In January 1970, “Capitol” label released “Try a Little Kindness”, the thirteenth Glen Campbell album. It was recorded in 1969, at “United” and “Capitol” in Hollywood, and was produced by Al De Lory.
Personnel:
Glen Campbell – vocals, acoustic guitar
Al Casey – acoustic guitar
Joe Osborn – bass
Carol Kaye – bass
Hal Blaine – drums
Bob Felts – percussion
Al De Lory – arrangements, conductor
Marty Paich – arrangements
Joe Polito – engineer
Pete Abbot – engineer
Track listing:
Try a Little Kindness – Curt Sapaugh, Bobby Austin
Both Sides Now – Joni Mitchell
For My Woman’s Love – Ben Peters
Country Girl – Craig Smith
All the Way – Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn
Where Do You Go – Ed Penney, John Domurad
Honey Come Back – Jimmy Webb
Folk Singer – C. E. Daniels
Love Is Not a Game – Jerry Goldstein
Once More with Feeling – Shirley Nelson
And the World Keeps Spinning – Ron Green, Ron Price
In September 1969, “Liberty” label released the self-titled, second Idle Race album. It was recorded in 1969, at “Trident Studio” in London, and was produced by Jeff Lynne.
In December 1969, “Takoma” label released “6 and 12-String Guitar”, the second Leo Kottke album. It was recorded in 1969, at “Empire Photo Sound” in Minneapolis.
Personnel:
Leo Kotke – 6 and 12-string guitars, song notes
Frank Hulbert – lacquer cut
Annie Elliott – illustration, design
Mark Humphrey – liner notes
Personnel:
All tracks by Leo Kottke, except where noted.
The Driving of the Year Nail (from an old Etruscan drawing of a sperm cell)
The Last of the Arkansas Greyhounds (a terror-filled escape on a bus from a man fired from Beaumont ranch)
The Ojo (Ojo Caliente where the Zuni hid from Estaban, the Moor, and the Spaniards)
Crow River Waltz (a prayer for the demise of the canoe and the radar trap without which Federal prisons will have to be rebuilt to accommodate prepubescence)
The Sailor’s Grave on the Prairie (originally written to commemorate Nedicks and a Minneapolis musician’s contempt for the three A.M. cheeseburger with a nickel slice of raw
Vaseline Machine Gun (1 for waking up nude in a sleeping bag on the shore of the Atlantic surrounded by a volleyball game at high noon, 2 for the end of the volleyball game)
Jack Fig (a reluctant lament)
Watermelon (while at Watermelon Park Music Festival I had the opportunity to play a banjo in the middle of the night for a wandering drunk. When I finished, he vomited—an astute comment on my playing. Made me feel very distinguished)
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring (J.S. Bach – the engineer called this the ancient joy of man’s desire). (Bach had twenty children because his organ didn’t have any stops)
The Fisherman (this is about the mad fishermen of the North whose ice fishing spots resemble national shrines)
The Tennessee Toad (who made an epic journey from Ohio to Tennessee)
Busted Bicycle (reluctance)
The Brain of the Purple Mountain (from A. L. Tennyson)
Coolidge Rising (while rising from the sink, cupboard doors opened and engulfed his head; while turning to the right to avoid the whole incident he walked into a refrigerator—which afforded a good chin rest for staring at some bananas in a basket)
In December 1969, “Verve” label released “Didn’t We”, the 58th Stan Getz album. It was recorded September – October 1969, and was produced by Johnny Pate.
Personnel:
Stan Getz – tenor saxophone
Unidentified orchestra
Johnny Pate – arrangements, conductor
Val Valentin – engineer
Sid Maurer – art direction
Michael Mendel – design
Dom Cerulli – liner notes
Track listing:
Didn’t We – Jimmy Webb
The Shining Sea – Johnny Mandel
The Night Has a Thousand Eyes – Buddy Bernier, Jerry Brainin
In December 1969, “Warner Bros” label released “Fat Albert Rotunda”, the eighth Herbie Hancock album. It was recorded October, November and December 1969, at Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs” in New Jersey, and was produced by Herbie Hancock. The album music was originally recorded for the TV special “Hey, Hey, Hey, It’s Fat Albert”.
Personnel:
Herbie Hancock — piano, electric piano, arrangements, conductor
Eric Gale – guitar
Billy Butler — guitar
Jerry Jemmott – electric bass
Buster Williams — acoustic and electric bass
Albert “Tootie” Heath — drums
Bernard Purdie – drums
Joe Farrell — alto and tenor saxophone
Joe Henderson — tenor saxophone, flute, alto flute
In October 1969, “Blue Thumb” label released “The Hunter”, the tenth Ike & Tina Turner studio album. It was recorded in 1969, and was produced by Bob Krasnow.
Personnel:
Tina Turner – vocals
Ike Turner – vocals, guitar, keyboards
Michaelangelo Linguini – design
Bartram Bartram – photography
Track listing:
The Hunter – Booker T. Jones, Carl Wells, Donald Dunn, Steve Cropper, Al Jackson, Jr.
You Don’t Love Me (Yes I Know) – Willie Cobbs
You Got Me Running – Jimmy Reed
Bold Soul Sister – Ike Turner, Tina Turner
I Smell Trouble – Don Robey
The Things I Used to Do – Eddie Jones, Memphis Slim
Early in the Morning – traditional, arranged by Ike Turner and Bob Krasnow
On October 14, 1969, “RCA Victor” label released “From Memphis to Vegas / From Vegas to Memphis”, the eleventh studio and the second live Elvis Presley album. It was released as a double album: the first album, titled In “Person at the International Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada”, contains the live recordings of Presley’s hits recorded at the International Hotel in Winchester, Nevada; the second album, titled “Back in Memphis”, contains entirely new material recorded at “American Sound Studio” in Memphis. The live album was produced by Felton Jarvis, and the studio album was produced by Chips Moman.
Personnel:
Elvis in Person at the International Hotel
Elvis Presley – lead and overdubbed backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitar
Bobby Morris and his Orchestra – orchestra
James Burton – lead guitar
John Wilkinson − rhythm guitar
Charlie Hodge − acoustic rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Larry Muhoberac − keyboards
Jerry Scheff – bass
Ronnie Tutt − drums
Millie Kirkham − backing vocals
The Imperials − backing vocals
The Sweet Inspirations − backing vocals
Back in Memphis
Elvis Presley − vocals, guitar, piano
Reggie Young − electric guitar
Bobby Wood − piano
Bobby Emmons − organ
Ed Kollis − harmonica
Tommy Cogbill, Mike Leech – bass
Gene Chrisman – drums
Andrew Love, Jackie Thomas, Glen Spreen, J.P. Luper − saxophone
Wayne Jackson, Dick Steff, R. F. Taylor − trumpet
Ed Logan, Jack Hale, Gerald Richardson − trombone
Tony Cason, Joe D’Gerolamo − French horn
Glen Spreen − strings and horn arrangements
Joe Babcock, Dolores Edgin, Mary Greene, Charlie Hodge, Ginger Holladay, Mary Holladay, Millie Kirkham, Ronnie Milsap, Sonja Montgomery, June Page, Susan Pilkington, Sandy Posey, Donna Thatcher, Hurschel Wiginton − backing vocals
Track listing:
Elvis in Person at the International Hotel
Blue Suede Shoes – Carl Perkins
Johnny B. Good – Chuck Berry
All Shook Up – Otis Blackwell, Elvis Presley
Are You Lonesome Tonight – Lou Handman, Roy Turk
Hound Dog – Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
I Can’t Stop Loving You – Don Gibson
My Babe – Willie Dixon
Mystery Train/Tiger Man – Junior Parker, Sam Phillips, Joe Hill Louis, Sam Burns
Words – Robin Gibb, Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb
In the Ghetto – Mac Davis
Suspicious Minds – Mark James
Can’t Help Falling in Love – George Weiss, Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore
Back in Memphis
Inherit the Wind – Eddie Rabbitt
This Is the Story – Chris Arnold, David Martin, Geoff Morrow
Stranger in My Own Home Town – Percy Mayfield
A little Bit of Green – Chris Arnold, David Martin, Geoff Morrow
And the Grass Won’t Pay You No Mind – Neil Diamond
On September 16, 1969, “Blue Note” label released “Bantu Village”, the 16th Blue Mitchell album. It was recorded in May 1969, at “RPM Studios” in Los Angeles.
On August 25, 1970, “Epic” label released “Here Comes Shuggie Otis”, the debut Shuggie Otis studio album. It was recorded in 1969, and was produced by Johhny Otis.
Personnel:
Shuggie Otis – lead and backing vocals, guitar, piano, harpsichord, organ, celesta
Johnny Otis – piano, harpsichord, celesta, timpani, percussion
Leon Haywood – organ
Ray Johnson – piano
Al McKibbon – string bass
Wilton Felder – bass, harpsichord, celesta
Stix Hooper, Abe Mills, Paul Lagos – drums
Jim Horn, Plas Johnson, Preston Love, Hank Jernigan, Jack Kelso – saxophone
Bob Mitchell, Melvin Moore – trumpet
Gene “Mighty Flea” Conners – trombone
Richard Mackey, Willie Ruff – French horn
Preston Love, Jack Kelso, Hank Jernigan – flute
Marilyn Baker, Rollice Dale – violin
Hyman Gold, Irving Lipschultz – cello
Eunice Wennermark, Ginger Smock, Isadore Roman, Joe Lichter – strings
Rafael O. Valentin – engineer
Pete Welding – liner notes
Track listing:
Oxford Gray – Johnny Otis, Shuggie Otis
Jennie Lee – Wilton Felder, Johnny Otis, Shuggie Otis
In August 1969, “Cotillion” label released “Mourning in the Morning”, the second Otis Rush album. It was recorded in 1969, at “FAME Studios” in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, and was produced by Nick Gravenites and Mike Bloomfield.
Personnel:
Otis Rush – vocals, guitar
Jimmy Johnson – guitar
Duane Allman – guitar
Barry Beckett – keyboards
Mark Naftalin – keyboards
Jerry Jemmott – bass
Roger Hawkins – drums
Aaron Varnell – tenor saxophone
Joe Arnold – tenor saxophone
Ronald Eades – baritone saxophone
Gene “Bowlegs” Miller – trumpet
Mickey Buckins – recording
Norris McNamara – photography
Nick Gravenites – liner notes
Track listing:
Me – Mike Bloomfield, Nick Gravenites
Working Man – Mike Bloomfield, Nick Gravenites
You’re Killing My Love – Mike Bloomfield, Nick Gravenites
Feel So Bad – Chuck Willis
Gambler’s Blues – B.B. King, Jules Taub
Baby, I Love You – Ronnie Shannon
My Old Lady – Mike Bloomfield, Nick Gravenites
My Love Will Never Die – Otis Rush
Reap What You Sow – Paul Butterfield, Mike Bloomfield, Nick Gravenites
It Takes Time – Otis Rush
Can’t Wait No Longer – Mike Bloomfield, Nick Gravenites
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