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Split Enz: Mental Notes

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On July 31, 1975, “White Cloud” label released “Mental Notes”, the debut Split Enz album. It was recorded May – June 1975, at “Festival Studios”, and was produced by David Russell.

Personnel:

  • Tim Finn – vocals, piano
  • Phil Judd – vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin
  • Wally Wilkinson – lead guitar
  • Eddie Rayner – acoustic and electric piano, mellotron, synthesizer, organ, clavinet
  • Mike Chunn – bass, piano
  • Emlyn Crowther – drums
  • Noel Crombie – percussion

Track listing:

All tracks by Phil Judd and Tim Finn, except where noted.

  1. Walking Down a Road
  2. Under the Wheel
  3. Amy (Darling)
  4. So Long for Now
  5. Stranger Than Fiction
  6. Time for a Change – Phil Judd
  7. Maybe
  8. Titus – Phil Judd
  9. Spellbound
  10. Mental Notes – Phil Judd

John Surman Quartet: Stranger Than Fiction

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On October 11, 1994, “ECM” label released “Stranger than Fiction”, album by John Surman Quartet (the 20th John Surman album overal). It was recorded in December 1993, at “Rainbow Studio” in Oslo, and was produced by Manfred Eicher.

Personnel:

  • John Surman – alto, soprano and baritone saxophone, alto and bass clarinet
  • John Taylor – piano
  • Chris Laurence – bass
  • John Marshall – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by John Surman except where noted.

  1. Canticle with Response
  2. A Distant Spring
  3. Tess
  4. Promising Horizons – John Marshall, John Surman, John Taylor
  5. Across the Bridge
  6. Moonshine Dancer
  7. Running Sands
  8. Triptych: Hidden Orchid/Synapsis/Paratactic Paths

Split Enz: Second Thoughts

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In August 1976, “Mushroom” label released “Second Thoughts”, the second Split Enz studio album. It was recorded April – May 1976, at “Basing Street Studios” in London, and was produced by Phil Manzanera.

Personnel:

  • Tim Finn– vocals, piano
  • Phil Judd– vocals, guitars, mandolin
  • Jonathan Michael Chunn– bass, piano
  • Emlyn Crowther– drums
  • Noel Crombie– percussion
  • Edward Rayner– keyboards
  • Robert Gillies– saxophone, trumpet
  • Miles Golding – violin
  • Ian Sharp – cello
  • Rhett Davies, Guy Bidmead – recording
  • Rhett Davies – mixing
  • John Prew – photography

Track listing:

  1. Late Last Night – Phil Judd
  2. Walking Down a Road – Tim Finn, Phil Judd
  3. Titus – Phil Judd
  4. Lovely Dovey – Tim Finn, Phil Judd
  5. Sweet Dreams – Phil Judd
  6. Stranger Than Fiction – Tim Finn, Phil Judd
  7. Time for a Change – Phil Judd
  8. Matinee Idyll – Tim Finn, Phil Judd
  9. The Woman Who Loves You – Tim Finn, Phil Judd