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Jefferson Airplane: Surrealistic Pillow

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On February 1, 1967, “RCA Victor” label released “Surrealistic Pillow”, the second Jefferson Airplane studio album. It was recorded October – November 1966, at “RCA Victor” in Hollywood, and was produced by Rick Jarrard.

Personnel:

  • Grace Slick – lead and co-lead vocals, piano, organ, recorder
  • Marty Balin – lead and co-lead vocals, guitar, design
  • Paul Kantner – lead and co-lead vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Jorma Kaukonen – lead vocals, lead guitar
  • Jack Casady – bass guitar, fuzz bass, rhythm guitar
  • Spencer Dryden – drums, percussion
  • Jerry Garcia – “musical and spiritual advisor”, guitar
  • Herb Greene – photography
  • David Hassinger – engineer

Track listing:

  1. She Has Funny cars – Jorma Kaukonen, Marty Balin
  2. Somebody to Love – Darby Slick
  3. My Best Friend – Skip Spence
  4. Today – Marty Balin, Paul Kantner
  5. Comin’ Back to Me – Marty Balin
  6. 3/5 of a Mile in 10 Seconds – Marty Balin
  7. D.C.B.A. – 25 – Paul Kantner
  8. How Do You Feel – Tom Mastin
  9. Embryone Journey – Jorma Kaukonen
  10. White Rabbit – Grace Slick
  11. Plastic Fantastic Love – Marty Balin

Eddie Floyd: Knock On Wood

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On January 26, 1967, “Stax” label released “Knock on Wood”, the debut Eddie Floyd studio album. It was recorded July – December 1966, at “Stax Recording Studios” in Memphis, Tennessee, and was produced by Jim Stewart.

Personnel:

  • Eddie Floyd – vocals
  • Steve Cropper – guitar
  • Booker T. Jones – piano, organ
  • Isaac Hayes – piano
  • Donald “Duck” Dunn – bass guitar
  • Al Jackson Jr. – drums
  • Andrew Love – tenor saxophone
  • Floyd Newman – baritone saxophone
  • Wayne Jackson – trumpet

Track listing:

  1. Knock on Wood – Steve Cropper, Eddie Floyd
  2. Something You Got – Chris Kenner, Fats Domino
  3. But It’s Alright – J.J. Jackson, Pierre Tubbs
  4. I Stand Accused – Billy Butler, Jerry Butler
  5. If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody – Rudy Clark
  6. I Don’t Want to Cry – Luther Dixon, Chuck Jackson
  7. Raise Your Hand – Steve Cropper, Eddie Floyd, Alvertis Isbell
  8. Got to Make a Comeback – Eddie Floyd, Joe Shamwell
  9. 634-5789 – Steve Cropper, Eddie Floyd
  10. I’ve Just Been Feeling Bad – Steve Cropper, Eddie Floyd
  11. High-Heel Sneakers – Robert Higginbotham
  12. Warm and Tender Love – Bobby Robinson

Freddie McCoy: Beans & Greens

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In January 1968, “Prestige” label released “Beans & Greens”, the fifth Freddie McCoy album. It was recorded in May 1967, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Cal Lampley.

Personnel:

  • Freddie McCoy – vibraphone
  • Wilbur “Dud” Buscomb, Edward David Williams – trumpet
  • JoAnne Brackeen – piano
  • Wally Richardson – guitar
  • Dave Blume – organ
  • Joseph Macho, Don Payne – electric bass
  • Ray Lucas – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording
  • Don Schlitten – design, photography
  • Chris Albertson – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Freddie McCoy, except where noted.

  1. Beans & Greens
  2. Tony’s Pony
  3. A Whiter Shade of Pale – Gary Brooker, Keith Reid, Matthew Fisher
  4. I Was Made To Love Her – Stevie Wonder, Lula Mae Hardaway, Henry Cosby, Sylvia Moy
  5. You Keep Me Hangin’ On – Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland, Eddie Holland
  6. Take My Love (And Shove It Up Your Heart)
  7. Sixth Avenue Stroll
  8. Makin’ Whoopee – Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn
  9. Doxy – Sonny Rollins

Marion Brown: Porto Novo

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In December 1967, “Freedom” label released “Porto Novo”, the fourth Marion Brown album. It was recorded in December 1967, in Soest, Netherlands.

Personnel:

  • Marion Brown – alto saxophone
  • Maarten van Regteren Altena – bass
  • Han Bennink – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Marion Brown.

  1. Similar Limits
  2. Sound Structure
  3. Improvisation
  4. QBIC
  5. Porto Novo

Ray Bryant: Take A Bryant Step

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In December 1967, “Cadet” label released “Take a Bryant Step”, the 19th Ray Bryant album. It was recorded August – November 1967, at “Tel Mar Studios” in Chicago, Illinois, and was produced by Richard Evans.

Personnel:

  • Ray Bryant – piano, arrangements
  • The Richard Evans Orchestra
  • Richard Evans – arrangements
  • Doug Brand – engineer

Track listing:

  1. To Sir with Love – Mark London. Don Black
  2. Ramblin’ – Ornette Coleman
  3. Natural Woman – Gerry Goffin, Carole King, Jerry Wexler
  4. Ode to Billy Joe – Bobbie Gentry
  5. Up-Up and Away – Jimmy Webb
  6. Paint It Black – Mick Jagger, Keith Richards
  7. Pata Pata – Miriam Makeba, Jerry Ragovoy
  8. Poochie – Richard Evans
  9. Yesterday – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
  10. Paper Cup – Jimmy Webb
  11. Doing My Thing – Richard Evans
  12. Dinner On the Grounds – Loonis McGlohon

The Left Banke: The Left Banke Too

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In November 1968, “Smash” label released “The Left Banke Too”, the second Left Banke (The) studio album. It was recorded in September 1967 – October 1968, at “Capitol” and “Olmstead” in New York City, and was produced by Paul Leka, Michael Brown, Arthur Schroeck and Gene Radice.

Personnel:

  • Steve Martin Caro – lead vocals, bass, tambourine, drums
  • Tom Finn – lead and backing vocals, bass, guitar
  • Tom Feher – piano, guitar
  • Michael Brown – piano, organ
  • George Cameron – lead and backing vocals, drums, percussion
  • Rick Brand – banjo 
  • Hugh McCracken – guitar
  • Ralph Casale – guitar
  • Marvin Potocki – guitar
  • Steve Tallarico – tambourine, backing vocals
  • Paul Griffin – keyboards
  • Paul Leka – piano, string arrangements
  • Chet Amsterdam – bass
  • Joe Mack – bass
  • Bobby Gregg – drums
  • Artie Schroek – vibraphone, drums, string arrangements
  • Ray Alonge – French horn
  • Marvin Stamm – trumpet
  • Ray Desio – trombone
  • George Young – woodwinds
  • John Abbott – horn arrangements

Track listing:

All tracks by Tom Finn, except where noted.

  1. Goodbye Holly – Tom Feher
  2. There’s Gonna Be a Storm
  3. Sing Little Bird Sing – Tom Feher
  4. Mice to See You
  5. Give the Man a Hand – Marvin Potocki
  6. Bryant Hotel – Tom Feher
  7. Desirée – Michael Brown, Tom Feher
  8. Dark is the Back – George Cameron, Tom Finn, Steve Martin Caro
  9. In the Morning Light – Michael Brown, Tom Feher
  10. My Friend Today

Kaleidoscope: Tangerine Dream

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On November 24, 1967, “Fontana” label released “Tangerine Dream”, the debut Kaleidoscope album. It was recorded February – September 1967,and was produced by Dick Leahy.

Personnel:

  • Peter Daltrey – vocals, keyboards
  • Eddy Pumer – guitar, keyboards
  • Steve Clark – bass, flute
  • Dan Bridgman – drums, percussion

Track listing:

All lyrics by Peter Daltrey, all music by Eddy Pumer.

  1. Kaleidoscope
  2. Please Excuse My Face
  3. Dive into Yesterday
  4. Mr. Small, the Watch Repairer Man
  5. Flight from Ashiya
  6. The Murder of Lewis Tollani
  7. (Further Reflections) In the Room of Percussion
  8. Dear Nellie Goodrich
  9. Holidaymaker
  10. A Lesson Perhaps
  11. The Sky Children

Emitt Rhodes: The American Dream

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In November 1970, “A&M” label released “The American Dream”, the debut Emitt Rhodes album. It was recorded 1967 – 1969, and was produced by Larry Marks and Peter Pilafian.

Personnel:

  • Emitt Rhodes – vocals, multi-instruments
  • Donald Peake – guitar
  • David Bennett Cohen – guitar
  • Drake Levin – guitar
  • Larry Knechtel – keyboards
  • Don Randi – keyboards
  • Lyle Ritz – bass
  • Chuck Berghofer – bass, drums
  • Pete Jolly – drums
  • Jim Gordon – drums
  • Hal Blaine – drums
  • John Guerin – drums
  • Gary Kato – drums
  • Joel Larson – drums
  • Joe Porcaro – percussion
  • Emil Radocchia – vibraphone
  • Bill Rheinhart – clarinet
  • Tom Reynolds – clarinet
  • Perry Botkin, Jr. – arrangements
  • Ian Freebairn-Smith – arranger
  • Jim McCrary – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Emitt Rhodes.

  1. Mother Earth
  2. Pardon Me
  3. Textile Factory
  4. Someone Died
  5. Come Ride, Come Ride
  6. Let’s All Sing
  7. Holly Park
  8. You’re a Very Lovely Woman
  9. Mary Will You Take My Hand
  10. The Man He Was
  11. In the Days of the Old
  12. ‘Til the Day After

Stevie Wonder: Eivets Rednow

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On November 20, 1968, “Gordy” label released “Eivets Rednow”, the ninth Stevie Wonder album (Eivets Rednow is Stevie Wonder spelled backwards, Wonder’s name does not appear on the cover of the original releases). It was recorded 1967 – 1968, at “Hitsville USA” in Detroit, Michigan, and was produced by Henry Cosby.

Personnel:

  • Stevie Wonder – harmonica, piano, clavinet, drums, percussion
  • James Jamerson – bass guitar
  • Benny Benjamin – drums
  • The Funk Brothers – instrumentation

Track listing:

  1. Alfie – Burt Bacharach, Hal David
  2. More than a Dream – Henry Cosby, Stevie Wonder
  3. A House Is Not a Home – Burt Bacharach, Hal David
  4. How Can You Believe – Stevie Wonder
  5. Medley: Never My Love/Ask the Lonely – Don Addrisi, Dick Addrisi/Ivy Jo Hunter, William “Mickey” Stevenson
  6. Ruby – Mitchell Parish, Heinz Roemheld
  7. Which Way the Wind – Stevie Wonder
  8. Bye Bye World – Stevie Wonder
  9. Grazin’ in the Grass – Philemon Hou

Lee Konitz: The Lee Konitz Duets

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In November 1968, “Milestone” label released “The Lee Konitz Duets”, the 21st Lee Konitz album. It was recorded in September 1967, at “Plaza Sound Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Dick Katz.

Personnel:

  • Lee Konitz – alto, tenor and baritone saxophone, amplified alto saxophone
  • Joe Henderson – tenor saxophone
  • Richie Kamuca – tenor saxophone
  • Marshall Brown – valve trombone, euphonium
  • Dick Katz – piano
  • Karl Berger – vibes
  • Jim Hall – guitar
  • Eddie Gómez – bass
  • Elvin Jones – drums
  • Ray Nance – violin

Track listing:

  1. Struttin’ With Some Barbecue
  2. You Don’t Know What Love Is
  3. Variations on Alone Together
  4. Checkerboard
  5. Erb
  6. Tickletoe
  7. Duplexity
  8. Alphanumeric