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Mike Rutherford: Acting Very Strange

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On September 7, 1982, “Atlantic” label released “Acting Very Strange”, the second Mike Rutherford studio album. It was recorded in 1982, at “The Farm” in Chiddingfold, Surrey, “The Town House” in London, and was produced by Mick Rutherford.

Personnel:

  • Mike Rutherford – lead and backing vocals, keyboards, guitars, bass, Linn programming
  • John Alexander – guitars
  • Daryl Stuermer – guitars
  • Paul Fishman – keyboards
  • J. Peter Robinson – keyboards
  • Stewart Copeland – drums
  • Pete Phipps – drums
  • Gary Barnacle – saxophones
  • Luke Tunney – trumpet
  • Martyn Ford – string arrangements, conductor
  • Steve Gould – backing vocals
  • Noel McCalla – backing vocals
  • Dale Newman – backing vocals
  • Nick Launay – engineer, producer assistant
  • Geoff Callingham – engineer assistant
  • Dale Newman, Geoff Callingham, Steve Jones, Geoff Banks – equipment
  • Howard Gray – tape operator
  • Bill Smith – cover coordinator
  • Gered Mankowitz – photography

Track listing:

 All tracks by Mike Rutherford, except where noted.

  1. Acting Very Strange
  2. A Day to Remember
  3. Maxine – Pete Bellotte
  4. Halfway There – Florrie Palmer
  5. Who’s Fooling Who – Florrie Palmer
  6. Couldn’t Get Arrested – Pete Bellote
  7. I Don’t Wanna Know
  8. Hideaway

Sprain: The Lamb as Effigy

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On September 1, 2023, “The Flenser” label released “The Lamb as Effigy”, the second and final Sprain studio album. It was recorded in 2023, and was produced by Tim Green.

Personnel:

  • Alexander Kent – vocals, guitar, bells, hammered dulcimer, autoharp, banjo, mandolin, piano, organ, glockenspiel, synthesizer, harmonium, singing saw, orchestral chimes, accordion, recorder, gong, samples, engineer, string arrangements, art direction
  • Sylvie Simmons – guitar, bugle, bells, recorder
  • April Gerloff – bass guitar, synthesizer, bells, engineer
  • Clint Dodson – drums, bells, vibraphone, synthesizer
  • Ulrich Krieger – saxophones, contrabass clarinet, string arrangements, conductor
  • Máté Tulipán – saxophones, cover model, moral support
  • Kyle Bates – synthesizer
  • Eric Poulin – French horn
  • Jayla Tang – violin
  • Kris Rahamad – violin
  • Joy Yi Saba – viola
  • Tal Katz – cello
  • Jason Schimmel – engineer
  • Tim Green – engineer, oscillator, mixing, patience
  • JJ Golden – mastering
  • Suzanne Yeremyan – layout, design
  • Siyan Ji – photography
  • Zengyi Zhao – photography, photo editing
  • David Blandeur – cover model

Track listing:

All lyrics by Alexander Kent, all music by Alexander Kent, Sylvie Simmons, April Gerloff and Clint Dodson.

  1. Man Proposes, God Disposes
  2. Reiterations
  3. Privilege of Being
  4. Margin for Error
  5. The Commercial Nude
  6. The Reclining Nude
  7. We Think So Ill of You
  8. God, or Whatever You Call It

Idles: Joy As An Act Of Resistance

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On August 31, 2018, “Partisan” label released “Joy as an Act of Resistance”, the second Idles studio album. It was recorded 2017 – 2018, and was produced by Space.

Personnel:

  • Joe Talbot – lead vocals
  • Mark Bowen – guitar
  • Lee Kiernan – guitar
  • Adam Devonshire – bass
  • Jon Beavis – drums
  • Nick Launay – mixing
  • Adam ‘Atom’ Greenspan – mixing

Track listing:

All tracks by Adam Devonshire, Jonathan Beavis, Joseph Talbot, Lee Kiernan, and Mark Bowen except where noted.

  1. Colossus
  2. Never Fight a Man with a Perm
  3. I’m Scum
  4. Danny Nedelko
  5. Love Song
  6. June
  7. Samaritans
  8. Television
  9. Great
  10. Gram Rock
  11. Cry to Me – Bert Russell
  12. Rottweiler

Lars Winnerbäck: Rusningstrafik

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On August 25, 1997, “Elvira Records” label released Rusningstrafik, the second Lars Winnerbäck studio album. It was recorded in 1997, at “Traxton Recording AB”, “Lennonplant” and “Kapsylen Studio” in Stockholm, Sweden, and was produced by Johan Johansson.

Personnel:

  • Lars Winnerbäck – vocals, guitar
  • Ola Nyström – guitar
  • Niko Röhlcke – piano, accordion
  • Martin Söderström – acoustic bass, backing vocals
  • Lasse bax – bass
  • Johan Johansson – drums, percussion, guitar, tambourine, kazoo, recording, mixing
  • Christian Edgren – trumpet
  • P H Andersson – violin, backing vocals, string arrangements, recording
  • Matoula Zachariadou – viola
  • Mattias Nyberg – cello, string arrangements
  • Miranda Renberg – vocals, backing vocals
  • Vanja Renberg – vocals, backing vocals
  • Stefan Sundström – vocals, backing vocals
  • Lotta Nilsson – vocals, backing vocals
  • Karin Renberg – vocals, backing vocals
  • Barbro Winnerbäck, Björn Jonson, Christian Edgren, Filip Adamo, Puttra Wikdahl, Quina Hermansson – vocals
  • Christian Edgren – recording, mixing
  • Björn Engelman – mastering
  • Anton H Le Clercq – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Lars Winnerbäck.

  1. En av alla dom
  2. ngen har lust
  3. Nån annan
  4. Rusningstrafik
  5. Höst på min planet
  6. Balladen om konsekvenser
  7. Vår för hjärter dam
  8. Psalm i januari
  9. En svår och jobbig grej
  10. Låg
  11. Nu är alla små stjärnor
  12. Vänner

Comsat Angels: Sleep No More

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On August 21, 1981, “Polydor” label released “Sleep No More”, the second Comsat Angels album. It was recorded in March 1981, at “Polydor Studios” in London, and was produced by Peter Wilson, Stephen Fellows, Mick Glaisher Kevin Bacon and Andy Peake

Personnel:

  • Stephen Fellows – vocals, guitar, artwork
  • Andy Peake – vocals, synthesizer
  • Kevin Bacon – bass guitar
  • Mick Glaisher – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Stephen Fellows, Mick laisher Kevin Bacon and Andy Peake.

  1. The Eye Dance
  2. Sleep No More
  3. Be Brave
  4. Gone
  5. Dark Parade
  6. Diagram
  7. Restless
  8. Goat of the West
  9. Light Years
  10. Our Secret

John Paul White: Beulah

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On August 19, 2016, “Single Lock Records” label released “Beulah”, the second John Paul White studio album. It was recorded in 2017, at “Single Lock Studios” in Florence, “FAME Studios” in Muscle Shoals, and was produced by Ben Tanner and John Paul White.

Personnel:

  • John Paul White – vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, baritone guitar, package design
  • Laura Rogers (The Secret Sisters) – vocals
  • Lydia Slagle (The Secret Sisters) – vocals
  • Jason Goforth – lap steel, harmonica
  • Bryan Farris – electric guitar
  • Jon Estes – piano, bass, mandolin
  • Ben Tanner – pump organ, electric guitar, B3, Wurlitzer, recording, mixing
  • David Hood – bass
  • Zac Cockrell – bass
  • Reed Watson – drums
  • Jeremy Gibson – drums
  • Ken Lewis – percussion
  • Jonathan Oliphant – vibraphone, package design
  • Kimi Samson – violin
  • Caleb Elliott – cello
  • Elizabeth Estes – fiddle
  • Richard Dodd – mastering
  • Browan Lollar – artwork
  • Rachel Briggs – package design

Track listing:

All tracks by John Paul White.

  1. Black Leaf
  2. What’s So
  3. The Once and Future Queen
  4. Make You Cry
  5. Fight for You
  6. Hope I Die
  7. I’ve Been Over This Before
  8. The Martyr
  9. Hate the Way You Love Me
  10. I’ll Get Even

Edwin Starr: War & Peace

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On August 7, 1970, “Motown” label released “War & Peace”, the second Edwin Starr studio album. It was recorded in 1970, and was produced by Edwin Star, Johnny Bristol, Harvey Fuqua, Henry Cosby, Norman Whitfield and Ivy Joe Hunter.

Personnel:

  • Edwin Starr – vocal
  • David De Pitte, Henry Cosby, Paul Riser, Wade Marcus, Willie Shorter – arrangements
  • Curtis McNair – art direction, design
  • Jim Hendin – photography
  • Tom Schlesinger – graphic supervision

Track listing:

  1. War – Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong
  2. Running Back and Forth – Richard “Popcorn” Wylie, Edwin Starr
  3. Adios Senorita – Sylvia Moy, Henry Cosby
  4. All Around the World – Tina Turner
  5. I Can’t Escape Your Memory – Ivy Hunter, Jack Alan Goga
  6. At Last (I Found Love) – Elgie Stover, Anna Gordy Gaye, Marvin Gaye
  7. I Just Wanted to Cry – Johnny Bristol, Edwin Starr
  8. Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head – Burt Bacharach, Hal David
  9. Time – Richard “Popcorn” Wylie, Edwin Starr
  10. California Soul – Nick Ashford, Valerie Simpson
  11. I Can’t Replace My Old Love – Harvey Fugua, Arthur Scott, Vernon Williams
  12. She Should Have Been Home – Johnny Bristol, Doris McNeil

Blues Pills: Lady In Gold

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On August 5, 2016, “Nuclear Blast” label released “Lady in Gold”, the second Blues Pills studio album. It was recorded 2015 – 2016, and was produced by Don Alsterberg.

Personnel:

  • Elin Larsson – vocals
  • Dorian Sorriaux – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Zach Anderson – bass
  • André Kvarnström – drums
  • Tobias Winterkorn – mellotron
  • Rickard Nygren – organ
  • Per Larsson – piano
  • Carl Lindvall, Elin Larsson, Ellinor Svensson, Sofie Lee Johansson – choir (Voodoo Chor)
  • Don Alsterberg – xylophone
  • Francis Rencoret – vocal arrangements
  • Don Alsterberg – recording, mixing
  • Hans Olsson Brookes – mastering
  • Marijke Koger-Dunham –design
  • Kiryk Drewinski – logo design, layout, typography
  • John McMurtrie – photography

Track listing:

All lyrics by Zach Anderson and Elin Larsson except where noted, all music by Elin Larsson, Dorian Sorriaux, Zach Anderson and André Kvarnström, except where noted.

  1. Lady in Gold
  2. Little Boy Preacher
  3. Burned Out
  4. I Felt a Change – lyrics by Elin Larsson
  5. Gone So Long
  6. Bad Talkers
  7. You Gotta Try
  8. Won’t Go Back
  9. Rejections
  10. Elements and Things – lyrics and music Tony Joe White