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Bobby Previte: The Coalition of the Willing

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In May 2006, “Ropeadope Records” label released “The Coalition of the Willing”, the 24th Bobby Previte album. It was recorded July – September 2005, at “Frank Booth Studio” in Brooklyn, NY, and was produced by Bobby Previte.

Personnel:

  • Bobby Previte – drums, percussion
  • Charlie Hunter – electric guitars, electric basses
  • Stew Cutler – harmonica, slide guitar
  • Jamie Saft – organ, mellotron, Moog, electric guitars, electric basses
  • Skerik – tenor and baritone saxophones
  • Steve Bernstein – trumpet, slide trumpet
  • Stanton Moore – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Bobby Previte.

  1. The Ministry of Truth
  2. Airstrip One
  3. Versificator
  4. The Ministry of Love
  5. Oceania
  6. The Inner Party
  7. Memory Hole
  8. Anthem for Andrea

Coheed and Cambria: The Aftermath: Descension

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On February 5, 2013, “Hundred Handed/Everything Evil” label released “The Afterman: Descension”, the seventh Coheed and Cambria studio album. It was recorded November 2011 – June 2012, at “Applehead Recording” in New York, and was produced by Michael Birnbaum, Chris Bittner, Claudio Sanchez, Travis Stever, Josh Eppard and Zach Cooper.

Personnel:

  • Claudio Sanchez – lead vocals, voice of Sirius Amory.rhythm guitar, piano, ukulele
  • Travis Stever – lead guitar, lap steel guitar, backing vocals
  • Josh Eppard – drums, percussion, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Zach Cooper – bass, backing vocals
  • John Medeski – piano, clavinet, synthesizers
  • Daniel Sedownick – percussion
  • Steve Bernstein – horns
  • Stan Harisson – horns
  • Dan Levine – horns
  • Chondra Sanchez – additional backing vocals, voice of The All Mother
  • Maggie Bryngelson – additional backing vocals
  • Heidi Taillefer – cover art
  • Nathan Spoor – interior art
  • Bill Scoville – package design, additional graphics

Track listing:

All tracks by Claudio Sanchez, except where noted. 

  1. Pretelethal
  2. Key Entity Extraction V: Sentry the Defiant
  3. The Hard Sell
  4. Number City
  5. Gravity’s Union
  6. Away We Go – Claudio Sanchez, Travis Stever
  7. Iron Fist – Claudio Sanchez, Travis Stever
  8. Dark Side of Me – Claudio Sanchez, Travis Stever
  9. 2’s My Favorite 1

Aztec Camera: Dreamland

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On May 25, 1993, “WEA” label released “Dreamland”, the fifth Aztec Camera studio album. It was recorded in 1992, and was produced by Ryuichi Sakamoto and Roddy Frame.

Personnel:

  • Roddy Frame– vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • Ryuichi Sakamoto
  • Rosie Ania
  • Victor Bailey
  • Steve Bernstein
  • Barry Finclair
  • Romero Lubambo
  • Sylvia Mason-James
  • David Palmer
  • Paul Powell
  • Gary Sanctuary
  • Vivian Saunders
  • Steve Sidelnyk
  • Gary Tibbs
  • Naná Vasconcelos
  • Lolly Grodner, Patrick Dillett, Paul Gomersall – engineer
  • Danton Supple, Hoover Le, Jim Caruana, Tim Leitner – engineer assistant
  • Julian Mendelsohn – mixing
  • Zana – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Roddy Frame.

  1. Birds
  2. Safe in Sorrow
  3. Black Lucia
  4. Let Your Love Decide
  5. Spanish Horses
  6. Dream Sweet Dreams
  7. Pianos and Clocks
  8. Sister Ann
  9. Vertigo
  10. Valium Summer
  11. The Belle of the Ball

Bobby Previte: Set the Alarm for Monday

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On May 13, 2008, “Palmetto” label released “Set The Alarm For Monday”, the 27th Bobby Previte album (as Bobby Previte & The New Bump). It was recorded in August 2007 at “Maggie’s Farm” in Pipersville, Pennsylvania, and was produced by Bobby Previte.

Personnel:

  • Bobby Previte – drums, arrangements, mixing
  • Ellery Eskelin- tenor saxophone
  • Steve Bernstein– trumpet
  • Bill Ware– vibraphone
  • Brad Jones – bass
  • Jim Pugliese– percussion
  • Matt Balitsaris – engineer, mixing
  • Michael Didonna – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Bobby Previte.

  1. Set The Alarm For Monday
  2. I’d Advise You Not To Miss Your Train
  3. She Has Information
  4. Were You Followed?
  5. I’m On To Her
  6. There Was Something In My Drink
  7. You’re In Over Your Head
  8. Drive South, Along The Canyon
  9. Wake Up Andrea, We’re Pulling In

The Foetus Symphony Orchestra: York (First Exit to Brooklyn)

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On March 11, 1997, “Thirsty Ear Recordings” label released “York (First Exit to Brooklyn)”, album by The Foetus Symphony Orchestra featuring Lydia Lunch. It was recorded on July 18, 1996, at “The Anchorage” in New York City, and was produced by J. G. Thirlwell.

Personnel:

  • G. Thirlwell– vocals, conch, tin whistle illustrations
  • Steve Bernstein – trumpet, slide trumpet
  • Oren Bloedow– guitar, electric Oud
  • Brian Emrich– bass guitar, EBow, keyboard bass
  • Lydia Lunch– spoken word
  • David Ouimet– trombone
  • Marcus Rojas– tuba, didgeridoo
  • Vinnie Signorelli– drums
  • Rob Sutton – engineer
  • Kurt Wolf – guitar

Track listing:

All tracks by J. G. Thirlwell.

  1. Black Adonis
  2. Crumpled City
  3. Puddlin’ Doorway
  4. Egomaniacs With Insecurity Problems
  5. Arschficken

Antony And The Johnsons: I am a Bird Now

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On February 1, 2005, “Secretly Canadian” label released “I Am a Bird Now”, the second Antony and the Johnsons album.  It was recorded in 2004, and was produced by Antony Hegarty. On September 6, 2005, the album won the “Mercury Prize”.

Personnel:

  • Antony Hegarty – vocals, organ, piano
  • Lou Reed – vocals, guitar
  • Devendra Banhart– vocals, guitar
  • Jason Hart – piano
  • Jeff Longston – bass
  • Rainy Orteca – bass
  • Todd Cohen – drums
  • John Bollinger – drums
  • Parker Kindred- drums
  • Doug Wieselman – saxophone
  • Steve Bernstein – horn
  • Paul Shapiro– horn
  • Maxim Moston – violin
  • Julia Kent – cello
  • Keith Bonner – flute
  • Boy George– vocals
  • Joan Wasser– viola
  • Danielle Farina – viola
  • Rufus Wainwright– vocals
  • Julia Yasuda – Morse Code, vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Antony Hegarty.

  1. Hope There’s Someone
  2. My lady Story
  3. For Today I Am a Boy
  4. Man Is the Baby
  5. You Are My Sister
  6. What Can I Do
  7. Fistful of Love
  8. Spiralling
  9. Free at Last
  10. Bird Gerhi

Lou Reed: The Raven

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On January 28, 2003, “Sire” label released “The Raven”, the nineteenth Lou Reed album. It was recorded in 2002, and was produced by Hal Willner and Lou Reed. “The Raven” is concept album recounting the short stories and poems of Edgar Allan Poe through word and song. The album also features new versions of two of Lou Reed’s songs, “The Bed” and “Perfect Day”.

Personnel:

  • Lou Reed – vocals, guitar
  • Mike Rathke – guitar
  • Russ DeSalvo- guitar, keyboards
  • Friedrich Paravicini – piano, keyboards
  • Fernando Saunders- bass, guitar, backing vocals
  • Tony “Thunder” Smith- drums
  • Patrick Carroll- bass, drum programming
  • Laurie Anderson – vocals
  • Antony Hegarty, David Bowie- vocals
  • Doug Wieselman – baritone and tenor saxophone
  • Paul Shapiro- tenor saxophone
  • Steve Bernstein- trumpet, horn arrangement
  • Art Baron- trombone
  • Ornette Coleman- alto saxophone
  • Frank Wulff- oboe, hurdy-gurdy
  • Shelly Woodworth – English horn
  • Antoine Silverman, Marti Sweet – violin
  • Rob Mathes- string arrangements
  • Jane Scarpantoni- cello, string arrangement
  • Willem Dafoe, Steve Buscemi, Elizabeth Ashley, Amanda Plummer- voice
  • Kate & Anna McGarrigle – backing vocals
  • The Blind Boys of Alabama- backing vocals
  • Julian Schnabel – art cover

All tracks by Lou Reed.

  1. Overture
  2. Edgar Allan Poe
  3. Call On Me
  4. The Valley Of Unrest
  5. A Thousand Departed Friends
  6. Change
  7. The Bed
  8. Perfect Day
  9. The Raven
  10. Balloon
  11. Broadway Song
  12. Blind Rage
  13. Burning Embers
  14. Vanishing Act
  15. Guilty
  16. I Wanna Know (The Pit And The Pendulum)
  17. Science Of The Mind
  18. Hop Frog
  19. Tripitena’s Speech
  20. Who Am I? (Tripitena’s Song)
  21. Guardian Angel