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Rory Gallagher: Calling Card

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On October 24, 1976, “Chrysalis” label released “Calling Card”, the sixth Rory Gallagher studio album. It was recorded in September 1976, at “Musicland Studios” in Munich, and was produced by Roger Glover and Rory Gallagher.

Personnel:

  • Rory Gallagher– vocals, guitar, harmonica
  • Lou Martin– keyboards
  • Gerry McAvoy– bass guitar
  • Rod de’Ath– drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Rory Gallagher.

  1. Do You Read Me
  2. Country Mile
  3. Moonchild
  4. Calling Card
  5. I’ll Admit You’re Gone
  6. Secret Agent
  7. Jack-Knife Beat
  8. Edged in Blue
  9. Barley and Grape Rag

Elvis Costello: Almost Blue

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On October 23, 1981, “F-Beat” label released “Almost Blue”, the sixth Elvis Costello album. It was recorded in May 1981, in Nashville, and was produced by Billy Sherrill.  Album cover was an homage to the 1963 “Blue Note” album “Midnight Blue” by Kenny Burrell.

Personnel:

  • Elvis Costello– vocals, guitar
  • John McFee– lead and pedal steel guitar
  • Steve Nieve– piano, organ
  • Bruce Thomas– bass
  • Pete Thomas– drums
  • Barney Bubbles – design

Track listing:

  1. Sweet Dreams – Don Gibson
  2. Success – Johnny Mullins
  3. I’m Your Toy – Gram Parsons, Chris Ethridge
  4. Tonight the Bottle Let Me Down – Merle Haggard
  5. Brown to Blue – George Jones, Virginia Franks, Country Johnny Mathis
  6. Good Year for the Roses – Jerry Chesnut
  7. Sittin’ and Thinkin – Charlie Rich
  8. Colour of the Blues – Lawton Williams, George Jones
  9. Too Far Gone – Billy Sherrill
  10. Honey Hush – Lou Willie Turner
  11. How Much I’ve Lied – Gram Parsons, Pam Rifkin

Ultravox: Quartet

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On October 15, 1982, “Chrysalis” label released “Quartet”, the sixth Ultravox studio album. It was recorded in 1982, and was produced by George Martin.

Personnel:

  • Midge Ure – lead vocals, guitar
  • Billy Currie– keyboards, violin
  • Chris Cross– bass, synthesizer, backing vocals
  • Warren Cann– drums, backing vocals
  • Geoff Emerick– engineer
  • Jon Jacobs – engineer assistanct
  • Peter Saville– design

Track listing:

All tracks by Warren Cann, Chris Cross, Billy Currie and Midge Ure.

  1. Reap the Wild Wind
  2. Serenade
  3. Mine for Life
  4. Hymn
  5. Visions in Blue
  6. When the Scream Subsides
  7. We Came to Dance
  8. Cut and Run
  9. The Song” (We Go)

Grateful Dead: Wake Of The Flood

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On October 15, 1973, “Grateful Dead” label released “Wake of the Flood”, the sixth Grateful Dead studio album. It was recorded in August 1973, and was produced by Jerry Garcia, Phil Lesh, Bill Kreutzman and Bob Weir..

Personnel:

  • Jerry Garcia– vocals, guitar, pedal steel guitar
  • Bob Weir– vocals, guitar
  • Donna Jean Godchaux– vocals
  • Keith Godchaux– vocals, keyboards
  • Phil Lesh– bass guitar
  • Bill Kreutzmann– drums
  • Sarah Fulcher – vocals
  • Matthew Kelly– harmonica
  • Martín Fierro – alto and tenor saxophone
  • Frank Morin – tenor saxophone
  • Bill Atwood– trumpet
  • Joe Ellis – trumpet
  • Pat O’Hara – trombone
  • Vassar Clements– violin
  • Doug Sahm– bajo sexto
  • Benny Velarde –timbales

Track listing:

All tracks by Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter,except where noted.

  1. Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo
  2. Let Me Sing Your Blues Away – Keith Godchaux, Robert Hunter
  3. Row Jimmy
  4. Stella Blue
  5. Here Comes Sunshine
  6. Eyes of the World
  7. Weather Report Suite
  • Prelude – Bob Weir
  • Part I – Eric Andersen, Bob Weir
  • Part II (Let It Grow) – John Perry Barlow, Bob Weir

U2: Rattle And Hum

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On October 10, 1988, “Island” label released “Rattle and Hum”, the sixth U2 studio album. It was recorded 1987 – 1988, at “Sun Studio” in Memphis; “Point Depot”; “Danesmoat”, and “STS Studio” in Dublin; “A&M Studios” and  “Ocean Way”  in Los Angeles, and live in various locations, and was produced by Jimmy Iovine. The album was accompanied by a rockumentary film directed by Phil Joanou. “Rattle and Hum” was certified 7 x Platinum in Canada by “Music Canada”; Platinum in Germany by “BVMI”; Platinum in Netherlands; 2 x Platinum in Switzerland by “IFPI Switzerland”; 4 x Platinum in UK by “BPI”, and 5 x Platinum in the US by “RIIA”.

Personnel:

  • Bono– lead vocals, additional guitar, harmonica
  • The Edge – lead and backing vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • Adam Clayton– bass guitar
  • Larry Mullen Jr.– drums, percussion
  • B. B. King– vocals, lead guitar
  • Bob Dylan– Hammond organ, backing vocals
  • Jimi Hendrix– electric guitar (sourced from “Woodstock: Music from the Original Soundtrack” and More as played through U2’s concert PA system)
  • Joey Miskulin – organ
  • Brian Eno– keyboards
  • Benmont Tench– Hammond organ
  • Satan and Adam (Sterling Magee and Adam Gussow) – vocals, guitar, percussion, harmonica
  • The Memphis Horns– horns
  • The New Voices of Freedom –gospel choir
  • George Pendergrass, Dorothy Terrell – vocal soloists
  • Rebecca Evans Russell, Phyllis Duncan, Helen Duncan – backing vocals
  • Van Dyke Parks– string arrangements

Track listing:

All lyrics by Bono, all music by Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr, except where noted.

  1. Helter Skelter” (live at Denver, Colorado) – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
  2. Van Diemen’s land – lyrics by The Edge
  3. Desire
  4. Hawkmoon
  5. All Along the Watchtower” (live from “Save the Yuppie Free Concert in San Francisco) – Bob Dylan
  6. I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” (live at Madison Square Garden, New York)
  7. Freedom For My People
  8. Silver and Gold” (live from Denver, Colorado)
  9. Pride (In the Name of Love)” (live from Denver, Colorado)
  10. Angel of Harlem
  11. Love Rescue Me
  12. When Love Comes to Town
  13. Heartland
  14. God Part II
  15. The Star Spangled Banner” (Live) – music by John Stafford
  16. Bullet the Blue Sky” (live at Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona)
  17. All I Want is You

They Might Be Giants: Factory Showroom

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On October 8, 1996, “Elektra” label released “Factory Showroom” the sixth They Might Be Giants studio album.It was recorded 1995 – 1996, and was produced by Pat Dillett.

  • John Flansburgh – lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitar
  • Eric Schermerhorn – lead electric guitar
  • John Linnell – vocals, backing vocals, synthesizers, organs, accordion, piano, Mellotron, clavinet
  • Graham Maby – electric and acoustic bass
  • Brian Doherty – drums, percussion
  • Lyle Workman – lead electric guitar
  • Jay Sherman-Godfrey – acoustic and electric slide guitar
  • Hal Cragin – electric bass
  • Yuval Gabay – drums
  • Steve Calhoon – drums
  • Sue Hadjopoulos – congas, percussion
  • Steve Light – vibraphon
  • Jim O’Connor – trumpet
  • Tim Newman – trombone
  • Ron Caswell – tuba
  • Gregor Kitzis – violin
  • Krystof Witek – violin
  • Ralph Farris – viola
  • Ron Lawrence – viola
  • Garo Yellin – cello
  • Amanda Homi – vocals
  • Amy Allison – vocal sample
  • Julian Koster – singing saw
  • Mo’ Funky Element – drum break sample

Track listing:

All tracks by They Might Be Giants, except where noted.

  1. Token Back To Brooklyn
  2. S-E-X-X-Y – They Might Be Giants, Hal Cragin
  3. Till My Head Falls Off
  4. How Can I Sing Like a Girl?
  5. Exquisite Dead Guy
  6. Metal Detector
  7. New York City – Robynn Iwata, Lisa Marr, Lisa Nielsen
  8. XTCAdam Ant
  9. Spiraling Shape
  10. James K. Polk – Matthew Hill, They Might Be Giants
  11. Pet Name
  12. I Can Hear You
  13. The Bells Are Ringing

Soul Asylum: Grave Dancers Union

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On October 6, 1992, “Columbia” label released “Grave Dancers Union”, the sixth Soul Asylum studio album. It was recorded May 1992, at “The Powerstation” and “River Sound” in New York City; “Pachyderm Discs” and  “Cannon Falls” in Minnesota, and “Cherokee Studios” in  Hollywood, and was produced by Michael Beinhorn. The cover illustration is by Czech erotic art photographer Jan Saudek. In 1993, the album song “Runaway Trains” won “Grammy Award” for “Best Rock Song”.

Personnel:

  • Dave Pirner– vocals, guitar, arranger, horn arrangements
  • Dan Murphy – vocals, guitar
  • Karl Mueller– bass
  • Grant Young– drums
  • Sterling Campbell– drums, percussion
  • Booker T. Jones III– organ, Hammond organ
  • Kraig Johnson,Gary Louris – backing vocals
  • Meridian String Quartet – strings
  • Sonny Kompanek – arrangements, conductor
  • Michael Beinhorn– celeste, glockenspiel, horn arrangements, arrangements,
  • Chris Shaw – engineer
  • Eric Anderson, Bruce Ross – additional engineering
  • David Michael Dill, Dan Gellert, Bill Smith – engineer assistant
  • Andy Wallace– mixing
  • David Leonard– mixing
  • Steve Sisco – mixing assistant
  • Wally Traugott – mastering
  • Francesca Restrepo – art direction, design

Track listing:

All tracks by Dave Pirner.

  1. Somebody to Shove
  2. Black Gold
  3. Runaway Train
  4. Keep It Up
  5. Homesick
  6. Get on Out
  7. New World
  8. April Fool
  9. Without a Trace
  10. Growing into You
  11. 99%
  12. The Sun Maid

 

Loreena McKennitt: The Book Of Secrets

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On September 30, 1997, “Quinlan Road” label released “The Book of Secrets” the sixth Loreena McKennitt album. It was recorded in 1997, and was produced by Loreena McKennitt, Brian Hughes and Donald Quan. The album was certified 2 x Platinum in the US by “RIIA”.

Personnel:

  • Loreena McKennitt – vocals, piano, keyboards, harp, kanun, accordion
  • Anne Bourne – cello
  • Aidan Brennan – acoustic guitar, mandola
  • Martin Brown – acoustic guitar, mandolin, mandola
  • David Rhodes– electric guitar
  • Nick Hayley – serang, rebec, lira da braccio
  • Brian Hughes– oud , electric guitar, acoustic guitar, irish bouzouki , guitar synthesizer, classical guitar, vocal drone
  • Robin Jeffrey – Victorian guitar
  • Martin Jenkins – mandocello
  • Steve Pigott – additional keyboards
  • Danny Thompson– acoustic bass
  • Stuart Bruce – assembled drone, vocal drone
  • Paul Clarvis – snare drum
  • Nigel Eaton– hurdy-gurdy
  • Steáfán Hannigan – bodhrán
  • Manu Katché– drums
  • Hossam Ramzy– percussion
  • Bob White – tin whistle, shawm
  • Caroline Lavelle– cello
  • Rick Lazar – percussion
  • Joanna Levine – viola da gamba
  • Hugh Marsh– violin
  • Osama – violin
  • Donald Quan– tabla, timba, esraj, viola, additional keyboards , vocal drone
  • String Quartet:
    • Jonathan Rees – 1st violin
    • Iain King – 2nd violin
    • Andy Brown – viola
    • Chris van Kampen – cello
  • Caroline Dale – string arrangements
  • Brian Gascoigne, Doug Riley – additional string arrangements

Track listing:

All tracks by Loreena McKennitt except where noted.

  1. Prologue
  2. The Mummers’ Dance
  3. Skellig
  4. Marco Polo
  5. The Highwayman – lyric by Alfred Noyes, abridged by Loreena McKennitt
  6. La Serenissima
  7. Night Ride Across the Caucasus
  8. Dante’s Prayer

Leonard Cohen: Recent Songs

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On September 27, 1979, “Columbia” label released “Recent Songs” sixth  studio Leonard Cohen album. It was recorded April – May 1979, at “A&M Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Leonard Cohen and Henry Lewy.

Personnel:

  • Leonard Cohen – vocals, arrangements
  • Ricardo Gonzalez – guitar
  • John Bilezikjian – guitar
  • Everado Sandoval – guitar
  • Mitch Watkins – guitar
  • Bill Ginn – keyboards
  • Randy Waldman – keyboards
  • Charles Beck – bass
  • John Miller – bass
  • Steve Meador – drums
  • Paul Ostermayer – saxophone
  • Jose Perez – trumpet
  • Pablo Sandoval – trumpet
  • Earl Dumler – oboe
  • Jim Gilstrap – vocals
  • Roger St Kennerly – vocals
  • Stephanie Spruill – vocals
  • Julia Tillman Waters – vocals
  • Jennifer Warnes – vocals
  • Maxine Willard Waters – vocals
  • Skip Cottrell – engineer assistant, mixing assistant
  • Derek Dunann – engineer assistant, mixing assistant
  • Glen Christensen – art direction

Track listing:

All tracks by Leonard Cohen, except where noted.

  1. The Guests
  2. Humbled in Love
  3. The Window
  4. Came So Far for Beauty – Leonard Cohen, John Lissauer
  5. The Lost Canadian (Un Canadien errant) – traditional, Antoine Gérin-Lajoie
  6. The Traitor
  7. Our Lady of Solitude
  8. The Gypsy’s Wife
  9. The Smokey Life
  10. Ballad of the Absent Mare

Cat Stevens: Catch Bull At Four

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On September 27, 1972, “Island” label released “Catch Bull at Four”, the sixth Cat Stevens studio album. It was recorded in May 1972, at “The Manor Studio” in Oxfordshire; “Château d’Hérouville” in Hérouville, France; “Morgan Studios” in London, and was produced by Paul Samwell-Smith. The album was certified Platinum in the US by “RIIA”.

Personnel:

  • Cat Stevens– lead and backing vocals, piano, Fender Rhodes electric piano, Wurlitzer electric piano, Minimoog, Böhm Diamond organ, Spanish guitar, acoustic and electric guitar, electric mandolin, RMI Electra piano, synthesizer, penny whistle, drums, percussion
  • Alun Davies– acoustic guitar, Spanish guitar, backing vocals
  • Jeremy Taylor– Spanish guitar
  • Andreas Toumazis –bouzouki
  • Jean Roussel– piano, Hammond organ
  • Alan James – bass, backing vocals
  • Gerry Conway– drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Del Newman –string arrangements
  • S. Choir – backing vocals
  • Linda Lewis– backing vocals
  • Lauren Cooper – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Cat Stevens except where noted.

  1. Sitting
  2. Boy with a Moon & Star on His Head
  3. Angel Sea
  4. Silent Sunlight
  5. Can’t Keep It In
  6. 18th Avenue (Kansas City Nightmare)
  7. Freezing Steel
  8. O Caritas – Andreas Toumazis, Jeremy Taylor, Cat Stevens
  9. Sweet Scarlet
  10. Ruins