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Freakwater: Old Paint

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On October 10, 1995, “City Slang” label released “Old Paint”, the fourth Freakwater album. It was recorded in March 1995, at “Idful” Chicago, and was produced by Brad Wood, John Mc Entire, Catherine Irwin, Janet Beveridge Bean, Bob Egan, John Floss and Dave Gay.

Personnel:

  • Catherine Irwin – vocals, guitar, painting
  • Janet Beveridge Bean – vocals, guitar, percussion, arrangements
  • Bob Egan – pedal steel guitar
  • John Floss – guitar, fiddle
  • Dave Gay – bass
  • Joe Tech – piano
  • Poppy Brandes – cello
  • Larry Nix – mastering
  • Günter Pauler – direct metal mastering

Track listing:

  1. Gravity
  2. Smoking Daddy
  3. Gone to Stay
  4. Little Black Train – Woody Guthrie
  5. Waitress Song
  6. My One Desire – Dorsey Burnett
  7. White Rose
  8. Out of This World – Loudon Wainwright
  9. Kentucky House
  10. Hero/Heroine
  11. Ugly Man
  12. Burying Geraldine – Sean Garrison

Gino Vannelli: The Gist of the Gemini

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On September 21, 1976, “A&M” label released “The Gist of the Gemini”, the fourth Gino Vannelli studio album. It was recorded in 1976, at “AIR Studios” in London, and was produced by Gino Vannelli, Joe Vannelli, and Geoff Emerick.

Personnel:

  • Gino Vannelli – lead and backing vocals, acoustic piano, clavinet, arrangements
  • Jay Graydon– electric guitar
  • Ross Vannelli – guitar, backing vocals
  • Joe Vannelli– acoustic and electric pianos, clavinet, synthesizers, string, and brass arrangements
  • Richard Baker – organ, synthesizers, synth bass, string, and brass arrangements
  • Graham Lear– drums
  • John J. Mandell – timpani, percussion
  • Dido Morris – congas, cuica, timbales
  • Dianne Brooks– backing vocals
  • Brenda Russell– backing vocals
  • The John McCarthy Choir – backing vocals
  • Geoff Emmerick – engineer
  • Jon Kelly, Steve Prestage – engineer assistant
  • Norm Kinney – remix
  • Bernie Grundman – mastering
  • Fabio Nicola – art direction
  • Clive Arrowsmith, Gered Mankowitz – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Gino Vannelli.

  1. Love of My Life
  2. Ugly Man
  3. A New Fix for ’76
  4. Omens of Love
  5. Fly into This Night
  6. War Suite
  7. Prelude to the War
  8. The Battle Cry
  9. To the War
  10. Carnal Question
  11. After the Last Battle
  12. To the War (Reflection)
  13. Summers of My Life