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Stevie Wonder: Music Of My Mind

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On March 3, 1972, “Tamla” label released “Music of My Mind”, the fourteenth Stevie Wonder studio album. It was recorded in 1971, at “Mediasound” and “Electric Lady” in New York City, “Crystal Industries” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Stevie Wonder, Robert Margouleff and Malcolm Cecil.

Personnel:

  •  Stevie Wonder – lead and backing vocals, drums, handclaps, T.O.N.T.O. synthesizer, piano, Rhodes piano, talk box, harmonica, bongos, clavinet, Moog bass , tack piano
  • Buzz Feiten – electric guitar
  • Art Baron – trombone 
  • Syreeta – backing vocals
  • Uncredited – backing vocals 
  • Malcolm Cecil – Moog programming, engineer
  • Robert Margouleff – Moog programming, engineer
  • Joan DeCola – recording
  • Rick Rowe – recording

Track listing:

All tracks by Stevie Wonder, except where noted.

  1. Love Having You Around – Syreeta Wright
  2. Superwoman
  3. I Love Every Little Thing About You
  4. Sweet Little Girl
  5. Happier Than the Morning Sun
  6. Girl Blue – Stevie Wonder, Syreeta Wright
  7. Seems So Long
  8. Keep On Running
  9. Evil – Stevie Wonder, Syreeta Wright

Ornette Coleman: Science Fiction

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In February 1972, “Columbia” label released “Science Fiction”, the 13th Ornette Coleman album. It was recorded September – October 1971, at “Columbia Studios” in New York City.

Personnel:

  • Ornette Coleman – alto saxophone, trumpet, violin
  • Dewey Redman – tenor saxophone, musette
  • Don Cherry – pocket trumpet
  • Bobby Bradford – trumpet
  • Carmine Fornarotto, Gerard Schwarz – trumpet
  • Charlie Haden – double bass, electric double bass with wah-wah pedal
  • Billy Higgins – drums
  • Ed Blackwell – drums
  • David Henderson – recitation
  • Asha Puthli – vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Ornette Coleman.

  1. What Reason Could I Give?
  2. Civilization Day
  3. Street Woman
  4. Science Fiction
  5. Rock the Clock
  6. All My Life
  7. Law Years
  8. The Jungle Is a Skyscraper

Yusef Lateef: The Gentle Giant

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In January 1972, “Atlantic” label released “The Gentle Giant”, the 30th Yusef Lateef album. It was recorded April 1970 – September 1971, at “Regent Sound Studios”, “Atlantic Recording Studios” in New York City.

Personnel:

  • Yusef Lateef – tenor saxophone, flute, bamboo flute, pneumatic bamboo flute, oboe, bells, tambourine
  • Eric Gale – guitar
  • Kenny Barron, Ray Bryant – piano, electric piano
  • Neal Boyar – vibraphone, chimes 
  • Bob Cunningham, Sam Jones – bass 
  • Bill Salter – electric bass 
  • Chuck Rainey – electric bass
  • Albert Heath – drums, flute
  • Jimmy Johnson – drums
  • Ladji Camara – African percussion
  • Kermit Moore – cello
  • The Sweet Inspirations – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Yusef Lateef except where noted.

  1. Nubian Lady – Kenny Barron
  2. Lowland Lullabye – traditional
  3. Hey Jude – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
  4. Jungle Plum – Kenny Barron
  5. The Poor Fisherman
  6. African Song – Kenny Barron
  7. Queen of the Night
  8. Below Yellow Bell

RAM: Where? (In Conclusion)

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In January 1972, “Polydor” label released “Where? (In Conclusion)”, the only RAM album. It was recorded in 1971, at “Ultrasound Studio” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Ralph De Martino, Dennis Carbone, Michael Rodriguez, Steeler, John De Martino and Ron Terry.

Personnel:

  • Ralph De Martino – vocals, guitar
  • Dennis Carbone – vocals, piano, tambourine
  • Michael Rodriguez – vocals, bass guitar
  • Steeler – drums
  • John De Martino – soprano, alto and tenor saxophone, flute, clarinet
  • Bill Stahl – engineer
  • Mike Colchamiro – engineer
  • Ton Nackman – art direction
  • Jordan Malek – design, photography

Track listing:

  1. Aza – Ron Terry
  2. here? (In Conclusion)
  3. The Want in You – Michael Rodriguez, Ron Terry
  4. Stoned Silence = John De Martino, Ron Terry
  5. Odyssey – John De Martino, Michael Rodriguez, Ralph De Martino
  6. The Mother’s Day Song – Ralph De Martino, Ron Terry

Jerry Lee Lewis: There Must Be More To Love Than This

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On January 4, 1971, “Mercury” label released “There Must Be More to Love than This”, the 15th Jerry Lee Lewis album. It was recorded in 1970, in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by Jerry Kennedy.

Personnel:

  • Jerry Lee Lewis – vocals, piano
  • Buck Hutcheson, Chip Young, Harold Bradley, Ray Edenton – guitar
  • Ned Davis – steel guitar
  • Kenny Lovelace – fiddle
  • Bob Moore, Eddie DeBruhl – bass
  • Buddy Harman, Kenny Buttrey – drums

Track listing:

  1. There Must Be More to Love Than This – Thomas LaVerne, Bill Taylor
  2. Bottles and Barstools – Glenn Sutton
  3. Reuben James – Barry Etris, Alex Harvey
  4. I’d Be Talkin’ All the Time – Chuck Howard, Larry Kingston
  5. One More Time – Larry Butler, Jan Crutchfield, Buddy Killen
  6. Sweet Georgia Brown – Ben Bernie, Kenneth Casey, Maceo Pinkard
  7. Woman, Woman (Get Out of My Way) –Linda Gail Lewis, Cecil J. Harrelson
  8. I Forgot More Than You’ll Ever Know – Cecil A. Null
  9. Foolaid – Harrelson Carmen Holland
  10. Home Away from Home – Jerry Chesnut
  11. Life Has its Little Ups and Downs – Margaret Ann Rich

Loretta Lynn: Coal Miner’s Daughter

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On January 4, 1971, “Decca” label released “Coal Miner’s Daughter”, the sixteenth Loretta Lynn studio album. It was recorded May – August 1970, at “Bradley’s Barn” in Mount Juliet, Tennessee, and was produced by Owen Bradley.

Personnel:

  • Loretta Lynn – lead vocals
  • Ray Edenton – guitar, acoustic guitar
  • Grady Martin – guitar, lead electric guitar
  • Hal Rugg – steel guitar, Dobro
  • Jerry Stembridge – acoustic guitar
  • Bobby Thompson – banjo
  • Pete Wade – guitar
  • Hargus Robbins – piano
  • Junior Huskey – bass
  • Harold Bradley – bass guitar, electric bass guitar
  • Bob Moore – bass
  • Buddy Harman – drums
  • The Jordanaires – backing vocals
  • Jim Williamson – engineer
  • Darrell Johnson – mastering
  • Doyle Wilburn – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Coal Miner’s Daughter – Loretta Lynn
  2. Hello Darlin’ – Conway Twitty
  3. Less of Me – Glen Campbell
  4. Any One, Any Worse, Any Where – Lorene Allen, Loretta Lynn
  5. For the Good Times – Kris Kristofferson
  6. The Man of the House – Larry Brinkley, Lee McAlpin
  7. What Makes Me Tick – Loretta Lynn
  8. Another Man Loved Me Last Night – Lorene Allen
  9. It’ll Be Open Season on You – Charlie Aldridge
  10. Too Far – Marty Robbins
  11. Snowbird – Gene MacLellan

Rare Earth: Rare Earth In Concert

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In December 1971, “Rare Earth” label released “Rare Earth in Concert”, the first Rare Earth live album. It was recorded in 1971, at “Jacksonville Coliseum” in Miami Florida, “Marine Stadium” in Ithaca, “New York Cornell University”, “The Pharmacy”, “Motown Studios”.

Personnel:

  • Ray Monette – guitars, backing vocals
  • Mark Olson – keyboards, backing vocals
  • John Persh – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Gil Bridges – woodwinds, percussion, flute, backing vocals
  • Pete Rivera (Hoorelbeke) – lead vocals, drums, percussion
  • Ed Guzman – conga, percussion
  • Cal Harris, Nate Jennings, John Lewis, Ken Sands, Bob Olhsson, Orson Lewis, Criteria Recording Company – recording
  • Don Boehrat, Gurdev Sandhu, Michael Grace, Don Fostie – engineer
  • Russ Terrana – mastering
  • Tom Schlesinger – graphic supervision
  • Curtis McNair – art direction
  • Joel Brodsky – photography

Track listing:

  1. I Just Want to Celebrate – Nick Zesses, Dino Fekaris
  2. Hey, Big Brother – Nick Zesses, Dino Fekaris
  3. Born to Wander – Tom Baird
  4. Get Ready – William “Smokey” Robinson
  5. What’d I Say – Ray Charles
  6. Thoughts – Gilbert Bridges, Peter Hoorelbeke, Edward Guzman, John Persh, Mark Olson, Raymond Monette
  7. (I Know) I’m Losing You – Cornelius Grant, Edward Holland Jr., Norman Whitfield
  8. Nice to Be with You – Mark Olson, Raymond Monette, Peter Hoorelbeke

Burnin Red Ivanhoe: W.W.W.

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In December 1971, “Sonet” label released “W.W.W.”, album by Burnin Red Ivanhoe. It was recorded in September 1971, at “Rosenberg Studio”, Copenhagen, Denmark, and was produced by Freddy Hanson.

Personnel:

  • Ole Fick – vocals, guitar, percussion, design
  • Karsten Vogel – piano, organ, soprano and alt saxophone, design
  • Jesse Staehr – bass, percussion, design
  • Bo Thrige Andersen – drums, design
  • Kim Menzer – flute, violin, trombone, design
  • Freddy Hansson – engineer
  • Bob Hill – mastering
  • John Fowlie – photography

Track listing:

  1. 2nd Floor, Croydon – Karsten Vogel
  2. W.W.W. – Karsten Vogel
  3. Avez-Vous Kaskelainen ? – Karsten Vogel
  4. Kaske-Vous Karsemose – Karsten Vogel
  5. All About All – Karsten Vogel
  6. Oblong Serenade – Ole Fick
  7. Cucumber-Porcupine – Karsten Vogel

Wigwam: Fairyport

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In December 1971, “Love” label released “Fairyport”, the third Wigwam album. It was recorded in June 1971, at “Finnvox Studios” and “Hamis Club” in Helsinki, Finland, “Music Network” in Sweden, and was produced by Jukka Gustavson, Jim Pemnroke, Pekka Pohjola and Ronnie Osterberg.

Personnel:

  • Jukka Gustavson – vocals, piano, electric piano, organ
  • Jim Pembroke – vocals, harmonica, piano
  • Pekka Pohjola – bass guitar, violin, acoustic guitar, piano, celesta, harpsichord, backing vocals
  • Ronnie Österberg – drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Jukka Tolonen – electric guitar
  • Pekka Pöyry – soprano saxophone
  • Eero Koivistoinen – soprano saxophone
  • Unto Haapa-Aho – bass clarinet
  • Tapio Louhensalo – bassoon
  • Risto Pensola – clarinet
  • Hannu Saxelin – clarinet
  • Ilmari Varila – oboe

Track listing:

  1. Losing Hold – Jukka Gustavson, Jim Pembroke, Pekka Pohjola
  2. Lost Without a Trace – Jim Pembroke
  3. Fairyport – Jukka Gustavson
  4. Gray Traitors – Jukka Gustavson
  5. Cafffkaff, the Country Psychologist – Juka Gustavson
  6. May Your Will Be Done, Dear Lord – Jukka Gustavson
  7. How to Make It Big in Hospital – Jim Pembroke
  8. Hot Mice – Pekka Pohjola
  9. P.K.’s Super Market – Pekka Pohjola
  10. One More Try – Jim Pembroke, Pekka Pohjola
  11. Rockin’ Ol’ Galway – Jim Pembroke
  12. Every Fold – Jim Pembroke
  13. Rave-Up for the Roadies (live) – Jukka Gustavson, Paekka Pohjola, Jukka Tolonen, Ronnie Österberg

Harry Nillson: Nillson Schmillson

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On November 11, 1971, “RCA” label released “Nilsson Schmilsson”, the seventh Harry Nilsson studio album. It was recorded January – June 1971, at “Trident” and “Island” in London, “RCA” in Hollywood, and was produced by Richard Perry.

Personnel:

  • Harry Nilsson – vocals; piano, mellotron, organ, harmonica, electric piano
  • John Uribe – acoustic and lead guitar
  • Chris Spedding – guitar
  • Caleb Quaye – guitar
  • Ian Duck – acoustic guitar
  • Bill Linnane – piano
  • Jim Webb – piano
  • Roger Coulam – organ
  • Gary Wright – piano, organ
  • Henry Krein – accordion
  • Klaus Voormann – bass guitar, rhythm and acoustic guitar
  • Herbie Flowers – bass guitar
  • Jim Gordon – drums, percussion
  • Jim Keltner – drums
  • Roger Pope – drums
  • Richard Perry – percussion, mellotron
  • Bobby Keys – saxophone
  • Jim Price – trumpet, trombone, horn arrangements
  • Paul Buckmaster – string and horn arrangements
  • George Tipton – string and horn arrangements
  • Robin Geoffrey Cable – engineer
  • Richie Schmitt – engineer
  • Phill Brown – additional engineering
  • Acy Lehman – graphics
  • Dean Torrence – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Harry Nilsson, except where noted.

  1. Gotta Get Up
  2. Driving Along
  3. Early in the Morning – Leo Hickman, Louis Jordam, Dallas Bartley
  4. The Moonbeam Song
  5. Down
  6. Without You – Pete Ham, Tom Evans
  7. Coconut
  8. Let the Good Times Roll – Shirley goodman, Leonard Lee
  9. Jump into the Fire
  10. I’ll Never Leave You