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Al Green: Call Me

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In April 1973, “Hi” label released “Call Me”, the sixth Al Green album. It was recorded in 1972, at “Royal Recording Studios” in Memphis, Tennessee, and was produced by Willie Mitchell and Al Green. In 2003, “VH1” TV network ranked it at number 70 on the list of the  “Greatest Albums of All Time”; the same year “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked it at number 289 on its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.

Personnel:

  • Al Green – vocals
  • Mabon “Teenie” Hodges– guitar
  • Archie Turner – piano
  • Charles Hodges – piano, organ
  • Leroy Hodges– bass
  • Howard Grimes– drums
  • Al Jackson Jr.– drums
  • Jack Hale, Sr. – trombone
  • Wayne Jackson– trumpet
  • Ed Logan – tenor saxophone
  • Andrew Love– tenor saxophone
  • James Mitchell – baritone saxophone, horn arrangements
  • The Memphis Strings – strings
  • Charles Chalmers – backing vocals, horn arrangements
  • Donna Rhodes – backing vocals
  • Sandra Rhodes – backing vocals
  • Willie Mitchell– engineer
  • Robert Gordon – liner notes
  • Jim Cummins – photography
  • Bud O’Shea – executive producer
  • Eli Okun – executive producer
  • Cheryl Pawelski– assistant producer
  • Kathy Kinslow – assistant producer
  • Charles Levan – assistant producer
  • Margaret Goldfarb – assistant producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Al Green; except where noted.

  1. Call Me (Come Back Home) – Al Green, Al Jackson, Jr. Willie Mitchell
  2. Have You Been Making Out O.K.
  3. Stand Up
  4. I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry – Hank Williams
  5. Your Love Is Like the Morning Sun
  6. Here I Am (Come and Take Me) – Al Green, Teenie Hodges
  7. Funny How Time Slips Away – Willie Nelson
  8. You Ought to Be With Me – Al Green, Al Jackson, Jr. Willie Mitchell
  9. Jesus Is Waiting

Anne Murray: Annie

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In April 1972, “Capitol” label released “Annie”, the sixth Anne Murray studio album. It was recorded in 1972, at “Eastern Sound” in Toronto, and was produced by Brian Ahern.The album front cover was by Dean Torrence of Jan & Dean Fame.

Personnel:

  • Anne Murray – vocals
  • Brent Titcomb – guitars, engineer
  • Brian Ahern – guitars, arrangements, engineer
  • Bill Speer – piano, keyboards
  • Don Thompson – bass, vibraphone
  • Skip Beckwith – bass
  • Andy Cree – drums
  • Ian Goggin – engineer
  • Mikes Wilkinson – engineer
  • Dean Torrence – design

Track listing:

  1. Robbie’s Song for Jesus – Robbie MacNeill
  2. Falling Into Rhyme – Maribeth Solomon
  3. I Like Your Music – Sonny Curtis
  4. Everything Has Got to Be Free – Bodie Chandler
  5. Drown Me – Peter Cornell
  6. You Can’t Have a Hand on Me – Billy Gale
  7. You Made My Life a Song – Sonny Curtis
  8. You Can’t Go Back – Paul Grady
  9. Beautiful – Carole King
  10. Everything’s Been Changed – Paul Anka

Elvis Presley: He Touched Me

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In April 1972, “RCA” label released “He Touched Me”, the seventeenth Elvis Presley studio album. It was recorded March–June 1971, and was produced by Felton Jarvis. The album won Presley his second “Grammy Award”. In July 1999 the album was certified Platinum in the US by “RIIA”.

Personnel:

  • Elvis Presley – vocals, arranger, guitar
  • Chip Young – guitar
  • James Burton– guitar
  • Joe Esposito – guitar
  • Charlie McCoy – piano, organ
  • Joe Moscheo – piano, organ
  • David Briggs– organ, piano
  • Norbert Putnam – bass
  • Kenny Buttrey– drums
  • Jerry Carrigan– drums
  • The Imperials– vocals
  • Charlie Hodge, Ginger Holladay, Mary Holladay – vocals
  • Millie Kirkham, Kathy Westmoreland – vocals
  • Sonja Montgomery – vocals
  • Al Pachuki – engineer

Track listing:

  1. He Touched Me – William J.Gaither
  2. I’ve Got Confidence – Andrae Crouch
  3. Amazing Grace – John Newton, arranged and adapted byElvis Presley
  4. Seeing is Believing – Red West, Glen Spreen
  5. He Is My Everything – Dallas Frazier
  6. Bosom of Abraham – William Johnson, George McFadden, Ted Brooks
  7. An Evening Prayer – Maude Battersby, Charles Hutchison Gabriel
  8. Lead Me Guide Me – Doris Akers
  9. There Is No God But God – Bill Kenny
  10. A Thing Called Love – Jerry Reed
  11. I John – William Johnson, George McFadden, Ted Brooks
  12. Reach Out to Jesus – Ralph Carmichael

April Wine: On Record

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In April 1972, ”Aquarius” label released “On Record”, the second April Wine studio album. It was recorded in 1972, and was produced by Ralph Murphy.

Personnel:

  • Myles Goodwyn– vocals, guitar
  • David Henman – guitar, backing vocals
  • Jim Clench – lead vocals, bass
  • Ritchie Henman – drums
  • Rick Morrison – alto saxophone
  • Keith Jollimore – flute
  • Terry Brown– recording

Track listing:

All tracks by Myles Goodwyn except where noted.

  1. Farkus
  2. You Could Have Been a Lady – Errol Brown, Tony Wilson
  3. Believe in Me
  4. Work All Day
  5. Drop Your Guns – David Henman
  6. Bad Side of the Moon – Elton John, Bernie Taupin
  7. Refuge – David Henman
  8. Flow River Flow
  9. Carry On
  10. Didn’t You – Jim Clench

Arthur Alexander: Same

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In April 1972, “Warner Bros” label released the second, self-titled Arthur Alexander album. It was recorded in 1972, and was produced by Tommy  Cogbill.

Personnel:

  • Arthur Alexander– vocals
  • Johnny Christopher – guitar
  • Eddie Hinton- guitar
  • Reggie Young- guitar
  • Bobby Wood – piano
  • Thomas Cain – piano
  • Shane Keister- keyboards
  • Bobby Emmons – keyboards
  • Mike Leech – bass
  • Tommy Cogbill- bass
  • Kenny Malone- drums
  • Hayword Bishop – drums
  • Gene Chrisman – drums

Track listing:

  1. I’m Comin’ Home – Dennis Linde
  2. It Hurts to Want It So Bad – Steve Smith, Tim Smith, Charles Veldman
  3. Go on Home Girl – Arthur Alexander
  4. In the Middle of It All – Arthur Alexander
  5. Burning Love – Arthur Alexander, Dennis Linde
  6. Rainbow Road – Donnie Fritts, Dan Penn
  7. Love’s Where Life Begins – Arthur Alexander, Dale Ward
  8. Down the Back Roads – Jackie Cook, Steve Cropper, Mary V. Williams
  9. Call Me Honey – Dennis Linde
  10. Come Along With Me – Arthur Alexander, Donnie Fritts
  11. Call Me in Tahiti – Dennis Linde
  12. Thank God He Came – Arthur Alexander, Donnie Fritts

Johnny Cash: A Thing Called Love

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In April 1972, “Columbia” label released “A Thing Called Love”, the 39th Johnny Cash album. It was recorded in 1972, and was produced by Larry Butler.

Personnel:

  • Johnny Cash – vocals, guitar
  • Bob Wootton, Carl Perkins, Ray Edenton, Jerry Reed– guitar
  • Tommy Allsup – acoustic guitar
  • Bill Pursell– piano
  • Larry Butler– piano, arranger
  • Charlie McCoy– harmonica
  • Marshall Grant– bass
  • S. Holland– drums
  • The Evangel Temple Choir – backing vocals
  • The Carter Family– backing vocals
  • Don Tweedy – arranger
  • Charlie Bragg, Lou Bradley – engineer

Track listing:

  1. Kate – Marty Robins
  2. Melva’s Wine – Vincent Matthews
  3. A Thing Called Love – Jerry Reed Hubbard
  4. I Promise You – Johnny Cash
  5. Papa Was a Good Man – Hal Bynum
  6. Tear Stained Letter – Johnny Cash
  7. Mississippi Sand – Johnny Cash, June Carter Cash
  8. Daddy – Don Reid, Harold Reid
  9. Arkansas Lovin’ Man – Red Lane
  10. The Miracle Man – Johnny Cash, Larry Lee

Tom Rush: Merrimack County

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In April 1972, “Columbia” label released “Merrimack County”, the tenth Tom Rush album. It was recorded in 1972, and was produced by Tom Rush.

Personnel:

  • Tom Rush – lead vocals, guitar
  • Trevor Veitch – guitar, mandolin, backing vocals
  • Erik Robertson – organ, piano
  • Bill Stevenson- piano
  • James Rolleston – bass, backing vocals
  • Gary Mallaber- drums, percussion, vibraphone
  • John Savage – drums
  • Kathryn Moses – flute
  • Paul Armia – fiddle
  • Jay Messina – engineer

Track listing:

  1. Kids These Days – Tom Rush, Trevor Veitch
  2. Mink Julip – Tom Rush
  3. Mother Earth – Eric Kaz
  4. Jamaica, Say You Will – Jackson Browne
  5. Merrimack County II – Tom Rush, Trevor Veitch
  6. Gypsy Boy – Bob Carpenter
  7. Wind on the Water – Tom Rush
  8. Roll Away the Grey – Bob Carpenter
  9. Seems the Songs – Tom Rush
  10. Gone Down River – Tom Rush

Jim Croce: You Don’t Mess Around with Jim

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In April 1972, “ABC” label released “You Don’t Mess Around with Jim”, the third Jim Croce studio album. It was recorded 1971-1972, at “The Hit Factory” in New York City, and was produced by Terry Cashman and Tommy West.

Personnel:

  • Jim Croce – lead and backing vocals, guitar, rhythm guitar
  • Maury Muehleisen – guitar, backing vocals
  • Tommy West- bass, percussion, piano, rhythm guitar, keyboards, electric piano, backing vocals
  • Joe Macho – bass
  • Jimmy Ryan – bass
  • Gary Chester– drums
  • The Briggs – backing vocals
  • Terry Cashman- backing vocals
  • Bruce Tergesen – engineer
  • Paul Wilson – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Jim Croce.

  1. You Don’t Mess Around with Jim
  2. Tomorrow’s Gonna Be a Brighter Day
  3. New York’s Not My Home
  4. Hard Time Losin’ Man
  5. Photographs and Memories
  6. Walkin’ Back to Georgia
  7. Operator (That’s Not the Way It Feels)
  8. Time in a Bottle
  9. Rapid Roy (The Stock Car Boy)
  10. Box #10
  11. A Long Time Ago
  12. Hey Tomorrow

Quicksilver Messenger Service: Comin’ Thru

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In April 1972, “Capitol” label released “Comin’ Thru”, the seventh Quicksilver Messenger Service album.

Personnel:

  • Dino Valenti– vocals, guitar, congas
  • Gary Duncan– vocals, guitar
  • Chuck Steaks – organ
  • Mark Ryan – bass
  • Greg Elmore– drums
  • Sonny Lewis – saxophone
  • Donald Menza– saxophone
  • Ken Balzell – trumpet
  • Dalton Smith– trumpet
  • Bud Brisbois– trumpet
  • Pat O’Hara – trombone
  • Charles C. Loper – trombone
  • Cecil Jones – engineer
  • Johan Wilson – mixing
  • John Hoernie – artwork
  • Burray Olson – illustration

Track listing:

  1. Doin’ Time in the U.S.A. – Gary Duncan
  2. Chicken – traditional, arranged by Dino Valenti
  3. Changes – Dino Valenti
  4. California State Correctional Facility Blues – Dino Valenti, Gary Duncan, Greg Elmore, Chuck Steaks
  5. Forty Days – Dino Valenti, Gary Duncan, Greg Elmore
  6. Mojo – Dino Valenti
  7. Don’t Lose It – Gary Duncan, Dino Valenti

Richard Thompson: Henry the Human Fly

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In April 1972, “Island” label released “Henry the Human Fly”, the first Richard Thompson solo album. It was recorded in February 1972, at “Sound Techniques” in London, and was produced by Richard Thompson and John Wood.

Personnel:

  • Richard Thompson – vocals, guitar, mandolin, accordion, tin whistle
  • Linda Peters– vocals
  • Ashley Hutchings– vocals
  • Sandy Denny– piano, vocals
  • John Kirkpatrick– accordion
  • Pat Donaldson– vocals, bass guitar
  • Timi Donald – vocals, drums
  • John Defereri – tenor saxophone
  • Clay Toyani – trumpet
  • Jeff Cole – trombone
  • David Snell – harp
  • Sue Draheim– fiddle
  • Barry Dransfield– fiddle
  • Andy Roberts– dulcimer

Track listing:

All tracks by Richard Thompson.

  1. Roll Over Vaughn Williams
  2. Nobody’s Wedding
  3. The Poor Ditching Boy
  4. Shaky Nancy
  5. The Angels Took My Racehorse Away
  6. Wheely Down
  7. The New St. George
  8. Painted Ladies
  9. Cold Feet
  10. Mary and Joseph
  11. The Old Changing Way
  12. Twisted