Razor & Tie’s Near Legends & Soon-To-Be Household Names, Volume 2: 1993: Sampler

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Sun City
drums (drum set) programming:
Keith Le Blanc, Little Steven and Benjamin Newberry
additional keyboard:
Zoë Yanakis
bass guitar:
Doug Wimbish (bass guitarist and producer)
congas:
Ray Barretto
double bass [acoustic bass]:
Ron Carter (US jazz double-bassist)
drums (drum set):
Keith Le Blanc, Zak Starkey, Ringo Starr (The Beatles) and Tony Williams (American jazz drummer)
guitar:
Stanley Jordan, Little Steven and Pete Townshend (of The Who)
keyboard:
Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer), Robbie Kilgore (Keyboardist, composer, producer, songwriter, and programmer) and Richard Scher
saxophone:
Clarence Clemons
talking drum:
Sonny Okosun
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter)
turntable [scracher]:
D.J. Cheese and Jam Master Jay
violin [double violin]:
Shankar (L. Shankar)
additional background vocals:
The Dunnes Stores Strikers, Robert Gordon (US rockabilly singer), Daryl Hannah, Gil Scott‐Heron and Steve Walker (Collaborator)
background vocals:
Lottie Golden, B.J. Nelson (backing singer) and Tina B (Tina Baker)
vocals:
Afrika Bambaataa (US DJ singer, songwriter & producer) (in 1985-07), Pat Benatar (in 1985-07), Big Youth (in 1985-07), Rubén Blades (in 1985-07), Bono (singer of U2) (in 1985-07), Jackson Browne (American singer-songwriter) (in 1985-07), Jimmy Cliff (Jamaican ska, rocksteady, reggae and soul musician) (in 1985-07), George Clinton (US funk musician) (in 1985-07), Duke Bootee (in 1985-07), Bob Dylan (in 1985-07), Peter Garrett (in 1985-07), Grandmaster Melle Mel (Melvin Glover aka Melle Mel) (in 1985-07), Daryl Hall (in 1985-07), Nona Hendryx (American vocalist, record producer, songwriter, musician, author and actress) (in 1985-07), Linton Kwesi Johnson (in 1985-07), Kashif (Michael Jones, B.T. Express) (in 1985-07), Eddie Kendricks (in 1985-07), Kurtis Blow (in 1985-07), Darlene Love (in 1985-07), John Oates (in 1985-07), Bonnie Raitt (in 1985-07), Joey Ramone (in 1985-07), Lou Reed (in 1985-07), David Ruffin (soul singer, member of The Temptations) (in 1985-07), Run‐D.M.C. (in 1985-07), Bruce Springsteen (in 1985-07) and Bobby Womack (in 1985-07)
recorded at:
1985‐07: Shakedown Studios, New York City, NY, USA (1985-07) (Artists United Against Apartheid studio session)
recorded at:
Shakedown Studios in New York, United States (in 1985-07)
recording of:
Sun City (in 1985-07)
lyricist and composer:
Little Steven
Artists United Against Apartheid37:10
2Everything
The Ghost Poets5:28
3Lookin’ for a Love
cover recording of:
Lookin’ for a Love
writer:
James Woodie Alexander and Zelda Samuels
Bobby Womack2:38
4Sicily
Elliott Murphy3:35
5I Think I Live You
recording of:
I Think I Love You
lyricist and composer:
Tony Romeo
The Partridge Family2:50
6Ah! Leah!
Donnie Iris3:43
7Anna
recording of:
Anna (Go to Him) (in 1962)
lyricist:
Arthur Alexander (country soul singer)
composer:
Arthur Alexander (country soul singer) (in 1962-08)
publisher:
Painted Desert Music Corporation, Richie Becker's Music Inc., Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Ltd. and Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.)
Arthur Alexander42:44
8Midnight Rocks
Al Stewart3:56
9Just Another Night
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Chrysalis Records Ltd. (not for release label use! company behind the Chrysalis imprint) (in 1999)
recording of:
Just Another Night
writer:
Ian Hunter (Mott the Hoople) and Mick Ronson (British guitarist)
publisher:
EMI Songs Ltd.
Ian Hunter44:36
10Take Me Home and Make Me Like It
Alex Chilton2:53
11Steady
recording of:
Steady
lyricist and composer:
Cyndi Lauper and Jules Shear
Jules Shear3:34
12She’s My Everything
Joe Grushecky3:48
13Under My Thumb
cover recording of:
Under My Thumb
writer:
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards (Rolling Stones guitarist)
publisher:
ABKCO Music, Inc. (this is a music publisher; for release labels, please use “ABKCO”), Westminster Music Ltd., ティー・アール・オー・エセックス・ジャパン A事業部 (TRO Essex Japan, A-Division) and 日本アブコ音楽出版 (ABKCO Japan Publishing)
Tina Turner43:22
14I Want You Back
cover recording of:
I Want You Back
lyricist and composer:
The Corporation (Motown songwriters)
publisher:
EMI April Music Inc., Jobete Music Co., Inc., イーエムアイ音楽出版 フジパシフィック事業部 (EMI Music Publishing Japan, Fujipacific Division) (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング フジパシフィック事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., Fujipacific Division) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
part of:
MJ: The Musical
Graham Parker3:21
15Out of Work
additional recording engineer:
Bill Scheniman
assistant recording engineer:
Josh Abbey and Garry Rindfuss
recording engineer:
Neil Dorfsman
producer:
Little Steven and Bruce Springsteen
mixer:
Toby Scott
vocals:
Gary “U.S.” Bonds (in 1982-02)
performer:
The E Street Band (in 1982-02) and Bruce Springsteen (in 1982-02)
recorded at:
1982‐02: The Power Station, New York City, NY, USA (1982-02) (Gary “U.S.” Bonds studio session)
recorded at:
Power Station Studios (Power Station at BerkleeNYC, fka Power Station 1977–1996, then Avatar Studios 1996–2017) in Hell's Kitchen, New York, New York, United States (in 1982-02)
mixed at:
Clover Recorders (Chuck Plotkin’s Clover Studios in Hollywood CA, USA) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
Out of Work (in 1982-02)
lyricist and composer:
Bruce Springsteen (in 1982)
Gary “U.S.” Bonds2:55
16My Town
Michael Stanley Band3:56
17Lyin’ in a Bed of Fire
recording of:
Lyin’ in a Bed of Fire
lyricist and composer:
Little Steven
Little Steven4:22
18Scott Kempner Livin’ With Her, Livin’ With Me
Scott Kempner3:08
19Sway
cover recording of:
Sway
writer:
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards (Rolling Stones guitarist)
publisher:
ABKCO Music, Inc. (this is a music publisher; for release labels, please use “ABKCO”)
Carla Olson & Mick Taylor6:56

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recorded at:1985‐07: Shakedown Studios, New York City, NY, USA (1985-07) (Artists United Against Apartheid studio session)