Tag Archives: Tallahassee

Less Than Jake: Pezcore

On August 22, 1995, “Dill Records” label released “Pezcore”, the debut Less Than Jake album. It was recorded in 1995, at “Georgia Street Studios” in Tallahassee, “Mirror Image Studios” in Gainesville.

Personnel:

  • Chris Demakes – vocals, guitar
  • Roger Manganelli – bass
  • Vinnie Fiorello – drums
  • Jessica Mills – saxophone
  • Buddy “Goldfinger” – trombone
  • Tommy Hamilton – recording
  • Var Thelin – graphics

Track listing:

  1. Liquor Store
  2. My Very Own Flag
  3. Johnny Quest Thinks We’re Sellouts
  4. Big
  5. Shotgun
  6. Black Coffee
  7. Throw the Brick
  8. Growing Up on a Couch
  9. Blindsided
  10. Downbeat
  11. Jen Doesn’t Like Me Anymore
  12. Out of the Crowd
  13. Robo
  14. Where in the Hell Is Make Sinkovich
  15. Process
  16. 3 Quarts Drunk
  17. Boomtown
  18. Shirt on Ideas
  19. One Last Cigarette
  20. (silence)
  21. Laverne And Shirley

Mountain Goats: Tallahassee

On November 5, 2002, “4AD” label released “Tallahassee”, the seventh Mountain Goats studio album. It was recorded in 2002, at “Tarbox Studios” in Cassadaga, New York, and was produced by Tony Doogan.

Personnel:

  • John Darnielle – vocals, guitar, bells, keys, xylophone, harmonica
  • Peter Hughes – harmony vocals, bass guitar, drums, keys, shaker
  • Franklin Bruno – guitar, piano
  • Michael Ivins – tambourine

Track listing:

  1. Tallahassee
  2. First Few Desperate Hours
  3. Southwood Plantation Road
  4. Game Shows Touch Our Lives
  5. The House That Dripped Blood
  6. Idylls of the King
  7. No Children
  8. See America Right
  9. Peacocks
  10. International Small Arms Traffic Blues
  11. Have to Explode
  12. Old College Try
  13. Oceanographer’s Choice
  14. Alpha Rats Nest

Creed: My Own Prison

On June 12, 1997, “Wind-up” label released “My Own Prison”, the debut Creed studio album. It was recorded in 1996, at “The Kitchen Studio” in Tallahassee, Florida, “Criteria Studios” in Miami, Florida, and was produced by John Kurzweg. The album was certified 3 x Platinum in Canada by “Music Canada”, and in 2002, 6 x Platinum in US by the “RIIA”, and is one of the 200 best selling albums of all time in US.

Personnel:

  • Scott Stapp- lead vocals, art direction
  • Mark Tremonti- guitar, backing vocals, art direction
  • Brian Marshall– bass, art direction
  • Scott Phillips– drums, art direction
  • John Kurzweg– keyboards, art direction
  • John Kurzweg -recording
  • Chris Carrol – recording assistant
  • Andrew Roshberg – digital engineering
  • Fran Flannery, Ron Saint Germain – mixing assistant
  • Howie Weinberg – mastering
  • Mark Droescher – art direction, design
  • Daniel Tremonti – design, photography
  • Justin Brown – photography
  • Cece Wren, Judd Allison – additional photography
  • Jeff Hansen – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks written by Scott Stapp and Mark Tremonti.

  1. Torn
  2. Ode
  3. My Own Prison
  4. Pity for a Dime
  5. In America
  6. Illusion
  7. Unforgiven
  8. Sister
  9. What’s This Life For
  10. One