On March 19, 1991, “Atlantic” label released the self-titled, debut, and the only Law (The) album. It was recorded in 1991, and was produced by Chris Kimsey, Ahmet Ertegün, Paul Rodgers, Howard Albert, Ron Albert, Kenney Jones and Shane Keister.
Personnel:
Paul Rodgers – lead vocals, guitars, piano
Jim Barber – lead guitar
Kenney Jones – drums
David Gilmour – guitar
Chris Rea – guitar
Bryan Adams – guitar
Mike Hehir – guitars
John Astley, Steve Pigott – keyboards, programming
Albhy Galuten – synthesizer
George Hawkins – bass
Tom Pool – drums
Joe Lala – percussion
The Memphis Horns – horns
John Jones – programming
Christopher Marc Potter – engineer, mixing
Alex Sadkin – engineer
Ahmet Ertegün, Shane Keister – mixing
Bob Ludwig – mastering
Track listing:
For a Little Ride – Mark Mangold, Benny Mardones
Miss You in a Heartbeat – Phil Collen
Stone Cold – Tamara Champlin
Come Save Me (Julianne) – Charlie Black, Cliff Downs, Austin Roberts
In October 1961, “Atlantic” label released “The Genius Sings the Blues”, the ninth Ray Charles album. It was recorded 1952 – 1960, and was produced by Ahmet Ertegün and Jerry Wexler.
Personnel:
Ray Charles – vocals, piano, organ
Marcus Belgrave – trumpet
Joe Bridgewater – trumpet
Riley Webb – trumpet
John Hunt – trumpet
David Newman – alto, baritone and tenor saxophone
Bennie Crawford – baritone saxophone
Don Wilkerson – tenor saxophone
Edgar Willis – bass
Roosevelt Sheffield – bass
Teagle Fleming – drums
William Peeples – drums
Track listing:
All tracks by Ray Charles, except where noted.
Early in the Mornin’ – Dallas Bartley, Leo Hickman, Louis Jordan
Hard Times (No One Knows Better Than I)
The Midnight Hour – Sam Sweet
(Night Time Is) The Right Time – Napoleon Brown, Ozzie Cadena, Lew Herman
On January 8, 1976, “Atlantic” label released “Songs for the New Depression”, the third Bette Midler studio album. It was recorded 1972 – 1976, at “Secret Sound Studio” New York, N.Y., “Electric Lady” and “Media Sound Studios” in New York, N.Y., “Atlantic Recording Studios” in New York, N.Y., and was produced by Bette Midler, Joel Dorn, Ahmet Ertegün, Arif Mardin, Mark “Moogy” Klingman, and Jack Malken.
Personnel:
Bette Midler – lead and backing vocals, assistant engineer
Glaswegians Orchestra – arranged and conducted by Arif Mardin
Moogy Klingman – piano, electric piano, RMI Computer keyboard, Mini Korg synthesizer, harmonica, arranger and conductor
Ralph Schuckett – acoustic piano, clavinet, organ, Sound City piano, harmonium, string ensemble, arranger, conductor
Bob Dylan – vocals
Dick Hyman – piano
David Spinozza – guitar
Jerry Friedman – guitar
Todd Rundgren – guitar, backing vocals
Dave Webster – slide guitar
Rick Derringer – pedal steel guitar
Eric Weissberg – banjo, mandolin
Don Brooks – harmonica
Sivuca – accordion
Dominic Cortese – accordion
Boris Matusewitch – concertina
John Siegler – bass guitar
Milt Hinton – acoustic bass, bass guitar
John Miller – acoustic bass
Teddy Sommer – drums, percussion
Mark Rosengarden – drums, percussion
Steve Gadd – drums
John Wilcox – drums
Barbara Burton – percussion
Angel Allende – percussion
Jack Malken – additional percussion
Norman Pride – conga
Randy Brecker – horns, trumpet solo
Michael Brecker – horns
Barry Rogers – horns
Mel Davis – trumpet
William Siapin – flute
John Lissauer – saxophone, chimes, arranger, conductor
David Nadien – strings
Barry Finclair – strings
Raul Poliakin – strings
Tony Posk – strings
Gene Orloff – strings
Harry Lookofsky – strings
Charles McCracken – strings
Jessy Levy – strings
Harry Lookofsky – violin
Matthew Raimondi – violin
Emanuel Green – violin
Kenny Kosek – fiddle
Luther Vandross – arranger, backing vocals
Dianne Sumler – backing vocals
David Lasley – backing vocals
Erin Dickins – backing vocals
Annie Sutton – backing vocals
Donny Beard – backing vocals
Charlotte Crossley – backing vocals
Leata Galloway – backing vocals
Ben Harney – backing vocals
Rhetta Hughes – backing vocals
Thomas Moore – backing vocals
Ula Hedwig – backing vocals
Sharon Redd – backing vocals
Ramona Stubblefield – backing vocals
Clifford Townsend – backing vocals
Revelation – backing vocals
Rosie – backing vocals
Gotham – backing vocals
Arif Mardin – arranger, conductor, backing vocals, remix
Marty Nelson – vocal arranger
Jan Rathbun – engineer
Jack Malken – recording and remix engineer
Lew Hahn – recording and remix engineer
Gerry Block – assistant engineer
Dave Wittman – assistant engineer
Deborah Turbville – photography
Michaele Vollbracht – shopping bag
Kenn Duncan – poster photos
Richard Amsel – inner sleeve illustration
Track listing:
Strangers in the Night – Bert Kaempfert, Charles Singleton, Eddie Snyder
I Don’t Want the Night to End – Phoebe Snow
Mr. Rockefeller – Jerry Blatt, Bette Midler
Old Cape Cod – Claire Rothrock, Allan Jeffrey, Milton Yakus
Buckets of Rain – Bob Dylan
Love Says It’s Waiting – Nick Holmes
Shiver Me Timbers / Samedi et Vendredi – Tom Waits, Bette Midler, Moogy Klingman
On August 24, 1970, “Atlantic” label released “Spirit in the Dark”, the seventeenth Aretha Franklin studio album. It was recorded May – October 1969, March 1970, and was produced by Tom Dowd, Arif Mardin and Jerry Wexler.
Personnel:
Aretha Franklin – lead vocals, piano
Dave Crawford– organ
Buzz Feiten– guitar
Jimmy Johnson– guitar
Jimmy O’Rourke – guitar
Charlie Freeman – guitar
Duane Allman– guitar
Cornell Dupree– guitar
Eddie Hinton– guitar
Tommy McClure – bass guitar
Harold “Hog” Cowart – bass guitar
David Hood– bass guitar
Sammy Creason– drums
Ron Ziegler – drums
Roger Hawkins– drums
Ray Lucas – drums
The Sweet Inspirations– background vocals
Wylene Ivy – background vocals
Margaret Branch – background vocals
Almeda Lattimore – background vocals
Pat Lewis– background vocals
Evelyn Green – background vocals
Brenda Bryant – background vocals
Jim Dickinson– additional keyboards
Michael Utley– additional keyboards
Barry Beckett– additional keyboards
Track listing:
Don’t Play That Song – Ahmet Ertegün, Betty Nelson
The Thrill Is Gone (From Yesterday’s Kiss) – Rick Darnell, Roy Hawkins
On January 26, 2018, “J&R Adventures”, “Mascot Label Group” labels released “Black Coffee”, the third Beth Hart and Joe Bonamassa covers album. It was recorded in August 2016, and was produced by Kevin Shirley.
Personnel:
Joe Bonamassa– guitar
Beth Hart– vocals
Rob McNelley – rhythm guitar
Michael Rhodes– bass guitar
Anton Fig– drums, percussion
Reese Wynans– keyboards
Paulie Cerra – tenor and baritone saxophone
Ron Dzuibla – tenor and baritone saxophone
Lee Thornburg – trumpet, trombone
Jade Macreae – backing vocals
Juanita Tippins – backing vocals
Mahalia Barnes – backing vocals
Rob Katz – engineering
Bob Ludwig– mastering
Jaramiah Rios – engineering assistance
Kevin Luu – engineering assistance
Roy Weisman – executive production
Lowell Reynolds – recording
Ben Rodgers – recording
Ron Dziubla – recording
Track listing:
Give It Everything You Got – Edgar Winter, Jerry LaCroix
Damn Your Eyes – Barbara Wyrick, Stephen Bogard
Black Coffee – Ike Turner, Tina Turner
Lullaby of the Leaves – Bernice Petkere, Joseph Young
Why Don’t You Do Right – Kansas Joe McCoy
Saved – Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
Sitting on the Top of the World – Walter Vinson, Lonnie Chatmon
Joy – Lucinda Williams
Soul on Fire – Ahmet Ertegun, Gerald Wexler, LaVern Baker
On April 2, 1975, “Atlantic” label released the self – titled, second Manhattan Transfer studio album. It was recorded in 1974, and was produced by Ahmet Ertegün and Tim Hauser.
Personnel:
Tim Hauser– vocals, vocal arrangements, arrangements
In February 1963, “RCA Victor” label released “Mr. Soul”, the eleventh Sam Cooke studio album. It was recorded in August; November and December, 1962, at “RCA’s Music Center of the World”, and was produced by Hugo & Luigi.
Personnel:
Sam Cooke – vocals
Horace Ott, René Hall– arrangement, conductor
Clifton White, Bill Pitman,Tommy Tedesco– guitar
Ray Pohlman, Clifford Hils, Red Callender– bass guitar
Earl Palmer– drums
Ron Rich – percussion
Edward Beal, Ernie Freeman, Al Pellegrini, Ernie Freeman– piano
Nathan Griffin – organ
Sharky Hall – drums
Ray Johnson – piano
Bill Green, Plas Johnson– saxophone
John Ewing – trombone
Israel Baker, Robert Barene, Leonard Malarsky, Myron Sandler, Ralph Schaeffer, Sid Sharp, Arnold Belnick, Autrey McKissack, Ralph Schaeffer, Robert Barene, Jermoe Reisler – violin
Harry Hyams, Alexander Neiman – viola
Jesse Ehrlich, Irving Lipschultz, George Neikrug, Emmet Sergeant – cello
William Hinshaw – French horn
Dave Hassinger– recording engineer
Track listing:
I Wish You Love – Charles Trenet, Lee Wilson, Albert Beach
Willow Weep for Me – Ann Ronell
Chains of Love- Ahmet Ertegun, under the pseudonym Nugetre
Smoke Rings – Ned Washington, H. Eugene Gifford
All the Way – Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen
Send Me Some Lovin’ – Leo Price, John Marascalco
Cry Me a River – Arthur Hamilton
Driftin’ Blues – Johnny Moore, Charles Brown, Eddie Williams
For Sentimental Reasons – Deek Watson, William Best
Nothing Can Change This Love – Sam Cooke
Little Girl – Madeline Hyde, Francis Henry
These Foolish Things – Eric Maschwitz, Jack Strachey, Harry Link
In October 1973, “Capitol” label released “The Joker”, the eighth Steve Miller Band album. It was recorded in 1973, and was produced by Steve Miller. The album was certified Platinum in US by the “RIIA”.
Personnel:
Steve Miller– vocals, guitar, harmonica
“Sneaky” Pete Kleinow– pedal steel guitar
Dick Thompson – organ, clavinet
Gerald Johnson – vocals, bass guitar
Lonnie Turner – bass guitar
John King – drums
John Van Hamersveld, Norman Seeff– design
Norman Seeff – photography
Track listing:
Sugar Babe – Steve Miller
Mary Lou – Obie Jessie, Sam Ling
Shu Ba Da Du Ma Ma Ma Ma – Steve Miller
Your Cash Ain’t Nothin’ but Trash – Chuck Calhoun
The Joker – Steve Miller, Eddie Curtis, Ahmet Ertegün
The Lovin’ Cup – Steve Miller
Come On in My Kitchen ( recorded live at the Tower Theater, Philadelphia) – Robert Johnson
On September 1, 1978, “EG” label released “The Bride Stripped Bare”, the fifth Bryan Ferry solo album. It was recorded in 1977, at “Mountain Studios” in Montreux, Switzerland, and was produced by Waddy Watchel, Rick Marotta, Simon Puxley, Steve Nye and Bryan Ferry.
Personnel:
Bryan Ferry- lead vocals, piano, keyboards
Waddy Wachtel- lead guitar, slide guitar, backing vocals
Neil Hubbard- Guitar
Preston Heyman, Rick Marotta- drums
John Wetton- bass guitar
Herbie Flowers- string bass
Alan Spenner- Bass guitar
Ann Odell – organ, electric piano, string arrangements
Suzanne Ciani- synthesizers
Steve Nye- electric piano
Mel Collins- saxophone
Martin Drover – trumpet
Jimmy Douglass, Lew Hahn, Steve Nye – engineers
Dave Richards, Martin Pearson, Randy Mason – assistant engineers
Antony Price – design
John Swannell– photography
Ahmet Ertegün- counsel
Track listing:
Sign of Times – Bryan Ferry
Can’t Let Go – Bryan Ferry
Hold On (I’m Coming) – Isaac Hayes, David Porter
The Same Old Blues – J. Cale
When She Walks in the Room – Bryan Ferry
Take Me to the River – Al Green, Mabon “Teenie” Hodges
What Goes On – Lou Reed
Carrickfergus – traditional, arranged by Bryan Ferry
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