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Lykke Li: I Never Learn

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On May 2, 2014, “LL Recordings” label released “I Never Learn”, the third Lykke Li studio album. It was recorded in 2013, at “Ingrid”, “Studio Spegeln”, ”Music & Words”, “Decibel Studios” in Stockholm, Sweden, “Echo Studio”, “Sonora Recorders” in Los Angeles, California, “The Green Building”  in Santa Monica, California, and was produced by Greg Kurstin, Lasse Mårtén, Lykke Li and Björn Yttling.

Personnel:

  • Lykke Li– vocals, harmonies
  • Bjorn Yttling– acoustic guitar, electric bass, Mellotron, percussion, piano, production, recording, sitar, Taurus, zither
  • Thomas Tjärnkvist – electric guitar
  • Rick Nowels– acoustic guitar, recording
  • Anders Pettersson – electric guitar, steel guitar
  • Calle Olsson – synthesizer
  • Greg Kurstin– bass, drums, electric guitar, guitar, keyboards,  Mellotron, Orchestron, organ, percussion, piano, recording
  • Lars Skoglund – drums, percussion
  • John Eriksson– percussion
  • Erik Arvinder – violin
  • Ketil Solberg – violin
  • Conny Lindgren – violin
  • Andreas Forsman – violin
  • Erik Holm – viola
  • Christopher Öhman – viola
  • Leo Svensson – cello
  • Cecilia Linné – cello
  • Mariam Wallentin – vocals
  • Andrea Thomas – choir
  • Talitha Manor – choir
  • Lasse Mårtén – percussion, drum programming, recording, mixing
  • Vincent Brantley – choir
  • Katherine Dancy – choir
  • Sean Dancy – choir
  • Yolanda Dancy – choir
  • Brandon Hampton – choir
  • Amanda Hollingby Matsson– additional vocals
  • Laura Sisk – recording
  • Kieron Menzies – recording
  • Julian Burg – recording
  • Alex Pasco – recording
  • Nille Perned – recording
  • Gustav Lindelöw – recording
  • Hans Stenlund – recording
  • Trevor Yasuda – recording
  • Ted Jensen– mastering
  • Karl Lindman – art direction
  • Brendan Dunne – design
  • Josh Olins – photography

Track listing:

All lyrics by Lykke Li; all music by Lykke Li and Björn Yttling except where noted.

  1. I Never Learn
  2. No Rest for the Wicked
  3. Just Like a Dream
  4. Silver Line – Lykke Li, Rick Nowels, Bjorn Yttling, Greg Kurstin
  5. Gunshot – Lykke Li, Rick Nowels, Bjorn Yttling
  6. Love Me Like I’m Not Made of Stone – Lykke Li, Rick Nowels, Bjorn Yttling
  7. Never Gonna Love Again
  8. Heart of Steel – Lykke Li, Rick Nowels, Bjorn Yttling
  9. Sleeping Alone

The Shadows: Dance with the Shadows

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In May 1964, “Columbia” label released “Dance with The Shadows”, the third Shadows (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1964, and was produced by Nome Paramor.

Personnel:

  • Hank Marvin – vocals, lead guitar, piano
  • Bruce Welch – vocals, rhythm guitar
  • John Rostill– bass guitar
  • Brian Locking– bass guitar
  • Brian Bennett– drums
  • Malcolm Addey – engineer
  • David Steen – photography
  • Norrie Paramor – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Chattanooga Choo Choo – Mack Gordon, Harry Warren
  2. Blue Shadows – Brian Bennett, Brian ‘Licorice’ Locking, Hank Marvin, Bruce Welch
  3. Fandango – Johnny Bradford, Frank Perkins
  4. Tonight (from West Side Story) – Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim
  5. That’s the Way It Goes – Hank Marvin, Bruce Welch
  6. Big B – Brian Bennett
  7. In the Mood – Joe Garland, Andy Razaf
  8. Lonely Bull(El Solo Toro) – Sol Lake
  9. Dakota – Alan Braden
  10. French Dressing – Brian Bennett
  11. The High and the Mighty – Dimitri Tiomkin
  12. Don’t It Make You Feel Good – Hank Marvin, Bruce Welch
  13. Zambesi – Nico Carstens, Anton De Waal
  14. Temptation – Nacio Brown, Arthur Freed

Airborne Toxic Event: Such Hot Blood

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On April 30, 2013, “Island” label released “Such Hot Blood”, the third Airborne Toxic Event studio album. It was recorded in 2013, and was produced by Jacquire King.

Personnel:

  • Mikel Jollett – vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • Steven Chen – lead guitar, keyboards
  • Anna Bulbrook – keyboards, viola, backing vocals
  • Noah Harmon – bass
  • Daren Taylor – drums
  • Brad Bivens – engineer
  • Jacquire King – enigineer, mixing
  • Bill Mims – engineer, assistant
  • Richard Dodd – mastering
  • Alex Haidi – design, illustrations, photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Mikel Jollett, except where noted.

  1. The Secret
  2. Timeless
  3. What’s In a Name?
  4. The Storm – Mikel Jollett, Noah Hamon
  5. Safe
  6. Bride & Groom
  7. True Love – Mikel Jollett, Noah Hamon
  8. This Is London
  9. The Fifth Day
  10. Elizabeth

Thomas Dolby: Aliens Ate My Buick

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In April 1988, “EMI” label released “Aliens Ate My Buick”, the third Thomas Dolby studio album. It was recorded in 1988, and was produced by Thomas Dolby.

Personnel:

  • Thomas Dolby – vocals, keyboards
  • Larry Treadwell – guitar
  • Mike Kapitan – synthesizer
  • Terry Jackson – bass
  • David Owens – drums
  • Arno Lucas – congas, timbales
  • Laura Creamer – vocals, percussion
  • Bill Watrous– trombone
  • Bill Bottrell – engineer
  • Daryl Koutnik – engineer assistant
  • Mike Tacci – engineer assistant
  • Leslie Burke – front cover photography
  • Dennis Keeley – back cover photography
  • Kathleen Beller – front cover model

Track listing:

All tracks by Thomas Dolby except where noted

  1. The Key to Her Ferrari
  2. Airhead – Thomas Dolby, Grant Morris
  3. Hot Sauce – George Clinton
  4. Pulp Culture
  5. My Brain Is Like a Sieve
  6. The Ability to Swing – Thomas Dolby, Matthew Seligman
  7. Budapest by Blimp

OSI: Blood

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On April 27, 2009, “InsideOut” label released “Blood”, the third OSI studio album. It was recorded in 2008, and was produced by Jim Matheos and Kevin Moore.

Personnel:

  • Tim Bowness– vocals
  • Mikael Åkerfeldt– vocals
  • Jim Matheos– guitar, bass, keyboards, programming, mixing
  • Kevin Moore– vocals, keyboards, programming, mixing
  • Gavin Harrison– drums
  • Phil Magnotti – mixing
  • Roger Seibel – mastering

Track listing:

All lyrics by Kevin Moore, except where noted; all music by Jim Matheos and Kevin Moore, except where noted.

  1. The Escape Artist
  2. Terminal
  3. False Start
  4. We Come Undone
  5. Radiologue
  6. Be the Hero
  7. Microburst Alert – music by Jim Matheos
  8. Stockholm – lyrics by Mikael Åkerfeldt
  9. Blood

Richard Thompson: Across A Crowded Room

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In April 1985, “Polydor” label released “Across a Crowded Room”, the third Richard Thompson album. It was recorded September- October 1984, at “RAK Studios” in London, and was produced by Joe Boyd.

Personnel:

  • Richard Thompson– vocals, guitar
  • Simon Nicol– guitar
  • Bruce Lynch– bass guitar
  • Dave Mattacks– drums
  • Alan Dunn – accordion
  • Dave Bitelli(de) – alto saxophone
  • Pete Thomas– tenor saxophone
  • Christine Collister, Phil Barnes, Clive Gregsonand The Soultanas – backing vocals
  • Philip Pickett– shawm, crumhorn, recorder

Track listing:

All tracks by Richard Thompson

  1. When the Spell Is Broken
  2. You Don’t Say
  3. I Ain’t Going to Drag My Feet No More
  4. Love in a Faithless Country
  5. Fire in the Engine Room
  6. Walking Through a Wasted Land
  7. Little Blue Number
  8. She Twists the Knife Again
  9. Ghosts in the Wind

Feeder: Echo Park

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On April 23, 2001, “Echo” label released “Echo Park”, the third Feeder studio album. It was recorded in 2000, at “Great Linford Manor” in Milton Keynes, and was produced by Gil Norton, Grant Nicholas, Taka Hirose and Jon Henry Lee.  In 2003 the album was certified Platinum in UK by the “BPI”.

Personnel:

  • Grant Nicholas– vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • Taka Hirose– bass
  • Jon Henry Lee– drums, percussion
  • Mark Pythian – programming
  • Matt Sime – engineer, mixing
  • Dante Supple – engineer
  • Richard Ash – second engineer
  • Joe Zook – second engineer, Pro Tools operator
  • Jack Joseph Puig– mixing
  • Bob Ludwig– mastering
  • Blue Source – art direction
  • Roy Wilkinson – illustration

Track listing:

All tracks by Grant Nicholas.

  1. Standing on the Edge
  2. Buck Rogers
  3. Piece by Piece
  4. Seven Days in the Sun
  5. We Can’t Rewind
  6. Turn
  7. Choke
  8. Oxygen
  9. Tell All Your Friends
  10. Under the Weather
  11. Satellite News
  12. Bug

Blackfoot: Strikes

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In April 1979, “Atco” label released “Strikes”, the third Blackfoot studio album. It was recorded 1978-1979, at “Subterranean Studio”, Ann Arbor, Michigan; “Sound Suite Studios” in Detroit, “Bee Jay Studios” in Orlando, Florida, and was produced by Al Nalli and Henry Weck. In 1986 the album was certified Platinum in the U.S. by the “RIIA”.

Personnel:

  • Rickey Medlocke – lead vocals, guitar
  • Charlie Hargrett – guitar
  • Greg T. Walker – vocals, bass guitar, keyboards
  • Jakson Spires – vocals, drums, percussion
  • Henry “H-Bomb” Weck – percussion, recording
  • Pat McCaffrey – keyboards
  • Shorty Medlocke- harmonica
  • Cub Koda- harmonica
  • Donna D. Davis – backing vocals
  • Pamela T. Vincent – backing vocals
  • Cynthia M. Douglas – backing vocals

Track listing:

  1. Road Fever – Rickey Medlocke
  2. I Got a Line on You– Randy California
  3. Left Turn on a Red Light – Rickey Medlocke, Jakson Spires
  4. Pay My Blues – Blues Image
  5. Baby Blue – Rickey Medlocke, Charlie Hargrett, Jakson Spires
  6. Wishing Well – Paul Rodgers, Paul Kossoff, Tetsu Yamauchi, John Bundrick, Simon Kirke
  7. Run and Hide – Rickey Medlocke, Jakson Spires
  8. Train Train (prelude) – Shorty Medlocke
  9. Train Train – Shorty Medlocke
  10. Highway Song – Rickey Medlocke, Jakson Spires

Camel: Snow Goose

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In April 1975, “Island” label released “The Snow Goose”, the third Camel studio  album. It was recorded in 1975, at “Island Studios” and “Decca Studios” London, and was produced by David Hitchcock. The album concept and title was based on Paul Gallico’s novella The Snow Goose. In 2014, the album was ranked at number 31 in the list “Top 100 Prog Albums of All Time” by readers of “Prog” magazine.

Personnel:

  • Andrew Latimer– vocals, electric, acoustic and slide guitars, flute
  • Peter Bardens– organ, electric piano, acoustic piano, pipe organ, Minimoog, ARP Odyssey
  • Doug Ferguson – bass, duffle coat
  • Andy Ward– drums, vibes, percussion
  • David Bedford– orchestral arrangements
  • Rhett Davies– recording
  • Modula – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Peter Bardens and Andrew Latimer.

  1. The Great Marsh
  2. Rhayader
  3. Rhayader Goes to Town
  4. Sanctuary
  5. Fritha
  6. The Snow Goose
  7. Friendship
  8. Migration
  9. Rhayader Alone
  10. Flight of the Snow Goose
  11. Preparation
  12. Dunkirk
  13. Epitaph
  14. Fritha Alone
  15. La Princesse Perdue
  16. The Great Marsh

Rick Wakeman: The Myths and Legends of King Arthur and the Knights if the Round Table

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In April 1975, “A&M” label released “The Myths and Legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table”, the third Rick Wakeman album. It was recorded October 1974–January 1975, and was produced  by Rick Wakeman.

Personnel:

  • Rick Wakeman– synthesisers, keyboards, grand piano
  • Gary Pickford-Hopkins – lead vocals
  • Ashley Holt – lead vocals
  • Geoffrey Crampton – lead and acoustic guitars
  • Roger Newell – bass guitar
  • Barney James– drums
  • John Hodgson – percussion
  • New World Orchestra
  • English Chamber Choir
  • Terry Taplin – narrator
  • Guy Protheroe– choirmaster
  • David Katz – orchestral co-ordination
  • Wil Malone– orchestral arrangement
  • David Measham– conductor
  • Paul Tregurtha – engineer
  • Jeremy Stenham – engineer assistant

Track listing:

All tracks by Rick Wakeman.

  1. Arthur
  2. Lady of the Lake
  3. Guinevere
  4. Sir Lancelot and the Black Knight
  5. Merlin the Magician
  6. Sir Galahad
  7. The Last Battle