Monthly Archives: December 2024

Gal Costa: Legal

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On December 24, 1970, “Philips” label released “Legal”, the fifth Gal Costa album. It was recorded in 1969, and was produced by Manoel Barenbein.

Personnel:

  • Gal Costa – vocals
  • Lanny Gordin – guitar, arrangements
  • Chiquinho de Moraes – piano, arrangements
  • Claudio Bertrami – bass
  • Norival Ricardo D’Angelo – drums
  • Jards Macalé – arrangements
  • Ary Carvalhaes – recording
  • João Pereira – recording
  • Hélio Oiticica – artwork, design

Track listing:

  1. Eu Sou Terrivel – Roberto Carlos, Erasmo Carlos
  2. Lingua do P – Gilberto Gil
  3. Love, Try and Die – Gal Costa, Jards Macale, Lanny Gordin
  4. Mini-Mistério – Gilberto Gil
  5. Acauã – Zé Dantas
  6. Hotel das Estrelas – Jards Macale, Duda Machado
  7. Deixa Sangrar (Carnaval 1971) – Caetano Veloso
  8. The Archaic Lonely Star Blues – Jards Macale, Duda Machado
  9. London, London – Caetano Veloso
  10. Falsa Baiana – Geraldo Pereira

Sarah Vaughan: A Time In My Life

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In December 1971, “Mainstream” label released “A Time in My Life”, the 35th  Sarah Vaughan album. It was recorded in November 1971, and was produced by Bob Shad.

Personnel:

  • Sarah Vaughan – vocals
  • Albert Vescovo, Joe Pass – guitar
  • Bill Mays – piano
  • Bob Magnusson – bass
  • Earl Palmer – drums
  • Alan Estes, Jimmy Cobb – percussion
  • Jackie Kelso, Jerome Richardson, William Green – saxophone
  • Al Aarons, Buddy Childers, Gene Goe – trumpet
  • Benny Powell, George Bohanon – trombone
  • Ernie Wilkins – arrangements

Track listing:

  1. Imagine – John Lennon
  2. On Thinking It Over – Brian Auger, Alan Gorrie, Jim Mullen
  3. Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) – Marvin Gaye, James Nyx
  4. Sweet Gingerbread Man – Michel Legrand, Alan and Marilyn Bergman
  5. Magical Connection – John Sebastian
  6. That’s the Way I’ve Always Heard It Should Be – Carly Simon, Jacob Brackman
  7. Tomorrow City – Brian Auger
  8. Universal Prison – Helen Lewis, Kay Lewis
  9. Trouble – Brian Auger, Jim Mullen
  10. If Not for You – Bob Dylan

Honey Cone: Soulfull Tapestry

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In December 1971, “Hot Wax/Invictus” label released “Soulful Tapestry”, the third Honey Cone studio album. It was recorded in 1971, and was produced by Angelo Bond, Ronald Dunbar, Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland, Edward Holland, Jr., General Norman Johnson, Greg Perry, and Edith Wayne.

Personnel:

  • Edna Wright – lead singer
  • Carolyn Willis – vocals
  • Shelly Clark – vocals
  • Angelo Bond, General Norman Johnson, Greg Perry – arrangements
  • Barney Perkins – engineer

Track listing:

  1. One Monkey Don’t Stop no Show Part I – General Johnson, Greg Perry
  2. One Monkey Don’t Stop no Show Part II – General Johnson, Greg Perry
  3. Don’t Count Your Chickens (Before They Hatch) – General Johnson, Greg Perry, Angelo Bond
  4. A Little More – Ronald Dunbar, Edyth Wayne
  5. Stick-Up – General Johnson, Angelo Bond, Greg Perry
  6. Want Ads – General Johnson, Barney Perkins, Greg Perry
  7. Who’s It Gonna Be – Holland-Dozier-Holland
  8. How Does It Feel – Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Ronald Dunbar, Edyth Wayne
  9. V.I.P. – Greg Perry, General Johnson, Angelo Bond
  10. The Day I Found Myself – Ronald Dunbar, Edyth Wayne, General Johnson
  11. All the King’s Horses (All the King’s Men) – Angelo Bond, General Johnson, Greg Perry

Múm: Yesterday Was Dramatic – Today Is OK

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On December 23, 1999, “TMT Entertainment” label released “Yesterday Was Dramatic – Today Is OK”, the debut Múm studio album.

Personnel:

  1. Stefán Már Magnússon – guitar
  2. Eiríkur Orri Ólafsson – trumpet
  3. Helga Björg Arnardóttir – clarinet
  4. Sigríður Geirsdóttir – strings
  5. Hildur Guðnadóttir – strings
  6. Gróa Margrét Valdimarsdóttir – strings
  7. Finnur Hákonarson – recording
  8. Múm – recording, mixing, artwork
  9. Finnur Björnsson – recording, mixing
  10. Arnaldur Hilmisson – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Örvar Þóreyjarson Smárason, Gunnar Örn Tynes, Gyða Valtýsdóttir and Kristín Anna Valtýsdóttir.

  1. I’m 9 Today
  2. Smell Memory
  3. There Is a Number of Small Things
  4. Random Summer
  5. Asleep on a Train
  6. Awake on a Train
  7. The Ballad of the Broken Birdie Records
  8. The Ballad of the Broken String
  9. Sunday Night Just Keeps on Rolling
  10. Slow Bicycle

The Supremes & The Four Tops: Dynamite

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In December 1971, “Motown” label released “Dynamite”, the third and last album between Supremes (The) and Four Tops (The). It was recorded in 1971, and was produced by Johnny Bristol, Joe Hinton, Bobby Taylor and Frank Wilson.

Personnel:

  • The Supremes – Jean Terrell, Mary Wilson, Cindy Birdsong – vocals 
  • The Four Tops – Levi Stubbs, Duke Fakir, Obie Benson, Lawrence Payton – vocals
  • The Funk Brothers – instrumentation
  • David Van DePitte, Gene Page, H.B. Barnum, Robert White – arrangements
  • Curtis McNair – art direction
  • Warren Linn – illustration
  • Tom Schlesinger – graphics

Track listing:

  1. It’s Impossible – Armando Manzanero, Sid Wayne
  2. The Bigger You Love (The Harder You Fall) – Jerry Marcellino, Mel Larson
  3. Hello Stranger – Barbara Lewis
  4. Love the One You’re With – Stephen Stills
  5. Good Lovin’ Ain’t Easy to Come By – Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson
  6. Melodie – Deke Richards, Jerry Marcellino, Mel Larson
  7. If – David Gates
  8. If I Could Build My Whole World Around You – Harvey Fuqua, Johnny Bristol, Vernon Bullock
  9. Don’t Let Me Lose This Dream – Aretha Franklin, Ted White
  10. Do You Love Me Just a Little, Honey – Gladys Knight, Harvey Fuqua, Johnny Bristol, Vernon Bullock

Daddy Cool: Sex, Dope, Rock’n’Roll: Teenage Heaven

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In December 1971, “Sparmac” label released “Sex, Dope, Rock’n’Roll: Teenage Heaven”, the second Daddy Cool album. It was recorded in 1971, at “Armstrong’s Studio” in Melbourne, and was produced by Robie Porter.

Personnel:

  • Ross Wilson – lead vocals, guitar, harmonica
  • Ross Hannaford – vocals, guitar, design
  • Ian Winter – guitar
  • Wayne Duncan – bass guitar
  • Gary Young – drums
  • Roger Savage – engineer
  • Frank Hulbert – lacquer cut
  • Ed Trasher – art direction
  • Ian McCausland – artwork
  • David Willardson – illustration

Track listing:

  1. Hi Honey Ho
  2. Daddy Rocks Off
  3. Please Please America (Hear My Plea) – Ross Wilson, Ross Hannaford
  4. Sixty Minute Man – Billy Ward, Rose Marks
  5. Baby Let Me Bang Your Box – Teddy McRae, Sidney Wyche
  6. Teen Love
  7. Drive In Movie
  8. Love In An F.J.
  9. Donna Forgive Me
  10. Make Your Stash

Alfa Anderson

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On December 17, 2024, Alfa Anderson died aged 78. She was singer and educator, founding member (together with her husband Eruliel Barfield) of the band “Voices of Shalom”, but was best known as the lead singer of the band Chic. She recorded with many famous musicians, among them with Luther Vandross, Lou Rawls, The B-52’s, Jaheim, Roberta Flack, The Roches, Marvin Sease, Odyssey, Doc Powell, Martha Wash, Debbie Gibson, Jennifer Holliday, Ashford and Simpson, Nat Adderley, Roy Buchanan and Dionne Warwick. In 2014, Anderson received the “Global Entertainment Media Arts (G.E.M.A.) Foundation’s Golden Mic Award”, and Citation from the City of Philadelphia for her contributions to music  “Le Freak” (song by Chis) featuring Anderson on the lead vocals, was inducted into the 2015 “Grammy Hall of Fame”. In 2018, the song was added to the “National Recording Registry” by the “Library of Congress”. In 2018, Mayor Hardie Davis Jr. of Augusta, Georgia gave Anderson the Keys to the City and declared May 5 as “Alfa Anderson Day”.

The Flaming Lips: The Flaming Lips and Stardeath and White Dwarfs with Henry Rollins and Peaches Doing the Dark Side of the Moon

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On December 22, 2009, “Warner Bros” label released “The Flaming Lips and Stardeath and White Dwarfs with Henry Rollins and Peaches Doing the Dark Side of the Moon”, the 14th Flaming Lips (The) album. It was recorded in 2009, and was produced by Wayne Coyne, Steven Drozd, Michael Ivins and Kliph Scurlock.

Personnel:

  • Wayne Coyne – vocals, guitar, keyboard
  • Steven Drozd – vocals, guitar, keyboards, bass, drums
  • Michael Ivins – bass, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Kliph Scurlock – drums, percussion
  • Dennis Coyne – vocals, guitar, keyboard
  • James Young – guitar
  • Casey Joseph – bass, keyboard
  • Matt Duckworth – drums, percussion
  • Henry Rollins – vocals
  • Peaches – vocals

Track listing:

  1. Speak to Me/Breathe
  2. On the Run
  3. Time/Breathe (reprise)
  4. The Great Gig in the Sky
  5. Money
  6. Us and Them
  7. Any Colour You Like
  8. Brian Damage
  9. Eclipse

SID: Renai

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On December 22, 2004, “Danger Crue” label released “Renai”, the debut SID album. It was recorded in 2004, and was produced by Sakura.

Personnel:

  • Mao – vocals
  • Shinji – guitar
  • Aki – bass
  • Yūya – drums

Track listing:

All lyrics by Mao. All music by Shinji, except where noted.

  1. Ajisai
  2. Rinjin – music by Aki
  3. Watashi wa Ame
  4. Vitual Bansankai
  5. Ao – music by Aki
  6. Doyoubi no Onna – music by Aki
  7. Hitsuyouaku – music by Aki
  8. Akagami Shuffle – music by Aki
  9. Mousou Nikki
  10. Owakare no Uta
  11. Kara no Binse, Sora e no Tegami

Grant Green: Shades Of Green

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In December 1971, “Blue Note” label released “Shades of Green”, the 18th Grant Green album. It was recorded in November 1971, at “United Artists Studios” in Hollywood, “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by George Butler.

Personnel:

  • Grant Green – guitar
  • Billy Wooten – vibraphone
  • Emmanuel Riggins – electric piano, clavinet
  • Wilton Felder – electric bass
  • Nesbert “Stix” Hooper – drums
  • King Errisson – conga
  • Harold Cardwell – percussion
  • Wade Marcus -orchestra arrangements
  • Joe Newman, Joe Wilder, Victor Paz, James Sedlar – trumpet
  • Harry DiVito – trombone
  • Dick Hickson – bass trombone
  • Jim Buffington – French horn
  • Phil Bodner, Romeo Penque, George Marge, John Leone – woodwinds
  • Christina Hersch – engineer
  • Rudy Van Gelder – remix
  • Norman Seeff – art direction

Track listing:

  1. Medley: I Don’t Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing (Open Up the Door I’ll Get It Myself), Cold Sweat – James Brown
  2. Sunrise, Sunset – Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick
  3. Never My Love – Donald Adrissi, Richard Addrisi
  4. Got to Be There – Elliot Willensky
  5. California Green – Grant Green
  6. If You Really Love Me – Stevie Wonder, Syreeta Wright
  7. Cast Your Fate to the Wind – Vince Guaraldi
  8. In the Middle – Alfred Ellis, Buddy Hobgood