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Weezer: Raditude

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On October 30, 2009, “DGC” label released “Raditude”, the seventh Weezer studio album. It was recorded 2008 – 2009, at “Sound City Studios”, and was produced by Dr. Luke, Jacknife Lee, Polow da Don, Butch Walker and Rivers Cuomo.

Personnel:

  • Rivers Cuomo – lead vocals, lead guitar, keyboards, synthesizer
  • Brian Bell – rhythm guitar, keyboards, synthesizer, backing vocals
  • Scott Shriner – bass guitar, keyboards, synthesizer, backing vocals
  • Patrick Wilson – drums, percussion, lead guitar, keyboards, synthesizer
  • Jacknife Lee – keyboards, guitar, percussion, programming, backing vocals
  • Aaron Suplizio – additional bass
  • Josh Freese – drums
  • Sim Grewall – additional percussion
  • Nishat Khan – sitar, additional vocals
  • Lil Wayne – vocals
  • Amrita Sen – vocals
  • Tom McFall – recording
  • Jake Sinclair – recording
  • Joe Zook – recording
  • Doug McKean – recording
  • Shawn Everett – drum and guitar recording
  • Sam Bell – additional engineering, editing
  • Rich Costey – mixing
  • Charlie Stavish – mixing assistant
  • Serban Ghenea – mixing
  • John Hanes – mixing
  • Tim Roberts – mixing assistant
  • Joshua Minyard – mixing assistant
  • George Gumbs – mixing assistant
  • Dave Collins – mastering
  • Douglas Forsdick – studio tech
  • Henry Trejo – guitar tech
  • Mike Fasano – drum tech
  • Andy Mueller – art direction, design
  • Johannes Gamble – art direction, design
  • Morning Breath Inc. – cover co-design
  • Jason Neely – dog photography
  • Sean Murphy – band photography
  • Karl Koch – additional photography
  • Daniel Field – additional photography

Track listing:

  1. (If You’re Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To – Rivers Cuomo, Butch Walker
  2. I’m Your Daddy – Rivers Cuomo, Lukasz Gottwald
  3. The Girl Got Hot – Rivers Cuomo, Butch Walker
  4. Can’t Stop Partying – Jermaine Dupri, Rivers Cuomo
  5. Put Me Back Together – Rivers Cuomo, Tyson Ritter, Nick Wheeler
  6. Trippin’ Down the Freeway – Rivers Cuomo, Jacknife Lee
  7. Love Is the Answer – Rivers Cuomo, Jacknife Lee
  8. Let It All Hang Out – Rivers Cuomo, Jermaine Dupri, Jacknife Lee
  9. In the Mall – Patrick Wilson
  10. I Don’t Want to Let You Go – Rivers Cuomo

Bruce Dickinson: Accident Of Birth

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On June 3, 1997, “Raw Power” label released “Accident of Birth”, the fourth Bruce Dickinson studio album. It was recorded in 1997, at “Silver Cloud Recording” in Redondo Beach, California, “Sound City Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Roy Z.

Personnel:

  • Bruce Dickinson – vocals
  • Adrian Smith – guitar
  • Roy Z – guitar, mellotron, piano, engineer, mixing
  • Eddie Casillas – bass
  • David Ingraham – drums
  • Richard Baker – piano
  • Silvia Tsai – violin
  • Rebecca Yeh – cello
  • Norbert Newfied – string arrangements
  • Stan Katayama – engineer, mixing
  • Joe Floyd – engineer, mixing
  • Greg Fidelman, Tom Banghart – engineer assistant

Track listing:

All tracks by Bruce Dickinson and Roy Z, except where noted.

  1. Freak
  2. Toltec 7 Arrival
  3. Starchildren
  4. Taking the Queen
  5. Darkside of Aquarius
  6. Road to Hell – Bruce Dickinson, Adrian Smith
  7. Man of Sorrows – Bruce Dickinson
  8. Accident of Birth
  9. The Magician
  10. Welcome to the Pit
  11. Omega
  12. Arc of Space

Fear: The Record

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On May 16, 1982, “Slash” label released “The Record”, the debut Fear studio album. It was recorded in December 1981, at “Sound City Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Gary Lubow.

Personnel:

  • Lee Ving – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, bass
  • Philo Cramer – lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Derf Scratch –lead and backing vocals, bass, saxophone, rhythm guitar
  • Spit Stix – drums
  • David Urquitti – saxophone
  • Bruce Barris – engineer
  • Geza X – mixing
  • Greg Lee – mastering
  • Barbara Biro Ving – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Lee Ving, except where noted.

  1. Let’s Have a War – Lee Ving, Philo Cramer
  2. Beef Bologna
  3. Camarillo – Lee Ving, Philo Cramer
  4. I Don’t care About You
  5. New York’s Alright If You Like Saxophones
  6. Gimme Some Action
  7. Foreign Policy
  8. We Destroy the Family – Lee Ving, Philo Cramer
  9. I Love Livin’ in the City
  10. Disconnected
  11. We Gotta Get Out of This Place – Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil
  12. Fresh Flesh – Lee Ving, Derf Scratch
  13. Getting the Brusch – Derf Scratch
  14. No More Nothing

Manchester Orchestra: The Valley Of Vision

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On March 10, 2023, “Loma Vista” label released “The Valley of Vision”, the eighth Manchester Orchestra extended play. It was recorded in 2020, at “Concord Studios” in New York City, “Echo Mountain” in Asheville, North Carolina, “Favorite Gentlemen” in Atlanta, Georgia, “Sound City Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Ethan Gruska, Andy Hull, Catherine Marks, Jamie Martens, Robert McDowell and Kyle Metcalfe.

Personnel:

  • Andy Hull – vocals, guitar, keyboards, percussion
  • Robert McDowell – guitar, keyboards, backing vocals, programming
  • Andy Prince – bass guitar
  • Tim Very – drums, percussion
  • Ethan Gruska – piano
  • Caroline Swon – backing vocals
  • Dan Hannon – engineer
  • Jamie Martens – engineer
  • Catherine Marks – engineer, mixing
  • Dowell Gandy – engineer assistant
  • Paul Blakemore – mastering
  • Christopher Leckie – design
  • Mike Dempsey – photography

Track listing:

  1. Capital Karma – Andy Hull, Danny Parker
  2. The Way – Andy Hull
  3. Quietly – Andy Hull
  4. Letting Go – Andy Hull, Jamie Martens, Robert McDowell
  5. Lose You Again – Andy Hull, Dan Wilson
  6. Rear View – Andy Hull

Taj Mahal: Phantom Blues

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On February 27, 1996, “Private Music” label released “Phantom Blues”, the 20th Taj Mahal album. It was recorded in May 1995, at “Sound City Studios” in Van Nuys, California, and was produced by John Porter.

Personnel:

  • Taj Mahal – lead vocals, dobro, harmonica
  • Bonnie Raitt – additional vocal
  • Dean Parks – lead guitar
  • Eric Clapton – lead guitar
  • Joe McGrath, John Parks, Johnny Lee Schell – guitar
  • Mike Campbell – 12-string guitar
  • John Porter – lead, acoustic and slide guitar
  • Jon Cleary – guitar, piano, Wurlitzer, clarinet
  • Jon Brion – guitar, chamberlin
  • Mick Weaver – organ
  • David Hidalgo – accordion
  • James “Hutch” Hutchinson – bass guitar
  • Larry Fulcher – bass guitar
  • Tony Braunagel – drums, percussion
  • Myric “Freeze” Guillory – rubboard
  • Bernard “Dr. B.” Anderson, Joe Sublett – tenor saxophone
  • Darrell Leonard – trumpet, trombone
  • Alfie Silas Durio, Billie Barnum, Sir Harry Bowens, Regina Taylor, Sweat Pea Atkinson, Terrence Forsythe – backing vocals

Track listing:

  1. Lovin’ in My Baby’s Eyes – Taj Mahal
  2. Cheatin’ On You – Jon Cleary
  3. The Hustle Is On – H.E. Owens
  4. Here in the Dark – Bernard Anders
  5. Fanning the Flames – Jon Cleary
  6. I Need Your Loving – Clarence Lewis, Don Gardner, James McDougal, Morris Levy
  7. Ooh Poo Pah Doo – Jessie Hill
  8. Lonely Avenue – Doc Pomus
  9. Don’t Tell Me – Pat McLaughlin
  10. What Am I Living For? – Art Harris, Fred Jay
  11. We’re Gonna Make It – Billy Davis, Carl William Smith, Gene Barge, Raynard Miner
  12. Let the Four Winds Blow – Dave Bartholomew, Antoine “Fats” Domino
  13. (You’ve Got to) Love Her with a Feeling – Freddie King, Sonny Thompson

Pat Benatar: Precious Time

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On July 6, 1981, “Chrysalis” label released “Precious Time”, the third Pat Benatar studio album. It was recorded in 1981, at “Sound City Studios” and “Goodnight LA Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Keith Olsen and Neil Giraldo. The album was certified 2 x Platinum in US by “RIAA”.

Personnel:

  • Pat Benatar – lead and backing vocals
  • Neil Giraldo – lead guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Scott St. Clair Sheets – rhythm guitar
  • Keith Olsen – tambourine
  • Alan Pasqua – piano
  • Roger Capps – bass guitar
  • Myron Grombacher – drums
  • Gary Herbig, Joel Peskin, Tom Scott, Larry Williams – saxophones
  • Keith Olsen, Chris Minto – engineer
  • Greg Fulginiti – mastering
  • Ria Lewerke-Shapiro – art direction, design

Track listing:

  1. Promises in the Dark – Neil Giraldo, Pat Benatar
  2. Fire and ice – Tom Kelly, Scott St.Clair Sheets, Pat Benatar
  3. Just Like Me – Rick Dey, Roger Hart, Terry Melcher
  4. Present Times – Nilly Steinberg
  5. It’s a Tuff Life – Neil Giraldo
  6. Take It Any Way You Want It – Martin Briley, Neil Giraldo
  7. Evil Genius – Neil Giraldo, Pat Benatar
  8. Hard to Believe – Neil Giraldo, Myron Grombacher
  9. Helter Skelter- John Lennon, Paul McCartney

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club: B.R.M.C.

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On April 3, 2001, “Virgin” label released “B.R.M.C.”, the debut Black Rebel Motorcycle Club album. It was recorded in 2002, at “Sound City Studios”, “Brilliant Studios”, “BMRC Studios”, “One Way Studios”, and was produced by Peter Hayes, Robert Turner and Nick Jago.

Personnel:

  • Peter Hayes – vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, harmonica, mixing, art direction
  • Robert Turner – vocals, bass, guitar, keyboards, engineer, mixing, art direction
  • Nick Jago – drums, percussion 
  • David Shiffman, Masaki Liu, Peter Hayes – engineer
  • Eric Greedy, Eric Miller, Mike Terry, Travis Crenshaw – engineer assistant
  • Masaki Liu – mixing, mastering 
  • Michael Patterson – mixing
  • Donald Lyles – mixing assistant
  • Mary Fagot – art direction
  • Ken Schles, Lindsay Ljungkull – photography
  • Tony Berg – A&R

Track listing:

All tracks by Peter Hayes, Robert Turner and Nick Jago.

  1. Love Burns
  2. Red Eyes and Tears
  3. Whatever Happened to My Rock ‘N’ Roll (Punk Song)
  4. Awake
  5. White Palms
  6. As Sure as the Sun
  7. Rifles
  8. Too Real
  9. Spread Your Love
  10. Head Up High
  11. Salvation

Nils Lofgren: Same

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In March 1975, “A&M” label released the self-titled, debut Nils Lofgren studio album. It was recorded 1974 – 1975, at “Sound City Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by David Briggs.

Personnel:

  • Nils Lofgren – vocals, guitars, piano
  • Wornell Jones – bass
  • Aynsley Dunbar – drums
  • Stu Gardner – backing vocals
  • David Briggs – engineer
  • Roland Young – art direction
  • Junie Osaki – design
  • Ed Caraeff – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Nils Lofgren, except where noted.

  1. Be Good Tonight
  2. Back It Up
  3. One More Saturday Night
  4. If I Say It, It’s So
  5. I Don’t Want to Know
  6. Keith Don’t Go (Ode to the Glimmer Twin)
  7. Can’t Buy a Break
  8. Duty
  9. The Sun Hasn’t Set on This Boy Yet
  10. Rock and Roll Crook
  11. Two by Two
  12. Goin’ Back – Gerry Goffin, Carole King

Blake Mills: Mutable Set

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On May 8, 2020, “Verve” label released “Mutable Set”, the fourth Blake Mills studio album. It was recorded in 2020, at “Sound City Studios”, “SWT”, “Boulevard Recording Studios”, and was produced by Blake Mills.

Personnel:

  • Blake Mills – vocals, guitar, arranger, art direction
  • Gabriel Kahane – piano
  • Aaron Embry – keyboards
  • David Boucher – acoustic bass, recording
  • Pino Palladino – electric bass
  • Abe Rounds – drums
  • Sem Gendel – saxophone
  • Rob Moose – strings, string arrangements
  • Joseph Lorge – recording
  • Joseph Lorge, Will Maclellan – additional recording
  • Maddy Baltor – engineer assistant
  • Greg Coller – mixing
  • Patricia Sullivan – mastering
  • Julio Chavez – art direction
  • Emilio Villalba – artwork
  • Ian Sefchick – artwork

Track listing:

  1. Never Forever – Blake Mills, Cass McCombs
  2. May Later – Blake Mills, Cass McCombs
  3. Eat My Dust – Blake Mills
  4. Money Is the One True God – Blake Mills
  5. Summer All Ove – Blake Mills, Cass McCombs
  6. Vanishing Town – Blake Mills, Cass McCombs
  7. My Dear One – Blake Mills, Cass McCombs
  8. Farsickness – Blake Mills, Gabriel Kahane
  9. Mirror Box – Blake Mills
  10. Window Facing a Window – lyrics by Blake Mills, music by Blake Mills, Armando Manzanero
  11. Off Grid – Blake Mills

Frank Black: Pistolero

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On March 9, 1999, “spinART Recirds” label released “Pistolero”, the second Frank Black album. It was recorded in 1998, at “Sound City Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Nick Vincent.

Personnel:

  • Frank Black – vocals, guitar
  • Rich Gilbert – lead guitar, backing vocals
  • David McCaffery – bass, backing vocals
  • Scott Boutier – drums
  • Billy Joe Bowers – engineer
  • Nick Raskulinecz – engineer assistant
  • Eddy Schreyer – mastering
  • Inertia – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Frank Black

  1. Bad Harmony
  2. I Switched You
  3. Western Star
  4. Tiny Heart
  5. You’re Such a Wire
  6. I Love Your Brain
  7. Smoke Up
  8. Billy Radcliffe
  9. So Hard to Make Things Out
  10. 85 Weeks
  11. I Think I’m Starting to Lose It
  12. I Want Rock & Roll
  13. Skeleton Man
  14. So. Bay