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Melissa Etheridge: Brave And Crazy

On September 11, 1989, “Island” label released “Brave and Crazy”, the second Melissa Etheridge studio album. It was recorded January – May 1989, at “A&M Studios”, “Devonshire Sound Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Melissa Etheridge, Niko Bolas and Kevin McCormick.

Personnel:

  • Melissa Etheridge – vocals, twelve-string guitar, arrangements
  • Waddy Wachtel – guitar
  • Bernie Larsen – electric guitar
  • Scott Thurston – keyboards
  • Bono – harmonica
  • Mauricio-Fritz Lewak – drums
  • Kevin McCormick – bass guitar, arrangements
  • Bob Vogt – engineer
  • Niko Bolas – engineer, mixing
  • Tom Banghart – engineer assistant
  • Larry Goodwin – engineer assistant
  • Randy Wine – engineer assistant
  • Dennis Keeley – photography
  • Robin Fredriksz – make-up

Track listing:

All tracks by Melissa Etheridge, except where noted.

  1. No Souvenirs
  2. Brave and Crazy
  3. You Used to Love to Dance
  4. The Angels
  5. You Can Sleep While I Drive
  6. Testify – Merlisa Etheridge, Kevin McCormick
  7. Let Me Go
  8. My Back Door
  9. Skin Deep
  10. Royal Station 4/16

Kamasi Washington: Heaven And Earth

On June 22, 2018, “Young” label released “Heaven and Earth”, the fourth Kamasi Washington studio album. It was recorded in 2018, at “Electro Vox Recording”, “Henson Recording”, “Stagg Street Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Kamasi Washington.

Personnel:

  • Kamasi Washington – tenor saxophone, arrangements
  • Dontae Winslow – trumpet
  • Ryan Porter – trombone
  • Cameron Graves – piano
  • Brandon Coleman – keyboards, organ, vocoder
  • Miles Mosley – bass. electric bass
  • Ronald Bruner Jr. – drums
  • Tony Austin – drums, percussion
  • Allakoi Peete, Kahlil Cummings – percussion
  • Orchestra:

Rickey Washington – flute

Greg Martin – oboe

Tracy Wannomae – clarinet

Amber Joy Wyman – bassoon

Amy Sanchez, Laura Brenes – French horn

Marc T. Bolin – tuba

Jen Simone, Martino, Paul Jacob Cartwright, Ray Suen, Reiko Nakano, Rocio Marron, Yvette Devereaux, Yvette Holzwarth – violin

Brittany Cotto, Caroline Buckman, Chad Jackson, Landon Jones, Molly Rogers, Morgan Matadero, Tom Lea – viola

Adrienne Woods, Ginger Murphy, Peter PT Jacobson – cello

Dominic Thiroux – bass

Dwight Trible, Matachi Nwosu, Patrice Quinn, Steven Wayne – lead vocals

Amaya Washington, Angelo D. Johnson Jr., Cameron Graves, Dawn Norfleet, Dustin W. Warren, Jackie Fiske, Mashica Winslowdynasty, Nia Andrews, Patrice Quinn, Sonnet Simmons, Steven Wayne, Taylor Graves, Thalma de Freitas – choir

  • Terrace Martin – alto saxophone
  • Rickey Washington – tenor saxophone
  • Chris Gray – trumpet
  • Jamael Dean – piano
  • Carlos del Puerto, Gabe Noel – bass
  • Thundercat, Gabe Noel – electric bass
  • Chris Dave, Jonathan Pinson, Robert Searight, Robert Miller – drums
  • Daddy Kev – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Kamasi Washington, except where noted.

Earth

  1. Fists of Fury – James Wong, Joseph Koo, Ku Chia Hui
  2. Can You Hear Him
  3. Hub-Tones – Freddie Hubbard
  4. Connections
  5. Tiffakonkae
  6. The Invincible Youth
  7. Testify – lyrics by Patrice Quinn, Kamasi Washington, music by Kamasi Washington

Heaven

  • One of One
  • The Space Travelers Lullaby
  • Vi Lua Vi Sol
  • Street Fighter Mas
  • Song for the Fallen
  • Journey – lyrics by Patrice Quinn, music by Kamasi Washington
  • The Psalmnist – Ryan Porter
  • Show Us the Way
  • Will You Sing

The Choice

  1. The Secret of Jinsinson
  2. Will You Love Me Tomorrow – Gerald Goffin, Carole King
  3. My Family
  4. Agents of Multiverse – Chris Dave, Kamasi Washington
  5. Ooh Child – Stab Vincent

Paul Weller: Fat Pop (Volume 1)

On May 14, 2021, “Polydor” label released “Fat Pop (Volume 1)”, the sixteenth Paul Weller studio album. It was recorded in 2020, at “Black Barn Studios” in Surrey, UK.

Personnel:

  • Paul Weller – lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, bass, piano, Mellotron, Hammond organ, Rhodes, harp, Wurlitzer electric piano, synthesizer, drums, percussion, clapping
  • Steve Cradock – acoustic and electric guitar, lap steel guitar, slide guitar, harp, percussion, timpani, tubular bells, bass , string arrangements  
  • Steve Pilgrim – acoustic and electric guitar, drums, conga, clapping
  • Anthony Brown – electric guitar
  • Steve Brookes – slide guitar
  • Charles Rees – synthesizer, Moog bass, synth bass, Hammond organ, Mellotron, percussion, sound effects, drum programming
  • Jan Kybert – Hammond organ, synthesizer, Mellotron, sound effects, percussion, programming
  • Tom Doyle – electric piano, keyboards, Wurlitzer, drum programming
  • Andy Crofts – bass, acoustic bass guitar, electric guitar, keyboards, melodica, timpani, clapping, synthesizer,  organ, zither
  • Tom Heel – Moog bass, backing vocals
  • Ben Gordelier – drums, percussion, clapping
  • Paraorchestra – orchestra
  • Paul Wright – sarangi
  • Jacko Peake – soprano and tenor saxophone
  • Anthony Gaylard – tenor saxophone 
  • Phil Veacock – saxophone
  • Steve Trigg – trumpet, horn arrangements
  • Dave Boraston – trumpet
  • Kotono Sato – violin
  • Antonia Pagulatos – violin
  • Stella Page – viola
  • Katy Cox – cello
  • Lia Metcalfe – vocals
  • Andy Fairweather Low – vocals, backing vocals
  • Leah Weller – backing vocals
  • Hannah Peel – string arrangements
  • White Label – string arrangements
  • Charles Rees – editing, engineer, mixing
  • Fiona Cruickshank – engineer
  • Jan Kybert – mixing
  • Matt Colton – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Paul Weller, except where noted.

  1. Cosmic Fringes
  2. True – Paul Weller, Lia Metcalfe
  3. Fat Pop – Paul Weller, Jan Kybert
  4. Shades of Blue – Leah Weller, Paul Weller
  5. Glad Times – Paul Weller, Tom Doyle, Anthony Brown
  6. Cobweb/Connections
  7. Testify – Paul Weller, Andy Fairweather Low
  8. That Pleasure
  9. Failed
  10. Moving Canvas
  11. In Better Times
  12. Still Glides the Stream – Paul Weller, Steve Cradock

Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Trouble: Texas Flood

Texas Flood

On June 13, 1983, “Epic” label released “Texas Flood”, the debut Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble album. It was recorded in November 1982, at “Down Town Studio” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Stevie Ray Vaughan, Tommy Shannon, Chris Layton and Richard Mullen. “Texas Flood” was certified 2 x Platinum in the US by the “RIIA”, and Platinum in Canada by “Music Canada”.

Personnel:

  • Stevie Ray Vaughan – vocals, guitar
  • Tommy Shannon– bass
  • Chris Layton– drums
  • Richard Mullen, James Geddes, Lincoln Clapp – engineer
  • Lincoln Clapp, Don Wershba, Harry Spiridakis – mixing
  • Ken Robertson – mastering
  • Brad Holland – cover art
  • John Berg, Allen Weinberg – art direction
  • Don Hunstein – tray card photography
  • John H. Hammond – executive producer
  • Mikie Harris – production assistant

Track listing:

  1. Love Struck Baby – Stevie Ray Vaughan
  2. Pride and Joy – Stevie Ray Vaughan
  3. Texas Flood – Larry Davis, Joseph Wade Scott
  4. Tell Me – Howlin’ Wolf
  5. Testify – Ronald Isley,O’Kelly Isley, Jr., Rudolph Isley
  6. Rude Mood – Stevie Ray Vaughan
  7. Mary Had a Little Lamb – Buddy Guy
  8. Dirty Pool – Doyle Bramhall, Stevie Ray Vaughan
  9. I’m Cryin’ – Stevie Ray Vaughan
  10. Lenny – Stevie Ray Vaughan