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Brian Eno And David Byrne: My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts

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In February 1981, “Sire” label released “My Life in the Bush of Ghosts”, album by Brian Eno and David Byrne. It was recorded August 1979 – October 1980, and was produced by Brian Eno and David Byrne. The album is named after Amos Tutuola’s 1954 novel of the same name.

Personnel:

  • David Byrne, Brian Eno– guitars, bass guitars, synthesizers, drums, percussion, found objects
  • Robert Fripp– Frippertronics
  • Michael “Busta Cherry” Jones – bass
  • Dennis Keeley – bodhrán
  • Bill Laswell– bass
  • Tim Wright– click bass
  • John Cooksey – drums
  • Chris Frantz– drums
  • David Van Tieghem– drums, percussion, scrap metal, found objects
  • Mingo Lewis – batá, sticks
  • Prairie Prince– can, bass drum
  • José Rossy – congas, agong-gong
  • Steve Scales – congas, metals
  • Peter Saville – artwork, design

Track listing:

All tracks by Brian Eno and David Byrne, except where noted.

  1. America is Waiting
  2. Mea Culpa
  3. Regiment – Brian Eno, David Byrne, Michael “Busta Cherry”Jones
  4. Help Me Somebody
  5. The Jezebel Spirit
  6. Qu’ran
  7. Moonlight in Glory
  8. The Carrier
  9. A Secret Life
  10. Come With Us

Brian Eno: Here Come the Warm Jets

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In January 1974, “Island” label released “Here Come the Warm Jets”, the debut Brian Eno solo album. It was recorded in September 1973, at “Majestic Studios” in London, and was produced by Brian Eno.

Personnel:

  • Eno– vocals, synthesizer, guitar, keyboards, treatments, instrumentation, mixing
  • Chris “Ace” Spedding– guitar
  • Phil Manzanera– guitar
  • Lloyd Watson– slide guitar
  • Robert Fripp– guitar
  • Paul Rudolph– guitar, bass guitar
  • Nick Judd – keyboards
  • Andy Mackay– keyboards, saxophone septet
  • Busta Jones – bass guitar
  • Bill MacCormick– bass guitar
  • John Wetton– bass guitar
  • Chris Thomas– bass guitar, mixing
  • Simon King– percussion
  • Marty Simon – percussion
  • Paul Thompson– percussion
  • Sweetfeed – backing vocals
  • Derek Chandler – recording
  • Denny Bridges – mixing
  • Phil Chapman – mixing
  • Paul Hardiman– mixing
  • Arun Chakraverty – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Brian Eno, except where noted.

  1. Needles in the Camel’s Eye – Brian Eno, Phil Manzanera
  2. The Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch
  3. Baby’s on Fire
  4. Cindy Tells Me – Brian Eno, Phil Manzanera
  5. Driving Me Backwards
  6. On Some Faraway Beach
  7. Blank Frank – Brian Eno, Robert Fripp
  8. Dead Finks Don’t Talk – Paul Thompson, Busta Jones, Nick Judd, Brian Eno
  9. Some of Them Are Old
  10. Here Come the Warm Jets

Robert Fripp: God Save The Queen / Under Heavy Manners

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In January 1980, “Polydor” label released “God Save the Queen/Under Heavy Manners”, the second Robert Fripp solo album. It was recorded in 1979, and was produced by Robert Fripp.

Personnel:

  • Robert Fripp – guitars, Frippertronics, Discotronics, design concept
  • David Byrne (credited by the pseudonym Absalm el Habib) – vocals, spoken word
  • Michael Busta “Cherry” Jones – bass
  • Paul Duskin – drums
  • Chris Stein – design concept

Track listing:

All tracks by Robert Fripp

Side A: God Save the Queen

  1. Red Two Scorer
  2. God Save the Queen
  3. 1983

Side One: Under Heavy Manners

  1. Under Heavy Manners
  2. The Zero of the Signified

Van Der Graaf Generator: H to He, Who Am the Only One

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In December 1970, “Charisma” label released “H to He, Who Am the Only One”. the third Van der Graaf Generator album. It was recorded June–November 1970, at “Trident Studios” in London, and was produced by John Anthony.

Personnel:

  • Peter Hammill – lead vocals, acoustic guitar, piano
  • Robert Fripp– guitar
  • Hugh Banton – vocals, Hammond  and  Farfisa  organs,  piano, oscillator, bass guitar
  • David Jackson – vocals, alto, tenor, and baritone saxophone and devices, flute
  • Nic Potter– bass guitar
  • Guy Evans – drums, tympani, percussion
  • Robin Cable – engineer
  • David Hentschel – engineer assistant
  • Paul Whitehead – cover art

Track listing:

All tracks by Peter Hammill, except where noted

  1. Killer – Peter Hammil, Chris Judge Smith, Hugh Banton
  2. House with No Door
  3. The Emperor in His War Room
  • The Emperor
  • The Room
  1. Lost
  • The Dance in Sand and Sea
  • The Dance in Frost
  1. Pioneers Over c

 

Brian Eno: Before And After Science

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In December 1977, “Polydor” label released “Before and After Science”, the fifth Brian Eno studio album.It was recorded in 1977, at “Basing Street Studios” in London, and “Conny’s Studio” in Cologne, and was produced by Brian Eno and Rhett Davies.

Personnel:

  • Brian Eno – voices, synthesizers, guitar, synthesised percussion, piano,  brass, vibes, metallics, bell, cover design
  • Phil Manzanera – rhythm guitar
  • Robert Fripp – guitar
  • Fred Frith – modified guitar, cascade guitars
  • Kurt Schwitters – voice
  • Achim Roedelius– grand piano, electric piano
  • Paul Rudolph– bass, rhythm guitar, harmonic bass
  • Percy Jones– fretless bass, analogue delay bass
  • Möbi Moebius – bass Fender piano
  • Bill MacCormick – bass
  • Brian Turrington – bass
  • Rhett Davies – a gong-gong, stick
  • Phil Collins – drums
  • Jaki Liebezeit– drums
  • Dave Mattacks – drums
  • Shirley Williams (Robert Wyatt) – brush timbales, time
  • Andy Fraser– drums
  • Rhett Davies – engineer
  • Conny Plank– engineer
  • Dave Hutchins – engineer
  • Cream – artwork
  • Peter Schmidt– art prints
  • Ritva Saarikko – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Brian Eno, except where noted.

  1. No One Receiving
  2. Backwater
  3. Kurt’s Rejoinder
  4. Energy Fools the Magician – arranged by Percy Jones and Brian Eno
  5. King’s Lead Hat
  6. Here He Comes
  7. Julie With …
  8. By This River – Brian Eno, Hans-Joachim Roedelius, Dieter Moebius
  9. Through Hollow Lands (for Harold Budd) – arranged by Fred Frith and Brian Eno
  10. Spider and I

 

Fripp & Eno: Evening Star

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In December 1975, “Island” label released “Evening Star”, album Robert Fripp and Brian Eno. It was recorded 1974 – 1975,  and was produced by Brian Eno & Robert Fripp.

Personnel:

  • Robert Fripp– guitar
  • Brian Eno– tape loops, synthesizer, piano
  • Peter Schmidt– cover painting

Track listing:

All tracks by Brian Eno and Robert Fripp, except by Brian Eno.

  1. Wind on Water – Brian Eno
  2. Evening Star
  3. Evensong
  4. Wind on Wind
  5. An Index of Metals

David Bowie: Scary Monsters

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On September 12, 1980, “RCA” label released “Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)” the fourteenth David Bowie studio album. It was recorded February – April 1980, at “The Power Station” in London, and was produced by David Bowie and Tony Visconti. In 2000, “Q” magazine ranked “Scary Monsters” at number 30 in its list of the “100 Greatest British Albums Ever”. In 2013, “NME” magazine ranked the album at number 381 on its list of “The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time”. The album was certified Platinum in Canada by “Music Canada”, and in UK by the “BPI”.

Personnel:

  • David Bowie– lead and backing vocals, keyboards, saxophone, engineer
  • Pete Townshend– guitar
  • Tony Visconti– acoustic guitar, backing vocals, engineer
  • Carlos Alomar– guitars
  • Chuck Hammer– guitar synthesizer
  • Robert Fripp– guitar
  • Roy Bittan– piano
  • Andy Clark– synthesizer
  • George Murray– bass guitar
  • Dennis Davis– percussion
  • Michi Hirota – voice
  • Lynn Maitland – backing vocals
  • Chris Porter – backing vocals
  • Larry Alexander, Jeff Hendrickson – engineer assistant
  • Peter Mew, Nigel Reeve –mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by David Bowie, except where noted.

  1. It’s No Game (No. 1) – music and lyrics by Bowie, Japanese translation by Hisahi Miura
  2. Up the Hill Backwards
  3. Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
  4. Ashes to Ashes
  5. Fashion
  6. Teenage Wildlife
  7. Scream Like a Baby
  8. Kingdom Come – Tom Verlaine
  9. Because You’re Young
  10. It’s No Game (No. 2)

 

Brian Eno: Nerve Net

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On September 1, 1992, “Warner Bros” label released “Nerve Net”, the twelve Brian Eno studio album. It was recorded in 1992, and was produced by Brian Eno.

Personnel:

  1. Brian Eno– vocals and voices, organ, synthesizer, bass guitar, guitar, keyboards, tenor saxophone, treatments, African organ, animal sounds, arabesque
  2. Roger Eno– piano, sampling
  3. John Paul Jones– piano
  4. Rod Melvin– piano
  5. Robert Quine– guitar, rhythm guitar
  6. Robert Fripp– guitar
  7. Jamie West-Oram – guitar, rhythm guitar
  8. Romeo WIlliams – bass guitar
  9. John May – voices, speech, speaker, speaking part
  10. Robert Ahwai – guitar
  11. Peter Anderson – guitar
  12. Richard Bailey – drums
  13. Sugarfoot Moffett – drums
  14. Markus Dravs – drums, drum programming, treatments
  15. Cecil Stamper III – drums
  16. Benmont Tench– percussion
  17. Ian Dench– drum loop
  18. Winston Ngukwe – conga
  19. Isaac Osapanin – conga
  20. Wayne Duchamp – alto saxophone
  21. Alice Ngukwe – tenor saxophone
  22. Curtis Pelican – trumpet
  23. Christine West-Oram – vocals
  24. Duchess Nell Catchpole – vocals and voices
  25. John Moorby – voices, speech, speaker, speaking part
  26. Anita Patel – voices, speech, speaker, speaking part
  27. Sunita Patel – voices, speech, speaker, speaking part
  28. Yogish Patel – voices, speech, speaker, speaking part

Track listing:

All tracks by Brian Eno.

  1. Fractal Zoom
  2. Wire Shock
  3. What Actually Happened?
  4. Pierre in Mist
  5. My Squelchy Life
  6. Juju Space Jazz
  7. The Roil, the Choke
  8. Ali Click
  9. Distributed Being
  10. Web
  11. Web (Lascaux Mix)
  12. Decentre

Talking Heads: Fear Of Music

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On August 3, 1979, “Sire” label released “Fear of Music”, the third Talking Heads studio album. It was recorded April and May 1979, at Chris Frantz’s and Tina Weymouth’s loft in Long Island City; “The Hit Factory”, “Atlantic Studios”,  “RPM Sound Studios” and “Record Plant” in New York City, and was produced by Brian Eno and Talking Heads.

Personnel:

  • David Byrne – lead vocals, guitar
  • Jerry Harrison – guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Tina Weymouth – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Chris Frantz – drums
  • Brian Eno – electronic treatments, backing vocals
  • Robert Fripp– guitar
  • Ari – congas
  • Gene Wilder – congas
  • Hassam Ramzy – surdo
  • Abdou M’Boup – djembe, talking drum
  • Assane Thiam – percussion
  • The Sweetbreaths – backing vocals
  • Julie Last – backing vocals
  • Joe Barbaria – engineer
  • Rod O’Brian – engineer
  • Neil Teeman – engineer
  • Tom Heid – engineer assistant
  • Julie Last – engineer assistant
  • Chris Martinez – engineer assistant
  • Phil Gitomer – engineering crew
  • Dave Hewitt – engineering crew
  • Booster McAllister – engineering crew
  • Fred Ridder – engineering crew
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Jerry Harrison – cover art, artwork assistant
  • David Byrne – artwork
  • Jimmy Garcia – thermograph photography
  • Philip Strax – thermograph assistant

Track listing:

  1. I Zimbra – David Byrne, Brian Eno, Hugo Ball
  2. Mind
  3. Paper
  4. Cities
  5. Life During Wartime – David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison, Tina Weymouth
  6. Memories Can’t Wait – David Byrne, Jerry Harrison
  7. Air
  8. Heaven – David Byrne, Jerry Harriosn
  9. Animals
  10. Electric Guitar
  11. Drugs – David Byrne, Brian Eno

King Crimson: Beat

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On June 18, 1982, “E.G.” label released “Beat”, the ninth King Crimson studio album. It was recorded in 1982, and was produced by Rhett Davies.

Personnel:

  • Robert Fripp – guitar, organ, Frippertronics
  • Adrian Belew – lead vocals, guitar, additional drums
  • Tony Levin – bass guitar, Chapman stick, backing vocals
  • Bill Bruford – drums, percussion

Track listing:

All lyrics by Adrian Belew; music by Adrian Belew, Bill Bruford, Robert Fripp, and Tony Levin, except where noted.

  1. Neal and Jack and Me
  2. Heartbeat
  3. Sartori in Tangier
  4. Waiting Man
  5. Neurotica
  6. Two Hands – lyrics Margaret Belew
  7. The Howler
  8. Requiem