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Minnie Riperton: Perfect Angel

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On May 24, 1974, “Epic” label released “Perfect Angel”, the second Minnie Riperton studio album. It was recorded 1973 – 1974, at :the Record Plant” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Stevie Wonder and Richard Rudolph (as Scorbu Productions).

Personnel:

  • Minnie Riperton – vocals
  • Stevie Wonder (as El Toro Negro) – acoustic and electric piano, drums, cymbals, bass drum, harmonica, arrangements
  • Marlo Henderson – lead guitar
  • Michael Sembello – lead guitar
  • Richard Rudolph – guitar
  • Reggie McBride – bass
  • Ollie E. Brown – drums
  • Rocki Dzidzornu – congas
  • Deniece Williams – backing vocals
  • Yvonne Wright – backing vocals
  • Shirley Brewer – backing vocals
  • Lani Groves – backing vocals
  • Malcolm Cecil – engineer, associate producer
  • Robert Margouleff – engineer, associate producer
  • Gary Olazabal – engineer assistant
  • Baker Bigsby – remix engineer assistant
  • Kent Duncan – mastering
  • Barry Feinstein – cover 
  • Ann Garner – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Minnie Riperton and Richard Rudolph, except where noted.

  1. Reasons
  2. It’s So Nice (To See Old Friends)
  3. Take a Little Trip – Stevie Wonder
  4. Seeing You This Way
  5. The Edge of a Dream
  6. Perfect Angel – Stevie Wonder
  7. Every Time He Comes Around
  8. Lovin’ You
  9. Our Lives

Attention Deficit: The Idiot King

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On May 22, 2001, “Magna Carta” label released “The Idiot King”, the second Attention Deficit album. It was recorded in 2000, and was produced by Alex Skolnick, Michael Manring and Tim Alexander.

Personnel:

  • Alex Skolnick – guitar, mixing
  • Michael Manring – bass, recording, mixing
  • Tim Alexander – drums, recording, mixing
  • Ralph Patlan – engineer
  • Jim Brick – mastering
  • d’Bodavus Graphics, Inc.- layout, design
  • Steve Jennings – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Alex Skolnick, Michael Manring and Tim Alexander.

  1. American Jingo
  2. Any Unforseen Event
  3. The Risk of Failure
  4. Low Voter Turnout
  5. Unclear, Inarticulate Things
  6. RSVP
  7. My Fellow Astronauts
  8. Dubya
  9. The Killers Are to Blame
  10. Nightmare On 48th St.
  11. Public Speaking Is Very Easy

Anouar Brahem: Conte de l’Incroyable Amour

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On May 12, 1992, “ECM” label released “Conte de l’Incroyable Amour”, the second Anouar Brahem studio album. It was recorded in October 1991, at “Rainbow Studio” in Oslo, Norway, and was produced by Manfred Eicher.

Personnel:

  • Anouar Brahem – oud
  • Barbaros Erköse – clarinet
  • Kudsi Ergüner – ney
  • Lassad Hosni – bendir, darbouka

Track listing:

All tracks by Anouar Brahem, except where noted.

  1. Sparks
  2. The Dog on the Fortune Teller’s Lap (for Sabria)
  3. The Wooden Bird
  4. Light of Silence
  5. A Tale of Incredible Love
  6. Peshrev Hidjaz Homayoun – Kudsi Ergüner
  7. Diversion
  8. Nayzak
  9. Heartbeats
  10. In Memory of Iram
  11. Iram Found
  12. Epilogue (for Manfred Eicher)

Audience: Friend’s Friend’s Friend

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In May 1970, “Charisma” label released “Friend’s Friend’s Friend”, the second Audience studio album. It was recorded in 1969, at “Morgan Studios” and “Olympic Studios” in London, and was produced by Howard Werth, Trevor Williams, Keith Gemmell and Tony Connor.

Personnel:

  • Howard Werth — lead vocals, acoustic guitar, banjo
  • Keith Gemmell — tenor saxophone, clarinet, flute
  • Trevor Williams — bass, backing vocals
  • Tony Connor — drums, percussion, piano
  • Mike Bobak — engineer
  • CCS — design

Track listing:

All tracks by Howard Werth and Trevor Williams, except where noted.

  1. Nothing You Do
  2. Belladonna Moonshine
  3. It Brings a Tear
  4. Raid – Tony Connor, Keith Gemmell
  5. Right On Their Side
  6. Ebony Variations – Tony Connor, Keith Gemmell, Howard Werth, Trevor William
  7. Priestess – Tony Connor, Keith Gemmell
  8. Friends, Friends, Friend

Kavus Torabi: The Banishing

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On May 3, 2024, “Believers Roast” label released “The Banishing”, the second Kavus Torabi studio album.

Personnel:

  • Kavus Torabi – guitars, bass, Fender Rhodes, Prophet synthesizer, santoor, vichitra veena, harmonium, snare, tambourine, ride cymbal, bass drum, autoharp, hand claps, double bass, guzheng, shakers, prayer bells, glockenspiel
  • Kate Davis – flute

Track listing:

All tracks by Kavus Torabi.

  1. The Horizontal Man
  2. Snake Humanis
  3. Heart the Same
  4. A Thousand Blazing Chariots
  5. The Sweetest Demon
  6. Push the Faders
  7. Mountains of Glass
  8. Untethered

Sally Potter: Anatomy

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On May 2, 2025, “Bella Union” label released “Anatomy”, the second Sally Potter studio album. It was recorded in 2024, and was produced by Marta Salogni and Sally Porter.

Personnel:

  • Sally Potter – vocals
  • Fred Frith – guitar
  • Liam Dunachie – piano
  • Misha Mullov-Abbado – upright bass
  • Gwen Reed – double bass
  • Toby Hughes – double bass
  • Dave Brown – double bass
  • Ben Reed – electric bass
  • Valentina Magaletti – drums
  • Kieran Leonard – bodhran
  • David Geoghegan – trumpet
  • Paul Cott – French horn
  • Phillippa Koush-Jalali – French horn
  • Richard Bayliss – French horn
  • Sasha Koushk Jalali – tuba
  • Viktoria Mullova – violin
  • Matthew Barley – cello

Track listing:

All tracks by Sally Potter.

  1. Anatomy
  2. Coming Home
  3. Words
  4. My Earth
  5. Carmageddon
  6. Walk Away
  7. Time to Go
  8. Come Back
  9. Honey
  10. Oh Daughter
  11. Elegy
  12. The Fall

Jimmy Smith: A New Sound – A New Star, Vol. 2

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In April 1956, “Blue Note” label released “A New Sound – A New Star, Vol. 2”, the second Jimmy Smith album. It was recorded in March 1956, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Jimmy Smith – organ
  • Thornel Schwartz – guitar
  • Donald Bailey – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording
  • Reid Miles – design
  • Francis Wolff – photography
  • Babs Gonzales – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Jimmy Smith, except where noted.

  1. The Champ – Dizzy Gillespie
  2. Bayou
  3. Deep Purple – Peter DeRose, Mitchell Parish
  4. Moonlight in Vermont – John Blackburn, Karl Suessdorf
  5. Ready ‘n Able
  6. Turquoise
  7. Bubbis

The Soup Dragons: Lovegold

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In April 1990, “Big Life” label released “Lovegod”, the second Soup Dragons (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1989, in London, and was produced by Sean Dickson and George Shilling.

Personnel:

  • Sean Dickson – vocals, guitar, keyboards, programming
  • Jim McCullough – guitar, backing vocals
  • Sushil K. Dade – bass guitar
  • Paul Quinn – drums, percussion
  • Junior Reid

Track listing:

All tracks by Sean Dickson except where noted.

  1. I’m Free – Mick Jagger, Keith Richards
  2. Mother Universe
  3. Backwards Dog
  4. Softly
  5. Drive the Pain
  6. Lovegod
  7. Dream-E-Forever
  8. Sweetmeat
  9. Kiss the Gun
  10. Love You to Death
  11. Beauty Freak
  12. Lovegod Dub
  13. Crotch Deep Trash

Al Di Meola: Elegant Gypsy

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In April 1977, “Columbia” label released “Elegant Gypsy”, the second Al Di Meola studio album. It was recorded December 1976 – January 1977, and was produced by Al Di Meola. “Elegant Gypsy” won an annual award for “Best Guitar Album in Guitar Player”.

Personnel:

  • Al Di Meola – acoustic and electric guitars, piano, synthesizer, percussion
  • Paco de Lucía – acoustic guitar
  • Jan Hammer – keyboards
  • Barry Miles – keyboards
  • Anthony Jackson – bass guitar
  • Steve Gadd – drums
  • Lenny White – drums
  • Mingo Lewis – congas, synthesizers, organ, percussion
  • Janice Dickinson – album cover model

Track listing:

All tracks by Al Di Meola except where noted.

  1. Flight Over Rio – Mingo Lewis
  2. Midnight Tango
  3. Mediterranean Sundance
  4. Race with Devil on Spanish Highway
  5. Lady of Rome, Sister of Brazil
  6. Elegant Gypsy Suite

Anna Högberg Attack: Lena

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On April 25, 2020, “Omlott” label released “Lena”, album by Anna Högberg Attack *the second Anna Högberg studio album). It was recorded in 2020, at “Atlantis Studio” in Stockholm, Sweden.

Personnel:

  • Anna Högberg – alto saxophone
  • Elin Larsson – tenor saxophone
  • Niklas Barnö – trumpet
  • Lisa Ullén – piano
  • Elsa Bergman – bass
  • Anna Lund – drums
  • Göran Stegborn – mixing
  • Henrik Alsér – mastering
  • Lisa Grip – cover, layout, photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Anna Högberg.

  1. Papa Kom Hem
  2. Det Är Inte För Sent
  3. Dansa Margit
  4. Tjuv
  5. Pärlemor
  6. Äntligen