The Monkees: Changes

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In June 1970, “Colgems” label released “Changes”, the ninth Monkees (The) studio album. It was recorded in October 1966 and September 1969, at “RCA Victor Studios” and “The Sound Factory” in Hollywood, and was produced by Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart, Bill Chadwick and Jeff Barry.

Personnel:

  • Davy Jones – lead vocals
  • Wayne Erwin, Gerry McGee, Louie Shelton – guitars
  • Tommy Boyce – acoustic guitar, backing vocals
  • Larry Taylor – bass
  • Billy Lewis – drums
  • Bobby Hart – organ
  • Jay Miglior – saxophone
  • Chuck Findley – trumpet
  • Alan Robinson – French horn
  • Dick Hyde – trombone
  • Harold Ayres, John DeVoogdt, James Getzoff, Joy Lulu, Norman Serkin – violin
  • William Hymanson, Gareth Nuttycombe – viola
    Frederick Seykora – cello
  • Gene Estes – bell
  • Bobby Hart, Ron Hicklin – backing vocals
  • Jimmie Haskell – arrangements

Track listing:

All tracks by Jeff Barry and Andy Kim, except where noted.

  1. Oh My My
  2. Ticket on a Ferry Ride – Jeff Barry, Bobby Bloom
  3. You’re So Good to Me – Jeff Barry, Bobby Bloom
  4. It’s Got to Be Love – Neil Goldberg
  5. Acapulco Sun – Ned Albright,Steven Soles
  6. 99 Pounds – Jeff Barry
  7. Tell Me Love – Jeff Barry
  8. Do You Feel It Too?
  9. I Love You Better
  10. All Alone in the Dark – Ned Albright, Steven Soles
  11. Midnight Train – Micky Dolenz
  12. I Never Thought It Peculiar – Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart

Rod Stewart: Gasoline Alley

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In June 1970, “Vertigo” label released “Gasoline Alley”, the second Rod Stewart studio album. It was recorded February – April 1970, at “Morgan Studios” in London, and was produced by Rod Stewart and Lou Reizner.

Personnel:

  • Rod Stewart– vocals, guitar
  • Martin Quittenton– classical guitar
  • Ronnie Wood– guitar, bottleneck guitar, acoustic guitar, bass
  • Stanley Matthews – mandolin
  • Pete Sears– piano
  • Ian McLagan– piano, organ
  • Ronnie Lane– vocals, bass
  • Mick Waller– drums
  • Kenney Jones– drums
  • Dennis O’Flynn – violin, bass
  • Dick Powell – violin
  • William Gaff – whistle
  • Jack Reynolds – backing vocals

Track listing:

  1. Gasoline Alley – Rod Stewart, Ronnie Wood
  2. It’s All Over Now – Bobby Womack, Shirley Jean Womack
  3. Only a Hobo – Bob Dylan
  4. My Way of Giving – Ronnie Lane, Steve Marriott
  5. Country Comfort – Elton John, Bernie Taupin
  6. Cut Across Shorty – Wayne P. Walker, Marijohn Wilkin
  7. Lady Day – Rod Stewart
  8. Jo’s Lament – Rod Stewart
  9. You’re My Girl (I Don’t Want to Discuss It) – Dick Cooper, Beth Beatty, Ernie Shelby

James Taylor: Before This World

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On June 15, 2015, “Concord” label released “Before This World”, the seventeenth James Taylor studio album.It was recorded 2014-2015, and was produced by Dave O’Donnell.

Personnel:

  • James Taylor — guitar, vocals, harmonica, guitar synthesizer
  • David Lasley, Kate Markowitz, Arnold McCuller, Andrea Zonn – vocals
  • Michael Landau – guitars
  • Larry Goldings – piano, keyboards
  • Jimmy Johnson – bass
  • Steve Gadd – drums
  • Luis Conte – percussion
  • David Mann, Lou Marini, Roger Rosenberg – saxophone
  • Walt Fowler, Barry Danielian, Randy Brecker – trumpet
  • Randy Andos, Michael Davis – trombone
  • Tony Kadlek – flugelhorn
  • Larry Di Bello, David Peel – French horn
  • Jonathan Dinklage, Rachel Golub, Hiroko Taguchi, Entcho Todorov, Orlando Wells, Andrea Zonn – violin
  • Katharine Kresek, Philip Payton – viola
  • Emily Brause, Yo-Yo Ma, Peter Sachon – cello
  • Rob Mounsey – arrangements
  • Ted Jensen- mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by James Taylor, except where noted.

  1. Today Today Today
  2. You and I Again
  3. Angels of Fenway
  4. Stretch of the Highway
  5. Montana
  6. Watchin’ Over Me
  7. SnowTime
  8. Before This World / Jolly Springtime
  9. Far Afghanistan
  10. Wild Mountain Thyme – Francis McPeake

Fiona Apple: The Idler Wheel Is Wiser than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More than Ropes Will Ever Do

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On June 15, 2012, “Clean State” label released “The Idler Wheel Is Wiser than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More than Ropes Will Ever Do”,the fourth Fiona Apple studio album. It was recorded in 2012, and was produced by Charley Drayton and Fiona Apple.

Personnel:

  • Fiona Apple (referred to as “Feedy”) – vocals, artwork, celesta, duck, field recording, keyboard bass, loops, percussion, piano, thighs, truck stomper, timpani, voice strings
  • Charley Drayton(referred to as “Seedy”) – baritone vocals, bouzouki, guitar, kora, harp, marimba, drums, percussion, Teisco, thighs, truck stomper, voice of pain, voice strings, field recordings
  • Sebastian Steinberg– acoustic bass
  • Maude Maggart– high harmony
  • Eddison Sainsbury – engineer
  • John Would– engineer
  • Dave Way– mixing
  • Howie Weinberg– mastering
  • Dan Gerbarg – mastering
  • Eric Roinestad – art direction, design

Track listing:

All tracks by Fiona Apple.

  1. Every Single Night
  2. Daredevil
  3. Valentine
  4. Jonathan
  5. Left Alone
  6. Werewolf
  7. Periphery
  8. Regret
  9. Anything We Want
  10. Hot Knife

Cowboy Junkies: Renmin Park

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On June 15, 2010, “Latent, Razor & Tie” label released “Renmin Park”, Volume One of the “Nomad Series”, and the thirteen Cowboy Junkies overall album. It was recorded in 2010, and was produced by Michael Timmins.

Personnel:

  • Margo Timmins– vocals
  • Michael Timmins – guitar, backing vocals, engineer, street recordings
  • Alan Anton – bass
  • Peter Timmins – drums, percussion, design assistant
  • Jeff Bird – mandolin
  • Joby Baker – keyboards, piano, bowed bass, loops, collages; drums
  • Jesse O’Brien – keyboards
  • Aaron Goldstein- pedal steel guitar
  • Zuoxiao Zuzhou- vocals
  • Josh Finlayson – bass
  • George Gao- erhu
  • Guo Xue Ying – pipa
  • Andy Maize – backing vocals
  • Henry Kucharzyk – string arrangements
  • Anna Redekop, Amber Ghent, Rebecca van der Post, Sandra Baron – strings
  • Joby Baker – engineer, mixing
  • Peter J. Moore– mastered
  • Eric Chen – translation
  • Alice Phieu – graphics design
  • Enrique Martinez Celaya– cover image

Track listing:

All tracks by Michael Timmins, except where noted.

  1. Intro
  2. Renmin Park
  3. Sir Francis Bacon at the Net – Michael Timmins, Alan Anton, Joby Baker
  4. Stranger Here
  5. A Few Bags of Grain – Michael Timmins, Alan Anton, Joby Baker
  6. I Cannot Sit Sadly by Your Side – Zuoxiao Zuzhou
  7. (You’ve Got to Get) A Good Heart – Michael Timmins, Alan Anton, Joby Baker
  8. Cicadas – Michael Timmins, Alan Anton, Joby Baker
  9. Interlude
  10. My Fall – Xu Wei
  11. Little Dark Heart
  12. A Walk in the Park – Alan Anton, Joby Baker, Zuoxiao Zuzhou
  13. Renmin Park (Revisited)
  14. Coda

Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers: Mojo

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On June 15, 2010, “Reprise” label released “Mojo”, the twelve Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers albums. It was recorded at “The Clubhouse” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Tom Petty, Mike Campbell and Ryan Ulyate.

Personnel:

  • Tom Petty– vocals, rhythm guitar, lead and bass guitar
  • Mike Campbell– lead guitar
  • Scott Thurston– rhythm guitar, harmonica
  • Benmont Tench– acoustic and electric piano, organ
  • Ron Blair– bass guitar
  • Steve Ferrone– drums, percussion

Track listing:

All tracks by Tom Petty, except where noted.

  1. Jefferson Jericho Blues
  2. First Flash of Freedom – Tom Petty, Mike Campbell
  3. Running Man’s Bible
  4. The Trip to Pirate’s Cove
  5. Candy
  6. No Reason to Cry
  7. I Should Have Known It – Tom Petty, Mike Campbell
  8. S. 41
  9. Takin’ My Time
  10. Let Yourself Go
  11. Don’t Pull Me Over
  12. Lover’s Touch
  13. High In the Morning
  14. Something Good Coming
  15. Good Enough – Tom Petty, Mike Campbell

White Stripes: Icky Thump

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On June 15, 2007, “Third Man” label released “Icky Thump”, the sixth and  final  White Stripes album. It was recorded in February 2007, at “Blackbird Studio” in Nashville, and was produced by Jack White. In February 2008, “Icky Thump” won “Grammy Awards” for “Best Alternative Music Album”, and “Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocal”.

Personnel:

  • Jack White– vocals, guitars, keyboards, synthesizer, spoken narrative, street talk, mixing
  • Meg White– lead and backing vocals, spoken narrative, street talk, drums, percussion
  • Regulo Aldama – trumpet
  • Jim Drury – bagpipes
  • Joe Chiccarelli – recording, mixing
  • Lowell Reynolds – recording, mixing second engineer
  • Steve Hoffman – vinyl mastering
  • Vlado Meller – digital mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Jack White, except where noted.

  1. Icky Thump
  2. You Don’t Know What Love Is (You Just Do as You’re Told)
  3. 300 M.P.H. Torrential Outpour Blues
  4. Conquest – Corky Robbins
  5. Bone Broke
  6. Prickly Thorn, but Sweetly Worn
  7. Andrew (This Battle Is in the Air)
  8. Little Cream Soda
  9. Rag and Bone
  10. I’m Slowly Turning into You
  11. A Martyr for My Love for You
  12. Catch Hell Blues
  13. Effect and Cause

Steeleye Span: Hark! The Village Wait

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In June 1970, “RCA” label released “Hark! The Village Wait”, the debut Steeleye Span album. It was recorded in March 1970, at “Sound Techniques” in London, and was produced by Sandy Roberton, Maddy Prior, Tim Hart, Ashley Hutchings, Terry Woods and Gay Woods.

Personnel:

  • Maddy Prior- vocals, 5-string banjo
  • Tim Hart- vocals, electric guitar, electric dulcimer, fiddle, 5-string banjo, harmonium
  • Terry Woods- vocals, electric guitar, concertina, mandola, 5-string banjo, mandolin
  • Gay Woods- vocals, concertina, autoharp, bodhran
  • Ashley Hutchings- bass
  • Gerry Conway- drums
  • Dave Mattacks- drums

Track listing:

  1. A Calling-on Song – Ashley Hutchings
  2. The Blacksmith – traditional
  3. Fisherman’s Wife – MacColl
  4. Blackleg Miner -traditional
  5. Dark-Eyed Sailor –traditional
  6. Copshawholme Fair – traditional
  7. All Things Are Quite Silent – traditional
  8. The Hills of Greenmore – traditional
  9. Lowlands of Holland – traditional
  10. Twa Corbies – traditional
  11. One Night as I Lay on My Bed –traditional

Pretty Things: Parachute

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In June 1970, “Harvest” label released “Parachute”, the fifth Pretty Things studio album. It was recorded September 1969-April 1970, at “Abbey Road Studios” in London, and was produced by Norman Smith.

Personnel:

  • Phil May– vocals
  • Vic Unitt – guitars
  • Wally Waller – vocals, bass, guitar
  • Jon Povey – vocals, keyboards
  • Skip Alan – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Phil May and Wally Waller, except where noted.

  1. Scene One
  2. The Good Mr. Square
  3. She Was Tall, She Was High
  4. In the Square
  5. The Letter
  6. Rain
  7. Miss Fay Regrets
  8. Cries From the Midnight Circus
  9. Grass
  10. Sickle Clowns
  11. She’s a Lover
  12. What’s the Use
  13. Parachute – Phil May, Norman Smith

Runt: Same

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In June 1970, “Ampex” label released the self-titled, debut “Runt” album. It was recorded in 1970, and was produced by Todd Rundgren.

Personnel:

  • Todd Rundgren – vocals, various instruments, arrangements
  • Don Lee van Winkle – rhythm and acoustic guitar
  • Mark Klingman- electric piano
  • Tony Sales- bass, percussion
  • Rick Danko- bass
  • John Miller- bass
  • Don Ferris – bass
  • Bobby Moses – drums
  • Hunt Sales- drums, percussion
  • Levon Helm- drums
  • Mickey Brook – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Todd Rundgren.

  1. Broke Down and Busted
  2. Believe in Me
  3. We Got to Get You a Woman
  4. Who’s That Man
  5. Once Burned
  6. Devil’s Bite
  7. I’m in the Clique
  8. There Are No Words
  9. Baby Let’s Swing”/”The Last Thing You Said”/”Don’t Tie My Hands
  10. Birthday Carol

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