On July 21, 1998, “Laserlight” label released “Joe’s Blues”, the 65th Joe Pass album. It was recorded in 1968, at “Radio recorders” in Hollywood, and was released posthumously in 1998.
Personnel:
Joe Pass – guitar
Herb Ellis – guitar
Monty Budwig – bass
Colin Bailey – drums
Adam Ross – liner notes
Track listing:
Alexander’s Ragtime Band – Irving Berlin
Look for the Silver Lining – Jerome Kern, Buddy DeSylva
Joe’s Blues – Joe Pass
Georgia – Hoagy Carmichael, Stuart Gorrell
When You’re Smiling – Larry Shay, Mark Fisher, Joe Goodwin
The Shadow of Your Smile – Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster
What Have They Done to My Song, Ma – Melanie Safka
You Stepped Out of a Dream – Herb Nacio Brown, Gus Kahn
Sweet Georgia Brown – Ben Bernie, Maceo Pinkard, Kenneth Casey
On July 18, 1969, “Elektra” label released “The Soft Parade”, the fourth Doors (The) album. It was recorded July 1968 – May 1969, and was produced by Paul A. Rothchild.
On July 18, 1968, “Warner Bros” label released “Anthem of the Sun”, the second Grateful Dead studio album. It was recorded September 1967 – March 1968, at “American Studios” in Los Angeles, “RCA Victor Studio A” in Hollywood, “Century Sound” and “Olmstead Studios” in New York City, “Criteria Recording Studiios” in Miami, Florida, and was produced by David Hassinger, Jerry Garcia, Non Weir, Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh and Ron McKernan. The album was ranked number 288 on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.
Personnel:
Jerry Garcia – lead vocals, vocals, lead guitar, acoustic guitar, kazoo, vibraslap, arrangements
Bob Weir – lead and co-lead vocals, vocals, rhythm guitar, 12-string guitar, acoustic guitar, kazoo, arrangements
Ron “Pigpen” McKernan – lead vocals, vocals, Hammond organ, Vox organ, celesta, claves, arrangements
In July 1970, “Impulse!” label released “For Losers”, the 17th Archie Shepp album. It was recorded in September 1968, February – August 1969, at “RCA Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Bob Thiele and Ed Michel.
Personnel:
Archie Shepp – soprano and tenor saxophone, liner notes
Robin Kenyatta – alto saxophone, flute
James Spaulding- alto saxophone
Clarence Sharpe – alto saxophone
Cecil Payne – baritone saxophone, flute
Charles Davis – baritone saxophone
Martin Banks – trumpet, flugelhorn
Jimmy Owens – trumpet
Woody Shaw – trumpet
Matthew Gee – trombone
Grachan Moncur III – trombone
Leon Thomas – vocals
China-Lin Sharpe – vocals
Cedar Walton – piano
Andrew Bey – piano
Dave Burrell – organ
Wally Richardson – guitar
Bert Payne – guitar
Wilbur Ware – bass
Albert Winston – electric bass, bass
Bob Bushnell – electric bass
Bernard Purdie – drums
Beaver Harris – drums
Joe Chambers – drums
Tasha Thomas, Doris Troy – backing vocals
George Whiteman – design
Chuck Stewart – photography
Bob Thiele, Ed Michel – supervision
Track listing:
All tracks by Archie Shepp, except where noted.
Stick ‘Em Up
Abstract
I Got It Bad (And That Ain’t Good) – Duke Ellington, Paul Francis Webster
On July 13, 1999, “Rykodisc” label released “Golders Green”, the second posthumous Pete Ham album. It features demo materials from various eras, during his years with The Iveys in 1968 and 1969, throughout his tenure with Badfinger, ending with his suicide in 1975. The album was produced by Dan Matovina.
On July 4, 1969, “Apple” label released “Maybe Tomorrow”, the debut Iveys (The) album, (later Badfinger). It was recorded 1968 – 1969, at “Trident”, “Olympic”, “Morgan Studios” in London, and was produced by Tony Visconti and Mal Evans.
Personnel:
Pete Ham – lead and backing vocals, lead guitar, keyboards
Tom Evans – lead and backing vocals, rhythm guitar
Ron Griffiths – lead and backing vocals, bass guitar
Mike Gibbins – lead and backing vocals, drums, percussion
Bill Collins – piano
Nicky Hopkins – piano
Track listing:
See-Saw Granpa – Pete Ham, arranged by John Barham, Tom Evans
Beautiful and Blue – Tom Evans, arranged by John Barham, Tom Evans
Dear Angie – Ron Griffiths
Think About the Good Times – Mike Gibbins
Yesterday Ain’t Coming Back – Pete Ham, Tom Evans
Fisherman – Tom Evans, arranged by John Barham, Tom Evans
Maybe Tomorrow – Tom Evans
Sali Bloo – Pete Ham
Angelique – Tom Evans
I’m in Love – Pete Ham
They’re Knoncking Down Our Home – Pete Ham, arranged by John Barham, Tom Evans
On June 28, 1968, “United Artists” label released “Vigil”, the fifth Easybeats (The) album. It was recorded 1967 – 1968, at “EMI”, “Olympic”, “Trident Studios” in London, and was produced by Mike Vaughan, Glynn Johns, Stevie Wright, Harry Vanda, George Young, Dick Diamonde and Tony Cahill.
Personnel:
Stevie Wright – vocals
Harry Vanda – vocals, lead guitar
George Young – vocals, rhythm guitar
Dick Diamonde – bass guitar
Tony Cahill – drums
Steve Marriott – vocals
George Alexander – vocals
Freddy Smith – drums
Track listing:
All tracks by Harry Vanda and George Young, except where noted.
Good Times
What in the World
Falling off the Edge of the World
The Music Goes Round My Head
Can’t Take My Eyes Off You – Bob Crewe, Bob Gaudio
Sha La La
Come In You’ll Get Pneumonia – Tony Cahill, Harry Vanda, George Young
On June 26, 1975, “Columbia” label released “The Basement Tapes”, the second Bob Dylan and the Band album (sixteenth Bob Dylan album overall). It was recorded June – September 1967, 1968 and 1975, and was produced by Bob Dylan, Robbie Robertson, Garth Hudson, Richard Manuel, Rick Danko and Levon Helm.
Personnel:
Bob Dylan – vocals, acoustic guitar, piano
Robbie Robertson – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, drums, backing vocals
Garth Hudson – Lowrey organ, clavinet, accordion, tenor saxophone, piano
Richard Manuel – vocals, piano, drums, harmonica, vocals
Rick Danko – bass guitar, mandolin, backing vocals
Levon Helm – vocals, drums, mandolin, bass guitar
Bob Cato – art director
Reid Miles – photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Bob Dylan, except where noted.
Odds and Ends
Orange Juice Blues (Blues for Breakfast) – Richard Manuel
Million Dollar Bash
Yazoo Street Scandal – Robbie Robertson
Goin’ to Acapulco
Katie’s Been Gone – Richard Manuel, Robbie Robertson
In June 1968, “Liberty” label released “Rare Junk”, the third Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1968, and was recorded by Dallas Smith.
Personnel:
Ralph Barr – acoustic and electric guitar, clarinet
Les Thompson – guitar, mandolin, electric bass, tambourine, plectrum banjo
Chris Darrow – guitar, mandolin, violin, fiddle, electric bass, string bass
John McEuen – piano, plectrum banjo, five-string banjar
Jeff Hanna – washboard, tambourine, drum, guitar, harmonica, electric guitar …and other rare junk
In June 1968, “Brunswick” label released “Manufacturers of Soul”, album by Jackie Wilson and Count Basie (the 18th Jackie Wilson album overall). It was recorded in January 1968, in Los Angeles, and was produced by Nat Tarnopol and Teddy Reig.
Personnel:
Jackie Wilson – vocals
Count Basie – piano
Bobby Plater, Marshal Royal – alto saxophone
Eric Dixon, Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis – tenor saxophone
Charlie Fowlkes – baritone saxophone
Al Aarons, Oscar Brashear, Gene Coe, Sonny Cohn – trumpet
Richard Boone, Steve Galloway, Grover Mitchell – trombone
Bill Hughes – bass trombone
Freddie Green – guitar
Uncredited – bass
Harold Jones – drums
Benny Carter – arrangements
Decca Photo Studio – photography
Hal Buksbaum – photography
Teddy Reig – liner notes
Track listing.
Funky Broadway – Lester Christian
For Your Precious Love – Arthur Brooks, Richard Brooks, Jerry Butler
In the Midnight Hour – Steve Cropper, Wilson Pickett
Ode to Billy Joe – Bobbie Gentry
Chain Gang – Sam Cooke
I Was Made to Love Her – Stevie Wonder, Lula Mae Hardaway, Henry Cosby, Sylvia Moy
Uptight (Everything’s Alright) – Stevie Wonder, Henry Cosby, Sylvia Moy
I Never Loved a Woman (The Way I Love You) – Ronnie Shannon
Respect – Otis Redding
Even When You Cry – Quincy Jones, Alan and Marilyn Bergman
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