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Harry Nilsson: Son of Schmilsson

Harry_Nilsson_Son_of_Schmilsson

On July 10, 1972, “RCA” label released “Son of Schmilsson”, the eighth Harry Nilsson album. It was recorded March–April 1972, at “Trident Studios” and “Apple Studio”in London, and was produced by Richard Perry.

Personnel:

  • Harry Nilsson– vocals, electric piano, acoustic guitar
  • Lowell George– guitar
  • George Harrison– slide guitar
  • Paul Keogh – guitar
  • Les Thatcher – guitar
  • Peter Frampton– electric guitar, acoustic guitar
  • Chris Spedding– bouzouki, electric guitar , acoustic guitar
  • John Uribe– acoustic guitar, electric guitar
  • Red Rhodes– pedal steel guitar
  • Nicky Hopkins– piano
  • Klaus Voormann– bass, saxophone, electric guitar
  • Ringo Starr – drums
  • Barry Morgan– drums
  • Ray Cooper– percussion, congas, tambourine
  • Milt Holland– percussion
  • Richard Perry– percussion, arrangements
  • The Henry Krein Quartet with Klaus Voormann – rhythm section
  • Henry Krein – accordion
  • Jim Price– trumpet, horn arrangements
  • Bobby Keys– trumpet, tenor saxophone, trombone
  • Richard Mackey – tube, French horn
  • Vincent DeRosa– tube, French horn
  • David Duke – tube, French horn
  • Kirby Johnson– horn arrangements
  • Del Newman– string arrangements
  • Pop Arts String Quartet – strings
  • Paul Buckmaster– orchestral arrangements
  • Senior Citizens of the Stepney & Pinner Choir Club No. 6, London, England – choir

Track listing:

All tracks by Harry Nilsson except where noted.

  1. Take 54
  2. Remember (Christmas)
  3. Joy
  4. Turn on Your Radio
  5. You’re Breakin’ My Heart
  6. Spaceman
  7. The Lottery Song
  8. At My Front Door – Ewart B. Abner, John C. Moore
  9. Ambush
  10. I’d Rather Be Dead – Harry Nilsson, Richard Perry
  11. The Most Beautiful World in the World

Chicago: V

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On July 10, 1972, “Columbia” label released “Chicago V”, the fourth Chicago studio album. It was recorded in September 1971, at “Columbia 30th Street Studios” in New York, and was produced by James William Guercio. In 1986,  “Chicago V” was certified 2 x Platinum in the US by the “RIIA”.

Personnel:

  • Peter Cetera – lead and backing vocals, bass, wah-wah bass,
  • Terry Kath – lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitars
  • Robert Lamm – lead and backing vocals, piano, Hammond organ, Fender Rhodes, Hohner Pianet
  • Lee Loughnane – trumpet, flugelhorn, percussion, backing vocals
  • James Pankow – trombone, percussion, backing vocals, brass arrangements
  • Walter Parazaider– saxophones, flute, percussion, backing vocals
  • Danny Seraphine – drums, congas, antique bells, percussion
  • Wayne Tarnowski – engineer
  • Joe Gastwirt – remastering
  • Nick Fasciano – logo design
  • John Berg – cover design
  • Jim Houghton, Earl Steinbicker – photography
  • Beverly Scott – lettering

Track listing:

  1. A Hit byVarèse – Robert Lamm
  2. All is Well – Robert Lamm
  3. Now That You’ve Gone – James Pankow
  4. Dialogue (Part I) – Robert Lamm
  5. Dialogue (Part II) – Robert Lamm
  6. While the City Sleeps – Robert Lamm
  7. Saturday in the Park – Robert Lamm
  8. State of the Union – Robert Lamm
  9. Goodbye – Robert Lamm
  10. Alma Mater – Terry Kath

Funkadelic: Cosmic Slop

Funkadelic - Cosmic Slop

On July 9, 1973, “Westbound Records” label released “Cosmic Slop”, the fifth Funkadelic studio album. It was recorded 1972-1973, at “United Sound Studio” in Detroit and “Manta Sound Studio” in Toronto, and was produced by George Clinton.

Personnel:

  • George Clinton – vocal
  • Bernard Worrell – keyboards, melodica, strings
  • Gary Shider – guitars
  • Ron Bykowski – guitars
  • “Boogie” Mosson – bass guitar
  • Tiki Fulwood – drums
  • Tyrone Lampkin – percussion
  • Lee De Carlo – engineer
  • Pedro Bell – artwork

Track listing:

  1. Nappy Dugout – George Clinton,Cordell Mosson, Garry Shider
  2. You Can’t Miss What You Can’t Measure – George Clinton,Sidney Barnes
  3. March to the Witch’s Castle – George Clinton
  4. Let’s Make It Last – George Clinton,Eddie Hazel
  5. Cosmic Slop – George Clinton,Bernie Worrell
  6. No Compute – George Clinton, Garry Shider
  7. This Broken Heart – William Franklin
  8. Trash A-Go-Go – George Clinton
  9. Can’t Stand the Strain – George Clinton, Eddie Hazel

Jethro Tull: A Passion Play

Passion Play

On July 6, 1973, “Chrysalis” label released “A Passion Play”, the sixth Jethro Tull studio album. It was recorded December 1972-January 1973,at “Château d’Hérouville”, in Val-d’Oise;  March 1973, at “Morgan Studios” in London, and was produced by Ian Anderson and Terry Ellis.

Personnel:

  • Ian Anderson – vocals, flute, acoustic guitar, soprano and sopranino saxophones
  • Martin Barre – electric guitars
  • John Evan – vocals, piano, organ, synthesisers
  • Jeffrey Hammond – narrator, bass guitar
  • Barriemore Barlow – drums, timpani, glockenspiel, marimba
  • David Palmer– orchestral arrangements
  • Robin Black – engineer
  • Brian Ward – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Ian Anderson, except where noted.

  1. A Passion Play, Part I”

Act 1 – Ronnie Pilgrim’s funeral – a winter’s morning in the cemetery.

  • Lifebeats
  • Prelude
  • The Silver Cord
  • Re-Assuring Tune

Act 2 – The Memory Bank – A Small but Comfortable Theatre with a Cinema-Screen (the Next Morning).

  • Memory Bank
  • Best Friends
  • Critique Oblique

VIII.  Forest Dance #1

  1. A Passion Play, Part II

Interlude – The Story of the Hare Who Lost His Spectacles.

  • The Story of the Hare Who Lost His Spectacles – Ian Anderson, Jeffrey Hammond, John Evan

Act 3 – The Business Office of G. Oddie & Son (two days later).

  • Forest Dance #2
  • The Foot of Our Stairs
  • Overseer Overture

Act 4 – Magus Perdé’s Drawing Room at Midnight.

  • Flight from Lucifer
  • 10:08 to Paddington
  • Magus Perdé
  • Epilogue

Emerson, Lake & Palmer: Trilogy

Trilogy

On July 6, 1972, “Island” label released “Trilogy”, the third Emerson, Lake & Palmer studio album. It was recorded October 1971 – January 1972, at “Advision Studios” in London, and was produced by Greg Lake.

Personnel:

  • Keith Emerson – Hammond organ C3, Steinway piano, Moog synthesizer III-C, Mini-Moog model D, Zurna
  • Greg Lake – vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, bass guitar
  • Carl Palmer – drums, percussion
  • Eddy Offord – engineer
  • Barry Diament – mastering
  • Hipgnosis – design

Track listing:

  1. The Endless Enigma (Part One) – Keith Emerson, Greg Lake
  2. Fugue – Keith Emerson
  3. The Endless Enigma (Part Two) – Keith Emerson, Greg Lake
  4. From the Beginning – Greg Lake
  5. The Sheriff – Keith Emerson, Greg lake
  6. Hoedown – Aaron Copland, arr. Keith Emerson, Greg Lake, Carl Palmer
  7. Trilogy – Keith Emerson, Greg Lake
  8. Living Sin – Keith Emerson, Greg Lake, Carl Palmer
  9. Abaddon’s Bolero – Keith Emerson

 

 

Frank Zappa: Waka /Jawaka

Waka-Jawaka

On July 5, 1972, “Bizarre / Reprise” labels released “Waka/Jawaka”, the fourth Frank Zappa album. It was recorded April – May 1972, at “Paramount Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Frank Zappa.

Personnel:

  • Frank Zappa– vocals, guitars, percussion, electric bed springs, mastering
  • Jeff Simmons – vocals, Hawaiian guitar
  • Sneaky Pete Kleinow– pedal steel guitar solo
  • Tony Duran – vocals, slide guitat
  • George Duke– ring – modulated and echoplexed electric piano, tack piano
  • Kris Peterson – vocals
  • Janet Ferguson – vocals
  • Don Preston– piano, Minimoog
  • Erroneous (Alex Dmochowski) – vocals, electric bass, fuzzbass
  • Aynsley Dunbar– drums, washboard, tambourine
  • Sal Marquez – vocals, trumpets, chimes, flugelhorn
  • Mike Altschul – baritone saxophone, piccolo, bass flute, bass clarinet, tenor sax
  • Joel Peskin – tenor sax
  • Bill Byers – trombone, baritone horn
  • Ken Shroyer – trombone, baritone horn
  • Marshall Brevitz, Kerry McNabb – engineer
  • Marshall Brevitz – supervisor
  • Sal Marquez – concept
  • Cal Schenkel – design, packanging
  • Marvin Mattelson – illustrations
  • Philip Schartz – back cover, photography
  • Ferenc Dobronyi – re-packaging

Track listing:

All tracks by Frank Zappa.

  1. Big Swifty
  2. Your Mouth
  3. It Just Might Be a One-Shot Deal
  4. Waka / Jawaka

David Ackles: American Gothic

David Ackles - American Gothic

On July 4, 1972, “Elektra” label released “American Gothic”, the third David Ackles studio album. It was recorded in 1972, at “IBC Sound Recording Studios” in, London, and was produced by Bernie Taupin.

Personnel:

  • David Ackles – vocals, guitars, arranger
  • Robert Kirkby – conductor
  • Damon Lyon-Shaw, Hugh Jones – engineer
  • Robert L. Heimall – art direction
  • Michel Ross – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by David Ackles.

  1. American Gothic
  2. Love’s Enough
  3. Ballad of the Ship of State
  4. One Night Stand
  5. Oh, California!
  6. Another Friday Night
  7. Family Band
  8. Midnight Carousel
  9. Waiting for the Moving Van
  10. Blues for Billy Whitecloud
  11. Montana Song

Sly and the Family Stone: Fresh

Sly & the Family Stone-Fresh

On June 30, 1973, “Epic” label released “Fresh”, the sixth Sly and the Family Stone album. It was recorded 1972 –1973, at “Record Plant” in Sausalito, California, and was produced by Sly Stone. In 2003, “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked “Fresh” at number 186 on its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”

Personnel:

  • Sly Stone – vocals, organ, guitar, bass guitar, piano, harmonica
  • Freddie Stone – vocals, guitar
  • Rose Stone – vocals, piano, keyboards
  • Rusty Allen – bass guitar
  • Larry Graham – bass guitar
  • Andy Newmark – drums
  • Little Sister(Vet Stone, Mary McCreary, Elva Mouton) – vocals
  • Jerry Martini – saxophone
  • Pat Rizzo – saxophone
  • Cynthia Robinson – trumpet
  • Richard Avedon – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Sly Stone, except where noted.

  1. In Time
  2. If You Want Me to Stay
  3. Let Me Have It All
  4. Frisky
  5. Thankful N’ Thoughtful
  6. Skin I’m In
  7. I Don’t Know (Satisfaction)
  8. Keep on Dancin
  9. Qué Será, Será (Whatever Will Be, Will Be) – Ray Evans, Jay Livingston
  10. If It Were Left Up to Me
  11. Babies Makin’ Babies

Leon Russell: Carney

Carney

On June 26, 1972, “Shelter” label released “Carney”, the third Leon Russell solo studio album. It was recorded in 1972, and was produced by Denny Cordell and Leon Russell.

Personnel:

  • Leon Russell – vocals, guitar, bass, piano
  • Don Preston– vocals, guitar
  • Joey Cooper – guitar
  • John Gallie – organ
  • Carl Radle– bass
  • Chuck Blackwell – drums
  • Jim Keltner– drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Leon Russell, except where noted.

  1. Tight Rope
  2. Out in the Woods
  3. Me and Baby Jane
  4. Manhattan Island Serenade
  5. Cajun Love Song
  6. Roller Derby
  7. Carney
  8. Acid Annapolis – Leon Russell, Don Preston
  9. If the Shoe Fits
  10. My Cricket
  11. This Masquerade
  12. Magic Mirror

Neil Young: Tonight’s The Night

Neil_Young - Tonight is the Night_cover

On June 20, 1975, “Reprise” label released “Tonight’s the Night”, the sixth Neil Young studio album. It was recorded March 1970, December 1972, August–September 1973, at “Studio Instrument Rentals” in Hollywood, “Fillmore East” in New York City, “Broken Arrow Ranch”, and was produced by David Briggs , Neil Young, Tim Mulligan and Elliot Mazer. In 2003, “Rolling Stone” label ranked “Tonight’s the Night” at number 331on its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.

Personnel:

  • Neil Young— vocals, guitar, piano, harmonica, vibes
  • George Whitsell — vocal
  • Ben Keith— pedal steel guitar, vocal, slide guitar
  • Nils Lofgren— piano, vocal, guitar
  • Danny Whitten— vocal, electric guitar
  • Jack Nitzsche— electric piano, piano
  • Billy Talbot— bass
  • Tim Drummond— bass
  • Ralph Molina— drums, vocal
  • Kenny Buttrey— drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Neil Young, except where noted.

  1. Tonight’s the Night
  2. Speakin’ Out
  3. World on a String
  4. Borrowed Tune
  5. Come on Baby Let’s Go Downtown – Neil Young, Danny Whitten
  6. Mellow My Mind
  7. Roll Another Number
  8. Albuquerque
  9. New Mama
  10. Lookout Joe
  11. Tired Eyes
  12. Tonight’s the Night