Hot Tuna: Yellow Fever

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In November 1975, “Grunt” label released “Yellow Fever”, the sixth Hot Tuna album. It was recorded June – August 1975, at “Wally Heider Studios” in San Francisco, and was produced by Mallory Earl, Jorma kaukonen, Jack Casady and Bob Steeler.

Personnel:

  • Jorma Kaukonen – vocals, guitars
  • Jack Casady – bass
  • Bob Steeler – drums
  • John Sherman – 2nd guitar
  • Nick Buck – synthesizer
  • Mallory Earl – engineer
  • Steve Malcolm – engineer assistant
  • Rick Collins – mastering
  • Acy Lehman – art direction
  • Gribbitt – design
  • Mick Haggerty – illustration
  • Pat Leraci – production coordinator

Track listing:

  1. Baby What You Want Me to Do – Jimmy Reed
  2. Hot Jelly Roll Blues – George Carter
  3. Free Rein – Jorma Kaukonen, Paul Ziegler
  4. Sunrise Dance with the Devil – Jorma Kaukonen
  5. Song for Fire Maiden – Jorma Kaukonen, Greg Douglass
  6. Bar Room Crystal Ball – Jorma Kaukonen
  7. Half/Time Saturation – Jorma Kaukonen, Jack Casady, Bob Steeler
  8. Surphase Tension – Jorma Kaukonen

Horse Lords: Comradely Objects

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On November 24, 2022, “Rvng Intl.” label released “Comradely Objects”, the fifth Horse Lords album.

Personnel:

  • Owen Gardner – guitar, mixing
  • Andrew Bernstein – saxophones, percussion, mixing
  • Max Eilbacher – bass, electronics, mixing
  • Sam Haberman – drums, mixing
  • Andrew Christopher Smith – electric piano
  • Jared Paolini – engineer
  • Heba Kadry – mastering
  • Will Work for Good – design
  • Josh Bonati – lacquer cut

Track listing:

  1. Zero Degree Machine
  2. Mess Mend
  3. May Brigade
  4. Solidarity Avenue
  5. Law of Movement
  6. Rundling
  7. Plain Hunt on Four

Pharoah Sanders: Village Of The Pharoahs

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In November 1973, “Impulse!” label released “Village of the Pharoahs”, the eleventh Pharoah Sanders album. It was recorded in December 1971, November 1972, September 1973, at “Wally Heider Sound Studios” in San Francisco, “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, “A&R Recording Studios” in New York, and was produced by Ed Michel.

Personnel:

  • Pharoah Sanders – vocals, soprano and tenor saxophone, percussion, bells
  • Sedatrius Brown – vocals
  • Joe Bonner – vocals, piano, shakuhachi, flute, percussion
  • Stanley Clarke, Calvin Hill, Cecil McBee – bass
  • Norman Connors – drums
  • Jimmy Hopps – vocals, drums, percussion
  • Kylo Kylo – tambura, percussion
  • Lawrence Killian – vocals, conga, percussion
  • Kenneth Nash – sakara, murdunom, percussion, whistles
  • Baker Bigsby – engineer, mixing
  • Dixon Van Winkle – engineer
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
  • Tim Bryant – design
  • Philip Melnick – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Pharoah Sanders.

  1. Village of the Pharoahs Part 1
  2. Village of the Pharoahs Part 2
  3. Village of the Pharoahs Part 3
  4. Myth
  5. Mansion Worlds
  6. Memories of Lee Morgan
  7. Went Like It Came

Archie Shepp: The Way Ahead

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In November 1968, “Impulse!” label released “The Way Ahead”, the twelve Archie Shepp album. It was recorded in January – February 1968, at “RCA Studios” and “National Recording Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Bob Thiele.

Personnel:

  • Archie Shepp – tenor saxophone
  • Charles Davis – baritone saxophone
  • Jimmy Owens – trumpet
  • Grachan Moncur III – trombone
  • Walter Davis Jr. – piano
  • Dave Burrell – piano
  • Walter Booker – bass
  • Ron Carter – bass
  • Roy Haynes – drums
  • Beaver Harris – drums
  • Bob Simpson – engineer
  • Robert & Barbara Flynn – design
  • Chuck Stewart – photography
  • Frank Kofsky – photography

Track listing:

  1. Damn If I Know (The Stroller) – Walter Davis Jr.
  2. Frankenstein – Grachan Moncur III
  3. Fiesta – Archie Shepp
  4. Sophisticated Lady – Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Mitchell Parish

Gábor Szabó: Dreams

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In November 1968, “Skye” label released “Dreams”, the tenth Gábor Szabó album. It was recorded in August 1968, at “United Recording Studio” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Gary McFarland.

Personnel:

  • Gábor Szabó – guitar
  • Jim Stewart – guitar
  • Gary McFarland – piano, arrangements
  • Louis Kabok – bass
  • Jim Keltner – drums
  • Hal Gordon – percussion
  • Tony Miranda, Ray Alonge, Brooks Tillotson – French horn
  • Julius Schacter – violin
  • George Ricci – cello
  • Eddie Rice – engineer
  • Andy Richardson – engineer
  • Bob Ludwig – lacquer cut
  • John Austen – illustration
  • David Stahlberg – design
  • Bill Ardis – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Gábor Szabó, except where noted.

  1. Galatea’s Guitar
  2. Half the Day is the Night – Gary McFarland
  3. Song of Injured Love – Manuel de Falla
  4. The Fortune Teller – Gábor Szabó, Louis Kabok
  5. Fire Dance – Manuel de Falla
  6. The Lady in the Moon
  7. Ferris Wheel – Donovan Leitch

Cannonbal Adderley: 74 Miles Away

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In November 1967, “Capitol” label released “74 Miles Away”, album by Cannonbal Adderley Quintet (38th Cannonball Adderley album overall). It was recorded June – July 1967, at “Capitol Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by David Axelrod.

Personnel:

  • Cannonball Adderley – alto saxophone
  • Nat Adderley – vocal, cornet
  • Joe Zawinul – keyboards
  • Victor Gaskin – bass
  • Roy McCurdy – drums
  • Leonard Feather – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Do Do Do (What Now Is Next) – Nat Adderley, Gail Fisher
  2. I Remember Bird – Leonard Feather
  3. Walk Tall (Baby, That’s What I Need) – Queen Esther Marrow, Jim Rein, Joe Zawinul
  4. 74 Miles Away – Joe Zawinul
  5. Oh Babe – Julian “Cannonball” Adderley, Nat Adderley

V.A.: A Christmas Gift for You from Philles Records

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On November 22, 1963, “Philles” label released “A Christmas Gift for You from Philles Records”, an album of Christmas songs. It was recorded September – October 1963, at “Gold Star” in Hollywood, and was produced by Phil Spector. In 2003, the album was ranked at no. 142 on “Rolling Stone” magazine’s list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”, and in 2019, it was ranked the greatest “Christmas Album of All Time”.

Personnel:

  • Darlen Love – performer (White Christmas, Marshmallow World, Winter Wonderland, Christmas, Baby Please Come Home)
  • The Ronettes – performer (Frosty the Snowman, Sleigh Ride, I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus)
  • Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans – performer (The Bells of St. Mary’s, Here Comes Santa Claus)  
  • The Crystals – performer (Santa Claus is Coming to Town, Rudolph the Red-Nose Reindeer, Parade of the Wooden Soldiers)
  • Phil Spector – performer (Silent Night)
  • Barney Kessel – guitar
  • Bill Pitman – guitar
  • Tommy Tedesco – guitar
  • Nino Tempo – guitar
  • Irv Rubins – guitar
  • Leon Russell – piano
  • Al De Lory – piano
  • Don Randi – piano
  • Ray Pohlman – bass
  • Jimmy Bond – bass
  • Hal Blaine – drums
  • Sonny Bono – percussion
  • Frank Capp – percussion
  • Jack Nitzsche – percussion, arrangements
  • Jay Migliori – saxophone
  • Steve Douglas – baritone saxophone
  • Roy Caton – trumpet
  • Lou Blackburn – horns
  • Johnny Vidor – strings
  • Larry Levine – engineer

Track listing:

  1. White Christmas – Irving Berlin
  2. Frosty the Snowman – Steve Nelson, Walter Rollins
  3. The bells of St. Mary’s – A. Emmet Adams, Douglas Furber
  4. Santa Claus Is Coming to Town – J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie
  5. Sleigh Ride – Leroy Anderson, Mitchell Parish
  6. Marshmallow World – Carl Sigman, Peter DeRose
  7. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus – Tommie Connor
  8. Rudolph the Red-Nose Reindeer – Johnny Marks
  9. Winter Wonderland – Felix Bernard, Dick Smith
  10. Parade of the Wooden Soldiers – Leon Jessel
  11. Christmas (Baby Please Come Home – Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry, Phil Spector
  12. Here Comes Santa Claus – Gene Autry, Oakley Haldeman
  13. Silent Night – Josef Mohr, Franz X. Gruber

Uri Caine: Moloch: Book of Angels Volume 6’

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On November 21, 2006, “Tzadik” label released “Moloch: Book of Angels Volume 6’, the 20th Uri Caine album. It was recorded in September 2006, at “Avatar Studios”, in new York City, and was produced by John Zorn.

Personnel:

  • Uri Caine – piano, arrangements
  • Silas Brown – recording
  • Scott Hull – mastering
  • Jarrault – illustration
  • Chippy – design
  • Heung-Heung Chin – design
  • Kazunori Sugiyama – executive producer

Track listing:

All compositions by John Zorn.

  1. Rimmon
  2. Lomiel (Domiel)
  3. Kebriel (Mehriel)
  4. Savliel
  5. Tufrial
  6. Jerazol
  7. Harshiel
  8. Lumah (Dumah)
  9. Harviel
  10. Segef
  11. Sahriel
  12. Shokad
  13. Zophiel
  14. Hayyoth
  15. Nuriel
  16. Ubaviel
  17. Hadrial
  18. Cassiel
  19. Rimmon

The Raincoats: Same

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On November 21, 1979, “Rough Trade” label released the self-titled, debut Raincoats (The) album. It was recorded in 1979, at “Berry Street Studio” in London, and was produced by Geoff Travis, Mayo Thompson, Ana da Silva, Vicky Aspinall, Gina Birch and Palmolive. In 2020, “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked The Raincoats at number 398 in its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.

Personnel:

  • Ana da Silva – vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • Vicky Aspinall – vocals, guitar, violin
  • Gina Birch – vocals, bass guitar
  • Palmolive – drums
  • Lora Logic – saxophone
  • Adam Kidron – engineer
  • Pang Hsiao-Li – cover painting
  • Shirley O’Loughlin – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Ana da Silva, Vicky Aspinall, Gina Birch and Palmolive.

  1. No Side to Fall In
  2. Adventures Close to Home
  3. Off Duty Trip
  4. Black and White
  5. Lola – Ray Davies
  6. The Void
  7. Life on the Line
  8. You’re a Million
  9. In Love
  10. No Looking – poem by Jacques Prévert, translated and adapted by Ana da Silva, Vicky Aspinal, Gina Birch and Palmolive

Enya: Dark Sky Island

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On November 20, 2015, “Warner Bros” label released “Dark Sky Island”, the eighth Enya studio album. It was recorded 2012 – 2015, at “Aigle Studio” in Killney, Ireland, and was produced by Nicky Ryan.

Personnel:

  • Enya – vocals, instrumentation, mixing
  • Eddie Lee – double bass 
  • Nicky Ryan – arrangements, engineer, mixing, album sleeve conception
  • Dick Beetham – mastering
  • Roma Ryan – Loxian language, font
  • Daniel Polley – digital advisor, technician
  • Simon Fowler – album sleeve conception, photography
  • Richard Welland – booklet layout
  • Michael Whitham – commissioner

Track listing:

All lyrics by Roma Ryan, all music by Enya.

  1. The Hamming
  2. So I Could Find My Way
  3. Even in the Shadows
  4. The Forge of the Angels
  5. Echoes in Rain
  6. I Could Never Say Goodbye
  7. Dark Sky Island
  8. Sancta Maria
  9. Astra et Luna
  10. The Loxian Gate
  11. Diamonds on the Water

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