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Modest Mouse: This Is A Long Drive For Someone With Nothing To Think About

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On April 16, 1996, “Up Records” label released “This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About”, the debut Modest Mouse studio album. It was recorded October – November 1995, at “Moon Studios” in Olympia, Washington, and was produced by Steve Wold.

Personnel:

  • Isaac Brock – vocals, guitar, drums
  • Eric Judy – bass, guitar
  • Jeremiah Green – drums, bass
  • Steve Wold – guitar, slide guitar, mandolin, backing vocals
  • Brent Arnold – cello
  • Nicole Johnson – vocals
  • Calvin Johnson – extra vocals
  • Scott Swayze – engineer
  • Steve Wold – engineer
  • Isaac Brock – photography

Track listing:

All lyrics by Isaac Brock, all music by Isaac Brock, Eric Judy and Jeremiah Green.

  1. Dramamine
  2. Breakthrough
  3. Custom Concern
  4. Might
  5. Lounge
  6. Beach Side Property
  7. Ionizes & Atomizes
  8. Head South
  9. Dog Paddle
  10. Novocain Stain
  11. Tundra / Desert
  12. Ohio
  13. Exit Does Not Exist
  14. Talking Shit About a Pretty Sunset
  15. Make Everyone Happy / Mechanical Birds
  16. Space Travel Is Boring

Leo Kotke: 6 & 12 String Guitar

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In December 1969, “Takoma” label released “6 and 12-String Guitar”, the second Leo Kottke album. It was recorded in 1969, at “Empire Photo Sound” in Minneapolis.

Personnel:

  • Leo Kotke – 6 and 12-string guitars, song notes
  • Frank Hulbert – lacquer cut
  • Annie Elliott – illustration, design
  • Mark Humphrey – liner notes

Personnel:

All tracks by Leo Kottke, except where noted.

  1. The Driving of the Year Nail (from an old Etruscan drawing of a sperm cell)
  2. The Last of the Arkansas Greyhounds (a terror-filled escape on a bus from a man fired from Beaumont ranch)
  3. The Ojo (Ojo Caliente where the Zuni hid from Estaban, the Moor, and the Spaniards)
  4. Crow River Waltz (a prayer for the demise of the canoe and the radar trap without which Federal prisons will have to be rebuilt to accommodate prepubescence)
  5. The Sailor’s Grave on the Prairie (originally written to commemorate Nedicks and a Minneapolis musician’s contempt for the three A.M. cheeseburger with a nickel slice of raw
  6. Vaseline Machine Gun (1 for waking up nude in a sleeping bag on the shore of the Atlantic surrounded by a volleyball game at high noon, 2 for the end of the volleyball game)
  7. Jack Fig (a reluctant lament)
  8. Watermelon (while at Watermelon Park Music Festival I had the opportunity to play a banjo in the middle of the night for a wandering drunk. When I finished, he vomited—an astute comment on my playing. Made me feel very distinguished)
  9. Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring (J.S. Bach – the engineer called this the ancient joy of man’s desire). (Bach had twenty children because his organ didn’t have any stops)
  10. The Fisherman (this is about the mad fishermen of the North whose ice fishing spots resemble national shrines)
  11. The Tennessee Toad (who made an epic journey from Ohio to Tennessee)
  12. Busted Bicycle (reluctance)
  13. The Brain of the Purple Mountain (from A. L. Tennyson)
  14. Coolidge Rising (while rising from the sink, cupboard doors opened and engulfed his head; while turning to the right to avoid the whole incident he walked into a refrigerator—which afforded a good chin rest for staring at some bananas in a basket)

Guided by Voices: Zeppelin over China

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On February 1, 2019, “Rockathon” label released “Zeppelin over China”, the 27th Guided by Voices studio album. It was recorded in 2018, at “Magic Door” in New Jersey, “Serious Business Records” in New York City, “Stillwater Lodge” in Dayton, Ohio, and was produced by Travis Harrison.

Personnel:

  • Robert Pollard – vocals
  • Doug Gillard – guitar, horn arrangements
  • Bobby Bare Jr. – guitar
  • Mark Shue – bass guitar
  • Kevin March – drums
  • Travis Harrison – engineer, vocal engineer, mastering, mixing
  • Ray Ketchem – engineer
  • Joe Patterson – art administration, layout
  • Robert Pollard – art administration, layout
  • Vince Williams – art administration

Track listing:

All tracks by Robert Pollard.

  1. Good Morning Sir
  2. Step of the Wave
  3. Carapace
  4. Send in the Suicide Squad
  5. Blurring the Contacts
  6. Your Lights are Out
  7. Windshield Wiper Rex
  8. Holy Rhythm
  9. Jack Tell
  10. Bellicose Starling
  11. Wrong Turn On
  12. Charmless Peters
  13. The Rally Boys
  14. Think. Be a Man
  15. Jam Warsong
  16. You Own the Night
  17. Everything’s Thrilling
  18. Nice About You
  19. Einstein’s Angel
  20. The Hearing Department
  21. Question of the Test
  22. No Point

Pere Ubu: 20 years in a Montana Missile Solo

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On September 29, 2017, “Cherry Red Records” label released “20 Years in a Montana Missile Solo”, the sixteenth Pere Ubu studio album. It was recorded in “Suma Recording Studio” in Painesville, Ohio, and was produced by David Thomas.

Personnel:

  • David Thomas – vocals
  • Gary Siperko, Keith Moliné – guitar
  • Kristof Hahn – steel guitar
  • Michele Temple – bass
  • Robert Wheeler – analog synthesizers, Theremin
  • Steve Mehlman – drums
  • Darryl Boon – clarinet
  • Roshi Nasehi – additional vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by David Thomas, Gary Siperko, Keith Moliné, Kristof Hahn, Michele Temple, Robert Wheeler and Steve Mehlman.

  1. Monkey Bizness
  2. Funk 49
  3. Prison of the Senses
  4. Toe to Toe
  5. The Healer
  6. Swampland
  7. Plan from Frag 9
  8. Howl
  9. Red Eye Blues
  10. Walking Again
  11. I Can Still See
  12. Cold Sweat

Patty Griffin: American Kid

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On May 7, 2013, “New West Records” label released “American Kid”, the seventh Patty Griffin studio album. It was recorded in 2012, and was produced by Craig Ross and Patty Griffin.

Personnel:

  • Patty Griffin – vocals, guitar, piano, drunken choir
  • Robert Plant – duet and backing vocals
  • Luther Dickinson – guitar, slide guitar, banjo, drunken choir
  • Doug Lancio – mandolin, guitar, baritone guitar, drunken choir
  • Craig Ross – guitar, baritone guitar, bass, organ, piano, percussion, Omnichord, backing vocals
  • Byron House – bowed bass
  • John Deaderick – organ, piano
  • Cody Dickinson – drums, percussion, jug, drunken choir
  • Mike Poole – mixing

Track listing:

All tracks by Patty Griffin, except where noted.

  1. Go Wherever You Wanna Go
  2. Don’t Let Me Die in Florida
  3. Ohio
  4. Wild Old Dog
  5. Mom & Dad Waltz – Lefty Frizzell
  6. Faithful Son
  7. Highway Song – Patty Griffin, Robert Plant
  8. That Kind of Lonely
  9. Irish Boy
  10. Get Ready Marie
  11. Not a Bad Man
  12. Gonna Miss You When You’re Gone

Robert Pollard and Doug Gillard: Speak Kindly of Your Volunteer Fire Department

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On December 14, 1989, “Fading Captain Series” and “Luna” labels released “Speak Kindly of Your Volunteer Fire Department”, an album by Robert Pollard and Doug Gillard. It was recorded in 1989, at “Cro-Magnon Studios”, in Dayton, Ohio.

Personnel:

  • Doug Gillard – various instruments, engineer
  • Robert Pollard – vocals
  • John Shough – engineer
  • Jeff Graham – mastering
  • Nick Kizirnis – design
  • Kuda Labranch – photo collages
  • Matt Davis – photography

Personnel:

All tracks by Robert Pollard, except where noted.

  1. Frequent Weaver Who Burns
  2. Soul Train College Policeman
  3. Pop Zeus – Robert Pollard, Doug Gillard
  4. Slick as Snails
  5. Do Something Real
  6. Port Authority – Robert Pollard, Doug Gillard
  7. Soft Smoke
  8. Same Things
  9. And I Don’t (So Now I Do)
  10. Tight Globes
  11. I Get Rid of You
  12. Life Is Beautiful
  13. Messiahs – Robert Pollard, Doug Gillard
  14. Larger Massachusetts – Robert Pollard, Doug Gillard
  15. And My Unit Moves

Tobin Sprout: Moonflower Plastic

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On August 28, 1997, “Мatador” label released “Moonflower Plastic (Welcome To My Wigwam)”, the second Tobin Sprout studio album. It was recorded in 1997, at “Cro-Magnon Studios”, “Refraze Recording Studios” in Dayton, Ohio, and was produced by Tobin Sprout.

Personnel:

  • Tobin Sprout – vocals, bass, guitar, keyboards, organ, piano, drums
  • Kevin Fennell – drums
  • John Peterson – drums
  • Joe Buben – drums
  • Billy Mason – drums
  • Gary King – engineer, mixing
  • John Shough – engineer, mixing

Track listing:

All tracks by Tobin Sprout.

  1. Get Out of My Throat
  2. Moonflower Plastic (You’re Here)
  3. Paper Cut
  4. Beast of Souls
  5. A Little Odd
  6. Angels Hang Their Socks on the Moon
  7. All Used Up
  8. Since I…
  9. Back Chorus
  10. Curious Things
  11. Exit Planes
  12. Little Bit of Dread
  13. Hit Junky Dives
  14. Water on the Boater’s Back

James Brown: It’s a New Day – Let a Man Come In

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In June 1970, ‘King” label released “It’s a New Day – Let a Man Come In”, the 29th James Brown studio album. It was recorded 1969 – 1970, at “King Studios” in Cincinnati, Ohio, “Paramount Studios” in Los Angels, “Galo Studios” in NY, “Criteria Studios” in Miami, “Harmony Studios” in Los Angels, and was produced by James Brown.

Personnel:

  • James Brown – vocal
  • Wallace Richardson – guitar
  • Alfonzo Kellum – guitar
  • Kenny Poole – guitar
  • Jimmy Nolen – guitar
  • Don Rand – organ
  • Nat Jones – piano, drums
  • James Vaughan – piano
  • St – Clair Pinckney – bass
  • Bob West – bass
  • Sweet’ Charles Sherrell – electric bass
  • Bernard Purdie – drums
  • John Starks – drums
  • Clyde Stubbelfield – drums
  • Melvin Parker – drums
  • Ben Barrett – drums
  • Beau Dollar – drums
  • Maceo Parker – alto saxophone
  • Pee Wee Ellis – alto saxophone
  • Fred Wesley – trombone
  • Eldee Williams – trumpet
  • Joe Davis – trumpet
  • Allen De Rienzo – trumpet
  • Conte Candoli – trumpet
  • Paula Hibbs-Rines – trumpet
  • Richard Griffith – trumpet
  • Waymon Reed – trumpet
  • Henry Sigismonti – French horn
  • William Hinshaw – French horn
  • Sammy Lowe – arranger, conductor
  • Nat Jones – conductor
  • David K. Mathews – orchestration
  • Ron Lenhoff – engineer
  • Bud Hobgood – editing
  • Ron Lenhoff – editing
  • Dan Quest Studio – design

Track listing:

All tracks by James Brown, except where noted.

  1. It’s a New Day, Pts. 1 & 2
  2. Let a Man Come In and Do the Popcorn Pts. 1 & 2
  3. World Pts. 1 & 2
  4. Georgia On My Mind – Hoagy Carmichael, Stuart Gorrell
  5. It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World
  6. Give It Up or Turn It a Loose – Charles Bobbit
  7. If I Ruled the World – Cyril Ornadel, Leslie Bricusse
  8. The Man in the Glass Pt. 1 – Bub Hobgood
  9. I’m Not Demanding Pt. 1 – James Brown, Bub Hobgood

Mark Lanegan: Field Songs

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On May 8, 2001, “Beggars Banquet” label released “Field Songs”, the fifth Mark Lanegan album. It was recorded in 2001, at “Jupiter Studios” in Alliance, Ohio,    “Robert Lang Studios” in Shoreline, Washington, “Sound City Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by John Angello and Martin Feveyear.

Personnel:

  • Mark Lanegan– vocals, guitar
  • Allen Davis – acoustic guitar, bass
  • Ben Shepherd– vocals, acoustic, lap steel and electric guitar, bass, piano
  • Mike Johnson- acoustic guitar and electric guitar, Wurlitzer organ, piano, backing vocals
  • Brett Netson – acoustic guitar
  • John Agnello – vocals, recorder, mixing, mastering
  • Martin Feveyear– vocals, Hammond organ, recorder, mixing, mastering
  • Keni Richards – piano, drums, mellotron
  • Marek – piano
  • Chris Goss– vocals, synthesizer
  • Mark Hoyt – vocals
  • Wendy Rae Fowler- vocals
  • Duff McKagan- drums, Fender Rhodes
  • Mark Boquist – drums
  • Bill Rieflin- drums
  • Chris Strother – photography

 Track listing:

All tracks by Mark Lanegan except where noted.

  1. One Way Street
  2. No Easy Action
  3. Miracle
  4. Pill Hill Serenade
  5. Don’t Forget Me
  6. Kimiko’s Dream House – Jeffrey Lee Pierce, Mark Lanegan
  7. Resurrection Song
  8. Field Song
  9. Low
  10. Blues for D – Mark Lanegan, Ben Shepherd
  11. She Done Too Much
  12. Fix

Breeders: All Nerve

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On March 2, 2018, “4AD” label released “All Nerve”, the fifth  Breeders studio album. It was recorded in 2017, at “Candyland” in Dayton, Kentucky; “Electrical Audio” in Chicago and “Fernwood Studios” in Dayton, Ohio.

Personnel:

  • Kim Deal– lead vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards
  • Kelley Deal– vocals, guitar
  • Josephine Wiggs– vocals, bass, guitar
  • Jim MacPherson– drums
  • Kyle Rector – Farfisa organ
  • Courtney Barnett, Bones Sloane, Dave Mudie, Dylan Ranson-Hughes – backing vocals
  • Steve Albini– engineer, mixing
  • Mike Montgomery, Greg Norman, Tom Rastikis – engineer
  • Matt Boynton – mixing
  • Eric Gorman – mixing assistant
  • Greg Calbi, Bob Weston– mastering
  • Martin Andersen – photography
  • Chris Bigg – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Kim Deal, except where noted.

  1. Nervous Mary
  2. Wait in the Car – Kim Deal, Richard Presley
  3. All Nerve
  4. MetaGoth – Kim Deal, Josephine Wiggs
  5. Spacewoman – Kim Deal, Morgan Nagler
  6. Walking With a Killer
  7. Howl at the Summit
  8. Archangel’s Thunderbird – Falk Ulrich Rogner, John Weinzierl
  9. Dawn, Makin an Effort
  10. Skinhead # 2 – Kim Deal, Josephine Wiggs
  11. Blues at the Acropolis