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Johnny Cash: Now Here’s Johnny Cash
On October 21, 1961, “Sun” label released “Now Here’s Johnny Cash”, the tenth Johnny Cash album. It was recorded September 1954 – July 17, 1958, and was produced by Sam Phillips and Jack Clement.
Personnel:
- Johnny Cash – vocal, guitar
- Al Casey- guitar
- Bill Pitzonka – art direction, design
Track listing:
- Sugartime – Odis Echols, Charlie Phillips
- Down the Street to 301 – Jack Clement
- Life Goes On – Johnny Cash, Jack Clement
- Port of Lonely Hearts – Johnny Cash
- Cry! Cry! Cry! – Johnny Cash
- My Treasure – Johnny Cash
- Oh Lonesome Me – Don Gibson
- So Doggone Lonesome – Don Gibson
- You’re the Nearest Thing to Heaven – Jim Atkins, Johnny Cash, Hoyt Johnson
- The Story of a Broken Heart – Sam Phillips
- Hey Porter – Johnny Cash
- Home of the Blues – Johnny Cash, Glen Douglas, Vic McAlpin
Bill Evans Trio: Explorations
In March 1961, “Riverside” label released “Explorations”, the seventh Bill Evans album. It was recorded on February 2, 1961, in New York City, and was produced by Orrin Keepnews. “Explorations” won the Billboard Jazz Critics Best Piano LP poll for 1961.
Personnel:
- Bill Evans- piano
- Scott LaFaro- bass
- Paul Motian– drums
- Bill Stoddard – engineer
- Shigeo Miyamoto – mastering
Track listing:
- Israel – John Carisi
- Haunted Heart – Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz
- Beautiful Love” (take 2) – Wayne King, Egbert Van Alstyne, Victor Young, Haven Gillespie
- Elsa – Earl Zindars
- Nardis – Miles Davis
- How Deep Is the Ocean? – Irving Berlin
- I Wish I Knew – Harry Warren, Mack Gordon
- Sweet and Lovely – Gus Arnheim, Jules LeMare, Harry Tobias
Ike Quebec: Blue & Sentimental
In June 1969, “Blue Note” label released “Blue & Sentimental”, the fifth Ike Quebec album. It was recorded in December 1961, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, and was produced by Alfred Lion.
Personnel:
- Ike Quebec- tenor saxophone, piano
- Grant Green- guitar
- Sonny Clark- piano
- Paul Chambers, Sam Jones – bass
- Louis Hayes, Philly Joe Jones – drums
Track listing:
- Blue and Sentimental – Count Basie, Mack David, Jerry Livingston
- Minor Impulse – Ike Quebec
- Don’t Take Your Love from Me – Henry Nemo
- Blues for Charlie – Grant Green
- Like – Ike Quebec
- Count Every Star – Bruno Coquatrix, Sammy Gallop
The Temptations: Meet The Temptations
On March 20, 1964, “Gordy” label released “Meet the Temptations”, the debut Temptations album for the Gordy (Motown) label. It was recorded 1961-January 1964, and was produced by Berry Gordy, Andre Williams, William “Mickey” Stevenson, Smokey Robinson, and Norman Whitfield.
Personnel:
- Eddie Kendricks – vocals
- Paul Williams – vocals
- Melvin Franklin – vocals
- Otis Williams – vocals
- Elbridge “Al” Bryant – vocals
- Davis “David” Ruffin – vocals
- Eddie Holland – backing vocals
- Brian Holland – backing vocals
- Berry Gordy – executive producer
- Smokey Robinson – executive producer
Track listing:
- The Way You Do the Things You Do – Smokey Robinson, Bobby Rogers
- I Want a Love I Can See – Smokey Robinson
- (You’re My) Dream Come True – Berry Gordy, Jr.
- Paradise – Berry Gordy
- May I Have This Dance – Janie Bradford, Norman Whitfield
- Isn’t She Pretty – Berry Gordy, Eddie Kendricks, Otis Williams
- Just Let Me Know – Berry Gordy
- Your Wonderful Love – Berry Gordy
- The Further You Look, the Less You See – Smokey Robinson, Norman Whitfield
- Check Yourself – Elbridge Bryant, David English, Berry Gordy, Otis Williams
- Slow Down Heart – Smokey Robinson
- Farewell My Love – Berry Gordy
Reprise Label
On February 13, 1961, Frank Sinatra launched his own record label “Reprise Records”. Sinatra’s main management principle was to allow each artist full creative freedom and bigger ownership of their work; including publishing rights. Some of the artists that recorded for “Reprise Records” were Jimi Hendrix Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, The Beach Boys and Randy Newman.
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