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Joan Baez: Honest Lullaby

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In July 1979, “CBS” label released “Honest Lullaby”, the 18th Joan Baez album. It was recorded in 1979, and was produced by Barry Beckett. Cover photos were by photographer Yousuf Karsh  Joan Baez dedicated the album to the memory of journalist John L. Wasserman.

Personnel:

  • Joan Baez- lead vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Larry Byrom- acoustic guitar
  • Pete Carr – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Jimmy Johnson – electric guitar
  • Barry Beckett- keyboards
  • Charlie McCoy – harmonica
  • David Hood- bass guitar
  • Roger Hawkins – drums
  • Hill Abrahams – violin
  • Janes Crozier – cello
  • Ava Aldridge, George Jackson, Lenny LeBlanc, Mac McAnally, Cindy Richardson, George Soulé, Eddie Struzick, Marie Tomlinson – backing vocals

Track listing:

  1. .Let Your Love Flow – Larry E. Williams
  2. No Woman No Cry – Vincent Ford
  3. Light a Light – Janis Ian
  4. Song at the End of the Movie – Pierce Pettis
  5. Before the Deluge – Jackson Browne
  6. Honest Lullaby – Joan Baez
  7. Michael – Joan Baez
  8. For Sasha – Joan Baez
  9. For All We Know – Sam M. Lewis,  Fred Coots
  10. Free at Last – Joan Baez, George Jackson

Little River Band: First Under the Wire

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In July 1979, “Capitol” label released “First Under the Wire”, the fifth Little River Band album. It was recorded in 1979, and was produced by John Boylan. The album was certified Platinum in US by the “RIIA”.

Personnel:

  • Glenn Shorrock – lead vocals
  • David Briggs – lead guitars, Roland synthesizer guitars, electric sitar
  • Beeb Birtles – vocals, electric and acoustic
  • Graham Goble – vocals, electric and acoustic guitars,  arrangements
  • John Boylan- acoustic guitar
  • Peter Sullivan – piano
  • Peter Jones – piano, keyboards, orchestrations
  • Clive Harrison – bass guitar
  • Mike Clarke – bass
  • Derek Pellicci – drums, percussion
  • Bill Harrower – saxophones

Track listing:

  1. Lonesome Loser – David Briggs
  2. The Rumour – Glenn Shorrock
  3. By My Side – Beeb Birtles, Graham Goble
  4. Cool Change – Glenn Shorrock
  5. It’s Not a Wonder – Graham Goble
  6. Hard Life (Prelude) – David Briggs
  7. Hard Life – Graham Goble
  8. Middle Man – Beeb Birtles, Graham Goble
  9. Man on the Run – Beeb Birtles, Graham Goble
  10. Mistress of Mine – Graham Goble

Jeff Beck: There & Back

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In June 1981, “Epic” label released “There & Back”, the third Jeff Beck studio album. It was recorded in 1979, at “Ramport Studios” in London, and was produced by Jeff Beck and Ken Scott.

Personnel:

  • Jeff Beck– guitar
  • Jan Hammer– keyboard, drums
  • Tony Hymas– keyboard
  • Simon Phillips– drums
  • Mo Foster– bass

Track listing:

  1. Star Cycle – Jan Hammer
  2. Too Much to Lose – Jan Hammer
  3. You Never Know – Jan Hammer
  4. The Pump – Tony Hymas, Simon Phillips
  5. El Becko – Tony Hymas, Simon Phillips
  6. The Golden Road – Tony Hymas, Simon Phillips
  7. Space Boogie – Tony Hymas, Simon Phillips
  8. The Final Peace – Jeff Beck, Tony Hymas

Robert Fripp: Exposure

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In June 1979, “E.G.” label released “Exposure”, the debut Robert Fripp solo album. It was recorded June 1977–January 1979, and was produced by Robert Fripp.

Personnel:

  • Robert Fripp – voice, guitars, Frippertronics
  • Terre Roche– vocals
  • Peter Hammill – vocals
  • Sid McGinnis – rhythm and pedal steel guitar
  • Daryl Hall – vocals, piano
  • Peter Gabriel – vocals, piano
  • Brian Eno – voice, synthesizer
  • Barry Andrews – organ
  • Tony Levin– bass
  • Jerry Marotta– drums
  • Narada Michael Walden, Phil Collins – drums
  • Edith Fripp, Mrs. Evelyn Harris, J.G. Bennett, Shivapuri Baba – voice
  • Ed Sprigg – engineer
  • Steve Short – engineer
  • Chris Stein– design, photography
  • Amos Poe– VTR imagery
  • Mary Lou Green – hair

Track listing:

  1. Preface – Robert Fripp
  2. You Burn Me Up I’m a Cigarette – Daryl Hall, Robert Fripp
  3. Breathless – Robert Fripp
  4. Disengage – Peter Hammill, Joanna Walton, Robert Fripp
  5. North Star – Daryl Hall, Joanna Walton, Robert Fripp
  6. Chicago – Daryl Hall, Joanna Walton, Robert Fripp
  7. NY3 – Robert Fripp
  8. Mary – Daryl Hall, Joanna Walton, Robert Fripp
  9. Exposure – Peter Gabriel, Robert Fripp
  10. Hååden Two – Robert Fripp
  11. Urban Landscape – Robert Fripp
  12. I May Not Have Had Enough of Me but I’ve Had Enough of You – Joanna Walton, Robert Fripp
  13. First Inaugural Address to the I.A.C.E. Sherborne House – G. Bennett
  14. Water Music I – Robert Fripp, G. Bennett
  15. Here Comes the Flood – Peter Gabriel
  16. Water Music II – Robert Fripp
  17. Postscript – Robert Fripp

Gerry Rafferty: Night Owl

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In June 1979 “United Artists” label released “Night Owl”, the third Gerry Rafferty album. It was recorded 1978–1979, at “Chipping Norton Recording Studios” and “Lansdowne Recording Studios”, and was produced by Hugh Murphy and Gerry Rafferty.

Personnel:

  • Gerry Rafferty – vocals, acoustic guitar, polymoog, piano
  • Richard Brunton – guitar
  • Hugh Burns – guitar
  • John Kirkpatrick– accordion
  • Tommy Eyre– synthesiser, piano
  • Pete Wingfield– organ
  • Gary Taylor –vocals,  bass
  • Liam Genockey– drums
  • Frank Ricotti– percussion
  • Raphael Ravenscroft– saxophone, lyricon
  • Graham Preskett – violin, fiddle, mandolin, piano
  • Linda Thompson– backing vocals
  • Barbara Dickson– backing vocals
  • Betsy Cook– backing vocals
  • Patrick(John Byrne) – cover painting

Track listing:

All tracks by Gerry Rafferty.

  1. Days Gone Down (Still Got the Light in Your Eyes)
  2. Night Owl
  3. The Way That You Do It
  4. Why Won’t You Talk To Me?
  5. Get It Right Next Time
  6. Take the Money and Run
  7. Family Tree
  8. Already Gone
  9. The Tourist
  10. It’s Gonna Be a Long Night

Carole King: Touch The Sky

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In June 1979, “Capitol” label released “Touch the Sky”, the eleventh Carole King album. It was recorded in March 1979 at “Pecan Street Studios” in Austin, and was produced by  Carole King and Mark Hallman.

Personnel:

  • Carole King – lead and backing vocals, guitar, piano
  • Dave Perkins – guitar, backing vocals
  • Bobby Rambo – guitar, backing vocals
  • Mark Hallman– guitar, mandolin, synthesizer, backing vocals
  • Leo LeBlanc – pedal steel guitar, backing vocals
  • Reese Wynans– piano, keyboards
  • Ron Cobb – bass, saxophone, flute, backing vocals
  • Fred Krc – drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Miguel Rivera – congas, percussion
  • Tomas Ramirez – saxophone, flute, recorder, backing vocals
  • Richard Hardy – saxophone
  • Chet Himes – engineer
  • Bernie Grundman – mastering
  • James Flournoy/Wonder Graphics – art direction, design
  • Jim McGuire – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Carole King.

  1. Time Gone By
  2. Move Lightly
  3. Dreamlike I Wander
  4. Walk With Me
  5. Good Mountain People
  6. You Still Want Her
  7. Passing of the Days
  8. Crazy
  9. Eagle
  10. Seeing Red

The Bravery: The Sun and the Moon

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On May 22, 2007, “Island” label released “The Sun and the Moon”, the second Bravery studio album. It was recorded in 1979, and was produced by Brendan O’Brien.

Personnel:

  • Sam Endicott- lead vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Michael Zakarin – lead guitar, backing vocals
  • John Conway – keyboards, backing vocals
  • Mike Hindert- bass, backing vocals
  • Anthony Burulcich – drums, backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Sam Endicott.

  1. Intro (featuring Chopin’s Nocturne Op. 9, No. 2 on the Moonversion)
  2. Believe
  3. This Is Not the End
  4. Every Word Is a Knife in My Ear
  5. Bad Sun
  6. Time Won’t Let Me Go
  7. Tragedy Bound
  8. Fistful of Sand
  9. Angelina
  10. Split Me Wide Open
  11. Above and Below
  12. The Ocean

Diana Ross: Diana

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On May 22, 1980, “Motown” label released “Diana”, the tenth Diana Ross album. It was recorded December 1979-March 1980, at “Power Station”, and “Electric Lady” in New York City, “Motown/Hitsville U.S.A. Studios” in Hollywood and was produced by Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers. The album was certified Platinum in US by the “RIIA”.

Personnel:

  • Diana Ross –lead vocals
  • Nile Rodgers– guitar
  • Andy Barrett (Schwartz) –piano
  • Raymond Jones – keyboards
  • Bernard Edwards– bass guitar
  • Tony Thompson– drums
  • Eddie Daniels –saxophone
  • Meco Monardo– trombone
  • Bob Milliken –trumpet
  • Valerie Haywood (The Chic Strings) –strings
  • Cheryl Hong (The Chic Strings) – strings
  • Karen Milne (The Chic Strings) – strings
  • Gene Orloff– conductor
  • Alfa Anderson –backing vocals
  • Fonzi Thornton– backing vocals
  • Luci Martin – backing vocals
  • Michelle Cobbs – backing vocals
  • Bob Clearmountain– engineer
  • Bill Scheniman – engineer
  • James Farber – engineer
  • Neil Dorfsman– engineer
  • Ralph Osborn – engineer
  • Abdoulaye Soumare – engineer assistant
  • Jeff Hendrickson – engineer assistant
  • Lucy Laurie – engineer assistant
  • Peter Robbins – engineer assistant
  • Dennis King –mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers.

  1. Upside Down
  2. Tenderness
  3. Friend to Friend
  4. I’m Coming Out
  5. Have Fun (Again)
  6. My Old Piano
  7. Now That You’re Gone
  8. Give Up

Steve Hackett: Spectral Mornings

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In May 1979, “Charisma” label released “Spectral Mornings”, the third Steve Hackett album. It was recorded January-February 1979, at “Phonogram Studios” in Hilversum, Holland, and was produced by John Acock and Steve Hackett.

Personnel:

  • Steve Hackett– lead, harmony and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, Roland guitar synthesizer, koto, harmonica
  • Nick Magnus – keyboards, Vox String Thing, Novatron, Clavichord, clavinet, Fender Rhodes electric piano, Mini Moog, Roland string
  • John Hackett– flute, bamboo flute, Taurus Moog bass pedals
  • Dik Cadbury– bass, Taurus Moog bass pedals, harmony and backing vocals
  • John Shearer – drums, percussions
  • Suzanne Ciani- Modular synthesizer
  • Peter Hicks – vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Steve Hackett.

  1. Every Day
  2. The Virgin and the Gypsy
  3. The Red Flower of Tachai Blooms Everywhere
  4. Clocks – The Angel of Mons
  5. The Ballad of the Decomposing Man (featuring The Office Party)
  6. Lost Time in Córdoba
  7. Tigermoth
  8. Spectral Mornings

Rick Wakeman: Rhapsodies

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In May 1979, “A&M” label released “Rhapsodies”, the ninth Rick Wakeman album. It was recorded 1978-1979, at “La Grange Studios” and “Mountain Studios” in Switzerland, and was produced by Tony Visconti.

Personnel:

  • Rick Wakeman – likely vocals, keyboards, vocoder
  • Nico Ramsden – electric guitar
  • Tony Visconti- acoustic guitar, engineer
  • Bruce Lynch- bass guitars
  • Frank Gibson, Jr.- drums, percussion
  • David K. Richards- engineer assistant
  • Michael Ross – design
  • Paul Wakefield – photography

Track listing:

All track s by Rick Wakeman, except where noted.

  1. Pedra da Gavea
  2. Front Line
  3. Bombay Duck
  4. Animal Showdown (Yes We Have No Bananas) – Rick Wakeman,Frank Silver, Irving Cohn
  5. Big Ben
  6. Rhapsody in Blue – George Gershwin; arranged by Tony Visconti
  7. Wooly Willy Tango
  8. The Pulse
  9. Swan Lager – music fromTchaikovsky’s “Swan Lake” and Grieg’s pianoforte “Concerto in A Minor”; arranged and adapted by Rick Wakeman
  10. March of the Gladiators
  11. Flacons de Neige
  12. The Flasher
  13. The Palais
  14. Stand-By
  15. Sea Horses
  16. Half Holiday
  17. Summertime – George Gershwin,DuBose Heyward; arranged by Rick Wakeman
  18. Credits