Monthly Archives: September 2017

Tommy Bolin: Private Eyes

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In September 1976, “Columbia” label released “Private Eyes”, the second and the last Tommy Bolin album. It was recorded in June 1976, at “Cherokee Studios” in Los Angeles,and ”Trident Studios” in London, and was produced by Dennis MacKay and Tommy Bolin.

Personnel:

  • Tommy Bolin – vocals, guitars, keyboards, piano
  • Reggie McBride – vocals, bass
  • Mark Stein – vocals, keyboards
  • Norma Jean Bell – vocals, percussion, saxophone
  • Carmine Appice– drums
  • Bobby Berge – drums, percussion
  • Bobbye Hall– percussion
  • Del Newman – string arrangements
  • Thomas La Tonore, Stephen W Tayler – engineer
  • Jimmy Wachtel – design

Track listing:

  1. Bustin’ Out for Rosey – Tommy Bolin
  2. Sweet Burgundy – Tommy Bolin, Jeff Cook
  3. Post Toastee – Tommy Bolin
  4. Shake the Devil – Tommy Bolin, Jeff Cook
  5. Gypsy Soul – Tommy Bolin, Jeff Cook
  6. Someday We’ll Bring Our Love Home – Tommy Bolin, John Tesar
  7. Hello, Again – Tommy Bolin, Jeff Cook
  8. You Told Me That You Loved Me –Tommy Bolin

Tom Waits: Small Change

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In September 1976, “Asylum” label released “Small Change”, the third Tom Waits studio album. It was recorded in July 1976, at “Wally Heider Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Bones Howe.

Personnel:

  • Tom Waits– vocals, piano
  • Jim Hughart – bass
  • Shelly Manne– drums
  • Lew Tabackin– tenor saxophone
  • Harry Bluestone– violin, concertmaster strings
  • Ed Lustgarten – cello, strings
  • Jerry Yester– arrangements, conductor

Track listing:

All tracks by Tom Waits.

  1. Tom Traubert’s Blues (Four Sheets to the Wind in Copenhagen)
  2. Step Right Up
  3. Jitterbug Boy (Sharing a Curbstone with Chuck E. Weiss, Robert Marchese, Paul Body and The Mug and Artie)
  4. I Wish I Was in New Orleans (In the Ninth Ward)
  5. The Piano Has Been Drinking (Not Me) (An Evening with Pete King)
  6. Invitation to the Blues
  7. Pasties and a G-String (At the Two O’Clock Club)
  8. Bad Liver and a Broken Heart (In Lowell)
  9. The One That Got Away
  10. Small Change (Got Rained on with His Own .38)
  11. I Can’t Wait to Get Off Work (And See My Baby on Montgomery Avenue)

Procol Harum: Procol’s Ninth

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In September 1975, “Chrysalis” label released “Procol’s Ninth”, the eighth Procol Harum studio album. t was recorded in 1975, and was produced by  Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller.

Personnel:

  • Gary Brooker– vocals, piano
  • Mick Grabham– guitar
  • Chris Copping– organ
  • Alan Cartwright– bass guitar
  • J. Wilson– drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Gary Brooker and Keith Reid, except where noted.

  1. Pandora’s Box
  2. Fool’s Gold
  3. Taking the Time
  4. The Unquiet Zone
  5. The Final Thrust
  6. I Keep Forgetting – Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
  7. Without a Doubt
  8. The Piper’s Tune
  9. Typewriter Torment
  10. Eight Days a Week – John Lennon, Paul McCartney

Ted Nugent: Same

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In September 1975, “Epic” label released the self-titled, same Ted  Nugent solo studio album. It was recorded in 1975, at “The Sound Pit” in Atlanta, Georgia, and was produced by Tom Werman and Lew Futterman.

Personnel:

  • Ted Nugent– led and backing vocals, lead and rhythm guitar, percussion, arrangements
  • Derek St. Holmes– lead vocals, rhythm guitar, arrangements
  • Steve McRay – keyboards
  • Rob Grange– bass guitar, 8 String bass, bass phase effect, arrangements
  • Cliff Davies– lead and backing vocals, drums, vibraphone, arrangements
  • Brian Staffeld – percussion
  • Tom Werman– percussion
  • Anthony Reale – engineer, mixing
  • Howard Fritzson – art direction
  • Al Clayton – photography
  • Gerard Huerta – lettering

Track listing:

All tracks by Ted Nugent.

  1. Stranglehold
  2. Stormtroopin’
  3. Hey Baby
  4. Just What the Doctor Ordered
  5. Snakeskin Cowboys
  6. Motor City Madhouse
  7. Where Have You Been All My Life
  8. You Make Me Feel Right at Home
  9. Queen of the Forest

Budgie: Bandolier

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In September 1975, “MCA” label released “Bandolier”, the fifth Budgie album. It was recorded in 1975, at “Rockfield Studios” in Monmouth, and “Mayfair Sound” in London, and was produced by Burke Shelley, Tony Bourge and Steve Williams.

Personnel:

  • Tony Bourge – vocals, guitar
  • Burke Shelley – vocals, bass guitar
  • Steve Williams– drums
  • Richard Manwaring, Pat Moran, Ray Martinez – engineer
  • John Pasche – art direction
  • Patrick Woodroffe – cover art
  • Pete Vernon – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Tony Bourge and Burke Shelley, except where noted..

  1. Breaking All the House Rules
  2. Slipaway
  3. Who Do You Want for Your Love?
  4. I Can’t See My Feelings
  5. I Ain’t No Mountain – Andy Fairweather Low
  6. Napoleon Bona-Part One
    Napoleon Bona-Part Two

Brian Eno: Another Green World

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In September 1975, “Island” label released “Another Green World”, the third Brian Eno studio album. It was recorded in 1975, at “Island Studios” in London, and was produced by Brian Eno. In 2012,  “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked the album at number 429 on its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.

  • Brian Eno – vocals, snake guitar, digital guitars, synthesizer, tapes, organ, piano, Yamaha bass pedals, synthetic and electric percussion, treated rhythm,  castanet guitars, chord piano generator, Hammond organ, synthetic and Peruvian percussion, electric elements, unnatural sounds, choppy organs, spasmodic percussion, club guitars, uncertain piano, Leslie piano
  • Robert Fripp– wimshurst guitar, restrained lead guitar, Wimborne guitar
  • Rod Melvin– Rhodes piano
  • John Cale– viola section
  • Brian Turrington – bass guitar, pianos
  • Percy Jones– fretless bass
  • Paul Rudolph– anchor bass, bass, snare drums, assistant castanet guitars, guitars
  • Phil Collins– drums, percussion

Track listing:

All tracks by Brian Eno.

  1. Sky Saw
  2. Over Fire Island
  3. Elmo’s Fire
  4. In Dark Trees
  5. The Big Ship
  6. I’ll Come Running
  7. Another Green World
  8. Sombre Reptiles
  9. Little Fishes
  10. Golden Hours
  11. Becalmed
  12. Zawinul/Lava
  13. Everything Merges with the Night
  14. Spirits Drifting

Tower Of Power: In The Slot

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In September 1975, “Warner Bros” label released “In the Slot”, the sixth Tower of Power studio album. It was recorded in 1975, at “Record Plant” in Sausalito, California, and was produced by Emilio Castillo, Hubert Tubss, Bruce Conte, Chester Thompson, Francis Rocco Prestia, David Garibaldi, Lenny Pickett, Emilio Castillo, Steve Kupka, Mic Gillette and Greg Adams.

Personnel:

  • Hubert Tubbs- lead vocals
  • Bruce Conte – guitar, backing vocals
  • Chester Thompson – organ, bass pedals, acoustic piano, clavinet, ARP String Ensemble, backing vocals
  • Francis Rocco Prestia – bass guitar
  • David Garibaldi- drums
  • Lenny Pickett- soprano, alto and tenor  saxophone, piccolo, clarinet, contrabass clarinet, lyricon
  • Emilio Castillo – tenor saxophone, backing vocals
  • Steve Kupka- baritone saxophone
  • Mic Gillette- trumpet, trombone, flugelhorn, piccolo trumpet, bass trombone, backing vocals
  • Greg Adams- trumpet, flugelhorn, string arrangements, conductor
  • Bootche Anderson, Marilyn Scott, Pepper Watkins, David Bartlett, Ron Beck, Frank Biner, Roger Rifkind – backing vocals
  • Tom Flye, Alan Chinowsky – engineer
  • Cris Morris – engineer assistant
  • Bruce Steinberg – design, photography
  • Ellie Oberzil – design assistant

Track listing:

  1. Just Enough and Too Much – Emilio Castillo, Stephen Kupka, Frank Biner
  2. Treat Me Like Your Man – Lenny Williams, Emilio Castillo, Stephen “Doc” Kupka
  3. If I Play My Cards Right – Frank Biner, Stephen “Doc” Kupka, Emilio Castillo
  4. As Surely as I Stand Here – Stephen “Doc” Kupka, Chester Thompson, Emilio Castillo
  5. Fanfare-Matanuska – Greg Adams
  6. On the Serious Side – Emilio Castillo, Stephen “Doc” Kupka
  7. Ebony Jam – Chester Thompson
  8. You’re So Wonderful, So Marvelous – Frank Biner, Stephen “Doc” Kupka, Emilio Castillo
  9. Vuela Por Noche – David Garibaldi, Bruce Conte, Greg Adams, Francis Rocco Prestia
  10. Essence of Innocence – Chester Thompson
  11. The Soul of a Child – Stephen “Doc” Kupka, Bruce Conte, Emilio Castillo
  12. Drop It in the Slot – Emilio Castillo, Stephen “Doc” Kupka

Thom Yorke: Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes

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On September 26, 2014, Thom Yorke self released his second album “Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes”. It was recorded in 2014, and was produced by Nigel Godrich.

Personnel:

  • Thom Yorke – vocals, artwork (credited as “Tchocky”)
  • Colin Greenwood– beat programming
  • Nigel Godrich– editing
  • Bob Ludwig– mastering
  • Stanley Donwood – cover artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Thom Yorke except where noted.

  1. A Brain in a Bottle
  2. Guess Again – Thom Yorke, Colin Greenwood
  3. Interference
  4. The Mother Lode
  5. Truth Ray
  6. There Is No Ice (For My Drink)
  7. Pink Section
  8. Nose Grows Some

Steve Hackett: Beyond the Shrouded Horizon

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On September 26, 2011, “Wolfwork” label released “Beyond the Shrouded Horizon”, the 21st Steve Hackett studio album. It was recorded 2010 – 2011, and was produced by Steve Hackett and Roger King.

Personnel:

  • Steve Hackett– vocals, guitars, harmonica
  • Amanda Lehmann – vocals, guitar
  • Roger King – keyboards, programming
  • Chris Squire– bass
  • Nick Beggs – bass, chapman stick, pink ukele
  • Dick Driver – double bass
  • Gary O’Toole – vocals, drums
  • Simon Phillips– drums
  • Rob Townsend – saxophone, whistle, bass clarinet
  • John Hackett – vocals, flute
  • Christine Townsend – violin, viola
  • Richard Stewart – cello
  • Harry Pearce – photography

Track listing:

  1. Loch Lomond – Steve Hackett, Jo Hackett, Roger King
  2. The Phoenix Flown – Steve Hackett, Jo Hackett, Roger King
  3. Wanderlust – Steve Hackett, Jo Hackett, Roger King
  4. Til These Eyes – Steve Hackett, Jo Hackett, Roger King
  5. Prairie Angel – Steve Hackett, Jo Hackett, Steve Howe, Jonathan Mover
  6. A Place Called Freedom – Steve Hackett, Jo Hackett, Roger King
  7. Between the Sunset and the Coconut Palms – Steve Hackett, Jo Hackett, Roger King
  8. Waking to Life – Steve Hackett, Jo Hackett, Roger King
  9. Two Faces of Cairo – Steve Hackett, Jo Hackett, Roger King
  10. Looking for Fantasy – Steve Hackett, Jo Hackett, Roger King
  11. Summer’s Breath – Steve Hackett, Jo Hackett, Roger King
  12. Catwalk – Steve Hackett, Jo Hackett, Roger King
  13. Turn This Island Earth – Steve Hackett, Jo Hackett, Steve Howe, Roger King, Jonathan Mover

Jerry Lee Lewis: Last Man Standing

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On September 26, 2006, “Artists First“label released “Last Man Standing”, the 39th studio Jerry Lee Lewis album. It was recorded in “Phillips Studio” and “Sun Studio” in Memphis, Tennessee, and was produced by Jimmy Ripp and Steve Bing. The album consists of duets between Jerry Lee Lewis and some of the biggest names in rock and country music.

Personnel:

  • Jerry Lee Lewis – lead vocals, piano, organ
  • Little Richard – vocal
  • Buddy Guy – vocal
  • Bruce Springsteen – vocal
  • Neil Young – vocal
  • Mick Jagger – vocal
  • Ringo Starr – vocal
  • Rod Stewart – vocal
  • John Fogerty – vocal
  • Keith Richards – vocal, lead guitar
  • Willie Nelson – vocal
  • Kriss Kristofferson – vocal
  • Merle Haggard – vocal
  • Don Henley – vocal
  • Kid Rock – vocal
  • George Jones – vocal, bass
  • B. King – lead guitar
  • Jimmy Page – lead guitar
  • Eric Clapton – lead guitar
  • Robbie Robertson – lead guitar
  • Ronnie Wood – pedal steel guitar
  • Nils Lofgrin – pedal steel guitar
  • Greg Lieze – pedal steel guitar
  • Jimmy Rip – guitar, percussion, finger snaps, handclaps, editing, mixing
  • Ken Lovelace – guitar, fiddle
  • Keith Allison – guitar
  • Ivan Neville – Hammond organ
  • Bill Strom – organ
  • B. Cunningham – bass
  • Hutch Hutchinson – bass
  • Jim Keltner – drums, percussion
  • Robert Hall – drums
  • James Stroud – drums
  • Mickey Raphael – harmonica
  • Dave Woodruff – saxophone
  • Paddy Maloney – pipe, whistle
  • Brandy Jones, Bernard Fowler, Phyllis Duncan, Bambi Jones, Jewel Jones, Stacy Michelle – backing vocals
  • David Campbell – string arrangements
  • James Saez – engineer, mixing
  • Roland Janes – engineer
  • Steve Gamberoni – engineer, mixing
  • June Murakawa – engineer assistant
  • Steve Marcussen – mastering
  • Gary Burden – art direction, design concept
  • Janice Heo – art direction, image editor
  • Jesse Burden – design
  • Tom Nikosey – typography
  • Michael Muller – photography
  • Peter Guralnick – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Rock and Roll – John Paul Jones, John Bonham, James Patrick Page, Robert Plant / duet with Jimmy Page
  2. Before the Night Is Over – Benjamin Peters / duet with B.B. King
  3. Pink Cadillac – Bruce Springsteen / duet with Bruce Springsteen
  4. Evening Gown – Mick Jagger / duet with Mick Jagger and Ron Wood
  5. You Don’t Have to Go – James Matcher Reed / duet with Neil Young
  6. Twilight – Robbie Robertson, David Campbell / duet with Robbie Robertson
  7. Travelin’ Band – John Fogerty / duet with John Fogerty
  8. That Kind of Fool – Mack Vickery / duet with Keith Richards
  9. Sweet Little 16 – Chuck Berry / duet with Ringo Starr
  10. Just a Bummin’ Around – Pete Graves / duet with Merle Haggard
  11. Honky Tonk Woman – Mick Jagger, Keith Richards / duet with Kid Rock
  12. What’s Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made a Loser Out of Me) – Glenn Sutton – duet with Rod Stewart
  13. Don’t Be Ashamed of Your Age – Cindy Walker, Bob Wills / duet with George Jones
  14. Couple More Years – Dennis Locorriere, Shel Silverstein / duet with Willie Nelson
  15. Old Glory – Paul Roberts, Shelby Darnell, Jerry Lee Lewis / duet with Toby Keith
  16. Trouble in Mind – Richard M. Jones / duel with Eric Clapton
  17. I Saw Her Standing There – John Lennon, Paul McCartney / duet with Little Richard
  18. Lost Highway – Leon Payne / duet with Delaney Bramlett
  19. Hadacohl Boogie – Bill Nettles / duet with Buddy Guy
  20. What Makes the Irish Heart Beat – Van Morrison / duet with Don Henley
  21. The Pilgrim Ch. 33 – Kris Kristofferson / duet with Kris Kristofferson