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Franco Battiato: Pollution

In December 1973, “Bla Bla” label released “Pollution”, the second Franco Battiato studio album. It was recorded in 1973, and was produced by Franco Battiato.

Personnel:

  • Franco Battiato – vocals, VCS 3 synthesizer
  • Mario Ellepi – vocals, guitars, VCS 3 synthesizer
  • Ruby Cacciapaglia – piano, VCS 3 and VCS 2 synthesizer
  • Gianni Mocchetti – vocals, bass, VCS 3 synthesizer
  • Gianfranco D’Adda – drums

Track listing:

  1. Il silenzio del rumore
  2. 31 dicembre 1999 – Ore 9
  3. Areknames
  4. Beta
  5. Plancton
  6. Pollution
  7. Ti sei mai chiesto quale funzione hai?

Junior Mance: The Soulful Piano Of Junior Mance

In November 1960, “Jazzland” label released “The Soulful Piano of Junior Mance”, the second Junior Mance album. It was recorded in October 1960, in New York City, and was produced by Orrin Keepnews.

Personnel:

  • Junior Mance – piano
  • Ben Tucker – bass
  • Bobby Thomas – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Junior Mance except where noted.

  1. The Uptown
  2. Ralph’s New Blues – Milt Jackson
  3. Main Stem – Duke Ellington
  4. Darling, Je Vous Aime Beaucoup – Anna Sosenko
  5. Playhouse
  6. Sweet and Lovely – Gus Arnheim, Jules LeMare, Harry Tobias
  7. In the Land of Oo-Bla-Dee – Milt Orent, Mary Lou Williams
  8. I Don’t Care – Ray Bryant
  9. Swingmatism – Jay McShann, William Scott

Aphrodite’s Child: It’s Five O’Clock

On November 27, 1969, “Polydor” label released “It’s Five O’Clock”, the second Aphrodite’s Child studio album. It was recorded in June 1969, at “Trident Studios” in London, and was produced by Vangelis, Demis Roussos and Lucas Sidera.

Personnel:

  • Vangelis – keyboards, organ, piano, clavichord, flutes
  • Demis Roussos – lead vocals, bass, guitar
  • Lucas Sideras – lead vocals, drums, percussion
  • Malcolm Toft – engineer
  • Hitoshi Takiguchi – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Richard Francis and Vangelis Papathanassiou, except where noted.

  1. It’s Five O’Clock
  2. Wake Up
  3. Take Your Time
  4. Annabella – Richard Adams, Demis Roussos
  5. Let Me Love, Let Me Live – Richard Francs, Lucas Sideras
  6. Funky Mary
  7. Good Time So Fine – Valerie Johnson, Vangelis Papathanassiou
  8. Marie Jolie
  9. Such a Funny Night

Cowboy Junkies: The Trinity Session

On November 15, 1988, “Latent” label released “The Trinity Session”, the second Cowboy Junkies studio album. It was recorded in November 1987, at “Church of the Holy Trinity” in Toronto, Canada, and was produced by Peter Moore.

Personnel:

  • Margo Timmins – lead vocals
  • Michael Timmins – guitar
  • Alan Anton – bass
  • Peter Timmins – drums
  • John Timmins – guitar, backing vocals
  • Kim Deschamps – pedal steel guitar, dobro, bottleneck slide guitar
  • Jeff Bird – fiddle, harmonica, mandolin
  • Steve Shearer – harmonica
  • Jaro Czerwinec – accordion
  • Peter Moore – mixing, mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Margo Timmins and Michael Timmins, except where noted.

  1. Mining for Gold – traditional, arranged by James Gordon
  2. Misguided Angel
  3. I Don’t Get It
  4. I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry – Hank Williams
  5. To Love Is to Bury
  6. 200 More Miles – Michael Timmins
  7. Dreaming My Dreams with You – Allen Reynolds
  8. Sweet Jane – Lou Reed
  9. Postcard Blues – Michael Timmins
  10. Walking After Midnight – Don Necht, Alan Block

Damon Albarn: The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows

On November 12, 2021, “Transgressive” label released “The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows”, the second Damon Albarn studio album. It was recorded in 2021, at “Studio 13” in London, “Staðahverfi” in Reykjavík, “Studio 13” in Devon, and was produced by Damon Albarn.

Personnel:

  • Damon Albarn – acoustic guitar, Elka Space Organ, piano, Wurlitzer, bass guitar, Hammond S100, monochord, drums, Farfisa organ, harmonium, bells, slate marimba, Rhodes Chroma, iPad strings
  • Simon Tong – acoustic and electric guitar, drums
  • Mike Smith – Elka Space Organ, harmonium, saxophone, Farfisa
  • Samuel Egglenton – bass guitar, drum programming
  • Caimin Gilmore – double bass
  • Laura Nygren – double bass
  • Sigrún Jónsdóttir – trombone
  • Sigrún Kristbjörg Jónsdóttir – trombone
  • Carol Jarvis – bass trombone
  • Bergrún Snæbjörnsdóttir – French horn
  • Romain Bly – French horn, slate marimba
  • Rakel Björn Helgadóttir – French horn
  • André de Ridder – violin
  • Alexina Hawkins – viola
  • Josephine Stephenson – vocals, cello
  • Einar Örn Benediktsson – a Snapchat
  • Árni Benediktsson – field recordings
  • Samuel Egglenton – engineer, additional production
  • Stephen Sedgwick – mixing
  • John Davis – mastering
  • OK-RM – design, art direction
  • Márton Perlaki – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Damon Albarn and Simon Tong, except where noted.

  1. The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows – Damon Albarn, André de Ridder, Simon Tong
  2. The Cormorant
  3. Royal Morning Blue
  4. Combustion – Damon Albarn, Mike Smith, Simon Tong
  5. Daft Wader
  6. Darkness to Light
  7. Esja – Damon Albarn, André de Ridder, Simon Tong
  8. The Tower of Montevideo – Damon Albarn, Mike Smith, Simon Tong
  9. Giraffe Trumpet Sea – Damon Albarn
  10. Polaris – Damon Albarn, Mike Smith, Simon Tong
  11. Particles – Damon Albarn

Bowery Electric: Beat

On November 12, 1996, “Kranky” label released “Beat”, the second Bowery Electric studio album. It was recorded in June 1996, at “Studio 45” in Hartford, Connecticut, and was produced by Rich Costey, Lawrence Chandler, Martha Schwendener and Wayne Magruder.

Personnel:

  • Lawrence Chandler – vocals, guitar, keyboards, programming
  • Martha Schwendener – vocals, bass, keyboards
  • Wayne Magruder – drums
  • Catherine Opie – photography (“Untitled No 27” from her Freeway Series)

Track listing:

  1. Beat
  2. Empty Words
  3. Without Stopping
  4. Under the Sun
  5. Fear of Flying
  6. Looped
  7. Black Light
  8. Inside Out
  9. Coming Down
  10. Low Density
  11. Postscript

King Stingray: For The Dreams

On November 8, 2024, “Cooking Vinyl” label released “For the Dreams”, the second King Stingray studio album. It was recorded in 2024, at “El Rancho”, “Roy’s House”, “The Grove”, “Frying Pan”, “Inventions”, and was produced by Roy Kellaway.

Personnel:

  • Dimathaya Burarrwanga – lead vocals, front cover drawing
  • Yirrŋa Yunupiŋu – lead vocals
  • Yimila Gurruwiwi – didgeridoo
  • Roy Kellaway – electric guitar, engineer
  • Campbell Messer – bass guitar
  • Lewis Stiles – drums
  • Mathias Dowle – additional instrumentation, engineer
  • Chris Collins – engineer, additional production
  • Luke Postill – engineer, additional production
  • Ryan Fallis – engineer
  • Justin Stanley – mixing, additional production
  • Tas Wilson – artwork
  • Kris Keogh – front cover drawing
  • Maclay Heriot – photos

Track listing:

All tracks by Dimathaya Burarrwanga, Roy Kellaway, Yimila Gurruwiwi, Campbell Messer, and Lewi Stiles.

  1. Light Up the Path
  2. Best Bits
  3. Southerly
  4. Lookin’ Out
  5. Scoreboard
  6. Nostalgic
  7. Day Off
  8. Through the Trees
  9. Soon As
  10. What’s the Hurry?
  11. Come to the Surface
  12. Cat 5 (Cyclone)

Chris De Burgh: Spanish Train And Other Stories

In November 1975, “A&M” label released “Spanish Train and Other Stories”, the second Chris de Burgh studio album. It was recorded in 1975, at “Ramport” and “Scorpio” in London, and was produced by Robin Geoffrey Cable.

Personnel:

  • Chris de Burgh – lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitars, acoustic piano
  • Ray Glynn – electric guitars
  • Tony Hymas – keyboards
  • Phillip Goodhand-Tait – harmonium
  • David Hentschel – ARP synthesizer, synthesizer arrangements
  • Ken Freeman – string synthesizer
  • Tony Reeves – bass guitar, string bass
  • Chris Laurence – string bass
  • Barry de Souza – drums
  • Lennox Laington – percussion
  • Mick Eves – saxophone
  • Chris Mercer – saxophone
  • Richard Hewson – brass and string arrangements
  • Robert Kirby – choir, ocarina, string and brass arrangements, recording
  • Robin Geoffrey Cable – engineer
  • Mark Dobson, Ian Major, John Kelly – engineer assistant
  • Denis “BilBo” Blackham – mastering
  • Bill Imhoff – illustrations
  • Fabio Nicoli – art direction
  • Junie Osaki – design
  • Clive Arrowsmith – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Chris de Burgh.

  1. Spanish Train
  2. Lonely Sky
  3. This Song For You
  4. Patricia the Stripper
  5. A Spaceman Came Travelling
  6. I’m Going Home
  7. The Painter
  8. Old Friend
  9. The Tower
  10. Just Another Poor Boy

Mike Harrison: Smokestack Lightning

In November 1972, “Island” label released “Smokestack Lightning”, the second Mike Harrison studio album. It was recorded in 1972, at “Muscle Shoals Sound Studio” in Sheffield, Alabama, and was produced by Chris Blackwell and Mike Harrison.

Personnel:

  • Mike Harrison – vocals, harmonica
  • Pete Carr – guitar
  • Jimmy Johnson – guitar
  • Wayne Perkins – slide guitar
  • Luther Grosvenor – acoustic guitar
  • Barry Beckett – keyboards
  • Clayton Ivey – keyboards
  • David Hood – bass
  • Roger Hawkins – drums
  • Harvey Thompson – tenor saxophone
  • Ronald Eades – baritone saxophone
  • Harrison Calloway – trumpet
  • Mike Stacey – trumpet
  • Charles Rose – trombone

Track listing:

  1. Tears – Jimmy Stevens
  2. Paid My Dues – Jimmy Stevens
  3. What a Price – Murphy Maddux, Jack Jessup, Fats Domino
  4. Wanna Be Free – Joe Tex
  5. Turning Over – Mike Harrison, Luther Grosvenor
  6. Smokestack Lightning – Chester Burnett

Marlena Shaw: The Spice Of Life

In November 1969, “Cadet” label released “The Spice of Life”, the second Marlena Shaw studio album. It was recorded February – July 1969, at “Ter Mar Studios” in Chicago, Illinois, and was produced by Richard Evans and Charles Stepney.

Personnel:

  • Marlena Shaw – vocal
  • Richard Evans – arrangements
  • Charles Stepney – arrangements
  • Stu Black – engineer
  • Dave Purple – engineer
  • Jerry Griffin – design
  • Bob Crawford – photography
  • Bobby Miller – album supervision
  • Loonis McGlohon – liner notes
  • Ken Druker – executive producer

Track listing:

  1. Woman of the Ghetto – Bobby Miller, Marlena Shaw, Richard Evans
  2. Call it Stormy Monday – T-Bone Walker
  3. Where Can I Go? – Leo Fuld, Sigment Berland, Sonny Miller
  4. I’m Satisfied – Morris Dollison
  5. I Wish I Knew (How It Would Feel To Be Free) – Billy Taylor, Dick Dallas
  6. Liberation Conversation – Bobby Miller, Marlena Shaw
  7. California Soul – Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson
  8. Go Away Little Boy – Gerry Goffin, Carole King
  9. Looking Through the Eyes of Love – Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil
  10. Anyone Can Move a Mountain – Johnny Marks