In May 1972, “Tamla” label released “People…Hold On”, the second Eddie Kendricks studio album. It was recorded in 1972, and was produced by Frank Wilson, Leonard Caston Jr. and Bobby Miller.
Personnel:
Eddie Kendricks – vocal
The Young Senators – rhythm
Cal Harris – Moog synthesizer
David Leacraft, David Van De Pitte, Leroy Fleming – arrangements
Weldon Arthur McDougal III – photography
Track listing:
If You Let Me – Frank Wilson
Let Me Run into Your Lonely Heart – Anita Poree, Frank Wilson
Day By Day – Leonard Caston Jr., Terri McFaddin
Girl You Need a Change of Mind – Anita Poree, Leonard Caston Jr.
Someday We’ll Have a Better World – Norma Toney
My People…Hold On – Anita Poree, Leonard Caston Jr.
In March 1973, “Warner Bros” label released “Ooh La La”, the fourth Faces studio album. It was recorded September 1972 – January 1973, at “Olympic Studios” in London, and was produced by Glyn Johns.
Personnel:
Rod Stewart – lead vocal, electric guitar
Ronnie Lane – lead vocal, rhythm and acoustic guitars, tambourine, bass, percussion
Ronnie Wood – lead and co-lead vocal, slide, acoustic, rhythm and guitars, electric bouzouki
Ian McLagan – co-lead and backing vocal, piano, organ, harmonium
In January 1973, “CTI” label released “Prelude”, the eighth Eumir Deodato studio album. It was recorded in September 1972, at “Van Gelder Studios” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.
Personnel:
Eumir Deodato – piano, electric piano, conductor, arranger
John Tropea – electric guitar
Jay Berliner – guitar
Ron Carter – electric bass, bass
Stanley Clarke – electric bass
Billy Cobham – drums
Airto Moreira – percussion
Ray Barretto – congas
Hubert Laws – flute
John Frosk – trumpet
Marky Markowitz – trumpet
Joe Shepley – trumpet
Marvin Stamm – trumpet
Wayne Andre – trombone
Garnett Brown – trombone
Paul Faulise – trombone
George Strakey – trombone
Bill Watrous – trombone
Jim Buffington – French horn
Peter Gordon – French horn
Phil Bodner – flute
George Marge – flute
Romeo Penque – flute
Max Ellen – violin
Paul Gershman – violin
Emanuel Green – violin
Harry Lookofsky – violin
David Nadien – violin
Gene Orloff – violin
Eliot Rosoff – violin
Emanuel Vardi – viola
Al Brown – viola
Harvey Shapiro – cello
Seymore Barab – cello
Charles McKracken – cello
Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
Track listing:
Also Sprach Zarathustra – Richard Strauss
Spirit of Summer – Eumir Deodato
Carly & Carole – Eumir Deodato
Baubles, Bangles and Beads – Robert Wright, George Forrest
Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun – Claude Debussy
In January 1973, “CTI” label released “Sky Dive”, the twentieth Freddie Hubbard album. It was recorded in October 1972, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.
Personnel:
Freddie Hubbard: trumpet
Keith Jarrett: piano, electric piano
George Benson: guitar
Ron Carter: bass
Billy Cobham: drums
Ray Barretto, Airto Moreira: percussion
Alan Rubin, Marvin Stamm: trumpet, flugelhorn
Wayne Andre, Garnett Brown: trombone
Paul Faulise: bass trombone
Tony Price: tuba
Hubert Laws: flute, alto flute, bass flute
Phil Bodner: flute, alto flute, bass clarinet, piccolo
George Marge: alto clarinet, bass clarinet
Wally Kane: bass clarinet, piccolo
Romeo Penque: flute, alto flute, clarinet, oboe, English horn
On November 16, 1972, “Elektra” label released “No Secrets”, the third Carly Simon studio album. It was recorded September – October 1972, at “Trident Studio” in London, and was produced by Richard Perry.
Personnel:
Carly Simon – lead and backing vocals, acoustic piano, acoustic guitar, string arrangements, ARP synthesizer arrangements
David Hentschel – ARP synthesizer
Peter Robinson – acoustic piano
Nicky Hopkins – acoustic piano
Bill Payne – organ
Paul Keough – acoustic guitar
Lowell George – slide guitar
Jimmy Ryan – bass, acoustic, electric and lead guitar
Klaus Voormann – bass
Andy Newmark – drums
Jim Gordon – drums
Jim Keltner – drums
Ray Cooper – congas
Richard Perry – percussion
Bobby Keys – tenor saxophone
Kirby Johnson – electric piano, string arrangements, horn arrangements, woodwind arrangements, conductor
Paul Buckmaster – orchestration, synthesizers; orchestra, synthesizer and woodwind arrangements, conductor
Vicki Brown – backing vocals
Liza Strike – backing vocals
Mick Jagger – backing vocals
James Taylor – backing vocals
Bonnie Bramlett – backing vocals
Linda McCartney – backing vocals
Paul McCartney – backing vocals
Doris Troy – backing vocals
Robin Geoffrey Cable – engineer, recording, remixing
Mark Berry – recording
Bill Schnee – engineer, remixing
Doug Sax – disc cutting
Robert L. Heimall – art direction, design
Ed Caraeff – cover photography
Peter Simon – inner sleeve photography
David Katz – musicians contractor
Track listing:
All tracks by Carly Simon, except where noted.
The Right Thing to Do
The Carter Family – Carly Simon, Jacob Brackman
You’re So Vain
His Friends Are More Than Fond of Robin
We Have No Secrets
Embrace Me, Tour Child
Waited So Long
It Was So Easy – Carly Simon, Jacob Brackman
Night Owl – James Taylor
When You Close Your Eyes – Carly Simon, Bill Mernit
In November 1972, “Monument Records” label released “Jesus Was a Capricorn”, the fourth Kris Kristofferson album. It was recorded in 1972, at “Quadraphonic Sound Studios” and “Monument Recording Studios” in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by Fred Foster.
Personnel:
Kris Kristofferson – vocals, guitar
Rita Coolidge – backing vocals
Chip Young, Dennis Linde, Fred Carter Jr., Grady Martin, Jerry Shook, Jimmy Colvard, John Buck Wilkin, Johnny Christopher, Mac Gayden, Stephen Bruton – guitar
“Uncle Josh” Graves – slide dobro
Weldon Myrick – steel guitar
Bobby Emmons, Bobby Wood, David Briggs, John Harris, Mike Utley – piano, electric piano, organ
Brenton Banks, Byron Bach, Carl Gorodetzky, David Darling, George Binkley, Lillian Hunt, Sheldon Kurland, Steven Smith – strings
Bill Justis – string arrangements
Norbert Putnam, Tommy Cogbill – bass guitar
Andrew Newmark, Kenny Buttrey – drums
Alan Rush, Benny Whitehead, Billy Swan, Larry Gatlin, Randy Cullers, The Bergenaires, The Joint Venture, The Jordanaires – backing vocals
Track listing:
All tracks by Kris Kristofferson except where noted.
Jesus Was a Capricorn (Owed to John Prine)
Nobody Wins
It Sure Was (Love)
Enough for You
Help Me – Larry Gatlin
Jesse Younger
Give It Time to Be Tender – Kris Kristofferson, Donnie Fritts
Out of Mind, Out of Sight – Kris Kristofferson, Stephen Bruton
In November 1972, “United Artists” label released the self-titled, third Don McLean album. It was recorded in 1972, at “Record Plant Studios” in New York City and was produced by Ed Freeman.
Personnel:
Don McLean – guitar, vocals
Warren Bernhardt – piano
Dick Hyman – piano
Neil Larsen – piano
Ed Trickett – hammered dulcimer
Don Brooks – harmonica
Howard “Buzz” Feiten – guitar
Tony Levin – bass
Bob Rothstein – bass, vocals
Russ Savakus – bass, violin, vocals
Chris Parker – drums
Ralph MacDonald – percussion, conga
George Ricci – cello
Ed Freeman – string arrangements
West Forty Fourth Street Rhythm and Noise Choir – chorus
Tom Flye, Dennis Ferrante, Ed Sprigg, Rod O’Brien – engineer
John Olson – cover photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Don McLean, except where noted.
Dreidel
Bronco Bill’s Lament
Oh, My What a Shame
If We Try
The More You Pay (The More It’s Worth)
Narcisissima
Falling Through Time
On the Amazon – Vivian Ellis, Clifford Grey, Greatrex Newman
In October 1972, “Avco” label released “Round 2” is the second Stylistics (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1972, at “Sigma Sound Studios” in Philadelphia, and was produced by Thom Bell.
Personnel:
Russell Thompkins, Jr. – lead vocals
Airrion Love, James Smith, Herb Murrell, James Dunn – backing vocals
Linda Creed, Barbara Ingram – additional backing vocals
Norman Harris, Roland Chambers, Tony Bell, Eli Tartarsky – guitar
Thom Bell – piano, harpsichord
Joe DeAngelis, Stephanie Fauber, Robert Martin – French horn
Rocco Bene, Bobby Hartzell – trumpet
Jack Faith – alto saxophone, flute
George Shaw – flute
Vincent Forchetti, Bob Moore, Richard Genevese – trombone
Don Renaldo, Tony Sinagoga, Albert Berone, Rudy Malizia, Angelo Pretrella, Romeo Di Stefano, Charles Apollonia, Davis Barnett, Richard Jones, Herschel Wise – strings
Mary Gale – harp
Fredric Cohen – oboe
Ronnie Baker – bass
Earl Young – drums
Larry Washington – congas
Vince Montana – percussion
Track listing:
All tracks by Thom Bell and Linda Creed, except where noted.
I’m Stone in Love with You – Thom Bell, Linda Creed, Anthony Bell
If You Don’t Watch Out
You and Me
It’s Too Late – Carole King, Toni Stern
Children of the Night
You’ll Never Get to Heaven (If You Break My Heart) – Burt Bacharach, Hal David
Break Up to Make Up – Thom Bell, Linda Creed, Kenneth Gamble
In October 1972, “A&M” label released “The Lady’s Not for Sale”, the third Rita Coolidge studio album. It was recorded in 1972, at “Wally Heider Studios” and “Sunset Sound “ in Los Angeles and was produced by David Anderle.
Personnel:
Rita Coolidge – vocals
Marc Benno – guitar
Al Kooper – lead guitar
John Sebastian – harmonica
Jerry McGee – acoustic guitar
Bernie Leadon – guitar
Al Perkins Jr. – pedal steel and National slide guitar
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