In February 1968, “Acta” label released “Bend Me, Shape Me”, the second American Breed (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1967, at “Universal Recording Corporation” in Chicago, Illinois, and was produced by Bill Traut.
Personnel:
Gary Loizzo – lead vocals, lead guitar
Al Ciner – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Charles Colbert – bass, backing vocals
Lee Graziano – drums, trumpet, backing vocals
Track listing:
Green Light – Annette Tucker, Nancy Mantz
Don’t It Make You Cry – Al Ciner
Mindrocker – Keith Colley, Linda Colley
Bird – Al Ciner, Gary Loizzo
Something You’ve Got – Chris Kenner
Don’t Make Me Leave You – Martin Siegel, Scott English
Bend Me, Shape Me – Larry Weiss, Scott English
Before and After – Van McCoy
Sometime in the Morning – Gerry Goffin, Carole King
In February 1968, “Cadet Records” label released “Tell Mama”, the seventh Etta James studio album. It was recorded in 1967, at “Fame Studios” in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, and was produced by Rick Hall.
Personnel:
Etta James – lead vocals
Jimmy Ray Jenkins, Albert Lowe – guitar
Marvell Thomas – piano
George Davis, Spooner Oldham – keyboards
Carl Banks, Barry Beckett – organ
David Hood – bass guitar
Roger Hawkins – drums
Gene “Bowlegs” Miller – trumpet
James Mitchell, Aaron Varnell – saxophone
Floyd Newman – baritone saxophone
Charles Chalmers – backing vocals
Track listing:
Tell Mama – Clarence Carter, Marcus Daniel, Wilbur Terrell
I’d Rather Go Blind – Billy Foster, Ellington Jordan, Etta James
Watch Dog – Don Covay
The Love of My Man – Ed Townsend
I’m Gonna Take What He’s Got – Don Covay
The Same Rope – Leonard Caston, Jr., Lloyd Webster
Security – Otis Redding
Steal Away – Jimmy Hughes
My Mother In-Law – George David, Lee Diamond
Don’t Lose Your Good Thing – Rick Hall, Spooner Oldham
In February 1968, “Blue Note” label released “Easy Walker”, the 17th Stanley Turrentine album. It was recorded in July 1966 and July 1967, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Francis Wolff and Alfred Lion.
Personnel:
Stanley Turrentine – tenor saxophone
McCoy Tyner – piano, electric piano
Bob Cranshaw – bass
Gene Taylor – bass
Mickey Roker – drums
Ray Lucas – drums
Billy Cobham – drums
Track listing:
Meat Wave – Hank Johnson
They All Say I’m the Biggest Fool – Buddy Johnson
Yours Is My Heart Alone – Franz Lehár
Easy Walker – Billy Taylor
What the World Needs Now – Burt Bacharach, Hal David
On January 27, 1967, “Cadet” label released “Call My Name”, the sixth Etta James studio album. It was recorded in December 1966, at “Ter Mar Studios” in Chicago, and was produced by Leonard Chess.
Personnel:
Etta James – vocal
Doug Brand – engineer
Don S. Bronstein – design photography
Bob Terry – sleeve notes
Track listing:
Happiness – Vee Pea Smith, Morris Dollison
That’s All I Want from You – M. Rotha
Have a Little Faith in Me – Monk Higgins, Joyce Wrencher
I’m So Glad (I Found Love in You) – Vee Pea Smith, Morris Dollison
You Are My Sunshine – Jimmie Davis, Charles Mitchell
It Must Be Your Love – Monk Higgins, Chuck Bernard, Morris Dollison, Billy Foster
842-3089 (Call My Name) – Monk Higgins, Morris Dollison, Billy Foster
Don’t Pick Me for Your Fool – Monk Higgins, Morris Dollison, Billy Foster
On January 24, 1967, “Tamla” label released “Soul on the Rocks”, the fifth studio album by Isley Brothers (The). It was recorded in 1966, at “Studio A”, Hitsville, Detroit, and was produced by Norman Whitfield, Smokey Robinson and Ivy Jo Hunter.
Personnel:
Ronald Isley – vocals
Rudolph Isley – vocals
O’Kelly Isley Jr. – vocals
Track listing:
Got to have You Back – Ivy Jo Hunter, Leon ware, Stephen Bowden
That’s the Way Love Is – Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong
Whispers (Getting’ Louder) – David Scott, Barbara Acklin
Tell Me It’s Just a Rumor baby – Harvey Fugua, Johnny Bristol, Vernon Bullock
One Too Many Heartaches – Ivy Jo Hunter
It’s Out of the Question – William “Smokey” Robinson, Berry Gordy
Why When Love Is Gone – Ivy Jo Hunter
Save Me from This Misery – Norman Whitfield, Roger Penzabene, Stephen Bowden
Little Miss Sweetness – William “Smokey” Robinson
Good Things – Robert Bruce, Leroy Kirkland
Catching Up on Time – Clarence Paul, Leon Ware, Morris Broadnax
Behind a Painted Smile – Ivy Jo Hunter, Beatrice Verdi
In January 1968, “Blue Note” label released “New and Old Gospel”, the 36th Jackie McLean album. It was recorded in March 1967, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.
Personnel:
Jackie McLean – alto saxophone
Ornette Coleman – trumpet
LaMont Johnson – piano
Scotty Holt – bass
Billy Higgins – drums
Track listing:
Lifeline Medley: Offering/Midway / Vernzone / The Inevitable End – Jackie McLean
In December 1967, “Atlantic” label released “Daktari”, the 34th Shelly Manne album. It features music from the TV show “Daktari”, and was recorded November – December 1967, at “Annex Recording Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Nesuhi Ertegun.
Personnel:
Shelly Manne – drums, percussion
Justin Gordon, Bud Shank, Arthur C. Smith, Frank Strozier – woodwinds
Mike Wofford – piano
Bob Bain – guitar
Bill Pitman – bass
Larry Bunker, Frank Carlsson, Victor Feldman, Emil Richards – percussion
On December 6, 1968, “Apple” label released “Under the Jasmin Tree”, the 29th Modern Jazz Quartet. It was recorded in December 1967, and was produced by John Lewis.
In November 1968, “Verve” label released “The Sound of Feeling” (Leonard Feather Presents the Sound of Feeling and The Sound of Oliver Nelson), the 19th Oliver Nelson album.It was recorded in November 1967, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs and in Los Angeles, and was produced by Creed Taylor and Jesse Kaye.
Personnel:
The Sound of Feeling(tracks 1-5)
Oliver Nelson – soprano saxophone, arrangements, conductor
Alyce Andrece, Rhae Andrece – vocals
Gary David – vocals, piano, marxophone, arranger
Chuck Domanico, Ray Neapolitan – bass
Dick Wilson – drums
The Oliver Nelson Orchestra (tracks 6-9)
Oliver Nelson – arranger, conductor
Al Dailey, Hank Jones – piano
Eric Gale – guitar
Ron Carter – bass
Grady Tate – drums
Phil Kraus, Bobby Rosengarden – mallets, additional percussion
Jerome Richardson – soprano saxophone
Jerry Dodgion, Phil Woods – clarinets, alto saxophones
Jerome Richardson, Zoot Sims – tenor saxophones
Danny Bank – baritone saxophone
Burt Collins, Joe Newman, Ernie Royal, Clark Terry, Joe Wilder, Snooky Young, Nat Adderley – trumpet, flugelhorn
Nat Adderley – cornet
Jimmy Cleveland, J. J. Johnson – additional trombones
Bob Brookmeyer – valve trombone
Tony Studd – bass trombone
Jerry Dodgion, Jerome Richardson – flutes
Rudy Van Gelder – recording
Val Valentin – director of engineering
Dave Wiechman – engineer
Dick Smith – art direction
Fred Seligo – photography
Leonard Feather – liner notes
Track listing:
My Favorite Things – Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II
Waltz Without Words – Gary David
Who Knows What Love Is? – Gary David
Phrases – Alyce Andrece, Rhae Andrece
Circe Revisited – Gary David, Bob Fylling
Ricardo’s Dilemma – Roy Ayers
Patterns for Orchestra – Oliver Nelson
The Sidewalks of New York – Charles B. Lawlor, James W. Blake
In November 1967, “Columbia” label released “The Time Has Come”, the debut Chambers Brothers (The) album. It was recorded in August 1967, and was produced by David Rubinson.
Personnel:
Lester Chambers – lead vocal
Willie Chambers – vocal, guitars
Joseph Chambers – vocal, guitar
George Chambers – vocal, bass
Brian Keenan – drums
Gary Sherman – arranger
Jim Marshall – photography
Track listing:
All Strung Out Over You – Rudy Clark
People Get Ready – Curtis Mayfield
I Can’t Stand It – Lester Chambers
Romeo and Juliet – Lester Chambers
In the Midnight Hour – Steve Cropper, Wilson Pickett
So Tired – Andre Goodwin, Lester Chambers, Willie Chambers, Joseph Chambers, George Chambers, Brian Keenan
Uptown – Betty Mabry
Please Don’t Leave Me – Lester Chambers, Willie Chambers, Joseph Chambers, George Chambers, Brian Keenan
What the World Needs Now Is Love – Burt Bacharach, Hal David
Time Has Come Today – Joseph Chambers, Willie Chambers
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