On September 26, 2021, Alan Charles Lancaster died aged 72. He was musician (bass guitar, guitar, drums) and singer, member of bands The Scorpions, The Spectres, The Party Band and The Bombers, but was best known as founding member, bass player and vocalist of Status Quo.
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The Lemonheads: Same
On September 26, 2006, “Vagrant” label released the self-titled, eight Lemonheads (The) album. It was recorded in 2006, at “The Blasting Room” in Fort Collins, Colorado, and was produced by Evan Dando and Bill Stevenson.
Personnel:
- Evan Dando – vocals, guitar, piano
- Bill Stevenson – guitar, drums, backing vocals, engineer
- Josh Latanzzi – bass
- Karl Alvarez – bass
- J Mascis – guitar
- Spot – guitar
- Gart Hudson – keyboards
- Andrew Berlin – electric piano, engineer
- Gibson Haynes – electronics
- Jason Livermore – engineer, mixing, mastering
Track listing:
- Black Gown
- Become the Enemy
- Pittsburgh
- Let’s Just Laugh
- Poughkeepsie
- Rule of Three
- No Backbone
- Baby’s Home
- In Passing
- Steve’s Boy
- December
Switchfoot: Learning To Breathe
On September 26, 2000, “re:think” label released “Learning to Breathe”, the third Switchfoot studio album. It was recorded in 2000, at “Charlie Peacock Productions”, and was produced by Charlie Peacock, Jacquire King, Jon Foreman, Tim Foreman and Chad Butler.
Personnel:
- Jon Foreman – lead vocals, guitar, keyboards, pre-production recordings
- Tim Foreman – bass, keyboards, backing vocals
- Chad Butler – drums, percussion
- Tony Miracle – synths, noise, analog synths and textures, pre-production recordings
- Kip Kuban – synths and noise, pre-production recordings
- Vicky Hampton – additional backing vocals
- Darwin Hobbs – additional backing vocals
- Jan Foreman – additional vocals
- Jacquire King – recording, mixing
- Shane D. Wilson – recording, overdubs recording, mixing
- Richie Biggs – overdubs recording
- Jon Foreman – pre-production recordings
- Ryan Fisher – pre-production recordings, engineer assistant, mixing
- Dan Leffler – mixing assistant
- Ken Love – mastering
- Chris Grainger – assistant
- Chris Hauser – assistant
- Lynn A. Nichols – executive production
Track listing:
All tracks by Jon Foreman, except where noted.
- I Dare You to Move
- Learning to Breathe
- You Already Take Me There – Jon Foreman, Tim Foreman
- Love Is the Movement
- Poparazzi
- Innocence Again – Jon Foreman, Tim Foreman
- Playing for Keeps
- The Loser
- The Economy of Mercy
- Erosion
- Living Is Simple
Robert Palmer
On September 26, 2003, Robert Allen Palmer died aged 54. He was musician (guitar),singer, songwriter and music producer, member of bands Joe Vinegar and The Power Station. He had powerful, distinctive, gritty, soulful voice and sartorial elegance, his music combined soul, jazz, rock, pop, reggae and blues elements. Palmer had successful solo career, received a number of awards, including “ASCAP Pop Music Award” for “Most Performed Songs” (1986 and 1990), two “Grammy Awards” for “Best Male Rock Vocal Performance” (1989), “MTV Video Music Award” (1986), “Pollstar Concert Industry Awards” for “Small Hall Tour Of The Year” (1987). As leader, Palmer released 15 albums.
Mark Feldman: What Exit
On September 26, 2006, “ECM” label released “What Exit”, the fourth Mark Feldman studio album. It was recorded in 2005, at “Avatar Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Manfred Eicher.
Personnel:
- Mark Feldman — violin
- John Taylor — piano
- Anders Jormin — bass
- Tom Rainey — drums
Track listing:
All tracks by Mark Feldman
- Arcade
- Father Demo Square
- Everafter
- Ink Pin
- Elegy
- Maria Nuñes
- Cadence
- What Exit
Amorphous Androgynous: Alice in Ultraland
On September 26, 2005, “Harvest” label released “Alice in Ultraland”, album by Amorphous Androgynous. It was recorded in 2005, at “Earthbeat Studios” in Dollis Hill, London, and was produced by Garry Cobain and Brian Dougans.
Personnel:
- Brian Dougans – arrangements, engineer
- Garry Cobain – arrangements, engineer
- Mikey Rowe – piano, Hammond organ
- Stu Rowe – electric guitar
- Tim Weller – drums
- Ben Owen – flute
- The Electric Gospel Choir – female vocals
- Gary Lucas – electric guitar and acoustic bottleneck
- Dave Sanderson – vocals
- Baluji Shrivastav – sitar, tablas, dilruba
- Billy ‘The Onion’ Jones – harmonica
- Doree Jackson – female vocal
- Lysa – The ‘witches’ violin bow
- Mutant Funkoid – growler bass
- Stakrak – additional FX processing
- The Daughters of The Goddess ‘The New Love Poetry’ – narration
- Herb Moons – percussion from ‘electromagnetic machines and psychedelic dreams
- Daniel Pemberton – piano, keyboards
Track listing:
All tracks by Garry Cobain and Brian Dougans
- The Emptiness of Nothingness
- The Witchfinder
- The Witch Hunt
- All is Harvest
- Prophet
- Indian Swing
- The Seasons Turn
- High and Dry
- Yes My Brother (You’ve Gotta Turn Yourself Around)
- In the Summertime of Consciousness
- Billy the Onion
- Another Fairy Tale Ending
- The World is Full of Plankton
- The Wicker Doll
Al Di Meola: Consequence of Chaos
On September 26, 2006, “Telarc” label released “Consequence of Chaos”, the 26th Al Di Meola album. It was recorded in 2006, and was produced by Al Di Meola.
Personnel:
- Al Di Meola– acoustic and electric guitar, keyboards, percussion
- Chick Corea– acoustic piano
- Barry Miles– acoustic piano, keyboards, marimba
- Mario Parmisano – acoustic piano, keyboards
- John Patitucci– acoustic and electric bass
- Victor Miranda – electric and baby upright bass
- Gumbi Ortiz – congas, percussion
- Kornel Horvath – shaker, gato drum, udo
- Steve Gadd– drums
- Ernie Adams – drums, congas, bongos, percussion
Track listing:
All tracks by Al Di Meola.
- San Marco (Moderna)
- Turquoise
- Odyssey
- Tao
- Azucar
- Sanctuary
- Hypnose
- Red Moon
- Cry for You
- Just Three Words
- Tempest
- Storm Off-Shore
- Black Pearls
- Africana Suite
- San Marco (Vecchio)
Ornette Coleman & Prime Time: Tone Dialing
On September 26, 1995, “Harmolodic” and “Verve” label released “Tone Dialing” the 45th Ornette Coleman (with Prime Time ensemble) album. It was recorded in 1995 and was produced by Denardo Coleman.
Personnel:
- Ornette Coleman- alto saxophone, trumpet, violin
- Avenda Khadija, Moishe Nalm – vocals
- Dave Bryant – keyboards
- Chris Rosenberg, Ken Wessel – guitar
- Bradley Jones, Al MacDowell – bass
- Chris Walker- bass, keyboards
- Denardo Coleman- drums
- Badal Roy- tabla, percussion
Track listing:
All tracks by Ornette Coleman except where noted.
- Street Blues
- Search for Life
- Guadalupe
- Bach Prelude – Johann Sebastian Bach
- Sound Is Everywhere
- Miguel’s Fortune
- La Capella
- A.C.
- If I Knew as Much About You (As You Know About Me)
- When Will I See You Again
- Kathelin Gray – Ornette Coleman, Pat Metheny
- Badal
- Tone Dialing
- Family Reunion
- Local Instinct
- Ying Yang
John Lennon: Walls and Bridges
On September 26, 1974, “Apple” label released “Walls and Bridges”, the fifth John Lennon studio album. It was recorded July – August 1974, at “Record Plant East” in New York City, and was produced by John Lennon.
Personnel:
- John Lennon– lead, harmony and backing vocals, rhythm, acoustic and lead guitar, piano, whistling, percussion, arrangements
- Jesse Ed Davis– lead guitar, acoustic guitar
- Eddie Mottau– acoustic guitar
- Nicky Hopkins– piano
- Elton John– piano, Hammond organ, harmony backing vocals
- Ken Ascher– piano, Fender Rhodes, clavinet, mellotron, string arrangements, conductor
- Klaus Voormann– bass guitar
- Jim Keltner– drums
- Julian Lennon– drums
- Arthur Jenkins– percussion
- Bobby Keys– tenor saxophone
- The Philharmonic Orchestra
- Little Big Horns – Ron Aprea (alto saxophone), Bobby Keys (tenor saxophone), Frank Vicari (tenor saxophone), Howard Johnson (baritone saxophone), Steve Madaio (trumpet)
- Harry Nilsson– backing vocals
- The 44th Street Fairies: Joey Dambra, Lori Burton, May Pang – backing vocals
- Shelly Yakus– engineer
- Jimmy Iovine– overdub engineer
- Roy Cicala– remix engineer
- May Pang – production coordinator
- Roy Kohara – art direction
- Bob Gruen– photography
Track listing:
All by John Lennon, except where noted.
Going Down on Love
- Whatever Gets You Thru the Night
- Old Dirt Road – John Lennon, Harry Nilsson
- What You Got
- Bless You
- Scare
- #9 Dream
- Surprise, Surprise (Sweet Bird of Paradox)
- Steel and Glass
- Beef Jerky
- Nobody Loves You (When You’re Down and Out)
- Ya Ya – Lee Dorsey, Clarence Lewis, Morgan Robinson, Morris Levy
Ryan Adams & The Cardinals: Jacksonville City Nights
On September 26, 2005, “Lost Highway” label released “Jacksonville City Nights”, the seventh Ryan Adams studio album. It was recorded in 2005, in Nashville, TN, and in New York City, and was produced by Tom Schick.
Personnel:
The Cardinals
- Ryan Adams – vocals, acoustic guitar, piano
- P. Bowersock – electric guitars
- Jon Graboff – pedal steel, backing vocals
- Catherine Popper – bass, piano, backing vocals
- Brad Pemberton – drums, percussion
- Bob Hoffnar – pedal steel
- Norah Jones – vocals, piano
- Glenn Patscha – piano, backing vocals
- Joe McGinty – piano
- Johnny T – drums
- Claudia Chopek – violin
- Michael Panes – violin
- David Gold – violin, viola.
- Julia Kent – cello.
- Byron Isaacs – backing vocals.
The Nashville String Machine
- Bergen White – arrangements, conductor
- Carl Gorodetsky, Pamela Sixfin, Conni Ellisor, Allan Umstead, David Angell, Cathy Umstead, Mary Kathryn Vanosdale – violin
- Kris Wilkinson, Gary Vanosdale, Jim Grosjean – viola
- Carole Rabinowitz, Bob Mason – cello
Track listing:
All lyrics by Ryan Adams, all music by Ryan Adams, J.P. Bowersock, Pemberton, Catherine Popper and Jon Graboff, except where noted.
- A Kiss Before I Go
- The End – Ryan Adams, Michael Panes
- Hard Way To Fall
- Dear John – Ryan Adams, Norah Jones
- The Hardest Part
- Games
- Silver Bullets
- Peaceful Valley
- September
- My Heart Is Broken – Ryan Adams, Caitlin Cary
- Trains – Ryan Adams, Michael Panes
- Pa
- Withering Heights
- Don’t Fall Me Now
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