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KC And The Sunshine Band: Same

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On July 6, 1975, “TK” label released the self-titled, second KC and the Sunshine Band album. It was recorded 1974 – 1975, and was produced by Harry Wayne Casey and Richard Finch.

Personnel:

  • Jerome Smith – guitar
  • Harry Wayne Casey– vocals, keyboards
  • Richard Finch– bass guitar, drum, percussion
  • Robert Johnson – drums
  • Oliver C. Brown– percussion
  • Fermin Goytisolo – percussion
  • Mike Lewis – tenor saxophone
  • Whit Sidener – baritone saxophone
  • Ken Faulk – trumpet
  • Vinnie Tanno – trumpet
  • Beverly Champion – backing vocals
  • Margaret Reynolds – backing vocals
  • Jeanette Williams – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Harry Wayne Casey and Richard Finch, except where noted.

  1. Let It Go (Part One)
  2. That’s the Way (I Like It)
  3. Get Down Tonight
  4. Boogie Shoes
  5. Ain’t Nothing Wrong
  6. I’m So Crazy (‘Bout You) – Harry Wayne Casey, Richard Finch, Willie Clarke
  7. What Makes You Happy
  8. I Get Lifted
  9. Let It Go (Part Two)

Jethro Tull: A Passion Play

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Passion Play

On July 6, 1973, “Chrysalis” label released “A Passion Play”, the sixth Jethro Tull studio album. It was recorded December 1972-January 1973,at “Château d’Hérouville”, in Val-d’Oise;  March 1973, at “Morgan Studios” in London, and was produced by Ian Anderson and Terry Ellis.

Personnel:

  • Ian Anderson – vocals, flute, acoustic guitar, soprano and sopranino saxophones
  • Martin Barre – electric guitars
  • John Evan – vocals, piano, organ, synthesisers
  • Jeffrey Hammond – narrator, bass guitar
  • Barriemore Barlow – drums, timpani, glockenspiel, marimba
  • David Palmer– orchestral arrangements
  • Robin Black – engineer
  • Brian Ward – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Ian Anderson, except where noted.

  1. A Passion Play, Part I”

Act 1 – Ronnie Pilgrim’s funeral – a winter’s morning in the cemetery.

  • Lifebeats
  • Prelude
  • The Silver Cord
  • Re-Assuring Tune

Act 2 – The Memory Bank – A Small but Comfortable Theatre with a Cinema-Screen (the Next Morning).

  • Memory Bank
  • Best Friends
  • Critique Oblique

VIII.  Forest Dance #1

  1. A Passion Play, Part II

Interlude – The Story of the Hare Who Lost His Spectacles.

  • The Story of the Hare Who Lost His Spectacles – Ian Anderson, Jeffrey Hammond, John Evan

Act 3 – The Business Office of G. Oddie & Son (two days later).

  • Forest Dance #2
  • The Foot of Our Stairs
  • Overseer Overture

Act 4 – Magus Perdé’s Drawing Room at Midnight.

  • Flight from Lucifer
  • 10:08 to Paddington
  • Magus Perdé
  • Epilogue

Emerson, Lake & Palmer: Trilogy

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Trilogy

On July 6, 1972, “Island” label released “Trilogy”, the third Emerson, Lake & Palmer studio album. It was recorded October 1971 – January 1972, at “Advision Studios” in London, and was produced by Greg Lake.

Personnel:

  • Keith Emerson – Hammond organ C3, Steinway piano, Moog synthesizer III-C, Mini-Moog model D, Zurna
  • Greg Lake – vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, bass guitar
  • Carl Palmer – drums, percussion
  • Eddy Offord – engineer
  • Barry Diament – mastering
  • Hipgnosis – design

Track listing:

  1. The Endless Enigma (Part One) – Keith Emerson, Greg Lake
  2. Fugue – Keith Emerson
  3. The Endless Enigma (Part Two) – Keith Emerson, Greg Lake
  4. From the Beginning – Greg Lake
  5. The Sheriff – Keith Emerson, Greg lake
  6. Hoedown – Aaron Copland, arr. Keith Emerson, Greg Lake, Carl Palmer
  7. Trilogy – Keith Emerson, Greg Lake
  8. Living Sin – Keith Emerson, Greg Lake, Carl Palmer
  9. Abaddon’s Bolero – Keith Emerson

 

 

MC 5: High Time

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High Time

On July 6, 1971, “Atlantic” label released “High Time”, the second MC5 studio album. It was recorded September–October 1970,  at “Artie Fields Studios” in Detroit, ”Lansdowne Studios” and “Pye Studios” in London, and was produced by Fred Smith, Wayne Kramer, Dennis Thompson, Rob Tyner and Geoffrey Haslam.

Personnel:

  • Fred “Sonic” Smith – vocals, guitar, harmonica, organ, sandpaper
  • Wayne Kramer– vocals, guitar, piano
  • Michael Davis – vocals, bass
  • Dennis Thompson – vocals, drums, tambourine, tamboes, acme scraper, percussion
  • Rob Tyner– vocals, harmonica, maracas, rockas, castanets, congas
  • Pete Kelly – piano
  • Skip Knapp – organ
  • Butch O’Brien – bass drum
  • Bob Seger– percussion
  • Dave Heller – percussion
  • Kinki Lepew – percussion
  • Dave Morgan – percussion
  • Scott Morgan– percussion
  • Ellis Dee – percussion
  • Bobby Wayne Derminer – wizzer
  • Marlene Driscoll – vocals
  • Joanne Hill – vocals
  • Brenda Knight – vocals
  • Charles Moore – vocals, flugelhorn
  • Leon Henderson – tenor saxophone
  • Rick Ferretti – trumpet
  • Dan Bullock – trombone
  • Larry Horton – trombone
  • David Oversteak – tuba

Track listing:

  1. Sister Anne – Fred “Sonic” Smith
  2. Baby Won’t Ya – Fred “Sonic” Smith
  3. Miss X – Wayne Kramer
  4. Gotta Keep Movin’ – Dennis Thompson
  5. Future Now – Rob Tyner
  6. Poison – Wayne Kramer
  7. Over and Over – Fred “Sonic” Smith
  8. Skunk (Sonicly Speaking) – Fred “Sonic” Smith

Frank Zappa: Waka /Jawaka

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Waka-Jawaka

On July 5, 1972, “Bizarre / Reprise” labels released “Waka/Jawaka”, the fourth Frank Zappa album. It was recorded April – May 1972, at “Paramount Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Frank Zappa.

Personnel:

  • Frank Zappa– vocals, guitars, percussion, electric bed springs, mastering
  • Jeff Simmons – vocals, Hawaiian guitar
  • Sneaky Pete Kleinow– pedal steel guitar solo
  • Tony Duran – vocals, slide guitat
  • George Duke– ring – modulated and echoplexed electric piano, tack piano
  • Kris Peterson – vocals
  • Janet Ferguson – vocals
  • Don Preston– piano, Minimoog
  • Erroneous (Alex Dmochowski) – vocals, electric bass, fuzzbass
  • Aynsley Dunbar– drums, washboard, tambourine
  • Sal Marquez – vocals, trumpets, chimes, flugelhorn
  • Mike Altschul – baritone saxophone, piccolo, bass flute, bass clarinet, tenor sax
  • Joel Peskin – tenor sax
  • Bill Byers – trombone, baritone horn
  • Ken Shroyer – trombone, baritone horn
  • Marshall Brevitz, Kerry McNabb – engineer
  • Marshall Brevitz – supervisor
  • Sal Marquez – concept
  • Cal Schenkel – design, packanging
  • Marvin Mattelson – illustrations
  • Philip Schartz – back cover, photography
  • Ferenc Dobronyi – re-packaging

Track listing:

All tracks by Frank Zappa.

  1. Big Swifty
  2. Your Mouth
  3. It Just Might Be a One-Shot Deal
  4. Waka / Jawaka

Tyrannosaurus Rex: My People Were Fair and Had Sky in Their Hair… But Now They’re Content to Wear Stars on Their Brows

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On July 5, 1968, “Regal Zonophone” label released “My People Were Fair and Had Sky in Their Hair… But Now They’re Content to Wear Stars on Their Brows”, the Tyrannosaurus Rex debut album. It was recorded 1967 – 1968 at “Advision Studios” in London, and was produced by Tony Visconti.

Personnel:

  • Marc Bolan – vocals, guitars
  • Steve Peregrin Took – drums, pixiphone, percussion, backing vocals
  • John Peel – reads a children’s story written by Marc Bolan

Track listing:

All tracks by Marc Bolan.

  1. Hot Rod Mama
  2. Scenescof
  3. Child Star
  4. Strange Orchestras
  5. Chateau in Virginia Waters
  6. Dwarfish Trumpet Blues
  7. Mustang Ford
  8. Afghan Woman
  9. Knight
  10. Graceful Fat Sheba
  11. Wielder of Words
  12. Frowning Atahuallpa (My Inca Love)

Creedence Clearwater Revival: Same

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On May 28,, 1968, “Fantasy” label released the self-titled, debut Creedence Clearwater Revival studio album. It was recorded October 1967, January–February 1968, at “Coast Recorders” in San Francisco, and was produced by Saul Zaentz. The album was certified Platinum in the US by the “RIIA”.

Personnel:

  • John Fogerty- lead vocals, lead guitar
  • Tom Fogerty- co-lead and backing vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Stu Cook- vocals, bass guitar
  • Doug Clifford- vocals, drums
  • Walt Payne – recording
  • Tamaki Beck –  mastering supervisor
  • Kevin Gray, Steve Hoffman, Shigeo Miyamoto – mastering
  • Laurie Clifford – design

Track listing:

All tracks by John Fogerty, except where noted.

  1. I Put a Spell on You – Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
  2. The Working Man
  3. Susie Q – Dale Hawkins, Eleanor Broadwater, Stanley Lewis
  4. Ninety-Nine and a Half (Won’t Do) – Steve Cropper, Eddie Floyd, Wilson Pickett
  5. Get Down Woman
  6. Porterville
  7. Gloomy
  8. Walk on the Water – John Fogerty, Tom Fogerty

The Beach Boys: Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!)

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Summer Days and Summer Nights

On July 5, 1965, “Capitol” label released “Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!)”the ninth Beach Boys studio album. It was recorded February – June 1965, at “United Western Recorders”, “Gold Star Studios” and “CBS Columbia Square” in Hollywood, and was produced by Brian Wilson.

Personnel:

  • Al Jardine– lead, harmony and backing vocals, electric rhythm guitar, hand claps
  • Bruce Johnston– harmony and backing vocals, acoustic grand piano, Hammond organ, celeste, hand claps
  • Mike Love– lead, harmony and backing vocals, hand claps
  • Brian Wilson– lead, harmony and backing vocals, bass guitar, acoustic upright piano, Hammond organ, hand claps, timpani
  • Carl Wilson– lead, harmony and backing vocals, lead, rhythm, acoustic and twelve-string guitar, hand claps
  • Dennis Wilson– harmony and backing vocals, drums, tambourine, hand claps
  • Glen Campbell– electric guitar
  • Jerry Cole – twelve-string guitar
  • Tommy Tedesco– lead guitar
  • Bill Pitman– electric guitar
  • Howard Roberts– guitar
  • Billy Strange– rhythm guitar, ukulele, tambourine
  • Ron Swallow – tambourine
  • Leon Russell– piano
  • Al De Lory– organ
  • Billy Lee Riley– harmonica
  • Carol Kaye– electric bass guitar
  • Ray Pohlman – bass guitar
  • Lyle Ritz– upright bass
  • Frank Capp– vibraphone
  • Plas Johnson– tenor saxophone
  • Steve Douglas– tenor saxophone
  • Jay Migliorii– baritone saxophone
  • Jack Nimitz– bass saxophone
  • Roy Caton– trumpet
  • William Hinshaw – French horn
  • James Getzoff – violin
  • Israel Baker– violin
  • Arnold Belnick – violin
  • Bernard Kundell – violin
  • Tibor Zelig – violin
  • Leonard Malarsky – violin
  • Ralph Schaeffer – violin
  • Sid Sharp – violin
  • Joseph DiFlore – viola
  • Harry Hyams – viola
  • Julius Wechter– claves
  • Marilyn Wilson– harmony and backing vocals
  • Chuck Britz– engineer

Track listing

All tracks by Brian Wilson and Mike Love, except where noted.

  1. The Girl from New York City
  2. Amusement Parks U.S.A.
  3. Then I Kissed Her – Phil Spector, Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry
  4. Salt Lake City
  5. Girl Don’t Tell Me – Brian Wilson
  6. Help Me, Rhonda
  7. California Girls
  8. Let Him Run Wild
  9. You’re So Good to Me
  10. Summer Means New Love – Brian Wilson
  11. I’m Bugged at My Ol’ Man – Brian Wilson
  12. And Your Dream Comes True

Barry White

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On July 4, 2003, Barry Eugene Carter aka Barry White died aged 58. He was composer and singer-songwriter, known by his distinctive bass – baritone voice. White had a successful career as a singer with the Love Unlimited Orchestra and as a solo artist, winning three “Grammy Awards”, 106 Gold and 41 Platinum albums, with total sale of more than 100 million copies worldwide, which made him one of the best selling artists of all time. His two best known and most popular songs were “You’re the First, the Last, My Everything” and “Can’t Get Enough of Your Love, Babe”.

Foo Fighters: Same

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On July 4, 1995, “Roswell” and “Capitol” labels released the self-titled, debut Foo Fighters album. It was recorded in October 1994, at “Robert Lang Studios” in Seattle, and was produced by Barrett Jones and Dave Grohl. In 1996, the album was certified Platinum in the US by the “RIIA”.

Personnel:

  • Dave Grohl– vocals, guitars, bass guitar, drums
  • Greg Dulli– guitar
  • Nate Mendel – bass
  • William Goldsmith – drums
  • Steve Culp – engineer
  • Tom Rothrock– mixing
  • Rob Schnapf– mixing
  • Stephen Marcussen– mastering
  • Tim Gabor – art direction, design
  • Jennifer Youngblood – design
  • Jaq Chartier – jacket artwork
  • Charles Peterson– photography
  • Jeff Ross – photography
  • Curt Doughty – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Dave Grohl.

  1. This is Call
  2. I’ll Stick Around
  3. Big me
  4. Alone + Easy Target
  5. Good Grief
  6. Floaty
  7. Weenie Beenie
  8. Oh, George
  9. For All the Cows
  10. X-Static
  11. Wattershed
  12. Exhausted