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Sturgill Simpson: Metamodern Sounds in Country Music

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On May 13, 2014, “High Top Mountain” label released “Metamodern Sounds in Country Music”, the second Sturgill Simpson studio album. It was recorded 2013 – 2014, at “Low Country Sound” in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by Dave Cobb.

Personnel:

  • Sturgill Simpson – lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Dave Cobb – classical guitar, percussion, engineer, mixing
  • “Dood” Fraley – Master of Ceremonies
  • Laur Joamets – electric guitar, slide guitar
  • Mike Webb – keyboards, mellotron
  • Kevin Black – bass guitar
  • Miles Miller – drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Justin Herlocker – engineer assistant
  • John Netti – engineer assistant
  • Sturgill Simpson – mixing
  • Pete Lyman – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Sturgill Simpson, except where noted.

  1. Turtles All the Way Down
  2. Life of Sin
  3. Living the Dream
  4. Voices
  5. Long White Line – Buford Abner
  6. The Promise – Clive Farrington, Michael Floreale, Andrew Mann
  7. A Little Light
  8. Just Let Go
  9. It Ain’t All Flowers
  10. Panbowl (hidden track)

Pendulum: In Silico

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On May 12, 2008, “Earstorm” label released “In Silico”, the second Pendulum studio album. It was recorded 2007 – 2008, and was produced by Rob Swire and Gareth McGrillen.

Personnel:

  • Rob Swire – vocals, synthesizers
  • Peredur ap Gwynedd – guitar
  • Gareth McGrillen – bass guitar
  • Paul Kodish – drums
  • Paul Harding – turntables, samples
  • Andy Greenwood – trumpet
  • Craig Wild – trumpet
  • Andy Wood – trombone
  • Christopher Mayhew – talk box vocals

Track listing:

  1. Showdown
  2. Different
  3. Propane Nightmares
  4. Visions
  5. Midnight Runner
  6. The Other Side
  7. Mutiny
  8. 9.000 Miles
  9. Granite
  10. The Tempest

Hampton Hawes: This Is Hampton Hawes

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In May 1956, “Contemporary” label released “This Is Hampton Hawes”, the second Hampton Hawes label. It was recorded June – December 1955, January 1956, at “Los Angeles Police Academy” in Chavez Ravine, “Contemporary’s Studio” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Lester Koenig.

Personnel:

  • Hampton Hawes – piano
  • Red Mitchell – bass
  • Chuck Thompson – drums

Track listing:

  1. You and the Night and the Music – Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz
  2. Stella by Starlight – Victor Young, Ned Washington
  3. Blues for Jacque – Hampton Hawes
  4. Yesterdays – Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach
  5. Steeplechase – Charlie Parker
  6. ‘Round About Midnight – Thelonious Monk
  7. Just Squeeze Me – Duke Ellington
  8. Autumn in New York – Vernon Duke
  9. Section Blues – Red Mitchell, Chuck Thompson

Jim White & Marisa Anderson: Swallowtail

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On May 2024, “Thrill Jockey” label released “Swallowtail”, the second Jim White and Marisa Anderson studio album. It was recorded in June 2022, in “Resting Bell Studio” in Point Lonsdale, in Victoria, Australia.

Personnel:

  • Marisa Anderson – guitar
  • Jim White – drums
  • Nick Huggins – recording
  • Tucker Martine – mixing
  • Amy Dragon – mastering 
  • Anna White – artwork
  • Daniel Castrejón – layout

Track listing:

All tracks by Jim White and Marisa Anderson.

  1. Aerie
  2. Bitterroot Valley Suite I: Water
  3. Bitterroot Valley Suite II: Tree
  4. Bitterroot Valley Suite III: Wind
  5. Peregrine
  6. Aurora

Bibi Club: Feu de garde

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On May 10, 2024, “Secret City” label released “Feu de garde”, the second Bibi Club studio album. It was recorded in 2023, at “Studio Waterhouse”, and was produced by Nicolas Basque and Adèle Trottier-Rivard.

Personnel:

  • Nicolas Basque – vocals, bass guitar, guitar, synthesizer, drum programming, field recording
  • Adèle Trottier-Rivard – vocals, synthesizer, drums, congas, percussion
  • Helena Deland – vocals
  • Camille Delean – vocals
  • Emma Broughton – vocals
  • Eugénie Jobin – vocals
  • Mischa Karam – vocals
  • Robin Love – vocals
  • Safia Nolin – vocals
  • Carmel Scurti-Belley – vocals
  • Mili Hong – drums
  • Marie-Christine Trottier – flute
  • Lévi Basque – bells
  • Noé Basque – bells
  • Ali Chant – mixing
  • Niklas Lueger – mixing assistant
  • Matt Colton – mastering
  • Mégane Voghell – artwork
  • Daniel Yates – artwork, graphic design

Track listing:

All tracks by Nicolas Basque and Adèle Trottier-Rivard.

  1. La terre
  2. Parc de Beauvoir
  3. Shloshlo
  4. Le feu
  5. You can wear a jacket or a shirt
  6. Les guides
  7. L’île aux bleuets
  8. Samedi / le lit
  9. ce qui va disparaître
  10. Nico
  11. Rue du Repos

The Auteurs: Now I’m a Cowboy

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On May 9, 1994, “Hut” label released “Now I’m a Cowboy”, the second Auteurs (The) studio album. It was recorded 1993 – 1994, at “Townhouse” in Protocol, Milo, and was produced by Phil Vinall and Luka Haines.

Personnel:

  • Luke Haines – vocals, guitar, piano
  • James Banbury – cello, Hammond
  • Alice Readman – bass guitar
  • Barny Rockford – drums
  • Joe Beckett – percussion
  • Louise Elliot – saxophone
  • Belinda Sykes – oboe
  • Phil Vinall – engineer
  • Pete Hoffman – engineer assistant
  • Giles Hall – engineer assistant
  • Peter Barrett – design
  • Andrew Biscomb – design
  • Stefan De Batselier – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Luke Haines.

  1. Lenny Valentino
  2. Brainchild
  3. I’m a Rich Man’s Toy
  4. New French Girlfriend
  5. The Upper Classes
  6. Chinese Bakery
  7. A Sister Like You
  8. Underground Movies
  9. Life Classes / Life Model
  10. Modern History
  11. Daughter of a Child

Elliot Smith: New Moon

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On May 8, 2007, “Domino” label released “New Moon”, the second posthumous Elliot Smith (the seventh album overall) album. It was produced by Rob Schnapf.

Personnel:

  • Elliot Smith – vocals, guitar, recording, mixing
  • Rob Jones – recording
  • Rob Schnapf – overdubs, mixing
  • Tom Rothrock – overdubs, mixing
  • Roger Seibel – mastering
  • Larry Crane – mixing, mastering supervision, research, archiving, liner notes, sequencing, compiled by
  • Maggie Vail – sequencing, compiled by
  •  Mike King – artwork
  • Chanda Helzer, Mike King – typography
  • Christopher O’Riley, Rebecca Gates, Sam Coomes, Sean Croghan – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Angel In the Snow
  2. Talking To Mary
  3. High Times
  4. New Monkey
  5. Looking Over My Shoulder
  6. Going Nowhere
  7. Riot Coming
  8. All Cleaned Out
  9. First Timer
  10. Go By
  11. Miss Misery (Early Version)
  12. Thirteen
  13. Georgia, Georgia
  14. Whatever (Folk Song In C)
  15. Big Decision
  16. Placeholder
  17. New Disaster
  18. Seen How Things Are Hard
  19. Fear City
  20. Either/Or
  21. Pretty Mary K (Other Version)
  22. Almost Over
  23. See You Later
  24. Half Right

Frank Wess: North, South, East….Wess

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In May 1956, “Savoy” label released “North, South, East….Wess”, the second Frank Wess album. It was recorded in March 1956, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Ozzie Cadena.

Personnel:

  • Frank Wess – tenor saxophone, flute
  • Frank Foster – tenor saxophone
  • Henry Coker, Benny Powell – trombone
  • Kenny Burrell – guitar
  • Eddie Jones – bass
  • Kenny Clarke – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Frank Wess, except where noted.

  1. What’d Ya Say – Ozzie Cadena
  2. Dill Pickles – Frank Foster
  3. Dancing on the Ceiling – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
  4. Hard Sock Dance
  5. Salvation
  6. Lazy Sal – Henry Coker

Cliford T. Ward: Home Thoughts

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In April 1973, “Charisma” label released “Home Thoughts”, the second Clifford T. Ward studio album. It was recorded in 1973, at “Sound Techniques” in London, and was produced by Clifford T. Ward.

Personnel:

  • Clifford T. Ward – vocals, keyboards
  • Derek Thomas – guitars
  • Terry Edwards – bass
  • Ken Wright – drums, percussion
  • Richard Hewson – arrangements
  • Jerry Boys, Vic Gamm – engineer
  • Alan Curtis, Tony Bell – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Clifford T. Ward.

  1. Gaye
  2. Wherewithal
  3. The Dubious Circus Company
  4. Nightingale
  5. Where Would That Leave Me
  6. The Traveller
  7. Home Thoughts from Abroad
  8. Where’s It Going to End
  9. Time, the Magician
  10. Give Me One More Chance
  11. Cold Wind Blowing
  12. The Open University
  13. Crisis

Mandrill: Mandrill Is

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In April 1972, “Polydor” label released “Mandrill Is”, the second Mandrill studio album. It was recorded 1971 – 1972, and was produced by Alfred V. Brown, Carlos Wilson, Louis Wilson, Ricardo Wilson, Claude Cave, Frederick Solomon, Omar Mesa and Charles Padro.

Personnel:

  • Carlos Wilson – vocals, trombone, alto saxophone, flute, guitar, percussion, arrangements
  • Louis Wilson – vocals, percussion, trumpet, flugelhorn, arrangements
  • Ricardo Wilson – vocals, tenor saxophone, percussion, arrangements
  • Omar Mesa – vocals, guitar, percussion, arrangements
  • Claude “Coffee” Cave – vocals, keyboards, vibraphone, percussion, arrangements
  • Frederick “Fudgie Kae” Solomon – vocals, bass, percussion, arrangements
  • Charles Padro – vocals, drums, percussion, arrangements

Track listing:

All tracks by Carlos Wilson, Louis Wilson, Ricardo Wilson, Claude Cave, Frederick Solomon, Omar Mesa and Charles Padro.

  1. Ape Is High
  2. Cohello
  3. Git It All
  4. Children of the Sun
  5. I Refuse to Smile
  6. Universal Rhythms
  7. Lord of the Golden Baboon
  8. Central Park
  9. Kofijahm
  10. Here Today Gone Tomorrow
  11. The Sun Must Go Down