Tag Archives: 1967

The Turtles: Happy Together

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On April 29, 1967, “White Whale” label released “Happy Together”, the third Turtles studio album. It was recorded late 1966 – 1967, and was produced by Joe Wissert.

Personnel:

  • Howard Kaylan – lead vocals
  • Mark Volman – vocals, guitar
  • Al Nichol – vocals, keyboards, organ
  • Chuck Portz – bass guitar
  • Don Murray – drums

Track listing:

  1. Makin’ My Mind Up – Jack Dalton, Gary Montgomery
  2. Guide for the Married Man – John Williams, Leslie Bricusse
  3. Think I’ll Run Away – Howard Kaylan, Mark Volman
  4. The Walking Song – Howard Kaylan, Al Nichol
  5. Me About You – Garry Bonner, Alan Gordon
  6. Happy Together – Garry Bonner, Alan Gordon
  7. She’d Rather Be with Me – Garry Bonner, Alan Gordon
  8. Too Young to Be One – Eric Eisner
  9. Person Without a Care – Al Nichol
  10. Like the Seasons – Warren Zevon
  11. Rugs of Woods and Flowers – Howard Kaylan, Al Nichol

The Monkees: The Birds, The Bees & The Monkees

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On April 22, 1968, “Colgems” label released “The Birds, the Bees & the Monkees”, the fifth Monkees (The) studio album. It was recorded 1967 – 1968, and was produced by Davy Jones, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork, Micky Dolenz and Chip Douglas.

Personnel:

  • Davy Jones – vocals
  • Michael Nesmith – vocasls, guitar
  • Peter Tork – bass, piano, keyboards
  • Micky Dolenz – vocals, drums

Track listing:

  1. Dream World – David Jones, Steve Pitts
  2. Auntie’s Municipal Court – Michael Nesmith, Keith Allison
  3. We Were Made for Each Other – Carole Bayer, George Fischoff
  4. Tapioca Tundra – Michael Nesmit
  5. Daydream Believer – John Stewart
  6. Writing Wrongs – Michael Nesmith
  7. I’ll Be Back Up on My Feet – Sandy Linzer, Denny Randell
  8. The Poster David Jones, Steve Pitts
  9. O. Box 9847 – Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart
  10. Magnolia Simms – Michael Nesmith
  11. Valleri – Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart
  12. Zor and Zam – Bill Chadwick, John Chadwick

Cat Stevens: Matthew And Son

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On March 10, 1967, “Deram” label released “Matthew and Son”, the debut Cat Stevens studio album. It was recorded July 1966 – February 1967, at “Decca Studios” in London, and was produced by Mike Hurst.

Personnel:

  • Cat Stevens: vocals, guitars, piano,Hammond organ
  • John Paul Jones: bass guitar
  • Alan Tew, Mike Hurst – arrangements
  • Mike Hurst: liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Cat Stevens, except where noted.

  1. Matthew and Son
  2. I Love My Dog
  3. Here Comes My Baby
  4. Bring Another Bottle Baby
  5. Portobello Road – Cat Stevens, Kim Fowley
  6. I’ve Found a Love
  7. I See a Road
  8. Baby Get Your Head Screwed On
  9. Granny
  10. When I Speak to the Flowers
  11. The Tramp
  12. Come on and Dance
  13. Hummingbird
  14. Lady

Aretha Franklin: I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You

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On March 10, 1967, “Atlantic” label released “I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You”, the eleventh Aretha Franklin studio album. It was recorded in January and February, 1967 at “Fame Studio”, “Muscle Shoals” and “Atlantic Recording Studios”, in New York, and was produced by Jerry Wexler.  In 2003, “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked the album at number 83 ranking on its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of all Time”.

Personnel:

  • Aretha Franklin – vocals, piano
  • Jimmy Johnson– guitar
  • Chips Moman– guitar
  • Dewey Oldham– keyboards
  • Tommy Cogbill– bass
  • Gene Chrisman – drums
  • Charles Chalmers– tenor saxophone
  • King Curtis– tenor saxophone
  • Charles Chalmers– tenor saxophone
  • Willie Bridges – baritone saxophone
  • Melvin Lastie – trumpet, cornet
  • Carolyn Franklin– backing vocals
  • Erma Franklin- backing vocals
  • Cissy Houston– backing vocals

Track listing:

  1. Respect – Otis Redding
  2. Drown in My Own Tears – Henry Glover
  3. I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You) – Ronnie Shannon
  4. Soul Serenade – Curtis Ousley, Luther Dixon
  5. Don’t Let Me Lose This Dream – Aretha Franklin, Ted White
  6. Baby, Baby, Baby – Aretha Franklin, Carolyn Franklin
  7. Dr. Feelgood (Love Is a Serious Business – Aretha Franklin, Ted White
  8. Good Times – Sam Cooke
  9. Do Right Woman, Do Right Man – Dan Penn, Chips Moman
  10. Save Me – Curtis Ousley, Aretha Franklin, Carolyn Franklin
  11. A Change Is Gonna Come – Sam Cooke

 

The Walker Brothers: Images

Walker Bros

On March 3, 1967, “Philips” label released “Images”, the third Walker Brothers (The) album. It was recorded in 1966, and was produced by John Franz.

Personnel:

  • Scott Walker- vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • John Walker- vocals, guitar
  • Gary Walker- vocals, drums
  • Reg Guest – accompaniment

Track listing:

  1. Everything Under the Sun – Bob Crew, G.Knight
  2. Once Upon a Summertime – Michael Legrand, Johnny Mercer, Eddy Marnay
  3. Experience – Scott Engel
  4. Blueberry Hill – Al Lewis, Vincent Rose, Larry Stock
  5. Orpheus – Scott Engel
  6. Stand By Me – Ben E. King, jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
  7. I Wanna Know – John Maus
  8. I Will Wait for You – Michael Legrand, Jacues Demy, Norman Gimbel
  9. It Makes No Difference Now – Norman Newell, Iller Pattachini
  10. I Can’t Let It Happen to You – John Maus
  11. Genevieve – Scott Engel
  12. Just Say Goodbye – Petula Clark, Pierre Delanoe, Alvin Hatch

 

John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers: A Hard Road

Bluesbreakers

On February 17, 1967, “Decca” label released “A Hard Road”, the second John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers studio album. It was recorded October – November 1966, at” Decca Studios” in London, and was produced by Mike Vernon.

Personnel:

  • John Mayall– vocals, guitar, harmonica, piano, organ, covert art
  • Peter Green– vocals, guitar
  • John McVie– bass
  • Hughie Flint, Aynsley Dunbar– drums
  • John Almond, Alan Skidmore– saxophones
  • Ray Warleigh– wind instruments

Track listing:

All tracks by John Mayal,  except where noted

  1. A Hard Road
  2. It’s Over
  3. You Don’t Love Me – Willie Cobbs
  4. The Stumble – Freddie King, Sonny Thompson
  5. Another Kinda Love
  6. Hit the Highway
  7. Leaping Christine
  8. Dust My Blues – Elmore James, Joe Josea
  9. There’s Always Work
  10. The Same Way – Peter Green
  11. The Supernatural – Peter Green
  12. Top of the Hill
  13. Someday After a While (You’ll Be Sorry) – Freddie King, Sonny Thompson
  14. Living Alone

The Smiths: Meat Is Murder

Meat is Murder

On February 11, 1985, “Rough Trade” label released “Meat Is Murder”, the second Smiths (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1984, at the “Amazon Studios” in Liverpool and “Ridge Farm” in Surrey, and was produced by Morrissey, Johnny Marr, Andy Rourke and Mike Joyce. The album’s sleeve uses a 1967 photograph of Marine Cpl. Michael Wynn in the Vietnam War. In 2003, ”Rolling Stone” magazine ranked “Meat Is Murder”  at number 296 on its list of “The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.

Personnel:

  • Morrissey– vocals
  • Johnny Marr– guitars, piano
  • Andy Rourke– bass guitar
  • Mike Joyce– drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Morrissey and Johnny Marr.

  1. The Headmaster Ritual
  2. Rusholme Ruffians
  3. I Want the One I Can’t Have
  4. What She Said
  5. That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore
  6. Nowhere Fast
  7. Well I Wonder
  8. Barbarism Begins at Home
  9. Meat Is Murder

The Troggs: Trogglodynamite

The_Troggs - Trogglodynamite

On February 10, 1967, “Page One” label released “Trogglodynamite”, the second Troggs studio album.  It was recorded in 1996, and was produced by Larry Page.

Personnel:

  • Reg Presley – lead vocals
  • Richard Moore – lead and rhythm guitar
  • Chris Britton – guitar, backing vocals
  • Pete Staples – bass, backing vocals
  • Ronnie Bond – drums

Track listing:

  1. I Can Only Give You Everything -Tommy Scott, Phil Coulter
  2. Last Summer – Reg Presley
  3. Meet Jaсqueline – Albert Hammond
  4. Oh No – Pete Staples
  5. It’s Too Late – Ronnie Bond
  6. 10 Downing Street – Larry Page, David Matthews
  7. Mona (I Need You Baby) – Bo Diddley
  8. I Want You to Come into My Life – Reg Presley
  9. Let Me Tell You Babe – Joe Sherman, George David Weiss
  10. Little Queenie – Chuck Berry
  11. Cousin Jane – Larry Page, David Matthews
  12. You Can’t Beat It – Reg Presley
  13. Baby Come Closer – Terry Dwyer, Jack Price
  14. It’s Over – Reg Presley

The Byrds: Younger Than Yesterday

Younger Than Yesterday

On February 6, 1967, “Columbia” released “Younger Than Yesterday”, the fourth Byrds (The) album. It was recorded November – December 1966, at the “Columbia Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Gary Usher. In 2012, the album was ranked at number 127 on “Rolling Stone’s” magazine list of “The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.

Personnel:

  • Jim McGuinn – vocals, lead guitar
  • David Crosby – vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Chris Hillman – vocals, electric bass
  • Michael Clarke– drums
  • Vern Gosdin– acoustic guitar
  • Clarence White– guitar
  • Cecil Barnard – piano
  • Jay Migliori- saxophone
  • Hugh Masekela– trumpet
  • Daniel Ray (Big Black) – percussion

Track listing:

  1. So You Want to Be a Rock ‘n’ Roll Star – Jim McGuinn, Chris Hillman
  2. Have You Seen Her Face – Chris Hillman
  3. T.A.-102 – Jim McGuinn, Robert J. Hippard
  4. Renaissance Fair – David Crosby, Jim McGuinn
  5. Time Between – Chris Hillman
  6. Everybody’s Been Burned – David Crosby
  7. Thoughts and Words – Chris Hillman
  8. Mind Gardens – David Crosby
  9. My Back Pages – Bob Dylan
  10. The Girl with No Name – Chris Hillman
  11. Why – Jim McGuinn, David Crosby

 

The Doors: Same

The Doors - The Doors

On January 4, 1967, “Elektra” label released the self titled debut Doors (The)  album. It was recorded in August, 1966, at the “Sunset Sound  Recorders”, in Hollywood, and was produced by  Paul A. Rothchild.  Both the album and the song “Light My Fire” were inducted into the “Grammy Hall of Fame”. In 2012, magazine “Rolling Stone” ranked the album on number 42, on its list of “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”. In 2015,  based on its cultural, artistic or historical significance, the “Library of Congress” selected “The Doors” for inclusion in the “National Recording Registry”.

Personnel:

  • Jim Morrison– lead vocals
  • Ray Manzarek– Vox Continental organ, piano, keyboard bass, marxophone
  • Robby Krieger– guitar, bass overdubs
  • John Densmore– drums
  • Larry Knechtel – bass guitar

Track listing:

All tracks by Jim Morrison, Robby Krieger, Ray Manzarek and John Densmore, except where noted.

  1. Break On Through
  2. Soul Kitchen
  3. The Crystal Ship
  4. Twentieth Century Fox
  5. Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) – Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill
  6. Light My Fire
  7. Back Door man – Willie Dixon, Chester Burnett
  8. I Looked at You
  9. End of the Night
  10. Take It as it Comes
  11. The End