In January 1972, “Columbia” label released “Let My Children Hear Music”, the 30th Charles Mingus album. It was recorded September – November 1971, and was produced by Teo Macero.
Track listing:
Charles Mingus – bass
Charles McPherson – alto saxophone
James Moody – tenor saxophone
Bobby Jones – tenor saxophone
Snooky Young – lead trumpet
Joe Wilder – trumpet
Lonnie Hillyer – trumpet
Julius Watkins – French horn
Charles McCracken – cello
Sir Roland Hanna – piano
Dannie Richmond – drums
All tracks by Charles Mingus.
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In January 1972, “Hallelujah” label released “Tomorrow Blue”, the second Toad studio album. It was recorded in 1971, at “De Lane Lea Studios” in London, and was produced by Chris Schwegler.
In January 1972, “Regal Zonophone” label released “A Toast to Panama Red”, the fourth Masters Apprentices (The) studio album. It was recorded September – October 1971, at “Abbey Road Studios” and “Air Studios” in London, and was produced by Jeff Jarratt.
Personnel:
Jim Keays – lead vocals, effects
Doug Ford – acoustic and electric guitars, backing vocals
Glenn Wheatley – bass, backing vocals
Colin Burgess – drums, percussion, backing vocals
Andrew Jackman – choir and brass arrangements
The Crikey Choir – choir
Cahil Gibram – poetry excerpt from – The Prophet
Nicky Webb, Peter Bown, Richard Lush – engineer
Jim Kayes – artwork
Peter Vernon – photography
Vicky Keays – typography
Track listing:
All tracks by Doug Ford and Jim Keays, except where noted.
On January 17, 1972, “Capitol” label released the self-titled, third Linda Ronstadt studio album. It was recorded in 1971, at “The Troubadour”, “Muscle Shoals” in Sheffield. Alabama, “Quadrafonic Sound” in Nashville, Tennessee, “United Western” in Hollywood, and was produced by John Boylan.
Personnel:
Linda Ronstadt – lead vocals, tambourine, arrangements
John Boylan – guitar, arrangements
Glenn Frey – guitar, arrangements, backing vocals
Sneaky Pete Kleinow – pedal steel guitar
Richard Bowden – electric guitar
Tippy Armstrong – guitar
Weldon Myrick – steel guitar
Bernie Leadon – guitar, backing vocals
Herb Pedersen – guitar, banjo, backing vocals
Dean Webb – mandolin
Moon Martin – guitar, backing vocals
Buddy Emmons – pedal steel guitar
Barry Beckett – keyboards
Michael Bowden – bass guitar
David Hood – bass guitar
Wesley Pritchett – bass guitar
Randy Meisner – bass guitar, backing vocals
Lyle Ritz – bass guitar
Don Henley – drums, backing vocals
Roger Hawkins – drums
Mike Botts – drums
Jimmie Fadden – harmonica
Gib Guilbeau – fiddle, backing vocals
JD Souther – lead, harmony and backing vocals
Merry Clayton – backing vocals
Dianne Davidson – backing vocals
Miss Ona – backing vocals
Don Blake – engineer
Larry Hamby – engineer
Ray Thompson – engineer
Rudy Hill – engineer
Wally Heider – engineer
Mike Shields – engineer, mixing, mastering
John Hoernle – art direction
Dean Torrence – design
Ed Caraeff – photography
Al Coury – production coordinator
Track listing:
Rock Me on the Water – Jackson Brown
Crazy Arms – Ralph Mooney, Chuck Seals
I Won’t Be Hangin’ Round – Eric Kaz
I Still Miss Someone – Johnny Cash, Roy Cash Jr.
In My Reply – Livingston Taylor
I Fall to Pieces – Hank Cochran, Harlan Howard
Ramblin’ Round – Lead Belly, Woody Guthrie, John A. Lomax
In January 1972, “Numero Uno” label released “Storia di un minute”, the debut Premiata Forneria Marconi studio album. It was recorded in 1971, in Milan, Italy.
Personnel:
Franco Mussida – lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, 12 string guitar, mandocello
Flavio Premoli – lead and backing vocals, organ, piano, mellotron, harpsichord, Minimoog
On January 15, 1971, “Vertigo” label released “Dedicated to You, But You Weren’t Listening”, album by The Keith Tippett Group (the second Keith Tippett album overall). It was recorded in 1970, and was produced by Pete King.
Personnel:
Keith Tippett – piano, electric piano
Gary Boyle – guitar
Neville Whitehead – bass
Roy Babbington – bass, bass guitar
Bryan Spring – drums
Phil Howard – drums
Robert Wyatt – drums
Tony Uta – congas, cowbell
Elton Dean – alto saxophone
Marc Charig – cornet
Nick Evans – trombone
Dave Voyde – engineer
Martin Dean, Roger Dean – design
Commercial Process Ltd. – sleeve reproduction
Richard Williams – liner notes
Track listing:
This Is What Happens – Keith Tippett, Nick Evans
Thoughts To Geoff – Keith Tippett
Green and Orange Night Park – Keith Tippett
Gridal Suite – Elton Dean
Five After Down – Keith Tippett
Dedicated to Youm But You Weren’t Listening – Elton Dean, H. Hopper, Mare Charig
In January 1971, “Kama Sutra” label released the self-titled, debut Dust studio album. It was recorded in 1971, at “Bell Sound” in New York City, and was produced by Kenny Aaronson and Kenny Kerner.
Personnel:
Richie Wise – vocals, acoustic and electric guitars
On January 13, 1971, “Epic” label released “Deliverin’”, the first live and the third Poco album overall. It was recorded in September 1970, at “Boston Music Hall” in Boston, Felt Forum” in New Yok City, and was produced by Jim Messina.
Personnel:
Jim Messina — vocals, acoustic and electric lead guitar
Richie Furay — vocals, acoustic and electric rhythm guitar
Rusty Young — vocals, steel guitar, dobro
Timothy B. Schmit — vocals, bass
George Grantham — vocals, drums
Jim Reeves – recording
Pete Fornatale – liner notes
Track listing:
I Guess You Made It – Richie Furay
C’mon – Richie Furay
Hear That Music – Timothy B. Schmit
Kind Woman – Richie Furay
Medley: Hard Luck / Child’s Claim To Fame / Pickin Up The Pieces – Richie Furay, Timothy B. Schmit
You’d Better Think Twice – Jim Messina
A Man Like Me – Richie Furay
Medley: Just in Case It Happens, Yes Indeed / Grand Junction / Consequently So Long – Richie Furay, Rusty Young, Skip Goodwin
In December 1971, “Mainstream” label released “A Time in My Life”, the 35th Sarah Vaughan album. It was recorded in November 1971, and was produced by Bob Shad.
Personnel:
Sarah Vaughan – vocals
Albert Vescovo, Joe Pass – guitar
Bill Mays – piano
Bob Magnusson – bass
Earl Palmer – drums
Alan Estes, Jimmy Cobb – percussion
Jackie Kelso, Jerome Richardson, William Green – saxophone
Al Aarons, Buddy Childers, Gene Goe – trumpet
Benny Powell, George Bohanon – trombone
Ernie Wilkins – arrangements
Track listing:
Imagine – John Lennon
On Thinking It Over – Brian Auger, Alan Gorrie, Jim Mullen
Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) – Marvin Gaye, James Nyx
Sweet Gingerbread Man – Michel Legrand, Alan and Marilyn Bergman
Magical Connection – John Sebastian
That’s the Way I’ve Always Heard It Should Be – Carly Simon, Jacob Brackman
In December 1971, “Blue Note” label released “Shades of Green”, the 18th Grant Green album. It was recorded in November 1971, at “United Artists Studios” in Hollywood, “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by George Butler.
Personnel:
Grant Green – guitar
Billy Wooten – vibraphone
Emmanuel Riggins – electric piano, clavinet
Wilton Felder – electric bass
Nesbert “Stix” Hooper – drums
King Errisson – conga
Harold Cardwell – percussion
Wade Marcus -orchestra arrangements
Joe Newman, Joe Wilder, Victor Paz, James Sedlar – trumpet
Harry DiVito – trombone
Dick Hickson – bass trombone
Jim Buffington – French horn
Phil Bodner, Romeo Penque, George Marge, John Leone – woodwinds
Christina Hersch – engineer
Rudy Van Gelder – remix
Norman Seeff – art direction
Track listing:
Medley: I Don’t Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing (Open Up the Door I’ll Get It Myself), Cold Sweat – James Brown
Sunrise, Sunset – Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick
Never My Love – Donald Adrissi, Richard Addrisi
Got to Be There – Elliot Willensky
California Green – Grant Green
If You Really Love Me – Stevie Wonder, Syreeta Wright
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