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Tom Rush: Wrong End Of The Rainbow

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In October 1970, “Columbia” label released “Wrong End of the Rainbow”, the ninth Tom Rush album. It was recorded in 1970, and was produced by David Briggs.

Personnel:

  • Tom Rush – lead vocal, guitar
  • Trevor Veitch – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, dobro, mandocello, dulcimer
  • David Bromberg – pedal steel guitar
  • John Locke – organ, piano 
  • Erik Robertson – organ, piano
  • Brent Titcomb – harmonica
  • Bob Boucher – bass
  • Dave Lewis – drums, percussion
  • Paul Armin – violin, viola
  • Ed Freeman – arrangements
  • Jim Reeves – engineer
  • Bob Cato – design, photography

Track listing:

  1. Wrong End of the Rainbow – Tom Rush, Trevor Veitch
  2. Biloxi – Jesse Winchester
  3. Merrimack County – Tom Rush, Trevor Veitch
  4. Riding on a Railroad – James Taylor
  5. Paddy West – arranged by Tom Rush
  6. Came to See Me Yesterday in the Merry Month of – Ray O’Sullivan
  7. Starlight – Tom Rush
  8. Sweet Baby James – James Taylor
  9. Rotunda – Tom Rush, Trevor Veitch
  10. Jazzman – Edward Mark Holstein
  11. Gnostic Serenade – William Hawkins

Pharoah Sanders: Deaf Dumb Blind

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In October 1970, “Impulse!” released “Deaf Dumb Blind (Summun Bukmun Umyun)”, the fifth Pharoah Sanders album. It was recorded in July 1970, at “A & R Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Ed Michel.

Personnel:

  • Pharoah Sanders – soprano saxophone, cow horn, bells, tritone whistle, cowbells, wood flute, thumb piano, percussion
  • Woody Shaw – trumpet, maracas, yodeling, percussion
  • Gary Bartz – alto saxophone, bells, cowbell, shakers, percussion
  • Lonnie Liston Smith – piano, cowbell, thumb piano, percussion
  • Cecil McBee – bass
  • Clifford Jarvis – drums
  • Nat Bettis – xylophone, yodeling, African percussion
  • Anthony Wiles – conga drum, African percussion
  • Dave Green – engineer
  • Dixon Van Winkle – engineer
  • Wallace Caldwell – design
  • Jameelah Ali – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Summun, Bukmun, Umyun – Pharoah Sanders
  2. Let Us Go into The House of The Lord – arranged by Lonnie Liston Smith

Mavis Staples: Only For The Lonely

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On October 12, 1970, “Volt” label released “Only for the Lonely”, the second Mavis Staples studio album. It was recorded in 1970, at “Stax Recording Company”, “Muscle Shoals Sound Studio”, “A&R Recording Studio” and was produced by Don Davis.

Personnel:

  • Mavis Staples – lead vocals
  • Steve Cropper – guitar
  • Eddie Hinton – guitar
  • Ray Monette – guitar
  • Vernon Bullock – guitar, keyboards
  • Marvell Thomas – piano
  • Isaac Hayes – organ
  • Rudy Robinson – keyboards
  • Barry Beckett – keyboards
  • David Hood – bass
  • Tony Newton – bass
  • Donald “Duck” Dunn – bass
  • Roger Hawkins – drums
  • Al Jackson, Jr. – drums
  • George McGregor – drums
  • Eli Fountain – percussion, saxophone
  • Horace Ott – strings arrangements
  • Ron Capone – engineer
  • Don Davis – engineer
  • Marlin Greene – engineer
  • Don Hahn – engineer
  • Paul Richmond – mastering
  • David Krieger – art direction
  • Joel Brodsky – photography
  • Herb Kole – art supervisor

Track listing:

  1. I Have Learned to Live Without You – David Jordan, Don Davis, J. J. Barnes
  2. How Many Times – George Soule, Oscar Franck, Terry Woodford
  3. Endlessly – Brook Benton, Clyde Otis
  4. You’re the Fool – Sharon McMahan
  5. Since I Fell for You – Buddy Johnson
  6. What Happened to the Real Me – Helga Penzabene
  7. Since You Became a Part of My Life – Bobby Eaton, Fred Bridges, Richard Knight
  8. It Makes Me Wanna Cry – Don Davis, Homer Banks
  9. Don’t Change Me Now – Darryl Carter, Fred Briggs, Sam Ballard

Alice Coltrane: Ptah, The El Daoud

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In September 1970, “Impulse!” label released “Ptah, the El Daoud”, the third Alice Coltrane studio album. It was recorded in January 1970, in Coltrane’s house in Long Island, New York, and was produced by Ed Michel.

Personnel:

  • Alice Coltrane – harp, piano,
  • Pharoah Sanders – tenor sax, alto flute, bells
  • Joe Henderson – tenor sax, alto flute
  • Ron Carter – bass
  • Ben Riley – drums
  • Jim Evans – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Alice Coltrane.

  1. Ptah, the El Daoud
  2. Turiya and Ramakrishna
  3. Blue Nile
  4. Mantra

Shuggie Otis: Here Comes Shuggie Otis

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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:

  1. Oxford Gray – Johnny Otis, Shuggie Otis
  2. Jennie Lee – Wilton Felder, Johnny Otis, Shuggie Otis
  3. Bootie Cooler – Johnny Otis, Shuggie Otis
  4. Knowing (That You Want Him) – Johnny Otis
  5. Funky Thithee – Johnny Otis, Shuggie Otis
  6. Shuggie’s Boogie – Johnny Otis, Shuggie Otis
  7. Hurricane – Johhny Otis, Shuggie Otis
  8. Gospel Groove – Johnny Otis, Shuggie Otis
  9. Baby, I Needed You – Johnny Otis, Shuggie Otis
  10. Hawkins – Johnny Otis, Shuggie Otis

Grant Green: Green is Beautiful

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In July 1970, “Blue Note” label released “Green Is Beautiful”, the 27th Grant Green album. It was recorded in January 1970, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Francis Wolff.

Personnel:

  • Grant Green – guitar
  • Neal Creque, Emmanuel Riggins – organ
  • Jimmy Lewis – electric bass
  • Idris Muhammad – drums
  • Candido Camero – conga
  • Richie “Pablo” Landrum – bongos
  • Blue Mitchell – trumpet
  • Claude Bartee – tenor saxophone

Track listing:

  1. Ain’t It Funky Now – James Brown
  2. A Day in the Life – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
  3. The Windjammer – Neal Creque
  4. I’ll Never Fall in Love Again – Burt Bacharach, Hal David
  5. Dracula – Neal Creque

Ray Charles: Love Country Style

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In June 1970, “Tangerine” label released “Love Country Style”, the 31st Ray Charles album. It was recorded in 1970, and was produced by Joe Adams.

Personnel:

  • Ray Charles – vocals, keyboards
  • David T. Walker – guitar
  • Steve Guillory – guitar
  • Carol Kaye – electric bass
  • Sid Feller – arrangements, conductor
  • David Braithwaite, Ray Charles Robinson – engineer

Track listing:

  1. If You Were Mine – Jimmy Lewis
  2. Ring of Fire – June Carter Cash, Merle Kilgore
  3. Your Love is So Doggone Good – Big Dee Irwin, Rudy Love
  4. Don’t Change On Me – Eddie Reeves, Jimmy Holiday
  5. Till I Can’t Take It Anymore – Clyde Otis, Dorian Burton
  6. You’ve Still Got a Place in My Heart – Leon Payne
  7. I Keep It Hid – Jimmy Webb
  8. Sweet Memories – Mickey Newbury
  9. Good Morning Dear – Mickey Newbury
  10. Show Me the Sunshine – Buddy Scott, Jimmy Radcliffe

Quintemssence: Same

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In June 1970, “Island” label released the self-titled, second Quintessence studio album. It was recorded in 1970, and was produced by John Barham.

Personnel:

  • Allan Mostert – lead guitar
  • Maha Dev – rhythm guitar
  • Shiva Shankar Jones – vocals, keyboards
  • Raja Ram – flute
  • Sambhu Babaji – bass guitar
  • Jake Milton – drums
  • John Barham – arrangements, musical director
  • Gopala – paintings
  • Richard Polak – photography

Track listing:

  1. Jesus, Buddha, Moses, Gauranga
  2. Sea of Immortality
  3. High on Mt. Kailash (Excerpt from Opera) – lyrics by Stanley Barr
  4. Burning Bush (live)
  5. Shiva’s Chant
  6. Prisms – conception John Barham
  7. Twilight Zones – lyrics by Stanley Barr
  8. Maha Mantra
  9. Only Love
  10. St. Pancras (live)
  11. Infinitum – conception John Barham

Allen Toussaint: Toussaint

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On June 6, 1971, “Sceptor” and “DJM” labels released “Toussaint”, the second Allen Toussaint studio album. It was recorded in 1970, and was produced by Charles Greene and Allen Toussaint.

Personnel:

  • Allen Toussaint – vocal, piano, arrangements
  • Terry Kellman – guitar
  • Mac Rebennack – organ, guitar
  • Eddie Hohner – bass
  • Freddie Staehle – drums
  • John Boudreaux – drums
  • Ed Greene – drums
  • Earl Turbinton – alto saxophone
  • Frederic Kemp – tenor saxophone
  • Clyde Kerr – trumpet
  • Merry Clayton – backing vocals
  • Venetta Fields – backing vocals
  • Dick Smith – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Allen Toussaint, except where noted.

  1. From a Whisper to a Scream
  2. Chokin’ Kind – Harlan Howard
  3. Number Nine
  4. Either
  5. Sweet Touch of Love
  6. Working in a Coal Mine
  7. Everything I Do Gonna Be Funky
  8. Louie
  9. What is Success
  10. Pickles
  11. Cast Your Fate to the Wind – Carel Rowe, Vince Guaraldi

Jean-Lyc Ponty: King Kong: Jean-Lyc Ponty Plays the Music of Frank Zappa

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On May 25, 1970, “World Pacific” and “Liberty” labels released “King Kong: Jean-Luc Ponty Plays the Music of Frank Zappa”, the sixth Jean-Luc Ponty album. It was recorded in October 1969, at “Whitney Studios” in Glendale, California, and was produced by Richard Bock. 

Personnel:

  • Jean-Luc Ponty – electric violin, baritone violectra
  • Frank Zappa – electric guitar, arrangements, conductor
  • George Duke – acoustic and electric piano
  • Buell Neidlinger – double bass 
  • Wilton Felder – Fender Precision electric bass 
  • John Guerin – drums 
  • Arthur Dyer Tripp III – drums 
  • Gene Estes – vibraphone, percussion
  • Ernie Watts – alto and tenor saxophone
  • Ian Underwood – tenor saxophone, orchestra conductor
  • Gene Cipriano – oboe, English horn
  • Arthur Maebe – French horn, tuba 
  • Vincent DeRosa – descant recorder, French horn, descant 
  • Jonathan Meyer – flute
  • Donald Christlieb – bassoon
  • Milton Thomas – viola
  • Harold Bemko – cello
  • Gerald Wilson – conductor
  • Ian Underwood – conductor
  • Dick Kunc – engineer
  • Ron Wolin – art direction, design
  • Leonard Feather – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Frank Zappa, except where noted.

  1. King Kong
  2. Idiot Bastard Son
  3. Twenty Small Cigars
  4. How Would You Like to Have a Head Like That – Jean-Luc Ponty
  5. Music for Electric Violin and Low-Budget Orchestra
  6. America Drinks and Goes Home