Tag Archives: 1971

Richard Davis: The Philosophy Of The Spiritual

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In December 1971, “Cobblestone” label released “The Philosophy of the Spiritual”, the third Richard Davis album. It was recorded in November 1971, in New York City, and was produced by Larry Fallon.

Personnel:

  • Richard Davis – bass
  • Sam Brown – guitar
  • Chick Corea – piano
  • Bill Lee – bass
  • Sonny Brown – drums
  • Frankie Dunlop – percussion
  • Doug Ramsey – liner notes
  • Don Schlitten – design, photography
  • Sol Kessler – lacquer cut
  • Joe Fields – A&R

Track listing:

All tracks by Bill Lee, except where noted.

  1. Dear Old Stockholm – traditional
  2. Monica
  3. Oh My God – Nadi Koma
  4. The Rabbi
  5. Baby Sweets
  6. Juan Valdez

Townes Van Zandt: High, Low And In Between

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In December 1971, “Poppy” label released “High, Low and In Between”, the fifth Townes Van Zandt album. It was recorded in April 1971, at “Larrabee Sound Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Kevin Eggers.

Personnel:

  • Townes Van Zandt – vocals, guitar
  • Larry Carlton – pedal steel guitar
  • Donnie Owens – guitar
  • David Cohen – guitar
  • Don Randi – piano, organ, cymbals, handclaps, arrangements
  • Harvey Newmark – bass
  • John Summer – drums
  • Ann Whitsett – handclaps
  • Jerry Barnes – engineer

Track listing:

  1. Two Hands
  2. You Are Not Needed Now
  3. Greensboro Woman
  4. Highway Kind
  5. Standin’
  6. No Deal
  7. To Live Is to Fly
  8. When He Offers His Hand
  9. Mr. Mudd & Mr. Gold
  10. Blue Ridge Mountains
  11. High, Low and In Between

Gravy Train: (A Ballad Of) A Peaceful Man

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In December 1971, “Vertigo” label released “(A Ballad of) A Peaceful Man”, the second Gravy Train album. It was recorded in 1971, at “Olympic Sound Studios” in Loneon, and was produced by John Peel.

Personnel:

  • Norman Barratt – vocals, guitar
  • J.D. Hughes – vocals, keyboards, wind
  • Lester Williams – vocals, bass
  • Barry Davenport – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Norman Barratt, J.D. Hughes, Lester Williams and Barry Davenport.

  1. Alone in Georgia
  2. (A Ballad of) A Peaceful Man
  3. Jule’s Delight
  4. Messenger
  5. Can Anybody Hear Me
  6. Old Tin Box
  7. Won’t Talk About It
  8. Home Again

Tin Tin: Astral Taxi

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In December 1971, “Polydor” label released “Astral Taxi”, the second and final Tin Tin album. It was recorded in 1971, and was produced by Billy Lawrie.

Personnel:

  • Steve Groves – vocals, guitar, percussion
  • Steve Kipner – vocals, keyboards, percussion
  • John Vallins – vocals, bass, guitar
  • Geoff Bridgford – drums
  • Maurice Gibb – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Steve Groves, Steve Kipner, John Vallins and Geoff Bridgford, except where noted.

  1. Astral Taxi
  2. Ships on the Starboard – Steve Kipner, Steve Groves, Johnny Vallins
  3. Our Destiny
  4. Tomorrow Today – Steve Kipner, Steve Groves, Billy Lawrie
  5. Jenny B.
  6. I Took a Holiday
  7. Tag Around
  8. Set Sail for England
  9. The Cavalry’s Coming – Steve Kipner, Steve Groves, Johnny Vallins
  10. Benny the Wonder Dog – Steve Kipner, Steve Groves, Johnny Vallins
  11. Is That the Way – Steve Kipner, Steve Groves, Billy Lawrie

Honey Cone: Soulful Tapestrey

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In December 1971, “Hot Wax” label released “Soulful Tapestry”, the third Honey Cone studio album. It was recorded in 1971, and was produced by Angelo Bond, Ronald Dunbar, Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland, Edward Holland, Jr., General Norman Johnson, Greg Perry, and Edith Wayne.

Personnel:

  • Edna Wright – lead vocal
  • Carolyn Willis – vocal
  • Shelly Clark – vocal 
  • Angelo Bond, General Norman Johnson, Greg Perry – arrangements
  • Barney Perkins – engineer

Track listing:

  1. One Monkey Don’t Stop No Show Part I – General Johnson, Greg Perry
  2. One Monkey Don’t Stop No Show Part II – General Johnson, Greg Perry
  3. Don’t Count Your Chickens (Before They Hatch) – General Johnson, Greg Perry, Angelo Bond
  4. A Little More – Ronald Dunbar, Edyth Wayne
  5. Stick Up – General Johnson, Greg Perry, Angelo Bond
  6. Want Ads – General Johnson, Greg Perry, Barney Perkins
  7. Who’s It Gonna Be – Holland – Dozier – Holland
  8. How Does It Feel – Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Ronald Dunbar, Edyth Wayne
  9. V.I.P. – General Johnson, Greg Perry, Angelo Bond
  10. The Day I Found Myself – Ronald Dunbar, Edyth Wayne, General Johnson
  11. All the King’s Horses (All the King’s Men) – General Johnson, Greg Perry, Angelo Bond

Pharoah Sanders: Village Of The Pharoahs

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In November 1973, “Impulse!” label released “Village of the Pharoahs”, the eleventh Pharoah Sanders album. It was recorded in December 1971, November 1972, September 1973, at “Wally Heider Sound Studios” in San Francisco, “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, “A&R Recording Studios” in New York, and was produced by Ed Michel.

Personnel:

  • Pharoah Sanders – vocals, soprano and tenor saxophone, percussion, bells
  • Sedatrius Brown – vocals
  • Joe Bonner – vocals, piano, shakuhachi, flute, percussion
  • Stanley Clarke, Calvin Hill, Cecil McBee – bass
  • Norman Connors – drums
  • Jimmy Hopps – vocals, drums, percussion
  • Kylo Kylo – tambura, percussion
  • Lawrence Killian – vocals, conga, percussion
  • Kenneth Nash – sakara, murdunom, percussion, whistles
  • Baker Bigsby – engineer, mixing
  • Dixon Van Winkle – engineer
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
  • Tim Bryant – design
  • Philip Melnick – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Pharoah Sanders.

  1. Village of the Pharoahs Part 1
  2. Village of the Pharoahs Part 2
  3. Village of the Pharoahs Part 3
  4. Myth
  5. Mansion Worlds
  6. Memories of Lee Morgan
  7. Went Like It Came

Miles Davis: Live-Evil

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On November 17, 1971, “Columbia” label released “Live-Evil”, album of live and studio recordings by Miles Davis. It was recorded February – June 1970, at “Columbia Studio B” in New York City, December 1970, at “The Cellar Door” in Washington, D.C., and was produced by Teo Macero.

Personnel:

  • Miles Davis – trumpet, electric trumpet with wah-wah
  • Herbie Hancock – electric piano
  • Chick Corea – electric piano
  • Keith Jarrett – electric piano, organ
  • Joe Zawinul – electric piano
  • Khalil Balakrishna – electric sitar
  • Gary Bartz – soprano and alto saxophone
  • Wayne Shorter – soprano saxophone
  • Steve Grossman – soprano saxophone
  • John McLaughlin – electric guitar
  • Dave Holland – acoustic and electric bass
  • Ron Carter – acoustic bass
  • Michael Henderson – electric bass
  • Hermeto Pascoal – vocals, voice, drums, electric piano, whistling 
  • Jack DeJohnette – drums
  • Billy Cobham – drums
  • Airto Moreira – percussion

Track listing:

  1. Sivad – Miles Davis
  2. Little Church – Hermeto Pascoal
  3. Medley: Gemini/Double Image – Miles Davis, Joe Zawinul
  4. What I Say – Miles Davis
  5. Nem Um Talvez – Hermeto Pascoal
  6. Selim – Hermeto Pascoal
  7. Funky Tonk – Miles Davis
  8. Inamorata and Narration by Conrad Roberts – Miles Davis

Alice Coltrane: Universal Consciousness

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In September 1971, “Impulse!” label released “Universal Consciousness”, the fifth Alice Coltrane album. It was recorded April – June, 1971, in New York City and at the Coltrane’s home studios in Dix Hills, New York, and was produced by Brian Konairz and Alice Coltrane.

Personnel:

  • Alice Coltrane – harp, organ, string arrangements
  • Jimmy Garrison – bass
  • Jack DeJohnette – drums
  • Clifford Jarvis – drums, percussion
  • Rashied Ali – drums, wind chimes
  • Tulsi – tanpura
  • John Blair, Julius Brand, Leroy Jenkins, Joan Kalisch – violin
  • Ornette Coleman – transcriptions
  • W. Barneke, Roy Musgnug – engineer
  • Tony May – engineer, mixing
  • Ed Michel – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Alice Coltrane.

  1. Universal Consciousness
  2. Battle at Armageddon
  3. O Allah
  4. Hare Krishna
  5. Sita Ram
  6. The Ankh of Amen-Ra

Soft Machine: Fifth

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In July 1972, “CBS” label released “Fifth”, the fifth Soft Machine studio album. It was recorded November – December 1971, January – February 1972, at “Advision Studios” in London, and was produced by Elton Dean, Mike Ratledge, Hugh Hopper, Roy Babbington, Phil Howard and John Marshall.

Personnel:

  • Elton Dean – alto saxophone, saxello, Fender Rhodes electric piano
  • Mike Ratledge – Fender Rhodes electric piano, Lowrey organ
  • Hugh Hopper – bass guitar
  • Phil Howard – drums
  • John Marshall – drums
  • Roy Babbington – double bass

Track listing:

  1. All White – Mike Ratledge
  2. Drop – Mike Ratledge
  3. M C – Hugh Hopper
  4. As If – Mike Ratledge
  5. L B O – John Marshall
  6. Pigling Bland – Mike Ratledge
  7. Bone – Elton Dean

Hot Tuna: First Pull Up, Then Pull Down

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In June 1971, “RCA Victor” label released “First Pull Up, Then Pull Down”, the second Hot Tuna album. It was recorded in April 1971 at “Chateau Liberte” in Los Gatos, California, and was produced by Jorma Kaukonen.

Personnel:

  • Jorma Kaukonen – vocals, guitar
  • Papa John Creach – electric violin
  • Jack Casady – bass
  • Sammy Piazza – drums
  • Will Scarlett – harmonica
  • Pat “Maurice” Leraci – master of the machines
  • Allen Zentz – engineer
  • Margareta Kaukonen – drawings
  • Mike Frankel – interior photography
  • Jack Casady – pin-up photography

Track listing:

  1. John’s Other – Papa John Creach
  2. Candy Man – Rev. Gary Davis
  3. Been So Long – Jorma Kakukonen
  4. Want You to Know – Bo Carter
  5. Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning – Rev. Gary Davis
  6. Never Happen No More – Blind Blake
  7. Come Back Baby – traditional, arranged by Jorma Kaukonen