Frith– piano
  • Gary Windo– bass clarinet, tenor saxophone, alto saxophone
  • Nisar Ahmad “George” Khan– tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone
  • Mongezi Feza– trumpet
  • Bill MacCormick– bass guitar
  • John Greaves– bass guitar
  • Laurie Allan– drums

Track listing:

Side Ruth

  1. Soup Song – Brian Hopper, Robert Wyatt
  2. Sonia – Mongezi Feza
  3. Team Spirit – Bill MacCormick, Phil Manzanera, Robert Wyatt
  4. Song For Che – Charlie Haden

Side Richard

  1. Muddy Mouse (a) – Fred Frith, Robert Wyatt
  2. Solar Flares – Robert Wyatt
  3. Muddy Mouse (b) – Fred Frith, Robert Wyatt
  4. 5 Black Notes And 1 White Note – Jacques Offenbach Robert Wyatt
  5. Muddy Mouse (c) Which in Turn Leads To Muddy Mouth – Fred Frith, Robert Wyatt