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Harmonia’76: Tracks and Traces

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On November 4, 1997, “S3” and “Rykodisc” labels released “Tracks and Traces”, the only Harmonia ’76 album. It was recorded September 1976 at “Harmonia Studio” in Forst, and was produced by Brian Eno, Hans-Joachim Roedelius, Michael Rother and Dieter Moebius.

Personnel:

  • Michael Rother– e-guitar, keyboards, drum machine
  • Dieter Moebius– synthesizer, mini harp
  • Hans-Joachim Roedelius– keyboards
  • Brian Eno– synthesizer, e-bass, voice, lyrics

Track listing:

All music by Brian Eno, Hans-Joachim Roedelius, Michael Rother and Dieter Moebius, except where noted.

  1. Vamos Companeros
  2. By the Riverside
  3. Luneburg Heath – lyrics by Brian Eno
  4. Sometimes in Autumn
  5. Weird Dream
  6. Almost
  7. Les Demoiselles
  8. When Shade Was Born
  9. Trace

Joe Jackson Band: Volume 4

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On March 11, 2003, “Rykodisc” label released “Volume 4”, the seventeenth Joe Jackson album. It was recorded in 2002, and was produced by Joe Jackson.

Personnel:

  • Joe Jackson – lead vocals, piano, organ, electric piano, melodica, arrangements
  • Gary Sanford – guitar, backing vocals
  • Graham Maby– bass, backing vocals
  • David Houghton – drums, backing vocals
  • Julie Gardner – recording
  • Helen Atkinson – recording assistant
  • Sean Slade, Paul Kolderie- mixing
  • Juan Garcia – mixing assistant
  • Ted Jensen, Nathan James – mastering
  • Frank Orlinsky – art direction
  • Geoff Spear, Spencer Rowell, Tom Sheehan – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Joe Jackson.

  1. Take it Like a Man
  2. Still Alive
  3. Awkward Age
  4. Chrome
  5. Love at First Light
  6. Fairy Dust
  7. Little Bit Stupid
  8. Blue Flame
  9. Dirty Martini
  10. Thugz ‘R’Us
  11. Bright Grey

Joe Jackson: Rain

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On January 28, 2008, “Rykodisc” label released “Rain”, the eighteen Joe Jackson studio album. It was recorded in 2007, at “Planet Roc” in Berlin and was produced by Joe Jackson.

Personnel:

  • Joe Jackson – vocals, piano, arrangements
  • Graham Maby – vocals, bass
  • David Houghton – vocals, drums
  • Julie Gardner – recording
  • Yensin Jahn – engineer assistant
  • Sean Slade, Paul Kolderie- mixing
  • Ted Young – mixing assistant
  • Bob Ludwig- mastering
  • Ed Sherman – art direction
  • Jim Rakete- photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Joe Jackson.

  1. Invisible Man
  2. Too Tough
  3. Citizen Sane
  4. Wasted Time
  5. The Uptown Train
  6. King Pleasure Time
  7. Solo (So Low)
  8. Rush Across the Road
  9. Good Bad Boy
  10. A Place in the Rain

Morphine: Cure for Pain

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On September 14, 1993, “Rykodisc” label released “Cure for Pain”, the second Morphine album. It was recorded in 1993, and was produced by Paul Q. Kolderie and Mark Sandman.

Personnel:

  • Mark Sandman – lead vocals, 2 string slide bass, tritar, guitar, organ, recording, mixing
  • Jimmy Ryan – mandolin
  • Dana Colley- baritone and tenor saxophone, backing vocals.
  • Jerome Deupree – drums
  • Billy Conway- drums, cocktail drum
  • Ken Winokur – percussion

Track listing:

All tracks by Mark Sandman.

  1. Dawna
  2. Buena
  3. I’m Free Now
  4. All Wrong
  5. Candy
  6. A Head with Wings
  7. In Spite of Me
  8. Thursday
  9. Cure for Pain
  10. Mary Won’t You Call My Name?
  11. Let’s Take a Trip Together
  12. Sheila
  13. Miles Davis’ Funeral

Sugar: File Under: Easy Listening

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On September 6, 1994, “Rykodisc” label released “File Under: Easy Listening”, the second and final Sugar album. It was recorded in 1994, and was produced by Bob Mould.

Personnel:

  • Bob Mould – vocals, guitars
  • David Barbe – vocals, bass
  • Malcolm Travis – drums
  • Jim Wilson – engineer
  • Lou Kregel – artwork

Track lsiting:

All tracks by Bob Mould, except where noted.

  1. Gift
  2. Company Book – David Barbe
  3. Your Favorite Thing
  4. What You Want It to Be
  5. Gee Angel
  6. Panama City Mall
  7. Can’t Help You Anymore
  8. Granny Cool
  9. Believe What You’re Saying
  10. Explode and Make Up

Sugar: Cooper Blue

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On September 4, 1992, “Rykodisc” label released “Copper Blue”, the debut Sugar studio album. It was recorded 1990 – 1992, and was produced by Bob Mould and Lou Giordano. It was voted 1992 “Album of the Year” by the “NME”.

Personnel:

  • Bob Mould – vocals, guitars, keyboards, percussion
  • David Barbe – bass
  • Malcolm Travis – drums, percussion

Track listing:

All tracks by Bob Mould.

  1. The Act We Act
  2. A Good Idea
  3. Changes
  4. Helpless
  5. Hoover Dam
  6. The Slim
  7. If I Can’t Change Your Mind
  8. Fortune Teller
  9. Slick
  10. Man on the Moon

Robert Cray: Take Your Shoes Off

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Take Your Shoes Off

On April 27, 1999, “Rykodisc” label released “Take Your Shoes Off”, the twelve Robert Cray album. It was recorded in 1999, and was produced by Steve Jordan. The album won the 2000 “Grammy Award” for “Best Contemporary Blues Album”.

Personnel:

  • Robert Cray – vocals, guitar, bajo sexto
  • Steve Jordan– guitar, bajo sexto, keyboards, bass, drums, snare drum, percussion, background vocals
  • Jim Pugh – keyboards
  • Jo-El Sonnier– accordion
  • Karl Sevareid – bass
  • Kevin Hayes – drums
  • Jim Horn– tenor and baritone saxophones
  • Bobby Keys, Jim Spake, Doug Moffet – tenor saxophone
  • James Mitchell – baritone saxophone
  • Scott Thompson – trumpet
  • Jack Hale – trombone
  • The Memphis Horns
  • Andrew Love – tenor saxophone
  • Wayne Jackson – trumpet
  • The Nashelles – backing vocals

Track listing:

  1. Love Gone to Waste – Tom Bingham, Willie Mitchell
  2. That Wasn’t Me – Robert Cray
  3. All the Way – Robert Cray, Sue Turner-Cray
  4. There’s Nothing Wrong – Robert Cray
  5. 24-7 Man – Mack Rice, Jon Tiven
  6. Pardon – Robert Cray
  7. Let Me Know – Robert Cray
  8. It’s All Gone – Steve Jordan, Meegan Voss
  9. Won’t You Give Him (One More Chance) – Joseph Martin, Winfield Scott
  10. Living Proof – Jim Pugh
  11. What About Me – Robert Cray
  12. Tollin’ Bells – Willie Dixon

 

Andrew Bird: Thrills

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On April 7, 1998, “Rykodisc” label released “Thrills”, the first Andrew Bird album with Bowl of Fire. It was recorded in 1998, and was produced by Mike Napolitano
Andrew Bird.

Personnel:

  • Andrew Bird – vocals, violin, mandolin
  • James Mathus- banjo, guitar, piano, trombone
  • Joshua Hirsch – bass
  • Kevin O’Donnell – drums, washboard, pots and pans
  • Katharine Whalen- vocals
  • Jack Fine- trumpet
  • Mike Napolitano – recording, mixing
  • Brent Lambert – mastering
  • Audrey Niffenegger – cover art
  • Steven Jurgensmeyer – design
  • Dave Rosser – photos

Track listing:

All tracks by Andrew Bird, except where noted.

  1. Minor Stab
  2. Ides of Swing
  3. Glass Figurine
  4. Pathetique = Lyrics adapted from the poem Ich Grolle Nichtby Heinrich Heine
  5. Depression-Pasillo – Garcia
  6. 50 Pieces
  7. A Woman’s Life and Love – Lyrics adapted from a poem by Adelbert von Chamisso
  8. Swedish Wedding March
  9. Eugene
  10. Gris – Gris
  11. Cock o’ the Walk
  12. Nuthinduan Waltz

Andrew Bird: The Swimming Hour

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The Swimming Hour

On April 3, 2001, “Rykodisc” label released “The Swimming Hour”, the third Andrew Bird album. It was recorded by Andrew Bird and David Boucher.

Personnel:

  • Andrew Bird – vocals, violin
  • Colin Bunn – guitar
  • Pat Sansone – vocals, keyboards, vibraphone, marimba
  • Kevin O’Donnell – drums, percussion
  • Nora O’Connor – vocals
  • Greg Norman – recording
  • Mike Napolitano – recording, mixing
  • Reto Peter – editing and mixing assistant
  • Brent Lambert – mastering
  • Andy Bryant, Laurent Bichara, Chris Brickley – studio assistant
  • Naomi Yang – design, photography
  • Neko Case – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Andrew Bird.

  1. Two Way Action
  2. Core and Rind
  3. Why?
  4. 11:11
  5. Case In Point
  6. Too Long
  7. Way Out West
  8. Waiting to Talk
  9. Fatal Flower Garden
  10. Satisfied
  11. Headsoak
  12. How Indiscreet
  13. Dear Old Greenland