Tag Archives: Wales

Motörhead: On Parole

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On December 8, 1979, “United Artists” label released “On Parole”, the fourth Motörhead album. It was recorded September – December 1975, February 1978, at “Rockfield Studios” in Monmouth, Wales, and was produced by Fritz Fryer and  Dave Edmunds.

Personnel:

  • Ian Lemmy Kilmister – lead vocals, bass
  • Larry Wallis– lead and backing vocals, lead guitar
  • Phil “Philthy Animal” Taylor– drums
  • Lucas Fox– drums
  • Fritz Fryer – engineer, mastering

Track listing:

  1. Motorhead – Ian Kilmister
  2. On Parole – Larry Wallis
  3. Vibrator – Larry Wallis, Des Brown
  4. Iron Horse / Born to Lose – Phil Taylor, Mick Brown, Guy “Tramp” Lawrence
  5. City Kids – Larry Wallis, Duncan Sanderson
  6. The Watcher – Ian Kilmister
  7. Leaving Here – Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland, Edward Holland
  8. Lost Johnny – Ian Kilmister, Mick Farren
  9. Fools – Larry Wallis, Des Brown

The Sound: From The Lions Mouth

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In November 1981, “Korova” label released “From the Lions Mouth”, the second  Sound (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1981, at “Rockfield Studios” in Monmouthshire, Wales, and was produced by Hugh Jones, Adrian Borland, Michael Dudley, Graham Green and Max Mayers.

Personnel:

  • Adrian Borland– vocals, guitar
  • Max Mayers – keyboards
  • Graham Green – bass guitar
  • Michael Dudley – drums, percussion
  • Hugh Jones, Julian Mendelsohn – engineer
  • Briton Rivière– cover artwork
  • Howard Hughes – cover concept
  • Simon Fowler – sleeve liner photo photography

Track listing:

  1. Winning – Adrian Borland, Max Mayers, Graham Green, Michael Dudley
  2. Sense of Purpose – Adrian Borland, Max Mayers, Graham Green, Michael Dudley
  3. Contact the Fact – Adrian Borland, Max Mayers, Graham Green
  4. Skeletons – Adrian Borland, Max Mayers, Graham Green, Michael Dudley
  5. Judgement – Adrian Borland, Max Mayers, Graham Green
  6. Fatal Flaw – Adrian Borland, Max Mayers, Graham Green, Michael Dudley
  7. Possession – Adrian Borland, Adrian Janes
  8. The Fire – Adrian Borland, Max Mayers, Graham Green, Michael Dudley
  9. Silent Air – Adrian Borland
  10. New Dark Age – Adrian Borland

The Wombats: The Wombats Proudly Present… A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation

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On November 5, 2007, “Floor Records” label released “The Wombats Proudly Present… A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation”, the debut Wombats studio album. It was recorded in 2007, at “Rockfield Studios” in Monmouth, Wales, “Electric Lady Studios” in New York City, “Brick Lane” and “RAK Studios” in London, and was produced by  Stephen Harris, Jimmy Robertson, Matthew Murphy, Dan Haggis and Tord Øverland-Knudsen.

Personnel:

  • Matthew Murphy– vocals, guitar, synthesizers, piano
  • Tord Øverland-Knudsen – bass, synthesizers, cello, backing vocals
  • Dan Haggis – drums, synthesizers, piano, stylophone, harmonica, melodica, backing vocals
  • Ian McNabb – banjo
  • Llangattock Primary School – kids choir

Track listing:

All lyrics by Matthew Murphy, except where noted; all music by , Matthew Murphy, Dan Haggis and Tord Øverland-Knudsen. except where noted.

Track listing:

  1. Tales of Girls, Boys & Marsupials – lyrics by Matthew Murphy, Dan Haggis, Tord Øverland-Knudsen
  2. Kill the Director
  3. Moving to New York
  4. Lost in the Post
  5. Party in a Forest (Where’s Laura?)
  6. School Uniforms
  7. Here Comes the Anxiety
  8. Let’s Dance to Joy Division
  9. Backfire at the Disco
  10. Little Miss Pipedream
  11. Suzanne Mattox PhD (includes elements from the chorus of Help Me, Rhonda, by the Beach Boys)
  12. Patricia the Stripper
  13. My First Wedding ( includes the hidden track Tales of Girls, Boys and Marsupials, piano instrumentation version)

Hawkwind: Space Bandits

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On September 24, 1990, “GWR” label released “Space Bandits”, the sixteenth   Hawkwind studio album. It was recorded April – June 1990, at “Rockfield Studios” in Rockfield, Monmouthshire, Wales, and was produced by Paul Cobbold.

Personnel:

  • Bridget Wishart– vocals
  • Dave Brock– vocals, electric guitar, keyboards
  • Harvey Bainbridge– vocals, keyboards
  • Simon House– violin
  • Alan Davey– vocals, bass guitar
  • Richard Chadwick– drums
  • Joe Petagno – design

Track listing:

  1. Images – Bridget Wishart, Dave Brock, Alan Davey
  2. Black Elk Speaks – Black Elk, Dave Brock
  3. Wings – Alan Davey
  4. Out of the Shadows – Doug Buckley, Dave Brock, Alan Davey
  5. Realms – Alan Davey
  6. Ship of Dreams – Dave Brock
  7. V. Suicide – Harvey Bainbridge

Manic Street Preachers: Postcards From A Young Man

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On September 20, 2010, “Columbia” label released “Postcards from a Young Man”, the tenth Manic Street Preachers studio album. It was recorded October 2009 – June 2010, at “Faster Studio” in Cardiff, Wales, and was produced by James Dean Bradfield, Nicky Wire, Sean Moore, Dave Eringa and Loz Williams.

Personnel:

  • James Dean Bradfield– lead vocals, lead and rhythm guitar, mandola
  • Nicky Wire– lead and backing vocals, bass guitar, acoustic guitar
  • Ian McCulloch– co-lead vocals
  • John Cale– keyboards, noise
  • Duff McKagan– bass guitar
  • Sean Moore– drums, percussion, trumpet
  • Loz Williams – piano, Hammond organ, mellotron
  • Nick Naysmith – piano, Hammond organ
  • Andy Walters – strings, string arrangements
  • Joanna Walters, Carly Worsford, Bernard Kane, Simon Howes, Nathan Stone, Richard Phillips, Claudine Liddington – strings
  • Catrin Wyn Southall – vocal arrangements, backing vocals
  • Melissa Henry, Osian Rowlands, Gareth Treseder, Fflur Rowlands, Roland George, Aled Powys Williams – backing vocals
  • Loz Williams – engineer
  • Dave Eringa– engineer, mixing
  • Chris Lord-Alge, Tom Elmhirst– mixing
  • Howie Weinberg– mastering

Track listing:

All lyrics by Nicky Wire; all music by James Dean Bradfield and Sean Moore, except where noted.

  1. (It’s Not War) Just the End of Love
  2. Postcards from a Young Man
  3. Some Kind of Nothingness – Wire
  4. The Descent (Pages 1 & 2)
  5. Hazelton Avenue
  6. Auto-Intoxication
  7. Golden Platitudes
  8. I Think I Found It – James Dean Bradfield
  9. A Billion Balconies Facing the Sun
  10. All We Make Is Entertainment
  11. The Future Has Been Here 4Ever
  12. Don’t be Evil

Witness: Before the Calm

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On July 12, 1999, “Island” label released “Before the Calm”, the debut Witness album. It was recorded 1998–1999 at “Rockfield Studios” in Wales, and was produced by Phil Vinall.

Personnel:

  • Gerard Starkie – vocals, guitars
  • Ray Chan – guitars
  • Dylan Keeton – bass
  • John Langley – drums
  • Julian Pransky-Poole – additional instrumentation
  • Paul Read – engineer
  • Phelan Kane – programming

Track listing:

All tracks by Gerard Starke, Ray Chan, Dylan Keeton and John Langley, except where noted.

  1. Second Life
  2. Scars
  3. Freezing Over Morning
  4. Hijacker
  5. My Own Old Song
  6. So Far Gone
  7. Cause and Effect
  8. Heirloom – Gerard Starke, Ray Chan, Dylan Keeton, John Langley,, Harte
  9. Audition
  10. My Friend Will See Me Through
  11. Still

In Case of Fire: Align the Planets

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On May 11, 2009, “Search and Destroy” label released “Align the Planets”, the debut In Case of Fire studio album. It was recorded April—May 2008 at “Rockfield Studios” in Monmouth, Wales, and “Miloco Studios” in London, and was produced by Gil Norton.

Personnel:

  • Steve Robinson — lead vocals, guitars
  • Mark Williamson — bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Colin Robinson — drums, percussion
  • Rocky O’Reilly — programming
  • Audrey Riley — cello
  • Chris Sheldon— mixing
  • Guy Massey — engineer
  • Ted Jensen — mastering
  • John Dunne — pro tools, engineer assistant
  • Jeff Gilligan — art direction, design
  • Paul Harries — photography

Track listing:

All lyrics by Steven Robinson, all music by Steve Robinson, Colin Robinson and Mark Williamson.

  1. This Time We Stand
  2. The Cleansing
  3. Do What I Say
  4. Align The Planets
  5. Parallels
  6. Plan A — samples narrationby Martin Luther King
  7. Enemies
  8. Landslides
  9. Violence and Pictures
  10. And Sorrow
  11. A Pale New Costume
  12. Second Revelation

Gyroscope: Cohesion

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On April 9, 2010, “Island” label released “Cohesion”, the fourth Gyroscope studio album. It was recorded 2009 – 2010, at “Rockfield Studios” in Wales, and was produced Gil Norton.

Personnel:

  • Daniel Sanders – vocals, guitar
  • Zoran Trivic – guitar
  • Brad Campbell – bass guitar
  • Rob Nassif – drums

Track listing:

  1. Live Without You
  2. I Still Taste Blood
  3. Baby, I’m Gettin’ Better
  4. Some of the Places I Know
  5. Tunnel Vision
  6. Working with Wood
  7. Fifty500
  8. What Do I Know About Pain?
  9. Don’t Forget Me When I Die
  10. Run
  11. White Dove / Black Crow
  12. Spider

Joy Formidable: On Hitch

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March 25, 2016, “C’mon Let’s Drift” label released “On Hitch”, the third Joy Formidable studio album. It was recorded in 2016, in Wales, and was produced by Rhiannon “Ritzy” Bryan, Rhydian Dafydd and Matthew James Thomas.

Personnel:

  • Rhiannon “Ritzy” Bryan – lead vocals, guitar
  • Rhydian Dafydd – vocals, bass
  • Matthew James Thomas – drums, percussion
  • Laura J. Martin – flute
  • Alan Moulder – mixing
  • Caesar Edmunds – mixing
  • John Davis – mastering
  • Ralph Steadman – illustration
  • Austin Sellers – design

Track listing:

  1. A Second in White
  2. Radio of Lips
  3. The Last Thing on My Mind
  4. Liana
  5. The Brook
  6. It’s Started
  7. The Gift
  8. Running Hands with the Night
  9. Fog (Black Windows)
  10. Underneath the Petal
  11. Blowing Fire
  12. Don’t Let Me Know

Wire: Change Becomes Us

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On March 25, 2013, “Pink Flag” label released “Change Becomes Us”, the thirteenth Wire studio album. It was recorded in 2012, at “Rockfield Studios” in  Monmouth, Wales; “Swim Studio,” in London, and was produced by Colin Newman.

Personnel:

  • Colin Newman– lead and backing vocals, acoustic, baritone and electric guitar, guitar fx, organ, piano, mandolin, bass guitar, handclaps, mixing
  • Graham Lewis– lead vocals, baritone electric guitar, piano, Monotron, bass guitar, handclaps
  • Robert Grey– drums, floor percussion, bottle, radiator, handclaps
  • Matt Simms– acoustic and electric guitar, guitar fx, Mellotron, handclaps
  • Sean Douglas – engineer
  • Denis Blackham– mastering
  • Jon Wozencroft– art direction, photography

Track listing:

All lyrics by Graham Lewis, music by Colin Newman, Graham Lewis, Robert Grey, Matt Simms

  1. Doubles & Trebles
  2. Keep Exhaling
  3. Adore Your Island
  4. Re – Invent Your Second Wheel
  5. Stealth of a Stork
  6. B/W Silence
  7. Time Lock Fog
  8. Magic Bullet
  9. Eels Song
  10. Love Bends
  11. As We Go
  12. & Much Besides
  13. Attractive Space