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Happy the Man: Crafty Hands

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On September 21, 1978, “Arista” label released “Crafty Hands”, the second Happy the Man studio album. It was recorded December 1977 – January 1978, and was produced by Ken Scott.

Personnel:

  • Stanley Whitaker – vocals, six and twelve string guitars
  • Frank Wyatt – pianos, harpsichord, saxes, flute
  • Kit Watkins – pianos, harpsichord, Moog synthesizer, fake strings, clavinet, recorder
  • Rick Kennell – bass
  • Ron Riddle – drums, percussion

Track listing:

  1. Service with a Smile – Ron Riddle, Greg Hawkes
  2. Morning Sun – Kit Watkins
  3. Ibby It Is – Frank Wyatt
  4. Steaming Pipes – Stanley Whitaker
  5. Wind Up Doll Day Wind – Kit Watkins, Stanley Whitaker, Frank Wyatt
  6. Open Book – Frank Wyatt
  7. I Forgot to Push It – Kit Watkins
  8. The Moon, I Sing – Kit Watkins

Ronnie Milsap: Where My Heart Is

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In September 1973, “RCA Victor” label released “Where My Heart Is”, the second Ronnie Milsap studio album. It was recorded in 1971, at “RCA Victor Studios” in Nashville, and was produced by Tom Collins and Jack Johnson.

Personnel:

  • Ronnie Milsap – vocal, piano
  • The Jordanaires – vocals
  • The Nashville Edition – vocals
  • Al Pachucki, Leslie Ladd – recording
  • Chuck Seitz, Mike Shockley – recording technicians
  • Craig DeCamps – design
  • John Donegan – photography

Track listing:

  1. That Girl That Waits on Tables
  2. I Hate You
  3. You’re Stronger Than Me
  4. Branded Man
  5. Where Love Goes When It Dies
  6. Brothers, Strangers and Friends
  7. (All Together Now) Let’s Fall Apart
  8. Comin’ Down with Love
  9. Pass Me By
  10. You’re Drivin’ Me Out of Your Mind

Joan Baez: Joan Baez Vol 2

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In September 1961, “Vanguard” label released “Joan Baez Vol. 2”, the second Joan Baez studio album. It was recorded in 1961, at “Vanguard Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Maynard Solomon.

Personnel:

  • Joan Baez – vocals, guitar
  • The Greenbriar Boys – vocals, accompaniment

Track listing:

All tracks traditional, except where noted.

  1. Wagoner’s Lad
  2. The Trees They Do Grow High
  3. Lily of the West
  4. Silkie (Child no. 113)
  5. Engine 143
  6. Once I Knew a Pretty Girl
  7. Lonesome Road
  8. Banks of the Ohio
  9. Pal of Mine
  10. Barbara Allen (Child no. 84)
  11. The Cherry Tree Carol (Child no. 54)
  12. Old Blue
  13. Railroad Boy
  14. Plaisir d’Amour – Jean-Paul-Égide Martini

Joshua Radin: Simple Times

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On September 9, 2008, “Mom + Pop” label released “Simple Times”, the second Joshua Radin album. It was recorded in 2008, at “Sunset Sound” in Hollywood and was produced by Rob Schnapf.

Personnel:

  • Joshua Radin – lead vocal, guitar
  • Patty Griffin – vocal
  • Meiko – vocal
  • Erin McCarley – vocal
  • Greg Leisz – guitar, mandolin
  • Jesse Harris – mixing
  • Rob Schnapf – guitar, mixing
  • Jason Borger – piano, electric piano, mellotron
  • Jonathan Flaugher – bass
  • Joey Waronker, Vic Indrizzo – drums
  • Lenny Castro – percussion
  • Denny Levine – brass
  • Bill Mimms – engineer
  • Dog Boehm – mixing
  • Alan Yoshida – mastering
  • Alexa Wilkinson – art direction, design
  • Autumn DeWilde – photography

Track listing:

  1. One of Those Days
  2. I’d Rather Be with You
  3. Sky
  4. Friend Like You
  5. Brand New Day
  6. They Bring Me to You
  7. Vegetable Car
  8. Free of Me
  9. You Got Growin’ Up to Do
  10. We Are Okay
  11. No Envy, No Fear

The Pine Valley Cosmonauts: Salute the Majesty of Bob Wills

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On September 8, 1998, “Bloodshot Records” label released “Salute the Majesty of Bob Wills”, the second Pine Valley Cosmonauts (The) album. It consists of covers of songs performed and written by western swing musician Bob Wills.

Personnel:

  • Andy Hopkins – guitar
  • Jon Langford – guitar
  • Tom Ray – bass
  • Steve Goulding – drums
  • Chris Mills – vocal
  • Kelly Hogan – vocal
  • Jimmie Dale Gilmore – vocal
  • Edith Frost – vocal
  • Robbie Fulks – vocal
  • Alejandro Escovedo – vocal
  • Jane Baxter Miller – vocal
  • Bob Boyd – vocals
  • Deano – vocal
  • Sally Timms – vocal
  • Brett Sparks – vocal
  • Tracey Dear – vocal
  • Neko Case – vocal
  • Meat Purveyors – vocal
  • Rico Bell – vocal

Track listing:

  1. Home in San Antone
  2. Trouble in Mind
  3. Texas Playboy Rag
  4. Drunkard’s Blues
  5. Across the Alley from the Alamo
  6. Sweet Kind of Love
  7. Time Changes Everything
  8. Hang Your Head in Shame
  9. Steel Guitar Rag
  10. Brain Cloudy Blues
  11. Right or Wrong
  12. Roly Poly
  13. Pan Handle Rag
  14. Bubbles in My Beer
  15. Stay a Little Longer
  16. My Window Faces the South
  17. San Antonio Rose
  18. Take Me Back to Tulsa
  19. Faded Love

Chrissie Hynde: Valve Bone Woe

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On September 6, 2019, “BMG Rights Management” label released “Valve Bone Woe”, the second Chrissie Hynde studio album. It was recorded in 2019, and was produced by Marius DeVries and Eldad Guetta.

Personnel:

  • Chrissie Hynde – vocals
  • James Walbourne – guitars
  • Peter Roth – nylon string guitar
  • Marcel Camargo – nylon string guitar
  • Eldad Guetta – keyboards, guitars, trumpet, bass, percussion
  • David Hartley – piano, Rhodes
  • Marius de Vries – synths, piano
  • Matt Robertson – additional keyboards
  • Liran Doran – bass
  • Tal Wilkenfeld – bass
  • Ian Thomas – drums
  • The Valve Bone Woe Orchestra

Track listing:

  1. How Glad I Am – Larry Harrison, Jimmy Williams
  2. Caroline, No – Tony Asher, Brian Wilson
  3. I’m a Fool to Want You – Joel Herron, Frank Sinatra, Jack Wolf
  4. I Get Along Without You Very Well – Hoagy Carmichael
  5. Meditation on a Pair of Wire Cutters – Charles Mingus
  6. Once I Loved – Norman Gimbel, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes
  7. Wild Is the Wind – Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington
  8. You Don’t Know What Love Is – Gene de Paul, Don Raye
  9. River Man – Nick Drake
  10. Absent Minded Me – Bob Merrill, Jule Styne
  11. Naima – John Coltrane
  12. Hello, Young Lovers – Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers
  13. No Return – Ray Davies
  14. Que reste-l-il de nos amours – Charles Trenet

Messthetics: Anhtropocosmic Nest

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On September 6, 2019, “Dischord Records” label released “Anthropocosmic Nest”, the second Messthetics studio album. It was recorded in 2019, and was produced by Anthony Pirog, Joe Lally and Brendan Canty.

Personnel:

  • Anthony Pirog – guitar
  • Joe Lally – bass
  • Brendan Canty – drums, recording
  • TJ LIpple – mastering
  • Carlo Zulian – artwork
  • Heather Hendrix Russell – layout, photography
  • Antonia Tricarico – photography
  • Jim Thomson – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Anthony Pirog, Joe Lally and Brendan Canty.

  1. Better Wings
  2. Drop Foot
  3. Section 9
  4. Scrawler
  5. The Assignment
  6. Pay Dust
  7. Pacifica
  8. Because the Mountain Says So
  9. Insect Conference
  10. La Lontra
  11. Touch Earth Touch Sky

Eric Carmen: Boats Against the Current

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In April 1977, “Arista” label released “Boats Against the Current”, the second Eric Carmen studio album. It was recorded in 1977, at “Crystal Sound” and “Studio 55” in Los Angeles, “Sound Factory” in Hollywood, “Brother Studio” in Santa Monica, and was produced by Eric Carmen.

Personnel:

  • Eric Carmen – lead vocals, acoustic piano, synthesizers, 12 string acoustic guitar, electric guitar, conductor, electric harpsichord, drums, percussion, backing vocals, arrangements
  • Andrew Gold – electric guitar solo, electric guitar
  • Richard Reising – acoustic and electric guitar, acoustic piano, backing vocals
  • Richie Zito – acoustic and electric guitar, backing vocals
  • Michael Boddicker – synthesizers
  • Dave Wintour – bass
  • Jeff Porcaro – drums
  • Nigel Olsson – drums, backing vocals
  • Gene Estes – percussion
  • Ollie E. Brown – percussion
  • Jim Horn – saxophone
  • Bobby Keys – saxophone
  • Tom Scott – saxophone
  • Steve Madaio – trumpet
  • Paul Buckmaster – string arrangements, conductor
  • Burton Cummings – backing vocals
  • Curt Becher – backing vocals
  • Joe Chemay – backing vocals
  • Bruce Johnston – backing vocals, arrangements
  • Brian Wilson – backing vocals
  • Kevin Beamish – engineer
  • Larry Emerine – engineer
  • David Henson – engineer
  • Mark Howlett – engineer
  • Dennis Kirk – engineer
  • Tim Kramer – engineer
  • Earle Mankey – engineer
  • Howard Steele – engineer
  • Thom Wilson – engineer
  • Val Garay – mixing
  • Doug Sax – mastering
  • Bob Heimall – art direction
  • Ed Caraeff – design, photography
  • Benno Friedman – inside photography effects
  • Norman Adams – inside artwork
  • Michael Manoogian – calligraphy

All tracks by Eric Carmen:

  1. Boats Against the Current
  2. Marathon Man
  3. Nowhere To Hide
  4. Take It or Leave It
  5. Love Is All That Matters
  6. She Did It
  7. I Think I Found Myself
  8. Run Away

Buffalo: Volcanic Rock

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In August 1973, “Vertigo” label released “Volcanic Rock”, the second Buffalo studio album. It was recorded in 1973, at “United Sound” in Sydney, and was produced by Spencer Lee.

Personnel:

  • Davic Tice – lead vocals
  • John Baxter – guitar
  • Peter Wells – bass
  • Jimmy Economou – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by David John Tice and John Allan Baxter, except where noted.

  1. Sunrise (Come My Way)
  2. Freedom
  3. Till My Death
  4. The Prophet
  5. Intro: Pound of Flesh / Shylock – John Baxter, Pete Wells

Ben & Ben: Pebble House Vol. 1: Kuwaderno

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On August 29, 2021, “Sony Music Philippines” label released “Pebble House, Vol. 1: Kuwaderno”, the second Ben & Ben studio album. It was recorded in 2021, and was produced by Miguel Benjamin Guico, Paolo Benjamin Guico, Poch Barretto, Jam Villanueva, Agnes Reoma, Patricia Lasaten, Jean Paul Verona and Sam Marquez.

Personnel:

  • Miguel Benjamin Guico – lead vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Paolo Benjamin Guico – lead vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Poch Barretto – lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Patricia Lasaten – keyboards
  • Agnes Reoma – bass
  • Jam Villanueva – drums
  • Toni Muñoz – lead and backing vocals, percussion
  • Andrew de Pano – percussion, backing vocals
  • Keifer Cabugao – violin, backing vocals
  • Manila String Machine – violin instrumentals
  • Chito Miranda, Moira Dela Torre, Aild and Juan Karlos, SB 19, Munimui, KZ Tandingan – co-lead vocals
  • Leon Zervos – mastering
  • Isobel Funk, Karen Dela Fuente, Karelle Bulan – creative directors

Track listing:

All tracks by Paolo Guico and Miguel Guico except where noted.

  1. Kuwaderno – P. Barretto, T.Munoz
  2. Kasayaw
  3. Swimming Pool
  4. Elyu
  5. Pasalubong – Miguel Benjamin Guico, Paolo Benjamin Guico, M. Dela Torre, J. Hernandez
  6. Magpahinga
  7. Lunod
  8. Sabel – Miguel Benjamin Guico, Paolo Benjamin Guico, T. Munoz
  9. Kapangyarihan – Miguel Benjamin Guico, Paolo Benjamin Guico, J. Nase
  10. Sugat – Paolo Benjamin Guico, T. Munoz
  11. Upuan
  12. Ilang Tulog Na Lange – T. Munoz, Paolo Benjamin Guico
  13. Kayumanggi