In December 1973, “Philips” label released “Memories”, the 16th Abdullah Ibrahim (Dollar Brand) album. It was recorded in 1973, at “Tonstudio Bauer” in Ludwigsburg, Germany, and was produced by Joachim Ernst Berendt.
Personnel:
Abdullah Ibrahim – piano
Kurt Rapp – engineer
Martin Wieland – engineer
Heyqlow Kobayashi – design
Shoichi Yui – liner notes
Track listing:
Township Sunday – Abdullah Ibrahim
Our Son Tsakwe – Abdullah Ibrahim
Love Song for Bea – Abdullah Ibrahim
Memories – Eubie Blake
Carnival – Dollar Brand
Majestic Warriors – Todd Matshikiza
Gafsa – Life Is for the Living, Death Is for Us All – Abdullah Ibrahim
In December 1973, “Regal Zonophone” label released “Fandangos in Space”, the debut Carmen album. It was recorded in 1973, at “John Kongo’s Studios”, “Air Studios”, and “EMI Studios”, and was produced by Tony Visconti.
Personnel:
David Clark Allen – lead vocals, electric and flamenco guitar
Roberto Amaral – lead and backing vocals, vibraphone, castanets
Angela Allen – lead and backing vocals, synthesizer, Mellotron
John Glascock – backing vocals, bass guitar, bass pedals
Paul Fenton – drums, percussion
Tony Visconti – engineer
John Kongos – engineer
Alan Harris – engineer
John Kurlander – engineer
Peter Mew – engineer
Peter Howe – photography
Track listing:
All tracks by David Clark Allen, except where noted.
Bulerias
Bullfight – Roberto Amaral
Stepping Stone – Roberto Amaral
Sailor Song
Lonely House
Por Tarantos – traditional
Looking Outside (My Window)
Tales of Spain
Retirando – John Glascock, Paul Fenton, Andrea Allen, Roberto Amaral, David Clark Allen
In December 1973, “Polydor” label released “Paint a Picture”, the only Fantasy album. It was recorded in 1973, at “Chipping Norton Recording Studios” in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England, and was produced by Peter Sames.
Personnel:
Paul Lawrence – vocals, twelve-string guitar, arrangements
Peter James – vocals, lead guitar, arrangements
David Metcalfe – vocals, keyboards, arrangements
David Read – vocals, bass guitar, arrangements
Jon Webster – vocals, percussion, arrangements
Andrew Pryce Jackman – brass arrangements
Graham Preskett – cello arrangements
David Grinstead – engineer
Larry Learmonth – design
Pete Lavery – photography
Track listing:
All tracks by David Metcalfe, David Read and Paul Lawrence.
In December 1973, “Ricordi” label released “Io sono nato libero”, the third Banco del Mutuo Soccorso studio album. It was recorded in October 1973, and was produced by Sandro Colombini.
Personnel:
Francesco Di Giacomo – vocals
Marcello Todaro – acoustic and electric guitar
Vittorio Nocenzi – organ, synths, spinet
Gianni Nocenzi – piano, electric piano
Renato D’Angelo – bass, acoustic guitar
Pier Luigi Calderoni – drums, percussion
Rodolfo Maltese – acoustic and electric guitar
Silvana Aliotta – percussion
Bruno Perosa – percussion
Track listing:
All music by Vittorio Nocenzi except where noted, all lyrics by Francesco Di Giacomo and Vittorio Nocenzi.
In December 1973, “Wooden Nickel” label released “953 West”, the seventh Siegel–Schwall Band (The) album. It was recorded at in August 1973, at “Paragon Recording Studios” in Chicago, and was produced by Barry Mraz, Corky Siegel, Jim Schwall, Rollo Radford and Shelly Plotkin.
Personnel:
Corky Siegel – vocals, piano, harmonica
Jim Schwall – vocals, guitar
Rollo Radford – vocals, bass
Shelly Plotkin – drums, percussion
Barry Mraz – engineer
Bill Traut – supervision
Eddie Balchowsky – cover art, poem
Track listing:
I’d Like to Spend Some Time Alone with You Tonight My Friend – Corky Siegel
Traitor from Decatur – Patrick Garvey
Good Woman – Shelly Plotkin
Just Another Song About the Country Sung by a City Boy – Danny Glicken, Corky Siegel
When I’ve Been Drinkin’ – Big Bill Broonzy, with additional lyrics by Jim Schwall
Old Time Shimmy – Rollo Radford
Off to Denver – Corky Siegel
I Think It Was the Wine – Jim Schwall
Reed Zone (Psychiatric Institution Blues) – Corky Siegel
On November 30, 1973, “Apple” label released “Band on the Run”, the third Paul McCartney and Wings studio album, It was recorded August – October 1973, at “EMI” and “ARC” in Lagos, Nigeria, “AIR” and “Kingsway Recorders” in London, and was produced by Paul McCartney. In 2000, “Q” magazine placed “Band on the Run” at number 75 in its list of the “100 Greatest British Albums Ever”. In 2012, it was voted 418th on Rolling Stone’s list of “The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.In 2013, it was inducted into the “Grammy Hall of Fame”.
Personnel:
Paul McCartney – lead and backing vocals, bass, acoustic and electric guitars, piano, keyboards, drums, percussion
Linda McCartney – harmony and backing vocals, organ, keyboards, percussion
Denny Laine – harmony and backing vocals, co-lead vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, percussion
Howie Casey – saxophone
Ginger Baker – percussion
Remi Kabaka – percussion
Ian Horne, Trevor Jones – backing vocals
3 uncredited session musicians – saxophones
Tony Visconti – orchestrations
Geoff Emerick – engineer
Track listing:
All tracks by Paul and Linda McCartney, except where noted.
In November 1973, “Vertigo” label released “I’m Just a Rock ‘n’ Roll Singer”, the third Lucifer’s Friend studio album. It was recorded January – February 1973, at “Widrose-Dumont-Time Studios” in Hamburg, Germany, and was produced by Dieter Horns, Peter Hecht Peter Hesslein.
Personnel:
John Lawton – lead vocals
Peter Hesslein – vocals, lead and rhythm guitar
Peter Hecht – keyboards
Dieter Horns – vocals, bass
Joachim Reitenbach – drums
Herbert Bornhold – percussion
Herb Geller – soprano saxophone
Bob Lanese – trumpet
Track listing:
Groovin’ Stone – Peter Hesslein, John Lawton
Closed Curtains – Peter Hecht, John Lawton, Fendt
Born on the Run – Dieter Horns, John Lawton
Blind Freedom – Peter Hesslein, John Lawton
Rock ‘n’ Roll Singer – Peter Hesslein, John Lawton
On November 2, 1973, “Apple” label released “Ringo”, the third Ringo Starr studio album. It was recorded March – July 1973, at “Apple” and “EMI” in London, “Sunset Sound”, “A&M”, “Burbank”, “Sound Lab”, “Producers Workshop” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Richard Perry.
Personnel:
Ringo Starr – lead vocals, drums, percussion
George Harrison – acoustic and electric guitar, backing vocals
Vini Poncia – acoustic and electric guitar, percussion, backing vocals
Jimmy Calvert – acoustic and electric guitar
Steve Cropper – electric guitar
Robbie Robertson – electric guitar
Marc Bolan – guitar
Levon Helm – mandolin
David Bromberg – banjo, fiddle
James Booker – piano
Nicky Hopkins – piano
Tom Hensley – piano
Paul McCartney – “kazoo” vocal solo, piano, synthesizer, backing vocals, flute and strings arrangements
John Lennon – piano, backing vocals
Billy Preston – organ, piano
Garth Hudson – accordion
Klaus Voormann – bass guitar
Rick Danko – fiddle
Jim Keltner – drums
Milt Holland – percussion, marimba
Lon & Derrek Van Eaton – percussion
Tom Scott – horns, arrangements
Chuck Findley – horns
Bobby Keys – saxophone
Linda McCartney – backing vocals
Harry Nilsson – backing vocals
Martha Reeves – backing vocals
Merry Clayton – backing vocals
Richard Perry – backing vocals
Track listing:
I’m the Greatest – John Lennon
Have You Seen My Baby – Randy Newman
Photograph – Richard Starkey, George Harrison
Sunshine Life for Me (Sail Away Raymond) – George Harrison
On October 29, 1973, “Apple” label released “Mind Games”, the third John Lennon studio album. It was recorded in 1973, at “Record Plant Studios” in New York, and was produced by John Lennon.
Personnel:
John Lennon – lead, harmony and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, slide guitar, clavinet, mellotron, electric piano, conga, tambourine, maracas, güiro, handclaps
David Spinozza – electric guitar, acoustic guitar
Sneaky Pete Kleinow – pedal steel guitar
Ken Ascher – piano, organ, reed organ, electric piano, mellotron
On October 14, 1974, “Chrysalis” label released “War Child”, the seventh Jethro Tull studio album. It was recorded December 1973 – February 1974, at “Morgan Studios” in London, “Château d’Hérouville” in France, and was produced by Ian Anderson.
Personnel:
Ian Anderson – vocals, flute, acoustic guitar, alto, soprano and sopranino saxophones
Martin Barre – electric guitar, Spanish guitar
John Evan – piano, organ, synthesizers, accordion
Jeffrey Hammond – lead vocals, spoken word, bass guitar, string bass
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