On January 20, 1967,”Decca” label released “Between the Buttons”, the fifth Rolling Stones (The) album. It was recoded August – September 1966, at “RCA” in Hollywood, “IBC”, “Olympic”, “Pye” in London, and was produced by Andrew Loog Oldham.
Personnel:
Mick Jagger – lead and backing vocals, tambourine, bass drum, harmonica
Brian Jones – organ, piano, electric and slide guitar, banjo, recorder, vibraphone, tambourine, harmonica, dulcimer, kazoo, theremin, saxophone, handclaps
Keith Richards – co-lead and backing coals, acoustic and electric guitar, piano, bass, double bass
Bill Wyman – bass guitar, double bass, handclaps, backing vocals
In January 1967, “Philips” label released “High Priestess of Soul”, the 16th Nina Simone album. It was recorded 1965 – 1966, in New York City, and was produced by Hal Mooney.
Personnel:
Nina Simone – vocals, piano, arrangements
Hal Mooney – arrangements, conductor
Jack McMahon – editing
Del Shields – liner notes
Track listing:
Don’t You Pay Them No Mind – Richard Ahlert, Bobby Scott
I’m Gonna Leave You – Rudy Stevenson
Brown Eyed Handsome Man – Chuck Berry
Keeper of the Flame – Charles Derringer
The Gal from Joe’s – Duke Ellington. Irving Mills
Take Me to the Water – Nina Simone
I’m Going Back Home – Rudy Stevenson
I Hold No Grudge – Angela Badalamenti, John Clifford
Come Ye – Nina Simone
He Ain’t Comin’ Home No More – Angelo Badalamenti, John Clifford
On January 13, 1969, “Apple” label released “Yellow Submarine”, the tenth Beatles (The) studio album. It was recorded May 1966 – February 1968 (the Beatles), October 1968 (George Martin), and was produced by George Martin. It is the soundtrack to the animated film of the same name, and contains six songs by the Beatles, including four new songs and the previously released “Yellow Submarine” and “All You Need Is Love”. The remainder of the album is a re-recording of selections from the film’s orchestral soundtrack by George Martin.
Personnel:
John Lennon – lead and backing vocals, rhythm and lead guitars, piano, harpsichord, glockenspiel, ukulele, harmonica, banjo, handclaps
Paul McCartney – lead and backing vocals, bass guitar, acoustic guitar, double bass, trumpet, handclaps, percussion
George Harrison – lead and backing vocals, lead and acoustic guitars, Hammond organ, percussion, handclaps, violin
Ringo Starr – lead and backing vocals, drums, percussion, handclaps
George Martin – piano, orchestral arrangements
Track listing:
Songs from the film.
All tracks by Lennon–McCartney, except where noted.
Yellow Submarine
Only a Northern Song – George Harrison
All Together Now
Hey Bulldog
It’s All Too Much – George Harrison
All You Need Is Love
Orchestral film score.
All tracks by George Martin, except where noted.
Pepperland
Sea of Time
Sea of Holes
Sea of Monsters
March of the Meanies
Pepperland Last Easte
Yellow Submarine in Pepperland – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
In January 1967, “ABC” label released “Out of Sight and Sound”, the debut Free Spirits (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1966, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Thiele.
Personnel:
Larry Coryell – guitar, sitar
Columbus “Chip” Baker – guitar
Jim Pepper – saxophone
Chris Hills – vocals, bass guitar
Bob Moses – drums
Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
Track listing:
All tracks by Larry Coryell, except where noted.
Don’t Look Now (But Your Head is Turned Around)
I’m Gonna Be Free
LBOD – Bob Moses, Larry Coryell
Sunday Telephone – Columbus Baker, Larry Coryell
Blue Water Mother – Columbus Baker, Larry Coryell
Girl of the Mountain – Columbus Baker, Larry Coryell
Cosmic Daddy Dancer – Columbus Baker, Larry Coryell
On January 9, 1967, “Colgems” label released “More of the Monkees”, the second Monkees (The) studio album. It was recorded June – November 1966, at “RCA Victor A, B” in Hollywood, “RCA Victor A, B” in New York, “Western Recorders No. 2” in Hollywood, and was produced by Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart, Carole Bayer Sager, Neil Sedaka, Michael Nesmith, Jeff Barry, Jack Keller, Gerry Goffin and Carole King. The album was certified quintuple platinum in the US by the “RIAA”,
Personnel:
Micky Dolenz – lead vocals and backing vocals
Davy Jones – lead and backing vocals
Peter Tork – lead and backing vocals, guitar
Michael Nesmith – lead and backing vocals, steel guitar
Wayne Erwin – guitar, backing vocals
Gerry McGee – guitar
Louie Shelton – guitar
Al Gafa – guitar
Willard Suyker – guitar
Don Thomas – guitar
James Burton – guitar
Glen Campbell – guitar
Al Casey – guitar
Mike Deasy – guitar
Neil Diamond – guitar
Sal DiTroia – guitar
Al Gorgoni – guitar
Carol Kaye – guitar
Norm Jeffries – tambourine
Michael Cohen – keyboards
Larry Knechtel – keyboards
Neil Sedaka – keyboards
Michael Cohen – keyboards
Larry Knechtel – keyboards
Don Randi – keyboards
Michel Rubini – keyboards
George Butcher – keyboards
Stan Free – keyboards
Bobby Hart – organ, backing vocals
Larry Taylor – bass guitar
Russ Savakus – bass guitar
Bob West – bass guitar
Ray Pohlman – bass guitar
Billy Lewis – drums
Herbie Lovelle – drums
Hal Blaine – drums
Buddy Saltzman – drums
George Devens – percussion
Frank Capp – percussion
Julius Wechter – percussion
Gary Coleman – percussion
Jim Gordon – percussion
Louis Haber – violin
Irving Spice – violin
Louis Stone – violin
David Sackson – viola
Murray Sandry – viola
Seymour Barab – cello
Jeff Barry – backing vocals
Tommy Boyce – backing vocals
Ron Hicklin – backing vocals
Don Peake – conductor
Artie Butler – string arrangements
Don Kirshner – music supervisor
Lester Sill – music coordinator
Emil LaViola – music coordinator
Ernie Oelrich – engineer
Henry Lewy – engineer
Hank Cicalo – engineer
Richie Schmitt – engineer
Richard Podolor – engineer
Dave Hassinger – engineer
Ray Hall – engineer
Track listing:
She – Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart
When Love Comes Knockin’ (At Your Door) – Carole Bayer Sager, Neil Sedaka
Mary, Mary – Michael Nesmith
Hold on Girl – Billy Carr, Jack Keller, Ben Raleigh
Your Auntie Grizelda – Diane Hildebrand, Jack Keller
(I’m Not Your) Steppin’ Stone – Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart
Look Out (here Comes Tomorrow) – Neil Diamond
The Kind of Girl I Could Love – Michael Nesmith, Roger Atkins
The Day We Fall in Love – Sandy Linzer, Denny Randell
Sometime in the Morning –Gerry Goffin, Carole King
Laugh – Phil Margo, Mitch Margo, Hank Medress, Jay Siegel
In October 1967, “Blue Note” label released “Adam’s Apple”, the tenth Wayne Shorter album. It was recorded in 1966, at “Ven Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliff, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.
On August 27, 1971, “Tamla” label released “One Dozen Roses”, the eleventh Smokey Robinson & The Miracles album. It was recorded in 1966, 1969 – 1971, and was produced by Smokey Robinson and Henry Cosby.
Personnel:
Smokey Robinson – lead vocals
Marv Tarplin – guitar
Ronnie White, Bobby Rogers, Warren “Pete” Moore, Claudette Robinson – backing vocals
The Funk Brothers – instrumentation
Track listing:
When Sundown Comes – Smokey Robinson, Marv Tarplin
No Wonder Love’s a Wonder – Smokey Robinson, Marv Tarplin, Al Cleveland
The Tears of a Clown – Smokey Robinson, Hank Cosby, Stevie Wonder
Satisfaction – Smokey Robinson
Crazy About The La La La – Smokey Robinson
Cecilia – Paul Simon
I Don’t Blame You at All – Smokey Robinson
That Girl – Joe Hinton, Hank Cosby, Candice Ghant
Faces – Jack Goga
I Love You Dear – Clay McMurray, John Glover, Pam Sawyer
Oh Baby Baby I Love You – Smokey Robinson, Al Cleveland, Obie Benson
The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game – Smokey Robinson
In August 1967, “Blue Note” label released “Something Personal”, the sixth Jack Wilson album. It was recorded in August 1966, at “Annex Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Jack Tracy.
On June 30, 1966, “Columbia” label released “Red Rubber Ball”, the debut Cyrkle (The) album. It was recorded February – June 1966, and was produced by John Simon.
Personnel:
Don Dannemann – vocals, arrangements
Tom Dawes – guitar, sitar, bass, harmonica, castanets, arrangements
John Simon – calliope organ, arrangements, conductor
Marty Fried – drums, arrangements
Eddie Smith – engineer
Gordy Clark – engineer
Stanley Weiss – engineer
Track listing:
Red Rubber Ball – John Simon, Bruce Woodley
Why Can’t You Give Me What I Want – Stephen Friedland, Tom Dawes
Baby, You’re Free – Bob Crewe, Gary Weston
Big Little Woman – Don Dannemann, Tom Dawes
Cloudy – John Simon, Bruce Woodley
Cry – Don Dannemann, Tom Dawes
Turn-Down Day – Jerry Keller, David Blume
There’s a Fire in the Fireplace – Stephen Friedland
In June 1967, “Cadet” label released “The Movie Album”, the 25th Ramsey Lewis album. It was recorded in July 1966, at “Universal Recording Studio” in Chicago, and was produced by Esmond Edwards.
Personnel:
Ramsey Lewis – piano
Cleveland Eaton – bass
Maurice White – drums
Richard Evans – orchestra and voices arranged and conducted
Track listing:
Theme from The Pawnbroker – Quincy Jones
Saturday Night After the Movies – Richard Evans
The Gentle Rain – Luiz Bonfá
China Gate – Harold Adamson, Victor Young
Emily – Johnny Mandel, Johnny Mercer
Goin’ Hollywood – Richard Evans
From Russia with Love – Lionel Bart
The Shadow of Your Smile – Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster
Girl Talk – Bobby Troup, Neil Hefti
Matchmaker, Matchmaker – Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick
Return to Paradise – Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington
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