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Bunny Wailer: Blackheart Man

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On September 8, 1976, “Solomonic” label released “Blackheart Man”, the debut Bunny Wailer studio album. It was recorded in August 1975, at “Aquarius Recording Studios” in Kingston, Jamaica, and was produced by Bunny Wailer.

Personnel:

  • Bunny Wailer– lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitar, bass, jaw harp, percussion, design
  • Tyrone “Organ D” Downie– keyboards
  • Peter Tosh – lead and rhythm guitar, melodica, harmonica, backing vocals
  • Aston “Family Man” Barrett– bass, lead and rhythm guitar, keyboards
  • Robbie Shakespeare– bass
  • Carlton “Carly” Barrett– drums
  • Willy Pep – congas
  • Larry McDonald – congas
  • Earl “Chinna” Smith– lead guitar
  • Karl Pitterson– acoustic guitar, engineer, mixing
  • Michael Murray – rhythm guitar
  • Eric Frater – lead guitar
  • Harold Butler – keyboards
  • Bernard Harvey – keyboards
  • Winston Wright– keyboards
  • Tommy McCook– flute, saxophone
  • “Dirty” Harry Hall– horns
  • Bobby Ellis– horns
  • Herman Marquis– horns
  • Mark West – horns
  • Bob Marley– backing vocals
  • Neville Garrick– percussion, cover artwork, design, photography
  • Chris Blackwell– mixing

Track listing:

All tracks by Bunny Wailer.

  1. Blackheart Man
  2. Fighting Against Conviction
  3. The Oppressed Song
  4. Fig Tree
  5. Dream Land
  6. Rastaman
  7. Reincarnated Souls
  8. Amagideon (Armagedon)
  9. Bide Up
  10. This Train

Bob Dylan: Empire Burlesque

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On June 10, 1985, “Columbia” label released “Empire Burlesque”, the twenty-third Bob Dylan studio album. It was recorded July 1984 – March 1985, and was produced by Bob Dylan.

Personnel:

  • Bob Dylan– vocals, guitar, keyboards, piano, harmonica
  • Ronnie Wood– guitar
  • Mick Taylor– guitar
  • Ira Ingber – guitar
  • Sid McGinnis– guitar
  • Ted Perlman – guitar
  • Mike Campbell– guitar
  • Stuart Kimball – electric guitar
  • Al Kooper– rhythm guitar
  • Benmont Tench– keyboards, piano, organ
  • Alan Clark– synthesizer
  • Vince Melamed – synthesizer
  • Richard Scher – synthesizer, synth horns
  • Howie Epstein– bass guitar
  • John Paris – bass guitar
  • Robbie Shakespeare– bass guitar
  • Bob Glaub– bass guitar
  • Sly Dunbar– drums
  • Anton Fig– drums
  • Don Heffington – drums
  • Jim Keltner– drums
  • Bashiri Johnson – percussion
  • David Watson – saxophone
  • Chops – horns
  • Urban Blight Horns – horns
  • Madelyn Quebec – vocals
  • Queen Esther Marrow – backing vocals
  • Carolyn Dennis– backing vocals
  • Peggie Blu– backing vocals
  • Debra Byrd – backing vocals
  • Josh Abbey – recording, engineer
  • George Tutko – engineer
  • Judy Feltus – engineer
  • Arthur Baker– mixing
  • Nick Egan– design
  • Ken Regan – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Bob Dylan.

  1. Tight Connection to My Heart (Has Anybody Seen My Love)
  2. Seeing the Real You at Last
  3. I’ll Remember You
  4. Clean Cut Kid
  5. Never Gonna Be the Same Again
  6. Trust Yourself
  7. Emotionally Yours
  8. When the Night Comes Falling from the Sky
  9. Something’s Burning, Baby
  10. Dark Eyes

Joe Cocker: Sheffield Steel

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On May 22, 1982, “Island” label released “Sheffield Steel”, the eighth Joe Cocker studio album.It was recorded at “Compass Point Studios” in Nassau, Bahamas,  and was produced by Chris Blackwell and Alex Sadkin.

Personnel:

  • Joe Cocker – lead vocals
  • Adrian Belew,Barry Reynolds, Mikey Chung – guitars
  • Wally Badarou – keyboards
  • Robbie Shakespeare – bass
  • Sly Dunbar – drums
  • Uziah “Sticky” Thompson – percussion
  • Robert Palmer,Jimmy Cliff – backing vocals
  • Ted Jensen– mastering

Track listing:

  1. Look What You’ve Done – Leo Nocentelli
  2. Shocked – Ira Ingber, Greg Sutton
  3. Sweet Little Woman – Andy Fraser
  4. Seven Days – Bob Dylan
  5. Marie – Randy Newman
  6. Ruby Lee – Bill Withers, Melvin Dunlap
  7. Many Rivers to Cross – Jimmy Cliff
  8. So Good, So Right – Brenda Russell
  9. Talking Back to the Night – Steve Winwood, Will Jennings
  10. Just Like Always – Jimmy Webb

Burning Spear: Garvey’s Ghost

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On April 23, 1976, “Island” label released “Garvey’s Ghost”, the fourth Burning Spear album. It was recorded in 1976, at “Randy’s Recording Studio” in North Parade, Kingston, Jamaica, and was produced by Lawrence Lindo. Each album track is a dub version of the same song from the band’s third album “Marcus Garvey”.

Personnel:

  • Winston Rodney- lead vocals
  • Delroy Hines- harmony vocals
  • Rupert Willington- harmony vocals
  • Tyrone “Organ D” Downie- piano, organ
  • Bernard “Touter” Harvey – piano, organ, clavinet
  • Earl “Chinna” Smith- lead guitar
  • Valentine “Tony” Chin– rhythm guitar
  • Robbie “Rabbi” Shakespeare- bass
  • Aston “Family Man” Barrett- bass
  • Leroy “Horsemouth” Wallace- drums
  • Bobby Ellis- trumpet
  • Vincent “Trommie” Gordon- trombone, clavinet
  • Carlton “Sam” Samuels – flute
  • Herman Marquis- alto saxophone
  • Richard “Dirty Harry” Hall- tenor saxophone
  • George Philpott, Errol Thompson – engineer
  • John Burns, Dick Cuthell – dubbing engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Winston Rodney and Phillip Fullwood, except where noted.

  1. The Ghost
  2. I and I Survive
  3. Black Wa-Da-Da – Winston Rodney, C. Paisley, Philip.Fullwood
  4. John Burns Skank – Marcus Rodney, Mackba Rodney, Winston Rodney
  5. Brain Food – Winston Rodney
  6. Farther East of Jack
  7. 2000 Years – Delroy Hines, Rupert Willington, Winston Rodney
  8. Dread River – Winston Rodney, M. Lawrence, Philip Fullwood
  9. Workshop – Folkes, Winston Rodney, Philip Fullwood
  10. Reggaelation – Winston Rodney

Mick Jagger: She’s The Boss

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On February 19, 1983, “CBS” label released “She’s the Boss”, the debut Mick Jagger album. It was recorded May – November 1984, and was produced by Mick Jagger, Bill Laswell and Nile Rodgers.

Personnel:

  • Mick Jagger – lead and backing vocals
  • Pete Townshend – guitar
  • Jeff Beck – guitar
  • Nile Rodgers – guitar
  • Eddie Martinez – guitar
  • E. Smith – guitar
  • Jam Hammer – piano
  • Robert Sabino – piano keyboards, synthesizer
  • Herbie Hancock – organ, synthesizer
  • Chuck Leavell – organ
  • Wally Badarou– synthesizer
  • Guy Fletcher – synthesizer
  • John “Rabbit” Bundrick– synthesizer
  • Ron Magness – synthesizer
  • Lenny Pickett – saxophone
  • Bill Laswell – bass, synthesizer
  • Colin Hodgkinson – bass guitar
  • Bernard Edwards – bass guitar
  • Robbie Shakespeare – bass guitar
  • Sly Dunbar– drums
  • Steve Ferrone– drums
  • Anton Fig– drums
  • Michael Shrieve – drums
  • Tony Thompson– drums
  • Daniel Ponce, bata drum, percussion
  • Ray Cooper – percussion
  • Anton Fler – percussion
  • Alyb Dieng – shaker
  • Alan Pickett – rapping
  • Bernard Fowler – backing vocals
  • Fonzi Thornton– backing vocals
  • Paul Buckmaster – string arrangements

Track listing:

  1. Lonely at the Top – Mick Jagger, Keith Richards
  2. 1/2 a Loaf – Mick Jagger
  3. Running Out of Luck – Mick Jagger
  4. Turn the Girl Loose – Mick Jagger
  5. Hard Woman – Mick Jagger
  6. Just Another Night – Mick Jagger
  7. Lucky in Love – Mick Jagger, Carlos Alomar
  8. Secrets – Mick Jagger
  9. She’s the Boss – Mick Jagger, Carlos Alomar

 

The Rolling Stones: Undercover

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Undercover

On November 7, 1983, “Rolling Stone” label released “Undercover”, the Rolling Stones 17th studio album. It was recorded November– December 1982 and May–August 1983, and was produced by The Glimmer Twins and Chris Kimsey.

Personnel:

  • Mick Jagger– lead and backing vocals, guitar, harmonica
  • Keith Richards– vocals, guitar, bass
  • Ronnie Wood– guitars, bass, backing vocals
  • Bill Wyman– bass, piano, percussion
  • Charlie Watts– drums
  • Chuck Leavell– keyboards, organ, piano
  • Ian Stewart– piano, percussion
  • Jim Barber – guitar
  • Robbie Shakespeare– bass
  • Sly Dunbar– percussion
  • Moustapha Cisse – percussion
  • Brahms Coundoul – percussion
  • Martin Ditcham – percussion
  • David Sanborn– saxophone
  • CHOPS – horns
  • Hubert Kretzschmar – cover art photography, illustrator
  • Peter Corriston- cover art

Track listing

All tracks by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, except where noted.

  1. Undercover of the Night
  2. She Was Hot
  3. Tie You Up
  4. Wanna Hold You
  5. Feel On Baby
  6. Too Much Blood
  7. Pretty Beat Up – Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Rinnie Wood
  8. Too Tough
  9. All the Way Down
  10. It Must Be Hell

Burning Spear: Man In The Hills

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Man in the hills

On August 18, 1976, “Island” label released “Man in the Hills”, the fourth Burning Spear album. It was recorded in 1976, at “Randy’s Recording Studio” and “Harry J’s Recording Studio” in Kingston,  and was produced by Jack Ruby.

Personnel:

  • Winston Rodney– lead vocals, percussion
  • Earl “Chinna” Smith– lead and rhythm guitar
  • Tony Chin– rhythm guitar
  • Bernard “Touter” Harvey– keyboards
  • Earl “Wire” Lindo– keyboards
  • Tyrone “Organ D” Downie– keyboards
  • Robbie Shakespeare– bass
  • Aston “Family Man” Barrett– bass
  • Leroy “Horsemouth” Wallace– drums
  • Richard “Dirty Harry” Hall– tenor saxophone
  • Herman Marquis– alto saxophone
  • Bobby Ellis– trumpet
  • Vincent “Trommie” Gordon– trombone
  • Delroy Hines– harmony vocals
  • Rupert Willington– harmony vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Winston Rodney, except where noted.

  1. Man in the Hills
  2. It’s Good – Fullwood, Winston Rodney
  3. No More War
  4. Black Soul
  5. Lion
  6. People Get Ready
  7. Children
  8. Mother
  9. Door Peep
  10. Groovy