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Mark Hollis: Same

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On January 26, 1998, “Polydor” label released the self – titled, debut and only Mark Hollis album. It was recorded in 1997, and was produced by Mark Hollis.

Personnel:

  • Mark Hollis – vocals, guitar
  • Dominic Miller – guitar
  • Robbie McIntosh – guitar
  • Lawrence Pendrous – piano, harmonium
  • Mark Feltham – harmonica
  • Chris Laurence – double bass
  • Martin Ditcham – drums, percussion
  • Henry Lowther – trumpet
  • Iain Dixon – clarinet
  • Tim Holmes – clarinet
  • Andy Panayi – flute
  • Melinda Maxwell – cor Anglais
  • Maggie Pollock – bassoon
  • Julie Andrews – bassoon
  • Phill Brown – engineer
  • Cally and Crane – design
  • Stephen Lovell-Davis – cover photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Mark Hollis and Warme Livesey, except where noted.

  1. The Colour of Spring – Mark Hollis, Phil Ramacon
  2. Watershed
  3. Inside Looking Out – Mark Hollis
  4. The Gift
  5. A Life (1895 – 1915)
  6. Westward Bound – Mark Hollis, Dominic Miller
  7. The Daily Planet
  8. A New Jerusalem

Midge Ure: The Gift

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On October 7, 1985, “Chrysalis” label released “The Gift”, the debut Midge Ure album. It was recorded in 1985, at “Music Fest Studio” in London, and was produced by Midge Ure.

Personnel:

  • Midge Ure – vocals, instrumentation
  • Mark King – bass guitar
  • Mark Brzezicki – drums
  • Lindsay Elliott – drums
  • Paul Mosby – mizmar 
  • Mae McKenna, Lorenza Johnson, Jackie Challenor, Glenn Gregory – backing vocals
  • Rik Walton – recording
  • Brian Tench – mixing
  • Peter Saville Associates – design
  • George Hurrell – photography
  • John Hudson – co-producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Midge Ure and Daniel Mitchell, except where noted.

  1. If I Was
  2. When the Winds Blow
  3. Living in the Past – Ian Anderson
  4. That Certain Smile
  5. The Gift – Midge Ure
  6. Antilles – Midge Ure
  7. Wastelands
  8. Edo – Midge Ure
  9. The Chieftain – Midge Ure
  10. She Cried
  11. The Gift (reprise) – Midge Ure

Gary Numan: Intruder

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On May 21, 2021, “BMG” and “The End” labels released “Intruder”, the nineteenth Gary Numan studio album. It was recorded 2020 – 2021, and was produced by Ade Fenton.

Personnel:

  • Gary Numan – vocals, keyboards
  • Steve Harris – guitars
  • Ade Fenton – keyboards, programming, mixing
  • Tim Slade – bass
  • Gorkem Sen – strings
  • Gazelle Twin – backing vocals
  • Persia Numan – backing vocals
  • Raven Numan – backing vocals
  • Nathan Boddy – mixing
  • Matt Colton – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Gary Numan, except where noted.

  1. Betrayed
  2. The Gift
  3. I Am Screaming
  4. Intruder
  5. Is This World Not Enough
  6. A Black Sun – Gary Numan, Persia Numan
  7. The Chosen
  8. And It Breaks Me Again
  9. Saints and Liars
  10. Now and Forever
  11. The End of Dragons

White Witch: Same

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In July 1972, “Capricorn Records” label released the self-titled, debut White Witch studio album. It was recorded in 1972, at “Capricorn Sound Studios”, and was produced by Johnny Sandlin.

Personnel:

  • Ronn Goedert – lead vocals, percussion
  • Buddy Richardson – lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Buddy Pendergrass – piano, organ, Moog synthesizer, backing vocals
  • Beau Fisher – bass guitar
  • Bobby Shea – drums, percussionbacking vocals
  • Carl Hornsby, Johnny Sandlin, Ovie Sparks – engineer
  • Barry Feinstein, Vicki Hodgetts – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Ronn Goedert and Buddy Pendergrass, except where noted,

  1. Parabrahm Greeting
  2. Dwellers of the Treshold
  3. Help Me Lord
  4. Don’t Close Your Mind
  5. You’re the One
  6. Sleepwalk
  7. Home Grown Girl
  8. And I’m Leaving
  9. Illusion
  10. It’s So Nice to Be Stoned
  11. Have You Ever Thought of Changing?
  12. Jackson Slade
  13. The Gift

Annie Lenox: Diva

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On April 6, 1992, “RCA Records” label released “Diva”, the debut Annie Lennox album. It was recorded 1991 – 1992, at “Mayfair” and “The Church” in London, and was produced by Stephen Lipson. In 1993 “Brit Awards”, “Diva” won the “British Album of the Year”. It was certified 2 x Platinum in the US by “RIAA”.

Personnel:

  • Annie Lennox – all vocals, keyboards
  • Stephen Lipson – guitars, keyboards, programming
  • Kenji Suzuki – guitar
  • Ed Shearmur – piano
  • Paul Moore – keyboards
  • Peter-John Vettese – keyboards, programming, recorder
  • Marius de Vries – keyboards, programming
  • Doug Wimbish – bass
  • Keith LeBlanc – drums
  • Luís Jardim – percussion
  • Steve Jansen – drum programming
  • Dave DeFries – trumpet
  • Gavyn Wright – violin
  • Heff Moraes – engineer, MIDI management
  • William O’Donovan – mixing assistance
  • Ian Silvester – digital technician
  • Ian Cooper – mastering
  • Laurence Stevens – designs
  • Satoshi – photography (front cover)
  • Anton Corbijn – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Annie Lennox, except where noted.

  1. Why
  2. Walking on Broken Glass
  3. Precious
  4. Legend in My Living Room – Annie Lennox, Peter John Vettese
  5. Cold
  6. Money Can’t Buy It
  7. Little Bird
  8. Primitive
  9. Stay By Me
  10. The Gift – Annie Lennox, The Blue Nile

White Witch: Same

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In July 1972, “Capricorn” label released the self-titled, debut White Witch album. It was recorded in 1972, “Capricorn Sound Studios” in Macon, Georgia, and was produced by Johnny Sandlin.

Personnel:

  • Buddy Pendergrass – piano, organ, synthesizer, backing vocals
  • Buddy Richardson – lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Beau Fisher – bass guitar
  • Bobby Shea – drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Ronn Goedert – lead vocals, percussion
  • Johnny Sandlin – engineer
  • Carl Hornsby – engineer
  • Ovie Sparks – engineer
  • Barry Feinstein, Vicki Hodgetts – design

Track listing:

  1. Parabrahm Greeting
  2. Dwellers of the Threshold
  3. Help Me Lord
  4. Don’t Close Your Mind
  5. You’re the One
  6. Sleepwalk
  7. Home Grown Girl
  8. And I’m Leaving
  9. Illusion
  10. It’s So Nice to be Stones
  11. Have You Ever Thought of Changing?
  12. Jackson Slade
  13. The Gift

David “Fathead” Newman: The Gift

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On January 21, 2003, “High Note” label released “The Gift”, the 32nd David “Fathead” Newman album. It was recorded in October 2002, at “The Studio” in New York City, and was produced by David “Fathead” Newman and Houston Person.

Personnel:

  • David “Fathead” Newman – alto and tenor saxophone, flute
  • John Hicks – piano
  • Bryan Carrott – vibraphone
  • Buster Williams – bass
  • Winard Harper – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by David “Fathead” Newman except where noted

  1. The Gift
  2. Don’t Let the Sun Catch You Crying – Gerry Marsden, Freddie Marsden, Les Chadwick, Les Maguire
  3. Off the Hook
  4. Unspeakable Times
  5. Little Sonny’s Tune
  6. Lady Day – L. Johnson
  7. Unchain My Heart – Bobby Sharp, Teddy Powell
  8. Ksue

John Zorn: The Gift

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On March 27, 2001, “Tzadik” label released “The Gift”, album by John Zorn, the third volume of “Music Romance Series”. It was recorded 2000 – 2001, and was produced by John Zorn.

Personnel:

  • John Zorn– piano, theremin
  • Marc Ribot– guitar
  • Jamie Saft– piano, organ, Wurlitzer piano, keyboards
  • Greg Cohen– bass
  • Trevor Dunn– bass
  • Joey Baron– drums
  • Cyro Baptista– percussion
  • Mike Patton– voice
  • Dave Douglas– trumpet
  • Jennifer Choi– violin
  • Masumi Rostad – viola
  • Raman Ramakishna – cello
  • Ned Rothenberg– shakuhachi

Track listing:

All tracks by John Zorn.

  1. Makahaa
  2. The Quiet Surf
  3. Samarkan
  4. Train to Thiensan
  5. Snake Catcher
  6. Mao’s Moon
  7. Cutting Stone
  8. La Flor del Barrio
  9. Bridge to the Beyond
  10. Makahaa (reprise)

Joy Formidable: On Hitch

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March 25, 2016, “C’mon Let’s Drift” label released “On Hitch”, the third Joy Formidable studio album. It was recorded in 2016, in Wales, and was produced by Rhiannon “Ritzy” Bryan, Rhydian Dafydd and Matthew James Thomas.

Personnel:

  • Rhiannon “Ritzy” Bryan – lead vocals, guitar
  • Rhydian Dafydd – vocals, bass
  • Matthew James Thomas – drums, percussion
  • Laura J. Martin – flute
  • Alan Moulder – mixing
  • Caesar Edmunds – mixing
  • John Davis – mastering
  • Ralph Steadman – illustration
  • Austin Sellers – design

Track listing:

  1. A Second in White
  2. Radio of Lips
  3. The Last Thing on My Mind
  4. Liana
  5. The Brook
  6. It’s Started
  7. The Gift
  8. Running Hands with the Night
  9. Fog (Black Windows)
  10. Underneath the Petal
  11. Blowing Fire
  12. Don’t Let Me Know

Steve Hackett: The Night Siren

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On March 24, 2017, “Inside Out Music” label released “The Night Siren”, the twenty-fifth Steve Hackett studio album. It was recorded 2014 – 2017, and was produced by Steve Hackett, Roger King and Benedict Fenner.

Personnel:

  • Steve Hackett – vocals, acoustic and electric guitars,  oud,  charango, sitar, harmonica
  • Malik Mansurov – tar
  • Roger King, Benedict Fenner – keyboards, programming
  • Leslie-Miriam Bennett – keyboards
  • Nad Sylvan, Jo Hackett – vocals
  • Amanda Lehmann – vocals
  • Dick Driver – double bass
  • Kobi Farhi, Mīrā ‘Awaḍ, Nick D’Virgilio– drums
  • Gulli Briem – drums, cajon, percussion
  • Gary O’Toole – drums
  • Rob Townsend – baritone saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute, flageolet, quena, duduk, bass clarinet
  • John Hackett– flute
  • Ferenc Kovács – trumpet
  • Christine Townsend – violin, viola
  • Troy Donockley– uilleann pipes
  • Sara Kovács – didgeridoo

Track listing:

  1. Behind the Smoke – Steve Hackett, Jo Hackett, Roger King
  2. Martina Sea – Steve Hackett
  3. Fifty Miles from the North Pole – Steve Hackett, Jo Hackett, Amanda Lehmann
  4. El Niño – Steve Hackett, Roger King
  5. Other Side of the Wall – Steve Hackett, Jo Hackett
  6. Anything but Love – Steve Hackett
  7. Inca Terra – Steve Hackett, Jo Hackett
  8. In Another Life – Steve Hackett, Jo Hackett, Roger King, Troy Donockley
  9. In the Skeleton Gallery – Steve Hackett, Jo Hackett
  10. West to East – Steve Hackett, Jo Hackett
  11. The Gift – Leslie-Miriam Bennet, Benedict Fenner