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Marianne Faithfull: Easy Come Easy Go

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On November 10, 2008, “Naïve Records” label released “Easy Come, Easy Go”, the 18th Marianne Faithfull album. It was recorded in 2008, “Sear Sound Studio” in New York City, and was produced by Hal Willner.

Personnel:

  • Marianne Faithfull – vocals
  • Barry Reynolds – guitars
  • Marc Ribot – acoustic and electric guitars
  • Keith Richards – vocals, guitar
  • Sean Lennon – vocals, guitars
  •  Gil Goldstein – piano, accordion, arrangements, string direction
  • Brian Mitchell – piano
  • Steve Weisberg – piano, electric piano, celesta, arrangements, conducting
  • Rob Burger – piano, organ
  • Greg Cohen – bass
  • Jim White – drums
  • Joey Baron – drums
  • Art Baron – bass recorder, trombone
  • Doug Wieselman – clarinet, bass clarinet, baritone saxophone
  • Ken Peplowski – bass clarinet
  • Marty Ehrlich – bass clarinet, alto saxophone
  • Lenny Pickett – bass clarinet, tenor saxophone, sarrusophone, double bass
  • Steven Bernstein – glockenspiel, mellophone, alto brass, trumpet
  • Maxin Moston, Rob Moose – violin
  • Warren Ellis – violin, electric violin
  • Michael Nicholas – viola
  • Jane Scarpantoni – cello
  • Chan Marshall – vocals
  • Nick Cave – vocals
  • Antony Hegarty – vocals
  • Rufus Wainwright – vocals
  • Jarvis Cocker – vocals
  • Kate & Anna McGarrigle – backing vocals
  • Cat Power – backing vocals
  • Jean-Baptiste Mondino– art direction, photography

Track listing:

  1. Down from Dover – Dolly Parton
  2. Hold On, Hold On – Neko Case
  3. Solitude – Duke Ellington
  4. The Crane Wife 3 – The Decemberists
  5. Easy Come, Easy Go – Bessie Smith
  6. Children of Stone – Espers
  7. How Many Worlds – Brian Eno
  8. In Germany Before the War – Randy Newman
  9. Ooh Baby Baby – Smokey Robinson
  10. Sing Me Back Home – Merle Haggard
  11. Salvation – Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
  12. Black Coffee – Sarah Vaughan
  13. The Phoenix – Judee Sill
  14. Dear God Please Help Me – Morrissey
  15. Kimbie – Jackson C. Frank
  16. Many a Mile to Freedom – Traffic
  17. Somewhere (A Place for Us) – Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim
  18. Flandyke Shore – traditional

Randy Weston: Jazz à la Bohemia

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In November 1956, “Riverside” label released “Jazz à la Bohemia”, the sixth Randy Weston album. It was recorded in October 1956, at “Café Bohemia” in Greenwich Village, New York City, and was produced by Orrin Keepnews and Bill Grauer.

Personnel:

  • Randy Weston – piano
  • Cecil Payne – baritone saxophone
  • Ahmed Abdul-Malik – bass
  • Al Dreares – drums
  • Ray Fowler – engineer
  • Paul Bacon – design
  • Paul Weller – cover photography
  • Orrin Keepnews – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Theme: Solemn Meditation – Sam Gill
  2. Just a Riff – Sid Catlett
  3. You Go to My Head – J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie
  4. Once in a While – Michael Edwards, Bud Green
  5. Hold ‘Em Joe – traditional
  6. It’s All Right with Me – Cole Porter
  7. Chessman’s Delight – Randy Weston
  8. Theme: Solemn Meditation – Sam Gill

Charlie Haden And The Liberation Music Orchestra: Dream Keeper

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In October 1990, “Blue Note” label released “Dream Keeper”, the fourth Charlie Haden and the Liberation Music Orchestra album. It was recorded in April 1990, at “Clinton Studios” in New York City. “Dream Keeper” was voted “Jazz album of the year” in “Down Beat” magazine’s 1991 critics’ poll.

Personnel:

  • Charlie Haden – double bass
  • Carla Bley – arranger, conductor
  • Ken McIntyre – alto saxophone
  • Dewey Redman – tenor saxophone
  • Joe Lovano – tenor saxophone, flute
  • Branford Marsalis – tenor saxophone, flute
  • Tom Harrell – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Earl Gardner – trumpet
  • Ray Anderson – trombone
  • Sharon Freeman – French horn
  • Joseph Daley – tuba
  • Juan Lazaro Mendolas – wood flute, pan flute
  • Amina Claudine Myers – piano
  • Mick Goodrick – guitar
  • Paul Motian – drums
  • Don Alias – percussion
  • The Oakland Youth Chorus, Elizabeth Min – director

Track listing:

  1. Dream Keeper – Carla Bley, Langston Hughes, traditional
  2. Dream Keeper Part 1 – Carla Bley
  3. Feliciano Ama – traditional from El Salvador
  4. Dream Keeper Part II – Carla Bley
  5. Canto del Pilon (I) – traditional from Venezuela
  6. Dream Keeper Part III – Carla Bley
  7. Canto del Pilon (II) – traditional from Venezuela
  8. Hymn of the Anarchist Women’s Movement – traditional from Spanish Civil War
  9. Dream Keeper Part IV – Carla Bley
  10. Rabo de Nube – Silvio Rodríguez
  11. Nkosi Sikelel’i Afrika – Enoch Sontonga
  12. Sandino – Charlie Haden
  13. Spiritual – Charlie Haden

Don McLean: Playin’ Favorites

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In October 1973, “United Artists” and “BGO” labels released “Playin’ Favorites”, the fourth Don McLean studio album. It was recorded in 1973, at “The Record Plant” in New York City, and was produced by Ed Freeman.

Personnel:

  • Don McLean – vocals, guitar, banjo
  • Buzzy Feiten – guitar, tambourine
  • Steve Berg – guitar
  • John Hughey – pedal steel
  • Ronnie Zito – banjo, tambourine
  • Frank Wakefield – vocals, mandoline
  • Dave Bromberg – dobro
  • Neil Larsen – keyboards, piano
  • Chuck Leavell – piano
  • Tony Levin – bass
  • Rob Rothstein – vocals, bass
  • Rick Marotta – drums
  • Johnny Sandlin – percussion
  • Danny Manselino – percussion
  • Mike Mainieri – marimba
  • Frank Orsini – fiddle
  • Russ Savakus – bass violin
  • Albertine Robinson – backing vocals
  • Maretha Stewart – backing vocals
  • Tasha Thomas – backing vocals
  • Frank Hubach – engineer, remix
  • Jim Reeves – engineer
  • Mike Salisbury – art direction
  • Fred Conrad – photography

Track listing:

  1. Sitting on Top of the World – Bo Carter, Little Walter
  2. Living With the Blues – Brownie McGhee
  3. Mountains O’ Mourne – Percy French
  4. Fool’s Paradise – Sonny LeGlaire, Horace Linsley, Norman Petty
  5. Love O’ Love – traditional, arranged by Don McLean
  6. Medley: Bill Cheetham/Old Joe Clark – traditional, arranged by Don McLean
  7. Everyday – Charles Hardin, Norman Petty
  8. Ancient History – Irene Stanton, Wayne Walker
  9. Over the Mountains – Irene Stanton, Wayne Walker
  10. Lovesick Blues – Cliff Friend, Irving Mills
  11. New Mule Skinner Blues – Jimmie Rodgers, George Vaughn
  12. Happy Trails – Dale Evans

Supremes: A Bit Of Liverpool

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On October 16, 1964, “Motown” label released “A Bit of Liverpool”, the third Supremes studio album. It was recorded in 1964, in Los Angeles, and was produced by Berry Gordy, Marc Gordon and Hal Davis.

Personnel:

  • Diana Ross, Florence Ballard, Mary Wilson – lead and backing vocals
  • Marc Gordon – mixing

Track listing:

  1. How Do You Do It? – Mitch Murray
  2. A World Without Love – Lennon, McCartney
  3. The House of the Rising Sun – traditional
  4. A Hard Day’s Night – Lennon, McCartney
  5. Because – Dave Clark
  6. You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me – Smokey Robinson
  7. You Can’t Do That – Lennon, McCartney
  8. Do You Love Me – Berry Gordy, Jr.
  9. Can’t Buy Me Love – Lennon, McCartney
  10. I Want to Hold Your Hand – Lennon, McCartney
  11. Bits and Pieces – Dave Clark, Mike Smith

The Pogues: Red Roses For Me

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On October 15, 1984, “Stiff” label released “Red Roses for Me”, the debut Pogues (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1984, at “Elephant Studios” in London, and was produced by Stan Brennan.

Personnel:

  • Shane MacGowan – vocal, arrangements
  • Country Jem Finer – guitar, banjo, mandola, arrangements
  • Spider Stacy – vocals, tin whistle, arrangements
  • Jimmy Fearnley – guitar, piano, accordion, mandolin, arrangements
  • Rocky O’Riordan – bass guitar, arrangements
  • Andy “The Clobberer” Ranken – drums, backing vocals, arrangements
  • Nick Robbins – engineer
  • Craig Thompson – engineer
  • Steve Tynan – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Shane McGowan, except where noted.

  1. Transmetropolitan
  2. The Battle of Brisbane
  3. The Auld Triangle – Brendan Behan
  4. Waxie’s Dargle – traditional
  5. Boys from the County Hell
  6. Sea Shanty
  7. Dark Streets of London
  8. Streams of Whiskey
  9. Poor Daddy – traditional
  10. Dingle Regatta – traditional
  11. Greenland Whale Fisheries – traditional
  12. Down in the Ground Where the Dead Men Go
  13. Kitty – traditional

Nina Simone: Pastel Blues

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On October 1, 1965, “Philips” label released “Pastel Blues”, the thirteen Nina Simone album. It was recorded 1964 – 1965, and was produced by Hal Mooney.

Personnel:

  • Nina Simone – vocals, piano, arrangements
  • Al Schackman – guitar, harmonica
  • Rudy Stevenson – guitar, flute
  • Lisle Atkinson – double bass
  • Bobby Hamilton – drums

Track listing:

  1. Be My Husband – Andy Stroud
  2. Nobody Knows When You Are Down and Out – Jimmy Cox
  3. End of the Line – John Edmondson, Cynthia Medley
  4. Trouble in Mind – Richard Jones
  5. Tell Me More and More and Then Some – Billie Holiday
  6. Chilly Winds Don’t Blow – Hermann Krasnow, William Lovelock
  7. Ain’t No Use – Rudy Stevenson
  8. Strange Fruit – Lewis Allan
  9. Sinnerman – traditional

Lindisfarne: Dingly Dell

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In September 1972, “Charisma” label released “Dingly Dell”, the third Lindisfarne album. It was recorded in July 1972, at “Island Studios” in London, and was produced by Bob Johnston.

Personnel:

  • Alan Hull – vocals, acoustic, electric and 12-string guitars, keyboards, bass, arrangements
  • Simon Cowe – vocals, lead, acoustic and 12-string guitars, mandolin, harmonium, arrangements
  • Ray Jackson – vocals, mandolin, harmonica, arrangements
  • Rod Clements – electric bass, acoustic, electric and 12-string guitars, violin, arrangements
  • Ray Laidlaw – drums, arrangements
  • Paul Laidlaw – orchestral arrangements, conductor
  • Bob Potter – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Alan Hull, except where noted.

  1. All Fall Down
  2. Plankton’s Lament – Simon Cowe
  3. Bring Down the Government
  4. Poor Old Ireland
  5. Don’t Ask Me – Rod Clements
  6. O No Not Again
  7. Dingle Regatta – traditional
  8. Wake Up Little Sister
  9. Go Back – Simon Cowe
  10. Court in the Act
  11. Mandolin King
  12. Dingly Dell

Alice Coltrane: Translinear Light

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On September 28, 2004, “Impulse” label released “Translinear Light”, the 17th and final Alice Coltrane studio album. It was recorded April 2000 – June 2004, and was produced by Ravi Coltrane.

Personnel:

  • Alice Coltrane – piano, Wurlitzer organ, synthesizer
  • Ravi Coltrane – soprano and tenor saxophone, percussion, sleigh bells
  • Oran Coltrane – alto saxophone
  • Charlie Haden – bass
  • James Genus – bass
  • Jack De Johnette – drums
  • Jeff “Tain” Watts – drums
  • The Sai Anantam Ashram Singers – vocals

Track listing:

  1. Sita Ram – traditional
  2. Walk with Me – traditional
  3. Translinear Light – Alice Coltrane
  4. Jagadishwar – Alice Coltrane
  5. This Train – traditional
  6. The Hymn – Alice Coltrane
  7. Blue Nile – Alice Coltrane
  8. Crescent – John Coltrane
  9. Leo – John Coltrane
  10. Triloka – Alice Coltrane
  11. Satya Sai Isha – traditional