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The Rascals: Peaceful World

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On May 5, 1971, “Columbia” label released “Peaceful World”, the eighth Rascals (The) studio album. It was recorded October 1970 – March 1971, and was produced by Felix Cavaliere.

Personnel:

  • Felix Cavaliere – vocals, keyboards, marimba, organ, piano
  • Howard “Buzz” Feiten – guitar, bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Linc Chamberland – guitar, horn arrangements
  • Dino Danelli – drums
  • Ron Carter, Jerry Jemmott, Robert Popwell, Chuck Rainey, William Salter – bass guitar
  • Ralph MacDonald – bells, conga, percussion, shaker, talking drum
  • Jon Robert Smith , Ernie Wilkins – saxophone
  • Pepper Adams – baritone saxophone
  • Joe Newman, Ernie Royal – trumpet
  • Garnett Brown – horn, trombone
  • Joe Farrell – flute, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
  • Hubert Laws – flute
  • Alice Coltrane – harp
  • Annie Sutton – backing vocals
  • Molly Holt – backing vocals
  • Buddy Buono – backing vocals
  • Cynthia Webb – backing vocals
  • James Green, Jerry Lee Smith – recording
  • Bob Irwin – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Felix Cavaliere, except where noted.

  1. Sky Trane
  2. In and Out of Love – Buzzy Feiten
  3. Bit of Heaven
  4. Love Me
  5. Mother Nature Land
  6. Icy Water – Buzzy Feiten
  7. Happy Song
  8. Love Letter
  9. Little Dove
  10. Visit to Mother Nature Land
  11. Getting Nearer
  12. Peaceful World

Toshiaki Yokota, Primitive Community: Primitive Community

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On May 5, 1971, “Toshiba Records” label released “Primitive Community”, album by Toshiaki Yokota, Primitive Community.

Personnel:

  • Toshiaki Yokota – flute, arrangements
  • Kimio Mizutani – guitar
  • Yusuke Hoguchi – organ
  • Kimio Koizumi – bass
  • Chito Kawachi – drums
  • Fujio Saito – percussion
  • Larry Sunaga – percussion
  • Minoru Ishiyama – percussion
  • Pedru Umemura – percussion
  • Tadaomi Anai – percussion
  • Yoshinori Nohmi – percussion
  • Shunzo Ohno -trumpet
  • Shigeki Fujino – remastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Toshiaki Yokota, except where noted.

  1. Forbidden Rituals
  2. Devil’s Tears – Kuni Kawachi
  3. Harikrishna – Kuni Kawachi
  4. Savanna
  5. Flying
  6. Black Narcissus

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

Donald Byrd: Ethiopian Knights

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On April 19, 1972, “Blue Note” label released “Ethiopian Knights”, the 27th Donald Byrd album. It was recorded in August 1971, at “A&M Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by George Butler.

Personnel:

  • Donald Byrd – trumpet
  • Thurman Green – trombone
  • Harold Land – tenor saxophone
  • Bobby Hutcherson – vibes
  • Joe Sample – organ
  • Bill Henderson III – electric piano
  • Don Peake – guitar
  • Greg Poree – guitar
  • David T. Walker – guitar
  • Wilton Felder – electric bass
  • Ed Greene – drums
  • Bobbye Porter Hall – congas, tambourine

Track listing:

All tracks by Donald Byrd, except where noted.

  1. The Emperor
  2. Jamie
  3. The Little Rasti

Kossoff Kirke Tetsu Rabbit: Same

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In April 1972, “Island” label released the self-titled, debut Kossoff Kirke Tetsu Rabbit studio album. It was recorded in 1971, and was produced by Paul Kossoff, Tetsu Yamauchi, John Bundrick and Simon Kirke.

Personnel:

  • Paul Kossoff – vocals, guitars
  • John “Rabbit” Bundrick – vocals, piano, electric piano, mellotron, organ
  • Tetsu Yamauchi – bass
  • Simon Kirke – vocals, drums
  • B.J. Cole – steel guitar
  • Richard Digby Smith – engineer
  • Tony Platt – engineer

Track listing:

  1. Blue Grass –John Bundrick
  2. Sammy’s Alright – John Bundrick
  3. Anna – Simon Kirke
  4. Just for the Box – Paul Kossoff
  5. Hold on – Simon Kirke, Paul Kossoff
  6. Fool’s Life – John Bundrick
  7. Yellow House – John Bundrick
  8. Dying Fire – Simon Kirke
  9. I’m on the Run – John Bundrick
  10. Colours – Elliot Burgess, Paul Kossoff

Luis Gasca: For Those Who Chant

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In April 1972, “Blue Thumb” label released “For Those Who Chant”, the second Luis Gasca album. It was recorded in 1971, at “Columbia Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Luis Gasca.

Personnel:

  • Luis Gasca – trumpet, flugelhorn, mixing
  • Carlos Santana – guitar
  • Neal Schon – guitar
  • George Cables – piano, electric piano
  • Greg Rolie – piano, electric piano
  • Mark Levine – piano, electric piano
  • Richard Kermode – organ
  • Stanley Clark – bass
  • Lenny White – drums
  • Mike Shrieve – drums
  • Mike Carabello – congas
  • Victor Pantoja – congas
  • Snooky Flowers – percussion
  • Garnette Mims – percussion
  • Jean MacGregor – percussion
  • Rico Reyes – percussion
  • Jose “Chepito” Areas – vibraphone
  • Carmelo Garcia – timbales
  • Coke Escovedo – timbales
  • Joe Henderson – tenor saxophone
  • Hadley Caliman – flute
  • Moon – cosmic dog
  • Glen Kolotkin – engineer
  • Mike Larner – engineer
  • Ken Hopkins – mixing
  • Stan Marcum – mixing
  • Phillip Lindsay Mason – painting
  • Victor Aleman – photography
  • Stan Marcum – production suipervision

Track listing:

  1. Street Dude – Luis Gasca
  2. La Raza – Luis Gasca
  3. Spanish Gypsy – Don Menza, Luis Gasca
  4. Little Mama – Luis Gasca

Charles Tolliver’s Music Inc.: Music Inc.

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In April 1971, “Strata-East” label released “Music Inc.”, album by Charles Tolliver’s Music Inc. (Charles Tolliver fifth album overall). It was recorded in November 1971, in New York City, and was produced by George Klabin.

Personnel:

  • Charles Tolliver – trumpet
  • Stanley Cowell – piano
  • Cecil McBee – bass
  • Jimmy Hopps – drums
  • Bobby Brown – flute
  • Wilbur Brown, Jimmy Heath, Clifford Jordan – flute, tenor saxophone
  • Howard Johnson – baritone saxophone, tuba
  • Lorenzo Greenwich, Virgil Jones, Danny Moore, Richard Williams – trumpet
  • Garnett Brown, Curtis Fuller, John Gordon, Dick Griffin – trombone

Track listing:

All tracks by Charles Tolliver, except where noted.

  1. Ruthie’s Heart
  2. Brilliant Circles – Stanley Cowell
  3. Abscretions – Stanley Cowell
  4. Household of Saud
  5. On the Nile
  6. Departure – Stanley Cowell

Roy Ayers Ubiquity: He’s Coming

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In March 1972, “Polydor” label released “He’s Coming”, album by Roy Ayers Ubiquity (the ninth Roy Ayers album overall). It was recorded in 1971, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Myrnaleah Williams.

Personnel:

  • Roy Ayers – vocals, organ, vibraphone, arrangements
  • Sandy Hewitt – vocal
  • Bob Fusco – guitar
  • Sam Brown – guitar
  • Harry Whitaker – vocals, organ, electric piano, arrangements
  • John Williams – bass
  • Ron Carter – bass
  • David Lee, Jr. – drums
  • Billy Cobham – drums, percussion
  • Juma Santos – congas
  • Sonny Fortune – soprano saxophone
  • Selwart Clarke – strings
  • Carol Smiley, Gloria Jones, Victoria Hospedale – backing vocals
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
  • Kats Abe – art direction, design
  • Kinji Nakamura – design
  • Minoru Aoki – photography

Track listing:

  1. He’s a Superstar
  2. He Ain’t Heavy He’s My Brother
  3. Ain’t Got Time
  4. I Don’t Know How To Love Him
  5. He’s Coming
  6. We Live In Brooklyn Baby
  7. Sweet Butterfly Of Love
  8. Sweet Tears
  9. Fire Weaver

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