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Camera Obscura: Look To The East, Look To The West

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On May 3, 2024, “Merge” label released “Look to the East, Look to the West”, the sixth Camera Obscura studio album. It was recorded in 2023, at “Rockfield” in Monmouthshire, “Chem 19” in Glasgow, “Clashnarrow” in Helmsdale, and was produced by Jari Haapalainen.

Personnel:

  • Tracyanne Campbell – lead vocals, guitar
  • Kenny McKeeve – guitar, percussion, backing vocals
  • Donna Maciocia – piano, synthesizer, backing vocals
  • Gavin Dunbar – bass guitar
  • Lee Thomson – drums, percussion
  • Anne McLeod – oboe 
  • Jari Haapalainen – programming, percussion, mixing
  • Jake Hutton – engineer
  • Joe Jones – engineer
  • Paul Savage – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Tracyanne Campbell, except where noted.

  1. Liberty Print
  2. We’re Going to Make It in a Man’s World – Tracyanne Campbell, Donna Maciocia
  3. Big Love
  4. Only a Dream
  5. The Light Nights
  6. Sleepwalking
  7. Baby Huey (Hard Times)
  8. Denon
  9. Pop Goes Pop
  10. Sugar Almond
  11. Look to the East, Look to the West

Van Morrison: Versatile

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On December 1, 2017, “Caroline” and “Legacy” labels released “Versatile”, the 38th Van Morrison studio album. It was recorded 2013 – 2017, and was produced by Van Morrison.

Personnel:

  • Van Morrison – vocals, alto saxophone
  • Jay Berliner – acoustic Spanish guitar
  • Dave Keary – electric guitar
  • Paul Moran – keyboards, trumpet, musical director
  • Paul Moore – bass guitar
  • Jeff Lardner – drums
  • Mez Clough – drums
  • Robbie Ruggiero – percussion
  • Rod Quinn – percussion
  • Christopher White – tenor saxophone
  • Alistair White – trombone
  • Sir James Galway – concert flute

Track listing:

  1. Broken Record – Van Morrison
  2. A Foggy Day – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
  3. Let’s Get Lost – Jimmy McHugh, Frank Loesser
  4. Bye Bye Blackbird – Ray Henderson, Mort Dixon
  5. Skye Boat Song – traditional, arranged by Van Morrison
  6. Take It Easy Baby – Van Morrison
  7. Makin’ Whoopee – Gus Kahn, Walter Donaldson
  8. I Get a Kick Out of You – Cole Porter
  9. I Forgot That Love Existed – Van Morrison
  10. Unchained Melody – Alex North, Hy Zaret
  11. Start All Over Again (2017 version) Van Morrison
  12. Only a Dream (2013 version) – Van Morrison
  13. Affirmation – Van Morrison
  14. The Party’s Over – Jule Styne, Betty Comden, Adolph Green
  15. I Left My Heart in San Francisco – George Cory, Douglass Cross
  16. They Can’t Take That Away from Me – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin