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Elvis Presley: Elvis For Everyone

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On August 10, 1965, “RCA Victor” label released “Elvis for Everyone!”, the eighth Elvis Presley studio album. Recording sessions took place over a ten-year span at “Sun Studio” in Memphis, “RCA Studio B” in Nashville, Tennessee, and “Radio Recorders” in Hollywood, California, and was produced by Sam Phillips, Steve Sholes, Chet Atkins, Elvis Presley, Urban Thielmann, Hans Salter and George Stoll.

Personnel:

  • Elvis Presley – vocals, guitar
  • Scotty Moore – rhythm and lead guitar
  • Tiny Timbrell – guitar
  • Howard Roberts – guitar
  • Hank Garland – guitar
  • Neal Matthews Jr. – guitar
  • Chet Atkins – overdubbed guitar
  • Harold Bradley – guitar
  • Grady Martin – guitar
  • Billy Strange – guitar
  • Jerry Kennedy – guitar
  • Dudley Brooks – piano
  • Floyd Cramer – piano
  • Jimmie Haskell – accordion
  • Gordon Stoker – accordion
  • Bill Black – double bass
  • Meyer Rubin – double bass
  • Bob Moore – double bass
  • D. J. Fontana – drums
  • Bernie Mattinson – drums
  • Buddy Harman – drums
  • Boots Randolph – saxophone, clarinet
  • The Jordanaires – backing vocals
  • Millie Kirkham – backing vocals

Track listing:

  1. Your Cheatin’ Heart – Hank Williams
  2. Summer Kisses, Winter Tears – Fred Wise, Ben Weisman, Jack Lloyd
  3. Finders keepers, Losers Weepers – Dory Jones, Ollies Jones
  4. In My Way – Fred Wise, Ben Weisman
  5. Tomorrow Night – Sam Coslow, Wilhelm Grosz
  6. Memphis Tennessee – Chuck Berry
  7. For the Millionth and the Last Time – Roy C. Bennett, Sid Tepper
  8. Forget Me Never – Fred Wise, Ben Weisman
  9. Sound Advice – Bernie Baum, Bill Giant, Florence Kaye
  10. Santa Lucia – traditional, arranged by Elvis Presley
  11. I Met Her Tody – Hal Blair, Don Robertson
  12. When It Rains, It Really Pours – William R. Emerson

The Black Keys: No Rain, No Flowers

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On August 8, 2025, “Easy Eye Sound” and “Warner Bros” labels released “No Rain, No Flowers”, the thirteenth Black Keys (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2025, at “Easy Eye Sound” in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by Dan Auerbach, Patrick Carney and Rick Nowels.

Personnel:

  • Dan Auerbach – lead vocals, guitar; claps, bass; drum machine, drums; kazoo, bass synthesizer, bass drums, glockenspiel, shaker, tambourine
  • Patrick Carney – drums, cymbals, stick percussion, guitar, percussion, tambourine, cowbell, shaker, synthesizer
  • Sam Bacco – tambourine, shaker, bongo drums, cymbals, woodblock, cowbell, percussion, chimes, congas, timbales, maracas, wind chimes, güiro, bass drums, claves
  • Andy Gabbard – guitar, backing vocals
  • David Levita – guitar
  • Tom Bukovac – guitar, piano, Rhodes piano
  • Rick Nowels – Wurlitzer; acoustic guitar, horn, Juno synthesizer, Mellotron, organ, strings, synthesizer, piano
  • Via Mardot – theremin
  • Daniel Tashian – mellotron, bass; organ, piano, congas, shaker, woodblock; guitar, vocoder, backing vocals
  • Scott Storch – bass synthesizer, organ, piano; clavinet, clavichord 
  • Jake Botts – alto and baritone saxophone
  • Ray Mason – trombone
  • Leon Michels – bass synthesizer, tambourine, Moog, organ; percussion, piano, synthesizer
  • Tommy Brenneck – acoustic guitar, guitar, bass
  • Mike Rojas – bass synthesizer; clavichord, glockenspiel, organ, vibraphone
  • Zac Rae – mellotron, organistrum, organ
  • Austin Corona – bass
  • Blake Espy – violin
  • Emma Kummrow – violin
  • Gared Crawford – violin
  • Luigi Mazzocchi – violin
  • Natasha Colkett – violin
  • Tess Varley – violin
  • Jonathan Kim – viola 
  • Steven Heitlinger – viola
  • Glenn Fishbach – cello 
  • Larry Gold – strings arrangement 
  • Ashley Wilcoxson – backing vocals, claps
  • Leisa Hans – backing vocals, claps
  • Nicole “Lady” Wray – backing vocals
  • Pat McLaughlin – backing vocals
  • Desmond Child – backing vocals
  • Mireya Ramos – backing vocals
  • Shae Fiol – backing vocals
  • M. Allen Parker – engineer
  • Dom Tenaglia – additional engineering
  • John Christopher Fee – additional engineering
  • Josh Ditty – additional engineering
  • Henry Bright – engineering assistant
  • Jonny Ullman – engineering assistant
  • Tyler Zwiep – engineering assistant
  • Henry Bright – engineering assistant
  • Matt Ciccini – additional strings engineering
  • Dean Reid – additional engineering, mixing
  • Manny Marroquin – mixing
  • Aidan Thillmann – mixing assistant
  • Ramiro Fernandez-Seoane – mixing assistant
  • Trey Station – mixing assistant
  • Ryan Smith – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney, with additional writers as noted.

  1. No Rain, No Flowers – Rick Nowels
  2. The Night Before – Daniel Tashian
  3. Babygirl – Scott Storch, Daniel Tashian
  4. Down to Nothing – Tommy Brenneck, Pat McLaughlin, Leon Michels
  5. Oh Repeat – Rick Nowels
  6. Make You Mine – Desmond Child, Scott Storch
  7. Man on a Mission – Daniel Tashian
  8. Kiss It – Rick Nowels
  9. All My Life – Daniel Tashian
  10. A Little Too High – Tommy Brenneck, Pat McLaughlin, Leon Michels
  11. Neon Moon – Tommy Brenneck, Leon Michels, Daniel Tashian

Joe Bonamassa: Breakthrough

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On July 18, 2025, “J&R Adventures” label released “Breakthrough”, the seventeenth Joe Bonamassa studio album. It was recorded at “Black Rock Studios” in Santorini, Greece, “Ocean Way Studios” in Nashville, Tennessee, “Sunset Sound” in Hollywood, and was produced by Kevin Shirley.

Personnel:

  • Joe Bonamassa – lead vocals, guitar, slide guitar
  • Josh Smith – guitar
  • Reese Wynans – keyboards
  • Calvin Turner – bass
  • Stephen Mackey – bass 
  • Greg Morrow – drums
  • Lemar Carter – drums, percussion 
  • Jade MacRae – backing vocals
  • Danielle DeAndrea – backing vocals
  • Kevin “Caveman” Shirley – mixing, photography
  • Austin Atwood – engineer
  • Kostas Kalimeris – engineer
  • Nate Haessly – engineer
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Brian Lee – mastering
  • Bob Jackson – mastering
  • Hugh Syme – art direction, design, illustrations
  • Roy Weisman – executive producer

Track listing:

  1. Breakthrough – Joe Bonamassa, Tom Hambridge
  2. Trigger Dinger – Joe Bonamassa, Tom Hambridge
  3. I’ll Take the Blame – Joe Bonamassa, Gary Nicholson
  4. Drive by the Exit Sign – Joe Bonamassa, Kevin Shirley, James House
  5. Broken Record – Joe Bonamassa
  6. Shake this Ground – Joe Bonamassa, James House
  7. Still Walking with Me – Joe Bonamassa, Tom Hambridge
  8. Life After Dark – Joe Bonamassa, Kevin Shirley
  9. You Don’t Own Me – Joe Bonamassa, Kevin Shirley
  10. Pain’s on Me – Joe Bonamassa, Tom Hambridge

Steve Miller Band: Number 5

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In July 1970, “Capitol” label released “Number 5”, the fifth Steve Miller Band studio album. It was recorded in 1970, at “Cinderella Sound” in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by Steve Miller.

Personnel:

  • Steve Miller — lead and backing vocals, guitar, 12-string guitar, Condor Innovator guitar, Echoplex guitar, piano, bass
  • Jim Miller — guitar 
  • Bobby Winkelmann — lead and backing vocals, bass, 12-string guitar 
  • Tim Davis — lead and backing vocals, drums
  • Curley Cooke — acoustic guitar, guitar
  • Wayne Moss — guitar, bass 
  • Bobby Thompson — banjo 
  • Nicky Hopkins — piano
  • Lee Michaels — organ 
  • Ben Sidran — keyboards 
  • Charlie McCoy — harmonica
  • Lonnie Turner — fretless bass 
  • Jimmy Tillman — drums
  • Bud Billings — trumpet
  • Buddy Spicher — violin

Track listing:

  1. Good Morning – Bobby Winkelman
  2. I Love You – Steve Miller
  3. Going to the Country – Steve Miller, Ben Sidran
  4. Hot Chili – Tim Davis
  5. Tokin’s – Tim Davis
  6. Going to Mexico – Steve Miller, Bob Scaggs
  7. Steve Miller’s Midnight Tango – Ben Sidran
  8. Industrial Military Complex Hex – Steve Miller
  9. Jackson-Kent Blues – Steve Miller
  10. Never Kill Another Man – Steve Miller

Gillian Welch: Soul Journey

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On June 9, 2003, “Acony Records” label released “Soul Journey”, the fourth Gillian Welch studio album. It was recorded in 2003 at Gillian Welch’s home, “RCA Studio B” and “Woodland” in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by David Rawlings.

Personnel:

  • Gillian Welch – vocals, “everything else”, arrangements
  • David Rawlings – “everything else”
  • Mark Ambrose – acoustic guitar
  • Matt Andrews – bass guitar
  • Jim Boquist – bass guitar
  • Greg Leisz – dobro
  • Ketcham Secor – fiddle

Track listing:

All tracks by Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, except where noted.

  1. Look at Miss Ohio
  2. Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor – traditional
  3. Wayside/Back in Time
  4. I Had a Real Good Mother and Father – traditional, additional lyrics by Gillian Welch
  5. One Monkey
  6. No One Knows My Name
  7. Lowlands
  8. One Little Song – Gillian Welch
  9.  I Made a Lovers Prayer
  10. Wrecking Ball

The Waterboys: All Souls Hill

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On April 6, 2022, “Cooking Vinyl” label released “All Souls Hill”, the fifteenth Waterboys (The) studio album. It was recorded at “The Barn” in Sussex, “The Bunker” in Welwyn, “Crow’s Nest” in Thompson’s Station, Tennessee, US, “Goyt Valley Sound”, “Miracle Studios”, “Nabby Road Studio” in Liverpool, “Ocean Soul Studios”, “Puck Towers”, “Rustic Souls” “Verlimont Studios” in Hampstead, England, “Wilbury Road Studios”, and was produced by Paul Brown, Simon Dine, James Hallawell and Mike Scott.

Personnel:

  • Mike Scott – vocals, lead and rhythm guitar, sound effects, soundscaping
  • “Brother” Paul Brown – keyboards, synthesizer, sound effects, guitar, backing vocals, mixing
  • James Hallawell – piano, organ, mellotron, guitar, Marxophone, backing vocals, sound effects
  • Simon Dine – sound effects, lead guitar
  • Mike Brignardello – bass guitar
  • Aongus Ralston – bass guitar
  • Ralph Salmins, Greg Morrow – drums
  • Melvin Duffy – pedal steel guitar
  • Pee Wee Ellis – saxophone
  • Ian McNabb – backing vocals
  • Barny Fletcher – backing vocals
  • Rob D. Cureton – choir vocals, choir arrangements
  • Jason Eskridge – choir vocals, engineer
  • Niki Conley, Kiley Phillips – choir vocals
  • Ciaron Bell – engineer
  • Don Jackson – mastering
  • Ian James Ross – design
  • Kahn & Selesnik – photography
  • Howard Rankin – photography
  • Charlotte Annand – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Simon Dine and Mike Scott, except where noted.

  1. All Souls Hill
  2. The Liar
  3. The Southern Moon
  4. Blackberry Girl
  5. Hollywood Blues – James Hallawell, Aongus Ralston, Ralph Salmins, Mike Scott
  6. In My Dreams
  7. Once Were Brothers – Robbie Robertson
  8. Here We Go Again
  9. Passing Through – Dick Blakeslee

Alison Krauss & The Union Station: Every Time You Say Goodbye

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On February 14, 1992, “Rounder” label released “Every Time You Say Goodbye”, the second Alison Krauss & Union Station studio album. It was recorded in 1991, at “Homeplace Studios Suite 2000” in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by Alison Krauss. In 1993, at the 35th “Grammy Awards” ceremony, “Every Time You Say Goodbye” won the “Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album.”

Personnel:

  • Alison Krauss – vocals, fiddle
  • Ron Block – vocals, banjo
  • Tim Stafford – vocals, guitar
  • Adam Steffey – vocals, mandolin
  • Barry Bales – vocals, bass

Track listing:

  1. Every Time You Say Goodbye – John Pennell
  2. Another Night – Jack Adkins
  3. Last Love Letter – Sidney Cox
  4. Cluck Old Hen – traditional
  5. Who Can Blame You – Ron Block
  6. It Won’t Work This Time – Aubrey Holt
  7. Heartstrings – Marshall Wilborn
  8. I Don’t Know Why – Shawn Colvin
  9. Cloudy Days – Billy Ray Reynolds
  10. New Fool – Sidney Cox
  11. Shield of Faith – Ron Block
  12. Lose Again – Karla Bonoff
  13. Another Day, Another Dollar – Dan Tyminski
  14. Jesus Help Me to Stand – Ron Block

Jerry Lee Lewis: There Must Be More To Love Than This

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On January 4, 1971, “Mercury” label released “There Must Be More to Love than This”, the 15th Jerry Lee Lewis album. It was recorded in 1970, in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by Jerry Kennedy.

Personnel:

  • Jerry Lee Lewis – vocals, piano
  • Buck Hutcheson, Chip Young, Harold Bradley, Ray Edenton – guitar
  • Ned Davis – steel guitar
  • Kenny Lovelace – fiddle
  • Bob Moore, Eddie DeBruhl – bass
  • Buddy Harman, Kenny Buttrey – drums

Track listing:

  1. There Must Be More to Love Than This – Thomas LaVerne, Bill Taylor
  2. Bottles and Barstools – Glenn Sutton
  3. Reuben James – Barry Etris, Alex Harvey
  4. I’d Be Talkin’ All the Time – Chuck Howard, Larry Kingston
  5. One More Time – Larry Butler, Jan Crutchfield, Buddy Killen
  6. Sweet Georgia Brown – Ben Bernie, Kenneth Casey, Maceo Pinkard
  7. Woman, Woman (Get Out of My Way) –Linda Gail Lewis, Cecil J. Harrelson
  8. I Forgot More Than You’ll Ever Know – Cecil A. Null
  9. Foolaid – Harrelson Carmen Holland
  10. Home Away from Home – Jerry Chesnut
  11. Life Has its Little Ups and Downs – Margaret Ann Rich

Loretta Lynn: Coal Miner’s Daughter

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On January 4, 1971, “Decca” label released “Coal Miner’s Daughter”, the sixteenth Loretta Lynn studio album. It was recorded May – August 1970, at “Bradley’s Barn” in Mount Juliet, Tennessee, and was produced by Owen Bradley.

Personnel:

  • Loretta Lynn – lead vocals
  • Ray Edenton – guitar, acoustic guitar
  • Grady Martin – guitar, lead electric guitar
  • Hal Rugg – steel guitar, Dobro
  • Jerry Stembridge – acoustic guitar
  • Bobby Thompson – banjo
  • Pete Wade – guitar
  • Hargus Robbins – piano
  • Junior Huskey – bass
  • Harold Bradley – bass guitar, electric bass guitar
  • Bob Moore – bass
  • Buddy Harman – drums
  • The Jordanaires – backing vocals
  • Jim Williamson – engineer
  • Darrell Johnson – mastering
  • Doyle Wilburn – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Coal Miner’s Daughter – Loretta Lynn
  2. Hello Darlin’ – Conway Twitty
  3. Less of Me – Glen Campbell
  4. Any One, Any Worse, Any Where – Lorene Allen, Loretta Lynn
  5. For the Good Times – Kris Kristofferson
  6. The Man of the House – Larry Brinkley, Lee McAlpin
  7. What Makes Me Tick – Loretta Lynn
  8. Another Man Loved Me Last Night – Lorene Allen
  9. It’ll Be Open Season on You – Charlie Aldridge
  10. Too Far – Marty Robbins
  11. Snowbird – Gene MacLellan

Etta James: Etta James Rocks The House

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On December 13, 1963, “Argo” label released “Etta James Rocks the House”, the first Etta James live album. It was recorded in September 1963, at the “New Era Club” in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by Leonard Chess and Etta James.

Personnel:

  • Etta James – vocals
  • David T. Walker – guitar
  • Vonzell Cooper – organ
  • Marion Wright – bass
  • Freeman Brown – drums
  • Richard Waters – drums
  • Garnell Cooper – tenor saxophone

Track listing:

  1. Something’s Got a Hold on Me – Etta James, Leroy Kirkland, Pearl Woods
  2. Baby What You Want Me to Do – Jimmy Reed
  3. What’d I Say – Ray Charles
  4. Money (That’s What I Want) – Janie Bradford, Berry Gordy, Jr.
  5. Seven Day Fool – Billy Davis, Berry Gordy, Jr., Sonny Woods
  6. Sweet Little Angel – Robert McCollum
  7. Ooh Poo Pah Doo – Jessie Hill
  8. Woke Up This Morning – B.B. King