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Ben Harper: Fight for Your Mind

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Ben Harper - Fight For Your Mind

On August 1, 1995, “Virgin” label released “Fight for Your Mind”, the second Ben Harper studio album. It was recorded in 1995, and was produced by Ben Harper, Jean-Pierre Plunier and Bob “Stiv” Coke.

Personnel:

  • Ben Harper – vocals, acoustic guitar, weissenborn, string arrangements
  • Ervin Pope – organ, Hammond organ
  • Bob “Stiv” Coke – tabla, tambourine, tamboura, sarod
  • Juan Nelson – bass
  • Oliver Charles – drums
  • Leon Mobley- percussion
  • Danielle Charles – violin
  • Brett Banduci – viola
  • Timothy Loo – cello
  • J.P. Plunier – string arrangements, art direction
  • Bradley Cook – engineer
  • Ryan Boesh, Todd Burke, Paul Naguna – engineer assistant
  • The Dub Brothers, Femi Jiya, Eric Sarafin – mixing
  • Eddy Schreyer – mastering
  • Tom Dolan – art direction, design
  • Bob “Stiv” Coke, Jeff Gottlieb – photography
  • Ben Elder – research
  • Jeff Gottlieb – producer assistant

Track listing:

All tracks by Ben Harper except where noted.

  1. Oppression
  2. Ground on Down
  3. Another Lonely Day
  4. Please Me Like You Want To
  5. Gold to Me
  6. Burn One Down
  7. Excuse Me Mr. – Ben Harper, J. P. Plunier
  8. People Lead
  9. Fight for Your Mind
  10. Give a Man a Home
  11. By My Side
  12. Power of the Gospel
  13. God Fearing Man
  14. One Road to Freedom

Nick Mason And Rick Fenn: Profiles

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Nick Mason - Profiles

On July 29, 1985, “Harvest” label released “Profiles”, collaborative Nick Mason and Rick Fenn studio album. It was recorded in 1985, and was produced by Rick Fenn and Nick Mason.

Personnel:

  • Nick Mason— drums, keyboards, percussion
  • Rick Fenn— guitars, keyboards
  • Mel Collins— saxophone
  • David Gilmour — vocals
  • Maggie Reilly— vocals
  • Danny Peyronel— vocals
  • Craig Pruess— emulator bass
  • Aja Fenn — keyboard

Track listing:

  1. Malta – Rick Fenn, Nick Mason
  2. Lie for a Lie – Rick Fenn, Nick Mason, Danny Peyronel
  3. Rhoda – Rick Fenn, Nick Mason
  4. Profiles Part 1/Profiles Part 2 – Rick Fenn, Nick Mason
  5. Israel – Rick Fenn, Danny Peyronel
  6. And the Address – Rick Fenn, Nick Mason
  7. Mumbo Jumbo – Rick Fenn, Nick Mason
  8. Zip Code – Rick Fenn, Nick Mason
  9. Black Ice – Rick Fenn, Nick Mason
  10. At the End of the Day – Rick Fenn, Nick Mason
  11. Profiles Part 3 – Rick Fenn, Nick Mason

Robert Wyatt: Rock Bottom

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On July 26, 1974,”Virgin” label released “Rock Bottom”, the second Robert Wyatt album.  It was recorded in 1974, at “Delfina’s Farm” in Little Bedwyn, Wiltshire; “The Manor Studio” in Oxfordshire and “CBS Studios” in London, and was produced by Nick Mason.

Personnel:

  • Robert Wyatt– vocals, keyboards, percussion, slide guitar
  • Mike Oldfield– guitar
  • Ivor Cutler– voice, baritone concertina, harmonium
  • Alfreda Benge– voice
  • Hugh Hopper– bass guitar
  • Richard Sinclair– bass guitar
  • Laurie Allan– drums
  • Gary Windo– bass clarinet, tenor saxophone
  • Mongezi Feza– trumpets
  • Fred Frith– viola
  • Steve Cox – engineer
  • Dick Palmer – engineer
  • Toby Bird – engineer assistant

Track listing:

All tracks by Robert Wyatt.

  1. Sea Song
  2. A Last Straw
  3. Little Red Riding Hood Hit the Road
  4. Alifib
  5. Alife
  6. Little Red Robin Hood Hit the Road

Elliot Smith: Same

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On July 21, 1995, “Kill Rock Star” label released the self-titled Elliott Smith second studio album. It was recorded 1994 – 1995, at “Tony Lash’s House” and “Leslie Upping House”, and was produced by Elliot Smith.

Personnel:

  • Elliott Smith – vocals, acoustic guitars, drums, electric guitar, tambourine, air organ, harmonica, cello
  • Neil Gust– electric guitar, photography
  • Rebecca Gates – backing vocals
  • Leslie Uppinghouse – mixing assistant
  • Tony Lash– mixing assistant
  • JJ Gonson – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Elliott Smith.

  1. Needle in the Hay
  2. Christian Brothers
  3. Clementine
  4. Southern
  5. Belle
  6. Coming Up Roses
  7. Satellite
  8. Alphabet Town
  9. Ides Heaven
  10. Good to Go
  11. The White Lady Loves You More
  12. The Biggest Lie

Gentle Giant: Acquiring The Taste

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On July 16, 1971, “Vertigo” label released “Acquiring the Taste”, the second Gentle Giant studio album. It was recorded January–April 1971, at “Advision Studios” and “A.I.R. Studios” in London, and was produced by Tony Visconti.

Personnel:

  • Gary Green – vocal, 6-string electric guitar, electric guitars, 12 string electric guitar, 12 string electric wah-wah guitar,  mandolin , bass , donkey’s jawbone , cat calls
  • Kerry Minnear – lead and backing vocals, Minimoog , piano , Hammond organ , Mellotron, harpsichord, electric piano, celeste , clavichord , xylophone,  vibraphone, tympani, cello, maracas, tambourine
  • Derek Shulman – lead vocal, alto and tenor saxophone, clavichord, cowbell
  • Phil Shulman – clarinet, trumpet, alto and tenor saxophone, piano, claves, maracas
  • Ray Shulman – vocal, bass, violin, violins, viola, electric violin, Spanish guitar, 12 string guitars , tambourine, skulls, organ bass pedals
  • Martin Smith – drums, tambourine, gong, side drum
  • Paul Cosh – trumpet, organ

Track listing:

All tracks by Kerry Minnear, Derek Shulman, Phil Shulman, and Ray Shulman.

  1. Pantagruel’s Nativity
  2. Edge of Twilight
  3. The House, the Street, the Room
  4. Acquiring the Taste
  5. Wreck
  6. The moon is Down
  7. Black Cat
  8. Plain Truth

KC And The Sunshine Band: Same

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On July 6, 1975, “TK” label released the self-titled, second KC and the Sunshine Band album. It was recorded 1974 – 1975, and was produced by Harry Wayne Casey and Richard Finch.

Personnel:

  • Jerome Smith – guitar
  • Harry Wayne Casey– vocals, keyboards
  • Richard Finch– bass guitar, drum, percussion
  • Robert Johnson – drums
  • Oliver C. Brown– percussion
  • Fermin Goytisolo – percussion
  • Mike Lewis – tenor saxophone
  • Whit Sidener – baritone saxophone
  • Ken Faulk – trumpet
  • Vinnie Tanno – trumpet
  • Beverly Champion – backing vocals
  • Margaret Reynolds – backing vocals
  • Jeanette Williams – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Harry Wayne Casey and Richard Finch, except where noted.

  1. Let It Go (Part One)
  2. That’s the Way (I Like It)
  3. Get Down Tonight
  4. Boogie Shoes
  5. Ain’t Nothing Wrong
  6. I’m So Crazy (‘Bout You) – Harry Wayne Casey, Richard Finch, Willie Clarke
  7. What Makes You Happy
  8. I Get Lifted
  9. Let It Go (Part Two)

Radiohead: The Bends

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On March 13, 1995, “Parlaphone” label released “The Bends”, the second Radiohead studio album. It was recorded August – November 1994, at “Abbey Road Studios”, “RAK Studios” in London and “The Manor” in Oxfordshire, and was produced by John Leckie.”The Bends” was certified 3 x Platinum in UK by “BPI” and in Canada by “Music Canada”, and Platinum in US by “RIIA”.

Personnel:

  • Thom Yorke– vocals, guitars, piano, string arrangements, artwork, illustrations
  • Jonny Greenwood– guitars, organ, keyboards, synthesizer, piano, recorder, string arrangements
  • Ed O’Brien– guitars, backing vocals
  • Colin Greenwood– bass guitar
  • Phil Selway– drums, percussion
  • John Matthias– violin, viola
  • Caroline Lavelle– cello
  • Stanley Donwood– artwork, illustrations

Track listing:

All tracks by Colin Greenwood, Ed O’Brien, Jonny Greenwood, Philip Selway, Thom Yorke.

  1. Planet Telex
  2. The Bends
  3. High and Dry
  4. Fake Plastic Trees
  5. Bones
  6. Nice Dream
  7. Just
  8. My Iron Lung
  9. Bullet Proof..I Wish I Was
  10. Black Star
  11. Sulk
  12. Street Spirit (Fade Out)

Cage The Elephant: Thank You, Happy Birthday

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On January 11, 2011, “Jive” label released “Thank You, Happy Birthday”, the second Cage the Elephant studio album.  It was recorded in 2010, at the “Tragedy Studios” in Nashville, and was produced by Jay Joyce.

Personnel:

  • Matt Shultz– vocals
  • Nick Bockrath – lead guitar
  • Matthan Minster – guitar, keyboards
  • Brad Shultz- rhythm guitar
  • Daniel Tichenor – bass
  • Jared Champion- drums
  • Jay Joyce – recording, mixing
  • Jason Hall – recording
  • Andrew Schubert – engineer
  • Brad Townsend – engineer
  • Matt Wheeler – engineer assistant
  • Chris Lord Alge – mixing
  • Keith Armstrong – mixing assistant
  • Nik Karpen – mixing assistant
  • Howie Weinberg – mastering
  • Meghan Foley – art direction
  • R Clint Colburn – artwork, illustration
  • Sandy Kim – photography

Track listing:

  1. Always Something
  2. Abardeen
  3. Indy Kidz
  4. Shake Me Down
  5. 2024
  6. Sell Yourself
  7. Rubber Ball
  8. Right Before My Eyes
  9. Around My Head
  10. Sabertooth Tiger
  11. Japanese Buffalo
  12. Flow

The Who: Quadrophenia

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Quadrophenia

On October 26, 1973, “Track” label released “Quadrophenia”, the sixth Who (The) studio album. “Ouadrophenia” was band’s second rock opera and was released as a double album. It was recorded May–June 1972 and May–September 1973, at the “Olympic Studios” and “Ramport Studios” in London with “Ronnie Lane’s Mobile Studio”, and was produced by John Entwistle, Roger Daltrey, Keith Moon , Pete Townshend, Kit Lambert and was co-produced by  Glyn Johns.

Personnel:

  • Pete Townshend– vocals, guitars
  • Roger Daltrey– lead vocals
  • John Entwistle– vocals, bass, horns
  • Keith Moon– percussion, vocals
  • Chris Stainton– piano
  • Jon Curle – news reader voice
  • Rod Houison, Ron Nevison, Pete Townshend – special effects
  • Graham Hughes – design, photography
  • Ethan Russell– art direction, insert photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Pete Townshend.

  1. I’m the Sea
  2. The Real Me
  3. Quadrephenia
  4. Cut My hair
  5. The Punk and the Godfather
  6. I’m One
  7. The Dirty Jobes
  8. Helpless Dancer
  9. Is It In My Head
  10. I’ve had Enough
  11. 5:15
  12. Sea and Sand
  13. Drowned
  14. Bell Boy
  15. Doctor Jimmy
  16. The Rock
  17. Love, Reign O’er Me

Meat Loaf: Bat Out Of Hell

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On October 21, 1977, “Cleveland International” label released “Bat Out of Hell”, the second Meat Loaf (Michael Lee Aday) studio album.  It was  recorded 1975 – 1976 and was produced by Todd Rundgren.  “But Out of Hell” became not only the biggest Loaf’s commercial released success but is also one of the best selling albums ever, with more than 43 million copies sold worldwide. In 2003, magazine Rolling Stone ranked it at number 343 on its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.

Personnel:

  • Meat Loaf– lead and backing vocals, percussion
  • Todd Rundgren– guitar, percussion, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Roy Bittan– piano, keyboards
  • Steve Margoshes – piano
  • Cheryl Hardwick – piano
  • Jim Steinman– keyboards, percussion, lascivious effects, dialogue intro
  • Roger Powell– synthesizer
  • Kasim Sulton– bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Max Weinberg– drums
  • John “Willie” Wilcox – drums
  • Edgar Winter– saxophone
  • Marcia McClain – dialogue intro
  • Phil “Scooter” Rizzuto– play-by-play
  • Ellen Foley– featured vocal, backing vocals
  • Rory Dodd– backing vocals
  • Gene Orloff – concertmaster
  • Members of New York Philharmonic and Philadelphia Orchestra – orchestra
  • Kenneth Ascher– string arrangements
  • Steve Margoshes – orchestra arrangements

Track listing:

All tracks by Jim Steinman.

  1. Bat Out of Hell
  2. You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth
  3. Heaven Can Wait
  4. All Revved Up with No Place to Go
  5. Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad
  6. Paradise by the Dashboard Light
  7. For Crying Out Loud