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Bob James: Two

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On May 29. 1975, “CTI” label released “Two”, the fourth Bob James album. It was recorded December 1974 – January 1975, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taulor.

Personnel:

  • Bob James – electric piano, clavinet, ARP Odyssey, Yamaha YC-30 combo organ, arrangements, conductor
  • Richard Resnicoff – guitar
  • Eric Gale – guitar, bass
  • Gary King – bass
  • Andrew Smith – drums
  • Steve Gadd – drums
  • Arthur Jenkins – percussion
  • Ralph MacDonald – percussion
  • Patti Austin – vocals, lead vocal
  • Frank Floyd – vocals
  • Lani Groves – vocals
  • Zachary Sanders – vocals
  • Randy Brecker – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • John Frosk – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Victor Paz – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Lew Soloff – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Marvin Stamm – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Wayne Andre – trombone
  • Eddie Bert – trombone
  • Tom Mitchell – trombone
  • Tony Studd – trombone
  • Hubert Laws – flute, electric flute
  • Eddie Daniels – clarinet
  • James Buffington – French horn
  • Peter Gordon – French horn
  • Al Richmond – French horn
  • Harry Cykman, Max Ellen, Paul Gershman, Harry Glickman, Emanuel Green, Harold Kohon, Charles Libove, Harry Lookofsky, Joe Malin, David Nadien, Gene Orloff and Matthew Raimondi – violin
  • Seymour Barab, Alla Goldberg, Warren Lash, Jesse Levy, George Ricci, Alan Shulman and Anthony Sophos – cello
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
  • Bob Ciano – design
  • Greg Laurents – cover photography

Track listing:

  1. Take Me to the Mardi Gras – Paul Simon
  2. I Feel a Song (In My Heart) – Tony Camillo, Mary Sawyer
  3. The Golden Apple – Bob James
  4. Farandole – Georges Bizet
  5. You’re as Right as Rain – Thom Bell, Linda Creed
  6. Dream Journey – Bob James

Flock of Dimes: Head of Roses

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On April 2, 2021, “Sub Pop” label released “Head of Roses”, the third Flock of Dimes studio album. It was recorded in 2020, at “Betty’s” in North Carolina, and was produced by Jenn Wasner and Nick Sanborn.

Personnel:

  • Jenn Wasner (Flock of Dimes) – vocal, guitars, piano, synths, bass, electronics, drum programming
  • Meg Duffy – vocals, guitar
  • Kris Hilbert – pedal steel
  • Nick Sanborn – bass, synths, electronics, additional engineering
  • Matt McCaughan – drums, percussion
  • Scott Harper – synths
  • Adam Schatz – saxophone
  • Trevor Hagen – trumpet
  • Andy Stack – cello
  • Bella Blasko – engineer, mixing
  • Ari Picker – mixing
  • Huntley Miller – mastering
  • Dusty Summers – layout, design
  • Graham Tolbert – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Jenn Wasner, except where noted.

  1. 2 Heads
  2. Price of Blue
  3. Two
  4. Hard Way
  5. Walking
  6. Lightning
  7. One More Hour – Scott Harper
  8. No Question
  9. Awake for the Sunrise
  10. Head of Roses

Heart: Beautiful Broken

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On July 8, 2016, “Concord” label released “Beautiful Broken”, the sixteenth Heart studio album. It was recorded 2015 – 2016, at “Sunset Sound” in Hollywood, “Tom Tom” in Budapest, Hungary, and was produced by Dan Rothchild and Nancy Wilson.

Personnel:

  • Ann Wilson – lead and backing vocals, autoharp
  • Nancy Wilson – lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, bowed acoustic guitar, marxophone, autoharp, handclaps, whispers 
  • Ben Smith – drums, percussion, claps, snaps
  • Craig Bartock – acoustic and electric guitars, 12-string acoustic guitar,  percussive guitar, claps, snaps, backing vocals
  • Chris Joyner – synthesizers, piano, Wurlitzer, Hammond B3, field organ, nylon-string guitar 
  • Dan Rothchild – bass, Moog bass, upright bass, additional synthesizer, Hammond B3, additional piano, acoustic and electric guitar, percussion, textures, handclaps
  • James Hetfield – lead and backing vocals
  • Paul Buckmaster – string arrangement
  • Hungarian Studio Orchestra – strings
  • Péter Illényi – conducting
  • Péter Kanyurszky – concertmaster
  • Ken Sluiter – additional textures, claps, snaps
  • Billy Mims – claps, snaps
  • Dwight Mikkelsen – copyist
  • Ken Sluiter – engineering, mixing
  • Bill Mims – additional engineering
  • Howie Weinberg – mastering
  • Gentry Studer – mastering engineering assistance
  • Chris Claypool – engineering assistance
  • Geoff Neal – engineering assistance
  • Greg Fidelman – additional engineering
  • Kurina Tamás – strings recording engineering
  • Brian McGuffey – artwork
  • Nancy Wilson – art direction
  • Anna Knowlden – photography
  • Dan Rothchild – photography

Track listing:

  1. Beautiful Version – Ann Wilson, Nancy Wilson, Ben Mink, James Alan Hetfield
  2. Two – Shafer “Ne-Yo” Smith, Jesse “Corporal” Wilson, Adam “Royal Z’ Waldman
  3. Sweet Darlin – Ann Wilson
  4. I Jump – Ann Wilson, Nancy Wilson, Dan Rothchild
  5. Johnny Moon – Ann Wilson, Nancy Wilson, Sue Ennis
  6. Heaven – Ann Wilson, Nancy Wilson, Sue Ennis
  7. City’s Burning – Ann Wilson, Nancy Wilson, Sue Ennis
  8. Down on Me – Ann Wilson, Nancy Wilson, Sue Ennis
  9. One Word – Nancy Wilson
  10. Language of Love – Ann Wilson, Nancy Wilson, Sue Ennis

Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros: Same

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On July 23, 2013, “Vagrant” label released the self-titled, third Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros album. It was recorded in 2013, and was produced by Alex Ebert.

Personnel:

  • Alex Ebert – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, keyboards, electric bass, basketball, melodica, percussion, string arrangements
  • Jade Castrinos – vocals, acoustic guitar, tambourine
  • Christian Letts – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, 12 string guitar, mandolin, marching bass drum
  • Stewart Cole – vocals, trumpet, synths, piano, alto horn, flugelhorn, baritone horn, cornet, Hammond and Lowrey organs, Wurlitzer, pump organ, recorder
  • Mark Noseworthy – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, 12 string guitar, tenor banjo, slide guitar, electric 12 string guitar, mandolin,
  • Crash – vocals
  • Orpheo McCord – vocals, percussion, drums, marimba
  • Nora Kirkpatrick- accordion, organ, keys, omnichord, vocals
  • Josh Collazo – vocals, drums, concert toms, percussion, alto saxophone
  • Seth Ford-Young – vocals, electric bass, upright bass
  • Aaron Arntz – piano
  • Nico Algietti – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Roger Joseph Manning Jr. – piano
  • Aaron Embry – piano, organ
  • Nathaniel Markman, Fred Bows, Susie Park – violin
  • Matt Linesch – engineer, mixing

Track listing:

  1. Better Days – Alex Ebert, Nico Aglietti
  2. Let’s Get High – Alex Ebert
  3. Two – Alex Ebert, Seth Ford-Young, Mark Noseworthy
  4. Please! – Alex Ebert
  5. Country-Calling – Alex Ebert
  6. Life Is Hard – Jade Castrinos, Alex Ebert
  7. If I Were Free – Alex Ebert, Josh Collazo, Seth Ford-Young, Mark Noseworthy
  8. In the Lion – Alex Ebert
  9. They Were Wrong – Alex Ebert
  10. In the Summer – Alex Ebert
  11. Remember to Remember – Jade Castrinos, Stewart Cole, Alex Ebert
  12. This Life – Alex Ebert, Nico Algietti

Ryan Adams: Easy Tiger

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On June 26, 2007, “Lost Highway” label released “Easy Tiger”, the ninth Ryan Adams studio album. It was recorded in 2007, at “Electric Lady Studios” in  Greenwich Village, and was produced by Jamie Candiloro.

Personnel:

  • Ryan Adams – vocals, guitar, piano, banjo, harmonica
  • Jon Graboff – vocals, pedal steel, guitar, mandolin
  • Cindy Cashdollar – pedal steel, lap steel, dobro
  • Neal Casal – vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • Jamie Candiloro – piano, keyboards, synths, bass, percussion
  • Catherine Popper – vocals, bass
  • Chris Feinstein – vocals, bass
  • Brad Pemberton – vocals, drums, percussion
  • Richard Worn – vocals
  • Sheryl Crow – vocals
  • Eric Gorfain – violin
  • Daphne Chen – violin
  • Leah Katz – viola
  • Richard Dodd – cello

Track listing:

All tracks by Ryan Adams, Brad Pemberton, Neal Casal and Jon Graboff, except where noted.

  1. Goodnight Rose
  2. Two – Ryan Adams, Brad Pemberton
  3. Everybody Knows
  4. Halloweenhead – Ryan Adams
  5. Oh My God, Whatever, Etc. – Ryan Adams, Brad Pemberton
  6. Tears of Gold
  7. The Sun Also Sets – Ryan Adams, Brad Pemberton
  8. Off Broadway – Ryan Adams, Brad Pemberton
  9. Pearls on a String
  10. Rip Off – Pearls on a String
  11. Two Hearts
  12. These Girls
  13. I Taught Myself How to Grow Old – Ryan Adams