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King Stingray: For The Dreams

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On November 8, 2024, “Cooking Vinyl” label released “For the Dreams”, the second King Stingray studio album. It was recorded in 2024, at “El Rancho”, “Roy’s House”, “The Grove”, “Frying Pan”, “Inventions”, and was produced by Roy Kellaway.

Personnel:

  • Dimathaya Burarrwanga – lead vocals, front cover drawing
  • Yirrŋa Yunupiŋu – lead vocals
  • Yimila Gurruwiwi – didgeridoo
  • Roy Kellaway – electric guitar, engineer
  • Campbell Messer – bass guitar
  • Lewis Stiles – drums
  • Mathias Dowle – additional instrumentation, engineer
  • Chris Collins – engineer, additional production
  • Luke Postill – engineer, additional production
  • Ryan Fallis – engineer
  • Justin Stanley – mixing, additional production
  • Tas Wilson – artwork
  • Kris Keogh – front cover drawing
  • Maclay Heriot – photos

Track listing:

All tracks by Dimathaya Burarrwanga, Roy Kellaway, Yimila Gurruwiwi, Campbell Messer, and Lewi Stiles.

  1. Light Up the Path
  2. Best Bits
  3. Southerly
  4. Lookin’ Out
  5. Scoreboard
  6. Nostalgic
  7. Day Off
  8. Through the Trees
  9. Soon As
  10. What’s the Hurry?
  11. Come to the Surface
  12. Cat 5 (Cyclone)

Muse: The Resistance

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On September 14, 2009, “Helium – 3”, and “Warner Bros” labels released “The Resistance”, the fifth Muse studio album, It was recorded September 2008 – May 2009, at “Studio Bellini” in Lake Como, Italy, and was produced by Matthew Bellamy, Chris Wolstenholme and Dominic Howard. At the 53rd “Annual Grammy Awards”, it won the award for “Best Rock Album”. It was certified platinum in the UK by “BPI” and in US by “RIAA”.

Personnel:

  • Matthew Bellamy – vocals, guitars, keyboards, piano, synthesisers, programming, orchestral arrangements
  • Chris Wolstenholme – bass, backing vocals
  • Dominic Howard – drums, percussion, synthesizers, programming
  • Edodea Ensemble; orchestra, conducted by Audrey Riley and led by concertmaster Edoardo de Angelis
  • Enrico Gabrielli – bass clarinet
  • Tom Kirk – handclaps, football hooligan noises
  • Adrian Bushby – engineer, handclaps, football hooligan noises
  • Tommaso Colliva – additional engineering, technical setup
  • Mark “Spike” Stent – mixing
  • Matthew Green – mixing assistant
  • Ted Jensen – mastering
  • Paul Reeve – additional vocal production, handclaps, football hooligan
  • La Boca – artwork
  • Danny Clinch – photography
  • Des Broadbery – additional technical and logistical support

Track listing:

All tracks by Matthew Bellamy, except where noted.

  1. Uprising
  2. Resistance
  3. Undisclosed Desires
  4. United States of Eurasia (+Collateral Damage) – Matthew Bellamy, Frédéric Chopin
  5. Guiding Light
  6. Unnatural Selection
  7. MK Ultra
  8. I Belong to You (+Mon Cœur S’ouvre a ta Voix) – Matthew Bellamy, Camille Saint-Saëns
  9. Exogenesis: Symphony Part 1 (Overture)
  10. Exogenesis: Symphony Part 2 (Cross-Pollination)
  11. Exogenesis: Symphony Part 3 (Redemption)

Foghat:Rock And Roll Outlaws

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In October 1974, “Bearsville” label released “Rock and Roll Outlaws”, the fourth Foghat album. It was recorded in 1974, and was produced by Nick Jameson.

Personnel:

  • Rod Price – vocals, lead guitar
  • Lonesome Dave – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Tony Stevens – bass guitar
  • Roger Earl – drums

Track listing:

  1. Eight Days on the Road – Michael Gayle, Jerry Ragovoy
  2. Hate to See You Go – Dave Peverett, Rod Price
  3. Dreamer – Dave Peverett, Rod Price
  4. Trouble in My Way – Dave Peverett
  5. Rock and Roll Outlaw – Felix Cavaliere, Carman Moore
  6. Shirley Jean – Dave Peverett, Rod Price
  7. Blue Spruce Woman – David Anderson
  8. Chateau Lafitte ’59 Boogie – Dave Peverett, Rod Price

Michael Nesmith: Pretty Much Your Standard Ranch Stash

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In October 1973, “RCA” label released “Pretty Much Your Standard Ranch Stash”, the sixth Michael Nesmith album. It was recorded in March 1973, and was produced by Michael Nesmith.

Personnel:

  • Michael Nesmith – vocals, acoustic rhythm 12-string guitar
  • Jay Lacy – electric guitar
  • Dr. Robert K. Warford – electric guitar, banjo
  • Red Rhodes – pedal steel, dobro
  • David Barry – piano
  • Billy Graham – bass, fiddle
  • Danny Lane – drums, percussion

Track listing:

  1. Continuing – Michael Nesmith
  2. Some of Shelly’s Blues – Michael Nesmith
  3. Release – Michael Nesmith
  4. Winonah – Michael Nesmith, Linda Hargrove, James Miner
  5. Born to Love You – Cindy Walker
  6. The Back Porch and a Fruit Jar Full of Iced Tea
  7. The F.F.V – traditional, arranged by Michael Nesmith
  8. Uncle Pen – Bill Monroe
  9. Prairie Lullaby – Billy Hill

Frank Zappa And The Mothers: Roxy & Elsewhere

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On September 10, 1974, “DiscReet” label released “Roxy & Elsewhere”, album by Frank Zappa and The Mothers (the 19th Frank Zappa album overall). It was recorded in December 1973, at “The Roxy Theater” in Hollywood, and was produced by Frank Zappa.

Personnel:

  • Frank Zappa – vocals, lead guitar
  • Jeff Simmons – vocals, rhythm guitar
  • George Duke – vocals, keyboards, synthesizer
  • Don Preston – synthesizer
  • Tom Fowler – bass guitar
  • Ralph Humphrey – drums
  • Chester Thompson – drums
  • Ruth Underwood – percussion
  • Napoleon Murphy Brock – vocals, flute, tenor saxophone
  • Walt Fowler – trumpet, bass trumpet
  • Bruce Fowler – trombone, dancer
  • Robert “Frog” Camarena – backing vocals
  • Debbie Wilson – backing vocals
  • Linda “Lynn” Sims – backing vocals
  • Ruben Ladron de Guevara – backing vocals
  • Kerry McNabb – engineer, remix
  • Wally Heider – engineer
  • Cal Schenkel – design
  • Coy Featherston, Steve Magedoff – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Frank Zappa, except where noted.

  1. Penguin in Bondage
  2. Pygmy Twylyte
  3. Dummy Up – Napoleon Murphy Brock, Jeff Simmons, Frank Zappa
  4. Village of the Sun
  5. Echidna’s Arf (of You)
  6. Cheepnis
  7. Son of Orange County
  8. More Trouble Every Day
  9. Be-Bop Tango (Of the Old Jazzmen’s Church)

Sylvan Esso: Free Love

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On September 25, 2020, “Loma Vista” label released “Free Love”, the third Sylvan Esso studio album. It was recorded 2019 – 2020, and was produced by Sylvan Esso and John Hill.

Personnel:

  • Amelia Meath – vocals, engineer, cover photography
  • Nick Sanborn – guitar, keyboards, percussion, programming engineer, lettering
  • Stephen Sanborn – guitar
  • Daniel Kyriakides – guitar
  • Joe Westerlund – voices, drums
  • Homer Steinweiss – drums
  • BJ Burton – mixing
  • Huntley Miller – mastering
  • Christopher Leckie – art direction, design

Track listing:

All tracks by Amelia Meath and Nick Sanborn, except where noted.

  1. What If
  2. Ring
  3. Ferris Wheel – John Hill, Amelia Meath, Nick Sanborn
  4. Train
  5. Numb
  6. Free
  7. Frequency
  8. Runaway – Amelia Meath, Nick Sanborn, Homer Steinweiss
  9. Rooftop Dancing – Amelia Meath, Nick Sanborn, Daniel Kyriakides
  10. Make It Easy

Prince

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On April 21, 2016,  Prince Roger Nelson died aged 57. He was singer, musician, composer, arranger, producer and actor,  one of the most successful and influential artists of the modern music. He recorded thirty-nine studio albums, four live albums, eight compilation albums, seventeen video albums, thirteen extended plays and one posthumous album. Prince won seven “Grammy Awards, six “American Music Awards”, a “Golden Globe Award”, and “Academy Award” for the 1984 film “Purple Rain”. In 2004, he was inducted into the “Rock and Roll Hall of Fame”. Magazine “Rolling Stone” ranked him at number 27 on their list of “100 Greatest Artists of All Time”.