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The Proclaimers: Hit The Highway

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On March 7, 1994, “Chrysalis” label released “Hit the Highway”, the third Proclaimers (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1993, at “Chipping North Studio” in Chipping North, Oxfordshire, England, and was produced by Pete Wingfield, Charlie Reid and Craig Reid.

Personnel:

  • Craig Reid – vocals, tambourine
  • Charlie Reid – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar 
  • Stuart Nisbet – acoustic and electric guitar, steel guitar, mandolin
  • Tim Renwick – acoustic and electric guitar, electric slide guitar
  • Jerry Donahue – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Bobby Valentino – fiddle
  • Pete Wingfield – keyboards, piano, Hammond C3 
  • Pete Thomas – tenor and baritone saxophone 
  • Raul D’Oliveira – trumpet
  • Vince Sullivan – trombone
  • Iain Bruce – bass guitar
  • Phil Cranham – bass guitar, fretless bass guitar
  • Kevin Wilkinson – drums
  • Dave Mattacks – drums
  • Martin Ditcham – percussion
  • Barry Hammond – engineer
  • Geoff Pesche – mastering 

Track listing:

All tracks by Charlie and Craig Reid, except where noted.

  1. Let’s Get Married
  2. The More I Believe
  3. What Makes You Cry?
  4. Follow the Money
  5. These Arms of Mine – Otis Redding
  6. Shout Shout
  7. The Light
  8. Hit the Highway
  9. A Long Long Long Time Ago
  10. I Want to Be a Christian – Sullivan S. Puch
  11. Your Childhood
  12. Don’t Turn Out Like Your Mother

Sean Danielsen: Production of Isolation

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On January 13, 2017, “God Hates Me Music” label released “Production of Isolation”, the third Sean Danielsen album. It was recorded in 2016, and was produced by Sean Danielsen.

Personnel:

  • Sean Danielsen – vocal, guitar, various instruments, programming, engineer
  • Eddie Wohl – programming, mixing
  • Matt Dalton – mastering
  • Chris Sehenuk – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Sean Danielsen.

  1. Scattered Ashes
  2. Still
  3. The Light
  4. Back to Sleep
  5. Skin
  6. Tennessee
  7. All This Talk
  8. Parasite
  9. Is It Wrong
  10. Wedding Song

Spock’s Beard: The Light

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In January 1995, “SynPhonic” label released “The Light”, the debut Spock’s Beard album. It was recorded in 1994, and was produced by Neal Morse, Alan Morse, Dave Meros and Nick D’Virgilio.

Personnel:

  • Neal Morse – lead vocals, mellotron, Hammond organ, keyboards, acoustic and electric guitar
  • Alan Morse – vocals, lead electric guitar, cello, mellotron
  • Dave Meros – bass, French horn
  • Nick D’Virgilio – drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Molly Pasutti, Wanda Houston – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Neal Morse except where noted.

  1. The Light
  • The Dream
  • One Man – Alan Morse, Neal Morse
  • Garden People
  • Looking Straight into the Light
  • The Man in the Mountain
  • Señor Valasco’s Mystic Voodoo Love Dance
  • The Return of the Horrible Catfish Man
  • The Dream
  • Go the Way You Go
  • The Water
  • Introduction. The Water
  • When It All Goes to Hell
  • A Thief in the Night
  • FU/I’m Sorry
  • The Water (revisited)
  • Runnin’ the Race
  • Reach for the Sky

Ant-Bee: Electronic Church Muzik

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On February 28, 2011, “Barking Moondog” label relased “Electronic Church Muzik”, the fourth Ant-Bee studio album. It was recorded over the course of several years, and was produced by Billy James.

Personnel:

  • Billy James (The Ant-Bee) – vocals, tape,  percussion,  Mellotron, vibraphone, guitar, keyboards, harp, cuica, washboard, violin,  choir
  • Jan Akkerman– guitar
  • Peter Banks– guitar
  • Daevid Allen– vocals
  • Artemiy Artemiev– keyboards
  • Mark Boston(as Rockette Morton) – bass guitar
  • Michael Bruce– guitar, bass guitar, sitar, vocala, keyboards
  • Bruce Cameron– guitar, bass guitar, sitar
  • Jack Dougherty – pedal steel guitar
  • Bill Harkleroad(Zoot Horn Rollo) – guitar
  • Moogy Klingman– keyboards
  • Alessandro Pizzin – keyboards
  • Don Preston– Moog synthesizer, keyboards, electronics
  • Peter Frohmader– keyboards, electronics
  • Mike Logiovino – bass guitar
  • Bunk Gardner– saxophone, flute
  • Buzz Gardner– trumpet
  • Cor Gout – vocals
  • Napoleon Murphy Brock– vocals
  • Jimmy Carl Black– spoken word
  • Gilli Smyth– vocals, spoken word
  • Zad McGough – backing vocals
  • Rod Martin – trumpet
  • Groucho Marx– vocals
  • George Scala – recorder
  • Jim Sherwood(as Motorhead) – snorks

Track listing:

  1. Birth – Billy James, Gilli Smyth
  2. Living – Michael Bruce, Glen Buxton, Alice Cooper, Dennis Dunaway, Neal Smith
  3. The Language of the Body – Billy James, Daevid Allen
  4. Eye of Agamoto – Don Preston
  5. The Guff (Hall of Souls) – Peter Banks, Billy James, Gilli Smyth
  6. Mallard Flies Towards Heaven – Bill Harkleroad
  7. Ant-Bee’s Sunday Supper
  8. Flutter-Bye, Butter-Flye – Michael Bruce, Billy James
  9. Endless Journey – Peter Banks
  10. The Light – Billy James, Alessandro Pizzin
  11. Mannah – Jan Akkerman
  12. Psalm 23
  13. Hallelujah – Peter Frohmader, Billy James
  14. The Wrath – Part One (The Flood) – Billy James
  15. Secrets of the Dead – Bruce Cameron, Billy James
  16. Pennies From Heaven – Johnny Burke, Arthur Johnston
  17. The Wrath – Part Two (Baptism Through Fire) – Billy James
  18. The Lords Prayer
  19. Angels
  20. Don’t You Ever Learn? – Todd Rundgren
  21. Re-Birth – Billy James, Gilli Smyth
  22. Final Benediction – Lord We Thank You

Donovan: Same

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In August 1977, “Arista” label released the self-titled, fourteenth Donovan studio album. It was recorded in 1977, and was produced by Mickey Most. In October 1977, “RAK” label released the album in UK with a different track order.

Personnel:

  • Donovan – vocals, guitar, harmonica
  • Isaac Guillory – guitar
  • Ronnie Leahy– keyboards
  • Nick South – bass
  • Colin Allen– drums
  • John Cameron– horn arrangements, string arrangements
  • Patrick Halling – violin
  • Chris Norman, Silson,Terry Uttley – backing vocals
  • Tim Summerhayes, Wolfgang Thierbach, Doug Hopkins – engineer
  • Charlie Watts, Chris Blair – mastering
  • Gered Mankowitz– photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Donovan Leitch.

  1. Local Boy Chops Wood
  2. Astral Angel
  3. The Light
  4. Dare to Be Different
  5. Brave New World
  6. Lady of the Stars
  7. International Man
  8. Sing My Song
  9. Maya’s Dance
  10. Kalifornia Kiddies

Sun Kill Moon: April

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On April 1, 2008, “Caldo Verde Records” label released “April”, the third Sun Kil Moon studio album. It was recorded March-August 2007, at “Hyde Street Studios” in San Francisco and “Well Recording” in Seattle, and was produced by Mark Kozelek.

Personnel:

  • Mark Kozelek- vocals, guitar
  • Geoff Stanfield – bass guitar
  • Anthony Koutsos – drums
  • David Revelli – percussion
  • Michi Aceret – viola
  • Will Oldham- additional vocals
  • Ben Gibbard- additional vocals
  • Eric Pollard – additional vocals
  • Aaron Prellwitz – engineer
  • Geoff Stanfield – engineer
  • Jason McGerr– engineer
  • Steve Armstrong – additional engineering
  • HT Waterman – additional engineering
  • John Golden – mastering
  • David Rager – design
  • Nyree Watts – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Mark Kozelek.

  1. Lost Verses
  2. The Light
  3. Lucky Man
  4. Unlit Hallway
  5. Heron Blue
  6. Moorestown
  7. Harper Road
  8. Tonight the Sky
  9. Like the River
  10. Tonight in Bilbao
  11. Blue Orchids

Bonus disc

  1. Tonight in Bilbao” (alternate version)
  2. The Light” (alternate version)
  3. Like the River” (alternate version)
  4. Tonight the Sky” (alternate version)

Humble Pie: Rock On

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In March 1971, “A&M” label released “Rock On”, the fourth Humble Pie studio album. It was recorded in January 1971, at “Olympic Studios” in London, and was produced by Glyn Johns, Steve Marriott, Peter Frampton, Greg Ridley and Jerry Shirley. “Rock On” was the last album to feature Peter Frampton as member of the band.

Personnel:

  • Steve Marriott – lead and backing vocals, guitar, keyboards, organ, harmonica
  • Peter Frampton- lead and backing vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • Greg Ridley- lead and backing vocals, bass guitar
  • Jerry Shirley- drums, piano
  • J. Cole- pedal steel guitar
  • Bobby Keyes- saxophone
  • Soul Sisters
  • Alexis Korner- backing vocals
  • P.P. Arnold – chorus
  • Claudia Lennear – chorus
  • Doris Troy – chorus
  • Glyn Johns – recording, mixing
  • Andrew Johns – recording
  • John Kelly – design, photography

Track listing:

  1. Shine On – Peter Frampton
  2. Sour Grain – Peter Frampton, Steve Marriott
  3. 79th and Sunset – Steve Marriott
  4. Stone Cold Fever – Greg Ridley, Steve Marriott, Jerry Shirley, Frampton
  5. Rollin’ Stone – Muddy Waters
  6. A Song for Jenny – Steve Marriott
  7. The Light – Peter Frampton
  8. Big George – Greg Ridley
  9. Strange Days – music by Steve Marriot, Peter Frampton, Greg Ridley, Jerry Shirley, lyrics by Steve Marriott
  10. Red Neck Jump – Steve Marriott