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Guns N’ Roses: The Spaghetti Incident?

On November 23, 1993, “Geffen” label released “The Spaghetti Incident?, the fifth Guns N’ Roses studio album. It was recorded 1990 – 1993, at “A&M Studios”, “Record Plant Studios”, “Rumbo Recorders”, “Can-Am Recorders”, “Sound Techniques”, “Triad Studios” and “Conway Recording Studios”, and was produced by Jim Mitchell, Mike Clink, Duff McKagan, Axl Rose, Slash, Duff McKagan and Matt Sorum.

Personnel:

  • Axl Rose – lead vocals, keyboards, kazoo
  • Slash – lead guitar, co-lead and backing vocals, talkbox
  • Duff McKagan – lead, co-lead and backing vocals, bass, drums
  • Matt Sorum – drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Carlos Booy – acoustic guitar
  • Gilby Clarke – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
  • Izzy Stradlin – rhythm guitar
  • Mike Staggs – additional guitar
  • Richard Duguay – lead and rhythm guitars
  • Dizzy Reed – keyboards, piano, percussion, backing vocals
  • Michael Monroe – co-lead vocals
  • Mike Fasano – percussion
  • Eddie Huletz – backing vocals
  • Blake Stanton – backing vocals
  • Eric Mills – backing vocals
  • Rikki Rachtman – backing vocals
  • Stuart Bailey – backing vocals
  • Bill Price – mixing
  • George Marino – mastering
  • Kevin Reagan – art direction, design
  • Dennis Keeley, Gene Kirkland, Robert John – photography

Track listing:

  1. Since I Don’t Have You – Joseph Rock, James Beaumont, Jackie Taylor, Janet Vogel, Joe Verscharen, Lennie Martin, Wally Lester
  2. New Rose – Brian James
  3. Down on the Farm – Alvin Gibbs, Charlie Harper, Nicholas Garratt
  4. Human Being – Johnny Thunders, David Johansen
  5. Raw Power – Iggy Pop, James Williamson
  6. Ain’t It Fun – Cheetah Chrome, Peter Laughter
  7. Buick Makane (Big Dumb Sex) – Marc Bolan, Chris Cornell
  8. Hair of the Dog – Dan McCafferty, Pete Agnew, Manny Charlton, Darrell Sweet
  9. Attitude – Glenn Danzig
  10. Black Leather – Steve Jones
  11. You Can’t Put Your Arms Around a Memory – Johnny Thunders
  12. I Don’t Care About You – Lee Ving
  13. Look at Your Game, Girl (hidden track) – Charles Manson

Johnny Thunders: So Alone

On October 6, 1978, “Real Records” and “Sire” labels released “So Alone”, the debut Johnny Thunders studio album. It was recorded January – June 1976, at “Basing Street Studios” in London, and was produced by Johnny Thunders and Steve Llilywhite.

Personnel:

  • Johnny Thunders – vocals, guitar
  • Koulla Kakoulli – vocals
  • Patti Palladin – vocals
  • Chrissie Hynde – vocals
  • Peter Perrett – vocals, guitar
  • Steve Jones – guitar
  • Walter Lure – guitar
  • Henri Paul Tortosa – guitar
  • Steve Lillywhite – piano, engineer
  • Steve Marriott – vocals, harmonica, keyboards, piano
  • Phil Lynott – vocals, bass
  • Paul Gray – bass
  • Billy Rath – bass
  • Paul Cook – drums
  • Mike Kellie – drums
  • Steve Nicol – drums
  • John “Irish” Earle – saxophone
  • Mike Beal – artwork
  • Bill Smith – art direction, design
  • Peter Gravelle – photography
  • Molly Reeve-Morrison – project coordinator

Track listing:

All tracks by Johnny Thunders, except where noted.

  1. Pipeline – Bob Spickard, Brian Carman
  2. You Can’t Put Your Arms Around a Memory
  3. Great Big Kiss – George “Shadow” Morton
  4. Ask Me No Question
  5. Leave Me Alone
  6. Daddy Rollin’ Stone – Otis Blackwell
  7. London Boys – Johnny Thunders, Water Lury, Billy Rath
  8. (She’s So) Untouchable
  9. Subway Train – Johnny Thunders, David Johansen
  10. Downtown – Johnny Thunders, David Johansen