Paul McCartney - Kisses On The Bottom (2012)

Kisses on the Bottom is the fifteenth solo studio album by Paul McCartney, consisting primarily of covers of traditional pop music and jazz. 

Released in February 2012 on Starbucks' Hear Music label, it was McCartney's first studio album since Memory Almost Full in 2007. 

The album was produced by Tommy LiPuma and includes just two original compositions by McCartney: "My Valentine" and "Only Our Hearts". The former features Eric Clapton on guitar, while the latter features Stevie Wonder on harmonica. 

Kisses on the Bottom peaked at number 3 on the UK Albums Chart and number 5 on the US Billboard 200, while also topping Billboard magazine's Jazz Albums chart.

A year prior to recording the album, jazz producer Tommy LiPuma and an unnamed keyboardist tried out some ideas for five days with Paul McCartney at McCartney's home studio in East Sussex. Featuring just vocals and piano, the trio "put about 15-20 songs on tape", to see what tracks would work. Around this time, an unknown McCartney original was recorded, with the help of engineer Geoff Emerick. 

The songs that McCartney would work on were voted upon democratically; McCartney commented, "I pulled up some [songs] from my memories, when I was a kid and we had family sing-songs, which was the original inspiration for the whole idea, I said to Tom, 'Let's look at these ones. 

This is the kind of era I want to look at.' Tommy himself suggested some; a girl in my office; [...] Diana [Krall] suggested some. Then I played Tommy a couple that I'd written, and he said, 'Whoa, that's a great idea,' so we selected a couple of those. [...] We all made suggestions, and we took all those suggestions to the studio."

An alternate musical arrangement of "My Valentine" was recorded, along with remakes of earlier McCartney songs: "Baby's Request" and "Goodnight Princess". The version of "My Valentine" recorded during the album sessions, as well as the original 1983 vocal version, remain unreleased. 

"My Valentine" was arranged by Alan Broadbent, who recalled his work with McCartney in the book Paul McCartney: Recording Sessions (1969–2013), speaking about the ideas McCartney offered him for the arrangement. Some songs were from McCartney's childhood, in which his father, Jim, would often be playing on the family piano. 

Most of the songs were played based on the sheet music, with LiPuma commenting that "We'd have somebody write out a chord sheet for us, and then we went in and figured it out on the date". LiPuma added that McCartney wasn't unfamiliar with the group's way of recording, and related that McCartney said, "I love this. 

It reminds me of the way we used to do the Beatles. John [Lennon] and I would write a song, we'd have a date booked at Abbey Road, and neither George Martin, George Harrison or Ringo [Starr] knew what the songs were about. They'd work it out right there in the room".

The album was recorded during March 2010 at Capitol Studios and Avatar Studios. The album's title comes from the lead track "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter", originally a hit for Fats Waller in 1935. In the liner notes for the album, McCartney commented, "I worked with Diana Krall, and great jazz musicians like John Clayton. 

This is an album very tender, very intimate. This is an album you listen to at home after work, with a glass of wine or a cup of tea." The disc was helmed by LiPuma, who had previously worked with Miles Davis and Barbra Streisand, among others. 

The album is mostly standards, with two originals written in the same style ("My Valentine" and "Only Our Hearts"). The first song released from the album was "My Valentine", composed by McCartney and featuring Eric Clapton on guitar. 

Stevie Wonder plays harmonica on "Only Our Hearts". McCartney plays acoustic guitar on "Get Yourself Another Fool" and "The Inch Worm", but otherwise contributes only vocals.

1.  I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter - 2:36 

2.  Home (When Shadows Fall) - 4:04 

3.  It's Only a Paper Moon - 2:35 

4.  More I Cannot Wish You - 3:04 

5.  The Glory of Love - 3:46 

6.  We Three (My Echo, My Shadow and Me) - 3:22 

7.  Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive - 2:32 

8.  My Valentine - 3:14 

9.  Always - 3:50 

10.  My Very Good Friend the Milkman - 3:04 

11.  Bye Bye Blackbird - 4:26 

12.  Get Yourself Another Fool - 4:42 

13.  The Inch Worm - 3:43 

14.  Only Our Hearts - 4:21 

15.  Baby's Request - 3:30 

16.  My One and Only Love - 3:50 

Label - Hear Music

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Charles Bradley feat. The Sounds Of Menahan Street Band - No Time For Dreaming (2011)

No Time for Dreaming is the debut studio album by American soul singer Charles Bradley. It was released on January 25, 2011, by Daptone Records and Dunham Records. 

On first spin, most listeners won't be able to tell that gutsy soul singer Charles Bradley's Daptone debut wasn't recorded in the late '60s and dusted off for release in early 2011. 

Subsequent plays reveal subtleties in production and instrumentation that might tip off some, but for the rest, this is a remarkable reproduction of the sound of classic Southern soul. 

Its combination of Stax and Muscle Shoals grease and grit are captured in what can only be called "the Daptone sound." Horns, percussion, background vocals, vibraphone, and rhythm guitar form a cozy, often sizzling blanket that Bradley wraps himself in. His grainy, lived-in vocals are straight out of the James Brown/Wilson Pickett school; comfortable with both the gospel yearning of slower ballads but ready to make the leap to shouting, searing intensity without warning. 

The yin-yang between Bradley and his players would be impressive even if the material wasn't as top-shelf as these dozen songs are. 

All three working in tandem yield a perfect storm of an R&B album, one with clear antecedents to the genre's roots with new songs that are as powerful and moving as tunes from the music's classic era. 

The band even gets its own showcase on the instrumental, Latin-tinged "Since Our Last Goodbye," perhaps an unusual inclusion on a vocalist's album, but one that strengthens the connection between the backing group and its singer. Bradley has had a tough life, knocking around for years as a lounge act doing covers until the Daptone folks came calling with fresh material and their patented production. That history is evident in every note he sings; pleading, begging, and testifying with a style that few contemporary vocalists can muster without lapsing into parody. Lyrically the material is a mix of the socio-political ("The World Is Going Up in Flames," "Golden Rule"), heartbroken romance ("I Believe in Your Love," "Heartaches and Pain"), and the joys of true love ("Lovin' You Baby"). 

Some tunes are more personal, especially "No Time for Dreaming" where he's telling himself to get serious about his career, and in "Why Is It So Hard," as he delivers a capsule history of his life-long difficulties. 

Even if the concepts appear shopworn, the music and performances are vibrant and alive with arrangements that are innovative yet informed by their roots. 

Retro-soul aficionados who claim they don't make ‘em like they used to will obviously be thrilled with this, but even contemporary R&B fans can't help but be moved by the emotion and passion evident in every note of this riveting set.

1.  The World (Is Going Up In Flames) - 3:22  

2.  The Telephone Song - 3:48  

3.  Golden Rule - 3:29  

4.  I Believe In Your Love - 3:55  

5.  Trouble In The Land - 1:02  

6.  Lovin' You, Baby - 5:28  

7.  No Time For Dreaming - 2:53  

8.  How Long - 3:55  

9.  In You (I Found A Love) - 3:22  

10.  Why Is It So Hard - 4:10  

11.  Since Our Last Goodbye - 4:17  

12.  Heartaches And Pain - 2:56 

Label - Dunham

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Massive Attack - Heligoland (2010)

Heligoland is the fifth studio album by English electronic music duo Massive Attack, released on 8 February 2010 by Virgin Records. 

Named after a German archipelago, it was their first studio album in seven years, following 100th Window (2003).

It has been certified Gold by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI).

The record features vocals of Horace Andy, as well as guest vocalists: Tunde Adebimpe of TV on the Radio, Damon Albarn of Blur and Gorillaz, Hope Sandoval of Hope Sandoval and the Warm Inventions and Mazzy Star, Guy Garvey of Elbow and Martina Topley-Bird, as well as guitar playing by Adrian Utley of Portishead (on "Saturday Come Slow"), keys from Portishead collaborator John Baggott (most notably on "Atlas Air"), keys and synth bass from Damon Albarn ("Splitting the Atom" and "Flat of the Blade" respectively), guitar (various tracks) and bass ("Girl I Love You") by Neil Davidge and bass by Billy Fuller of Beak on various tracks.

The record features drumming from the late Jerry Fuchs and regular session and touring drummer Damon Reece. Dan Brown and Stew Jackson (Robot Club) co-wrote "Paradise Circus", played guitar on and co-wrote "Saturday Come Slow", and part-programmed and engineered those tracks. Tim Goldsworthy contributed additional production (specific tracks unstated). Most tracks were mixed with Mark "Spike" Stent and then all were mastered with Tim Young at Metropolis Studios, as with previous records. Unlike previous records, there are no personal acknowledgements on the inlay. Neil Davidge co-produced all tracks with Robert Del Naja only (except tracks 3, 7 and 9 where Grant Marshall was also involved), though Marshall has a co-write credit on every track. The album is dedicated to the memory of Blue Lines co-producer, Jonny Dollar. 

The album release was preceded on 4 October 2009 by an EP, Splitting the Atom. During its gestation, the album was often referred to in the media as "LP5" (a reference to this being their fifth studio album – excluding Danny the Dog) or "Weather Underground" (Robert Del Naja's early working title and underdog metaphor for the record).

The artwork, as with every Massive Attack album since Protection, is a collaboration between Tom Hingston and Del Naja, this time based on Del Naja's paintings. Transport for London, in line with their policy to not encourage graffiti, insisted the cover image featured on advertising posters displayed on the Tube be altered so as to not resemble "street art", obliging the artists to remove drips and fuzz from the original image.

Many other guest vocalists recorded sessions during the duo's post-100th Window era but are not featured on the album, including: Stephanie Dosen, Yolanda Quartey of Phantom Limb – effectively Robot Club's band) and Jhelisa (Anderson, who had previously recorded in 2002 in the studio for material that was not included on 100th Window); and, mostly during the pre-Collected time – Mike Patton, Aku and Akwetey Orraca-Tetteh and Devang Shah of Dragons of Zynth, Elizabeth Fraser, Terry Callier, Fredo Viola, Debbie Clare, Beth Orton and Dot Allison. Mos Def and Leslie Feist were named as artists scheduled for recording sessions back in 2004. Backing tracks from Grant Marshall's side of Massive Attack's writing (mainly facilitated by and done with Robot Club) are known to have been sent to Alice Russell, and prepared for Sharon Jones,^[8] Patti Smith and David Bowie during the era but collaboration did not come to fruition, nor did talks with Tom Waits or Tricky, in terms of featuring as guest vocalists on the record.^{[citation needed]} Post-punks Mark Stewart and Keith Levene were pictured inside Del Naja's 100 Suns studio in 2009, but played no part on the album.^{[citation needed]}

"I think it's got definitely a more organic feel",^] Del Naja said of Heligoland. "100th Window was very much about this amalgamation of everything joining, and eventually the process was so extreme that you couldn't tell if there was a string part if it was electronic or natural. [There were] lots of organic parts that ended up sounding very electronic. It became a whole world of different processes, and we wanted to do something a bit different because we've had that experience so we wanted to do something else."

The track "Girl I Love You", one of multiple tracks featuring Horace Andy, is a drastically reworked version of a song originally written by Andy during his solo career.

1.  Pray For Rain - 6:42 

2.  Babel - 5:16 

3.  Splitting The Atom - 5:14 

4.  Girl I Love You - 5:26 

5.  Psyche - 3:21 

6.  Flat Of The Blade - 5:27 

7.  Paradise Circus - 4:58 

8.  Rush Minute - 4:48 

9.  Saturday Come Slow - 3:42 

10  Atlas Air - 7:46 

Japanese edition bonus track

11.  Fatalism (Ryuichi Sakamoto & Yukihiro Takahashi remix) - 4:54

Label - Virgin

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Bee Gees - Mr. Natural (1974)

Mr. Natural is the Bee Gees' twelfth album (tenth worldwide), released in July 1974. 

It was the first Bee Gees release to be produced by Arif Mardin, who was partially responsible for launching the group's later major success with the follow-up album Main Course. 

The album's music incorporates more rhythm and blues, soul and funk and hard rock than their previous albums. 

The cover photograph was taken at 334 West 4th Street, Greenwich Village, New York City by Frank Moscati.

The album reached No. 178 on the Billboard 200. Mr. Natural was also the first album to feature drummer Dennis Bryon. 

Although the album contains R&B and soul numbers, Barry said that the album was "whiter" than their next album Main Course (on which he said that they started to turn black on their songs).

Their previous album having scarcely made a ripple and, now, hitless for two years, the Bee Gees went for a new sound in the hands of producer Arif Mardin. 

The result was Mr. Natural, the sultriest and most soulful record they had ever delivered up to that time. Shedding their pop sensibilities here and singing in a freer, more soulful idiom (with a strong Philadelphia soul influence) on songs such as "Throw a Penny," and with a funky beat backing them up on a lot of this record, the group is scarcely recognizable in relation to their previous work. 

Mr. Natural was the liveliest, most invigorating body of music to come from the group since their debut, but it also had moments of extraordinary sensuality, most notably "Charade" and "Had a Lot of Love Last Night." 

In between those two bookends were the beginnings of the sound that would reach maturity on Main Course, the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack, and Children of the World. Most of it is extraordinarily lively and upbeat, which was also a major change for the group; there are still some ballads here in their old style, such as "Down the Road" (which includes the extensive use of a Mellotron), but even these have a subtlety and freshness that had been lacking in the group's work since their debut. 

The main virtue throughout is, of course, the singing, which is some of the finest that all three Gibb brothers had ever turned in on a single LP up, mated to some of their loveliest and liveliest songs. 

Mr. Natural generated no hits, but it was their best original album since Odessa.

Side one

1. "Charade"   (Barry and Robin) - 4:13 

2. "Throw a Penny"   (Barry and Robin) - 4:54 

3. "Down the Road"   (Barry) - 3:35 

4. "Voices"  (Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb) - 4:50 

5. "Give a Hand, Take a Hand"  (Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb) - 4:44 

Side two

1. "Dogs"  (Barry) - 3:43 

2. "Mr. Natural"  (Robin and Barry) - 3:46 

3. "Lost in Your Love"  (Barry Gibb) - 4:36 

4." I Can't Let You Go"  (Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb) - 3:45 

5." Heavy Breathing"   (Barry and Robin) - 3:26 

6." Had a Lot of Love Last Night"  (Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb) - 4:07 

All tracks written by Barry and Robin Gibb, except where noted. 

Bee Gees

• Barry Gibb – lead, harmony and backing vocal, rhythm guitar
• Robin Gibb – lead, harmony and backing vocals
• Maurice Gibb – harmony and backing vocals, bass, mellotron, organ

Guest musicians

• Alan Kendall – lead guitar
• Dennis Bryon – drums, percussion
• Geoff Westley – piano, keyboards
• Ben Law – fretless bass on "Had a Lot of Love Last Night"
• Phil Bodner – clarinet on "Charade"
• Arif Mardin – orchestral arrangement

Production

• Damon Lyon-Shaw — engineering
• Andy Knight – engineering
• Alan Lucas – engineering
• Gene Paul – engineering
• Arif Mardin – production

Notes

Released: 15 June 1974 

Recorded: 14 November 1973 – 28 January 1974 Studio IBC Studios and Command Studios, London, UK, Atlantic Studios, New York City 

Genre. Pop rock, soft rock, funk rock, R&B, blue-eyed soul 

Length: 45:26 

Label - RSO Records

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Elvis Presley - Elvis Country (I´m 10.000 Years Old) (1971)

Elvis Country (I'm 10,000 Years Old) is the thirteenth studio album by American singer and musician Elvis Presley, released on RCA Records (LSP 4460) in January 1971. Recorded at RCA Studio B in Nashville, it reached number 12 on the Billboard 200. It peaked at number six in the United Kingdom, selling over one million copies worldwide. It was certified Gold on December 1, 1977 by the Recording Industry Association of America.

The lead single of the album, "I Really Don't Want to Know" backed with "There Goes My Everything", was released on December 8, 1970 and peaked at number 21 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Western swing, blues, countrypolitan, traditional country, gospel -- if it was music that even brushed the airwaves of a southern state, Elvis Presley at his best could make it his own, and Elvis was at his peak when he cut Elvis Country. Actually, Elvis Presley was positively on a roll at the time. 

A decade after the end of what were thought to be his prime years, he was singing an ever-widening repertory of songs with more passion and involvement than he'd shown since the end of the 1950s; he was no longer transforming the nature of popular music with every record and performance, but he was a major concert draw and tickets to his shows were in nearly as much demand as those for the far less accessible Frank Sinatra. 

What's more, his voice had achieved a peak of perfection as an instrument, acquiring a depth and richness, a beauty to go with its power at which even his best work of the early years had only hinted. And it all came together on Elvis Country, his greatest long-player of the 1970s, and one of his three or four best albums ever. 

Elvis threw himself into this record with every bit of the passion displayed on its better known, soul-oriented predecessor, From Elvis in Memphis, and it was even more personal; new or old, these were all songs he cared about. And he's a commanding and charismatic vocal presence, whether he's covering "Snowbird" (a then recent hit for Anne Murray), redoing a 1940s classic by Ernest Tubb ("Tomorrow Never Comes") in an arrangement akin to Roy Orbison's "Runnin' Scared," a Bill Monroe standard of the same decade ("Little Cabin on the Hill"), reprising Jerry Lee Lewis's "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" in a version dominated by the guitar and bass (and with scarcely any piano), or covering Willie Nelson's "Funny How Time Slips Away" as a slow blues. 

He doesn't necessarily supplant the originals (except for "Snowbird," where he does make you forget Anne Murray), but he gives you more than enough reason to listen, again and again, to everything here. And good as he is on the covers, nowhere is Presley better than on "It's Your Baby, You Rock It," the only new song on the album and as fine a record as he cut during this entire boom period in his career. Producer Felton Jarvis and a cadre of Nashville sidemen (augmented by James Burton) provided as good backup as Presley ever got, including a hard-rocking electric guitar and harmonica sound on Bob Wills's "Faded Love" and a gospel-style accompaniment to "Funny How Time Slips Away," and giving "Make the World Go Away" a lean, more urgent sound than Eddy Arnold's original hit. 

Side one

1.  Snowbird - 2:17 

2.  Tomorrow Never Comes - 4:07 

3.  Little Cabin on the Hill - 1:58 

4.  Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On - 3:10 

5.  Funny How Time Slips Away - 4:32 

6.  I Really Don't Want to Know - 2:59 

Side two

1.  There Goes My Everything - 3:10 

2.  It's Your Baby, You Rock It - 3:04 

3.  The Fool - 2:34 

4.  Faded Love - 3:19 

5.  I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water - 3:54 

6.  Make the World Go Away - 3:46 

Personnel

Sourced from Keith Flynn.

• Elvis Presley – lead vocals, acoustic rhythm guitar on "I Was Born About Ten Thousand Years Ago" and "Little Cabin on the Hill", harmony vocals on “Snowbird” and “There Goes My Everything”
• James Burton – lead guitar, dobro
• Chip Young – acoustic rhythm guitar
• Eddie Hinton – lead guitar on "Snowbird" and "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On"
• David Briggs – piano, organ on "Little Cabin on the Hill" and "I Washed My Hands in Muddy Water"
• Norbert Putnam – bass
• Jerry Carrigan – drums
• Charlie McCoy – harmonica, organ, vibraphone on "I Really Don't Want to Know”
• Charlie Hodge – acoustic rhythm guitar except “Snowbird” and “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On”

Overdubbed

• Farrell Morris – percussionand timpanion "Snowbird," "Funny How Time Slips Away," "Make the World Go Away," I Really Don't Want To Know," "Faded Love," and "Tomorrow Never Comes"
• Harold Bradley– electric sitaron "Snowbird"
• Weldon Myrick– pedal steel guitaron "Little Cabin on the Hill"

Production staff

• Felton Jarvis – producer
• Bobby Thompson – banjo (on "Little Cabin on the Hill")
• Buddy Spicher – fiddle (on "Little Cabin on the Hill")
• The Imperials Quartet – backing vocals
• The Jordanaires – backing vocals (on "Funny How Time Slips Away", “There Goes My Everything,” and "Make The World Go Away")
• Joe Babcock – backing vocals
• Millie Kirkham – backing vocals
• Mary Holladay – backing vocals
• Ginger Holladay – backing vocals
• June Page – backing vocals
• Sonja Montgomery – backing vocals
• Dolores Edgin – backing vocals
• Mary Greene – backing vocals
• Temple Riser – backing vocals
• Cam Mullins – string arrangements
• Don Tweedy – string arrangements
• Bergen White – horn arrangements

Notes

Released:  January 2, 1971 

Recorded: June 4-8 and September 22, 1970 

Genre:  Country, country rock, rock and roll 

Length:  38:49 

Label - RCA Records 

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Malcolm Mclaren - Fans (1984)

Fans is a 1984 album by Malcolm McLaren. It was a successful attempt at fusing opera with 1980s R&B and contains adaptations of pieces from famous operas such as Madama Butterfly and Carmen. 

The opera recordings were made at the Unitarian Church, Belmont, Massachusetts by Stephen Hague and Walter Turbitt.

A cynical exploitation of some classical tunes, or a prescient mixing of hip-hop with opera, of low and high culture? One never knows with McLaren. 

Not that the classics had never mixed with pop before (see "Whiter Shade of Pale," "Stranger in Paradise"), but McLaren was determined to bring the stories of opera kicking and screaming into the pop realm as well. 

On the single, the beautiful "Madam Butterfly," the formula works transcendently. McLaren plays Colonel Pinkerton and leaves the aria alone backed by hip-hop percussion, and the result is a seamless whole. 

The rest of the album, unfortunately, exists to pad out the single, and the various arias (from Carmen and Turandot) seemed dropped on top of what are some embarrassing funk R&B grooves. Only "Lauretta" (from Puccini's opera Gianni Schicchi) gets close to a successful second try. Look for the 12" single instead. 

Side one

1. "Madam Butterfly"  (from Puccini's opera Madama Butterfly) - 6:32 

2. "Fans (Nessun dorma)"  (from Puccini's opera Turandot) - 3:50 

3. "Carmen (L'Oiseau Rebelle)"  (from Bizet's opera Carmen) - 4:55 

Side two

1. "Boy's Chorus (Là Sui Monti Dell'Est)"  (from Puccini's opera Turandot) - 4:30 

2. "Lauretta (O mio babbino caro)"  (from Puccini's opera Gianni Schicchi) - 5:20 

3. "Death of Butterfly (Tu Tu Piccolo)"  (from Puccini's opera Madama Butterfly) - 4:58 

Personnel

• Timothy McFarland – Conductor and Operatic Coordinator
• Malcolm McLaren – Production
• Robbie Kilgore – Production
• Mike Finleyson – Engineering
• Tom Lord-Alge – Engineering
• Jeff Neiblum – Assistant Engineering
• John Davenport – Associate Engineering
• Bradshaw Leigh – Mixing
• Nick Egan – Cover Design
• Robert Erdman – Photography
• Bob Green – "Butterfly Ball" Photography

"Madam Butterfly" Soprano – Betty Ann White Voice (Cho-Cho San) – Debbie Cole Voice (Pinkerton) – Malcolm McLaren Backing Vocals – Diane Garisto, Sheila Pate Instruments – Hague, Turbitt Production and Engineering – Stephen Hague, Walter Turbitt Remix – Bradshaw Leigh, Robby Kilgore Instruments – Robbie Kilgore "Fans" Lead Vocals – Angie B. Tenor – Michael Austin Voice (Dresser) – Malcolm McLaren Piano – Timothy McFarland Instruments – Robbie Kilgore "Carmen" Soprano – Valerie Walters Voice (Carmen) – Angie B. Voice (Don Jose) – Malcolm McLaren Additional Guitar – Jimi Tunnell Classical Guitar – Craig Bihari Instruments – Robbie Kilgore

"Boy's Chorus"

• Additional Guitar – Jimi Tunnell
• Vocals – Malcolm McLaren and The Boston Choir
• Instruments – Robbie Kilgore

"Lauretta"

• Soprano – Betty Ann White
• Voice (Lauretta) – Diane Garisto
• Voice (Ricky) – Malcolm McLaren
• Engineered Basic Tracks – Walter Turbitt
• Mixing of Basic Tracks – Bradshaw Leigh
• Instruments – Robbie Kilgore

"Death Of Butterfly"

• Soprano – Betty Ann White
• Voice (Pinkerton) – Malcolm McLaren
• Instruments – Robbie Kilgore

Notes

Released:  1984 

Recorded:  1984, Syncro Studio, Boston; Unique Studios and The Hit Factory, New York City 

Genre . Dance, R&B, opera 

Length:  30:05 

Label - Charisma Records

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Massada - Live (1980)

In de jaren zeventig zeer populaire Molukse groep, die voortborduurt op de succesvolle latin-sound van Carlos Santana en deze voorziet van een smakelijk oosters tintje.

Op het album "Massada Live" is de sfeer vooral opgewekt en energiek, met afsluiter "Sageru" als een van de hoogtepunten.
''Arumbai' is een uitzondering, het enige nummer geschreven door chris latul en ook het op een na beste nummer. hadden ze maar meer van dat soort nummers gemaakt...

"Impulse of Rhythm/There Is No Time To Return', 19:20 minuten lang, is voor mij het boeiendst. helemaal instrumentaal, zonder dat het een showoff wordt van kijk ons een goeie muzikanten zijn (wat je bij lange nummers nog wel eens hebt in de symfonische of jazz hoek). spannend, speels, fanatasierijk. 

Track listing

A1. Tumbu1 - 1:50  

A2. Akar Bahar - 4:56  

A3. Dansa (Don't Quite Dancing) - 5:46  

A4. I Never Had A Love Like This Before - 6:22  

B1. Arumbai - 4:34  

B2. Mother Of My Origin/Ibu Dari Adzal-Ku - 5:47  

B3. Unknown Destination - 8:56  

C1. Impulse Of Rhythm - 3:45  

C2. There Is No Time To Return - 15:35  

D1. Fathers Within One Father - 4:38  

D2. Discrime - 3:49  

D3. Feelin' Lonely - 6:39  

D4. Sageru - 3:45 

Companies, etc.

• Published By – Luma
• Published By – Benelux Music
• Recorded At – Paradiso Amsterdam
• Recorded At – Theater De Flint
• Recorded At – Theatre Wittebergen
• Recorded At – 't Klöster
• Recorded By – Mira Sound Mobile Studio
• Mixed At – B.M.I. Studios
• Distributed By – Johnny Hoes Benelux Music Industries B.V.

Credits

• Bass Guitar – Wilco Turu Leerdam
• Clavinet – Walther Sell
• Co-producer, Engineer – Jay Denson
• Co-producer, Engineer [Assistent] – Zeth Mustamu
• Drums [Yamaha Drums] – Eppy Manuhutu
• Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes] – Walther Sell
• Flute – Jan Stam
• Lead Guitar – Rudy de Queljoe
• Percussion – Zeth Mustamu
• Producer – Johnny Manuhutu
• Rhythm Guitar – Nino 'Kapitan' Latuny
• Synthesizer [Prophet 5, Minimoog] – Walther Sell
• Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Peter Kuyt
• Vocals – Eppy Manuhutu, Jan Stam, Nino 'Kapitan' Latuny, Peter Kuyt, Rudy de Queljoe, Wilco Turu Leerdam, Zeth Mustamu

Notes

Release: 1980

Genre:  Jazz Latin, Fusion

Tijdsduur: 1:16:07

Label - Kendari Records

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The Rubettes - Sometime In Oldchurch (1978)

Sometime In Oldchurch is the sixth studio album by the English band The Rubettes. It was released on the Polydor Records label in March 1978.

Two singles were released from the album, both in advance: "Come On Over" and "Sometime In Oldchurch".

Side one

1. "Great Be The Nation" (Alan Williams) - 5:20
2. "Come On Over" (Alan Williams) - 4:00
3. "Sometime In Oldchurch" (John Richardson, Alan Williams) - 4:35
4. "Top Of The World" (Tony Thorpe) - 6:16

Side two

1. "Alimonia" (John Richardson) - 3:15
2. "Say What You Mean" (John Richardson) - 4:24
3. "Eva St. Clair" (Mike Gower, Alan Williams) - 5:40
4. "You Make It Hard" (Tony Thorpe) - 2:48
5. "Let Him Bleed" (John Richardson) - 4:15

Personnel

• Mick Clarke
• John Richardson
• Tony Thorpe
• Alan Williams

Production and credits

• Produced by The Rubettes with Alan Blakley for Gale
• Recorded at The Chateau, Herouville, France
• Engineer - Mark Jay Wallis
• Cover Artwork & Design - Jo Mirowski, Artwork WadeWood Associates
• Thanks to - Pete, Dud, Long John & Plunkett and Roy Farrant
• Special thanks to:

Rick Westwood, Carey Hunt for help with interpretation

Chris Lewis of DJM London and Audio Design for their help with our technical traumas

• Merci everso beaucoup to all at Le Chateau for making everything as easy and pleasant as possible

Notes

Released: March 1978 

Genre: Pop, rock & roll

Length40:33 

Label - Polydor Records 

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Santa Esmeralda - Disco Collection (2001)

De band was in zijn originele formatie actief van 1977 tot 1981. In 2002 werd de band nieuw leven ingeblazen.

De band werd opgericht door Leroy Gómez. Hij begon op zijn 14e reeds zijn eigen band en voegde zich later bij Tavares. Met hen ging hij op tour in Noord-Amerika en Europa.

In Parijs werd hij door Elton John uitgenodigd om mee te werken aan diens album Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. Hierna verliet Gómez Tavares en leerde de songwriters Nicolas Skorsky en Jean Manuel de Scarano kennen. Met hen richtte hij de band Santa Esmeralda op. Het eerste album van de band was Don´t Let Me Be Misunderstood, met Gómez als zanger. Dit album werd uitgebracht door het onafhankelijke platenlabel Fauves Puma. Het album was een groot succes in Europa, en werd door Casablanca Records wereldwijd uitgebracht. De b-kant van het album, You´re My Everything, werd een succes op de radio.

Santa Esmeralda begon als een studioact, maar Gómez wilde ook graag gaan optreden. Daarom werd de groep uitgebreid met dansers, waaronder Gómez’ toekomstige vrouw Tequila.

Santa Esmeralda scoorde nog een top 20 discohit met een cover van The House of the Rising Sun", maar het zangwerk werd dit keer gedaan door Jimmy Goings. In 1978 werd het lied "Sevilla Nights" opgenomen als soundtrack voor de film Thank God It´s Friday. Verder had Santa Esmeralda dat jaar drie albums in de hitlijsten staan.

Nadien scoorde Santa Esmeralda nog een kleine hit met "Beauty" en "Another Cha-Cha/Cha-Cha Suite". De albums die de band daarna uitbracht, resulteerden niet meer in noemenswaardige hits. Toen het discogenre bovendien aan populariteit verloor, werd besloten de groep op te heffen.

In 2002 ging Gómez op tournee met een nieuwe samenstelling van de groep. Samen met hen bracht hij Lay Down My Love en Santa Esmeralda - The Greatest Hits uit. In 2003 kreeg de groep nieuwe aandacht toen "Don´t Let Me Be Misunderstood" werd gebruikt op de soundtrack van Kill Bill.

Tracklist

1.  The House Of Rising Sun + Quasimodo Suite  (14:56)

2.  Green Talisman  (9:47)

3.  Don´t Let Me Be Misunderstoot + Esmeralda Suite  (16:10)

4.  Siboney  (4:29)

5.  Street Figting Man + Street Suite  (7:17)

6.  Don´t Be Shy Tonight  (6:05)

7.  Hush  (2:49)

8.  Things We Cannot Change  (3:57)

9.  C´est Magnifique + Sweet Suite  (6:59)

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Patrick Cowley - Rare Trax [1982-1989] (2CD)

Patrick Joseph Cowley (October 19, 1950 – November 12, 1982) was an American disco and Hi-NRG dance music composer and recording artist. Besides Giorgio Moroder, he often is credited as a pioneer of electronic dance music.

CD1

01- Dance Megamix (7:50)

02- Megatron Man (Radio Edit) (4:02)

03- Die Hard Lover (including Imperial) (6:24)

04- Tech (3:36)

05- Donna Summer (15:46)

06- Kat Mandu (8:40)

07- Paul Parker & Patrick Cowley (8:42)

08- Die Hard Lover (incl. Loverde) (Remix) (7:07)

09- Menergy (Remix) (8:09)

10- MindWarp (Radio Version) (5:45)

11- Two Tons Of Fun (7:13)

12- Michelle (13:47)

13- Special Remix MegaMix 87' (35:16)

CD2

01-Sarah Dash - Lucky Tonight (Extended Version) (Patrick Cowley Produced And Synthesized 1982) (5:57)

02-Jeannie Tracy - Time Bomb (Extended, Produced By Patrick 1982) (6:09)

03-Tantra - The Hills Of Katmandu (The Patrick Cowley Megamix, 12 Inch) (16:21)

04-Fever - Standing In The Shadows Of Love (Synthesized By Patrick, 1979) (7:06)

05-Lipps Inc - Funkytown Revival (Edited By Dj Bobby Viteritti And Synthesized By Patrick Cowley) (7:53)

06-Patrick Cowley - Menergy (Rare Mix) (7:48)

07-Passengers - Hot Leather (Patrick Cowley Remix,1980) (11:53)

08-Paul Parker - Pushin Too Hard (Blecman & Kessie Remix) (5:54)

09-Hot Posse - An American Dream (Synthesized By Patrick Cowley) (6:22)

10-Two Tons Of Fun - I Got The Feeling (Patrick Cowley Remix 1980) (7:13)

11-L.T.D - Back In Love Again, Again (Synthesized By Patrick) Version 1 (4:42)

12-Carl Carlton - Baby I Need Your Loving ( Lp The Bad Cc, Synths By Patrick 1981) (5:52)

13-Sarah Dash - Low Down Dirty Rhythm (Produced By Patrick Cowley & Marty Blecman, 1983) (6:42)

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