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Al Green: I’m Still In Love With You

On October 23, 1972, “Hi” label released “I’m Still in Love with You”, the fifth Al Green studio album. It was recorded in 1972, at “Royal Recording Studios” in Memphis, Tennessee, and was produced by Willie Mitchell. In 2012, the album was ranked number 286 on the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time” by “Rolling Stone”.

Personnel:

  • Al Green – lead vocals
  • Mabon “Teenie” Hodges – guitar
  • Charles Hodges – organ, piano, drums
  • Leroy Hodges – bass
  • Howard Grimes – drums, rhythm section
  • Al Jackson Jr. – drums
  • Ed Logan – tenor horn, tenor saxophone
  • Andrew Love – tenor horn, tenor saxophone
  • Wayne Jackson – horn section, trumpet
  • Jack Hale, Sr. – horn section, trombone
  • Charles Chalmers – backing vocals, arranger, horn and string arrangements
  • Sandra Chalmers – backing vocals
  • Donna Rhodes – backing vocals
  • Sandra Rhodes – backing vocals
  • James Mitchell – string and horn arrangements, tenor horn, baritone saxophone
  • Willie Mitchell – engineer
  • Larry Walsh – mastering
  • Pete Welding – assistant
  • Cheryl Pawelski – assistant
  • Pam Brady – assistant
  • Robert Gordon – liner notes
  • Tom Cartwright – project director

Track listing:

  1. I’m Still In Love With You – Al Green, Al Jackson Jr, Willie Mitchell
  2. I’m Glad You’re Mine – Al Green
  3. Love and Happiness – Al Green, Mabon Hodges
  4. What a Wonderful Thing Love Is – Al Green
  5. Simply Beautiful – Al Green
  6. Oh Pretty Woman – Bill Dees, Roy Orbison
  7. For the Good Times – Kris Kristofferson
  8. Look What You Done for Me – Al Green, Al Jackson, Willie Mitchell
  9. One of These Good Old Day – Al Green

Arto Lindsay: Mundo Civilizado

On May 20, 1987, “Bar None” label released “Mundo Civilizado”, the second Arto Lindsay studio album. It was recorded in 1987, at “Rykodisc Ltd.”, “Estúdios WR”, “Svuga Svuga Studios”, “Platinum Island Studios”, and was produced by Arto Lindsay, Andrés Levin and Camus Maré Celli.

Personnel:

  • Arto Lindsay – vocals, guitar, sequences
  • – guitar, tamborim, pandeiro, surdo, handclaps
  • Marc Ribot – guitar
  • Romeo Lubambo – guitar
  • Amadeo Pace – guitar
  • Andres Levin – piano
  • Bernie Worrell – Hamond B3
  • Peter Scherer – Wurlitzer piano, keyboards
  • Camus Celli – accordion
  • Melvin Gibbs – bass, sequences
  • Dougie Bowne – drums, loops
  • Gustavo de Dalva – percussion, surdo, djembe, caixa, repinique
  • Roy Nathanson – saxophone
  • Don Byron – bass clarinet
  • Marcus Rojas – tuba
  • Jaques Morelenbaum – cello
  • Boghan, Marcio Tchin – surdo, djembe, caixa, repinique
  • DJ Spooky – samples, effects
  • Mutamassik – samples
  • C-n-A – programming, recording, mixing
  • Pat Dillet – recording, mixing
  • Bill Importico, Novelle Stephenson, Vaughn Sessions – mixing
  • Howie Weinberg – mastering
  • Diego Cortez – art direction, photography
  • Philip Taaffe – artwork
  • Deoscóredes Maximiliano Dos Santos, Keith Sonnier, Lynn Davis – artwork
  • Step Graphics, Tony Morgan – design
  • Nan Goldin – photograhy
  • Yutaka Goto – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Arto Lindsay and Vinicius Cantuaria, except where noted.

  1. Complicity
  2. Q Samba
  3. Simply Beautiful – Al Green
  4. Mundo Civilizado
  5. Titled
  6. Horizontal
  7. Mar da Gávea
  8. Imbassaí
  9. Pleasure
  10. Erotic City – Prince
  11. Clown