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Richard Dawson: The Ruby Cord

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On November 18, 2022, “Domino Recording Company” label released “The Ruby Cord”, the seventh Richard Dawson studio album. It was recorded in 2022, at “Blank Studios” in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, and was produced by Sam Grant and Richard Dawson.

Personnel:

  • Richard Dawson – vocals, guitar, bass, synthesizer, sounds
  • Andrew Cheetham – drums
  • Angharad Davies – violin
  • Rhodri Davies – harp
  • Anna Girvan, Cath Tyler, Claire Welford, Dawn Bothwell, Kate Craddock, Nev Clay, Phil Tyler, Rachael Macarthur, Rhodri Davies, Sally Pilkington, Vic Eynon – chorus
  • Sam Grant – recording, mixing
  • Christian Wright – mastering
  • Jake Blanchard – artwork
  • Matthew Cooper – design
  • Paul J. Street – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Richard Dawson.

  1. The Hermit
  2. Thicker Than Water
  3. The Fool
  4. Museum
  5. The Tip of an Arrow
  6. No-One
  7. Horse and Rider

Roland Kirk: The Roland Kirk Quartet Meets The Benny Golson Orchestra

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In November 1963, “Mercury” label released “The Roland Kirk Quartet Meets the Benny Golson Orchestra”, the seventh Roland Kirk album. It was recorded in June 1963 in New York City.

Personnel:

  • Roland Kirk – tenor saxophone, manzello, stritch, flute, siren
  • Harold Mabern – piano
  • Abdullah Rafik – bass
  • Sonny Brown – drums

The Benny Golson Orchestra

  • Benny Golson – conductor, arranger
  • Richard Williams, Virgil Jones – trumpet
  • Charles Greenlee, Tom McIntosh – trombone
  • Don Butterfield – tuba
  • Richard Davis – bass
  • Albert Heath – drums
  • Dezső Csanády – artwork
  • Leonard Feather – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Roland Kirk, except where noted.

  1. Ecclusiastics – Charles Mingus
  2. By Myself – Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz
  3. Roland Speaks – Roland Kirk, Benny Golson
  4. A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square – Manning Sherwin, Eric Maschwitz
  5. Variations on a Theme by Hindemith
  6. I’ve Got Your Number – Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh
  7. Between the Fourth and the Fifth Step
  8. April Morning
  9. Get in the Basement
  10. Abstract Improvisation

Dream Theater: Train Of Thought

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On November 11, 2003, “Elektra” label released “Train of Thought”, the seventh Dream Theater studio album. It was recorded March – September, at “Cove City Sound Studios”, “Pie Studios” and “Beat Street Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Mike Portnoy and Mike Petrucci.

Personnel:

  • James LaBrie – lead vocals
  • John Petrucci – guitars
  • Jordan Rudess – keyboards
  • John Myung – bass
  • Mike Portnoy – drums
  • Eugene Friesen – cello
  • Doug Oberkircher – engineer
  • Kieran Pardias, Brian Harding – engineer assistant
  • Yohei Goto – additional recording engineer assistant
  • Kevin “Caveman” Shirley – mixing
  • Dan Buchi – mixing assistant
  • Howie Weinberg – mastering
  • Roger Lian – digital editing
  • Jerry Uelsmann – artwork, photography
  • Anita Marisa Boriboon – art direction

Track listing:

All lyrics as noted, all music composed by John Myung, John Petrucci, Mike Portnoy and Jordan Rudess except where noted.

  1. As I Am – lyrics by John Petrucci
  2. This Dying Soul – lyrics by John Petrucci
  3. IV. Reflections of Reality (revisited)
  4. V. Releas
  5. Endless Sacrifice – lyrics by John Petrucci
  6. Honor Thy Father – Mike Portnoy
  7. Vacant – music by John Myung, Jordan Rudess, lyrics by James LaBrie
  8. Stream of Consciousness
  9. In the Name of God – lyrics by John Petrucci

Marianne Faithfull: Broken English

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On November 2, 1979, “island” label released “Broken English”, the seventh Marianne Faithfull studio album. It was recorded May – July 1979, at “Matrix Studios” in London, and was produced by Mark Miller Mundy.

Personnel:

  • Marianne Faithfull – vocals
  • Barry Reynolds – guitar
  • Joe Mavety – guitar
  • Guy Humphries – guitar
  • Steve Winwood – keyboards
  • Steve York – bass
  • Terry Stannard – drums
  • Morris Pert – percussion
  • Jim Cuomo – saxophone
  • Darryl Way – violin
  • Dyan Birch – backing vocals
  • Frankie Collins – backing vocals
  • Isabella Dulaney – backing vocals
  • Mark Miller Mundy – arrangements
  • Bob Potter – engineer, mixing
  • Ed Thacker – mixing
  • Dennis Morris – sleeve photography

Track listing:

  1. Broken English – Marianne Faithful, Barry Reynolds, Joe Mavety, Steve York, Terry Standard
  2. Witches Song – Marianne Faithfull, Barry Reynolds, Joe Mavety, Terry Standard
  3. Brain Drain – Ben Brierly
  4. Guilt – Barry Reynolds
  5. The Ballad of Lucy Jordan – Shel Silverstein
  6. What’s the Hurry – Joe Mavety
  7. Working Class Hero – John Lennon
  8. Why D’Ya Do It – Heathcote Williams, Marianne Faithfull, Barry Reynolds, Joe Mavety, Terry Standard

Thelonious MonkQuartet featuring Sonny Rollins: Sonny Rollins And Thelonious Monk Quartet

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In November 1954, “Prestige” label released “Sonny Rollins and Thelonious Monk Quartet”, album by Thelonious Monk Quartet featuring Sonny Rollins (the seventh Thelonious Monk album). It was recorded in October 1954, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was released as 10” LP.

Personnel:

  • Thelonious Monk – piano
  • Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
  • Tommy Potter – bass
  • Art Taylor – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer

Track listing:

  1. The Way You Look Tonight (As The Way You Blow Tonight) – Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern
  2. I Want to Be Happy – Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans
  3. More Than You Know – Edward Eliscu, Billy Rose, Vincent Youmans

Sparks: Introducing Sparks

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In October 1977, “Columbia” label released “Introducing Sparks”, the seventh Sparks album. It was recorded in 1977, at “Larrabee Sound” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Jimmy Lenner, Terry Powell, Ron Mael and Russell Mael.

Personnel:

  • Russell Mael – lead and backing vocals
  • Ron Mael – keyboards, arrangements
  • Alan Broadbent, Ben Benay, David Foster, Ed Greene, David Paich, Mike Porcaro, Reinie Press, Lee Ritenour, Thom Rotella – musicians
  • Tom Bahler, Al Capps, Stan Farber, Jim Haas, Ron Hicklin, Mark Piscitelli, Nick Uhrig – backing vocals
  • Lenny Roberts – engineer
  • Betsy Banghart, Randy Tominaga – engineer assistant
  • Al Capps – arrangements
  • John Kehe, Tommy Steele – design
  • Bob Seidemann – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Ron Mael and Russell Mael.

  1. A Big Surprise
  2. Occupation
  3. Ladies
  4. I’m Not
  5. Forever Young
  6. Goofing Off
  7. Girls on the Brain
  8. Over the Summer
  9. Those Mysteries

The Hidden Cameras: Home On Native Land

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On October 28, 2016, “Outside Music” label released “Home on Native Land”, the seventh Hidden Cameras (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2016, at “Rooster Recording Studio”, and was produced by Joel Gibb. 

Personnel:

  • Joel Gibb – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, banjo, piano, keyboards, drums, additional recording
  • Afie Jurvanen – electric guitar
  • Sam Gleason – guitar
  • Stew Crookes – pedal steel guitar, additional recording, mixing
  • Tim Bovaconti – lap steel guitar
  • Ron Sexsmith – piano, vocal
  • Laura Barrett – piano
  • Paul Mathew – double bass
  • Jon Hynes – bass
  • Don Kerr – drums, backing vocals, recording, mixing
  • John Power – drums
  • Lex Vaughn – drums
  • Aisslin Hosky – violin
  • Jamie McCarthy – violin
  • Andrew Eng – violin
  • Lief Mosbauh – viola
  • Marla Hansen – viola
  • Amy Laing – cello
  • Mike Olsen – cello
  • Ivan Turkalj – cello
  • Carly Stasko – handclaps
  • Trevor Norris – handclaps
  • Courtney Harrell – vocal
  • Sandy Mack – vocal
  • Jessica Joi – vocal
  • Danniel Gesundheit – vocal
  • Faye Allen – vocal
  • Allie X, Craig White, Reg Vermue, Jan Klesse, Jens Schärdel, Jordan Hunt, Tom Wu, Verity Susman – choir
  • Neil Tennant – backing vocals
  • Rufus Wainwright – backing vocals
  • Mary Margaret O’Hara – backing vocals
  • Leslie Feist – backing vocals
  • Courtney Harrell, Sandy Mack – backing vocals
  • Coco Morier – backing vocals, additional recording
  • Chris Lowe – additional recording
  • Andrew Rosriguez – additional recording
  • James Butnon – additional recording
  • Nicolas Sierig – additional recording
  • Dan Misha Goldman – additional recording
  • Robbie Lackritz – additional recording, mixing
  • Shepemod – mixing
  • Jeff Carroll – mastering
  • Raymond Larabie – design
  • Jeff Harris – design, photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Joel Gibb, excepted where noted.

  1. The Day I Left Home
  2. He is the Boss of Me
  3. Ode To an Ah
  4. Dark End of the Street – Chips Moman, Dan Penn
  5. You and Me Again
  6. Last Driver’s Waltz – Wade Hemsworth
  7. Be What I Want
  8. Counting Stars
  9. The Great Reward
  10. Big Blue
  11. Don’t Make Promises – Tim Hardin
  12. Drunk Dancer’s Waltz
  13. Had a Feeling Bout You
  14. Twilight of the Season

Galahad: The Last Great Adventurer

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On October 24, 2022, “Avalon Records” label released “The Last Great Adventurer”, the seventh Galahad album. It was recorded in 2022, and was produced by Karl Groom, Stuart Nicholson, Lee Abraham, Dean Baker, Mark Spencer and Spencer Luckman.

Personnel:

  • Stuart Nicholson – lead and backing vocals, arrangements, recording, engineer
  • Lee Abraham – acoustic and electric guitar, backing vocals, additional guitar orchestration, recording, engineer, arrangements
  • Dean Baker – keyboards, orchestration, programming, backing vocals, recording, engineer, arrangements
  • Mark Spencer – bass guitar, triangle, backing vocals, arrangements, recording, engineer
  • Spencer Luckman – drums, percussion, triangle, arrangements
  • Karl Groom – recording, engineer, editing, mixing, mastering
  • Paul Tippett – artwork, design

Track listing:

  1. Alive – Dean Baker, Stuart Nicholson
  2. Omega Lights – Dean Baker, Stuart Nicholson
  3. Part One: Alpha
  4. Part Two: Omega
  5. Blood, Skin and Bone – Dean Baker, Koburg, Stuart Nicholson
  6. Enclosure 1764 – Dean Baker, Stuart Nicholson
  7. The Last Great Adventurer – Stuart Nicholson, Lee Abraham, Dean Baker, Mark Spencer, Spencer Luckman

Lucero: 1372 Overton Park

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On October 6, 2009, “Universal Republic Records” label, released “1372 Overton Park”, the seventh Lucero album.

Personnel:

  • Ben Nichols – vocals, guitar
  • Brian Venable – guitar
  • Rick Steff – piano, Hammond organ, accordion
  • John C. Stubblefield – bass
  • Roy Berry – drums, percsussion
  • Todd Beene – steel guitar

Track listing:

  1. Smoke
  2. What Are You Willing to Lose?
  3. Sounds of the City
  4. Can’t Feel a Thing
  5. The Devil and Maggie Chascarillo
  6. Sixes and Sevens
  7. Goodbye Again
  8. Johnny Davis
  9. Darken My Door
  10. Halfway Wrong
  11. Hey Darlin’ Do You Gamble?
  12. Mom

Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show: Pleasure And Pain

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On October 6, 1978, “Capitol” label released “Pleasure and Pain”, the seventh Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show studio album. It was recorded in 1978, at “Muscle Shoals Sound Studio” in Sheffield, Alabama, and was produced by Rob Haffkine.

Personnel:

  • Ray Sawyer – lead vocals
  • Dennis Locorriere – lead vocals, lead guitar, bass, harmonica
  • Rik Elswit – vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Billy Francis – keyboards, backing vocals
  • Jance Garfat – bass
  • John Wolters – vocals, drums, percussion
  • Bob “Willard” Henke – vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • Marilyn Martin – backing vocals
  • Nancy Nash – backing vocals
  • Michael Kanarek – artwork

Track listing:

  1. Sharing the Night Together – Ava Aldridge, Eddie Struzick
  2. Sweetest of All – Shel Silverstein
  3. Storms Never Last – Jessi Colter
  4. I Don’t Want to Be Alone Tonight – Shel Silverstein
  5. Knowing She’s There – Shel Silverstein, Dennis Locorriere
  6. Clyde – J. J. Cale
  7. When You’re in Love with a Beautiful Woman – Even Stevens
  8. Dooley Jones – Hazel Smith, Walter Carter
  9. I Gave Her Comfort – Shel Silverstein, Dennis Locorriere
  10. You Make My Pants Want to Get up and Dance – Sam Weedman