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Yosui Inoue: Nishoku no Konta

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On October 1, 1974, “Polydor Japan” released “Nishoku no Koma”, the fourth Yosui Inoue album. It was recorded June – July 1974, at “A&M Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Hidenori Taga.

Personnel:

  • Yosui Inoue – vocals, guitar
  • Ray Parker Jr. – guitar
  • David T. Walker – guitar
  • Louie Shelton – guitar
  • Jesse Ed Davis – guitar
  • Hiromi Yasuda – guitar
  • Dennis Budimir – guitar
  • Orville Red Rhodes – steel guitar
  • Larry Muhoberac – keyboards
  • Joe Sample – keyboards
  • Clarence McDonald – keyboards
  • Peter Robinson – keyboards
  • Jack Nitzsche – keyboards
  • Wilton Felder – bass guitar
  • Max Bennett – bass guitar
  • Scott Edwards – bass guitar
  • Reine Press – bass guitar
  • Edward Green – drums
  • Harvey Mason – drums
  • Joe Clayton – percussion
  • Milt Holland – percussion
  • Alan Estes – percussion
  • Gary Coleman – percussion
  • Henry Lewy – engineer
  • Bruce Botnich – engineer
  • Susumu Ohno – engineer
  • Yasuo Kawase – engineer assistant
  • Katsuya Amuro – engineer assistant
  • Osamu Sakai – design
  • Fuyuo Nakamura – photography
  • Yosui Inoue – photography
  • Fukuyo Inoue – photography
  • Katz Hoshi – arrangements
  • Gene Page – arrangements
  • Jack Nitzsche – arrangements

Track listing:

All tracks by Yōsui Inoue

  1. Kasa ga Nai 
  2. Yūdachi
  3. Taiyou no Machi
  4. Happy Birthday
  5. Zenmai Jikake no Kabutomushi
  6. Gomen
  7. Tsuki ga Warau
  8. Nishoku no Koma
  9. Kimi to Boku no Blues
  10. No-ichigo
  11. London Kyūkou
  12. Tabi kara Tabi
  13. Nemuri ni Sasoware
  14. Taiyou no Machi

Joan Armatrading: What’s Inside

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On May 30, 1995, “RCA” label released “What’s Inside”, the fourteenth Joan Armatrading studio album. It was recorded 1994 -1995, at “A&M Recording Studios” in Hollywood, “Abbey Road Studios” in London, “Plant Recording Studios” in Sausalito, California, “Kiva Recording Studios” in Memphis. Tennessee, and was produced by Joan Armatrading and David Tickle.

Personnel:

  • Joan Armatrading – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, e-bow guitar, arrangements
  • Hojah Farah – acoustic guitar
  • B. J. Cole – slide guitar
  • Greg Phillinganes – keyboards
  • Benmont Tench – keyboards
  • Todd Cochran – keyboards
  • Peter Robinson – keyboards
  • Tony Levin – bass
  • Darryl Jones – bass
  • Manu Katché – drums
  • Alex Acuña – percussion
  • Memphis Horns – horns
  • The London Metropolitan Orchestra – strings
  • Kronos Quartet – strings
  • Boz Burrell – tin whistle
  • K. La – backing vocals
  • Ray Williams – backing vocals
  • Terry Evans – backing vocals
  • Willie Green, Jr. – backing vocals
  • Caroline Dale – arrangements, orchestration
  • Dana Brayton – arrangements
  • Wolfgang Amadeus – engineer
  • Malcolm Springer – engineer
  • Tom Luekens – engineer
  • Simon Rhodes – engineer
  • Chad Munsey – second engineer
  • David Tickle, Shelly Yakus – mixing
  • Andy Brown – musical director
  • Sherri Maxwell – design, illustration

Track listing:

All tracks by Joan Armatrading.

  1. In Your Eyes
  2. Everyday Boy
  3. Merchant of Love
  4. Shapes and Sizes
  5. Back on the Road
  6. Lost The Love
  7. Songs
  8. Would You Like to Dance
  9. Recommend My Love
  10. Beyond The Blue
  11. Can’t Stop Loving You
  12. Shape of a Pony
  13. Trouble

Carly Simon: No Secrets

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On November 16, 1972, “Elektra” label released “No Secrets”, the third Carly Simon studio album. It was recorded September – October 1972, at “Trident Studio” in London, and was produced by Richard Perry.

Personnel:

  • Carly Simon – lead and backing vocals, acoustic piano, acoustic guitar, string arrangements, ARP synthesizer arrangements
  • David Hentschel – ARP synthesizer
  • Peter Robinson – acoustic piano
  • Nicky Hopkins – acoustic piano
  • Bill Payne – organ
  • Paul Keough – acoustic guitar
  • Lowell George – slide guitar
  • Jimmy Ryan – bass, acoustic, electric and lead guitar
  • Klaus Voormann – bass
  • Andy Newmark – drums
  • Jim Gordon – drums
  • Jim Keltner – drums
  • Ray Cooper – congas
  • Richard Perry – percussion
  • Bobby Keys – tenor saxophone
  • Kirby Johnson – electric piano, string arrangements, horn arrangements, woodwind arrangements, conductor
  • Paul Buckmaster – orchestration, synthesizers; orchestra, synthesizer and woodwind arrangements, conductor
  • Vicki Brown – backing vocals
  • Liza Strike – backing vocals
  • Mick Jagger – backing vocals
  • James Taylor – backing vocals
  • Bonnie Bramlett – backing vocals
  • Linda McCartney – backing vocals
  • Paul McCartney – backing vocals
  • Doris Troy – backing vocals
  • Robin Geoffrey Cable – engineer, recording, remixing
  • Mark Berry – recording
  • Bill Schnee – engineer, remixing
  • Doug Sax – disc cutting
  • Robert L. Heimall – art direction, design
  • Ed Caraeff – cover photography
  • Peter Simon – inner sleeve photography
  • David Katz – musicians contractor

Track listing:

All tracks by Carly Simon, except where noted.

  1. The Right Thing to Do
  2. The Carter Family – Carly Simon, Jacob Brackman
  3. You’re So Vain
  4. His Friends Are More Than Fond of Robin
  5. We Have No Secrets
  6. Embrace Me, Tour Child
  7. Waited So Long
  8. It Was So Easy – Carly Simon, Jacob Brackman
  9. Night Owl – James Taylor
  10. When You Close Your Eyes – Carly Simon, Bill Mernit

Brand X: Product

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On September 14, 1979, “Charisma” label released “Product”, the fourth Brand X studio album. It was recorded in April 1979, at “Startling Studios” in Ascot, and was produced by Colin Green, Neil Kerno, Robin Lumley, John Goodsall, John Giblin and Phil Collins.

  • Robin Lumley – keyboards, sounds (gunfire, chainsaw)
  • John Goodsall – guitar
  • John Giblin – bass
  • Phil Collins – vocals, drums, percussion
  • Peter Robinson – vocals, keyboards, sounds (gunfire)
  • Percy Jones – bass
  • Mike Clark – drums
  • Morris Pert – percussion

Track listing:

  1. Don’t Make Waves – John Goodsall
  2. Dance of the Illegal Aliens – Percy Jones
  3. Soho – John Goodsall, Phil Collins
  4. …And So to F…- Phil Collins
  5. Algon (Where an Ordinary Cup of Drinking Chocolate Costs £8,000,000,000) – Robin Lumley
  6. Rhesus Perplexus – John Giblin
  7. Wal to Wal / Not Good Enough – See Me!
  • Wal to Wal – Percy Jones, John Giblin
  • Not Good Enough – See Me! – Percy Jones, PeterRobinson
  1. April – John Giblin

 

Bryan Ferry: Another Time, Another Place

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On July 5, 1974, “island” label released “Another Time, Another Place”, the second Bryan Ferry studio album. It was recorded in 1974, at “Island Studios”, “Ramport Studios” and “AIR studios” in London, and was produced by  Bryan Ferry and John Punter.

Personnel:

  • Bryan Ferry – lead vocal, harmonica, organ, cover concept
  • David O’List– guitar
  • John Porter– guitar
  • Mark Warner – guitar
  • Peter Robinson – keyboards
  • John Wetton– bass guitar, fiddle
  • John Punter– bass guitar
  • Tony Carr, Tony Charles, Bruce Rowland– drums
  • Bruce Rowland– drums
  • Morris Pert– percussion
  • Ruan O’Lochlainn – alto saxophone
  • Chris Mercer – tenor saxophone
  • Jeff Daly, Bob Efford, Ronnie Ross– saxophone
  • Henry Lowther– trumpet
  • Paul Cosh, Martin Drover– trumpet
  • Chris Pyne– trombone
  • Malcolm Griffiths – trombone
  • Jimmy Hastings– flute
  • Vicki Brown, Helen Chappelle, Barry St. John, Liza Strike – choir
  • Martyn Ford – brass arrangements
  • Ann Odell – string arrangements
  • John Punter – engineer
  • Rhett Davies, Mark Dodson, Gary Edwards, Sean Milligan – engineer assistant
  • Bob Bowkett – artwork
  • Nicholas de Ville – design
  • Eric Boman – photography
  • Antony Price – fashion

Track listing:

  1. The ‘In’ Crowd – Billy Page
  2. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes – Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach
  3. Walk a Mile in My Shoes – Joe South
  4. Funny How Time Slips Away – Willie Nelson
  5. You Are My Sunshine – Jimmie Davis, Charles Mitchell
  6. (What a) Wonderful World – Sam Cooke, Herb Alpert, Lou Adler
  7. It Ain’t Me Babe – Bob Dylan
  8. Fingerpoppin’ – Ike Turner
  9. Help Me Make It Through the Nigh – Ike Turner
  10. Another Time, Another Place – Brian Ferry

Quatermass: Same

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In May 1970, “Harvest” label released the self-titled, debut Quatermass album. It was recorded in 1970, at “Abbey Road Studios” in London, and was produced by Anders Henriksson.

Personnel:

  • Peter Robinson— keyboards
  • John Gustafson— vocals, bass
  • Mick Underwood— drums, percussion
  • Violins
    • Tony Gilbert (Leader)
    • John Kirkland
    • David Katz
    • Billy Millar
    • Charlie Vorsanger
    • Les Maddox
    • Gerald Enns
    • Harold Parfitt
    • Paul Scherman
    • Homi Kanga
    • Jack Rothstein
    • Henry Datyner
    • Bill Armon
    • Michael Jones
    • Laurie Clay
    • Derek Jacobs
  • Violas
    • Steve Shingle
    • Chris Wellington
    • Henry Myerscough
    • Ian White
    • Bernard Davis
    • John Graham
  • Cellos
    • Paul Buckmaster (Leader)
    • Boris Rickelman
    • Francis Gabarr
    • Peter Wilson
    • Freddy ALexander
    • Chris Green
  • Double bass
    • Frank Clarke
    • Joe Mudele
    • Arthur Watts
  • Engineers — Jeff Jarratt, Andy Stevens.
  • Cover design, photographs –Storm Thorgerson/Hipgnosis

Track listing:

  1. Entropy – Peter Robinson
  2. Black Sheep of the Family – Steve Hammond
  3. Post War, Saturday Echo – Peter Robinson, John Gustafson, Graham Ross
  4. Good Lord Knows – John Gustafson
  5. Up on the Ground – John Gustafson
  6. Gemini – Steve Hammond
  7. Make up Your Mind – Steve Hammond
  8. Laughin Tackle – Peter Robinson
  9. Entropy (reprise) – Peter Robinson

 

Eric Clapton: Behind the Sun

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Behind the Sun

On March 11, 1985, “Duck” label released “Behind the Sun”, the ninth Eric Clapton, studio album. It was recorded in 1984, and was produced by Eric Clapton, Phil Collins, Ted Templeman and Lenny Waronker.

Personnel:

  • Eric Clapton – vocals, guitars, Roland guitar synthesizer
  • Lindsey Buckingham– guitar
  • Steve Lukather– guitar
  • Phil Collins– synthesizer, percussion, drums, Fender Rhodes, Simmons drums, backing vocals
  • Michael Omartian – synthesizer
  • Greg Phillinganes – synthesizer, backing vocals
  • James Newton Howard– synthesizer
  • Peter Robinson– synthesizer
  • Chris Stainton– synthesizer, piano, organ, Fender Rhodes
  • Donald “Duck” Dunn– bass
  • Nathan East– bass, backing vocals
  • Jamie Oldaker– drums, backing vocals
  • Jeff Porcaro– drums
  • John “J.R.” Robinson– drums
  • Ted Templeman– percussion
  • Lenny Castro, Ray Cooper– percussion
  • Shaun Murphy– backing vocals
  • Marcy Levy, Jerry Lynn Williams– backing vocals
  • Lee Herschberg, Nick Launay– engineer

Track listing:

  1. She’s Waiting – Eric Clapton, Peter Robinson
  2. See What Love Can Do – Jerry Lynn Williams
  3. Same Old Blues – Eric Clapton
  4. Knock on Wood – Eddie Floyd, Steve Cropper
  5. Something’s Happening – Jerry Lynn Williams
  6. Forever Man – Jerry Lynn Williams
  7. It All Depends – Eric Clapton
  8. Tangled in Love – Marcy Levy, Richard Feldman
  9. Never Make You Cry – Eric Clapton, Phil Collins
  10. Just Like a Prisoner – Eric Clapton
  11. Behind the Sun – Eric Clapton

David Bowie: Low

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Low

On January 14, 1977, “RCA” label released “Low”, the eleventh David Bowie album, the first of three collaborations with Brian Eno termed the “Berlin Trilogy”.  It was recorded September – October 1976, at the “Château d’Hérouville” in Hérouville and “Hansa Studio by the Wall?”, West Berlin, and was produced by Tony Visconti and David Bowie.

Personnel:

  • David Bowie– vocals, saxophones, guitar, pump bass,  harmonica, vibraphone, xylophone, pre-arranged percussion, keyboards: ARP synthesizer, Chamberlin
  • Brian Eno– vocals, keyboards: Minimoog, ARP, EMS Synthi AKS, piano, , other synthesizers, guitar treatments, synthetics instruments
  • Roy Young– piano, Farfisa organ
  • Peter Robinson, Paul Buckmaster  – piano, ARP
  • Carlos Alomar– rhythm guitars, guitar
  • Ricky Gardiner– rhythm guitar, guitar
  • George Murray– bass
  • Dennis Davis– percussion
  • Eduard Meyer – cello
  • Iggy Pop– backing vocals
  • Mary Visconti– backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by David Bowie, except where noted.

  1. Speed of Life
  2. Breaking Glass – David Bowie, Dennis Davis, George Murray
  3. What in the World
  4. Sound and Vision
  5. Always Crashing in the Same Car
  6. Be My Wife
  7. A New Career in a New Town
  8. Warszawa – Brian Eno, David Bowie
  9. Art Decade
  10. Weeping Wall
  11. Subterraneans