The Kingston Trio: The Kingston Trio (Nick, Bob, John)

Leave a comment

On December 7, 1964, “Decca” label released “The Kingston Trio (Nick Bob, John)”, the 15th Kingston Trio (The) album. It was recorded in 1964, and was produced by Frank Werber.

Personnel:

  • Bob Shane – vocals, guitar
  • Nick Reynolds – vocals, tenor guitar
  • John Stewart – vocals, banjo, guitar
  • Dean Reilly – bass
  • Bob Norberg – engineer

 Track listing:

  1. Midnight Special – Lead Belly
  2. Love’s Been Good to Me – Rod McKuen
  3. Poverty Hill – Fred Hellerman, Fran Minkoff
  4. Someday Soon – Ian Tyson
  5. Gotta Travel On – Paul Clayton, Larry Ehrlich, Ronnie Gilbert, Lee Hays, Fred Hellerman, Dave Lazar, Pete Seeger
  6. Hope You Understand – John Stewart
  7. Little Play Soldiers – Martin Cooper
  8. Love Comes a Trickling Down – Jonathan Harris
  9. My Ramblin’ Boy – Tom Paxton
  10. More Poems – Mason Williams
  11. Farewell (Fare Thee Well) – Bob Dylan
  12. I’m Going Home – Fred Geis

Benny Golson: Benny Golson And The Philadelphians

Leave a comment

In December 1958, “United Artists” label released “Benny Golson and the Philadelphians”, the third Benny Golson album. It was recorded in November 1958, at “Nola’s Penthouse Sound Studios” in New York City.

Personnel:

  • Benny Golson – tenor saxophone
  • Lee Morgan – trumpet
  • Ray Bryant — piano
  • Percy Heath – bass
  • Philly Joe Jones – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Benny Golson except where noted.

  1. You’re Not the Kind – Gigi Gryce
  2. Blues on My Mind
  3. Stablemates
  4. Thursday’s Theme
  5. Afternoon in Paris – John Lewis
  6. Calgary – Ray Bryant

Nightingale: Invisible

Leave a comment

On December 6, 2004, “Black Mark” label released “Invisible”, the fifth Nightingale album. It was recorded in 2004, at “Studio Underground” in Västerås, Sweden. 

Personnel:

  • Dan Swanö – lead vocals, guitar
  • Dag Swanö – guitar, keyboard, backing vocals
  • Erik Oskarsson – co-lead and backing vocals, bass guitar
  • Tom Björn – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Dan Swanö, except where noted.

  1. Still Alive – lyrics by Maxus Widar, music by Dan Swanö
  2. Invisible – Tom Nouga
  3. A Raincheck on My Demise – Tom Nouga
  4. Atlantis Rising
  5. To the End
  6. Misery
  7. The Wake
  8. One of the Lonely Ones – Tom Nouga
  9. Worlds Apart – Tom Nouga
  10. Stalingrad – Tom Nouga

Elias Viljanen: Taking The Lead

Leave a comment

On December 5, 2002, “Lion Music” label released “Taking the Lead”, the debut Elias Viljanen studio album. It was recorded in 2002, at “Phantom Studios” in Finland, and was produced by Elias Viljanen.

Personnel:

  • Elias Viljanen – guitars
  • Tero Ylönen – keyboards
  • Jani Kemppinen – keyboards 
  • Rami Herckman – bass guitar
  • Tomi Ylönen – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Elias Viljanen.

  1. Evoke the Spirit
  2. Evil Rock
  3. The Axemaster
  4. I Go Solo
  5. Northern Breeze
  6. Beyond Twilight
  7. Taking the Lead
  8.  A Cream Come True
  9. Hyper Boogie
  10. Written in Stars
  11. Passion for Glory
  12. Speed of the Devil

David Sylvian And Robert Fripp: Darshan

Leave a comment

On December 6, 1993, “Virgin” label released “Darshan” (The Road to Graceland), the second of three collaborative album by David Sylvian and Robert Fripp. It was recorded July – December 1993, and was produced by Robert Fripp and David Sylvian.

Personnel:

  • David Sylvian – vocals, guitars, keyboard, tapes
  • Robert Fripp – guitars, frippertronics
  • Trey Gunn – vocals, grand and tenor chapman stick
  • Jerry Marotta – drums, percussion
  • Marc Anderson – percussion
  • David Bottrill – treatments, sampled percussion, computer programming

Track listing:

  1. Darshan (translucent remix by The Grid) – David Sylvian, Robert Fripp, Trey Gunn, David Bottrill – remixed by The Grid
  2. Darshana – David Sylvian, Robert Fripp, Trey Gunn, David Bottrill, Cobain, Dougans – reconstructed by The Future Sound of London 
  3. Darshan (The Road to Graceland) – David Sylvian, Robert Fripp, Trey Gunn, David Bottrill

Benny Golson: The Other Side Of Benny Golson

Leave a comment

In December 1958, “Riverside” label released “The Other Side of Benny Golson”, the third Benny Golson album. It was recorded in November 1958, at “Nola’s Penthouse Sound Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Orrin Keepnews.

Personnel:

  • Benny Golson – tenor saxophone
  • Curtis Fuller – trombone
  • Barry Harris – piano
  • Jymie Merritt – bass
  • Philly Joe Jones – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Benny Golson, except where noted.

  1. Strut Time
  2. Jubilation – Junior Mance
  3. Symptoms – Curtis Fuller
  4. Are You Real?
  5. Cry a Blue Tear
  6. This Night – Richard Evans

Harry “Sweets” Edison: Sweetenings

Leave a comment

In November 1958, “Roulette” label released “Sweetenings”, the tenth Harry “Sweets” Edison album. It was recorded in November 1958, in New York City, and was produced by Teddy Reig.

Personnel:

  • Harry “Sweets” Edison – trumpet
  • Jimmy Forrest – tenor saxophone
  • Kenny Drew, Jimmy Jones – piano
  • Joe Benjamin, John Simmons – bass
  • Charlie Persip – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Harry “Sweets” Edison, except where noted.

  1. Centerpiece
  2. Candy – Alex Kramer, Mack David, Joan Whitney
  3. Jive at Five – Count Basie, Harry Edison
  4. Imagination – Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke
  5. Louisiana – J. C. Johnson, Andy Razaf
  6. Harriet
  7. It Happened in Monterey – Billy Rose, Mabel Wayne
  8. If I Had You – Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly, Ted Shapiro
  9. Paradise – Nacio Herb Brown, Gordon Clifford
  10. (Back Home Again in) Indiana – Ballard MacDonald, James F. Hanley
  11. Pussy Willow
  12. Sweetenings

Héroes del Silencio: Senderos de traición

Leave a comment

On December 4, 1990, “EMI” label released “Senderos de traición”, the second Héroes del Silencio studio album. It was recorded in 1990, at “Kirios Studio” in Madrid, Spain, and was produced by Phil Manzanera.

Personnel:

  • Enrique Bunbury – vocals
  • Juan Valdivia – guitar
  • Joaquin Cardiel – bass
  • Pedro Andreu – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Enrique Bunbury, Juan Valdivia, Joaquin Cardiel, and Pedro Andreu.

  1. Entre dos tierras
  2. Maldito duende
  3. La carta
  4. Malas intenciones
  5. Sal
  6. Senda
  7. Hechizo
  8. Oración
  9. Despertar
  10. Decadencia
  11. Con nombre de Guerra
  12. El cuadro

J. J. Cale: Really

Leave a comment

On December 4, 1972, “Shelter” label released “Really”, the second J. J. Cale studio album. It was recorded April – July, at “Muscle Shoals Sound Studio” in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, “Quadrophonic Studio” Nashville, Tennessee, “Quinvy Studio” in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, “Bradley’s Barn” in Mount Juliet, Tennessee, “Moss Rose Studio” in Nashville Tennessee, and was produced by Audie Ashworth.

Personne:

  • J. J. Cale – vocals, lead guitar, rhythm-guitar, piano, electric piano, bass, drums
  • Bill Boatman – rhythm guitar, guitar
  • Mac Gayden – lead and slide-guitar
  • Jimmy Capps – rhythm-guitar
  • Jimmy Johnson – rhythm-guitar
  • Bobby Woods – piano
  • David Briggs – piano
  • Barry Beckett – electric piano
  • Kossie Gardner – organ
  • Charlie McCoy – harmonica
  • Joe Zinkan – bass guitar
  • Gary Gilmore – bass guitar
  • David Hood – bass guitar
  • Norbert Putnam – bass guitar
  • Bob Ray – bass guitar
  • Farrell Morris – drums, congas, percussion
  • Jimmy Karstein – drums
  • George Soulé – drums
  • Kenneth A. Buttrey – drums
  • Roger Hawkins – drums
  • Robert Tarrant – congas, tambourine
  • Norman Ray – vocals, baritone saxophone
  • Bob Phillips, Don Sheffield – trumpet
  •  Don Sheffield – trumpet
  • Bill Humble – trombone
  • Vassar Clements – violin
  • Josh Graves – dobro
  • Joann Sweeney – voice
  • Bob Holmes – harmony vocal

Track listing:

All tracks by J. J. Cale, except where noted.

  1. Lies
  2. Everything Will Be Alright
  3. I’ll Kiss the World Goodbye
  4. Changes
  5. Right Down Here
  6. If You’re Ever in Oklahoma
  7. Ridin’ Home
  8. Goin’ Down
  9. Soulin’
  10. Playing in the Street
  11. Mojo – McKinley Morganfield
  12. Louisiana Women

The Yardbirds: Five Live Yardbirds

Leave a comment

On December 4, 1964, “Columbia” label released “Five Live Yardbirds”, the debut Yardbirds (The) album. It was recorded in March 1964, at “Marquee Club” in London, and was produced by Giorgio Gomelsky.

Personnel:

  • Keith Relf – lead vocals, harmonica, maracas
  • Eric “Slowhand” Clapton – co-led vocals, lead guitar
  • Chris Dreja – rhythm guitar
  • Paul “Sam” Samwell-Smith – co-lead vocals, bass guitar
  • Jim McCarty – drums
  • Phillip Wood – engineer, sound effects engineer
  • Richard Rosser – photography
  • Giorgio Gomelsky – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Too Much Monkey Business – Chuck Berry
  2. I Got Love If You Want It – James Moore (a.k.a. Slim Harpo)
  3. Smokestack Lightnin’ – Howlin’ Wolf
  4. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl – Don Level, Bob Love
  5. Respectable – O’Kelly Isley, Ronald Isley, Rudolph Isley
  6. Five Long Years – Eddie Boyd
  7. Pretty Girl – Ellas McDaniel (a.k.a. Bo Didley)
  8. Louise – John Lee Hooker
  9. I’m a Man – Ellas McDaniel
  10. Here ‘Tis – Ellas McDaniel

musicalphabet