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Verve: A Northern Soul

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On July 3, 1995, “Hut” label released “A Northern Soul”, the second Verve studio album. It was recorded 1994 – 1995, at “Abbey Road Studios” in London, and Loco, Wales, and was produced by Owen Morris, Richard Ashcroft, Mick McCabe, Simon Jones and Peter Salisbury.

Personnel:

  • Richard Ashcroft – vocals, acoustic guitar, electric piano, percussion
  • Nick McCabe – guitars, piano, twelve-string guitar, acoustic guitar, Hammond organ, Moog 
  • Simon Jones – bass, percussion, keyboards, twelve-string acoustic guitar 
  • Peter Salisbury – drums, percussion
  • Owen Morris – Hammond organ, string arrangement, synthesized strings
  • Will Malone – strings arrangements
  • Gavyn Wright – strings
  • The London Session Orchestra – strings
  • Liam Gallagher – handclaps
  • Mark Lee – studio assistant
  • Jack Adams – mastering
  • Brian Cannon – sleeve concept, design, art direction
  • Michael Spencer Jones – photography
  • Scarlet Page – The Verve on the bus photography
  • Mary Scanlon – The Verve in the café photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Richard Ashcroft, Mick McCabe, Simon Jones and Peter Salisbury.

  1. A New Decade
  2. This Is Music
  3. On Your Own
  4. So It Goes
  5. A Northern Soul
  6. Brainstorm Interlude
  7. Drive You Home
  8. History
  9. No Knock on My Door
  10. Life’s an Ocean
  11. Stormy Clouds
  12. (Reprise)

Grover Washington Jr.: All The King’s Horses

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On July 1, 1972, “Kudu” label released “All the King’s Horses”, the second Grover Washington Jr. studio album. It was recorded May – June 1972, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.

Personnel:

  • Grover Washington Jr. – alto and tenor saxophone
  • Gene Bertoncini – guitar
  • Cornell Dupree – guitar
  • Eric Gale – guitar
  • David Spinozza – guitar
  • Bob James – electric piano, harpsichord, arrangements, conductor
  • Richard Tee – organ
  • Gordon Edwards – bass
  • Ron Carter – bass
  • Bernard Purdie – drums
  • Billy Cobham – drums
  • Airto Moreira – percussion
  • Ralph MacDonald – congas
  • Marvin Stamm – trumpet, flugelhorn

Brass and Woodwind Section

  • George Marge – alto saxophone, flute, English horn, oboe, recorder
  • Pepper Adams – baritone saxophone
  • Arthur Clarke – baritone saxophone, flute
  • Wayne Andre, Paul Faulise, Tony Studd – trombone
  • Jon Faddis, John Frosk, Marky Markowitz, Ernie Royal, Alan Rubin, Marvin Stamm, Snooky Young – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Ray Alonge, Donald Corrado, Fred Klein, Brooks Tillotson – French horn

String Section

  • Alexander Cores, Bernard Eichen, Max Ellen, Paul Gershman, Emanuel Green, Harold Kohon, Harry Lookofsky, Joe Malin, David Nadien, Gene Orloff, John Pintaualle, Irving Spice – violin
  • Richard Dickler, Emanuel Vardi – viola
  • Charles McCracken, George Ricci – cello
  • Margaret Ross – harp

String Trio

  • David Nadien – violin
  • Emanuel Vardi – viola
  • George Ricci – cello
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
  • Bob Ciano – design
  • Pete Turner – photography

Track listing:

  1. No Tears, in the End – Ralph MacDonald, William Salter
  2. All the King’s Horses – Aretha Franklin
  3. Where Is the Love – Ralph MacDonald, William Salter
  4. Body and Soul (Montage) – Edward Heyman, Frank Eyton, Johnny Green
  5. Lean on Me – Bill Withers
  6. Lover Man – Jimmy Davis, James Sherman, Ram Ramirez
  7. Love Song 1700 – Henry Purcell

Let’s Eat Grandma: I’m All Ears

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On June 29, 2018, “Transgressive” label released “I’m All Ears”, the second Let’s Eat Grandma studio album. It was recorded in 2018, and was produced by David Wrench, Sophie (Sophie Xeon) and Faris Badwan.

Personnel:

  • Jenny Hollingworth – various instruments
  • Rosa Walton – various instruments
  • David Wrench – programming, mixing
  • Cecile Desnos – engineer
  • Grace Banks – engineer
  • Marta Salogni – engineer
  • Darren Webb – engineer
  • Max Heyes – engineer
  • Matt Colton – mastering, lacquer cut
  • Yanjun Cheng – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Jenny Hollingworth and Rosa Walton, except where noted.

  1. Whitewater
  2. Hot Pink – Jenny Hollingworth, Rosa Walton, Sophie, Faris Badwan
  3. It’s Not Just Me – Jenny Hollingworth, Rosa Walton, Sophie, Faris Badwan
  4. Falling Into Me
  5. Snakes & Ladders
  6. Missed Call (1)
  7. I Will Be Waiting
  8. The Car’s Pyjamas
  9. Cool & Collected
  10. Ava
  11. Donnie Darko

Belinda O’ Hooley: Inversions

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On June 28, 2019, “No Masters” label released “Inversions”, the second Belinda O’ Hooley album. It was recorded in 2019, at “Moma” in Wales, and was produced by Heidi Tidow.

Personnel:

  • Belinda O’Hooley – vocals, piano, accordion, percussion, arrangements, photography, liner notes
  • Heidi Tidow – spoken word, backing vocals
  • Michael McGoldrick – uilleann pipes, whistle
  • Heidi Tidow – recording, photography
  • Neil Ferguson – mixing, mastering
  • Kate Aughey – artwork
  • Martin Roswell – design, layout
  • Hannah Webster – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Belinda O’Hooley, except where noted.

  1. Inside a Soul
  2. Felingerrig
  3. The Swallow’s Tail – traditional
  4. Dillin O’ Deamhas – traditional
  5. Skibbereen
  6. Aran Fawddwy – Heidi Tidow
  7. Hawkward
  8. Cadair Idris
  9. The Applecross In – traditional
  10. The Hills of Greenmore – traditional
  11. Pipistrelles at 6 pm
  12. The Bonny Boy
  13. My Father’s Reel

Bob Dylan And The Band: The Basement Tapes

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On June 26, 1975, “Columbia” label released “The Basement Tapes”, the second Bob Dylan and the Band album (sixteenth Bob Dylan album overall). It was recorded June – September 1967, 1968 and 1975, and was produced by Bob Dylan, Robbie Robertson, Garth Hudson, Richard Manuel, Rick Danko and Levon Helm.

Personnel:

  • Bob Dylan – vocals, acoustic guitar, piano
  • Robbie Robertson – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, drums, backing vocals
  • Garth Hudson – Lowrey organ, clavinet, accordion, tenor saxophone, piano
  • Richard Manuel – vocals, piano, drums, harmonica, vocals
  • Rick Danko – bass guitar, mandolin, backing vocals
  • Levon Helm – vocals, drums, mandolin, bass guitar
  • Bob Cato – art director
  • Reid Miles – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Bob Dylan, except where noted.

  1. Odds and Ends
  2. Orange Juice Blues (Blues for Breakfast) – Richard Manuel
  3. Million Dollar Bash
  4. Yazoo Street Scandal – Robbie Robertson
  5. Goin’ to Acapulco
  6. Katie’s Been Gone – Richard Manuel, Robbie Robertson
  7. Lo and Behold!
  8. Bessie Smith – Rick Danco, Robbie Robertson
  9. Clothes Line Saga
  10. Apple Sucking Tree
  11. Please, Mrs. Henry
  12. Tears of Rage – Bob Dylan, Richard Manuel

Geese: 3D Country

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On June 23, 2023, “Partisan” label released “3D Country”, the second Geese studio album. It was recorded in 2023, and was produced by James Ford.

Personnel:

  • Cameron Winter – lead vocals. image editor, desifn
  • Foster Hudson – electric guitar
  • Gus Green – electric guitar
  • Dominic DiGesu – bass
  • Max Bassin – drums
  • Roope Rainisto – image editor, design
  • Ammy Shwartz – photography

Track listing:

  1. 2122
  2. 3D Country
  3. Cowboy Nudes
  4. I See Myself
  5. Undoer
  6. Crusades
  7. Gravity Blues
  8. Mysterious Love
  9. Domoto
  10. Tomorrow’s Crusade
  11. St. Elmo

Kings Of Convenience: Riot On An Empty Street

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On June 21, 2004, “Astralwerks” label released “Riot on an Empty Street”, the second Kings of Convenience studio album. It was recorded September 2003 – March 2004, and was produced by Erlend Øye and Eirik Glambek Bøe.

Personnel:

  • Erlend Øye – lead, co-lead and harmony vocals, guitar, steel string guitar, electric guitar, bass, drums, piano, banjo, trumpet, arrangement 
  • Eirik Glambek Bøe – lead, co-lead and harmony vocals, guitar, nylon string guitar, bass, piano, drums, arpeggios, percussion, banjo, arrangements
  • Feist – outro lead vocals
  • Davide Bertolini – bass, upright bass, bowed bass, arrangements
  • Gary Peterson – trumpet, arrangements
  • Tobias Hett – viola, arrangements
  • Siri Hilmen – cello, arrangements
  • Peter Kates – additional cymbals, hi-hat
  • John-Arild Suther – trombone
  • Petter Alexander Olsen – creative consultant 

Track listing:

All tracks by Eirik Glambek Bøe and Erlend Øye, except where noted.

  1. Homesick
  2. Misread
  3. Cayman Islands
  4. Stay Out of Trouble
  5. Know – How – Eirik Glambek Bøe, Erlend Øye, Feist
  6. Sorry or Pleasure
  7. Love Is Not Big Truth
  8. I’d Rather Dance with You
  9. Live Long – lyrics by Are Glambek Bøe, Eirik Glambek Bøe, Erlend Øye
  10. Surprise Ice
  11. Gold in the Air of Summer
  12. The Build-Up

Jerry Cantrell: Degradation Trip

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On June 18, 2002, “Roadrunner” label released “Degradation Trip”, the second Jerry Cantrell studio album. It was recorded in 2000, at “A&M” and “Music Grinder” in Hollywood, “Music Grinder” in Burbank, and was produced by Jerry Cantrell and Jeff Tomei.

Personnel:

  • Jerry Cantrell – vocals, lead and rhythm guitar
  • Chris DeGarmo – additional guitar
  • Robert Trujillo – bass guitar
  • Mike Bordin – drums
  • Walter Earl – additional percussion
  • Tim Harkins – recording
  • Jeff Tomei – recording, mixing
  • George Marino – mastering
  • Team Switzerland (Pascal Brun and Comenius Röthlisberger) – artwork, photography
  • Brett Allen – drums technician
  • Walter Earl – drum technician

Track listing:

All tracks by Jerry Cantrell.

  1. Psychotic Break
  2. Bargain Basement Howard Hughes
  3. Anger Rising
  4.  Angel Eyes
  5. Solitude
  6. Mother’s Spinning in Her Grave (Glass Dick Jones)
  7. Hellbound
  8. Give It a Name
  9. Castaway
  10. She Was My Girl
  11. Chemical Tribe
  12. Spiderbite
  13. Locked On
  14. Gone

Bartees Strange: Farm To Table

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On June 17, 2022, “4AD” label released “Farm to Table”, the second Bartees Strange studio album. It was recorded 2020 – 2021, at “38 North Studio”, “4AD Studios”, “Strange Land Stufios”, “Tonal Park”, and was produced by Dave Cerminara, Chris Connors, Steph Marziano and Bartees Strange.

Personnel:

  • Bartees Strange – lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, slide guitar, tambourine, piano, keyboards, synthesizer, synth bass, percussion, effects, programming, recording, engineer
  • Chris Connors – electric guitar, 12 string guitar, bass guitar, synth brass, piano, synthesizer, recording, engineer, mixing
  • Graham Richman – electric guitar, 12-string guitar, synthesizer, keyboards, electric piano
  • Dan Kleederman – electric and slide guitar, bass guitar
  • Austin Vos – slide guitar
  • Don Godwin – piano, tuba, sousaphone
  • Dave Cerminara – synthesizer, drum programming, recording, engineer
  • John E. Daise – bass guitar
  • Joe Kennedy – bass guitar
  • Fabian Prynn – drums, recording, engineer
  • Dillon Treacy – drums
  • Victor Indrizzo – drums
  • Jordyn Blakely – drums, percussion
  • Conor Murphy – horns, trumpet
  • Eliza Vera – backing vocals
  • Sarah Register – mastering
  • Niek Truijen – artwork
  • John Brooks – recording, engineer
  • Alison Fielding – design

Track listing:

  1. Heavy Heart – Chris Connors, John E. Daise, Dan Kleederman, Graham Richman, Bartees Strange, Carter Zumtobel
  2. Mulholland Dr. – Dan Kleederman, Bartees Strange
  3. Wretched – Bartees Strange
  4. Cosigns – Chris Connors, Bartees Strange
  5. Tours – Steph Marziano, Bartees Strange
  6. Hold the Line – Bartees Strange
  7. We Were Only Close for Like Two Weeks – Chris Connors, Bartees Strange
  8. Escape This Circus – Chris Connors, Bartees Strange
  9. Black Gold – Bartees Strange
  10. Hennessy – Bartees Strange

Melody’s Echo Chamber: Bon Voyage

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On June 15, 2018, “Fat Possum” label released “Bon Voyage”, the second Melody’s Echo Chamber studio album. The album which is collaboration between Melody Prochet and members of the Swedish psychedelic rock band Dungen, was recorded in 2018, and was produced by Melody Prochet, Fredrik Swahn and Reine Fiske.

Personnel:

  • Melody Prochet – vocals, keyboards, electric guitar, violin, all instruments, drums, mixing
  • Fredrik Swahn – keyboards, bass guitar. engineer, mixing
  • Reine Fiske – guitars, bass guitar, keyboards, drums, percussion, violin, mixing
  • Gustav Ejstes – vocals, piano, organ, guitar, beatbox, scream, percussion
  • Johan Holmegard – drums
  • Nicholas Allbrook – spoken word
  • Maxime Leguil – mixing
  • Raphael Jonin – mastering
  • Silly Jane – artwork
  • Paul J. Street, Matthew Cooper – design

Track listing:

All lyrics by Melody Prochet, except where noted,

  1. Cross My Heart – Melody Prochet, Fredrik Swan, Reine Fiske
  2. Breathe In, Breathe Out – Melody Prochet
  3. Desert Horse – Melody Prochet, Fredrik Swan, Reine Fiske
  4. Var har du vart? – Gustav Ejstes
  5. Quand les larmes d’un ange font danser la neige – Melody Prochet, Fredrik Swan, Reine Fiske, Mattias Gustavsson, David Svedmyr, Johan Holmegard, Nicholas Allbrook
  6. Visions of Someone Special, on a Wall of Reflections – Melody Prochet, Fredrik Swan, Reine Fiske
  7. Shirim – Melody Prochet