On March 2, 1967, “Decca” label released “Love in a Mist”, the fourth Marianne Faithfull studio album. It was recorded in 1966, and was produced by Mike Leander and Andrew Loog-Oldham.
Personnel:
Marianne Faithfull – vocals
Jon Mark – acoustic guitar, arrangements
Big Jim Sullivan – acoustic guitar
John McLaughlin – electric guitar
Joe Moretti – electric guitar
Jimmy Page – electric guitar
Nicky Hopkins – piano
Eric Ford – bass
Alan Weighall – bass
Andy White – drums
Red Weller – percussion
Alan Hakin – percussion
Eric Allen – percussion
Sidney Sax – string leader
Mike Leander – arrangements, mixing
Gus Dudgeon – mixing
Andrew Batt – mastering
Michael Cooper – design, photography
Track listing:
Yesterday – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
You Can’t Go Where the Roses Go – Jackie DeShannon
Our Love Has Gone – Chris Andrews
Don’t Make Promises You Can’t Keep – Tim Hardin
In the Night Time – Donovan
This Little Bird – John D. Loudermilk
Ne Me Quitte Pas – Jacques Demy, Michel Legrand
Counting – Bob Lind
Reason to Believe – Tim Hardin
Coquillages – Marcel Stellman, Michael John Taylor
With You in Mind – Jackie DeShannon
Young Girl Blues – Donovan
Good Guy – Donovan
I Have a Love – Stephen Sondheim, Leonard Bernstein
In February 1968, “Fania Records” label released “Acid”, the twelve Ray Barretto album. It was recorded in 1967, and was produced by Harvey Averne and Jerry Masucci.
On February 21, 1967, “Verve Forecast” label released “More Than a New Discovery”, the debut Laura Nyro studio album. It was recorded July – November 1966, at “Bell Sound” in New York, and was produced by Milton Okun.
Personnel:
Laura Nyro – vocals, guitar, keyboards
Jay Berliner – guitar
Stan Free – piano
Buddy Lucas – harmonica
Lou Mauro – double bass
Bill LaVorgna – drums
James Sedlar – French horn
Herb Bernstein – flugelhorn, arrangements, conductor
On February 5, 1968, “Capitol” label released “The Delta Sweete”, the second Bobbie Gentry studio album. It was recorded July – December 1967, at “Capitol” in Hollywood, and was produced by Kelly Gordon.
On February 2, 1967, “Dunhill” label released “Deliver”, the third Mamas & the Papas (The) studio album. It was recorded in `1966, and was produced by Lou Adler.
Personnel:
Denny Doherty – vocals
Cass Elliot – vocals
John Phillips – vocals, guitar
Michelle Phillips – vocals
Jill Gibson – vocals
Scott McKenzie – 12-string acoustic, guitar
“Doctor” Eric Hord – guitar
P.F. Sloan – guitar
Tommy Tedesco – guitar
Larry Knechtel – keyboards
Joe Osborn – bass guitar
Hal Blaine – drums, percussion
Gary Coleman – percussion, bells, marimba
Jim Horn – flute, saxophone
Track listing:
All tracks by John Phillips, except where noted.
Dedicated to the One I Love – Ralph Bass, Lowman Pauling
My Girl – Smokey Robinson, Ronald White
Creeque Alley – John Phillips, Michelle Phillips
Sing for Your Supper – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
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
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 November 1967, “Prestige” label released “Sunshine of My Soul”, the ninth Jaki Byard album. It was recorded in October 1967, in New York City, and was produced by Don Schlitten.
On November 1, 1968, “Apple” label released “Wonderwall Music”, the debut George Harrison studio album. It was recorded November 1967 – February 1968, at “EMI” and “De Lane Lea” in London, “His Master’s Voice” in Bombay, and was produced by George Harrison. The album was soundtrack to the 1968 film “Wonderwall”, directed by Joe Massot, it was the first solo album by a member of The Beatles, and the first album issued on the band’s Apple record label.
Personnel:
George Harrison – piano, mellotron, acoustic and electric guitars, tape loops, arrangements
Colin Manley – acoustic and electric guitars, steel guitar
Eric Clapton – electric guitar
John Barham – piano, flugelhorn, harmonium, orchestral arrangement
Tony Ashton – tack piano, organ, Mellotron, piano, harmonium
Tommy Reilly – harmonica
Big Jim Sullivan – bass
Philip Rogers – bass guitar
Roy Dyke – drums
Ringo Starr – drums
Aashish Khan – sarod
Mahapurush Misra – tabla, pakhavaj
Sharad Kumar – shehnai
Hanuman Jadev – shehnai
Shambhu Das – sitar
Indranil Bhattacharya – sitar
Shankar Ghosh – table
Chandrashekhar Naringrekar – surbahar
Shivkumar Sharma – santoor
S.R. Kenkare – bansuri
Vinayak Vora – tar shehnai
Rijram Desad – harmonium, tabla tarang
Track listing:
All tracks by George Harrison, except where noted.
In August 1967, “Blue Note” label released “Alligator Bogaloo”, the 28th Lou Donaldson album. It was recorded in April 1967, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.
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