Tag Archives: 1972

Big Star: #1 Record

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On April 24, 1972, “Ardent” label released “#1 Record”, the debut Big Star studio album.  It was recorded May 1971 – February 1972, at “Ardent Studios” in Memphis, and was produced by John Fry.

Personnel:

  • Chris Bell – vocals, guitar
  • Alex Chilton – vocals, guitar
  • Andy Hummel – vocals, bass guitar
  • Jody Stephens – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Chris Bell and Alex Chilton, except where noted.

  1. Feel
  2. The Ballad of El Goodo
  3. In the Street
  4. Thirteen
  5. Don’t Lie to Me
  6. The India Song – Andy Hummel
  7. When My Baby’s Beside Me
  8. My Life Is Right – Chris Bell, Tom Eubanks
  9. Give Me Another Chance
  10. Try Again
  11. Watch the Sunrise
  12. ST 100/6

Rahsaan Roland Kirk: Brotherman in the Fatherland

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On April 4, 2006, “Hyena” label posthumously released “Brotherman in the Fatherland”, album by Rahsaan Roland Kirk album. It was recorded in March 1972, at “Funkhaus” in Hamburg, Germany, and was produced by Joel Dorn.

Personnel:

  • Roland Kirk – tenor saxophone, manzello, stritch, clarinet, flute
  • Ron Burton – piano
  • Henry Metathias Pearson – bass
  • Richie Goldberg – drums
  • Joe Habad Texidor – percussion

Track listing:

All tracks by Rahsaan Roland Kirk, except where noted.

  1. Intro/Like Sonny – John Coltrane
  2. Make It with You – David Gates 
  3. Rahsaan’s Spirit
  4. My Girl – Smokey Robinson, Ronald White
  5. Seasons/Serenade to a Cuckoo
  6. Pedal Up
  7. Lush Life – Billy Strayhorn
  8. Afro Blue – Mongo Santamaría
  9. Blue Train – John Coltrane

Jackson 5: Skywriter

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On March 29, 1973, “Motown” label released “Skywriter”, the seventh Jackson 5 studio album. It was recorded April 1972 – January 1973, and was produced by Hal Davis and The Corporation.

Personnel:

  • Tito Jackson – vocals, lead guitar, synthesizer
  • Jermaine Jackson – lead vocals, bass guitar
  • Michael Jackson – lead vocals, percussion
  • Jackie Jackson – lead vocals, percussion
  • Marlon Jackson – vocals, percussion
  • Rod Dyer – design
  • Leandro Correa – photography
  • Berry Gordy – executive producer

Track listing:

  1. Skywriter – Mel Larson, Jerry Marcellino
  2. Hallelujah Day – Freddie Perren, Christine Yarian
  3. The Boogie Man – Deke Richards
  4. Touch – Pam Sawyer, Frank Wilson
  5. Corner of the Sky – Stephen Schwartz
  6. I Can’t Quit Your Love – Leonard Caston, Kathy Wakefield
  7. Uppermost – Clifton Davis
  8. World of Sunshine – Mel Larson, Jerry Marcellino
  9. Ooh, I’d Love to Be with You – Fonce Mizell, Larry Mizell
  10. You Made Me What I Am – The Corporation

Shoking Blue: Inkpot

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On March 20. 1972, “Pink Elephant” label released “Inkpot”, the fifth Shocking Blue studio album. It was recorded October – December 1971, January 1972, at “Sound Push Studios, Blaricum, Netherlands, and was produced by Mariska Veres, Robbbie van Leeuwen, Cor van der Beek and Henk Smitskamp.

Personnel:

  • Mariska Veres – lead vocals
  • Robbie van Leeuwen – lead and backing vocals, guitar, mandolin
  • Henk Smitskamp – bass guitar
  • Cor van der Beek – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Robbie van Leeuwen, except where noted.

  1. I Ain’t Never – Mel Tillis, Webb Pierce
  2. Navajo Tears
  3. Shadows
  4. Blue Jean
  5. Jambalaya – Hank Williams
  6. Inkpot
  7. Tobacco Road – John D. Loudermilk
  8. Hey
  9. Who Save My Soul
  10. Red Leaves I+II
  11. The Queen
  12. I Melt Like Butter

Blue Mitchell: The Last Tango=Blues

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On March 7, 1973, “Mainstream” label released “The Last Tango = Blues”, the 20th Blue Mitchell album. It was recorded in 1972, in Los Angeles, and was produced by Bob Shad.

Personnel:

  • Blue Mitchell – trumpet
  • Jackie Kelso, Bill Perkins – flute, tenor saxophone
  • David Angel – clarinet, alto saxophone
  • Steve Kravitz – bass clarinet, baritone saxophone
  • Herman Riley – tenor saxophone
  • David T. Walker – guitar
  • Charles Kynard – organ
  • Darrell Clayborn, Chuck Rainey – electric bass
  • Raymond Pounds – drums
  • King Errisson, Paul Humphrey, Chino Valdes – percussion
  • Dick Fritz – arrangements

Track listing:

  1. Soul Turn Around – Walter Bishop, Jr.
  2. Killing Me Softly With His Song – Charles Fox, Norman Gimbel
  3. The Message – Patrick Patterson, Steve Scipio
  4. Steal the Feel – Richard Fritz
  5. Last Tango in Paris – Gato Barbieri
  6. One for Russ – Alf Clausen
  7. Peace – Horace Silver
  8. P.T. Blues – Blue Mitchell

David Ruffin: Same

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In February 1973, “Motown” label released the self-titled, fourth David Ruffin album. It was recorded 1972 – 1973, at “The Sound Suite” in Detroit, and was produced by Robert Eugene Miller.

Personnel:

  • David Ruffin – vocals
  • The Andantes – backing vocals
  • Eddie Kendricks – backing vocals
  • David Van De Pitte – arrangements
  • John Lewis – recording
  • Michael Grace – technical assistant
  • Jim Britt – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Robert Eugene Miller, except where noted.

  1. The Rovin’ Kind
  2. Common Man
  3. I’m Just a Mortal Man
  4. (If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don’t Want to Be Right – Homer Banks, Carl Hampton, Raymond Jackson
  5. There Will Always Be Another Song To Sing
  6. I Miss You (Part 1) – Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff
  7. Blood Donors Needed (Give All You Can)
  8. A Little More Trust
  9. Go On With Your Bad Self
  10. A Day in the Life of a Working Man – Robert Miller, David Ruffin

Flower Travellin’ Band: Make Up

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In February 1973, “Atlantic” label released “Make Up”, the fourth Flower Travellin’ Band album. It was recorded in 1972, at “Mouri Studio” in Tokyo, “Yokosuka Bunka Kaikan” in Yokosuka, and was produced by Ikuzo Orita and Yuya Uchida.

Personnel:

  • Joe Yamanaka – vocals, percussion
  • Hideki Ishima – acoustic and lead guitar
  • Nobuhiko Shinohara – keyboards
  • Jun Kozuki – bass, acoustic guitar
  • George Wada – drums
  • Yuya Uchida – vocals

Track listing:

  1. All the Days – Hideki Ishima, Joe Yamanaka, Patti
  2. Make Up – Patti, Joe Yamanaka, Hideki Ishima, Nobuhiko Shinohara, Jun Kozuki, George Wada
  3. Look at My Window – Patti, Joe Yamanaka, Hideki Ishima, Nobuhiko Shinohara, Jun Kozuki, George Wada
  4. Slowly But Surely – George Wada, Joe Yamanaka, Patti
  5. Shadow of Lost Days – Goerge Wada, Joe Yamanaka
  6. Broken Strings – Jun Kozuki
  7. Hiroshima – Hideki Ishima, Yoko Nomura
  8. Blue Suede Shoes – Carl Lee Perkins
  9. Satori Pt. 2 – Joe Yamanaka, Hideki Ishima, Nobuhiko Shinohara, Jun Kozuki, George Wada
  10. After the Concert – Joe Yamanaka, Hideki Ishima, Nobuhiko Shinohara, Jun Kozuki, George Wada

The Staple Singers: Be Attidude: Respect Yoirself

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On February 14, 1972, “Stax” label released “Be Altitude: Respect Yourself”, the 19th Staple Singers (The) album. It was recorded 1971 – 1972, at “Muscle Shoals Sound Studios” in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, “Ardent Studios” in Memphis, Tennessee, and was produced by Al Bell.

Personnel:

  • Mavis Staples – vocals
  • Pops Staples – vocals
  • Cleotha Staples – harmony and backing vocals
  • Yvonne Staples – harmony and backing vocals

Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section

  • Jimmy Johnson – guitar
  • David Hood – bass guitar
  • Barry Beckett – keyboards, Wurlitzer electric piano
  • Roger Hawkins – drums
  • Staple Sisters – harmony and backing vocals
  • Terry Manning – guitar, lead guitar, fuzz guitar, Mellotron, Moog synthesizer, vibraphones, marimba, harmonica
  • Eddie Hinton – guitar
  • Raymond Banks – guitar
  • The Memphis Horns (including Wayne Jackson and Andrew Love) – horns
  • Ben Cauley – horns
  • Al Bell – arrangements
  • Johnny Allen – arrangements
  • Terry Manning – engineer
  • Jerry Masters – engineer
  • Ralph Rhodes – engineer

Track listing:

  1. This World – William Friedman, Herb Schapiro
  2. Respect Yourself – Luther Ingram, Mack Rice
  3. Name the Missing Word – Horner Banks, Bettye Crutcher, Raymond Jackson
  4. I’ll Take You There – Alvertis Isbell
  5. This Old Town (People in This Town) – Don Convay, Wilson Pickett, William Stevenson
  6. We the People – Booker T. Jones, Carl Smith
  7. Are You Sure – Homer Banks, Raymond Jackson
  8. Who Do You Think You Are (Jesus Christ the Superstar)? – Pops Staples
  9. I’m Just Another Soldier – Homer Banks, Raymond Jackson
  10. Who – Jeff Barry, Bobby Bloom

Dusty Springfield: Cameo

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On February 10, 1973, “ABC Dunhill Records” label released “Cameo”, the eighth Dusty Springfield studio album. It was recorded July – October 1972, at “ABC Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Steve Barri, Brian Potter and Dennis Lambert.

Personnel:

  • Dusty Springfield – vocals
  • Ben Benay – guitar
  • Larry Carlton – guitar
  • David Cohen – guitar
  • Dennis Lambert – keyboards
  • Michael Lang – keyboards
  • Michael Omartian – keyboards, string, horn and flute arrangements
  • Wilton Felder – bass guitar
  • Carol Kaye – bass guitar
  • Wilton Felder – bass guitar
  • Carol Kaye – bass guitar
  • Hal Blaine – drums
  • Paul Humphrey – drums
  • Brian Potter – percussion
  • Victor Feldman – percussion
  • Clydie King – backing vocals
  • Venetta Fields – backing vocals
  • Sherlie Matthews – backing vocals
  • Myrna Matthews – backing vocals
  • Sid Sharp – concertmaster
  • Jimmie Haskell – string arrangements
  • Ruby Mazur – design
  • Joe Black – project coordinator

Track listing:

All tracks by Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter, except where noted.

  1. Who Gets Your Love
  2. Breakin’ Up a Happy Home
  3. Easy Evil – Alan O’Day
  4. Mama’s Little Girl
  5. The Other Side of Life – David Gates
  6. Comin’ and Goin’
  7. I Just Wanna Be There – Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson
  8. Who Could Be Loving You Other Than Me? – Willie Hutchinson
  9. Tupelo Honey – Van Morrison
  10. Of All the Things
  11. Learn to Say Goodbye” (from the ABC Movie of the Week, Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole) – Hugo Montenegro, Bradford Craig

Flower Travelling Band: Made In Japan

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On February 10, 1972, “Atlantic” label released “Made in Japan”, the third Flower Travelling Band studio album. It was recorded in 1971, at “Thunder Sound Studio” in Toronto, Canada, and was produced by Yuya Uchida, Ikuzo Orita and Paul Hoffert.

Personnel:

  • Joe Yamanaka – vocals, arrangements
  • Hideki Ishima – guitar, sitar, arrangements
  • Jun Kozuki – bass, arrangements
  • Joji Wada – drums, arrangements
  • Paul DeLong – drums
  • Gilbert Kong – mixing
  • Kiyoshi Sunamori – artwork
  • Yoshio Niwano – artwork
  • David Ohashi – photography
  • Toyo Nakamura – liner notes
  • John & Yoko Nomura – supervision

Track listing:

All tracks by Hideki Ishima and Yoko Nomuro, except where noted. track 7, by Ishima, Nomuro and Joe Yamanaka

  1. Introduction” (advertisement for a concert)
  2. Unaware
  3. Aw Give Me Air
  4. Kamikaze
  5. Hiroshima
  6. Spasms
  7. Heaven and Hell
  8. That’s All