Tag Archives: 1974

Tolo Blanke: Spider’s Dance

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In April 1975, “Vertigo” label released “Spider’s Dance”, the debut Toto Blanke album. It was recorded in July 1974, at “Conny’s Studio” in Cologne, Germany, “Studio Bero” in Münster, Germany, and was produced by Toto Blanke.

Personnel:

  • Toto Blanke – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Joachim Kühn – electric piano
  • John Lee – electric bass
  • Gerry Brown – drums
  • Charly Mariano – soprano saxophone
  • Conny Plank – engineer
  • Peter Schulze – sleeve notes
  • D.S. Spooner – sleeve notes
  • Volker Steppat – public relations

Track listing:

All tracks by Toto Blanke, except where noted.

  1. Lady’s Bicycle Seat Smeller
  2. Intermission – Joachim Kühn
  3. Rocbaron
  4. Toto – Joachim Kühn
  5. Spider’s Dance
  6. Prelude
  7. Slight Touch of Hepatitis

King Crimson: USA

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In April 1975, “Island” label released “USA”, the second King Crimson live album. It was recorded in June 1974, at the “Casino” in Asbury Park, New Jersey, the “Palace Theatre” in Providence, Rhode Island, and was produced by Robert Fripp, John Wetton, David Cross and Bill Bruford.

Personnel:

  • Robert Fripp – electric guitar, mellotron, Hohner pianet, mixing
  • David Cross – violin, viola, mellotron, Hohner Pianet
  • John Wetton – vocals, bass guitar, mixing
  • Bill Bruford – drums, percussion
  • Eddie Jobson – violin overdubs, Hohner Pianet overdubs 
  • David Hewitt – recording
  • George Chkiantz – recording, mixing
  • Nicholas de Ville – design
  • Bob Bowkett, C.C.S. – typography
  • Willie Christie – photography
  • Joe Pizzo, David Zink, Riley Jackson – Kirlian photography
  • Peter Walmsley, Chris Kettle, Tex Read, Harvey Baker, Nick Bell – road team
  • Dik Fraser – special thanks

Track listing:

  1. Larks’ Tongues in Aspic (Part II) – Robert Fripp
  2. Lament – Robert Fripp, John Wetton, Richard Palmer-James
  3. Exiles – David Cross, Robert Fripp, Richard Palmer-James
  4. Asbury Park – David Cross, Robert Fripp, John Wetton, Bill Bruford
  5. Easy Money – Robert Fripp, John Wetton, Richard Palmer-James
  6. 21st Century Schizoid Man – Robert Fripp, Ian McDonald, Greg Lake, Michael Giles, Peter Sinfield

Alphonse Mouzon: Mind Transplant

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In March 1975, “Blue Note” label released “Mind Transplant”, the third Alphonse Mouzon studio album. It was recorded in December 1974, at “Wally Heider Sound Studio III” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Skip Drinkwater.

Personnel:

  • Alphonse Mouzon – vocals, drums, synthesizer, electric piano, organ, conductor, arrangements
  • Jerry Peters – electric piano, organ
  • Tommy Bolin – guitar
  • Lee Ritenour – guitar
  • Jay Graydon – guitar, voice bag, programming
  • Henry Davis – electric bass

Track listing:

All tracks by Elvena Mouzon.

  1. Mind Transplant
  2. Snow Bound
  3. Carbon Dioxide
  4. Ascorbic Acid
  5. Happiness Is Loving You
  6. Some of the Things People Do
  7. Golden Rainbows
  8. Nitroglycerin

Black Heat: No Time To Burn

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In March 1974, “Atlantic” label released “No Time to Burn”, the second Black Heat studio album. It was recorded in 1974, at “Atlantic Recording Studios”, “Regent Sound Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Joel Dorm and Jimmy Douglass.

Personnel:

  • Johnell Gray – vocals, keyboards
  • Bradley Owens – vocals, guitar
  • Naamon Jones – vocals, bass
  • Esco Cromer – vocals, drums, percussion
  • Raymond Green – vocals, congas, percussion
  • Ray Thompson – saxophone, flute, woodwind
  • Rodney Edwards – trumpet, timbales

Track listing:

  1. No Time to Burn
  2. You Should’ve Listened
  3. Check It All Out
  4. Love The Life You Live
  5. Super Cool
  6. M & M’s
  7. Things Change
  8. Rapid Fire
  9. Times Have Changed

Keith Jarrett: Death And The Flower

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In February 1975, “Impulse!” label released “Death and the Flower”, the 19th Keith Jarrett album. It was recorded in October 1974, at “Generation Sound Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Ed Michel.

Personnel:

  • Keith Jarrett – piano, wooden flute, soprano saxophone
  • Dewey Redman – tenor saxophone, musette, percussion
  • Charlie Haden – bass
  • Paul Motian – drums, percussion
  • Guilherme Franco – percussion

Track listing:

All tracks by Keith Jarrett

  1. Death and the Flower
  2. Prayer
  3. Great Bird

Steve Kuhn: Trance

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In February 1975, “ECM” label released “Trance”, the tenth Steve Kuhn album. It was recorded in November 1974, at “Generation Sound” in New York City, and was produced by Manfred Eicher.

Personnel:

  • Steve Kuhn – voice, piano, electric piano
  • Steve Swallow – electric bass
  • Jack DeJohnette – drums
  • Sue Evans – timpani, tambourine, maracas, conga, percussion

Track listing:

All tracks by Steve Kuhn.

  1. Trance
  2. A Change of Face
  3. Squirt
  4. The Sandhouse
  5. Something Everywhere
  6. Silver
  7. The Young Blade
  8. Life’s Backward Glance

Pekka Pohjola: Harakka Bialoipokku

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In December 1974, “Love Records” label released “Harakka Bialoipokku”, the second Pekka Pohjola studio album. It was recorded in 1974, at “Marcus Music Studios” in Stockholm, Sweden, and was produced by Måns Groundstroem.

Personnel:

  • Coste Apetrea – guitar
  • Pekka Pohjola – bass guitar, piano, electric piano, arrangements
  • Tomi Parkkonen – drums, percussion
  • Eero Koivistoinen – soprano, sopranino and tenor saxophone
  • Pekka Pöyry – soprano and alto saxophone
  • Baron Paakkunainen – alto and baritone saxophone, flute
  • Bertil Löfgren – trumpet
  • Leif Mases – recording
  • Stan Shingler – cover

Track listing:

All tracks by Pekka Pohjola.

  1. Beginning
  2. First morning
  3. Bad Weather / It Dances
  4. …And dreams
  5. Even when awake, the dream continues
  6. The chaos calms down
  7. Life goes on

Samla Mammas Manna: Klossa Knapitat

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In December 1974, “Silence Records” label released “Klossa Knapitat”, the third Samla Mammas Manna album. It was recorded in November 1974, at “Studio Decibel” in Stockholm, Sweden.

Personnel:

  • Lasse Hollmer – singing, yodeling, piano , accordion
  • Coste Apetrea – vocals, guitar
  • Lasse Krantz – vocals, electric bass
  • Hasse Bruniusson – vocals, drums
  • Brynn Settels – accordion
  • Tage Åsén , Anders Lidén, Pelle Engman – artwork

Track listing:

  1. Nothing
  2. Little Dialectic
  3. Sigh
  4. Far Down a Rabbit Hole
  5. Come a Little Closer
  6. The Mouse Milking Machine
  7. Influences
  8. The Knoll
  9. Frameless Evenings

Sui Generis: Pequeñas anécdotas sobre las instituciones

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On December 16, 1974, “Talent” label released “Pequeñas anécdotas sobre las instituciones”, the third Sui Generis album. It was recorded in 1974, and was produced by Charly Garcia and Jorge Alvarez.

Personnel:

  • Charly García – vocals, piano, electric piano, mini Moog, clavinet, ARP string ensemble, electric guitar
  • Nito Mestre – vocals, acoustic guitar, recorder
  • Rinaldo Rafanelli – vocals, bass, electric guitar
  • Juan Rodríguez – drums, percussion
  • David Lebón – electric guitar
  • Carlos Cutaia – organ
  • León Gieco – harmonica
  • Alejandro Correa (músico) – bass
  • Oscar Moro – drums
  • Jorge Pinchevsky – violin
  • María Rosa Yorio – chorus
  • Billy Bond – chorus
  • Billy Bond – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Charly García, except where noted.

  1. Instituciones
  2. Tango en segunda
  3. El show de los muertos
  4. Las increíbles aventuras del Señor Tijeras
  5. Pequeñas delicias de la vida conyugal
  6. El tuerto y los ciegos
  7. Música de fondo para cualquier fiesta animada
  8. Tema de Natalio – Charly García, Rinaldo Rafanelli
  9. Para quién canto yo entonces

Høst: På sterke vinger

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In December 1974, “ON Records” label released “På sterke vinger”, the debut Høst studio album. It was recorded in October 1974, at “Arctic Studios” in Trondheim, Norway, and was produced by Nils Bjarne Kvam.

Personnel:

  • Geir Jahren – vocals
  • Lasse Nilsen – guitar
  • Bernt Bodal – bass guitar
  • Knut Ragnar Lie – vocals, drums
  • Svein Rønning – vocals, guitar , clavinet , organ , strings , Mini-Moog , flute 
  • Nils Bjarne Kvam – technician, layout, design, photography
  • Rune Nordal – technician

Track listing:

All tracks by Svein Rønning , except where otherwise stated.

  1. Poor but Free
  2. Too Late to Regret
  3. Under the Cover of Darkness
  4. Satan’s Crust – Geir Jahren
  5. Where We Must – Geir Jahren
  6. Unity
  7. On Strong Wings