On March 29, 1973, “Motown” label released “Skywriter”, the seventh Jackson 5 studio album. It was recorded April 1972 – January 1973, and was produced by Hal Davis and The Corporation.
Personnel:
Tito Jackson – vocals, lead guitar, synthesizer
Jermaine Jackson – lead vocals, bass guitar
Michael Jackson – lead vocals, percussion
Jackie Jackson – lead vocals, percussion
Marlon Jackson – vocals, percussion
Rod Dyer – design
Leandro Correa – photography
Berry Gordy – executive producer
Track listing:
Skywriter – Mel Larson, Jerry Marcellino
Hallelujah Day – Freddie Perren, Christine Yarian
The Boogie Man – Deke Richards
Touch – Pam Sawyer, Frank Wilson
Corner of the Sky – Stephen Schwartz
I Can’t Quit Your Love – Leonard Caston, Kathy Wakefield
Uppermost – Clifton Davis
World of Sunshine – Mel Larson, Jerry Marcellino
Ooh, I’d Love to Be with You – Fonce Mizell, Larry Mizell
On March 9, “East West” label released “Eye II Eye”, the fourteenth Scorpions studio album. It was recorded 1998 – 1999, at “Little America Studios” in Austria, and was produced by Peter Wolf.
Personnel:
Klaus Meine – lead vocals, arrangements
Matthias Jabs – lead guitars, backing vocals, arrangements
Rudolf Schenker – rhythm guitars, backing vocals, arrangements
Ralph Rieckermann – bass, backing vocals, arrangements
James Kottak – co-lead and backing vocals, drums, arrangements
Mick Jones – acoustic guitar
Peter Wolf – piano, keyboards, arrangements, mixing
Michelle Wolf – backing vocals
Airway Allstars: Siedah Garrett, Lynn Davis, James Ingram, Phil Perry and Kevin Dorsey – backing vocals
Herman Rarebell – backing vocals
A.T., Christian Leitgeb, Paul Ericksen, Kenji Nakai – engineer
Bill Schnee – mixing
Chris Kimsey – mixing
Stephen Marcussen, Chris von Rautenkranz – mastering
Dirk Rudolph – design
Olaf Heine – photography
Track listing:
All lyrics are written by Klaus Meine, except where noted, all music as noted.
Mysterious – Ralph Rieckermann, Rudolf Schenker, Matthias Jabs, Jean-Michel Byron
To Be No. 1 – Peter Wolf, Matthias Jabs
Obsession – Klaus Meine, Peter Wolf
10 Light Years Away – lyrics by Mick Jones, Marti Frederiksen, Klaus Meine, Rudolf Schenker, music by Mick Jones, Marti Frederiksen, Klaus Meine, Rudolf Schenker
Mind Like a Tree – Rudolf Schenker, Peter Wolf
Eye to Eye (In memoriam of Hugo Meine and Heinrich Schenker, Klaus and Rudolf’s fathers) – Rudolf Schenker
What U Give U Get Back – Klaus Meine, Rudolf Schenker, music by Rudolf Schenker, Peter Wolf
Skywriter – Rudolf Schenker
Yellow Butterfly – Rudolf Schenker, Marti Fredericksen
Freshly Squeezed – Rudolf Schenker, Peter Wolf
Priscilla – Rudolf Schenker
Du bist so schmutzig – lyrics by Klaus Meine, Matthias Jabs, James Kottak, music by Matthias Jabs, Rudolf Schenker
Aleyah – lyrics by Klaus Meine, Rudolf Schenker, music by Rudolf Schenker
On January 24, 2020, “Esoteric Antenna” label released “The Other Side”, the 15th Nektar album. It was recorded in 2019, at “Shorefire Recording Studios” in Long Branch, NJ, and was produced by Benjamin Meade.
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