On July 22, 2025, Charles Frank Mangione died aged 84. He was musician (flugelhorn, trumpet, piano) and composer, came to prominence as a member of Art Blakey’s band in the 1960s. With his brother Gap, he led the Mangione Brothers Sextet/Quintet, later was member of the band The National Gallery, from 1968 – 1972 was director of the Eastman Jazz Ensemble, formed quartet with Gerry Niewood, in the late 70’s he lead ensemble with Chris Vadala, Grant Geissman, Charles Meeks and James Bradley Jr. As leader he released 29th albums.
Tag Archives: 1968
Lee Konitz: Alto Summit
In July 1958, “MPS” label released “Alto Summit”, the 22nd Lee Konitz album. It was recorded in June 1968, at “MPS Tonstudio” in Villingen, Black Forest, Germany, and was produced by Joachim E. Berendt.
Personnel:
- Lee Konitz – alto saxophone
- Pony Poindexter – alto saxophone
- Phil Woods – alto saxophone
- Leo Wright – alto saxophone
- Steve Kuhn – piano
- Palle Danielsson – bass
- Jon Christensen – drums
Track listing:
- Native Land – Curtis Amy
- Ballad Medley: Skylark/Blue and Sentimental/Gee, Baby, Ain’t I Good to You/Body and Soul – Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Mercer/Count Basie, Jerry Livingston, Mack David/Andy Razaf, Don Redman/Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton
- Prompt – Benny Bailey
- The Perils of Poda – Phil Woods
- Good Booty – Pony Poindexter
- Lee O’s Blues – Leo Wright, Lee Konitz
- Lee’s Tribute to Bach and Bird – Johann Sebastian Bach/Charlie Parker
Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton: Always, Always
On June 30, 1969, “RCA Victor” label released “Always, Always”, the third Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton album. It was recorded December 1968 – April 1969, at “RCA Studio B” in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by Bob Ferguson.
Personnel:
- Dolly Parton – lead vocals
- Porter Wagoner – lead vocals
- Wayne Moss – guitar
- Lloyd Green – steel guitar
- George McCormick – rhythm guitar, liner notes
- Jerry Stembridge – electric guitar
- Buck Trent – banjo, liner notes
- David Briggs – piano
- Hargus Robbins – piano
- Roy M. Huskey, Jr. – bass
- Bobby Dyson – bass
- Jerry Carrigan – drums
- Glenn Baxter – trumpet
- Bill McElhiney – trumpet
- Jean Alrshuler – harp
- Mack Magaha – fiddle, liner notes
- Joseph Babcock – backing vocals
- Anita Carter – backing vocals
- Dolores Edgin – backing vocals
- June Evelyn Page – backing vocals
- Hurshel Wiginton – backing vocals
- Al Pachucki – recording
- Roy M. Shockley – recording technician
- Little Jack Little – liner notes
- Speck Rhodes – liner notes
- Don Warden – liner notes
Track listing:
- Milwaukee, Here I Come – Lee Fikes
- Yours Love – Harlan Howard
- I Don’t Believe You’ve Met My Baby – Autry Inman
- Malena – Dolly Parton
- The House Where Love Lives – Leona Reese
- Why Don’t You Haul Off & Love Me – Wayne Raney, Lonnie Glosson
- Always, Always – Joyce McCord
- There Never Was a Time – Myra Smith, Margaret Lewis
- Good as Gold – Paul Martin
- My Hands Are Tied – Dolly Parton
- No Reason to Hurry Home – Dolly Parton
- Anything’s Better Than Nothing – Marie Wilson
Can: The Lost Tapes
On June 18, 2012, “Spoon Records” label released “The Lost Tapes”, album with studio outtakes and live recordings by Can. It was recorded 1968 – 1977, and was produced by Holger Czukay, Michael Karoli, Jaki Liebezeit, Irmin Schmidt, Malcolm Mooney and Damo Suzuki.
Personnel:
- Holger Czukay – bass, engineer, editing
- Michael Karoli – guitar
- Jaki Liebezeit – drums
- Irmin Schmidt – keyboards
- Malcolm Mooney – vocals
- Damo Suzuki – vocals
- Gerd Dudek – saxophone
- David Johnson – flute
- Rosco Gee – bass
- Jono Podmore — editing
Track listing:
All tracks by Holger Czukay, Michael Karoli, Jaki Liebezeit and Irmin Schmidt, except where noted.
- Millionenspiel
- Waiting for the Streetcar – Holger Czukay, Michael Karoli, Jaki Liebezeit, Irmin Schmidt, Malcolm Mooney
- Evening All Day
- Deadly Doris – Holger Czukay, Michael Karoli, Jaki Liebezeit, Irmin Schmidt, Malcolm Mooney
- Graublau
- When Darkness Comes – Holger Czukay, Michael Karoli, Jaki Liebezeit, Irmin Schmidt, Malcolm Mooney
- Blind Mirror Surf – Holger Czukay, Michael Karoli, Jaki Liebezeit, Irmin Schmidt, David Johnson
- Oscura Primavera – Holger Czukay, Michael Karoli, Jaki Liebezeit, Irmin Schmidt, David Johnson
- Bubble Rap – Holger Czukay, Michael Karoli, Jaki Liebezeit, Irmin Schmidt, Damo Suzuki
- Your Friendly Neighbourhood Whore – Holger Czukay, Michael Karoli, Jaki Liebezeit, Irmin Schmidt, Malcolm Mooney
- True Story – Holger Czukay, Michael Karoli, Jaki Liebezeit, Irmin Schmidt, Malcolm Mooney
- The Agreement – Holger Czukay, Michael Karoli, Jaki Liebezeit, Irmin Schmidt, Malcolm Mooney
- Midnight Sky – Holger Czukay, Michael Karoli, Jaki Liebezeit, Irmin Schmidt, Malcolm Mooney
- Desert – Holger Czukay, Michael Karoli, Jaki Liebezeit, Irmin Schmidt, Malcolm Mooney
- Spoon (live) – Holger Czukay, Michael Karoli, Jaki Liebezeit, Irmin Schmidt, Damo Suzuki
- Dead Pigeon Suite – Holger Czukay, Michael Karoli, Jaki Liebezeit, Irmin Schmidt, Damo Suzuki
- Abra Cada Braxas – Holger Czukay, Michael Karoli, Jaki Liebezeit, Irmin Schmidt, Damo Suzuki
- A Swan Is Born – Holger Czukay, Michael Karoli, Jaki Liebezeit, Irmin Schmidt, Damo Suzuki
- The Loop
- Godzila Fragment
- On the Way to Mother Sky
- Midnight Men
- Networks of Foam
- Messer, Scissors, Fork and Light – Holger Czukay, Michael Karoli, Jaki Liebezeit, Irmin Schmidt, Damo Suzuki
- Barnacler – Holger Czukay, Michael Karoli, Jaki Liebezeit, Irmin Schmidt, Rosko Gee
- E.F.S. 108
- Private Nocturnal
- Alice
- Mushroom (live) – Holger Czukay, Michael Karoli, Jaki Liebezeit, Irmin Schmidt, Damo Suzuki
- One More Saturday Night (live) – Holger Czukay, Michael Karoli, Jaki Liebezeit, Irmin Schmidt, Damo Suzuki
Thelonious Monk: Underground
In May 1968, “Columbia” label released “Underground”, the 24th Thelonious Monk album. It was recorded in December 1967, February – December 1968, and was produced by Teo Macero.
Personnel:
- Thelonious Monk – piano
- Charlie Rouse – tenor saxophone
- Larry Gales – bass
- Ben Riley – drums
- Jon Hendricks – vocals
- Tim Geelan – engineer
- John Berg, Richard Mantel – art direction
- Horn Grinner Studios – photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Thelonious Monk, except where noted.
- Thelonious
- Ugly Beauty
- Raise Four
- Boo Boo’s Birthday
- Easy Street – A.R. Jones
- Green Chimneys
- In Walked Bud
Johnny Cash: At Folsom Prison
On May 6, 1968, “Columbia” label released “Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison”, the first live Johnny Cash album. It was recorded on January 13, 1968, at “Folsom State Prison” in California, and was produced by Bob Johnston.
Personnel:
- Johnny Cash – vocals, guitar, harmonica
- June Carter – vocal
- Carl Perkins – vocals, electric guitar
- Luther Perkins – electric guitar
- Marshall Grant – bass guitar
- W.S. Holland – drums
- The Statler Brothers (Lew DeWitt, Don Reid, Harold Reid, Phil Balsley) – vocals
- Bob Breault – engineer
- Bill Britain – engineer
- Jim Marshall – photography
Track listing:
- Folsom Prison Blues – Johnny Cash
- Dark as the Dungeon – Merle Travis
- I Still Miss Someone – Johnny Cash, Roy Cash Jr,
- Cocaine Blues – T.J. Arnall
- 25 Minutes to Go – Shel Silverstein
- Orange Blossom Special – Ervin T. Rouse
- The Long Black Veil – Marijohn Wilkin, Danny Dill
- Send a Picture of Mother – Johnny Cash
- The Wall – Harlan Howard
- Dirty Old Egg-Suckin’ Dog – Jack H. Clement
- Flushed from the Bathroom of Your Heart – Jack H. Clement
- Jackson – Billy Edd Wheeler, Jerry Leiber
- Give My Love to Rose – Johnny Cash
- I Got Stripes – Johnny Cash, Charlie Williams
- Green, Green Grass of Home – Curly Putman
- Greystone Chapel – Glen Sherley
Cream: Live Cream
In April 1970, “Atco” label released “Live Cream”, the first Cream live album. It comprises one studio track “Lawdy Mama” recorded in May 1967, and four live tracks recorded in March 1968. It was recorded at “Atlantic Studios” in New York City, “Fillmore West” and “Winterland” in San Francisco, and was produced by Ahmet Ertegun, Felix Pappalardi and Robert Stigwood.
Personnel:
- Eric Clapton – vocals, guitar
- Jack Bruce – vocals, bass, harmonica
- Ginger Baker – vocals, drums
- Adrian Barber – recording, mixing
- Tom Dowd – recording
- Bill Halverson – recording
- Stephen Paley – photography
Track listing:
- N.S.U. – Jack Bruce
- Sleepy Time – Jack Bruce, Janet Godfrey
- Lawdy Mama – traditional, arranged by Eric Clapton
- Sweet Wine – Ginger Baker, Janet Godfrey
- Rollin’ and Tumblin’ – Hambone Willie Newbern
The Mothers Of Invention: Ahead Of Their Time
On March 23, 1993, “Barking Pumpkin” label released “Ahead of Their Time”, the 19th Mothers of Invention (The) album. It was recorded in October 1968, at the “Royal Festival Hall” in London, and was produced by Frank Zappa.
Personnel:
- Frank Zappa – vocals, guitar, arrangements
- Ian Underwood – alto saxophone, piano
- Bunk Gardner – tenor saxophone, clarinet
- Euclid James “Motorhead” Sherwood – baritone saxophone, tambourine
- Don Preston – electric piano, odd noises (homemade oscillation boxes)
- Roy Estrada – vocals, bass guitar
- Jimmy Carl Black – vocals, drums
- Arthur Dyer Tripp III – drums, percussion
- Members of the BBC Symphony Orchestra
Track listing:
All tracks by Frank Zappa.
Progress?
- Prologue
- Progress?
- Like It or Not
- The Jimmy Carl Black Philosophy Lesson
- Holding the Group Back
- Holiday in Berlin
- The Rejected Mexican Pope Leaves the Stage
- Undaunted, the Band Plays On
- Agency Man
- Epilogue
1968 performance
- King Kong
- Help, I’m a Rock
- Transylvania Boogie
- Pound for a Brown
- Sleeping in a Jar
- Let’s Make the Water Turn Back
- Harry, You’re a Beast
- The Orange County Lumber Truck (Part I)
- Oh No
- The Orange County Lumber Truck (Part II)
Skin Alley: Same
On March 6, 1969, “CBS” label released the self-titled, debut Skin Alley studio album. It was recorded in 1968, and was produced by Dick Taylor.
Personnel:
- Bob James – vocals, guitar, alto saxophone, flute, sleeve notes
- Krzysztof-Henryk Juskiewicz – vocals, piano, organ, harpsichord, mellotron, sleeve notes
- Thomas Crimble – vocals, bass, mellotron, sleeve notes
- Alvin Pope – drums, congas, timpani, sleeve notes
- Mike Fitzhenry – engineer
- Allan Tanner – artwork
Track listing:
All tracks by Krzysztof-Henryk Juskiewicz, except where noted.
- Living in the Sin – Bob James
- Tell Me – Bob James
- Mother Please Help Your Child
- Marsha
- Country Aire – Bob James
- All Alone – Thomas Crimble
- Night Time – Thomas Crimble
- Concerto Grosso (Take Heed)
- (Going Down) The Highway – Thomas Crimble
Mary Hopkin: Post Card
On February 21, 1969, “Apple” label released “Post Card”, the debut Mary Hopkin studio album. It was recorded October – November 1968, at “EMI Studios”, “Trident” and “Morgan” in London, and was produced by Paul McCartney.
Personnel:
- Mary Hopkin – lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitar
- Paul McCartney – acoustic guitar, bass
- Donovan – acoustic guitar
- Derek Griffiths – guitar
- George Martin – piano
- Jim Rodford – bass
- Bernie Higginson – drums
- Nick Newell – saxophone
- Mike Cotton – trumpet
- John Beecham – trombone
- London Welsh Choir – choir
- Richard Hewson – arrangements
- Ken Scott – engineer, mixing
- Malcolm Toft – engineer
- Gordon House – graphics
- Linda Eastman – photography
Track listing:
- Lord of the Reedy River – Donovan
- Happiness Runs (Pebble and the Man) – Donovan
- Love Is the Sweetest Thing – Ray Noble
- Y Blodyn Gwyn – Richard H. Jones, Edward John Hughes
- The Honeymoon Song – William Sansom, Mikis Theodorakis
- The Puppy Song – Harry Nilsson
- Inchworm – Frank Loesser
- Voyage of the Moon – Donovan
- Lullaby of the Leaves – Bernice Petkere, Joe Young
- Young Love – Ric Cartey, Carole Joyner
- Someone to Watch Over Me – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
- Prince en Avignon – Jean-Pierre Bourtayre
- The Game – George Martin
- There’s No Business Like Show Business – Irving Berlin
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