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Last Poets: This Is Madness

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On March 1971, “Douglas” label released “This Is Madness”, the second Last Poets studio album. It was recorded in 1970, at “Mediasound” in New York City, and was produced by Alan Douglas and Stefan Bright.

Personnel:

  • Jalaluddin Mansur Nuriddin – lead and backing vocals
  • Umar Bin Hassan – lead and backing vocals
  • Raymond “Nilaja” Hurrey – percussion
  • Anthony C. Bongiovi – engineer
  • Abdul Mati (Abdul Mati Klarwein) – painting
  • Bob Vermosa – lettering
  • Bilal Farid – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Alafia Pudim.

  1. True Blues
  2. Related to What Chant – Alafia Pudim, Omar Ben Hassen, Raymond “Nilaja” Hurrey
  3. Related to What – Omar Ben Hassen
  4. Black Is Chant – Alafia Pudim, Omar Ben Hassen, Raymond “Nilaja” Hurrey
  5. Black Is – Omar Ben Hassen
  6. Time – Omar Ben Hassen
  7. Mean Machine Chant – Alafia Pudim, Omar Ben Hassen, Raymond “Nilaja” Hurrey
  8. Mean Machine
  9. White Man’s Got a God Complex
  10. Opposites
  11. Black People What Y’all Gon’ Do Chant – Alafia Pudim, Omar Ben Hassen, Raymond “Nilaja” Hurrey
  12. Black People What Y’all Gon’ Do – Omar Ben Hassen
  13. O.D.
  14. Time Is Madness Chant – Alafia Pudim, Omar Ben Hassen, Raymond “Nilaja” Hurrey
  15. This Is Madness – Omar Ben Hassen

Gregg Allman: Laid Back

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In October 1973, “Capricorn” label released “Laid Back”, the debut Gregg Allman studio album. It was recorded in 1973, at “Record Plant” in New York City, and “Capricorn Sound Studios” in Macon, Georgia, and was produced by Johnny Sandlin and Gregg Allman.

Personnel:

  • Gregg Allman – vocals, organ, acoustic guitar
  • Tommy Talton – acoustic, electric and slide guitars, dobro, tambourine
  • Buzz Feiten– guitar
  • Jim Nalls – guitar
  • Scott Boyer – acoustic, electric and steel guitars, electric piano
  • Chuck Leavell– acoustic and electric pianos, vibes
  • Paul Hornsby– organ, keyboards, clavinet
  • Charlie Hayward– bass
  • David Brown – bass
  • Johnny Sandlin – bass
  • Bill Stewart – drums
  • Jai Johanny Johanson– percussion, conga
  • Butch Trucks– percussion, cabasa
  • David “Fathead” Newman– saxophone
  • Max Cahn, Tony Posk – violin
  • Ed Freeman – strings and horn arrangements, conductor
  • Carl Hall, Linda November, Hilda Harris, Cissy Houston, Emily Houston, June McGruder, Helene Miles, Eileen Gilbert, Maretha Stewart, Albertine Robinson – backing vocals
  • Johnny Sandlin – arrangements, engineer
  • Ovie Sparks, Buddy Thornton, Jim Reeves – engineer
  • George Marino – engineer, mastering
  • Abdul Mati Klarwein – cover art

Track listing:

All tracks by Gregg Allman; except where noted.

  1. Midnight Rider – Gregg Allman, Robert Kim Payne
  2. Queen of Hearts
  3. Please Call Home
  4. Don’t Mess Up a Good Thing – Oliver Sain
  5. These Days – Jackson Browne
  6. Multi-Colored Lady
  7. All My Friends – Scott Boyer
  8. Will the Circle Be Unbroken – traditional; arranged by Gregg Allman and Johnny Sandlin

Jerry Garcia & Howard Wales: Hooteroll?

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hooteroll

On November 1, 1971, “Douglas Records” released “Hooteroll?”, album by Howard Wales and Jerry Garcia. It was recorded in 1971, and was produced by Alan Douglas and Doris Dynamite. The cover art is a painting by Abdul Mati Klarwein titled “Saint John”.

Personnel:

  • Howard Wales– organ, piano
  • Jerry Garcia– guitar
  • Curly Cook – guitar
  • John Kahn– bass
  • Bill Vitt –drums
  • Michael Marinelli – drums
  • Martin Fierro– saxophone, flute
  • Ken Balzall –trumpet
  • Martin Fierro – horn arrangements
  • Russ Geary – recording
  • Tony Bongiovi – mixing
  • Ron Rakow – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Howard Wales, except where noted.

  1. South Side Strut – Martin Fierro, Howard Wales
  2. A Trip to What Next
  3. Up from the Desert
  4. DC-502
  5. One A.M. Approach
  6. Uncle Martin’s
  7. Da Birg Song – Jerry Garcia, Howard Wales.