Laura Branigan

 

Artist:  Laura Branigan

Birth Name:  Laura Ann Branigan

Born:  July 3, 1952.  Brewster, New York, USA

Died:  August 26, 2004 (Aged 52).   East Quogue, New York, USA

Genre:  Pop, Rock, Dance, Adult Contemporary, Contemporary Pop

Occupation:  Singer, Songwriter, Actress

Instruments:  Vocals

Laura Branigan was an American Singer, Songwriter and Actress from Brewster, New York.  Her signature song, the platinum-cerftifed 1982 single "Gloria", stayed on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 for 36 weeks, then a record for a female artist, peaking at No. 2, also reached No. 1 in /Australia, and Canada.

Title:  Branigan (Limited Edition) (2024)

Genre:  Pop, Rock, Dance, Adult Contemporary, Contemporary Pop

Label:  Music On Vinyl

Rating:  *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side One:

 1.  All Night With Me (3:52)

 2.  Gloria (4:50)

 3.  Lovin' You Baby (4:34)

 4.  Living A Lie (3:41)

Side Two:

 1.  IfYou Loved Me (3:15)

 2.  Please Stay, Go Away (3:33)

 3.  I Wish We Could Be Alone (3:18)

 4.  Down Like A Rock (3:34)

 5.  Maybe I Love You (3:31)

Personnel:

Laura Branigan:  Vocals

Michael Landau:  Guitar

Steve Lukather:  Guitar

Trevor Veitch:  Guitar

Greg Mathieson:  Keyboards, Synthesizer

Leland Sklar:  Bass

Bob Glaub:  Bass

Carlos Vega:  Drums

Michael Boddicker:  Synthesizer

Jon Joyce:  Background Vocals

Mle Chemay:  Background Vocals

Jim Haas:  Background Vocals

Stephanie Spruill:  Background Vocals

Maxine Willard Waters:  Background Vocals

Julia Tillman Waters;  Background Vocals

Lisa Sarna:  Background Vocals

Branigan is the debut studio album by Laura Branigan, originally released on March 8, 1982 by Atlantic Records, remastered and reissued on March 22, 2024 by Music On Vinyl.  Limited Edition of 1500 individual numbered copies on Red Coloured Vinyl 180 Gram Audiophile Vinyl.

Paul Anka

 

Artist:  Paul Anka
Birth Name:  Paul Albert Anka
Born:  July 30, 1941.  Ottawa Ontario, Canada
Genre:  Pop, Soft Rock, Doo-Wop, Contemporary Pop, Teen Idols, Jazz
Occupations:  Singer, Songwriter
Instruments:  Vocals, Piano, Guitar

Paul Anka is a Canadian Singer, Songwriter and Actor.  He became famous in the late 1950s, 1960s and 1970s with Hit Songs such as "Diana", "Put Your Head On My Shoulder", "Lonely Boy", "She's A Lady" (By Tom Jones's biggest hits), "My Way" (the English lyrics for Frank Sinatra's signature song.

Title:  Diana - The Very Best Of Paul Anka (2023)

Genre:  Pop, Soft Rock, Doo-Wop, Contemporary Pop, Teen Idols, Jazz

Label:  Not Now Music

Rating:  *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side One:

 1.  Diana (2:24)

 2.  Lonely Boy (2:33)

 3.  Put Your Head On My Shoulder (2:39)

 4.  I Love You, Baby (2:13)

 5. Tell Me That You Love Me (2:11)

 6.  You Are My Destiny (2:45)

 7.  Crazy Love (2:27)

 8.  I Miss You So (2:22)

 9.  Let The Bells Keep Ringing (2:04)

10. (All Of A Sudden) My Heart Sings (3:04)

Side Two:

 1.  The Teen Commandments Of Love (1:43)

 2.  Puppy Love (2:43)

 3.  My Home Town (2:32)

 4.  It's Time To Cry (2:25)

 5.  Love Me Warm And Tender (2:19)

 6.  A Steel Guitar And A Glass Of Wine (2:13)

 7.  Tonight My Love, Tonight (2:06)

 8.  Dance On Little Girl (2:20)

 9.  Summer's Gone (2:44)

10. Hello Young Lovers (2:36)

Diana - The Very Best Of Paul Anka is the compilation album by Paul Anka, released on November 17, 2023 by Not Now Music.  For Music Lovers and Music Collectors.

Elliott Brood

 

Artist:  Elliott Brood

Origin:  Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Genre:  Alternative Country, Folk, Bluegrass, Country, Americana, Country Rock

Original line-up:

Mark Sasso:  Lead Vocals, Guitar, Banjo, Ukulele, Harmonica, Kazoo

Casey Laforet:  Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Bass Pedals, Keyboards, Ukulele

Stephen Pitkin:  Percussion, Sampler, Backing Vocals

Elliott Brood is a Canadian Alternative Country Trio from Toronto, Ontario, formed in 2002 by Mark Sasso (Lead Vocals, Guitar, Banjo, Ukulele, Harmonica, Kazoo), Casey Laforet (Bass Pedals, Keyboards, Ukulele, Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals), and Stephen Pitkin (Percussion, Sampler, Backing Vocals).

Title:  Country (2024). 

Genre:  Alternative Country, Folk, Bluegrass, Country, Americana, Country Rock

Label:  Six Shooter Records

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side A:

 1.  Wind And Snow (2:45)

 2.  Out Of Tune (4:40)

 3.  They Never Want Go Sing Along (2:48)

 4.  Long Since Lost (4:06)

Side B:

 1.  C'Mon Let's Go (5:06)

 2.  Bluebird Wine (3:55)

 3.  Postcard Pretty (1:42)

 4.  French Exit (3:44)

Personnel:

Mark Sasso:  Lead Vocals, Guitar, Banjo, Ukulele, Harmonica, Kazoo

Casey Laforet:  Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Bass Pedals, Keyboards, Guitar

Stephen Pitkin:  Drums,  Backing Vocals

Country is the 12th studio album by Elliott Brood, released on April 12, 2024 by Six Shooter Records.  From Texas Country, Ameriana to True country Ripper.

Manic Street Preachers

 

Artist:  Manic Street Preachers

Origin:  Blackwood, Wales

Genre:  Alternative Rock, Indie Rock, Britpop

Original line-up:

James Dean Bradfield:  Lead Vocals, Lead and Rhythm Guitar, Piano, Keyboards
Nicky Wire:  Bass, Piano, Guitar, Backing Vocals
Sean Moore:  Drums, Percussion, Trumpet, Backing Vocals
Miles "Flicker" Woodward:  Bass.

Manic Street Preachers are a Wales Alternative Rock Band, formed in 1986 in Blackwood by James Dean Bradfield (Lead Vocals, Lead Guitar), Nicky Wire (Bass) and Seann Moore (Drums) as a trio band, and together with the original Bassist Miles "Flicker" Woodward, and he left the band in early 1988 and replaced by Richey Edwards on Rhythm Guitar and Nicky Wire took position on Bass.  Richey Edwards disappeared in February 1995.  The band became trio band again.

Title:  Lifeblood (20th Anniversary Edition) (2024)

Genre:  Alternative Rock, Indie Rock, Britpop

Label:  Sony Music

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

LP 1:

Side A:

 1.  1985 (4:08)

 2.  The Love Of Richard Nixon (3:38)

 3.  Empty Souls (4:05)

Side B:

 1.  A Song For Departure (4:20)

 2.  I Live To Fall Asleep (3:57)

 3.  To Repel Ghosts (3:58)

LP 2:

Side C:

 1.  Emily (3:34)

 2.  Glasnost (3:14)

 3.  Always/Never (3:42)

Side D:

 1.  Solitude Sometimes Is (3:21)

 2.  Fragments (4:02)

 3.  Cardiff Afterlife (3:27)

Personnel:

James Dean Bradfield:  Lead Vocals, Lead and Rhythm Guitar, 
Nicky Wire:  Bass
Sean Moore:  Drums, Drum Programming

Additional Musicians:

Nick Nasmyth:  Keyboards

Jeremy Shaw:  Additional Keyboards

Greg Haver:  Percussion

Lifeblood is the seventh studio album by Manic Street Preachers, originally released on November 1, 2004 by Sony Music, remastered and reissued on April 12,, 2024 by Sony Music.  2th Anniversary Edition in 2 LP along with a redesigned gatefold sleeve and 20 page booklet.

Eric Gales

 

Artist:  Eric Gales
Born:  October 29, 1974.  Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Genre:  Blues, Blues Rock, Hard Rock
Occupations:  Musician, Songwriter
Instruments:  Vocals, Guitar

Eric Gales is an American Blues Rock Guitarist.  He played guitar at age four and his older brothers Eugene and Manuel took to teaching him to play style if Jimi Hendrix, Albert King, B.B. King and others.  In late 1990, Eric and Eugene formed The Eric Gales Band.  In 2013, he formed Eric Gales Trio, and together with his solo career.

Title:  A Night On The Sunset Strip (Limited Edition) (2023)

Genre:  Blues, Blues Rock, Hard Rock

Label:  Cleopatra Records

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side A:

 1.  Make It There

 2.  The Change In Me 

 3.  The Open Road

Side B:

 1.  (Don't Fear) The Reaper 

 2.  Miss You 

 3.  Voodoo Child (Slight Return) 

 4. Kashmir/BackIn Black

Personnel:

Eric Gales:  Lead Vocals, Guitars

Cesar Oviedo:  Bass

Nicholas Hayes:  Drums

Ladonna Gales:  Backing Vocals

Tyrone Thomas Jr.:  Backing Vocals

Additional Musicians:

Raphael Saadiq:  Guest Bass, Backing Vocals on Track B2

Dylan Wiggins:  Guest Keyboards on Track B2

A Night On The Sunset Strip is a live album by Eric Gales, originally released on August 8, 2016 by Cleopatra Blues, remastered  and reissued on December 29, 2023 by Cleopatra Records.  Limited Edition  Only 500 Copies Gold Vinyl.

Bruce Springsteen

 

Artist:  Bruce Springsteen
Birth Name:  Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen
Born:  September 23,, 1949.  Long Branch, New Jersey, USA.
Genre:  Rock, Roots Rock, Folk Rock, Heartland Rock, Hard Rock, Americana
Occupations:  Musician, Singer, Songwriter
Instruments:  Vocals, Guitar, Harmonica, Piano

Bruce Springsteen is an American Musician, Singer, Songwriter, Nicknamed "The Boss".  He is best known for his work with The E Street Band.  His most successful studio albums, Born In The U.S.A. and Born To Run, he has earned 20 Grammy Awards, 2 Golden Globes and an Academy Award as well as inducted into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame and The Songwriters Hall Of Fame in 1999.

Title:  Best Of Bruce Springsteen (2024)

Genre:  Rock, Roots Rock, Folk Rock, Heartland Rock, Hard Rock, Americana

Label:  Columbia Records

Rating:   *****

Format:  CD

Tracks:

 1.  Grown (3:05)

 2.  Rosalita (Come Out Tonight) (7:04)

 3.  Born To Run (4:30)

 4.  Thunder Road (4:49)

 5.  Badlands (4:01)

 6.  Hungry Heart (3:19)

 7.  Atlantic City (3:57)

 8.  Dancing In The Dark (4:01)

 9.  Born In The U.S.A. (4:41)

10. Brillant Disguise (4:15)

11. Human Touch (Edit) (5:10)

12. Streets Of Philadelphia (4:14)

13. The Ghost Of Tom Joad (4:21)

14. Secret Garden (4:27)

15. The Rising (4:47)

16. Girls In Their Summer Clothes (4:19)

17. Hello Sunshine (3:55)

18. Letter To You (4:55)

Best Of Bruce Springsteen is the eighth compilation album by Bruce Springsteen, released on April 19, 2024 by Columbia Records.  The collection includes hit singles and popular album tracks from 1973 to 2020.

Mark Knopfler

 

Artist:  Mark Knopfler
Birth Name:  Mark Freuder Knopfler
Born:  August 12, 1949.  Glasgow, Scotland
Genre:  Rock, Roots Rock, Celtic Rock, Blues Rock, Country, Folk, Adult Contemporary, Soundtracks
Occupation:  Film Score Composer, Multi-Instrumentalist, Record Producer, Singer, Songwriter
Instruments:  Vocals, Guitar

Mark Knopfler is a British Songwriter, Film Score Composer and Record Producer.  He is best known as the Lead Guitarist, Lead Singer, and Songwriter for the rock band Dire Straits which he co-founded with his brother, David Knopfler, in 1977.  In 1995, Dire Straits disbanded, he has recorded and produced seven solo albums and produced many hit songs that he has composed and produced film scores for eight films, including Local Hero (1983), Cal (1984), The Princess Bride (1987), and Wag The Dong (1997).  He has recorded and performed with many prominent musicians, including Chet Atkins, Chris Botti, The Chieftains, Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Bryan Ferry, George Jones, Emmylou Harris, Van Morrison, Sting, James Taylor, Steely Dan and many more!.  Mark Knopfler is a Fingerstyle guitarist and was ranked 27th on Rolling Stone Magazine's list of 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.  He has sold 120 million albums, and a four-time Grammy Award Winner, he also received of the Edison Award, the Steiger Award and the Ivor Novello Award.

Title:  One Deep River (2024)

Genre:  Rock, Roots Rock, Celtic Rock, Blues Rock, Country, Folk, Adult Contemporary, Soundtracks

Label:  EMI

Rating:   *****

Format:  CD

Tracks:

 1.  Two Pairs Of Hands (4:05)

 2.  Ahead Of The Game (3:56)

 3.  Smart Money (4:27)

 4.  Scavengers Yard (4:33)

 5.  Stack Tie Jobs (2:57)

 6.  Tunnel 13 (5:27)

 7.  Jamine (4:42)

 8.  Watch Me Gone (5:02)

 9.  Sweeter Than The Rain (4:16)

10. Before My Train Comes (4:04)

11. This One's Not Going To End Well (4:00)

12. One Deep River (4:17)

Personnel:

Mark Knopfler:  Lead Vocals, Electric Guitar

Ian Thomas:  Drums

Danny Cummings:  Percussion

Guy Fletcher:  Synthesizer on Tracks:  1-4, 6, 7, 9-12, Mellotron on Track 5, Harmonium on Track 6

Richard Bennett:  Electric Guitar on Tracks:  1, 2, 11, Acoustic Guitar on Tracks:  3-10, 12, Bouzouki on Track 9

Glenn Worf:  Bass on Tracks:  1, 3-9, 11, 12, Upright Bass on Tracks:  2, 10

Greg Leisz:  Lap Steel Guitar on Tracks:  1, 4, Acoustic Guitar on Tracks:  2, 3, Pedal Steel on Tracks:  3, 5-12

Jim Cox:  Digital Piano on Track 1, Piano on Tracks:  2, 3, 5, 7-11, Organ on Track 4, Wurlitzer Electric Piano on Track 6, Hammond Organ on Track 12

Emma Topolski:  Background Vocals on Tracks:  3, 5-8, 10-12

Tamsin Topolski:  Background Vocals on Tracks:  3, 508, 10-12

John McCusker:  Fiddle on Track 11

Mike McGoldrick:  Uilleann Pipes, Whistle on Track 11

Format:  LP

Tracks:

LP 1:

Side A:

 1.  Two Pairs Of Hands (4:05)

 2.  Ahead Of The Game (3:56)

 3.  Smart Money (4:27)

Side B:

 4.  Scavengers Yard (4:33)

 5.  Stack Tie Jobs (2:57)

 6.  Tunnel 13 (5:27)

LP 2:

Side C:

 7.  Jamine (4:42)

 8.  Watch Me Gone (5:02)

 9.  Sweeter Than The Rain (4:16)

Side D:

10. Before My Train Comes (4:04)

11. This One's Not Going To End Well (4:00)

12. One Deep River (4:17)

One Deep River is the tenth solo album by Mark Knopfler, released on April 12, 2025 by EMI, featuring singles "Ahead Of The Game" "Watch Me Gone", and "Two Pairs Of Hands".