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The Fabulous Thunderbirds: T- Bird Rhythm

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On January 11, 1982, “Chrysalis” label released “T-Bird Rhythm”, the fourth  Fabulous Thunderbirds (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1981, at “Third Coast Sound” in Austin, Texas, and was produced by Nick Lowe.

Personnel:

  • Kim Wilson – vocals, harmonica
  • Jimmie Vaughan – guitar
  • Keith Ferguson – bass
  • Fran Christina – drums, backing vocals
  • Colin Fairley – engineer
  • Larry Williams – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Kim Wilson, except where noted.

  1. Can’t Tear It Up Enuff
  2. How Do You Spell Love? – Bobby Patterson, Jerry Strickland, Marshall Boxley
  3. You’re Humbuggin’ Me – J.D. Miller, Rocket Morgan
  4. My Babe – Ron Holden
  5. Neighbor Tend to Your Business – Huey P Meaux
  6. Monkey – Dave Bartholomew, Pearl King
  7. Diddy Wah Diddy – Willie Dixon, Ellas McDaniel
  8. Lover’s Crime
  9. Poor Boy
  10. Tell Me – J.D. Miller
  11. Gotta Have Some/Just Got Some – Willie Dixon, William Robert Emerson, Don Talty
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Tages!: Extra Extra

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On November 28, 1966, “Platina” label released “Extra Extra”, the third Tages! studio album. It was recorded in November 1966, at “Europafilm Studios” in Stockholm, Sweden, and was produced by Anders Henriksson, Björn Almstedt, Göran Lagerberg, Tommy Blom, Anders Töpel, Danne Larsson and Tommy Tausis.

Personnel:

  • Göran Lagerberg – vocals, bass guitar
  • Danne Larsson – vocals, rhythm and lead guitar, keyboards
  • Anders Töpel – vocals, lead and rhythm guitar
  • Tommy Tausis – vocals, drums
  • Tommy Blom – vocals, percussion
  • Anders “Henkan” Henriksson – vocals, keyboards
  • Lasse Samuelsson’s Orchestra – wind instruments

Track listing:

  1. Mohair Sam – Dallas Frazier
  2. Secret Room – Tommy Blom
  3. Gone Too Far – Göran Lagerberg
  4. Get Up An’ Get Goin’ – Anders Henriksson, Thorstein Bergman
  5. Mustang Sally – Bonny “Mack” Rice
  6. Howlin’ for My Baby – Chester Burnett, Willie Dixon
  7. Friday on My Mind – George Young, Harry Vanda
  8. True Fine Woman – Göran Lagerberg
  9. Ride Your Pony – Naomi Neville
  10. One Red, One Yellow, One Blue – Tommy Blom, Anders Töpel
  11. Understanding – Steve Marriott, Ronnie Lane
  12. Extra – Anders Henriksson, Danne Larsson

Dion: Son of Skip James

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On November 6, 2007, “Verve Forecast” label released “Son of Skip James”, the thirtieth Dion album. It was recorded in 2007, at “Sound Great Production”, and was produced by Dion.

Personnel:

  • Dion DiMucci – vocals, guitar, harmonica
  • Rick Krive – piano
  • Bob Guertin – organ, percussion, engineer
  • Emily Lazar – mastering
  • Hollis King – art direction
  • Kazumi Matsumoto – graphic design
  • Bill Bush – photography
  • Susan DiMucci – photography
  • Michael Friedman – photography
  • Richard Gottehrer – executive producer

Track listing:

  1. Nadine – Chuck Berry
  2. My Babe – Willie Dixon
  3. Hoodoo Man Blues – Junior Wells
  4. Drop Down Mama – Sleepy John Estes
  5. Hoochie Coochie Man – Willie Dixon
  6. Baby I’m in the Mood – Bob Dylan
  7. I’m a Guitar King – Tommy McClennan
  8. The Thunder – Dion DiMucci
  9. Interlude – Spoken Word – Dion DiMucci
  10. Son of Skip James – Dion DiMucci
  11. Preachin’ Blues – Robert Johnson
  12. If I Had Possession (Over Judgement Day) – Robert Johnson
  13. Devil Got My Way – Skip James

George Thorogood: Party of One

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On August 4, 2017, “Rounder Records” label released “Party of One”, the debut George Thorogood album. It was recorded in 2017, at “House of Blues Studios” in Encino, Los Angeles, and was produced by Jim Gaines.

Personnel:

  • George Thorogood – vocals, guitar, harmonica
  • Scott Billington – executive producer

Track listing:

  1. I’m a Steady Rollin’ Man – Robert Johnson
  2. Soft Spot – Alen Shamblin, Gary Nicholson
  3. Tallahassee Women – Tallahassee Tight
  4. Wang Dang Doodle – Willie Dixon
  5. Boogie Chillin’ – Bernard Besman, John Lee Hooker
  6. No Expectations – Mick Jagger, Keith Richards
  7. Bad News – John D. Loudermilk
  8. Down the Highway – Bob Dylan
  9. Got to Move – Elmore James, Marshall E. Sehorn
  10. Born with the Blues – Brownie McGhee
  11. The Sky is Crying – Morgan Robinson, Clarence Lewis, Elmore James
  12. The Hookers – John Lee Hooker
  13. Pictures from Life’s Other Side – traditional, Hank Williams
  14. One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer – John Lee Hooker
  15. Dynaflow Blues – John Ned Shines

Dread Zeppelin: Un-Led-Ed

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On July 24, 1990, “I.R.S.” label released “Un-Led-Ed”, the debut Dread Zeppelin album. It was recorded in 1990, and was produced by Jah Paul Jo and Rasta Li-Mon.

Personnel:

  • Carl Jah – guitars, maharishi, backing vocals
  • Jah Paul Jo – guitars, keyboard, backing vocals
  • Put-Mon – bass, backing vocals
  • Tortelvis – lead vocals, drums
  • Ed Zeppelin – conga, percussion, toast
  • Cheese – drums, percussion
  • Fresh Cheese ‘n’ Cheese – drums
  • I-Lar-E Treadwell – telephone harmonic convergence
  • “Colonel” Ron Kane – spoken introduction
  • Bun-E Slopes – blues harp
  • The Memphis Hornies (Saxwell, Raji, Spam Acid) – horn section
  • The Dreadettes – backing vocals
  • Michael Jordanaires – background vocals
  • Rasta Li-Mon – engineer
  • Plant ‘n’ Paige – mastering
  • Bryant Fernandez, Hugh Brown – art direction
  • Bruce Fernandez, Andy Castro, Fred Davis – photography

Track listing:

  1. Black Dog – John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant / Hound Dog – Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
  2. Heartbreaker (At the End of Lonely Street) – John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant / Heartbreak Hotel – Mae Boren Axton, Tommy Durden, Elvis Presley
  3. Living Loving Maid (She’s Just a Woman) – Jimmy Page, Robert Plant
  4. Your Time Is Gonna Come – John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page
  5. Bring It on Home – Jimmy Page, Robert Plant
  6. Whole Lotta Love – John Bonham, Willie Dixon, John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant
  7. Black Mountain Side – Jimmy Page
  8. I Can’t Quit You Baby – Willie Dixon
  9. Immigrant Song – Jimmy Page, Robert Plant
  10. Moby Dick – John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page

The Graham Bond Organisation: The Sound of 65

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In March 1965, “Columbia” label released “The Sound of 65”, the debut Graham Bond Organisation (The) album. It was recorded in 1965, and was produced by Robert Stigwood.

Personnel:

  • Graham Bond – vocals, Hammond organ, Mellotron, alto saxophone
  • Dick Heckstall-Smith – tenor saxophone
  • Jack Bruce – electric and acoustic basses, vocals, harmonica
  • Ginger Baker – drums

Track listing:

  1. Hoochie Koochie Man – Willie Dixon
  2. Baby Make Love to Me – Janet Godfrey, John Group
  3. Neighbour, Neighbour – Alton Joseph Valier
  4. Early in the Morning – traditional, arranged by John Group
  5. Spanish Blues – Graham Bond
  6. Oh Baby – Graham Bond
  7. Little Girl – Graham Bond
  8. I Want You – Graham Bond
  9. Wade in the Water – traditional, arranged by John Group, Paul Getty
  10. Got My Mojo Working – McKinley Morganfield
  11. Train Time – John Group
  12. Baby Be Good to Me – Janet Godfrey, John Group
  13. Half a Man – Graham Bond
  14. Tammy – Jay Livingston, Ray Evans

The Peddlers: Birthday

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In December 1969, “CBS” label released “Birthday”, the third Peddlers (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1969, at “IBC Studios” in London, and was produced by Cyril Smith.

Personnel:

  • Roy Phillips – vocals, acoustic guitar, organ, piano, arranger
  • Tab Martin – electric bass, arranger
  • Trevor Morais – percussion, arranger
  • Ted Sharp – engineer
  • Andy Johns – engineer
  • Mike Claydon – engineer
  • John Hays – design
  • Terence Donovan – cover artwork, photography
  • Chris Hopper – inner photography

Track listing:

  1. Where Have All the Flowers Gone – Pete Seeger
  2. Little Red Rooster – Willie Dixon
  3. Southern Woman – Roy Philips
  4. By the Time I Get to Phoenix – Jimmy Webb
  5. Girlie P.S. I Love You Girlie – Roy Philips
  6. Day In Day Out – Johnny Mercer, Rube Bloom
  7. City Living – Anthony Richard
  8. Lockshen Pudding – Roy Philips, Tab Martin, Trevor Morais
  9. Birth – Roy Philips

George Thorogood and the Destroyers: Move It on Over

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In November 1978, “Rounder” label released “Move It on Over”, the second George Thorogood and the Destroyers studio album. It was recorded in 1978, at “Dimension Sound Studios, Boston, MA, and was produced by George Thorogood, Ken Irwin and John Nagy.

Personnel:

  • George Thorogood – vocals, guitar
  • Uncle Meat Pennington – tambourine, maracas
  • Billy Blough – bass
  • Jeff Simon – vocals, drums
  • John Nagy – engineer
  • Susan Marsh – design
  • David Gahr – front cover photography

Track listing:

  1. Move It On Over – Hank Williams
  2. Who Do You Love? – Bo Diddley
  3. The Sky Is Crying – Elmore James
  4. Cocaine Blues – T.J. Arnall
  5. It Wasn’t Me – Chuck Berry
  6. That Same Thing – Willie Dixon
  7. So Much Trouble – Brownie McGhee
  8. I’m Just Your Good Thing – James Moore
  9. Baby Please Set a Date – Homesick James Williamson
  10. New Hawaiian Boogie – Elmore James

Stevie Ray Vaughan: The Sky Is Crying

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On November 5, 1991, “Epic” label released “The Sky Is Crying”, the fifth and final Stevie Ray Vaughan studio album. It was recorded January 1984 – May 1989, at “Kiva Studios” in Memphis, Tennessee, “The Dallas Sound Lab” in Dallas, Texas, “The Power Station” in New York City, “Sound Castle Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Jimmie Vaughan, Jim Gaines, Richard Mullen, Reese Wynans, Tommy Shannon, Chris Layton, Jim Capfer, Stevie Ray Vaughan

Personnel:

  • Stevie Ray Vaughan – vocals, guitars
  • Reese Wynans – keyboards
  • Tommy Shannon – bass guitar
  • Chris Layton – drums
  • Jim Gaines – engineer
  • Robe Eaton – engineer
  • Richard Mullen – engineer, mixing
  • Evan Rush – assistant engineer
  • Jeff Powell – assistant engineer
  • Ron Cote – assistant engineer
  • Danny Jones – assistant engineer
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Arnold Levine – art direction
  • Mark Burdett – art direction
  • William Snyder – photography
  • Stephanie Chernakowski – inside photography
  • Alan Messer – band photography
  • Mark Proct – production coordinator
  • Mark Rutledge – production coordinator
  • Roger Klein – production coordinator

Track listing:

  1. Boot Hill – unknown author
  2. The Sky Is Crying – Elmore James, Morris Levy, Clarence Lewis
  3. Empty Arms – Stevie Ray Vaughan
  4. Little Wing – Jimi Hendrix
  5. Wham – Lonnie Mack
  6. May I Have a Talk with You – Chester Burnette (Howlin’ Wolf)
  7. Close to You – Willie Dixon
  8. Chitlins con Carne – Kenny Burrell
  9. So Excited – Stevie Ray Vaughan
  10. Life by the Drop – Doyle Bramhall, Barbara Logan

Hindu Love Gods: Same

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On October 5, 1990, “Giant” label released the self-titled only Hindu Love Gods album. It was recorded January – February 1987, at “Record One” in Sherman Oaks, California, “A&M Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Andrew Slater and Niko Bolas.

Personnel:

  • Warren Zevon – vocals, guitar
  • Peter Buck – guitar
  • Mike Mills – bass guitar
  • Bill Berry – drums
  • Niko Bolas – engineer
  • Richard Landers – engineer
  • Rail Jon Rogut – engineer
  • Bob Vogt – engineer

Track listing:

  1. Walkin’ Blues – Robert Johnson
  2. Travelin’ Riverside Blues – Robert Johnson
  3. Raspberry Beret – Prince Rogers Nelson
  4. Crosscut Saw – Fred Ingrahm, Bill Sanders
  5. Junko Pardner – Bob Shad
  6. Mannish Boy – Bo Diddley, Melvin London, Muddy Waters
  7. Wang Dang Doodle – Willie Dixon
  8. Battleship Chains – Terry Anderson
  9. I’m a One-Woman Man – Tillman Franks, Johnny Horton
  10. Vigilante Man – Woody Guthrie