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Banco del Mutuo Soccorso: Io sono nato libero

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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.

  1. Canto nomade per un prigioniero politico 
  2. Non mi rompete 
  3. La città sottile – music by Gianni Nocenzi
  4. Dopo…niente è più lo stesso 
  5. Traccia II 

The Siegel–Schwall Band: 953 West

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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:

  1. I’d Like to Spend Some Time Alone with You Tonight My Friend – Corky Siegel
  2. Traitor from Decatur – Patrick Garvey
  3. Good Woman – Shelly Plotkin
  4. Just Another Song About the Country Sung by a City Boy – Danny Glicken, Corky Siegel
  5. When I’ve Been Drinkin’ – Big Bill Broonzy, with additional lyrics by Jim Schwall
  6. Old Time Shimmy – Rollo Radford
  7. Off to Denver – Corky Siegel
  8. I Think It Was the Wine – Jim Schwall
  9. Reed Zone (Psychiatric Institution Blues) – Corky Siegel
  10. Blow Out the Candle – Jim Schwall

Paul McCartney & Wings: Band On The Run

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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.

  1. Band on the Run
  2. Jet
  3. Bluebird
  4. Mrs. Vandebilt
  5. Let Me Roll It
  6. Mamunia
  7. No Words – Paul McCartney, Denny Laine
  8. Picasso’s Last Words (Drink to Me)
  9. Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five

Lucifer’s Friend: I’m Just A Rock’n’Roll Singer

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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:

  1. Groovin’ Stone – Peter Hesslein, John Lawton
  2. Closed Curtains – Peter Hecht, John Lawton, Fendt
  3. Born on the Run – Dieter Horns, John Lawton
  4. Blind Freedom – Peter Hesslein, John Lawton
  5. Rock ‘n’ Roll Singer – Peter Hesslein, John Lawton
  6. Lonely City Days – Peter Hesslein, John Lawton
  7. Mary’s Breakdown – Dieter Horns, John Lawton
  8. Song for Louie – Peter Hesslein, John Lawton

Ringo Starr: Ringo

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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:

  1. I’m the Greatest – John Lennon
  2. Have You Seen My Baby – Randy Newman
  3. Photograph – Richard Starkey, George Harrison
  4. Sunshine Life for Me (Sail Away Raymond) – George Harrison
  5. You’re Sixteen – Bob Sherman, Dick Sherman
  6. Oh My My – Richard Starkey, Vini Poncia
  7. Step Lightly – Graham Starkey
  8. Six O’Clock – Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney
  9. Devil Woman – Graham Starkey, Vini Poncia
  10. You and Me (Babe) – George Harrison, Mal Evans

John Lennon: Mind Games

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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
  • Gordon Edwards – bass guitar
  • Jim Keltner – drums, cowbell
  • Rick Marotta – drums, bongos
  • Michael Brecker – saxophone
  • Something Different (Christine Wiltshire, Jocelyn Brown, Kathy Mull, Angel Coakley) – backing vocals
  • Roy Cicala, Dan Barbiero – engineer
  • Tom Rabstanek – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by John Lennon.

  1. Mind Games
  2. Tight A$
  3. Aisumasen (I’m Sorry)
  4. One Day (At a Time)
  5. Bring on the Lucie (Freda Peeple)
  6. Nutopian International Anthem
  7. Intuition
  8. Out the Blue
  9. Only People
  10. I Know (I Know)
  11. You Are Here
  12. Meat City

Jethro Tull: War Child

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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
  • Barriemore Barlow – drums, percussion, glockenspiel, marimba
  • Dee Palmer – orchestral arrangements
  • Robin Black – engineer
  • Terry Ellis – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Ian Anderson, except where noted.

  1. War Child
  2. Queen and Country
  3. Ladies
  4. Back-Door Angels
  5. Sealion
  6. Skating Away on the Thin Ice of the New Day
  7. Bungle in the Jungle
  8. Only Solitaire
  9. The Third Hoorah
  10. Two Fingers

Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes: Black And Blue

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On September 17, 1973, “Philadelphia International” label released “Black & Blue”, the second Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes studio album. It was recorded in 1973, at “Sigma Sound” in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and was produced by Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff.

Personnel:

  • Harold Melvin, Teddy Pendergrass, Bernard Wilson, Lawrence Brown, Lloyd Parks – vocals
  • MFSB – instrumentation

Track listing:

All tracks by Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff, except where noted.

  1. Cabaret – John Kander, Fred Ebb
  2. The Love I Lost
  3. It All Depends on You
  4. Concentrate on Me – Leon Huff, Gene McFaddenm John Whitehead
  5. Satisfaction Guaranteed (Or Take Your Love Back) – Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff
  6. Is There a Place for Me – Leon Huff, Gene McGarddenn, John Whitehead
  7. I’m Weak for You – Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff, Cary Gilbert
  8. I’m Comin’ Home Tomorrow

The Isley Brothers: Live It Up

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On September 7, 1974, “T-Neck” label released “Live It Up”, the twelfth Isley Brothers (The) album. It was recorded in 1973, at “The Record Plant” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Ronald Isley, O’Kelly Isley, Jr., Rudolph Isley, Ernie Isley and Marvin Isley.

Personnel:

  • Ronald Isley – lead vocals
  • Ernie Isley – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, drums, percussion
  • Marvin Isley – bass guitar
  • O’Kelly Isley, Jr. – backing vocals
  • Rudolph Isley – backing vocals
  • Chris Jasper – electric piano, clavinet, ARP synthesizers, T.O.N.T.O., piano
  • George Moreland – drums
  • Karl Potter – percussion
  • Truman Thomas – organ

Track listing:

All tracks by Rudolph Isley, O’Kelly Isley, Ronald Isley, Ernie Isley, Marvin Isley and Chris Jasper, except where noted.

  1. Live It Up (Part 1 & 2)
  2. Brown Eyed Girl
  3. Need a Little Taste of Love
  4. Lover’s Eve
  5. Midnight Sky (Part 1 & 2)
  6. Hello It’s Me – Todd Rundgren
  7. Ain’t I Been Good to You (Part 1 & 20

Gary Burton: Seven Songs For Quartet And Chamber Orchestra

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In August 1974, “ECM” label released “Seven Songs for Quartet and Chamber Orchestra”, the 22nd Gary Burton album. It was recorded in December 1973, in Hamburg, Germany, and was produced by Manfred Eicher.

Personnel:

  • Gary Burton – vibraharp
  • Mick Goodrick – guitar
  • Steve Swallow – bass
  • Ted Seibs – drums
  • Michael Gibbs – conductor
  • NDR Symphony Orchestra

Track listing:

All tracks by Michael Gibbs, except where noted.

  1. Nocturne vulgaire/Arise Her Eyes – Michael Gibbs, Steve Swallow
  2. Throb
  3. By Way of a Preface
  4. Phases
  5. The Rain Before It Falls
  6. Three