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Alice Cooper: Love it to Death

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On March 9, 1971, “Straight” label released “Love It to Death”, the third Alice Cooper studio album. It was recorded November – December 1970, at “RCA Mid-American Recording Center” in Chicago, Illinois, and was produced by Jack Richardson and Bob Ezrin.

Personnel:

  • Alice Cooper – vocals, harmonica
  • Glen Buxton – lead guitar
  • Michael Bruce – rhythm guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Dennis Dunaway – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Neal Smith – drums, backing vocals
  • Bob Ezrin – (credited as Toronto Bob Ezrin) – keyboards
  • Brian Christian – session engineer
  • Randy Kring – mastering engineer
  • Bill Conners – recording technician
  • Jack Richardson – executive producer

Track listing:

  1. Caught in a Dream – Michael Bruce
  2. I’m Eighteen – Michael Bruce, Alice Cooper, Dennis Dunaway, Neal Smith, Glen Buxton
  3. Long Way to Go – Michael Bruce
  4. Black Juju – Dennis Dunaway
  5. Is It My Body – Michael Bruce, Alice Cooper, Dennis Dunaway, Neal Smith, Glen Buxton
  6. Hallowed Be My Name – Neal Smith
  7. Second Coming – Alice Cooper
  8. Ballad of Dwight Fry – Michael Bruce, Alice Cooper
  9. Sun Arise – Harry Butler, Rolf Harris

John Parfitt

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On December 24, 2016, Richard John Parfitt died aged 68. He was musician (guitar), singer and songwriter, performed with The Harrison Twins (Jean and Gloria Harrison); The Spectres; Graham Bonnet; Rolf Harris, but he was best known as singer, songwriter and rhythm guitarist of Status Quo.

Kate Bush: Aerial

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On November 7, 2005, “EMI” label released “Aerial”, the eighth Kate Bush studio album. It was recorded 1996 – 2005, and was produced by Kate Bush. “Aerial” is the only Bush’s double album. The album was certified Platinum in Canada by “Music Canada”, and Platinum in UK by “BPI”.

Personnel:

  • Kate Bush – vocals, piano, keyboards
  • Dan McIntosh – acoustic and electric guitars
  • Eligio Quinteiro – renaissance guitar
  • Gary Brooker– Hammond organ
  • Chris Hall – accordion
  • Eberhard Weber, John Giblin, Del Palmer– bass
  • Peter Erskine, Stuart Elliott, Steve Sanger – drums
  • Bosco D’Oliveira – percussion
  • Robin Jeffrey – renaissance percussion
  • Rolf Harris– didgeridoo
  • Michael Wood – vocal
  • Lol Creme, Gary Brooker, Paddy Bush– backing vocals
  • Richard Campbell, Susan Pell – viola
  • Rolf Harris– as The Painter
  • Albert McIntosh (Bertie – Kate Bush’s son) – as The Sun
  • Bill Dunne – “Bertie” strings arrangements
  • Michael Kamen– orchestral arrangements
  • London Metropolitan Orchestra conducted by Michael Kamen
  • Del Palmer– recording, mixing
  • Simon Rhodes – engineer
  • Chris Bolster – engineer assistant
  • James Guthrie– mastering
  • Josephine Bartolinni – Italian translation

Track listing:

All tracks by Kate Bush.

  1. King of Mountain
  2. Π
  3. Bertie
  4. Bartolozzi
  5. How to Be Invisible
  6. Joanni
  7. A Coral Room
  8. Prelude
  9. Prologue
  10. An Architect’s Dream
  11. The Painter’s Link
  12. Sunset
  13. Aerial Tal
  14. Somewhere in Between
  15. Nocturn
  16. Aerial

Kate Bush: The Dreaming

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On September 13, 1982, “EMI” label released “the Dreaming”, the  fourth Kate Bush album. It was recorded September 1980 – May 1982 and was produced by Kate Bush. “The Dreaming” was ranked on number 71 on “Slint Magazine” list of “Best Albums of the 1980s”; “Mojo” magazine’s “Top 50 Eccentric Albums of All Time” list and “The Word” magazine’s “Great Underrated Albums of Our Time” list.

Personnel:

  • Kate Bush – vocals, piano, strings, arranger, keyboards, Fairlight digital sampling synthesizer
  • Ian Bairnson- lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Brian Bath – electric guitar
  • Alan Murphy- electric guitar
  • Dónal Lunny- bouzouki
  • Dave Lawson- synthesizer, Synclavier digital synthesizer, sampler, string arrangements
  • Paddy Bush- lead and backing vocals, harmonica, mandolin, strings, stick, bullroarer
  • Del Palmer- vocals, bass, fretless bass
  • Jimmy Bain- bass
  • Danny Thompson- bass
  • Eberhard Weber- double bass
  • Preston Heyman- drums, stick
  • Esmail Sheikh – drums
  • Stuart Elliott- percussion, drums, stick
  • Geoffrey Downes- trumpet, trumpet arrangement
  • Seán Keane- violin
  • Rolf Harris- Didgeridoo
  • Liam O’Flynn- pipe, penny whistle, uilleann pipes
  • Percy Edwards- vocals, sound effects
  • Stewart Arnold – lead and backing vocals
  • Gary Hurst – lead and backing vocals
  • David Gilmour- lead and backing vocals
  • Richard Thornton – vocals, choir, chorus
  • Gordon Farrell – vocals
  • Paul Hardiman- vocals, engineer, mixing
  • Bill Whelan – horn arrangements, string arrangements

All tracks by Kate Bush.

  1. Sat in Your Lap
  2. There Goes a Tenner
  3. Pull Out the Pin
  4. Suspended In Gaffa
  5. Leave it Open
  6. The Dreaming
  7. Night of the Swallow
  8. All the Love
  9. Houdini
  10. Get Out of My House