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Bob Mould: Here We Go Crazy

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On March 7, 2025, “Granary Music” and “BMG Rights Management” labels released “Here We Go Crazy”, the fifteenth Bob Mould studio album. It was recorded in 2024, at “Electrical Audio” in Chicago, “Tiny Telephone”, “Brothers” in Oakland Granary, San Francisco and Palm Springs, and was produced by Bob Mould.

Personnel:

  • Bob Mould – vocals, guitars, keyboards, percussion 
  • Jason Narducy – bass
  • Jon Wurster – drums, percussion
  • Beau Sorenson – engineer
  • Jeff Lipton – mastering
  • Maria Rice – mastering
  • Costanza Tinti – mastering assistant
  • Bob Weston – lacquer master cutting
  • Ryan Bakerink – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Bob Mould.

  1. Here We Go Crazy
  2. Neanderthal
  3. Breathing Room
  4. Hard to Get
  5. When Your Heart Is Broken
  6. Fur Mink Augurs
  7. Lost or Stolen
  8. Sharp Little Pieces
  9. You Need to Shiine
  10. Thread So Thin
  11. Your Side

Steve Reich, Kronos Quartet and Pat Metheny: Different Trains / Electric Counterpoint

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On March 3, 1989, “Elektra Nonesuch” label released “Different Trains / Electric Counterpoint”, album by Steve Reich, Kronos Quartet and Pat Metheny. It was recorded in 1988, at “Russian Hill Recording” in San Francisco, “Power Station” in New York City, and was produced by Judith Sherman.

Personnel:

  • Pat Metheny – guitar
  • David Harrington – violin (Kronos Quartet)
  • John Sherba – violin (Kronos Quartet)
  • Hank Dutt – viola (Kronos Quartet)
  • Joan Jeanrenaud – cello (Kronos Quartet)
  • Les Brockman – engineer
  • Rob Eaton – engineer
  • Rob Eaton – mixing
  • Gary Solomon, Michael Ahearn – engineer assistant
  • Ben Fowler – mixing assistant
  • Robert C. Ludwig – mastering
  • Jennifer Keats – production coordinator
  • David Oakes – producer assistant
  • Frank Olinsky, Manhattan Design – art direction, design
  • Karl Steinbrenner – photography
  • Betty Freeman – commissioned by
  • Steve Reich – liner notes
  • Robert Hurwitz – executive producer

Track listing:

Different Trains

All tracks by Steve Reich.

Performed by Kronos Quartet.

  1. America Before the War
  2. Europe During the War
  3. After the War

Electric Counterpoint

All tracks by Steve Reich.

Performed by Pat Metheny.

  1. Fast
  2. Slow
  3. Fast

Bill Evans: From Left To Right

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In February 1971, “MGM” label released “From Left to Right”, the 49th Bill Evans album. It was recorded 1969 – 1970, in San Francisco.

Personnel:

  • Bill Evans – Steinway grand piano, Fender-Rhodes electric piano
  • Eddie Gómez – bass
  • Marty Morell – drums
  • Sam Brown – guitar
  • Michael Leonard – conductor, arrangements
  • Unidentified brass, woodwinds, strings

Track listing:

  1. What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life? – Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Michel Legrand
  2. I’m All Smiles – Michael Leonard, Herbert Martin
  3. Why Did I Choose You? – Michael Leonard, Herbert Martin
  4. Soirée – Earl Zindars
  5. The Dolphin-Before – Luíz Eça
  6. The Dolphin-After – Luíz Eça
  7. Lullaby for Helene – Earl Zindars
  8. Like Someone in Love – Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen
  9. Children’s Play Song – Bill Evans

Jack McDuff: Brother Jack at the Jazz Workshop Live!

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In November 1963, “Prestige” label released “Brother Jack at the Jazz Workshop Live!”, the 12 Jack McDuff album. It was recorded in October 1963, at “The Jazz Workshop” in San Francisco, and was produced by Lew Futterman and Peter Paul.

Personnel:

  • Jack McDuff – organ
  • Red Holloway – soprano and tenor saxophone
  • Harold Vick – tenor saxophone, flute
  • George Benson – guitar
  • Joe Dukes – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Jack McDuff, except where noted.

  1. Blues 1 & 8
  2. Passing Through – Charles Lloyd
  3. Dink’s Blues
  4. Grease Monkey
  5. Vas Dis
  6. Somewhere in the Night – Billy May
  7. Jive Samba – Nat Adderley

Duke Ellington: Dance To The Duke!

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In November 1954, “Capitol” label released “Dance to the Duke!”, the eleventh Duke Ellington album. It was recorded 1953 in “Capitol Studios” in Los Angeles, 1954, in San Francisco and Chicago.

Personnel:

  • Duke Ellington – piano
  • Russell Procope – alto saxophone, clarinet
  • Rick Henderson – alto saxophone
  • Paul Gonsalves – tenor saxophone
  • Jimmy Hamilton – tenor saxophone, clarinet
  • Harry Carney – baritone saxophone, bass clarinet
  • Cat Anderson, Willie Cook, Ray Nance, Clark Terry, Gerald Wilson  
  • Quentin Jackson, George Jean, Juan Tizol, Britt Woodman – trombone
  • John Sanders – valve trombone
  • Wendell Marshall, Oscar Pettiford – bass
  • Butch Ballard, Dave Black – drums
  • Ralph Collier – congas
  • Frank Rollo – bongos

Track listing:

All tracks by Duke Ellington except where noted.

  1. C Jam Blues
  2. Orson – Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn
  3. Caravan – Juan Tizol
  4. Kinda Dukish
  5. Bakiff
  6. Frivolous Banta – Rick Henderson
  7. Things Ain’t What They Used To Be – Mercer Ellington
  8. Montevideo

Swans: Soundtracks For The Blind

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On October 29, 1996, “Young God” and “Atavistic” labels released “Soundtracks for the Blind”, the tenth Swans studio album. It was recorded 1981 – 1996, at “Coast Recorders” in San Francisco, “B.C. Studios” in Brooklyn, New York, “Plastikville” in New York City, “Griffin Mastering” in Atlanta, Georgia, and was produced by Michael Gira and Jarboe.

Personnel:

  • Michael Gira – vocals, guitar, samples, sounds, loops
  • Jarboe – vocals, keyboards, sounds, loops
  • Joe Goldring – electric guitar, bass guitar
  • Vudi – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Larry Mullins – drums, percussion, vibraphone
  • Cris Force – viola
  • Bill Rieflin
  • Christoph Hahn
  • Clinton Steele
  • Larry Lame
  • Norman Westberg
  • Algis Kizys
  • Billy Anderson – recording, mixing
  • Martin Bisi – recording, mixing  
  • Larry Lame – recording, mixing
  • Chris Griffin – recording, mixing engineer
  • Andy Ray – live engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Michael Gira, except where noted.

Siver

  1. Red Velvet Corridor
  2. I Was a Prisoner in Your Skull
  3. Helpless Child
  4. Live Through Me
  5. Yum-Yab Killers – Jarboe
  6. The Beautiful Days
  7. Volcano – Jarboe
  8. Mellothumb
  9. All Lined Up
  10. Surrogate 2 – Michael Gira, Jarboe
  11. How They Suffer
  12. Animus

Copper

  1. Red Velvet Wound – Jarboe
  2. The Sound
  3. Her Mouth Is Filled with Honey – Michael Gira, Jarboe
  4. Blood Section
  5. Hypogirl
  6. Minus Something
  7. Empathy
  8. I Love You This Much
  9. YRP
  10. Fan’s Lament
  11. Secret Friends – Michael Gira, Jarboe
  12. The Final Sacrifice
  13. YRP 2
  14. Surrogate Drone

Green Day: Insomniac

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On October 10, 1995, “Reprise” label released “Insomniac”, the fourth Green Day studio album. It was recorded December 1994 – May 1995, at “Hyde Street” in San Francisco, and was produced by Rob Cavallo, Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt and Tré Cool.

Personnel:

  • Billie Joe Armstrong – lead vocals, guitar
  • Mike Dirnt – bass, backing vocals
  • Tré Cool – drums
  • Kevin Army – engineer
  • Richard Huredia; Bernd Burgdorf – additional engineering
  • Jerry Finn – mixing
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Winston Smith – cover art
  • Dirk Walter – art direction
  • David Harlan – typographic design

Track listing:

All lyrics by Billie Joe Armstrong, except where noted, Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt and Tré Cool, except where noted.

  1. Armatage Shanks
  2. Brat
  3. Stuck with Me
  4. Greek Stink Breath
  5. No Pride
  6. Bab’s Uvula Who?
  7. 86
  8. Panic Song – lyrics by Mike Dirnt and Billie Joe Armstronh
  9. Brain Stew
  10. Jaded
  11. Westbound Sign
  12. Tight Wad Hill
  13. Walking Contradiction

Death Cab For Cutie: Transatlanticism

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On October 7, 2003, “Barsuk” label released “Transatlanticism”, the fourth Death Cab for Cutie studio album. It was recorded December – June 2003, at “Hall of Justice” in Seattle, Washington, “Tiny Telephone” in San Francisco, and was produced by Chris Walla.

Personnel:

  • Ben Gibbard – vocals, guitar, piano, foot-stomp, hand clap effects
  • Christopher Walla – vocals, guitar, keyboards, samples, recording, mixing
  • Nick Harmer – vocals, bass guitar, foot-stomp, hand clap effects
  • Jason McGerr – drums, percussion, foot-stomp, hand clap effects
  • Sean Nelson – vocals
  • John Roderick – vocals
  • Phil Wandscher – vocals
  • Rob Herbst – foot-stomp, hand clap effects
  • John Goodmanson  – mixing
  • Ed Brooks – mastering

Track listing:

All lyrics by Ben Gibbard, all music as noted.

  1. The New Year – Ben Gibbard, Nick Harmer, Jason McGerr, Chris Walla
  2. Lightness – Ben Gibbard
  3. Title and Registration – Ben Gibbard, Chris Walla
  4. Expo ’86 – Ben Gibbard, Chris Walla
  5. The Sound of Settling – Ben Gibbard
  6. Tiny Vessels – Ben Gibbard, Chris Walla
  7. Transatlanticism – Ben Gibbard, Chris Walla
  8. Passenger Seat – Ben Gibbard
  9. Death of an Interior Decorator – Ben Gibbard
  10. We Looked Like Giants – Ben Gibbard, Nick Harmer, Jason McGerr, Chris Walla
  11. A Lack of Color – Ben Gibbard

Joshua Redman: Long Gone

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On September 9, 2022, “Nonesuch” label released “Long Gone”, the second Joshua Redman Quartet studio album. It was recorded in 2007 at “The Herbst Theater” in San Francisco, and in September 2019, at “Sear Sound Studio C” in New York City, and was produced by James Farber and Joshua Redman.

Personnel:

  • Joshua Redman – soprano and tenor saxophone
  • Brad Mehldau – piano
  • Christian McBride – bass
  • Brian Blade – drums
  • James Farber – engineer, mixing
  • Brian Montgomery – engineer
  • Owen Mulholland – engineer assistant
  • Steven Sacco – engineer assistant
  • Greg Calbi – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Joshua Redman.

  1. Long Gone
  2. Disco Ears
  3. Statuesque
  4. Kite Song
  5. Ship to Shore
  6. Rejoice

Mr. Bungle: California

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On July 13, 1999, “Warner Bros” label released “California”, the third Mr. Bungle studio album. It was recorded in 1998, in San Francisco, and was produced by Trevor Dunn, Danny Heifetz, Clinton “Bar” McKinnon, Mike Patton and Trey Spruance.

Personnel:

  1. Trey Spruance – guitar, engineer, production strategy
  2. Mike Patton – vocals, keyboards, artwork concept
  3. Clinton “Bär” McKinnon – saxophone, keyboards, French horn
  4. Trevor Dunn – bass guitar, artwork concept
  5. Danny Heifetz – percussion, drums, keyboards
  6. David Phillips – pedal steel guitar
  7. Aaron Seeman – piano
  8. Michael Peloquin – harmonica
  9. Henri Ducharme – accordion
  10. Timba Harris – trumpet
  11. Bill Banovetz – English horn
  12. Larry Ragent – French horn
  13. Ben Barnes – violin, viola
  14. Carla Kihlstedt – violin, viola
  15. Eyvind Kang – violin, viola
  16. Sam Bass – cello
  17. Marika Hughes – cello
  18. William Winant – timpani, mallets, tam tam, bass drum
  19. Jay Stebley – cymbalom
  20. Josh Heller – engineer
  21. Justin Phelps – engineer
  22. Billy Anderson – engineer
  23. Adam Muñoz – engineer, editing, mixing
  24. Rob Worthington – mixing
  25. Gibbs Chapman – mixing
  26. George Horn – mastering
  27. Mackie Osborne – layout, design
  28. Malcom Hillier – sleeve photography

Track listing:

All lyrics by Mike Patton, except where noted.

  1. Sweet Charity – music by Mike Patton
  2. None of Them Knew They Were Robots – lyrics by Trey Spruance, music by Trey Spruance, Mike Patton, Danny Heifetz
  3. Retrovertigo – lyrics and music by Trevor Dunn
  4. The Air-Conditioned Nightmare – music by Mike Patton, Clinton “Bar” McKinnon
  5. Ars Moriendi – music by Mike Patton
  6. Pink Cigarette – music by Trey Spruance, Mike Patton
  7. Golem II: The Bionic Vapour Boy – lyrics and music by Trey Spruance
  8. The Holy Filament – lyrics and music by Trevor Dunn
  9. Vanity Fair – music by Trevor Dunn, Mike Patton
  10. Goodbye Sober Day – music by Mike Patton, Clinton “Bar” McKinnon