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Stevie Wonder: Down To Earth

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On November 16, 1966, “Tamla Motown” label released “Down to Earth”, the sixth Stevie Wonder studio album. It was recorded 1965 – 1966, at “Hitsville USA” in Detroit, and was produced by Clarence Paul and Henry Cosby.

Personnel:

  • Stevie Wonder – vocals, harmonica, keyboards, drums, percussion
  • The Originals – backing vocals
  • The Andantes – backing vocals
  • James Jamerson – bass guitar
  • Benny Benjamin – drums
  • The Funk Brothers – instrumentation

Track listing:

  1. A Place in the Sun – Ron Miller, Bryan Wells
  2. Bang Bang – Sonny Bono
  3. Down to Earth – Ron Miller, Avery Vanderberg
  4. Thank You Love – Henry Cosby, Sylvia Moy, Stevie Wonder
  5. Be Cool, Be Calm (And Keep Yourself Together) – Henry Cosby, Sylvia Moy, Stevie Wonder
  6. Sylvia – Henry Cosby, Sylvia Moy, Stevie Wonder
  7. My World Is Empty Without You – Holland-Dozier-Holland
  8. The Lonesome Road – Gene Austin, Nat Shilkret
  9. Angel Baby (Don’t You Ever Leave Me) – Henry Cosby, Sylvia Moy
  10. Mr. Tambourine Man – Bob Dylan
  11. Sixteen Tons – Merle Travis
  12. Hey Love – Morris Broadnax, Clarence Paul, Stevie Wonder

Smokey Robinson & The Miracles: Away We A Go-Go

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In November 1966, “Tamla Motown” label released “Away We a Go-Go”, album by Smokey Robinson & the Miracles (second album by the name of Smokey Robinson & the Miracles). It was recorded in 1966, at “Hitsville USA” in Detroit, and was produced by Smokey Robinson, Mickey Gentile, Frank Wilson, Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Norman Whitfield and Ivy Jo Hunter.

Personnel:

  • Smokey Robinson – lead vocals
  • Ronnie White – backing vocals
  • Bobby Rogers – backing vocals
  • Warren “Pete” Moore – backing vocals
  • Claudette Robinson – backing vocals
  • Marv Tarplin – guitar
  • The Funk Brothers  – instrumentation
  • Various New York session musicians – instrumentation
  • The Andantes – backing vocals

Track listing:

  1. Whole Lot of Shakin’ in My Heart (Since I Met You) – Frank Wilson
  2. You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me – Pino Donaggio, Simon Napier-Bell, Vicki Wickham, Vito Pallavicini
  3. Come ‘Round Here) I’m the One You Need – Holland-Dozier-Holland
  4. Save Me – Smokey Robinson, Robert Rogers, Warren Moore
  5. Oh Be My Love – Smokey Robinson, Warren Moore
  6. Can You Love a Poor Boy – Ivy Jo Hunter, Stevie Wonder
  7. Beauty Is Only Skin Deep – Norman Whitfield, Edward Holland, Jr.
  8. I Just Don’t Know What to Do with Myself – Burt Bacharach, Hal David
  9. Baby Baby – Helen Lewis, Kay Lewis
  10. Walk On By – Burt Bacharach, Hal David
  11. Swept for You Baby – Smokey Robinson
  12. More, More, More of Your Love – Smokey Robinson

Muddy Waters: At Newport 1960

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On November 15, 1960, “Chess” label released “At Newport 1960”, album by Muddy Waters. It was recorded in July 1960, at “Newport Jazz Festival”, in Newport, Rhode Island, and was produced by Leonard Chess. “Rolling Stone” magazine included it at number 348 on its list of “500 Greatest Albums of all Time”.

Personnel:

  • Muddy Waters (McKinley Morganfield) – vocals, guitar
  • Otis Spann – vocals, piano
  • Pat Hare – guitar
  • James Cotton – harmonica
  • Andrew Stephens – bass
  • Francis Clay – drums
  • Jack Tracy – liner notes
  • Burt Goldblatt – photography
  • Mary Katherine Aldin – liner notes
  • Bob Schnieders – liner notes, coordination, research
  • Geary Chansley – photo research

Track listing:

All tracks by McKinsley Morganfield, executive producer.

  • I Got My Brand on You – McKinley Morganfield
  • I’m Your Hoochie Coochie Man
  • Baby, Please Don’t Go
  • Soon Forgotten – James Oden
  • Tiger in Your Tank – Willie Dixon
  • I Feel So Good – Big Bill Broonzy
  • Got My Mojo Working
  • Got My Mojo Working, Part 2
  • Goodbye Newport Blues – Langston Hughes, McKinley Morganfield

Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Trouble: Live Alive

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On November 15, 1986, “Epic” label released “Live Alive”, the first live Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble album (the fourth Stevie Ray Vaughn album overall).The performances were recorded in July 1985 at the “Montreux Jazz Festival”, July 1986 at the “Austin Opera House”, July 1986 at “Dallas Starfest”, and was produced by Stevie Ray Vaughn, Tommy Shannon, Chris “Whipper” Layton and Reese Wynans.

Personnel:

  • Stevie Ray Vaughan – vocals, guitar, arrangements
  • Reese Wynans – keyboards
  • Tommy Shannon – bass
  • Chris “Whipper” Layton – drums
  • Gary Olazabal – engineer
  • Dave Richards – engineer
  • Chris Austopchuk – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Stevie Ray Vaughan, except where noted.

  1. Say What
  2. Ain’t Gone’ Give Up on Love
  3. Pride and Joy
  4. Mary Had a Little Lamb – Buddy Guy
  5. Superstition – Stevie Wonder
  6. I’m Leaving You (Commit a Crime) – Chester Burnett
  7. Cold Shot – Michael Kindred
  8. Willie the Wimp – Ruth Ellsworth, Bill Carter
  9. Look at Little Sister – Hank Ballard
  10. Texas Flood – Larry C. Davis, Jospeh Wade Scott
  11. Voodoo Child (Slight Return) – Jimi Hendrix
  12. Love Struck Baby
  13. Change It – Doyle Bramhall
  14. Life Without You

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messemgers: Golden Boy

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In November 1964, “Colpix” label released “Golden Boy” (full title Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers Play Selections from the New Musical Golden Boy), the 21st Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers album. It was recorded in 1963 in New York City, and was produced by Jack Lewis.

Personnel:

  • Art Blakey – drums
  • James Spaulding – alto saxophone
  • Wayne Shorter – tenor saxophone, arrangements
  • Charles Davis – baritone saxophone
  • Freddie Hubbard, Lee Morgan – trumpet
  • Curtis Fuller – trombone, arrangements
  • Julius Watkins – French horn
  • Bill Barber – tuba
  • Cedar Walton – piano, arrangements
  • Reggie Workman – bass
  • Billy Taylor – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Lee Adams and Charles Strouse.

  1. Theme from Golden Boy
  2. Yes I Can
  3. Lorna’s Here
  4. This Is the Life
  5. There’s a Party
  6. I Want to Be with You

Roland Kirk: The Roland Kirk Quartet Meets The Benny Golson Orchestra

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In November 1963, “Mercury” label released “The Roland Kirk Quartet Meets the Benny Golson Orchestra”, the seventh Roland Kirk album. It was recorded in June 1963 in New York City.

Personnel:

  • Roland Kirk – tenor saxophone, manzello, stritch, flute, siren
  • Harold Mabern – piano
  • Abdullah Rafik – bass
  • Sonny Brown – drums

The Benny Golson Orchestra

  • Benny Golson – conductor, arranger
  • Richard Williams, Virgil Jones – trumpet
  • Charles Greenlee, Tom McIntosh – trombone
  • Don Butterfield – tuba
  • Richard Davis – bass
  • Albert Heath – drums
  • Dezső Csanády – artwork
  • Leonard Feather – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Roland Kirk, except where noted.

  1. Ecclusiastics – Charles Mingus
  2. By Myself – Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz
  3. Roland Speaks – Roland Kirk, Benny Golson
  4. A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square – Manning Sherwin, Eric Maschwitz
  5. Variations on a Theme by Hindemith
  6. I’ve Got Your Number – Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh
  7. Between the Fourth and the Fifth Step
  8. April Morning
  9. Get in the Basement
  10. Abstract Improvisation

Roland Kirk: Domino

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In November 1962, “Mercury” label released “Domino”, the fifth Roland Kirk album. It was recorded April – September 1962, at “Tel Mar Studios” in Chicago, Illinois, and was produced by Jack Tracy.

Personnel:

  • Roland Kirk – flute, tenor sax, vocals, stritch, manzello, nose flute, siren
  • Andrew Hill – piano, celeste
  • Wynton Kelly – piano
  • Vernon Martin – bass
  • Henry Duncan – drums
  • Roy Haynes – drums
  • Joe Segal – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Domino – Don Raye, Jacques Plante, Louis Ferrari
  2. Meeting on Termini’s Corner – Roland Kirk
  3. Time – Richie Powell
  4. Lament – J. J. Johnson
  5. A Stritch in Time – Roland Kirk
  6. 3-in-1 Without the Oil – Roland Kirk
  7. Get Out of Town – Cole Porter
  8. Rolando – Roland Kirk
  9. I Believe in You – Frank Loesser
  10. E.D. – Roland Kirk

ABC: Beauty Stab

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On November 14, 1983, “Neutron” label released “Beauty Stab”, the second ABC studio album. It was recorded August – September 1983, at “Sarm Studios East and West”, “Townhouse Studios”, “Abbey Road Studios” in London, and was produced by Gary Langan, Martin Fry, Mark White and Stephen Singleton.

Personnel:

  • Martin Fry – lead and backing vocals, string arrangements, design
  • Mark White – pianos, Roland Juno-6, E-mu Emulator, synthesizers, guitars, string arrangements, design
  • Stephen Singleton – alto saxophone, string arrangements, design
  • Alan Spenner – bass guitar
  • Andy Newmark – drums
  • Louis Jordan (Luís Jardim) – percussion
  • Howie Casey – tenor and baritone saxophone
  • David Theodore – oboe
  • David Bedford – string arrangements
  • Gary Langan – engineer
  • John Kurlander – engineer assistant
  • Bob Kraushaar – engineer assistant
  • Keith Nixon – engineer assistant
  • Keith Breeden – design assistant
  • Gered Mankowitz – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Martin Fry, Mark White and Stephen Singleton.

  1. That Was Then but This is Now
  2. Love’s a Dangerous Language
  3. If I Ever Thought You’d Be Lonely
  4. The Power of Persuasion
  5. Beauty Stab
  6. By Default, by Design
  7. Hey Citizen!
  8. King Money
  9. Nite the Hand
  10. Unzip
  11. S.O.S.
  12. United Kingdom

Wet Willie: Manorisms

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On November 14, 1977, “Epic” label released “Manorisms”, the sixth Wet Willie album. It was recorded in “The Manor Studio”, “Chipping Norton Recording Studios” in Oxfordshire, England, and was produced by Gary Lyons.

Personnel:

  • Marshall Smith – guitar, backing vocals
  • Larry Berwald – guitar
  • Mike Duke – keyboards, lead vocals
  • Jack Hall – bass, backing vocals
  • Theophilus Lively – drums, backing vocals, percussion
  • Jimmy Hall – lead vocals, saxophone, harmonica
  • Fiachra Trench – orchestration
  • Mick Glossop – engineer

Track listing:

  1. Rainman – Mike Duke
  2. Make You Feel Love Again – George Jackson, Thomas Jones
  3. So Blue – Mike Duke
  4. We Got Lovin’ – Mike Duke, Jimmy Hall, Jack Hall
  5. Don’t Turn Me Away – Mike Duke
  6. Street Corner Serenade – Mike Duke, Jimmy Hall, Marshall Smith
  7. One Track Mind – Mike Duke, Jimmy Hall
  8. How ‘Bout You? – Mike Duke
  9. Doin’ All the Right Things (The Wrong Way) – Mike Duke
  10. Let It Shine – Mike Duke, Jimmy Hall, Smith