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Don McLean: Tapestry

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In October 1970, “Mediarts” label released “Tapestry”, the debut Don McLean album. It was recorded in 1970, at “Sierra Sound Laboratories” in Berkeley, California, and was produced by Jerry Corbitt.

Personnel:

  • Don McLean – vocals, guitar, banjo
  • Rick Turner – guitar, bass guitar
  • Scott Lawrence, Edward Bogas– piano
  • Peter Childs – dobro, bass guitar
  • Jerry Corbitt– bass guitar
  • Gregory Dewey, Jeff Meyer – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Don McLean.

  1. Castles in the Air
  2. General Store
  3. Magdalene Lane
  4. Tapestry
  5. Respectable
  6. Orphans of Wealth
  7. Three Flights Up
  8. And I Love You So
  9. Bad Girl
  10. Circus Song
  11. No Reason for Your Dreams

Skid Row: Skid

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In October 1970, “Columbia” label released released “Skid”, the debut Skid Row album. It was recorded in 1970, and was produced by Clifford Davis.

Personnel:

  • Gary Moore – vocals, guitar
  • Brush Shiels – vocals, bass
  • Noel Bridgeman – vocals, drums

Track listing:

  1. Mad Dog Woman – Brendan Shiels
  2. Virgo’s Daughter – Brendan Shiels
  3. Heading Home Again – Brendan Shiels
  4. An Awful Lot Of Woman – Brendan Shiels
  5. Unco-Up Showband Blues – Brendan Shiels, Gary Moore, Noel Bridgeman
  6. For Those Who Do – Brendan Shiels, Gary Moore, Noel Bridgeman
  7. After I’m Gone – Brendan Shiels
  8. The Man Who Never Was – Brendan Shiels, Gary Moore, Noel Bridgeman
  9. Felicity – Gary Moore

Redbone: Potlatch

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In October 1970, “Epic” label released “Potlatch”, the second Redbone album. It was recorded in 1970, and was produced by Lolly Vegas and Pete Welding.

Personnel:

  • Lolly Vegas – vocals, guitar
  • Tony Bellamy – vocals, guitar
  • Patrick Vegas – vocals, bass
  • Peter DePoe– drums, percussion

Track listing:

  1. Maggie – Lolly Vegas
  2. Light as a Feather – Patrick Vegas
  3. Who Can Say – Lolly Vegas
  4. Judgement Day – Lolly Vegas
  5. Without Reservation – Lolly Vegas, Patrick Vegas, A. Bellamy, Peter DePoe
  6. Chant: 13th Hour – Patrick Vegas
  7. Alcatraz – Patrick Vegas
  8. Drinkin’ and Blo – Lolly Vegas
  9. Bad News Ain’t No News at All – Lolly Vegas, Patrick Vegas, A. Bellamy
  10. New Blue Sermonette – Lolly Vegas

Savoy Brown: Looking In

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In October 1970, “Decca” label released “Looking In”, the sixth Savoy Brown album. It was recorded in 1970, at “Recorded Sound Studios” in London, and was produced by Kim Simmonds.

Personnel:

  • Lonesome Dave—vocals, guitar
  • Kim Simmonds—guitar, piano
  • Tone Stevens—bass
  • Roger Earl—drums
  • Owen Finnegan—congas
  • Paul Tregurtha, Eric Holand – engineer
  • Anthony Hawkins – mastering

Track listing:

  1. Gypsy – Kim Simmonds
  2. Poor Girl – Tony Stevens
  3. Money Can’t Save Your Soul – Dave Peverett, Kim Simmonds
  4. Sunday Night – Kim Simmonds
  5. Looking In – Dave Peverett, Kim Simmonds
  6. Take It Easy – Dave Peverett, Kin Simmonds
  7. Sitting an’ Thinking – Kim Simmonds
  8. Leavin’ Again – Dave Peverett, Kim Simmonds
  9. Romanoff – Kim Simmonds

B. B. King: Indianola Mississippi Seeds

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In October 1970, “ABC” label released “Indianola Mississippi Seeds”, the eighteenth B. B. King studio album. It was recorded January 1969 – June 1970, at “The Record Plant” in Los Angeles and “Hit Factory” in New York City, and was produced by Bill Szymczyk.

Personnel:

  • B. King– vocals, guitar, piano
  • Joe Walsh– guitar
  • Hugh McCracken– guitar
  • Carole King– piano, electric piano
  • Leon Russell– piano
  • Paul Harris– piano
  • Bryan Garofalo, Gerald Jemmott– bass
  • Russ Kunkel, Herb Lovelle– drums
  • Sherlie Matthews, Merry Clayton, Clydie King, Venetta Fields- Angelic chorus
  • Joe Zagarino— engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by B. B. King, except where noted.

  1. Nobody Loves Me But My Mother
  2. You’re Still My Woman – B. King, Dave Clark
  3. Ask Me No Questions
  4. Until I’m Dead and Cold
  5. King’s Special
  6. Ain’t Gonna Worry My Life Anymore
  7. Chains and Things – B. King, Dave Clark
  8. Go Underground – B. King, Dave Clark
  9. Hummingbird – Leon Russell

Arlo Guthrie: Washhington County

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In October 1970, “Rising Son” label released “Washington County”, the fifth Arlo Guthrie album. It was recorded in August 1970, and was produced by Lenny Waronker and John Pilla.

Personnel:

  • Arlo Guthrie – vocals, banjo, guitar, piano, autoharp, harp
  • John Pilla – guitar, autoharp, harmony vocals
  • Clarence White- electric guitar
  • Ry Cooder- bottleneck guitar
  • Doug Dillard- banjo
  • Chris Ethridge- bass
  • Hoyt Axton- vocals, bass
  • Gary Walters – bass
  • Richard Hayward- drums
  • Barry Feldman – executive producer
  • Van Dyke Parks- co-producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Arlo Guthrie; except where noted.

  1. Introduction
  2. Fencepost Blues
  3. Gabriel’s Mother’s Highway Ballad #16 Blues
  4. Washington County
  5. Valley to Pray
  6. Lay Down Little Doggies – Woody Guthrie
  7. I Could Be Singing
  8. If You Would Just Drop By
  9. Percy’s Song – Bob Dylan
  10. I Want to Be Around

Bloodrock: Bloodrock 2

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In October 1970, “Capitol” label released “Bloodrock 2”, the second Bloodrock studio album. It was recorded in 1970, and was produced by Terry Knight.

Personnel:

  • Jim Rutledge – vocals
  • Nick Taylor – vocals, rhythm and lead guitar
  • Lee Pickens – vocals, lead guitar
  • Steve Hill – vocals, keyboards
  • Eddie Grundy – vocals, bass
  • Rick Cobb – drums, percussion
  • Kenneth Hamann – engineer
  • John Nitzinger- co-composer

Track listing:

  1. Lucky in the Morning
  2. Cheater
  3. Sable and Pearl
  4. Fallin’
  5. Children’s Heritage
  6. Dier Not a Lover
  7. O.A.
  8. Fancy Space Odyssey

Warhorse: Same

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In October 1970, “Vertigo” label released the self-titled, debut  Warhorse album.  It was recorded in 1970, and was produced by Ashley Holt, Ged Peck, Mac Poole, Nick Simper, Ian Kimmet and Frank Wilson.

Personnel:

  • Ashley Holt – vocals
  • Ged Peck– guitar
  • Frank Wilson – keyboards
  • Nick Simper– bass
  • Mac Poole – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Ashley Holt, Ged Peck, Mac Poole, Nick Simper and Frank Wilson,  except where noted.

  1. Vulture Blood
  2. No Chance
  3. Burning
  4. Louis – George Young, Harry Vand
  5. Ritual
  6. Solitude
  7. Woman of the Devil

Kevin Ayers: Shooting at the Moon

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In October 1970, “Harvest” label released “Shooting at the Moon”, the second Kevin Ayers album. It was recorded April – September 1970, at “Abbey Road Studios” in London, and was produced by Kevin Ayers and  Peter Jenner.

Personnel:

  • Kevin Ayers – vocals, guitar, bass
  • Bridget St. John – vocals
  • Robert Wyatt – vocals
  • David Bedford – organ, piano, accordion, marimbaphone, guitar
  • Lol Coxhill – saxophone, zoblophone
  • Mike Oldfield – vocal, bass, guitar
  • Mick Fincher – drums, percussion, bottles, ashtrays
  • The Whole World Chorus – backing vocals
  • Peter Mews – engineer
  • Tom Fu – cover art

Track listing:

All tracks by Kevin Ayers

  1. May I?
  2. Rheinhardt & Geraldine/Colores Para Dolores
  3. Lunatics Lament
  4. Pisser Dans un Violon
  5. The Oyster and the Flying Fish
  6. Underwater
  7. Clarence in Wonderland
  8. Red Green and You Blue
  9. Shooting at the Moon

Paul Siebel: Woodsmoke and Oranges

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In October 1970, “Elektra” label released “Woodsmoke and Oranges”, the debut Paul Siebel album. It was recorded in 1970, and was produced by Peter K. Siegel.

Personnel:

  • Paul Siebel – vocals, acoustic and 12-string guitar
  • David Bromberg- dobro, acoustic guitar, electric guitar
  • Weldon Myrick – pedal steel guitar
  • Jeff Gutcheon – organ, piano
  • Don Brooks – harmonica
  • Gary White – bass
  • James Madison – drums
  • Richard Greene – violin
  • Dave Sanders, Shelly Yakus – recording
  • William S. Harvey – art direction
  • Robert Campbell – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Paul Siebel.

  1. She Made Me Lose My Blues
  2. Miss Cherry Lane
  3. Nashville Again
  4. Ballad of Honest Sam
  5. Then Came the Children
  6. Louise
  7. Bride 1945
  8. My Town
  9. Any Day Woman
  10. Long Afternoons