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Luna: Randezvous

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On October 26, 2004, “Jetset” label released “Rendezvous”, the seventh Luna album. It was recorded in 2004, and was produced by Bryce Goggin.

Personnel:

  • Dean Wareham – vocals, guitar
  • Sean Eden – vocals, guitar, bass
  • Lee Wall – drums
  • Britta Phillips – backing vocals
  • Bryce Goggin – engineer, mixing
  • Geoff Sanoff – engineer, remix
  • Adam Sachs – additional engineering
  • David Voigt – additional engineering
  • Ray Ketchem – mixing
  • Scott Hull – mastering
  • Frank Olinsky – design
  • Chas Ray Krider – photography
  • Stefano Giovannini – band photography

Track listing:

All lyrics by Dean Wareham, except where noted, all music by Dean Wareham, Sean Eden and Lee Wall.

  1. Malibu Love Nest
  2. Cindy Tastes of Barbecue
  3. Speedbumps
  4. The Owl and the Pussycat – Sean Eden, Dean Wareham
  5. Astronaut – Lee Wall, Dean Wareham
  6. Broken Chair – Sean Eden
  7. Star-Spangled Man – Lee Wall, Dean Wareham
  8. Motel Bambi
  9. Still at Home – Sean Eden
  10. Buffalo Boots
  11. Rainbow Babe

Jethro Tull: War Child

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On October 14, 1974, “Chrysalis” label released “War Child”, the seventh Jethro Tull studio album. It was recorded December 1973 – February 1974, at “Morgan Studios” in London, “Château d’Hérouville” in France, and was produced by Ian Anderson.

Personnel:

  • Ian Anderson – vocals, flute, acoustic guitar, alto, soprano and sopranino saxophones
  • Martin Barre – electric guitar, Spanish guitar
  • John Evan – piano, organ, synthesizers, accordion
  • Jeffrey Hammond – lead vocals, spoken word, bass guitar, string bass
  • Barriemore Barlow – drums, percussion, glockenspiel, marimba
  • Dee Palmer – orchestral arrangements
  • Robin Black – engineer
  • Terry Ellis – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Ian Anderson, except where noted.

  1. War Child
  2. Queen and Country
  3. Ladies
  4. Back-Door Angels
  5. Sealion
  6. Skating Away on the Thin Ice of the New Day
  7. Bungle in the Jungle
  8. Only Solitaire
  9. The Third Hoorah
  10. Two Fingers

Merle Haggard And The Strangers: Mama Tried

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On October 3, 1968, “Capitol” label released “Mama Tried”, the seventh Merle Haggard and the Strangers studio album. It was recorded February – March, 1968, ay “Capitol Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Ken Nelson. In 1999, the album title song won the “Grammy Hall of Fame Award”.

Personnel:

  • Merle Haggard – vocals, guitar

The Strangers:

  • Roy Nichols – guitar
  • Norman Hamlet – steel guitar
  • George French – piano
  • Jerry Ward – bass
  • Eddie Burris – drums
  • Lewis Talley – guitar
  • Tommy Collins – guitar
  • Billy Mize – guitar
  • Glen Campbell – guitar
  • James Burton – guitar
  • Bonnie Owens – harmony vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Merle Haggard, except where noted.

  1. Mama Tried
  2. Green, Green Grass of Home – Curly Putman
  3. Little Ole Wine Drinker Me – Dick Jennings, Hank Mills
  4. In the Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad) – Dolly Parton
  5. I Could Have Gone Right – Mel Tillis
  6. I’ll Always Know
  7. The Sunny Side of Me
  8. Teach Me to Forget – Leon Payne
  9. Folsom Prison Blues – Johnny Cash
  10. Run ‘Em Off – Troy Martin, Onie Wheeler
  11. You’ll Never Love Me Now
  12. Too Many Bridges to Cross Over – Dallas Frazier

The Brecker Brothers: Out of the Loop

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On September 30, 1994, “GRP” label released “Out of the Loop”, the seventh and final Brecker Brothers (The) album. It was recorded April – August 1992, and was produced by George Whitty, Maz Kessler and Robbie Kilgore. In 1995 the album won two “Grammy Awards” – “Best Contemporary Jazz Performance” and “Best Instrumental Composition”.

Personnel:

  • Michael Brecker – soprano and tenor saxophone, Akai EWI, arrangements
  • Randy Brecker – trumpet, flugelhorn, arrangements
  • George Whitty – keyboards, Hammond organ bass, acoustic piano, keyboard programming, arrangements
  • Chris Botti – keyboard programming, bass and drum programming, arrangements
  • Andy Snitzer – keyboard programming, bass and drum programming, arrangements
  • Maz Kessler – keyboards, rhythm programming, arrangements
  • Robbie Kilgore – guitars, keyboards, rhythm programming, arrangements
  • Eliane Elias – vocals, keyboards, vocals, arrangements
  • Dean Brown – guitars, electric guitar
  • Larry Saltzman – guitars
  • James Genus – bass, acoustic bass
  • Armand Sabal-Lecco – bass, acoustic piccolo bass
  • Steve Jordan – drums
  • Shawn Pelton – drums
  • Rodney Holmes – drums
  • Steve Thornton – percussion
  • Mark Ledford – additional backing vocals
  • James Farber – recording, mixing
  • George Whitty – additional recording
  • Chris Botti – additional recording
  • Andy Snitzer – additional recording
  • Rich Lamb – additional recording
  • Maz Kessler – mixing, additional recording
  • Robbie Kilgore – mixing, additional recording
  • “Q” Engstrom – mixing
  • Scott Hull – mastering
  • Elaine Elias – editing
  • Ron Bach – editing engineer
  • Hiro Ishihara – engineer assistant
  • Chris Albert – mixing assistant
  • Scott Austin – mixing assistant
  • Rory Romano – mixing assistant
  • Robert Smith – mixing assistant
  • Joseph Doughney – post-production engineer
  • Michael Landy – post-production engineer
  • Cara Bridgins – production coordinator
  • Joseph Moore – assistant production coordinator
  • Sonny Mediana – production director, art direction
  • Andy Baltimore – creative director
  • Darryl Pitt – cover concept
  • Laurie Goldman – design
  • Matt Zumbo – front cover illustration
  • Kim Steele – back cover photography
  • Dave Grusin – executive producer
  • Larry Rosen – executive producer

Track listing:

  1. Slang – Michael Brecker
  2. Evocations – Chris Botti, Michael Brecker
  3. Scrunch – Randy Brecker, Michael Brecker, Maz Kessler, Robbie Kilgore
  4. Secret Heart – Randy Brecker, Eliane Elias
  5. African Skies – Michael Brecker
  6. When It Was – Randy Brecker, Michael Brecker, Maz Kessler, Robbie Kilgore
  7. Harpoon – Randy Brecker
  8. The Nightwalker – Michael Brecker
  9. And Then She Wept – Randy Brecker

Stereolab: Sound-Dust

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On August 28, 2001, “Elektra” and “Duophonic” labels released “Sound-Dust”, the seventh Stereolab studio album. It was recorded October 2000 – February 2001, at “Soma” in Chicago, Illinois, and was produced by John McEntire and Jim O’Rourke.

Personnel:

  • Tim Gane – acoustic and electric guitars, piano, Rhodes, Rock-Si-Chord, Wurlitzer pianos, clavinet, electric harpsichord, Farfisa organ, celesta, electronics, tape echo and delay, mixing
  • Simon Johns – six-string bass, mixing
  • Andy Ramsay – drums, mixing
  • Lætitia Sadier – vocals, percussion, whistling, sound effects, mixing
  • Mary Hansen – vocals, percussion, whistling, sound effects, mixing
  • Sean O’Hagan – acoustic and electric guitars, piano, Pianet, Rhodes, Rock-Si-Chord, and Wurlitzer pianos, clavinet, electric harpsichord, Farfisa organ, celesta, brass and flute arrangements
  • Jim O’Rourke – acoustic and electric guitars, piano, Pianet, Rhodes, Rock-Si-Chord, and Wurlitzer pianos, clavinet, electric harpsichord, Farfisa organ, celesta, vibraphone, marimba, glockenspiel, electronics, tape echo and delay, engineer, mixing
  • John McEntire – piano, Pianet, Rhodes, Rock-Si-Chord, and Wurlitzer pianos, clavinet, electric harpsichord, Farfisa organ, celesta, vibraphone, marimba, glockenspiel, electronics, tape echo and delay, percussion, whistling, sound effects, engineer, mixing
  • Tim Barnes – bongo drum
  • Dave Max Crawford – trumpet
  • Jeb Bishop – trombone
  • Mikael Jorgensen – electric harpsichord, Rhodes piano
  • Glenn Kotche – crotales, marimba 
  • Rob Mazurek – cornet
  • Rob Mazurek – cornet
  • Paul Mertens – flute, bass harmonica
  • Chad Taylor – cymbals, drums
  • Tim Barnes – bongo drum
  • Dave Max Crawford – trumpet
  • Jeb Bishop – trombone
  • Andy Robinson – brass and flute arrangements
  • Mikael Jorgensen – electric harpsichord, Rhodes piano
  • Glenn Kotche – crotales, marimba
  • Mike Jorgensen – computer assistance
  • Steve Rooke – mastering
  • Jeremy Lemos – additional engineering
  • House – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Tim Gane and Lætitia Sadier, except where noted.

  1. Black Ants in Sound Dust
  2. Space Moth
  3. Captain Easychord
  4. Baby Kuku
  5. The Black Arts
  6. Hallucinex
  7. Double Rocker
  8. Gus the Mynah Bird
  9. Naught More Terrific Than Man
  10. Nothing to Do with Me – Tim Gane, Lætitia Sadier, Chris Morris
  11. Suggestion Diabolique
  12. Les Bons Bons des Raisons

And So I Watch You from Afar: Megafauna

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On August 9, 2024, “Velocity” label released “Megafauna”, the seventh And So I Watch You from Afar studio album. It was recorded in September 2022, at “Attica Audio” in Donegal. Ireland, and was produced by Tommy McLaughlin, Rory Friers, Niall Kennedy, Chris Wee, and Ewen Friers.

Personnel:

  • Rory Friers – guitar, string arrangements, piano arrangements, mixing, photography
  • Niall Kennedy – guitar
  • Ewen Friers – bass
  • Chris Wee – drums
  • Michael Keeney – piano, string arrangements, piano arrangements
  • Arco String Quartet – strings
  • Tommy McLaughlin – engineer, mixing
  • Katie Tavini – mastering
  • Glenn Kennedy – design
  • Ciara McMillan – cover photography
  • Nicholas Sayers – band photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Rory Friers, Niall Kennedy, Chris Wee, and Ewen Friers.

  1. North Coast Megafauna
  2. Do Mór
  3. Gallery of Honour
  4. Mother Belfast (Part 1)
  5. Mother Belfast (Part 2)
  6. Years Ago
  7. Any Joy
  8. Button Days
  9. Me and Dunbar

Paul Revere & The Riders: Revolution!

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On August 7, 1967, “Columbia” label released “Revolution!”, the seventh Paul Revere & the Raiders studio album. It was recorded in 1967, and was produced by Terry Melcher.

Personnel:

  • Paul Revere – vocals, keyboards
  • Keith Allison, James Burton, Glen Campbell, Jerry Cole, Ry Cooder, Mike Deasy,
    Joel Scott Hill, Drake Levin, Taj Mahal, Jim Valley, Freddy Weller – guitars
  • Ron Collins, Larry Knechtel – keyboards
  • Terry Hoffman – harmonica
  • Charlie Coe, Chris Ethridge, Joe Osborn, Ray Pohlman, Phil Volk – bass
  • Hal Blaine, Joe Correro, Jim Gordon, Jim Keltner, Mike “Smitty” Smith – drums
  • Mark Lindsay, Charles Shoemaker, Ed Thigpen – percussion
  • Jim Horn, John Kelson, Mark Lindsay, Jay Migliori, Plas Johnson, Tom Scott – saxophone
  • Lou Blackburn, Roy Caton, Jules Chaikin, Lew McCreary, Ollie Mitchell – horn
  • Margaret Aue, Israel Baker, Jimmy Bond, David Burke, Nathan Kaproff, George Kast, Jan Kelley, Lou Klass, Raphael Kramer, William Kurasch, Emmet Sargeant, Ralph Schaeffer, Albert Steinberg, Joseph Stepansky- strings

Track listing:

All tracks by Mark Lindsay and Terry Melcher.

  1. Him or Me – What’s It Gonna Be?
  2. Reno
  3. Upon Your Leaving
  4. Mo’reen
  5. Wanting You
  6. Gone – Movin’ On
  7. I Had a Dream
  8. Tighter
  9. Make It with Me
  10. Ain’t Nobody Who Can Do It Like Leslie Can
  11. I Hear a Voice

George Benson: Tell It Like It Is

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In July 1969, “A&M” label released “Tell It Like It Is”, the seventh George Benson album. It was recorded April – May 1969, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.

Personnel:

  • George Benson – vocals, guitar
  • Rodgers Grant, Richard Tee – piano
  • Bob Bushnell, Jerry Jemmott, Jim Fielder – bass guitar
  • Leo Morris – drums
  • Paul Alicea, Angel Allende, Johnny Pacheco – percussion
  • Arthur Clarke, Bob Porcelli, Hubert Laws, Jerome Richardson, Joe Farrell, Joe Henderson, Sonny Fortune – saxophone
  • Lew Soloff – trumpet
  • Marty Sheller – arrangements, conductor
  • Pete Turner – photography

Track listing:

  1. Soul Limbo – Booker T. & the M.G.’s
  2. Are You Happy – Theresa Bell, Jerry Butler, Kenneth Gamble
  3. Tell It Like It Is – George Davis, Lee Diamond
  4. Land of 1000 Dances – Chris Kenner
  5. Jackie, All – Eumir Deodato
  6. Don’t Cha Hear Me Callin’ to Ya – Rudy Stevenson
  7. Water Brother – Don Sebesky
  8. My Woman’s Good to Me – Billy Sherrill, Glenn Sutton
  9. Jama Joe – George Benson
  10. My Cherie Amour – Stevie Wonder, Henry Cosby, Sylvia Moy
  11. Out in the Cold Again – Ted Koehler, Rube Bloom

Interpol: The Other Side Of Make Believe

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On July 15, 2022, “Matador” label released “The Other Side of Make Believe”, the seventh Interpol studio album. It was recorded September 2021 – January 2022, at “Battery Studios” in London, and was produced by Mark “Fllod” Ellis.

Personnel:

  • Paul Banks – vocals, bass guitar, rhythm guitar
  • Daniel Kessler – lead guitar, piano
  • Sam Fogarino – drums
  • Flood – guest vocals
  • Richie Kennedy – guest vocals
  • Juliet Seger – guest vocals
  • Jacob Tressider – guest vocals
  • Richie Kennedy – recording, additional production
  • Ed Farrell – engineer assistant
  • Tom Herbert – mixing
  • Alan Moulder – mixing, additional production
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Steve Fallone – mastering
  • Jacob Tressider – studio assistant
  • Undercard (Matt de Jong, Jamie-James Medina) – artwork
  • Tim Head – front cover art
  • Nicolas Ortega – rear cover art
  • Atiba Jefferson – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Paul Banks, Sam Fogarino and Daniel Kessler.

  1. Toni
  2. Fables
  3. Into the Night
  4. Mr. Credit
  5. Something Changed
  6. Renegade Hearts
  7. Passenger
  8. Greenwich
  9. Grand Hotel
  10. Big Shot City
  11. Go Easy (Palermo)

Mystery: Lies And Butterflies

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On July 14, 2018, “Unicorn Digital” label released “Lies and Butterflies”, the seventh Mystery studio album. It was recorded in 2018, and was produced by Michel St-Père.

Personnel:

  • Jean Pageau – vocals, keyboards, flute
  • Michel St-Père – acoustic and electric guitars, keyboards
  • Sylvain Moineau – guitars, keyboards
  • François Fournier – bass guitar, Taurus pedals, keyboards
  • Jean-Sébastien Goyette – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Michel St-Père, except where noted.

  1. Looking for Something Else
  2. Come to Me
  3. How Do You Feel?
  4. Something to Believe In
  5. Dare to Dream – lyrics by Hans Raffelt, Jean Pageau, music by Jean Pageau
  6. Where Dreams Come Alive – lyrics by Michel St-Père, music by Sylvian Moineau
  7. Chrysalis