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Dan Fogelberg: River Of Souls

On September 28, 1993, “Full Moon” label released “River of Souls”, the thirteenth Dan Fogelberg album. It was recorded in 1993, at “Mountain Bird Studios” in Boulder, CO, “Sunset Sound” in Los Angeles, CA, and was produced by Dan Fogelberg.

Personnel:

  • Dan Fogelberg – vocals, acoustic, rhythm and classical guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, synth steel drum, horn arrangement, electric guitar, percussion, acoustic piano, mandolin, Hammond B3 organ, drum programming, cymbal, cowbell, sampling, synth flute, strings
  • Robert McEntree – electric guitar
  • Bill Payne– acoustic piano
  • Mike Finnigan– Hammond B3 organ
  • Michael Hanna – keyboards
  • Larry Klein– fretless bass, bass guitar
  • Bob Glaub– bass guitar
  • Carlos Vega – drums
  • Russ Kunkel– drums, cymbal
  • Mike Botts– drums, shaker, bass drum, hi-hat, cymbal
  • Alex Acuña– congas, udu, shaker, triangle, woodblock
  • Lenny Castro – congas, shaker, timbales
  • Gene Elders – fiddle
  • Pam Boulding – hammered dulcimer
  • Bill Bergman – saxophone, horn arrangements
  • Stephen “Doc” Kupka– baritone saxophone
  • Dennis Farias – trumpet
  • Daniel Fornero – trumpet
  • Vince Melamed– synth marimba
  • Philip Boulding – pennywhistle, Celtic harp
  • David Campbell– orchestra and string arrangement , conductor
  • Lebohang Morake – backing vocals
  • Mike Porcaro– bass guitar
  • Josef Powell – backing vocals
  • Abner Mariri – backing vocals
  • Ronald Kunene – backing vocals
  • Maxine Anderson – backing vocals
  • Julia Tillman Waters – backing vocals
  • Oren Waters– backing vocals
  • Maxine Willard Waters – backing vocals
  • Dan Fogelberg, Marty Lewis, Dave Reynolds, Elliot Scheiner, James Tuttle – engineer
  • Neal Avron, Anastasia Fogelberg, Dave Glover, Mike Kloster, Kevin Nimmo – engineer assistant
  • Elliot Scheiner at – mixing
  • Tom Winslow – mixing assistant
  • Denny Purcell – mastering
  • John Kosh, Brian Wittman – art direction, design
  • Henry Diltz – photography
  • Remington Buckaroo Boone – executive producer

All tracks by Dan Fogelberg.

  1. Magic Every Moment
  2. All There Is
  3. The Minstrel
  4. Faces of America
  5. Holy Road
  6. Serengeti Moon
  7. Higher Ground
  8. A Love Like This
  9. River of Souls
  10. A Voice for Peace

Bob Dylan: Knocked Out Loaded

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On July 14, 1986, “Columbia” label released “Knocked Out Loaded”, the twenty-fourth Bob Dylan studio album. It was recorded April – June 1986, and was produced by Bob Dylan. The cover art is a reworking of the January 1939 cover of “Spicy Adventure Stories”.

Personnel:

  • Bob Dylan – vocals, guitar, harmonica, keyboards
  • Tom Petty– guitar
  • T-Bone Burnett– guitar
  • Mike Campbell– guitar
  • Ira Ingber – guitar
  • Dave Stewart– guitar
  • Ronnie Wood– guitar
  • Jack Sherman– guitar
  • Al Perkins– steel guitar
  • Larry Meyers – mandolin
  • Vince Melamed – keyboards
  • Al Kooper– keyboards
  • Benmont Tench– keyboards
  • Patrick Seymour – keyboards
  • James Jamerson, Jr. – bass guitar
  • John Paris – bass guitar
  • John McKenzie– bass guitar
  • Vito San Filippo – bass guitar
  • Carl Sealove – bass guitar
  • Howie Epstein– bass guitar
  • Anton Fig– drums
  • Stan Lynch– drums
  • Raymond Lee Pounds – drums
  • Don Heffington – drums
  • Clem Burke– drums
  • Milton Gabriel – steel drums
  • Mike Berment – steel drums
  • Bryan Parris – steel drums
  • Phil Jones – conga
  • Steve Douglas– saxophone
  • Steve Madaio – trumpet
  • Maia Smith – vocals
  • Lara Firestone – backing vocals
  • Pamela Quinlan – backing vocals
  • Carolyn Dennis– backing vocals
  • Keysha Gwin – backing vocals
  • Peggie Blu– backing vocals
  • Majason Bracey – backing vocals
  • Muffy Hendrix – backing vocals
  • April Hendrix-Haberlan – backing vocals
  • Dewey B. Jones II – backing vocals
  • Queen Esther Marrow – backing vocals
  • Larry Mayhand – backing vocals
  • Angel Newell – backing vocals
  • Herbert Newell – backing vocals
  • Crystal Pounds – backing vocals
  • Madelyn Quebec – backing vocals
  • Daina Smith – backing vocals
  • Medena Smith – backing vocals
  • Annette May Thomas – backing vocals
  • Damien Turnbough – backing vocals
  • Chyna Wright – backing vocals
  • Elesecia Wright – backing vocals
  • Tiffany Wright – backing vocals
  • Britt Bacon – engineer
  • Judy Feltus – engineer
  • Don Smith – engineer
  • George Tutko – engineer
  • Greg Fulginiti– mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Bob Dylan, except where noted.

  1. You Wanna Ramble – Little Junior Parker
  2. They Killed Him – Kris Kristoferson
  3. Driftin’ Too Far From Shore
  4. Precious Memories – traditional, arr. by Bob Dylan
  5. Maybe Someday
  6. Brownsville Girl – Sam Shepard, Bob Dylan
  7. Got Mu Mind made Up – Tom Petty, Bob Dylan
  8. Under Your Spell – Bob Dylan, Carole Bayer Sager

Bob Dylan: Empire Burlesque

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On June 10, 1985, “Columbia” label released “Empire Burlesque”, the twenty-third Bob Dylan studio album. It was recorded July 1984 – March 1985, and was produced by Bob Dylan.

Personnel:

  • Bob Dylan– vocals, guitar, keyboards, piano, harmonica
  • Ronnie Wood– guitar
  • Mick Taylor– guitar
  • Ira Ingber – guitar
  • Sid McGinnis– guitar
  • Ted Perlman – guitar
  • Mike Campbell– guitar
  • Stuart Kimball – electric guitar
  • Al Kooper– rhythm guitar
  • Benmont Tench– keyboards, piano, organ
  • Alan Clark– synthesizer
  • Vince Melamed – synthesizer
  • Richard Scher – synthesizer, synth horns
  • Howie Epstein– bass guitar
  • John Paris – bass guitar
  • Robbie Shakespeare– bass guitar
  • Bob Glaub– bass guitar
  • Sly Dunbar– drums
  • Anton Fig– drums
  • Don Heffington – drums
  • Jim Keltner– drums
  • Bashiri Johnson – percussion
  • David Watson – saxophone
  • Chops – horns
  • Urban Blight Horns – horns
  • Madelyn Quebec – vocals
  • Queen Esther Marrow – backing vocals
  • Carolyn Dennis– backing vocals
  • Peggie Blu– backing vocals
  • Debra Byrd – backing vocals
  • Josh Abbey – recording, engineer
  • George Tutko – engineer
  • Judy Feltus – engineer
  • Arthur Baker– mixing
  • Nick Egan– design
  • Ken Regan – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Bob Dylan.

  1. Tight Connection to My Heart (Has Anybody Seen My Love)
  2. Seeing the Real You at Last
  3. I’ll Remember You
  4. Clean Cut Kid
  5. Never Gonna Be the Same Again
  6. Trust Yourself
  7. Emotionally Yours
  8. When the Night Comes Falling from the Sky
  9. Something’s Burning, Baby
  10. Dark Eyes