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The Byrds: Byrdmaniax

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Byrdmaniax

On June 23, 1971, “Columbia” label released “Byrdmaniax”, the tenth Byrds (The) album. It was recorded June – October, 1970, January – March, 1971, at “Columbia Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Terry Melcher and Chris Hinshaw.

Personnel:

  • Roger Mc Guinn – vocals, guitar
  • Clarence White – vocals, guitar
  • Skip Battin – vocals, electric bass
  • Gene Parsons – vocals, drums, harmonica, banjo
  • Larry Knechtel – piano, organ
  • Terry Melcher- piano
  • Sneaky Pete Kleinow- pedal steel guitar
  • Byron Berline- fiddle
  • Eric White, Sr. – harmonica
  • Jimmi Seiter – percussion
  • Merry Clayton – backing vocal
  • Paul F. Polena – arranger
  • Eric Prestidge, Glen Kolotkin, Chris Hinshaw – engineer

Track listing:

  1. Glory, Glory – Arthur Reynolds
  2. Pale Blue – Roger Mc Guinn, Gene Parsons
  3. I Trust – Roger Mc Guinn
  4. Tunnel of Love – Skip Battin, Kim Fowley
  5. Citizen Kane – Skip Battin, Kim Fowley
  6. I Wanna Grow Up to Be a Politician – Roger Mc Guinn, Jacques Levy
  7. Absolute Happiness – Skip Battin, Kim Fowley
  8. Green Apple Quick Step – Gene Parsons, Clarence White
  9. My Destiny – Helen Carter
  10. Kathleen’s Song – Roger Mc Guinn, Jacques Levy
  11. Jamaica Say You Will – Jackson Browne

Small Faces: Same

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Small Facess

On June 23, 1967, “immediate Records” label released the self-titled, second Small Faces album. It was recorded October 1966 – April 1967, at “Olympic Studios” in London, and was produced by Steve Marriott and Ronnie Lane.

Personnel:

  • Steve Marriott– lead, harmony, and backing vocals, guitars, piano
  • Ronnie Lane– lead, harmony, and backing vocals, bass guitar
  • Ian McLagan– lead, harmony, and backing vocals, keyboards, bass guitar, guitar
  • Kenney Jones– drums, percussion

Track listing:

All tracks by Steve Marriott and Ronnie Lane, except where noted.

  1. (Tell Me) Have You Ever Seen Me
  2. Something I Want to Tell You
  3. Feeling Lonely
  4. Happy Boys Happy
  5. Things Are Going to Get Better
  6. My Way of Giving
  7. Green Circles – Steve Marriott, Ronnie Lane, Michael O’Sullivan
  8. Become Like You
  9. Get Yourself Together
  10. All Our Yesterdays
  11. Talk to You
  12. Show Me the Way
  13. Up the Wooden Hills to Bedfordshire – Ian McLagan
  14. Eddie’s Dreaming – Steve Marriott, Ronnie Lane, Ian McLagan

Mick Taylor: Same

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Mick Taylor

On June 22, 1979, “CBS” label released the self – titled, debut, Mick Taylor album. It was recorded 1976 – 1979 and was produced by Mick Taylor.

Personnel:

  • Mick Taylor- vocal, guitar, piano, bass guitar, electric piano, synthesizer, strings
  • Lowell George- slide guitar
  • Norman Mighell – tambourine
  • Jean Roussel– piano
  • Kuma Harada – bass guitar, double bass, strings
  • Alan Spenner- bass guitar
  • Mike Driscoll – drums, bass drum
  • Pierre Moerlen- drums
  • Richard Bailey – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Mick Taylor except where noted:

  1. Leather Jacket
  2. Alabama – Colin Allen, Mick Taylor
  3. Slow Blues
  4. Baby I Want You
  5. Broken Hands
  6. Giddy-Up
  7. W.5
  8. Spanish / A Minor

 

Joni Mitchell: Blue

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Blue

On June 22, 1971, “Reprise” label released “Blue”, the fourth Joni  Mitchell album. It was recorded in 1971, at “A&M Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Joni Mitchell. The album was both critical and commercial success, regarded by critics as one of the greatest albums of all time. In 1999, “Blue” was awarded with the “Grammy Hall of Fame” award; in 2002, “Q” magazine ranked “Blue” at number eight on its list of the “Greatest Album of All-Time by a Female Artist”; in 2003, “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked “Blue” at number thirty on its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”, and in 2012, the same magazine ranked the album at number two on its list of “Women Who Rock: The 50 Greatest Female Albums Of All Time”.

Personnel

  • Joni Mitchell – vocals, Appalachian dulcimer, guitar, piano
  • James Taylor– guitar
  • Sneaky Pete Kleinow– pedal steel
  • Stephen Stills – bass, guitar
  • Russ Kunkel– drums

Track listing

All tracks by Joni Mitchell.

  1. All I Want
  2. My Old Man
  3. Little Green
  4. Carey
  5. Blue
  6. California
  7. This Flight Tonight
  8. River
  9. A Case of You
  10. The Last Time I Saw Richard

Badly Drawn Boy: One Plus One Is One

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One is one

On June 21, 2004, “XL Recordings” label released “One Plus One Is One”, the fourth Badly Drawn Boy studio album. It was recorded June 2003, at “Moolah Rouge Studio” in Stockport, and was produced by Damon Gough (Badly Drawn Boy) and Andy Vote.

Personnel:

  • Damon Gough – vocals, guitars, piano, celeste, clavinet, Wurlitzer Fun-Maker, Hammond Organ, Melotron, Fender Rhodes piano, glockenspiel
  • Stockport Music Project (STOMP) – vocals
  • Norman Mcleod – slide guitar
  • Colin Mcleod – accordion
  • Sean McCann – bass
  • Alex Thomas AKA Earl Shilton – drums, timpani, gong, bells, orchestral crash cymbal.
  • Andy Votel – tubular bells, cymabls, cowbell, chimes, samples,
  • Charles Ashby – percussion
  • Bob Marsh – trumpet
  • Roger Wickham – flute
  • Oliver Heath – violin
  • Chris Worsey – cello, electric cello

Track listing:

  1. One Plus One Is One
  2. Easy Love
  3. Summertime in Wintertime
  4. This Is That New Song
  5. Another Devil Dies
  6. The Blossoms
  7. Year of the Rat
  8. Four Leaf Clover
  9. Fewer Words
  10. Logic of a Friend
  11. Stockport
  12. Life Turned Upside Down
  13. Take the Glory
  14. Holy Grail

Verve: A Storm In Heaven

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The_Verve_–_A_Storm_in_Heaven

On June 21, 1993, “Hut” label released “A Storm in Heaven”, the debut Verve studio album. It was recorded 1992–1993, at “Sawmills Studios” in Cornwall, and was produced by John Leckie.

Personnel:

  • Richard Ashcroft– vocals, bass, guitars, percussion
  • Nick McCabe– guitars, piano, accordion, keyboards
  • Simon Jones– bass, backing vocals
  • Peter Salisbury– drums, percussion
  • Kick Horns– trumpets, saxophones
  • Simon Clarke – solo flute, horn arrangements
  • Yvette Lacey – chorus flute
  • Roddy Lorimer – horn arrangements
  • John Cornfield – engineer, programming
  • John Leckie– mixing
  • Brian Cannon – sleeve concept, design, art direction
  • Michael Spencer Jones – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Richard Ashcroft, Nick McCabe, Peter Salisbury, and Simon Jines, except where noted.

  1. Star Sail
  2. Slide Away
  3. Already There
  4. Beautiful Mind
  5. The Sun, the Sea
  6. Virtual World
  7. Make It Til Monday
  8. Blue
  9. Butterfly
  10. See You in the Next One (Have a Good Time) – Richard Ashcroft

 

Stevie Winwood: Roll With It

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Roll_with_It

On June 21, 1988, “Virgin” label released “Roll With It”, the fifth Stevie Winwood solo studio album. It was recorded 1978 – 1988, at “Windmill Lane” in Dublin and “McClear Place” in Toronto, and was produced by Steve Winwood and Tom Lord-Alge.

Personnel:

  • Steve Winwood – lead and backing vocals, bass guitar, guitar, piano, drums, keyboards, Hammond organ, Moog bass, Minimoogsolo, Fairlight programming
  • Paul Pesco – guitar
  • Tom Lord-Alge – tambourine, engineer, mixing
  • Robbie Kilgore – keyboards
  • Mike Lawler – keyboards
  • John “J.R.” Robinson – drums
  • Jimmy Bralower – percussion, drum machine
  • Bashiri Johnson – percussion
  • Andrew Love – tenor sax
  • Wayne Jackson – trombone, trumpet
  • The Memphis Horns – horn arrangements
  • Mark Williamson – backing vocals
  • Tessa Niles – backing vocals
  • Mary Kettle – engineer assistant
  • Jeff Lord-Alge – engineer assistant
  • Paul Shubat – engineer assistant
  • Ted Jensen: mastering
  • Mick Haggerty – art direction, design
  • Jeffrey Kent Ayeroff: art direction
  • Herb Ritts – photography
  • Lee Charteris – production coordination
  • John Clarke – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Steve Winwood and Will Jennings except where noted

  1. Roll with It – Stevie Winwood, Jennings, Holland-Dozier-Holland
  2. Holding On
  3. The Morning Side
  4. Put on Your Dancing ShoesDon’t You Know What the Night Can Do?
  5. Hearts on Fire – Stevie Winwood, Jim Capaldi
  6. One More Morning
  7. Shining Song

Crosby, Stills & Nash: Daylight Again

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Daylight_Again

On June 21, 1982, “Atlantic” label released “Daylight Again”, the seventh Crosby, Stills & Nash album. It was recorded 1980-1981, at “Rudy Records”, “Devonshire Sound” and was produced by David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash. ”Daylight Again” was certified Platinum in the US by the “RIIA”.

Personnel:

  • David Crosby— vocals, keyboards
  • Stephen Stills— vocals, guitars, keyboards, banjo, percussion
  • Graham Nash— vocals, rhythm guitar, harmonica, piano, organ,  percussion
  • Timothy B. Schmit— vocas, bass
  • Art Garfunkel— vocals
  • Michael Stergis — guitars
  • Joel Bernstein— acoustic guitar
  • Dean Parks— electric guitar
  • Gerry Tolman — guitar
  • Danny Kortchmar— electric guitar
  • Mike Finnigan— keyboards, backing vocals
  • Craig Doerge— keyboards
  • Richard T. Bear — keyboards
  • Jay Ferguson— organ
  • James Newton Howard— keyboards
  • George “Chocolate” Perry— bass
  • Bob Glaub— bass
  • Leland Sklar— bass
  • Joe Vitale— drums
  • Russ Kunkel— drums
  • Jeff Porcaro— drums
  • Joe Lala— percussion, congas
  • Wayne Goodwin —fiddle, cello arrangements
  • Roberleigh Barnhart, Miguel Martinez, Ernie Ehrhardt —cello
  • Stephen Barncard, Steve Gursky, Stanley Johnston —engineer
  • Gaylord Holomalia, Jerry Hudgins, Gerry Lentz, Jay Parti, Gordon Rowley, and Russell Schmitt — engineer assistant
  • Joe Gastwirt— digital remastering
  • Jimmy Wachtel— art direction
  • Mac James — design
  • Gilbert Williams — paintings
  • Henry Diltz, Mark Hanauer — photography
  • Stanley Johnston, Steve Gursky — co-producers
  • Craig Doerge, Stanley Johnston — co-producers

Track listing:

  1. Turn Your Back on Love – Stephen Stills, Graham Nash, Michael Stergis
  2. Wasted on the Way – Graham Nash
  3. Southern Cross – Stephen Stills, Richard Curtis, Michael Curtis
  4. Into the Darkness – Graham Nash
  5. Delta – David Crosby
  6. Since I Met You – Stephen Stills, Michael Stergis
  7. Too Much Love to Hide – Stephen Stills, Gerry Tolman
  8. Song for Susan – Graham Nash
  9. You Are Alive – Stephen Stills, Michael Stergis
  10. Might As Well Have a Good Time – Judy Henske,Craig Doerge
  11. Daylight Again – Stephen Stills

John Mayall And The Bluesbreakers: Bare Wires

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Bare_Wires

On June 21, 1968, “Decca” label released “Bare Wires”, the eight John Mayall and the Bluesbrakers album. It was recorded in April 1968, at “Decca Studios”  in London, and was produced by Mike Vernon and John Mayall. “Bare Wires” was the last John Mayall studio album to feature the name “Bluesbreakers”.

Personnel:

  • John Mayall– vocals,  harmonica,  piano,  harpsichord,  organ, harmonium, guitar
  • Peter Green– guitar
  • Mick Taylor– lead guitar, Hawaiian guitar
  • Tony Reeves– string bass, bass guitar
  • Jon Hiseman– drums, percussion
  • Keef Hartley– drums
  • Dick Heckstall-Smith – soprano and tenor saxophone
  • Chris Mercer –tenor and baritone saxophone
  • Henry Lowther– cornet, violin
  • Derek Varnals – engineer
  • Pete Smith, Jan Persson –photography

Track listing:

All tracks by John Mayall, except where noted.

  1. Bare Wires Suite (Medley)
  • Bare Wires
  • Where Did I Belong
  • I Started Walking
  • Open Up A New Door
  • Fire
  • I Know Now
  • Look In The Mirror
  1. I’m a Stranger
  2. No Reply – John Mayall, Mick Taylor
  3. Hartley Quits – Mick Taylor
  4. Killing Time
  5. She’s Too Young
  6. Sandy

The Byrds: Mr. Tambourine Man

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Byrds - Mr Tambourine Man

On June 21, 1965, “Columbia” label released “Mr. Tambourine Man”, The Byrds debut album. It was recorded January 20 – April 22, 1965, at “Columbia Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Terry Melcher.  “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked “Mr. Tambourine Man” at number 232 on its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.

Personnel:

  • Jim McGuinn – vocals. lead guitar
  • Gene Clark- vocals, rhythm guitar, tambourine
  • David Crosby – vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Jerry Cole – rhythm guitar
  • Leon Russell- electric piano
  • Larry Knechtel- electric bass
  • Chris Hillman- electric bass
  • Michael Clarke- drums
  • Hal Blaine– drums
  • Barry Feinstein – photography

Track listing:

  1. Tambourine Man – Bob Dylan
  2. I’ll Feel a Whole Lot Better – Gene Clark
  3. Spanish Harlem Incident – Bob Dylan
  4. You Won’t Have to Cry – Gene Clark, Jim McGuinn
  5. Here Without You – Gene Clark
  6. The Bells of Rhymney – Idris Davies, Pete Seeger
  7. All I Really Want to Do – Bob Dylan
  8. I Knew I’d Want You – Gene Clark
  9. It’s No Use – Gene Clark, Jim McGuinn
  10. Don’t Doubt Yourself, Babe – Jackie DeShannon
  11. Chimes of Freedom – Bob Dylan
  12. We’ll Meet Again – Ross Parker, Hughie Charles