22 Jul

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Melissa Giges

Just When I Let Go

Just When I Let Go - Melissa Giges - ECR Music Group

Track Listing

01. Audience (3:59)
02. Broken Record (3:59)
03. The Show’s About To Begin (3:36)
04. Fix Yourself (4:53)
05. Just When I Let Go (3:35)
06. I Was The Criminal (4:11)
07. Worth The Wait (3:20)
08. On The Surface (4:55)
09. Maze Of Regrets (3:37)
10. Let’s Go Home (5:41)

Press

“Deeply personal songs.”
—The New York Times

“Melissa Giges breaks the mold and bares her soul.”
—Arena

“Get ready to fall in love. Luckily for us, singer-songwriter Melissa Giges is on the scene! Do her clear voice, honest lyrics and chillingly beautiful piano playing sound familiar? Perhaps you’ve heard Melissa on MTV’s The Real World or Keeping Up With the Kardashians—or maybe it’s just what your music collection has been missing! Love new music? Get ready to obsess.”
—Justine Magazine

“Clear, mesmerizing vocals and hauntingly beautiful lyrics . . . [Just When I Let Go‘s] first single, ‘Audience,’ enables Giges to flaunt her songwriting chops.”
—Red Typewriter

Album Credits

Written by Melissa Giges
(Iron Keys Music, BMI)

Produced by Blake Morgan
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Blake Morgan at Valiant Recording, NYC
Drums recorded at Studio 4, PA

Melissa Giges: vocals, piano, glockenspiel
Blake Morgan: guitars, bass guitar, keyboards, percussion
Miles East: drums

Photography by Shane LaVancher
Art direction and production design by David Cloyd

©2014 ECR Music Group. All rights reserved. Unauthorized duplication is a violation of applicable laws.

06 May

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Jill Sobule

Dottie’s Charms (Deluxe Edition)

Jill Sobule - Dottie's Charms Album Cover - ECR Music Group, NYC

Track Listing

01. My Chair (Office-Chair Charm) (4:00)
02. Flight (Jet Plane Charm) (3:39)
03. Statue Of Liberty (Statue Of Liberty Charm) (3:23)
04. I Swear I Saw Christopher Reeve (Mackinac Island Charm) (2:44)
05. Women Of Industry (ABWA Logo Charm) (2:16)
06. O Canada (Canadian Penny Charm) (2:59)
07. Old Kentucky (Kentucky Map Charm) (2:07)
08. Wedding Ring (Wedding Ring Charm) (3:39)
09. The Mezuzah (Mezuzah Charm) (4:06)
10. I Hate Horses (Stirrup Charm) (4:09)
11. Lonely Eighty-Eight (Piano Charm) (3:41)
12. Coppertone (Bonus Track) (2:45)

Press

“Jill Sobule can claim her place among the stellar New York singer-songwriters of the last decade. Topical, funny and more than a little poignant . . . grown-up music for an adolescent age.”
—New York Times

“Vocally gifted and lyrically witty . . . a peerless satirist.”
—People Magazine

“A feisty post-punk feminist whose work brings to mind a cross between Liz Phair and Gertrude Stein.”
—The New Yorker

Album Credits

“My Chair (Office-Chair Charm)” written by Jill Sobule and James Marcus
(Feel My Pain Music, administered by BMG Music Rights Management US LLC)
“Flight (Jet Plane Charm)” written by Jill Sobule, Vendela Vida, and Mike Viola
(Feel My Pain Music, administered by BMG Music Rights Management US LLC / Urban Birdsongs EMI Sony/ATV, ASCAP)
“Statue Of Liberty (Statue Of Liberty Charm)” written by Jill Sobule, Jonathan Lethem, and Mike Viola
(Feel My Pain Music, administered by BMG Music Rights Management US LLC / Urban Birdsongs EMI Sony/ATV, ASCAP)
“I Swear I Saw Christopher Reeve (Mackinac Island Charm)” written by Jill Sobule, David Hajdu, and Mike Viola
(Feel My Pain Music, administered by BMG Music Rights Management US LLC / Urban Birdsongs EMI Sony/ATV, ASCAP)
“Women Of Industry (ABWA Logo Charm)” written by Jill Sobule, David Hajdu, and Dan Wilson
(Feel My Pain Music, administered by BMG Music Rights Management US LLC / Urban Birdsongs EMI Sony/ATV, ASCAP)
“O Canada (Canadian Penny Charm)” written by Jill Sobule, Sara Marcus, and Mike Viola
(Feel My Pain Music, administered by BMG Music Rights Management US LLC / Urban Birdsongs EMI Sony/ATV, ASCAP)
“Wedding Ring (Wedding Ring Charm)” written by Jill Sobule and Mary Jo Salter
(Feel My Pain Music, administered by BMG Music Rights Management US LLC)
“The Mezuzah (Mezuzah Charm)” written by Jill Sobule and Nina Mehta
(Feel My Pain Music, administered by BMG Music Rights Management US LLC)
“I Hate Horses (Stirrup Charm)” written by Jill Sobule, Sam Lipsyte, and Adam Levy
(Feel My Pain Music, administered by BMG Music Rights Management US LLC / Lost Wax Music/UMPG, ASCAP)
“Lonely Eighty-Eight (Piano Charm)” written by Jill Sobule and Rick Moody
(Feel My Pain Music, administered by BMG Music Rights Management US LLC / Lost Wax Music/UMPG, ASCAP)

Jill Sobule: vocals, guitar, typewriter, banjo, upright bass, odd solo, organ, percussion
Sam Sparro: background vocals
Dan Wilson: guitar
Mike Viola: backing vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards, banjo, upright bass, drums, percussion
Dave Way: acoustic guitar
Adam Levy: guitar
Greg Leisz: pedal steel
Dave Palmer: piano
Dillon O’Brian: piano
Fred Hersch: piano
Steve Weisberg: string arrangement
Marcy Vag: violin
Paul Litteral: trumpet
Jeness Johnson: cello
Dave Carpenter: bass
Sean Hurley: bass
Dan Piscina: percussion
Brian MacLeod: drums
Victor Indrizzo: drums

“My Chair (Office-Chair Charm),” “Women Of Industry (ABWA Logo Charm),” “Wedding Ring (Wedding Ring Charm),” “The Mezuzah (Mezuzah Charm),” “I Hate Horses (Stirrup Charm),” produced by Jill Sobule and Dave Way
“Flight (Jet Plane Charm),” “Statue Of Liberty (Statue Of Liberty Charm),” “I Swear I Saw Christopher Reeve (Mackinac Island Charm),” “O Canada (Canadian Penny Charm),” and “Old Kentucky (Kentucky Map Charm)” produced by Jill Sobule and Mike Viola
“Lonely Eighty-Eight (Piano Charm)” produced by Jill Sobule

©2014 ECR Music Group. All rights reserved. Unauthorized duplication is a violation of applicable laws.

15 Oct

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Terry Manning

West Texas Skyline: A Tribute to Bobby Fuller

Terry Manning - West Texas Skyline - A Tribute to Bobby Fuller - Lucky Seven Records - ECR Music Group

Track Listing

01. Love’s Made A Fool Of You (3:21)
02. You’re In Love (2:05)
03. West Texas Skyline (3:31)
04. I Fought The Law (3:25)
05. Guess We’ll Fall In Love (3:07)
06. Nervous Breakdown (2:50)
07. Not Fade Away (3:18)
08. Let Her Dance (3:49)
09. Cold Night In Heaven (4:43)
10. Donna (3:14)
11. New Shade Of Blue (4:16)
12. Gently My Love (3:41)

Press

“Manning is one of the most respected engineers and producers in music history—Led Zeppelin III, the first two Big Star records, Al Green, ZZ Top, the Staple Singers, Albert King, Shakira, Lenny Kravitz, and literally over 100 others have benefitted from his work in either or both capacities.”
—All Music Guide

Album Credits

“West Texas Skyline” and “Cold Night In Heaven” written by Terry Manning
(Mud Bluff Music, BMI)
“Love’s Made A Fool Of You” written by Bob Montgomery and Buddy Holly
(Wren Music, BMI)
“You’re In Love” written by Bobby Fuller and Mary Stone
(Cruisin Music, BMI)
“I Fought The Law” written by Sonny Curtis
(Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music, BMI)
“Guess We’ll Fall In Love” written by Bobby Fuller
(Cruisin Music, BMI)
“Nervous Breakdown” written by Mario Rocuzzo
(Unichappel Music Inc., BMI)
“Not Fade Away” written by Buddy Holly
(Wren Music, BMI)
“Let Her Dance” written by Bobby Fuller and Randy Fuller
(War Cloud Music, BMI)
“Donna” written by Ritchie Valens
(EMI Longitude Music/Warner Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI)
“New Shade Of Blue” written by Bobby Fuller and Mary Stone
(War Cloud Music/Golden Unlimited Music, BMI)
“Gently My Love” written by Bobby Fuller
(Dundee Music, BMI)

Terry Manning: vocals, guitars, electric piano, Hammond organ, Moog synthesizer, baritone sax, violin, viola, bass guitar, drums
Brent Mason: guitars
Steve Selvidge: guitars
Tino Richardson: alto sax
Jawara Adams: trumpet
Bill Dobrow: drums
Brent Eccles: drums
Christian Justilian: vocals, background vocals, electric guitar
Adrian D’Aguilar: cello

Produced, recorded and mastered by Terry Manning
A Compass Point Recording

Cover photo by Henry Kisor
Art direction and production design by David Cloyd

©2013 Lucky Seven Records under exclusive license to ECR Music Group. All rights reserved. Unauthorized duplication is a violation of applicable laws.

30 Jul

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Blake Morgan

Diamonds In The Dark (Remastered) :: 03.29.2019

Blake Morgan - Diamonds In The Dark - ECR Music Group - Photo by Jim Herrington

Track Listing

01. Water Water Everywhere (3:46)
02. I Can Hear You Say (3:59)
03. Forgetting To Remember You (3:49)
04. Suspicious Bliss (4:03)
05. Best Bad Idea (3:52)
06. Black Into Blue (3:57)
07. Haunt Me (3:59)
08. Don’t Want To Let You Go (3:50)
09. We Left Off (4:30)
10. So Scared And Happy (3:41)

Press

(FOUR STARS) “…one of the finest albums of 2013. A must have.” —Melodic

“Blake Morgan’s new record Diamonds in the Dark is a killer piece of art . . . promise you, this is worth your time…” —The College Dropouts

“Blake Morgan’s Diamonds in the Dark. An Album. An Experience. Morgan has a bright future.” —Halfstack Magazine

“…Hypnotic . . . [Blake Morgan’s] voice is a true ‘diamond’.” —Digital Journal

Album Credits

Written by Blake Morgan
Big Red Firetruck (BMI) administered by Modern Works Music Publishing

Produced, recorded, mixed and mastered by Blake Morgan at Valiant Recording, NYC
Mixed and remastered in 2018 by Blake Morgan at Valiant Recording, NYC

All vocals and instruments performed by Blake Morgan except drum kit, performed by Miles East

Artist photos by Jim Herrington
Art direction by Blake Morgan and David Cloyd
Production design by David Cloyd

©2013 ECR Music Group. All rights reserved. Unauthorized duplication is a violation of applicable laws.

22 Jan

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Hook & Ladder Records

Caroline Fenn | Fragile Chances

Caroline Fenn - Fragile Chances - Hook & Ladder Records - ECR Music Group

Listen to the Album

Track Listing

01. Hiding In The Attic (2:47)
02. I Liked It Better (2:42)
03. Fragile Chances (3:08)
04. What Is My Life (3:37)
05. Can’t Handle This (3:39)
06. What Is Gone Is Gone (4:13)
07. Sleepwalker (4:03)
08. Two (2:45)
09. It Makes Me Wonder (3:34)
10. Monsters (2:46)

Press

“. . . [A] dynamic mix of tenderness, optimism and imagination . . . gentle voice and plaintive guitar paired with mature, introspective lyrics….”
—Penny Black Music (UK)

Album Credits

Written by Caroline Fenn
(Avalanche Machine Music, BMI)

Caroline Fenn: vocals, acoustic guitar
David Cloyd: acoustic guitar, electric guitar, piano, bass guitar, drums, percussion

Produced and recorded by David Cloyd
Mixed and mastered by Blake Morgan at Valiant Recording, NYC

©2013 Hook & Ladder Records under exclusive license to ECR Music Group. All rights reserved. Unauthorized duplication is a violation of applicable laws.

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