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The Mute Gods: Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me

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On January 22, 2016, “inside Out” label released “Do Nothing till You Hear from Me”, the debut Mute Gods (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2015, and was produced by Roger King.

Personnel:

  • Nick Beggs – lead vocals, bass guitars, Chapman Stick, guitars,  keyboards, programming , executive production
  • Roger King – guitars, keyboards, backing vocals, programming, mixing
  • Marco Minnemann – drums, additional percussion, guitars, piano
  • Ricky Wilde – keyboards, guitars, backing vocals, programming
  • Frank van Bogaert – piano, keyboards, Hammond organ, backing vocals, mixing
  • Gary O’Toole – drums
  • Nick D’Virgilio – drums, guitars, keyboards
  • Rob Reed – guitars, keyboards
  • Adam Holzman – keyboards, programming
  • Glenn Kelly – recording of ethnic voices
  • Adel Ekladios – Arabic voice
  • Kevin Tang – Mandarin voice
  • Lula Beggs – vocals, FX

Track listing:

All tracks by Nick Beggs, except where noted

  1. Do Nothing Till You hear From Me
  2. Praying to a Mute God
  3. Night School for Idiots
  4. Feed the Troll
  5. Your Dark Ideals
  6. Last Man on Earth – Nick Beggs, Ricky Wilde
  7. In the Cross-Hairs – Nick Beggs, Roger King
  8. Strange Relationship
  9. Swimming Horses – Nick Beggs, Nick D’Virgillio, Rob Reed
  10. Mavro Capelo
  11. Father Daughter – Nick Beggs, Ricky Wilde, Lula Beggs

Prince: Sign o’ the Times

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On March 31, 1987, “Paisley Park Records” label released “Sign o’ the Times” (Sign “☮” the Times}, the ninth Prince studio album. It was recorded in 1986 – 1987, at “Lake Minnetonka Home Studio” in Minnetonka, “Galpin Boulevard Home Studio” in Chanhassen, “Washington Avenue Warehouse” in Eden Prairie, “Sunset Sound Recorders” and “Ocean Way Recording” in Hollywood, “Monterey Sound Studios” in Glendale, and “Dierks Studio Mobile Trucks” in Paris, and was produced by Prince. In 1989, magazine “Time Out” named it as the greatest album of all time. Magazine “New Musical Express” ranked “Sign o’ the Times” at number 16 in its list of the “All Time Top 100 Albums”. Magazine “The Times”  ranked  “Sign o’ the Times” as the 29th greatest album of all time, and in 2003, magazine “Rolling Stone” ranked the album at number 93 on its list of “The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.

Personnel:

  • Prince- all vocals and instruments except as noted below
  • Wendy Melvoin- guitar, tambourine, congas, backing vocals
  • Lisa Coleman- Fairlight sitar, wooden flute, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Fink- keyboards
  • Miko Weaver- guitar
  • Brown Mark- bass
  • Bobby Z.- drums
  • Sheila E.- rap, drums, percussion
  • Eric Leeds- saxophone
  • Atlanta Bliss- trumpet
  • Jill Jones- vocals
  • Susannah Melvoin- backing vocals, vocals
  • Sheena Easton- co-lead vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Prince, except where noted

  1. Sign o’ the Times
  2. Play in the Sunshine
  3. Housequake
  4. The Ballad of Dorothy Parker
  5. It
  6. Starfish and Coffee – Prince, Susannah Melvoin
  7. Slow Love – Prince, Carole Davis
  8. Hot Thing
  9. Forever in My Life
  10. U Got the Look
  11. If I Was Your Girlfriend
  12. Strange Relationship
  13. I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man
  14. The Cross
  15. It’s Gonna Be a Beautiful Night – Prince, Doctor Fink, Eric Leeds
  16. Adore