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John Stewart: Willard

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In July 1970, “Capitol” label released “Willard”, the third John Stewart studio album. It was recorded at “Crystal Sound” in Hollywood, California, “Woodland Studios” in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by Peter Asher.

Personnel:

  • John Stewart – vocal, acoustic and electric guitar, 12-string guitar, auto harp, boxes
  • James Taylor – acoustic guitar, backing vocals
  • Fred “The Flash” Carter – acoustic guitar
  • Danny Kooch – electric guitar
  • Mike Stewart – guitar
  • Bobby Thompson – banjo
  • Ralph Schuckett – piano, harmonium
  • Carole King – piano
  • Peter Asher – tambourine, bass, auto harp, backing vocals
  • Norbert “Home town” Putnam – bass
  • Bryan Garofalo – bass, backing vocals
  • Joel Bishop O’Brien – drums, conga
  • Russ Kunkel – knees, drums, boxes
  • Kenneth “Down wind” Buttrey – knees, drums
  • Doug Kershaw – fiddle, backing vocals
  • Chris Darrow – fiddle
  • “Goodtime” Charlie McCoy – harp
  • Bill Mumy – cow bell
  • Buffy Ford – backing vocals
  • Abigale Haness – backing vocals
  • The People – backing vocals
  • John Andrew Tartaglia – orchestration
  • Richard Sanford Orshoff – engineer
  • Robert Paull – second engineer
  • James Wyeth – cover drawing
  • Henry Diltz – insert photos

Track listing:

All tracks by John Stewart.

  1. Big Joe
  2. Julie, Judy, Angel Rain
  3. Belly Full of Tennessee
  4. Friend of Jesus
  5. Clack Clack
  6. Hero From the War
  7. Back in Pomona
  8. Willard
  9. Golden Rollin’ Belly
  10. All American Girl
  11. Oldest Living Son
  12. Earth Rider
  13. Great White Cathedrals
  14. Marshall Wind

Kate Taylor: Sister Kate

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In January 1971, “Cotillion” label released “Sister Kate”, the debut Kate Taylor album. It was recorded in 1970, at “Sunset Sound” and “Crystal Sound” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Peter Asher.

Personnel:

  • Kate Taylor — lead vocals, clapping
  • Peter Asher— lead and backing vocals, clapping
  • John Beland, Bernie Leadon, James Taylor – guitar
  • Danny “Kootch” Kortchmar— guitar, percussion, conga, backing vocals
  • D. Souther— guitar, vocals, clapping
  • John Hartford— banjo
  • Carole King — lead and backing vocals, piano, string arrangements
  • Ralph Schuckett — organ, piano, accordion, keyboards
  • Charles Larkey, Leland Sklar— bass
  • Russ Kunkel, Joel O’Brian — drums
  • Sandra Crouch — percussion, tambourine
  • Abigale Haness — vocals
  • Merry Clayton — lead and backing vocals
  • Oma Drake — lead and backing vocals
  • Donna Prater — lead and backing vocals
  • Linda Ronstadt— lead and backing vocals
  • Gail Haness — backing vocals
  • Wayne Jackson— horns, horn arrangements
  • Andrew Love, The Memphis Horns — horns, horn arrangements
  • John Tartaglia — strings, string arrangements

Track listing:

  1. Home Again – Carole King
  2. Ballad of a Well Known Gun – Elton John, Bernie Taupin
  3. Be That Way – Livingston Taylor
  4. Handbags and Gladrags – Mike d’Abo
  5. You Can Close Your Eyes – James Taylor
  6. Look at Granny Run, Run – Jerry Ragovoy, Mort Shuman
  7. Where You Lead – Carole King, Toni Stern
  8. White Lightning – Jape Richardson
  9. Country Comfort – Elton John, Bernie Taupin
  10. Lo and Behold/Jesus Is Just All Right – James Taylor, A. Reid Reynolds
  11. Do I Still Figure in Your Life – Pete Dello
  12. Sweet Honesty – Beverley Martyn

Carole King: Music

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In December 1971, “Ode” label released “Music”, the third Carole King album. It was recorded in 1971, and was produced by Lou Adler.

Personnel:

  • Carole King – lead and backing vocals, piano, electric piano, electric celeste
  • James Taylor – acoustic guitar, backing vocals
  • Danny “Kootch” Kortchmar – acoustic and electric guitars, backing vocals
  • Ralph Schuckett – organ, electric piano, electric celeste
  • Charles Larkey – acoustic and electric bass guitar
  • Joel O’Brien, Russ Kunkel– drums
  • Bobbye Hall– congas, bongos, tambourine
  • Teresa Calderon – congas
  • Curtis Amy – tenor saxophone, flute
  • Oscar Brashear– flugelhorn
  • William Green, William Collette, Ernest Watts, Plas Johnson, Mike Altschul – woodwind, flute, saxophone
  • Abigale Haness, Merry Clayton– backing vocals
  • Hank Cicalo– engineer
  • Norm Kinney – engineer assistant
  • Roland Young – art direction
  • Chuck Beeson – design
  • Jim McCrary– photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Carole King, except where noted.

  1. Brother, Brother
  2. It’s Going to Take Some Time – Carole King, Toni Stern
  3. Sweet Seasons – Carole King, Toni Stern
  4. Some Kind of Wonderful – Carole King, Gerry Goffin
  5. Surely
  6. Carry Your Load
  7. Music
  8. Song of Long Ago
  9. Brighter
  10. Growing Away from Me
  11. Too Much Rain – Carole King, Toni Stern
  12. Back to California

Carly Simon: Playing Possum

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In April 1975, “Elektra” label released “Playing Possum”, the fifth Carly Simon studio album. It was recorded in 1975 at “Sound Labs”, “Sunset Sound Recorders”, “Crystal Sound”, “ A&M Studios” and “Burbank Studios” in California, and was produced by Richard Perry.In 1991, “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked the album cover at number 20 on its  list of the “100 Greatest Album Covers.

Personnel:

  • Carly Simon — lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitar, guitar, piano, arrangements
  • James Taylor— acoustic guitar, guitar, vocals, backing vocals
  • Jeff Baxter— guitar
  • Andrew Gold— guitar, drums, tambourine
  • Sneaky Pete Kleinow— pedal steel guitar
  • Lee Ritenour— guitar, mandolin
  • Alvin Robinson— guitar
  • Richard Perry— tambourine
  • Billy Mernit — piano
  • James Newton Howard— synthesizer, keyboards, electric piano
  • Tommy Morgan — harmonica
  • Joe Mondragon — bass
  • Klaus Voormann— bass
  • Willie Weeks— bass
  • Leland Sklar— bass, drums
  • Ringo Starr— drums
  • Irving Cottler— drums
  • Jim Gordon— drums
  • Russ Kunkel— drums
  • Eddie Bongo — conga
  • Andy Newmark— percussion, drums
  • Fred Staehle — percussion
  • Alan Estes — percussion
  • Emil Richards— percussion
  • Trevor Lawrence — saxophone, alto saxophone
  • Derrek Van Eaton — fiddle, flute
  • Lon Van Eaton — clarinet, flute, sitar
  • Liza Strike — vocals
  • Rita Coolidge— vocals, backing vocals
  • Abigale Haness — vocals, backing vocals
  • Carole King— vocals, backing vocals
  • Clydie King— vocals, backing vocals
  • Ken Moore — vocals, backing vocals
  • Vini Poncia— vocals, backing vocals
  • Rodney Richmond — vocals, backing vocals
  • Julia Tillman Waters — vocals, backing vocals
  • Carolyn Willis — vocals, backing vocals
  • Maxine Willard — backing vocals
  • Bill Schnee – engineer
  • Norm Kinney – engineer
  • Andrew Berliner – engineer
  • Charles Beasley – second engineer
  • Larry Emerine, Reed Stanley – engineer assistant
  • Noam Kinney – remix
  • Bill Schnee – remix
  • Doug Sax – mastering
  • Glen Christensen – art direction
  • Norman Seeff – design, photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Carly Simonexcept where noted.

  1. After the Storm,
  2. Love Out in the Street
  3. Look Me in the Eyes
  4. More and More – Mac Rebennack, Alvin Robinson
  5. Slave – Carly Simon, Jacob Brackman
  6. Attitude Dancing – Carly Simon, Jacob Brackman
  7. Sons of Summer – Bill Mernit
  8. Waterfall
  9. Are You Ticklish
  10. Playing Possum

James Taylor: One Man Dog

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On November 1, 1972, “Warner Bros” label released “One Man Dog”, the fourth James Taylor studio album. It was recorded in 1972, and was produced by Peter Asher.

Personnel:

  • James Taylor – vocal, acoustic and electric guitar, harmonica,  autoharp, bells, cross-cut saw
  • John McLaughlin- acoustic guitar
  • Danny Kortchmar- acoustic and electric guitar, timbales
  • Red Rhodes- pedal steel guitar
  • Dash Crofts- mandolin
  • John Hartford- banjo, fiddle
  • Craig Doerge- piano, Fender Rhodes electric piano
  • Leland Sklar- bass, guitarron mexicano
  • Russ Kunkel- drums, congas, tambourine, cabasa
  • Bobbye Hall- percussion, congas, bongos, tambourine, shaker, bells
  • Michael Brecker- flute, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
  • Randy Brecker- trumpet, flugelhorn, piccolo trumpet
  • George Bohanon- trombone
  • Barry Rogers – trombone
  • Arthur Baron – bass trombone
  • Mark Paletier – sound effects, saw
  • Carole King- backing vocals
  • Linda Ronstadt- backing vocals
  • Carly Simon- backing vocals
  • Abigale Haness – backing vocals
  • Steven Edney – backing voca
  • Alex Taylor- backing vocals
  • Hugh Taylor- backing vocals
  • Kate Taylor- backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by James Taylor, except where noted.

  1. One Man Parade
  2. Nobody But You
  3. Chili Dog
  4. Fool for You
  5. Instrumental I
  6. New Tune
  7. Back on the Street Again – Danny Kortchmar
  8. Don’t Let Me Be Lonely Tonight
  9. Woh, Don’t You Know – Danny Kortchmar, Leland Sklar, James Taylor
  10. One Morning in May – Traditional
  11. Instrumental II
  12. Someone – John McLaughlin
  13. Hymn
  14. Fanfare
  15. Little David
  16. Mescalito
  17. Dance
  18. Jig