ALBUM CREDITS

ALBUM CREDITS

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TECH COPY (CD Booklet)                           street date: 10/21/2016

ARTIST: Alejandro Escovedo

TITLE: Burn Something Beautiful

LABEL: Fantasy

UPC: 888072372603

FAN-37260-02

 

Producers: Scott McCaughey and Peter Buck                                                                  

Recorded by Adam Selzer at Type Foundry, Portland, OR, April 6-14, 2016             

Mixed by Jim Scott at PLYRZ Studio, Valencia, CA May 9-13, 2016                                  

Assistant Mixing Engineer: Kevin Dean                                                                                

Mastered by Paul Blakemore at CMG Mastering Studio

A&R: Bill Bentley                                                   

All songs written by Alejandro Escovedo, Peter Buck and Scott McCaughey, Mayashaiseilla Music (BMI) All rights administered by BMG Rights Management (US) LLC / Casa Lila Music (BMI) administered by Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. / MacNoir Music (BMI) administered by BMG Music

Art Direction and Photography: Nancy Rankin Escovedo

Package Design: Jimmy Hole

Musicians:

Alejandro Escovedo – guitars, lead vocals

Peter Buck − guitars

Kurt Bloch − lead guitar

Scott McCaughey − bass, keyboards, guitar, backing vocals

John Moen − drums, percussion, vibraphone, backing vocals

Kelly Hogan – vocals

Corin Tucker − vocals (“Luna de Miel” and “Shave the Cat”)

Steve Berlin − baritone saxophone

 

Kelly Hogan appears courtesy of ANTI-

Scott McCaughey courtesy of Yep Roc Records

John Moen courtesy of Capitol Records

 

This is a true collaboration between Scott McCaughey, Peter Buck and myself, without whom this record would have never been made. We wrote the songs together, arranged them together and performed them together. They deserve much applause for their effort and dedication to this record. I want to thank my wife Nancy Rankin Escovedo, all of my children and the vast Escovedo family, Mary Winzig, Chloe Johnson, Sarah Dykes, Adam Selzer at Type Foundry Studio in Portland, Oregon, Kurt Bloch and his guitars, John Moen and his musicality, Bill Rieflin, Kelly Hogan, Corin Tucker, Steve Berlin, Jim Scott and Kevin Dean at PLYRZ Studio, Jeff  Burns, Jordan Ford and our family at the Belmont Hotel/Oak Cliff, Texas, Steve Wertheimer and our Continental Club family/Austin, Texas, Margi Cheske, Jill Weindorf, Joel Amsterdam, Brett Merritt, Mary Hogan, Mike Gillespie and everyone at Fantasy/Concord Music Group, Gil Gastelum and all at Cosmica-Artists, Patrick McAuliff at Monterey International, Josh Grier, Sharyl Holtzman, Chuck Prophet, Josh Taylor, Gary Keller, Larry Warsaw, Jody Denberg, “Heartbeat Smile” is dedicated to Anthony Albertson, Jan Stabile, Fred Mauer, The Fieros: Chris Holston, Joey McClellan, McKenzie Smith, Aaron McClellan, Evans Jacobs, Jordan Martin, Ted Young, Redwood Studios, Ted Kornblum at Magnatone, Jeff Van Zandt at Fender Guitars, Collings Guitars, D'Addario Strings, Tortex Dunlop Picks, Tony Nobles at Nobles Guitars in Wimberley, Texas, Jonathan Postal at Postal Guitars in Memphis, Tennessee , Dave Grover at Spinster Records in Oak Cliff, Texas, Tucker Martine (thanks for the Mellotron) and Ringo the studio dog.

Special thanks to Bill Bentley for masterful and enthusiastic guidance through this project.

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I want to dedicate this record to my Mother and Father: Cleo Evita Renteria Escovedo and Pedro Barrera Escovedo. I thank them every day for having been given such a beautiful life making music. I also want to send my eternal respect to all the Immigrants who have made this country so great. My father was one of them—love all sentient beings.

 

Artist Management: Gil Gastelum at Cosmica-Artists [email protected]

Booking: Patrick McAuliff at Monterey International [email protected]

Social Media: Sharyl Holtzman at Girl Rock, Ltd. [email protected]

Legal: Josh Grier at Sloss Eckhouse LawCo [email protected]

European Affairs/Booking: Chris Metzler [email protected]

alejandroescovedo.com

concordmusicgroup.com

 

  1.   Horizontal (3:33)

  2.   Heartbeat Smile (3:34)

  3.   Sunday Morning Feeling (3:41)

  4.   Suit of Lights (4:25)

  5.   Redemption Blues (3:30)

  6.   Shave the Cat (3:06)

  7.   Johnny Volume (4:47)

  8.   Beauty of Your Smile (3:06)

  9.   I Don’t Want to Play Guitar Anymore (3:43)

10.   Beauty and the Buzz (3:45)

11.   Luna de Miel (2:55)

12.   Farewell to the Good Times (3:42)

13.   Thought I’d Let You Know (4:15)

 

Producers: Scott McCaughey and Peter Buck

 

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