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Joe Bonamassa: A New day Yesterday

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On October 24, 2000, “Okeh” label released “A New Day Yesterday”, the debut Joe Bonamassa studio album. It was recorded in 2000, at “Pyramid Recording Studios” in in Ithaca, New York, and was produced by Tom Dowd.

Personnel:

  • Joe Bonamassa – vocals, guitar, liner notes
  • Len Bonamassa – guitar
  • Leslie West – vocals, guitar
  • Rick Derringer – vocals, guitar
  • David Borden – keyboards
  • Gregg Allman – vocals, organ
  • Creamo Liss – bass
  • Tony Cintron – drums
  • Annie and Jeannie Burns – vocals
  • Alex Perialas – engineer, mixing, production assistant
  • Jason Arnold – additional engineering
  • Kevin Shirley – additional recording, mixing, liner notes
  • Brent Spear – tape transfer
  • Bob Held – mixing
  • Vlado Meller – mastering
  • Scott Hull – mastering
  • Stephen Byram – artwork, design
  • Kate Moss – design
  • Julia Kuskin – photography
  • Mark Avers – photography

Track listing:

  1. Cradle Rock – Rory Gallagher
  2. Walk in My Shadows – Paul Rodgers, Paul Kossoff, Simon Kirke, Andy Fraser
  3. A New Day Yesterday – Ian Anderson
  4. I Know Where I Belong – Joe Bonamassa
  5. Miss You, Hate You – Joe Bonamassa, Richard Feldman
  6. Nuthin’ I Wouldn’t Do (For a Woman Like You) – Al Kooper
  7. Colour and Shape – Joe Bonamassa
  8. Headaches to Heartbreaks – Joe Bonamassa
  9. Trouble Waiting – Joe Bonamassa, Steve Tyrell, Stephanie Tyrell
  10. If Heartaches Were Nickels – Warren Hayes
  11. Current Situation – Joe Bonamassa
  12. Don’t Burn Down That Bridge – Allen Jones, Carl Wells

Patti LaBelle: Patti

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On July 3, 1985, “Philadelphia International” label released “Patti”, the seventh Patti LaBelle studio album. It was recorded in 1985, at “Sigma Sound Studios” in Philadelphia, and was produced by Kenny Gamble, Reggie Griffin, Leon Huff, Joseph Jefferson, Bunny Sigler, James Sigler, Dexter Wansel and Cecil Womack.

Personnel:

  • Patti LaBelle – lead, harmony and backing vocals
  • Herb Smith – guitar, backing vocals
  • Cecil Womack – guitar, arrangements
  • Dennis Harris – guitar
  • Joel Bryant – acoustic piano
  • James Budd Ellison – acoustic piano, keyboards, arrangements, musical director, orchestra conductor
  • Philip Woo – acoustic piano, keyboards, synthesizers
  • Dexter Wansel – keyboards, arrangements
  • Joseph Jefferson – keyboards, arrangements
  • Cecil Du Valle – keyboards, synthesizers
  • Leon Huff – keyboards
  • Reggie Griffin – guitar, bass, keyboards, Minimoog, synthesizers, drum programming, arrangements 
  • James Sigler – keyboards, synthesizers, arrangements
  • William Jolly – keyboards, synthesizers, backing vocals, arrangements
  • Lenny Pakula – organ
  • Bunny Sigler – keyboards
  • Jimmy Williams – bass
  • Steve Green – bass
  • Darryl Jones – bass
  • Quinton Joseph – drums
  • John Ingram – drums, backing vocals
  • Charles Collins – drums
  • Clifford “Pete” Rudd – drums
  • Miguel Fuentes – percussion
  • Don Renaldo – horns and strings
  • Sam Peake – saxophone
  • Andrea Jackson – backing vocals
  • Donna Natson – backing vocals
  • Veronica Underwood – backing vocals
  • Cynthia Biggs – backing vocals
  • Terri Wells – backing vocals
  • Edward Batts – backing vocals
  • Peter Humphreys, King Shameek, Arthur Stoppe, Joseph Tarsia – engineer
  • Randy Abrams, Tom Caine, Marin Conaty, Scott MacMillan, Glenn McKee, Adam Silverman, Vince Warsavage – engineer assistant
  • Stephen Byram – art direction
  • Diane Best – illustration
  • Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff – executive producers

Track listing:

  1. Love Symphony – Linda Womack, Cecil Womack
  2. Living Double – Bunny Sigler, James Sigler
  3. Where I Wanna Be – Cecil Womack, Kenny Gamble
  4. Shy – Bunny Sigler, Kenny Gamble
  5. Look to the Rainbow – Burton Lane, E.Y. “Yip” Harburg
  6. I Can’t Forget You – James Herbert Smith, Terri Wells
  7. What Can I Do for You – Charles Simmons, Richard Roebuck, Joseph Jefferson
  8. If You Don’t Know Me By Now (live) – Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff