On May 24, 2019, “Cooking Vinyl” label released “Where the Action Is”, the thirteenth Waterboys (The) album. It was recorded in 2018, at “Puck Towers”, “Real World Studios”, “Ocean Soul Studios”, “The Bunker”, “Herbert Lane”, and was produced by Puck Fingers and Brother Paul.
Personnel:
Mike Scott – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, piano, keyboards, mellotron, bass, effects, field recording, photography
Paul Brown – Hammond organ, synthesizer, horns, sounds
Darrah Houston – piano
Aongus Raiston – bass
Ralph Salmins – drums, shaker, tambourine
Steve Wickham – fiddle
Jess Kavanagh – vocal
Zeenie Summers – vocal
Craig Gibsone – vocal
Lord Buckley – voiceover
Simon Hanhart – engineer
James Darkin – engineer
David Montuy – engineer
Lester Salmins – engineer
Haydn Bendall – engineer
David Montuyrobles – additional engineering
Brother Paul – engineer, mixing
Puck Fingers – engineer, mixing
John Davis – mastering
Ian Ross – artwork, design
Negative Space – photography
Howard Rankin – photography
Nikolaj Erema – photography
Paul Mac Manus – photography
Rokudenashiko – photography
Steve Wickham – photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Mike Scott, except where noted.
Where the Action Is – Robert Parker, Mike Scott, Paul Brown
London Mick
Out of All This Blue
Right Side of Heartbreak (Wrong Side of Love)
In My Time on Earth – Mike Scott, Michael Green
Ladbroke Grove Symphony
Take Me There I Will Follow You – Mike Scott, Paul Brown
And There’s Love – Mike Scott, Simon Dine
Then She Made the Lasses O – traditional, Robert Burns
Piper at the Gates of Down – Mike Scott, Kenneth Grahame
On September 8, 2017, “BMG” label released “Out of All This Blue”, the twelfth Waterboys (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2017, and was produced by Mike Scott and Paul Brown.
Personnel:
Mike Scott – vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards, organ, mellotron, bass, drums, percussion, FX, sampler, editing, cover concept
Zach Ernst, Niall C. Lawlor, Max Zaska – guitar
Brother Paul Brown – vocals, synthesizer, organ, piano, clavinet
On August 21, 2020, “Cooking Vinyl” label released “Good Luck, Seeker”, the fourteenth Waterboys (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2020, and was produced by Puck Fingers and Brother Paul.
Personnel:
Mike Scott – vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards, bass, archeology
Paul Brown – Hammond organ, piano, keyboards, archeology, programming
Steve Wickham – acoustic and electronic fiddle
Aongus Ralston – bass
Ralph Salmins – drums, percussion
Gavin Ralston – sonic guitar
James Hallawell – organ, keyboards, sonics, backing vocals, additional production
Peadar O’Riada – organ, tin whistle
David Hood – bass
Mark Smith – bass
Jeremy Stacey – drums
Justin Hallawell – distant drums
Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band, The Unthanks – horns, sonics
Jess Kavanagh, Zeenie Summers – backing vocals
Blaine Harrison – backing vocals
Irakli Gabriel – street voice
Chris O’Brien – additional engineering
Dave Montuy – additional engineering
Tim Martin, Jack Power – additional engineering
John Cornfield – additional engineering
Lester Salmins – drum recording
Don Jackson – mastering
Puck Fingers, Brother Paul – mixing
Bob Clearmountain – mixing
B.C. Nowlin – cover painting (Taoseno Sky, oil on canvas)
Mike Scott – front cover concept, design, photography
Ian Ross – design
Pixabay, Creative Commons, Engin Akyurt – photography
Track listing:
The Soul Singer – Mike Scott
(You’ve Got To) Kiss a Frog or Two – Mike Scott, Paul Brown
Low Down in the Brown – traditional
Dennis Hopper – Mike Scott, Paul Brown
Freak Street – Mike Scott
Sticky Fingers – Mike Scott, James Hallawell
Why Should I Love You – Kate Bush
The Golden Work – Mike Scott, Aongus Ralston, Charles Williams
My Wanderings in the Weary Land – Mike Scott, Anthony Thistlethwaite, Jim Keltner
Postcard from the Celtic Dreamtime – Mike Scott, James Hallawell
Good Luckm Seeker – Mike Scott, Adrian McNally, Rachel Unthank, Becky Unthank, Niopha Keegan, Chris Price, Sandy Smith, Dion Fortune
Beauty in Repetition – Mike Scott, Anthony Thistlethwaite, Jim Keltner
Everchanging – Mike Scott, Anthony Thistlethwaite, Jim Keltner
On January 7, 1985, “Warner Bros” label released “20/20”, the 22nd George Benson studio album. It was recorded in 1984, at “Amigo Studios”, “Devonshire Sound Studios”, “Bill Schnee Studios” in Hollywood, “Atlantic Studios”, “A&R Recording”, “Automated Sound Studios”, “Rosebud Recording”, “The Hit Factory”, “the Review Room”, “Avatar Studios”, “Sigma Sound Studios” in New York City, “Grand Slam Studios” in New Jersey, “House of Music” in Orange, NJ, “Bossa Nova Hotel”, “Village Recorders” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Russ Titelman, Michael Masser, Daniel Sembello and Michael Sembello.
Personnel:
George Benson – lead and harmony vocals, guitar
Michael Sembello – guitars, drum programming, backing vocals
Dann Huff – guitar
Paul Jackson, Jr. – guitar
Cecil Womack – guitar, backing vocals
David Williams – rhythm guitar
Freddie Green – rhythm guitar
Joe Sample – acoustic piano
Wells Christie – Synclavier programming
Randy Waldman – keyboards, synthesizers, arrangements
James Newton Howard – acoustic piano, synthesizers, string arrangements
Clifford Carter – keyboards, synthesizers, drum programming
Rob Mounsey – Synclavier, vocoder, synthesizer bass
Steve Kipner – Oberheim DMX, Oberheim DSX sequencer
Rick Shlosser – drums
Paulinho da Costa – percussion
Errol “Crusher” Bennett – finger cymbals
Ralph MacDonald – triangle, percussion
Gary Herbig – saxophone
Kim Hutchcroft – saxophone
Frank Wess – alto saxophone
Charles Williams – alto saxophone
Robert Eldridge – baritone saxophone
George Coleman – tenor saxophone
Jimmy Heath – tenor saxophone
Robin Eubanks – trombone
Slide Hampton – trombone
Benny Powell – trombone
Dave Taylor – trombone
Gary Grant – trumpet
Jerry Hey – trumpet, horn arrangements
Jon Faddis – trumpet
Earl Gardner – trumpet
Joe Newman – trumpet
Lew Soloff – trumpet
Felix Vega – trumpet
George Young – flute
Frank Foster – horn arrangements, conductor
Ralph Burns – string arrangements, conductor
Michael Masser – rhythm track arrangements
Gene Page – rhythm track and string arrangements
Roberta Flack – lead vocals
Patti Austin – backing and harmony vocals
Gordon Grody – backing vocals
Lani Groves – backing vocals
Richard Marx – backing vocals
Deborah Thomas – backing vocals
James Taylor – backing and harmony vocals
Linda Womack – backing vocals
David Cochrane – backing vocals
Darryl Phinnessee – backing vocals
Russ Titelman – executive producer
Mary Melia – production coordinator
Jim Boyer, Lee Herschberg, Gary Ladinsky, Michael Mancini, Elliot Scheiner, Russell Schmitt, Thom Wilson – engineer
Dick Bogart, Kendal Brown, Dean Burt, John Convertino, Jim Gallagher, Josiah Gluck, Cliff Hodson, John Rollo, Nicholas Spigel – additional engineering
Michael Abbott, Mike Allaire, Nelson Ayers, Mike Birnholz, Paul Brown, Ollie Cotton, Nick Delre, Paul Higgins, Steve Hirsch, Cliff Jones, Barbara Ivone, Leslie Klein, Robin Laine, Bruce Lampcov, James Nichols, Bobby Warner, Jay Willis – engineer assistant
Jim Boyer, Ed Rak, Elliot Scheiner, Russ Titelman – mixing
Ted Jensen – mastering
Simon Levy – art direction
Kav DeLuxe – design
Richard Bomersheim – photography
Track listing:
No One Emotion – Cliff Magness, Mark Mueller, Tom Keane
Please Don’t Walk Away – James Newton Howard, Steve Lukather
I Just Wanna Hang Around You – Chuz Sembello, Daniel Sembello, Jon Sembello, Michael Sembello
Nothing’s Gonna Change My Love for You – Michael Masser, Gerry Goffin
Beyond the Sea (la Mer) – Charles Trenet, Jack Lawrence
20/20 – Randy Goodrum, Steve Kipner
New Day – Cecil Womack, Linda Womack
Hold Me – Michael Sembello, Daniel Sembello
Stand Up – Neil Larsen
You Are the Love of My Love – Linda Creed, Michael Masser
On April 3, 2007, “Blue Note” label released “He Had a Hat”, the twelve Jeff Lorber album. It was recorded 2006 – 2007 and was produced by Bobby Colomby.
Personnel:
Jeff Lorber– piano, keyboards
Eric Benet– vocals
Paula Cole– vocals
Hubert Laws– flute
Gerald Albright – alto saxophone
Bob Sheppard– tenor saxophone
Kirk Whalum– tenor saxophone
Ada Rovatti– tenor saxophone
Tom Timko– tenor saxophone
Blood, Sweat & Tears– horns
Steve Jankowski– trumpet
Hernan Mulet– trumpet
Jens Wendelboe– bass and tenor trombone
The Lair Studio Brass Ensemble
The Krim Symphonic Orchestra– Orchestrated by Jeremy Lubbock
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