Tag Archives: Simon Howes

Public Service Broadcasting: Every Valley

On July 7, 2017, “PIAS Recordings” label released “Every Valley”, the third Public Service Broadcasting studio album. It was recorded January – February 2017, at “Leeders Vale Studios” and “Ebbw Vale Institute” in Ebbw Vale, Wales, and was produced by J. Willgoose Esq.

Personnel:

  • J Willgoose, Esq. – vocals, guitars, synths, percussion, wurlitzer, mixing
  • JF Abraham – bass guitar, trumpet, percussion,  brass and string arrangements
  • Wrigglesworth – drums, percussion, glockenspiel, vibraphone, monster clap
  • Rittipo – bass clarinet, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, alto saxophone
  • Toby Street – trumpet
  • Edward Hallinan – tuba
  • Kevin O’Hara – French horn
  • Oliver Hickie – French horn
  • James Pillai – French horn
  • Craig MacDonald – French horn
  • Iain Maxwell – tenor trombone, bass trombone
  • Barnaby Philpott – bass trombone, tenor trombone
  • Holly Cook – double bass
  • Katey Day – double bass
  • Simon Howes – violin
  • Dan Jones – violin
  • Sue Lord – violin
  • Sarah Loveridge – violin
  • Naomi Rump – violin
  • Bernard Kane – viola
  • January Tewson – viola
  • Ian Vorley – viola
  • Abigail Blackman – cello
  • Emma Bryden – cello
  • Katy Cox – cello
  • Beaufort Male Choir – choir vocals
  • James Dean Bradfield– vocals
  • Lisa Jên Brown– vocals
  • Tracyanne Campbell– vocals, vocoder
  • Haiku Salut- vocals, accordion, percussion
  • Paul Blakeman – recording setup
  • Jack Bonney – studio setup
  • James Campbell – engineer
  • Jon Constantine – engineer assistant
  • Matt Davies – drum tech
  • Giles Floodgate – studio setup
  • Phil Armson – art direction, design
  • Gerard Saint – art direction, design
  • Hannah Benkwitz – album cover
  • Andrew MacColl – band photography

Track listing:

All tracks by J. Willgoose, Esq., except where noted.

  1. Every Valley
  2. The Pit
  3. People Will Always Need Coal
  4. Progress
  5. Go to the Road
  6. All Out
  7. Turn No More – James Dean Bradfield, Idris Davies, J. Willgoose, Esq
  8. They Gave Me a Lamp – Gemma Barkerwood, Sophie Barkerwood, Louise Croft, JFAbraham, Willgoose, Esq
  9. You + Me – Lisa Jên Brown, Willgoose, Esq
  10. Mother of the Village
  11. Take Me Home – Rod Edwards, Roger Hand

Manic Street Preachers: Postcards From A Young Man

On September 20, 2010, “Columbia” label released “Postcards from a Young Man”, the tenth Manic Street Preachers studio album. It was recorded October 2009 – June 2010, at “Faster Studio” in Cardiff, Wales, and was produced by James Dean Bradfield, Nicky Wire, Sean Moore, Dave Eringa and Loz Williams.

Personnel:

  • James Dean Bradfield– lead vocals, lead and rhythm guitar, mandola
  • Nicky Wire– lead and backing vocals, bass guitar, acoustic guitar
  • Ian McCulloch– co-lead vocals
  • John Cale– keyboards, noise
  • Duff McKagan– bass guitar
  • Sean Moore– drums, percussion, trumpet
  • Loz Williams – piano, Hammond organ, mellotron
  • Nick Naysmith – piano, Hammond organ
  • Andy Walters – strings, string arrangements
  • Joanna Walters, Carly Worsford, Bernard Kane, Simon Howes, Nathan Stone, Richard Phillips, Claudine Liddington – strings
  • Catrin Wyn Southall – vocal arrangements, backing vocals
  • Melissa Henry, Osian Rowlands, Gareth Treseder, Fflur Rowlands, Roland George, Aled Powys Williams – backing vocals
  • Loz Williams – engineer
  • Dave Eringa– engineer, mixing
  • Chris Lord-Alge, Tom Elmhirst– mixing
  • Howie Weinberg– mastering

Track listing:

All lyrics by Nicky Wire; all music by James Dean Bradfield and Sean Moore, except where noted.

  1. (It’s Not War) Just the End of Love
  2. Postcards from a Young Man
  3. Some Kind of Nothingness – Wire
  4. The Descent (Pages 1 & 2)
  5. Hazelton Avenue
  6. Auto-Intoxication
  7. Golden Platitudes
  8. I Think I Found It – James Dean Bradfield
  9. A Billion Balconies Facing the Sun
  10. All We Make Is Entertainment
  11. The Future Has Been Here 4Ever
  12. Don’t be Evil