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Pulp: More

On June 6, 2025, “Rough Trade” label released “More”, the eighth Pulp studio. It was recorded in 2024, at “Orbb” in London, and was produced by James Ford.

Personnel:

  • Jarvis Cocker – vocals, Dobro, acoustic and classical guitar, guitar, Wurlitzer piano, Korg Trident, original landscape and studio shot photography, cover concept
  • Mark Webber – guitar, electric guitar, piano
  • Candida Doyle – Farfisa keyboard, piano, Solina, synth, Korg Trident synth
  • Nick Banks – drums, Synare
  • Brian Eno, Cecily Eno, Darla Eno, Irial Eno, Lotti Eno – vocals
  • Richard Hawley – acoustic guitar
  • Chilly Gonzales – piano
  • Animesh Raval – piano, Wurlitzer 
  • Serafina Steer – keyboard
  • Emma Smith – violin, 12 string Vox guitar, choir and backing vocals, string arrangements,
  • Rich Jones – conductor, string arrangements, viola, piano, keyboards
  • Jennymay Logan – violin, choir vocals
  • Paloma Deike, Phil Granell, Rosie Tompsett – violin
  • Mandhira de Saram, Patrick Dawkins, Ros Stephen – violin
  • Freya Goldmark – violin
  • Chihiro Ono – violin
  • Flora Curzon – violin, choir vocals
  • Shelley Britton, Zami Jalil – viola, choir vocals
  • Charlotte Stock – viola, choir vocals
  • Jordan Bergmans – viola
  • Laura Moody – cello, choir vocals, vocal arrangements
  • Sergio de Serra – cello
  • David Kadumukasa – cello, choir vocals
  • Val Welbanks – cello
  • Sam Becker – double bass
  • Andrew McKinney – bass
  • Jason Buckle – electronics, guitar
  • Adem Ilhan, Leo Chadburn, Mara Carlyle, Matthew Kerr – choir vocals
  • Adam Betts – Synare, percussion
  • Animesh Raval – engineer, mixing
  • Matt Colton – mastering
  • Julian House – design, image creation
  • Rankin – cover band cut-outs
  • Tom Jackson – LP back cover band and book back cover portrait
  • Ashley Bayston – studio painting

Track listing:

All lyrics by Jarvis Cocker, music by Nick Banks, Jarvis Cocker, Candida Doyle, Mark Webber, Jason Buckle, Andrew McKinney, and Emma Smith, with additional composers noted.

  1. Spike Island – additional composer Adam Betts
  2. Tina – additional composer Adam Betts
  3. Grown Ups – additional composer Steve Mackey
  4. Slow Jam – additional composer Serafina Steer
  5. Farmers Market
  6. My Sex – additional composer Adam Betts
  7. Git to Have Love – additional composer Adam Betts, Nick Ingman, Steve Mackey
  8. Background Noise
  9. Partial Eclipse – Serafina Steer
  10. The Hymn of the North – Adam Betts
  11. A Sunset – lyrics with The Earth, additional composer Richard Hawley

Mekons: Journey to the End of the Night

On March 7, 2000, “Quarterstick Records” label released “Journey to the End of the Night”, the thirteenth Mekons studio album. It was recorded in 1999, at “Monti Sound & Corina Studios” in London, and “Stinkpole & Kingsize Sound Labs” in Chicago.

Personnel:

  • Sally Timms – vocals
  • Tom Greenhalgh – vocals, guitar, autoharp, piano
  • Jon Langford – vocals, guitar, melodica, machines
  • Rico Bell – vocals, accordion, harmonica
  • Susie Honeyman – fiddle
  • Sarah Corina – vocals, bass
  • Steve Goulding – drums
  • John Rice– electric sitar
  • Mitch Marlow – rhythm guitar
  • Lu Edmonds – cumbus
  • Edith Frost, Kelly Hogan, Neko Case– backing vocals
  • Kenny Sluiter – mixing, mastering

Track listing:

  1. Myth
  2. Out In The Night
  3. Last Week Of The War
  4. City Of London
  5. Tina
  6. The Flood
  7. Cast No Shadow
  8. Ordinary Night
  9. Power And Horror
  10. Neglect
  11. Something To Be Scared Of
  12. Last Night Of Earth
  13. … And Heracles Smiled

Ian Dury: Lord Upminster

In September 1981, “Polydor” label released “Lord Upminster”, the second Ian Dury studio album. It was recorded April – May 1981, at “Compass Point Studios” in Nassau, Bahamas, and was produced by Chas Jankel, Steven Stanley and Ian Dury.

Personnel:

  • Ian Dury – vocals
  • Chas Jankel – guitars, keyboards
  • Robbie Shakespeare – bass guitars
  • Sly Dunbar- drums
  • Tyrone Downie- clavinets, prophet-5, piano
  • Chas, Gina, Harold, Laura, Tina, Tyrone – backing vocals
  • Steven Stanley – recording, mixing
  • Harold Dorsett – recording, mixing assistant
  • Paul Kaye – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Ian Dury and Chas Jankel, except where noted.

  1. Funky Disco (Pops)
  2. Red (Letter)
  3. Girls (Watching) – Sly Dunbar
  4. Wait (For Me)
  5. The (Body Song)
  6. Lonely (Town)
  7. Lonely (Town)
  8. Trust (Is A Must)
  9. Spasticus (Autisticus)