Rock Times, Volume 13: 1979-1980

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Tracklist

CD 1
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1I Don’t Like Mondays
recording of:
I Don’t Like Mondays
lyricist and composer:
Johnnie Fingers and Bob Geldof
publisher:
Zomba Enterprises, Inc.
The Boomtown Rats53:47
2My Sharona
recording engineer:
Pete Coleman
producer:
Mike Chapman (Australian producer and songwriter)
bass guitar:
Prescott Niles
drums (drum set):
Bruce Gary
guitar:
Berton Averre and Doug Fieger
lead vocals:
Doug Fieger
vocals:
Berton Averre
remixer:
Dave Jerden
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Capitol Records, Inc. (not for release label use; US company behind the “Capitol Records” imprint) (in 1979, in 2013)
part of:
Paste: The 50 Greatest One-Hit Wonders of All Time (number: 18) and TV Cream: Real 100 Best Singles Ever (number: 24)
recording of:
My Sharona
writer:
Berton Averre and Douglas Fieger
The Knack4.154:54
3Heart of Glass
assistant engineer:
Grey Russell
engineer:
Peter Coleman (British engineer & producer)
assistant producer:
Peter Coleman (British engineer & producer)
producer:
Mike Chapman (Australian producer and songwriter)
bass guitar:
Nigel Harrison
drums (drum set):
Clem Burke
guitar:
Frank Infante and Chris Stein
keyboard:
Jimmy Destri
vocals:
Deborah Harry
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Chrysalis (in 1978) and Chrysalis Records Ltd. (not for release label use! company behind the Chrysalis imprint) (in 1978)
recorded at:
The Record Plant (New York) in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (from 1978-06 until 1978-07)
part of:
TV Cream: Real 100 Best Singles Ever (number: 2), Indie 88: Top 500 Indie Rock Songs (number: 138), The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 138) and Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 255)
recording of:
Heart of Glass
writer:
Deborah Harry and Chris Stein
publisher:
BMG Monarch, Chrysalis Music (music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated), Chrysalis Music Ltd. (music publisher), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Monster Island Music Publishing Corporation, フジパシフィックミュージック and Rare Blue Music Inc (in 1978)
version of:
Once I Had a Love
Blondie4.63:58
4Don’t Bring Me Down
engineer:
Mack (German rock producer/engineer Reinhold Mack)
producer:
Jeff Lynne
bass guitar:
Kelly Groucutt (from 1979-03 until 1979-04)
clarinet and electric piano:
Richard Tandy (from 1979-03 until 1979-04)
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Bev Bevan (English rock drummer) (from 1979-03 until 1979-04)
electric guitar and lead vocals:
Jeff Lynne (from 1979-03 until 1979-04)
piano and synthesizer:
Jeff Lynne (from 1979-03 until 1979-04) and Richard Tandy (from 1979-03 until 1979-04)
choir vocals:
Kelly Groucutt (from 1979-03 until 1979-04) and Jeff Lynne (from 1979-03 until 1979-04)
conductor:
Louis Clark (from 1979-03 until 1979-04)
strings arranger and choir vocals arranger:
Louis Clark, Jeff Lynne and Richard Tandy
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS Records Inc. (for rights/distribution/manufacture use only; international subsidiary of CBS, Inc.) (in 1979), Jet Records (in 1979), Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP) (in 1979) and Sony Music Entertainment (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America since Oct 1, 2008; operates worldwide except in JP) (in 2005)
recorded at:
Musicland Studios (Munich) in München, Bayern, Germany (from 1979-03 until 1979-04)
recording of:
Don’t Bring Me Down (from 1979-03 until 1979-04)
lyricist and composer:
Jeff Lynne
publisher:
EMI April Music Inc., EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (1989-07-24–present), EMI Songs Ltd., Jet Music Inc., Polygon Publishing Ltd., イーエムアイ音楽出版 ソニー事業部 (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
Electric Light Orchestra4.654:06
5Keep On Loving You
assistant engineer:
Tom Cummings (engineer) and Jeff Eccles
engineer:
Kevin Beamish
co-producer:
Alan Gratzer
producer:
Kevin Beamish, Kevin Cronin and Gary Richrath
acoustic guitar:
Kevin Cronin
bass:
Bruce Hall (US bassist for REO Speedwagon)
drums (drum set):
Alan Gratzer
guitar:
Gary Richrath
Hammond organ:
Neal Doughty
background vocals:
Kevin Cronin, Tom Kelly (songwriter) and Richard Page (singer-songwriter; former lead singer & bassist of Mr. Mister)
arranger:
Kevin Cronin
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP) (in 1980)
recording of:
Keep On Loving You
lyricist and composer:
Kevin Cronin
publisher:
Fate Music and Taiyō Music
REO Speedwagon3.753:23
6I Want You to Want Me
recording of:
I Want You to Want Me
lyricist and composer:
Rick Nielsen
publisher:
Gil Music Corporation, Adult Music (in 1977, in 1978), Screen Gems-EMI Music Incorporated (USA, affiliated with BMI) (in 1977) and Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI) (in 1978)
part of:
10 Things I Hate About You
Cheap Trick3:35
7Pop Muzik
recording of:
Pop Muzik
lyricist and composer:
Robin Scott
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd. and Pop Muzik Limited
M3:20
8Video Killed the Radio StarBuggles4.354:15
9I Will Survive
associate producer:
Freddie Perren
producer:
Dino Fekaris
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
PolyGram Records, Inc. (not for release label use! US division of PolyGram) (in 1978)
part of:
The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 251) and Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 489)
recording of:
I Will Survive
writer:
Dino Fekaris and Freddie Perren
publisher:
ATV Music, Perren‐Vibes Music, Inc., PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (renamed Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. circa 1998), Universal Music Publishing (use ONLY if no country‐specific information is available), Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group), Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd. (AU subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group) and Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998)
Gloria Gaynor3.83:19
10Funkytown
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
PolyGram Records, Inc. (not for release label use! US division of PolyGram) (in 1979) and UMG Recordings, Inc. (operational headquarters of Universal Music Group, based in Santa Monica, USA; read annotations) (in 1980)
edit of:
Funkytown by Lipps, Inc.
recording of:
Funkytown
lyricist and composer:
Steven Greenberg
publisher:
Red Sea Songs, Rick S. Music (publishing company associated with Casablanca) and Steven Greenberg Music
Lipps, Inc.4.154:01
11We Don’t Talk Anymore
producer:
Bruce Welch (English guitarist, singer, songwriter and producer)
vocals:
Cliff Richard
recording of:
We Don’t Talk Anymore
lyricist and composer:
Alan Tarney
publisher:
ATV Music Ltd. and Sony/ATV Songs LLC
Cliff Richard4:15
12More Than I Can Say
cover recording of:
More Than I Can Say
writer:
Jerry Allison and Sonny Curtis
Leo Sayer3:43
13An American Dream
edit of:
An American Dream by The Dirt Band (United States country rock)
cover recording of:
Voilà, an American Dream
lyricist and composer:
Rodney Crowell
The Dirt Band3:32
14The Devil Went Down to Georgia
recording of:
The Devil Went Down to Georgia
writer:
Charlie Daniels, Joel "Taz" DiGregorio, Fred Edwards (drummer and songwriter), Charlie Hayward (Member of The Charlie Daniels Band), John Crain and James W. Marshall
publisher:
Songs of Universal, Inc. and Hat Band Music (in 1979)
The Charlie Daniels Band3:38
15Babe
engineer:
Rob Kingsland and Gary Loizzo
producer:
Styx (rock band from Chicago)
performer:
Styx (rock band from Chicago)
recorded at:
Pumpkin Studios in Oak Lawn, Illinois, United States
recording of:
Babe
lyricist and composer:
Dennis DeYoung
publisher:
Stygian Songs (in 1979)
Styx3.254:25
16When You’re in Love With a Beautiful Woman
producer:
Ron Haffkine
recording of:
When You’re in Love With a Beautiful Woman
lyricist and composer:
Even Stevens (singer / songwriter)
publisher:
ATV Music, Debdave Music, Edition Intro Gebr Meisel GmbH, EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!) and Screen Gems–EMI Music Ltd.
Dr. Hook42:59
17Going Underground
producer:
Vic Coppersmith‐Heaven
bass:
Bruce Foxton (on 1980-01-16)
drums (drum set):
Rick Buckler (on 1980-01-16)
guitar:
Paul Weller (English singer-songwriter and musician) (on 1980-01-16)
vocals:
Bruce Foxton (on 1980-01-16) and Paul Weller (English singer-songwriter and musician) (on 1980-01-16)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Polydor Ltd. (UK) (not for release label use! aka Polydor Ltd. or Polydor Ltd. (London), fka Polydor Records Ltd.) (in 1980)
recorded at:
The Town House in Shepherd's Bush, Hammersmith and Fulham, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1980-01-16)
recording of:
Going Underground (on 1980-01-16)
lyricist and composer:
Paul Weller (English singer-songwriter and musician)
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd. and Stylist Music Ltd.
The Jam4.252:55
18Blaue Augen
producer:
Klaus D. Müller (in 1980-06)
drums (drum set):
Hans Behrendt (in 1980-06)
electric bass guitar:
Ulli Deuker (in 1980-06)
electric guitar:
Eff Jott Krüger (in 1980-06)
keyboard and lead vocals:
Annette Humpe (in 1980-06)
background vocals:
Eff Jott Krüger (in 1980-06), Hans Behrendt (in 1980-06) and Ulli Deuker (in 1980-06)
recorded at:
IC-Studio in Winsen an der Aller, Niedersachsen, Germany (in 1980-06)
recording of:
Blaue Augen (in 1980-06)
lyricist and composer:
Annette Humpe
Ideal3:27

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part of:Rock Times (number: 13) (order: 13)