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Squeeze: Some Fantastic Place

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On September 14, 1993, “A&M” label released “Some Fantastic Place”, the tenth Squeeze studio album. It was recorded in 1993, in London, and was produced by Peter Smith, Paul Carrack, Chris Difford, Glen Tilbrook, Pete Thomas, and Keith Wilkinson.

Personnel:

  • Paul Carrack– lead and backing vocals, keyboards
  • Chris Difford– guitar, backing vocals
  • Glenn Tilbrook– lead and backing vocals, guitars, keyboards, sitar, balalaika, percussion
  • Pete Thomas– drums, percussion
  • Keith Wilkinson– lead and backing, bass, ukulele
  • Chris Braide– backing vocals
  • Marilyn McFarlane – backing vocals
  • Pete Smith – backing vocals
  • Frank Mead, Martin Drover, Neil Sidwell, Nick Pentelow – horns
  • Catherine Martin, Lucy Griffith, Rebecca Jones, Tanera Dawkins – strings

Track listing:

 All tracks by Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook except where noted.

  1. Everything in the World
  2. Some Fantastic Place
  3. Third Rail
  4. Loving You Tonight
  5. It’s Over
  6. Cold Shoulder
  7. Talk to Him
  8. Jolly Comes Home
  9. Images of Loving
  10. True Colours (The Storm) – Keith Wilkinson
  11. Pinocchio

Randy Newman: Harps And Angels

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On August 5, 2008, “Nonesuch” label released “Harps and Angels”, the tenth Randy Newman studio album. It was recorded 2003 – 2008, at “Sunset Sound Studios” in Hollywood, “The Newman Stage”, “Twentieth Century Fox Studios” in Beverly Hills, and was produced by Mitchell Froom and Lenny Waronker.

Personnel:

  • Randy Newman – vocals, piano, bandleader
  • Steve Donnelly – guitar
  • Greg Leisz- pedal steel and acoustic slide guitar
  • Mitchell Froom– keyboard, organ
  • Frank Marocco – accordion
  • Greg Cohen- bass
  • Pete Thomas- drums
  • Alan Estes, Gregory Goodall – percussion
  • James Walker, Norda Mullen, Geraldine Rotella, David Shostac – flute
  • Gary Boyver, Stuart Clark, Donald Foster, Marty Krystall – clarinet
  • Daniel Higgins, Gary Foster, Greg Huckins, Bill Liston, Brian Scanlon – saxophone
  • Thomas Boyd, Leslie Reed – oboe
  • Kenneth Munday, Michael O’Donovan, Judith Farmer – bassoons
  • James Thatcher, Mark Adams, Richard Todd – French horns
  • Warren Luening, Malcolm McNab, Daniel Fornero, Jon Lewis, Timothy Morrison – trumpet
  • William Booth, Bruce Fowler, Alesander Iles, William Reichenbach, George Thatcher – trombone
  • Doug Tornquist – tuba
  • Roger Wilkie (concertmaster), Eun-Mee Ahn, Jacqueline Brand, Kevin Connolly, Joel Derouin, Julie Ann Gigante, Natalie Leggett, Helen Nightengale, Alyssa Park, Sara Parkins, Katia Popov, Rafael Rishik, Anatoly Rosinsky, Marc Sazer, Tereza Stanislav, Lisa M. Sutton, Sarah Thornblade, Irina Voloshina – violin
  • Brian Dembow (first viola), Robert Berg, Thomas Diener, Steven Gordon, Roland Kato, Darrin McCann, Victoria Miskolczy, Michael Nowak, Shanti Randall, David Walther – viola
  • Dennis Karmazyn (first cello), Antony Cooke, Steve Erdody, Christine Ermacoff, Armen Ksajikian, Andrew Shulman, David Speltz, Cecelia Tsan – cello
  • Michael Valerio (first bass violin), Drew Dembowski, Edward Meares, Susan Ranney – bass violin
  • Jo Ann Turovsky, Allison Allport – harps
  • Carmen Carter, Tim Davis, Luana Jackman, Steve Jackson, Rick Logan, Susan Stevens Logan, Fletcher Sheridan, Oren Waters, Terry Woods – backing vocals
  • David Boucher – engineer
  • Robert C. Ludwig – mastering
  • Kathie Van Kerckhoven, Jeremy Altervain – “angry Belgians”
  • Los Amigos Locos del Este – “happy immigrants”
  • Barbara De Wilde – art direction, design
  • Autumn De Wilde – photography
  • Robert Hurwitz – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Randy Newman

  1. Harps and Angels
  2. Losing You
  3. Laugh and Be Happy
  4. A Few Words in Defense of Our Country
  5. A Piece of the Pie
  6. Easy Street
  7. Korean Parents
  8. Only a Girl
  9. Potholes
  10. Feels Like Home

Neil Finn: Try Whistling This

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On June 15, 1998, “Parlaphone” label released “Try Whistling This”, the debut Neil Finn studio album. It was recorded 1997 – 1998, and was produced by Neil Finn, Tchad Blake, Marius De Vries and Jim Moginie.

Personnel:

  • Neil Finn– vocals, various instruments
  • Jim Moginie– guitars, bass guitar, omnichord, percussion
  • Mitchell Froom– Hammond organ
  • Robert Moore – bass
  • Sebastian Steinberg– bass
  • Pete Thomas– drums
  • Tony Allen– drums
  • Michael Barker– drums, percussion
  • Lyn Buchannan – additional drums
  • Marius De Vries– programming, keyboards
  • Liam Finn– drums, guitar
  • Paddy Free – programming

Track listing:

All tracks by Neil Finn, except where noted.

  1. Last One Standing
  2. Souvenir
  3. King Tide – Neil Finn, Robert Moore
  4. Try Whistling This – Neil Finn, Jim Moginie
  5. She Will Have Her Way
  6. Sinner – Neil Finn, Marius De Vries
  7. Twisty Bass
  8. Loose Tongue – Neil Finn, Jim Moginie
  9. Truth – Neil Finn, Jim Moginie
  10. Astro
  11. Dream Date
  12. Faster Than Light
  13. Addicted

Ron Sexsmith: Forever Endeavour

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On February 5, 2013, “Cooking Vinyl” label released “Forever Endeavour”, the thirteen Ron Sexsmith studio album. It was recorded in 2012, and was produced by Mitchell Froom. In 2014, the album won the “Juno Award for Adult Alternative Album of the Year”.

Personnel:

  • Ron Sexsmith – vocals, guitar
  • Val McCallum- electric guitar
  • Greg Leisz- pedal steel
  • Mitchell Froom– keyboards
  • Davey Faragher– bass
  • Bob Glaub– bass
  • Matt Chamberlain- drums, percussion
  • Don Heffington- drums, percussion
  • Pete Thomas- drums, percussion
  • Michael Urbano- drums, percussion
  • Hagai Izraeli – brass
  • Darrell Leonard– brass
  • John Steinmetz – brass
  • Lori Stuntz – tuba
  • William Roper – tuba
  • Joe Meyer – French horn
  • Dan Higgins– woodwinds
  • Charlene Huang – strings
  • Albert Romero – strings
  • Joshua Heapley – strings
  • Calder Group – strings

Track listing:

  1. Nowhere to Go
  2. Nowhere Is
  3. Of Only Avenue
  4. Snake Road
  5. Blind Eye
  6. Lost in Thought
  7. Sneak Out The Back Door
  8. Back Of My Hand
  9. Deepens With Time
  10. Me Myself and Wine
  11. She Does My Heart Good
  12. The Morning Light
  13. Life After a Broken Heart
  14. Autumn Light

Rufus: Rufusized

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In December 1974, “ABC” label released “Rufusized”, the third Rufus studio album. It was recorded in 1974, at “The Record Plant” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Bob Monaco.

Personnel:

  • Chaka Khan– lead vocals, background vocals
  • Tony Maiden – lead guitar, background vocals
  • Kevin Murphy– organ, clavinet, background vocals, acoustic piano, ARP synthesizer
  • Bobby Watson – bass, background vocals
  • André Fischer – drums, percussion
  • Clare Fischer, Kevin Murphy – string and horn arrangements
  • Gerald Vinci – concertmaster
  • Gary Olazabal, Austin Godsey, Mike Braunstein – engineer

Track listing:

  1. Once You Get Started – Gavin Christopher
  2. Somebody’s Watching You – Tony Maiden, Chaka Khan, Bobby Watson
  3. Pack’d My Bags – Tony Maiden, Chaka Khan
  4. Your Smile – Lalomie Washburn
  5. Rufusized (Instrumental) – Chaka Khan, Tony Maiden, Bobby Watson, Kevin Murphy, André Fischer
  6. I’m a Woman (I’m a Backbone) – Lalomie Washburn
  7. Right is Right – Tony Maiden, Kevin Murphy, Chaka Khan
  8. Half Moon – John Hall
  9. Please Pardon Me (You Remind Me of a Friend) – Brenda Gordon, Brian Russell
  10. Stop on By – Bobby Womack, Pete Thomas

Jake Bugg: Shangri La

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On November 18, 2013, “Mercury” label released “Shangri La”, the second Jake Bugg studio album. It was recorded in 2013, at “Shangri-La” in Malibu, California, and was produced by Rick Rubin.

Personnel:

  • Jake Bugg– lead vocals, lead, acoustic and slide guitar, piano
  • Matt Sweeney– rhythm guitar
  • Jason Lader– bass guitar
  • Pete Thomas, Chad Smith- drums

Track listing:

All music by Jake Bugg.

  1. There’s a Beast and We All Feed It – lyrics by Jake Bugg, Iain Archer
  2. Slumville Sunrise – lyrics by Jake Bugg, Iain Archer
  3. What Doesn’t Kill You – lyrics by Jake Bugg, Iain Archer
  4. Me and You – lyrics by Jake Bugg
  5. Messed Up Kids – lyrics by Jake Bugg, Iain Archer, Brendan Benson
  6. A Song About Love – lyrics by Jake Bugg, Iain Archer
  7. All Your reasons – lyrics by Jake Bugg
  8. Kingpin – lyrics by Jake Bugg, Iain Archer, Brendan Benson
  9. Kitchen Table – Jake Bugg
  10. Pine Trees – lyrics by Jake Bugg, Iain Archer
  11. Simple Pleasures – lyrics by Jake Bugg, Matt Sweeney
  12. Storm Passes Away – lyrics by Jake Bugg, Iain Archer, Brendan Benson

Elvis Costello and Allen Toussaint: The River in Reverse

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On June 6, 2006, “Verve Forecast” label released “The River in Reverse”, album by Elvis Costello and Allen Toussaint. It was recorded November 27 – December 10, 2005, and was produced by Joe Henry.

Personnel:

  • Elvis Costello – lead vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, Hammond organ, tambourine, tremolo
  • Allen Toussaint–lead and backing vocals, electric piano, horn arrangements
  • Anthony “AB” Brown – guitar
  • Davey Faragher– bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Steve Nieve– piano, Hammond organ, clavinet, Farfisa organ
  • Pete Thomas- drums, percussion
  • Sam Williams- trombone
  • Carl Blouin – baritone saxophone
  • Amadee Castenell – soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
  • Brian Cayolle – baritone saxophone

Track listing:

All tracks by Allen Toussaint, except where noted..

  1. On Your Way Down
  2. Nearer to You
  3. Tears, Tears and More Tears
  4. The Sharpest Thorn – Elvis Costello, Allen Toussaint
  5. Who’s Gonna Help Brother Get Further?
  6. The River in Reverse – Elvis Costello
  7. Freedom for the Stallion
  8. Broken Promise Land – Elvis Costello, Allen Toussaint
  9. Ascension Day – Roy “Professor Longhair” Byrd, Elvis Costello, Allen Toussaint
  10. International Echo – Elvis Costello, Allen Toussaint
  11. All These Things
  12. Wonder Woman
  13. Six-Fingered Man – Elvis Costello, Allen Toussaint

Alexi Murdoch: Time Without Consequence

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On June 6, 2006, “Zero Summer” label released “Time Without Consequence”, the debut Alexi Murdoch album. It was recorded 2004 – 2006, and was produced by Alexi Murdoch.

Personnel:

  • Alexi Murdoch– vocals, guitar, slide guitar, piano, harmonium, organ, keyboards, snare drum, cymbals, tambourine
  • Greg Leisz – guitar, pedal steel guitar
  • Joel Shearer – guitar, shaker, backing vocals
  • Ben Peeler – lap steel guitar
  • Marvin Etzioni- mandolin
  • Zac Rae – keyboards, vibraphone
  • Deron Johnson – Fender Rhodes piano
  • Brett Simons – double bass, electric bass
  • Jim Keltner- drums
  • Jay Bellerose – drums, tambourine, percussion
  • Ramy Antoun – drums
  • Al Sgro – drums, backing vocals
  • Jason McKenzie – tabla
  • Pete Thomas- tom tom
  • Sophie Barker- backing vocals
  • Oliver Kraus- cello

Track listing:

All tracks by Alexi Murdoch.

  1. All My Days
  2. Breathe
  3. Home
  4. Song for You
  5. Dream About Flying
  6. Wait
  7. Love You More
  8. Blue Mind
  9. Shine
  10. 12
  11. Orange Sky

Los Lobos: Good Morning Aztlán

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On June 4, 2002, “Mammoth Records” label released “Good Morning Aztlán”, the tenth Los Lobos studio album. It was recorded in 2002, and was produced by John Leckie, David Hidalgo, Louie Perez, Steve Berlin, Cesar Rosas, Conrad Lozano, Victor Bisseti and Cougar Estrada.

Personnel:

  • Louie Pérez – guitar, Jarana, drums, percussion, art direction
  • Steve Barlin – keyboards, flute, MIDI sax, saxophone, percussion
  • Cesar Rosas – vocals, guitar, Quatro
  • Cougar Estrada – drums, percussion
  • Conrad Lozano – vocals, bass
  • Rick Marotta, Pete Thomas – drums
  • Bucky Baxter – pedal steel
  • Victor Bisetti – percussion
  • Fermin Herrera – harp
  • Martha González – backing vocals
  • Sandow Birk – cover painting
  • Jeff Smith, Al Quattrocchi – art direction
  • Mark Vans – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by David Hidalgo and Louie Pérez, except where noted.

  1. Done Gone Blue
  2. Hearts Of Stone
  3. Luz de Mi Vida – Cesar Rosas, Louie Pérez
  4. Good Morning Aztlán
  5. The Big Ranch
  6. The Word – Cesar Rosas, Louie Pérez
  7. Malaqué
  8. Tony y Maria
  9. Get To This
  10. Maria Christina – Cesar Rosas
  11. What In The World
  12. Round & Round

Nick Lowe: Pinker and Prouder Than Previous

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In February 1988, “Demon” label released “Pinker and Prouder Than Previous”, the seventh Nick Lowe studio album. It was recorded 1987 – 1988, at “Arlyn Studios” in Austin, Texas; “Power Plant Studios” and “Westside Studios” in London, “Rockfield Studios” in Wales, and was produced by Nick Lowe, Colin Fairley and Dave  Edmunds.

Personnel:

  • Nick Lowe – vocals, guitar, bass
  • John Hiatt, Mickey Gee– guitar
  • Jimmie Vaughan– electric guitar
  • Martin Belmont – electric guitar
  • Paul Carrack– organ, piano
  • Geraint Watkins– keyboards
  • Kim Wilson– harmonica
  • John David, Paul Bassman – bass
  • Bobby Irwin – drums, backing vocals
  • Pete Thomas, Terry Williams– drums
  • Keith Morris– photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Nick Lowe, except where noted.

  1. (You’re My) Wildest Dream
  2. Crying in My Sleep
  3. Big Hair
  4. Love Gets Strange – John Hiatt
  5. I Got the Love
  6. Black Lincoln Continental – Graham Parker
  7. Cry It Out
  8. Lovers Jamboree – Nick Lowe, Paul Carrack
  9. Geisha Girl – Lawton Williams
  10. Wishing Well
  11. Big Big Love – Ray Carroll, Wynn Stewart