In October 1968, “Liberty” label released “The Birthday Party”, the debut Idle Race (The) album. It was recorded 1967 – 1968, at “Advision Studios” in London, and was produced by Eddy Offord and Gerald Chevin.
In September 1968, “Stax” label released “Soul Limbo”, the seventh Booker T. & the M.G.’s studio album. It was recorded in 1968, at “Stax Recording Studio” in Memphis, and was produced by Booker T. Jones, Steve Cropper, Donald Dunn and Al Jackson Jr.
Personnel:
Booker T. Jones – Hammond organ, clavinet, piano, guitar
Steve Cropper – guitar
Donald Dunn – bass guitar
Al Jackson Jr. – drums, percussion
Terry Manning – marimba
Isaac Hayes – cowbell
Track listing:
Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy – J.R. Cobb, Ray Whitley
La-La (Means I Love You) – Thom Bell, William Hart
Hang ‘Em High – Dominic Frontiere
Willow Weep for Me – Ann Ronell
Over Easy – Booker T. Jones, Steve Cropper, Donald Dunn, Al JacksonJr.
Soul Limbo – Booker T. Jones, Steve Cropper, Donald Dunn and Al Jackson Jr.
Eleanor Rigby – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
Heads or Tails = Booker T. Jones, Steve Cropper, Donald Dunn, Al Jackson Jr.
(Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You’ve Been Gone – Aretha Franklin, Teddy White
Born Under a Bad Sign – William Bell, Booker T. Jones
On September 9, 1968, “Black Lion” label released “High Won-High Two”, the second Dave Burrell studio album. It was recorded in February 1968, and was produced by Michael Cuscuna and Alan Douglas.
Personnel:
Dave Burrell — piano, arranger
Pharoah Sanders — tambourine
Norris Sirone Jones — bass
Bobby Kapp – drums
Sunny Murray — drums
Malcolm Walker — design
Raymond Ross — photography
Stanley Crouch — liner notes
Track listing:
All tracks by Dave Burrell, except where noted.
West Side Story Medley – Leonard Bernstein
Oozi Oozi
Bittersweet Reminiscence
Bobby and Si
Dave Blue
Margie Pargie (A.M. Rag)
East Side Colors
Theme Stream/Dave Blue/Bittersweet Reminiscence/Bobby and Si/M
On August 26, 1968, “Tamla” label released “In the Groove”, the eighth Marvin Gaye studio album. It was recorded 1967 – 1968, and was produced by Norman Whitfield, Ivy Jo Hunter and Frank Wilson.
Personnel:
Marvin Gaye – lead vocals
The Funk Brothers – instrumentation
Detroit Symphony Orchestra – instrumentation
The Andantes – backing vocals
The Originals – backing vocals
Gladys Knight & The Pips – backing vocals
Telma Hopkins – backing vocals
Joyce Vincent Wilson – backing vocals
Pamela Vincent – backing vocals
Herbart – design
Track listing:
You – Jeffrey Bowen, Jack Coga, Ivy Jo Hunter
Tear Ot on Down – Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson
Chained -Frank Wilson
I Heard It Through the Grapevine – Barrett Strong, Norman Whitfield
At Last (I Found a Love) – Marvin Gaye, Anna Gordy Gaye, Elgie Stover
Some Kind of Wonderful – Gerry Goffin, Carole King
Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever – Ivy Jo Hunter, Stevie Wonder
Change What You Can – Marvin Gaye, Anna Gordy Gaye, Elgie Stover
It’s Love I Need – Stephen Bowden, Ivy Jo Hunter
Every Now and Then – Eddie Holland, Frank Wilson
You’re What’s Happening (In the World Today) – George Gordy, Robert Gordy, Allen Story
There Goes My Baby – Benjamin Nelson, Lover Patterson, George Treadwell
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
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