Tag Archives: 1969

Audience: Friend’s Friend’s Friend

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In May 1970, “Charisma” label released “Friend’s Friend’s Friend”, the second Audience studio album. It was recorded in 1969, at “Morgan Studios” and “Olympic Studios” in London, and was produced by Howard Werth, Trevor Williams, Keith Gemmell and Tony Connor.

Personnel:

  • Howard Werth — lead vocals, acoustic guitar, banjo
  • Keith Gemmell — tenor saxophone, clarinet, flute
  • Trevor Williams — bass, backing vocals
  • Tony Connor — drums, percussion, piano
  • Mike Bobak — engineer
  • CCS — design

Track listing:

All tracks by Howard Werth and Trevor Williams, except where noted.

  1. Nothing You Do
  2. Belladonna Moonshine
  3. It Brings a Tear
  4. Raid – Tony Connor, Keith Gemmell
  5. Right On Their Side
  6. Ebony Variations – Tony Connor, Keith Gemmell, Howard Werth, Trevor William
  7. Priestess – Tony Connor, Keith Gemmell
  8. Friends, Friends, Friend

Bruce Haack: The Electric Lucifer

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In May 1970, “Columbia” label released “The Electric Lucifer”, the sixth Bruce Haack album. It was recorded 1968 – 1969, and was produced by Leroy Parkins.

Personnel:

  • Bruce Haack – vocals, narration, all instruments
  • Farad – vocals
  • Jon St. John – vocals
  • Tony Taylor – vocals
  • Chris Kachulis – vocals
  • Gary Dersarkissian – child voice
  • Arthur Kendy – stereo effects
  • Andrew Kazdin – programming
  • Arthur Kendy, Peter Granet, Ray Moore – engineer
  • Isadore Seltzer – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Bruce Haack.

  1. Electric to Me Turn
  2. The Word (Narration)
  3. Cherubic Hymn
  4. Program Me
  5. War
  6. National Anthem to the Moon
  7. Chant of the Unborn
  8. Incantation
  9. Angel Child
  10. Word Game
  11. Song of the Death Machine
  12. Super Nova
  13. Requiem

Merle Hagard And The Strangers: Same Train, A Different Time

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In April 1969, “Capitol” label released “Same Train, A Different Time”, album by Merle Haggard and the Strangers (the ninth Merle Haggard studio album overall). It was recorded August 1968 – February 1969, at “Capitol Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Ken Nelson.

Personnel:

  • Merle Haggard – vocals, guitar

The Strangers:

  • Roy Nichols – guitar, harmonica
  • Norman Hamlet – steel guitar
  • George French – piano
  • Jerry Ward – bass
  • Eddie Burris – drums
  • Lewis Talley – guitar
  • Billy Mize – harmony vocals
  • Bonnie Owens – harmony vocals
  • James Burton – guitar, dobro
  • Bob Morris – bass
  • Roy Huskey, Jr. – bass

Track listing:

All tracks by Jimmie Rodgers, except where noted.

  1. California Blues
  2. Narration #1
  3. Hobo’s Meditation
  4. Waitin’ for a Train
  5. Mother, The Queen of My Heart – Jimmy Rodgers, Hoyt Bryant
  6. My Carolina Sunshine Girl
  7. Narration #2
  8. Train Whistle Blues
  9. Why Should I Be Lonely? – Jimmy Rodgers, Estelle Lovel
  10. Jimmie’s Texas Blues
  11. Blue Yodel#6 – Jimmy Rodgers, George Vaughan
  12. Narration #3
  13. Mule Skinner Blues
  14. Peach Picking Time Down in Georgia – Jimmy Rodgers, Clayton McMichen
  15. Down the Old Road To Home – Jimmy Rodgers, Carey D. Harvey
  16. Travelin’ Blues – Jimmy Rodgers, Shelly Lee Alley
  17. Miss the Mississippi and You – Bill Halley
  18. Frankie and Johnny
  19. No Hard Times
  20. Narration #4
  21. Hobo Bill’s Last Ride – Waldo LaFayette O’Neal
  22. My Old Pal – Jimmy Rodgers, Elsie McWilliams
  23. Nobody Knows But Me – Jimmy Rodgers, McWilliams
  24. Narration #5
  25. Jimmie Rodgers’ Last Blue Yodel (The Women Make a Fool Out of Me)

Mountain: Live: The Road Goes Ever On

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On April 24, 1972, “Windfall” label released “Live: The Road Goes Ever On”, the first live Mountain album. It was recorded August 1969, December 1971, January 1972, at “Woodstock Festival” in Bethel, New York, “Academy of Music” in New York City, “Rainbow Theatre” in London, and was produced by Felix Pappalardi.

Personnel:

  • Leslie West – vocals, guitar
  • Steve Knight – keyboards
  • Felix Pappalardi – vocals, bass
  • N. D. Smart – drums
  • Corky Laing – drums
  • Bob d’Orleans – engineer
  • Beverly Weinstein – art direction
  • Gail Collins – artwork, photography
  • Bud Prager – executive producer

Track listing:

  1. Long Red – Leslie West, Felix Pappalardi, John Ventura, Norman Landsberg
  2. Waiting to Take You Away – Leslie West
  3. Crossroader – Felix Pappalardi, Gail Collins
  4. Nantucket Sleighride – Felix Pappalardi, Gail Collins

Isaac Hayes: The Isaac Hayes Movement

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In April 1970, “Enterprise Records” label released “The Isaac Hayes Movement”, the third Isaac Hayes studio album. It was recorded in 1969, and was produced by Isaac Hayes.

Personnel:

  • Isaac Hayes – vocals, keyboards, arrangements
  • The Bar-Kays – rhythm section
  • Dale Warren – arrangements
  • Pat Lewis – vocal arrangements
  • Ed Wolfrum – engineer
  • Henry Bush – engineer
  • Ron Capone – engineer, remix
  • Joe Tarantino – mastering
  • George Horn – mastering
  • Herb Kole – art supervisor
  • David Krieger – art direction
  • Joel Brodsky – photography

Track listing:

  1. I Stand Accused – Jerry Butler, William Butler
  2. One Big Unhappy Family – Charles Chalmers, Sandra Rhodes
  3. I Just Don’t Know What to Do With Myself – Burt Bacharach, Hal David
  4. Something – George Harrison

Johnny Jenkins: Ton-Ton Macoute!

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In April 1970, “Atco” and “Capricorn” labels released “Ton-Ton Macoute!”, the debut Johnny Jenkins album. It was recorded 1969 – 1970, and was produced by Duane Allman and Johnny Sandin.

Personnel:

  • Johnny Jenkins – vocals, guitar, lead guitar, harmonica, foot stomping
  • Duane Allman – electric and rhythm guitar, slide guitar, dobro
  • Pete Carr – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Jimmy Nalls – guitar
  • Paul Hornsby – Wurlitzer piano, piano, Hammond B-3 organ, rhythm guitar
  • Berry Oakley – bass
  • Robert Popwell – bass, timbales, shaker & woodblocks
  • Jaimoe – timbales
  • Butch Trucks – drums
  • Johnny Sandlin – drums  
  • Eddie Hinton – cowbell
  • Tippy Armstrong – cabasa
  • Johnny Wyker – shaker, woodblocks
  • Southern Comfort – vocals 
  • Donna Jean Godchaux – vocals
  • Ella Brown – vocals
  • Johnny Sandlin, Tom Compton, Larry Hall, Larry Hamby, Jim Hawkins, Jimmy Johnson, Terry Manning – recording
  • Kent Bruce, Jeremy Stephens – engineer assistant
  • Jeff Coppage – remix
  • Denny Purcell – mastering
  • Jimmy Roberts – art direction, photography
  • Johnny Sandlin – liner nbotes

Track listing:

  1. I Walk on Guilded Splinters – Dr. John
  2. Leaving Trunk – Sleepy John Estes
  3. Blind Bats & Swamp Rats – Jackie Avery
  4. Rollin’ Stone – Muddy Waters
  5. Sick and Tired – Dave Bartholomew, Chris Kenner
  6. Down Along the Cove – Bob Dylan
  7. Bad News – J.D. Loudermilk
  8. Dimples – John Lee Hooker, James Bracken
  9. Voodoo in You – Jackie Avery
  10. I Don’t Want No Woman – Don Robey
  11. My Love Will Never Die – Otis Rush

Pharaoh Sanders: Jewels Of Thought

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In March 1970, “Impulse!” label released “Jewels of Thought”, the fourth Pharaoh Sanders album. It was recorded in 1969, at “Sound Plaza Studios” in Manhattan, New York City, and was produced by Ed Michel.

Personnel:

  • Pharaoh Sanders – tenor saxophone, contrabass clarinet, flute, piano, chimes, percussion 
  • Cecil McBee – bass, percussion
  • Richard Davis – bass, percussion
  • Idris Muhammad – drums, percussion
  • Roy Haynes – drums
  • Leon Thomas – vocal, percussion
  • George Sawtelle – engineer
  • George Whiteman – design
  • Chuck Stewart – photography

Track listing:

  1. Hum-Allah-Hum-Allah-Hum-Allah
  2. Sun in Aquarius
  3. Sun in Aquarius Part 2

Robin Kenyatta: Girl From Martinique

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On March 15, 1970, “ECM” label released “Girl from Martinique”, the second Robin Kenyatta album. It was recorded in October 1969, at “Tonstudio Bauer” in Ludwigsburg, and was produced by Manfred Eicher.

Personnel:

  • Robin Kenyatta – alto saxophone, flute
  • Wolfgang Dauner – clavinet
  • Arild Andersen – bass
  • Fred Braceful – drums
  • Karl-Hermann Hinderer, Kurt Rapp – engineer
  • B & B Wojirsch – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Robin Kenyatta.

  1. Girl from Martinique
  2. Blues for Your Mama
  3. Thank You Jesus
  4. We’ll Be So Happy

Stanley Turrentine: Blue Hour

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In March 1961, “Blue Note” label released “Blue Hour”, album by Stanley Turrentine and The Three Sounds (the second Stanley Turrentine album overall). It was recorded June – December 1969, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Stanley Turrentine – tenor saxophone
  • Gene Harris – piano
  • Andrew Simpkins – bass
  • Bill Dowdy – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
  • Reid Miles – design
  • Francis Wolff – photography

Track listing:

  1. I Want a Little Girl – Murray Mencher, Billy Moll
  2. Gee Baby, Ain’t I Good to You – Andy Razaf, Don Redman
  3. Blue Riff – Gene Harris
  4. Since I Fell for You – Buddy Johnson
  5. Willow Weep for Me – Ann Ronell

Bill Evans: From Left To Right

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In February 1971, “MGM” label released “From Left to Right”, the 49th Bill Evans album. It was recorded 1969 – 1970, in San Francisco.

Personnel:

  • Bill Evans – Steinway grand piano, Fender-Rhodes electric piano
  • Eddie Gómez – bass
  • Marty Morell – drums
  • Sam Brown – guitar
  • Michael Leonard – conductor, arrangements
  • Unidentified brass, woodwinds, strings

Track listing:

  1. What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life? – Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Michel Legrand
  2. I’m All Smiles – Michael Leonard, Herbert Martin
  3. Why Did I Choose You? – Michael Leonard, Herbert Martin
  4. Soirée – Earl Zindars
  5. The Dolphin-Before – Luíz Eça
  6. The Dolphin-After – Luíz Eça
  7. Lullaby for Helene – Earl Zindars
  8. Like Someone in Love – Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen
  9. Children’s Play Song – Bill Evans