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Spaceman 3: The Perfect Prescription

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On September 28, 1987, “Glass” label released “The Perfect Prescription”, the second Spacemen 3 studio album. It was recorded in 1987, at “V.H.F.” in Rugby, Warwickshire, England, and was produced by Sonic Boom and Jason.

Personnel:

  • Sonic Boom (Peter Kember) – guitar, vocals, tremolo, organ
  • Jason (Jason Pierce) – guitar, vocals, organ, Farfisa organ
  • Bassman – bass
  • Rosco – drums, percussion
  • Alex Green – saxophone
  • Mick Manning – trumpet
  • Owen John – violin
  • R. Hunter Gibson – liner notes

 Track listing:

All tracks by Jason Pierce and Peter Kember, except where noted.

  1. Take Me to the Other Side
  2. Walkin’ with Jesus
  3. Ode to Street Hassle
  4. Ecstasy Symphony
  5. Transport Radiation (Flashback) – Frederick Barthelme, Steve Cunningham, Mayo Thompson
  6. Feel So Good
  7. Things’ll Never Be the Same
  8. Come Down Easy
  9. Call the Doctor

Beach House: 7

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On May 11, 2018, “Sub Pop” and “Bella Union” labels released “7”, the seventh Beach House studio album. It was recorded 2017 – 2018, at “Apple Orchard” in Baltimore, Maryland, “Carriage House” in Stamford, Connecticut, “Palmetto” in Los Angeles, “Crown Lanes” in Denver, and was produced by Sonic Boom, Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally.

Personnel:

  • Victoria Legrand – vocals, keyboards, arrangements, engineer
  • Alex Scally – guitar, keyboards, backing vocals, arrangements, engineer
  • James Barone – live drums, arrangements, engineer 
  • Sonic Boom – accordion, drill 
  • Mikhail Pivovarov – engineer
  • David Tolemei – engineer, additional editing and recording
  • Jason Quever – engineer
  • Alan Moulder – mixing
  • Caesar Edmunds – mixing
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Post Typography – album art, design

Track listing:

All tracks by Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally.

  1. Dark Spring
  2. Pay No Mind
  3. Lemon Glow
  4. L’Inconnue
  5. Drunk in LA
  6. Dive
  7. Black Car
  8. Lose Your Smile
  9. Woo
  10. Girl of the Year
  11. Last Ride

Spacemen 3: Playing With Fire

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On February 27, 1989, “Fire” label released “Playing with Fire”, the third Spacemen 3 studio album. It was recorded in 1988, and was produced by Sonic Boom and Jason Pierce.

Personnel:

  • Sonic Boom (Pete Kember) – vocals, guitar, organ
  • Jason Pierce – vocals, guitar
  • Will Carruthers – bass
  • George Peckham – mastering
  • The Robert Winterman Design Group – layout
  • Phil Nichols – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Jason Pierce, except where noted.

  1. Honey – Peter Kember
  2. Come Down Softly to My Soul
  3. How Does it Feel? – Peter Kember
  4. I Believe it – Peter Kember
  5. Revolution – Peter Kember
  6. Let Me Down Gently – Peter Kember
  7. So Hot (Wash Away All of My Tears)
  8. Suicide – Jason Pierce, Peter Kember
  9. Lord Can You Hear Me

Panda Bear: Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper

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On January 9, 2015, “Domino Recording Company” released “Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper”, the fifth Panda Bear (Noah Lennox) studio album. It was recorded 2013 – 2014, at “Miosotis Garage” in Almada, Portugal, “Estudio Namouche” in Lisbon, Portugal,and was produced by Panda Bear and Sonic Boom.

Personnel:

  • Panda Bear (Noah Lennox) – vocals, JoMoX Xbase 999, Yamaha TX81Z, Moog Voyager, Elektron DPS-1, piano, effects, percussion, art direction
  • Sonic Boom – EMS Synthi AKS, Fenix II Modular, Moog Voyager, vocoder, effects, mixing, art direction
  • Simon Davey – mastering
  • Joaquim Monte – engineer
  • Pedro Silve – engineer assistant
  • Rob Carmichael – layout
  • Hugo Oliveira – interior illustration
  • Marco Papiro – cover illustrations
  • Seen – art direction, layout

Track listing:

All tracks are written by Noah Lennox, except where noted. 

  1. Sequential Circuits
  2. Mr. Noah
  3. Davy Jones’ Locker – Peter Kember
  4. Crosswords
  5. Butcher Baker Candlestick Maker
  6. Boys Latin
  7. Come to Your Senses
  8. Tropic of Cancer
  9. Shadow of the Colossus – Peter Kember
  10. Lonely Wanderer
  11. Principe Real
  12. Selfish Gene
  13. Acid Wash

“Crosswords” contains a sample of “Ashley’s Roachclip”, performed by The Soul Searchers

“Tropic of Cancer” contains samples of “Fragments of the ballet “The Nutcracker” Pas de Deux”

“Lonely Wanderer” contains a sample of “Arabesque No. 1” in E major, composed by Claude Debussy, and performed by François-Joël Thiollier

Guitar Shorty: We The People

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On August 15, 2006, “Alligator” label released “We the People”, the seventh Guitar Shorty (David Kearney) studio album. It was recorded in 2006 and was produced by Jerry “Wyzard” Seay and Brian Brinkerhoff.

Personnel:

  • Guitar Shorty — vocals, guitar
  • Jake Andrews — rhythm guitar
  • John Thomas — keyboards
  • Wyzard — bass, acoustic guitar
  • Alvino Bennett — drums
  • Larry Goetz — engineer, mixing
  • James Bennett — engineer assistant
  • Bruce Iglauer— mastering
  • Dan Monick — photography
  • Kevin Niemiec — package design
  • Dan Stout — mastering
  • Michael Trossman — logo

Track listing:

  1. We the People – Guitar Shorty, Harms
  2. What Good Is Life? – Jerry Wyzard Seay, Green, Guitar Shorty
  3. I Got Your Number – Bob Halligan, Jr.
  4. Runaway Train – Tommy McCoy
  5. Down That Road Again – Guitar Shorty, Harms, Ross
  6. Fine Cadillac – Grimaldi
  7. Can’t Get Enough – Jerry Wyzard Seay
  8. A Hurt So Old – Halligan
  9. Who Needs It? – Williams
  10. Blues in My Blood – Merv Goldsworthy
  11. Cost of Livin’ – Guitar Shorty, Jerry Wyzard Seay
  12. Sonic Boom – Harms

 

Panda Bear: Tomboy

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On April 12, 2011, “Paw Tracks” label released “Tomboy”, the fourth Panda Bear (Noah Lennox) album. It was recorded in 2010 at “Interpress” in Lisbon, and was produced by Sonic Boom and Panda Bear.

Personnel:

  • Panda Bear (Noah Lennox) – vocals, guitars, synthesizer, sampler, drums, percussion, recording
  • Nick Kramer – engineer
  • Sonic Boom – engineer, mixing, mastering
  • Joe Lambert – mastering
  • Alex Wharton – mastering
  • Scott Mou – artwork
  • Rob Carmichael Seen – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Panda Bear.

  1. You Can Count on Me
  2. Tomboy
  3. Slow Motion
  4. Surfer’s Hymn
  5. Last Night at the Jetty
  6. Drone
  7. Alsatian Darn
  8. Scheherazade
  9. Friendship Bracelet
  10. Afterburner
  11. Benfica

MGMT: Congratulations

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On April 13, 2010, “Columbia” label released “Congratulations”, the second MGMT studio album. It was recorded in 2009, and was produced by MGMT and Sonic Boom.

Personnel:

  • Andrew VanWyngarden – vocals, guitars, drums, bass, synths, casio guitar, piano, fake flute, harmonica, electric sitar, percussion
  • Ben Goldwasser: synths and samples, organ, piano, omnichord, numerology, additional vocals, percussion
  • James Richardson – guitars, synths, casio guitar, synth drums, glockenspiel, saxophone, pan pipes, additional vocals, percussion, electric sitar
  • Matt Asti – guitars, bass, piano, additional vocals, field recordings and treatments, percussion
  • Will Berman – drums, guitars, bass, additional vocals, percussion, synths
  • Peter “Sonic Boom” Kember – master of ceremonies, modular synth, first documented use of the EMT 250 “glitch”, gakken sx-150
  • Britta Phillips – additional vocals
  • Jennifer Herrema – additional vocals
  • Gillian Rivers – strings
  • Dave Kadden – oboe and sundries
  • Sonic Boom –harmonica, percussion treatments
  • Billy Bennett – engineer
  • Matt Boynton – additional engineering
  • Daniel Johnson – engineer assistant
  • Dave Fridmann – mixing, additional engineering
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Anthony Ausgang – cover painting

Track listing:

All lyrics by Andrew VanWyngarden, all music by Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser.

  1. It’s Working
  2. Song for Dan Treacy
  3. Someone’s Missing
  4. Flash Delirium
  5. I Found a Whistle
  6. Siberian Breaks
  7. Brian Eno
  8. Lady Dada’s Nightmare
  9. Congratulations