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The Monkees: More Of The Monkees

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On January 9, 1967, “Colgems” label released “More of the Monkees”, the second Monkees (The) studio album. It was recorded June – November 1966, at “RCA Victor A, B” in Hollywood, “RCA Victor A, B” in New York, “Western Recorders No. 2” in Hollywood, and was produced by Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart, Carole Bayer Sager, Neil Sedaka, Michael Nesmith, Jeff Barry, Jack Keller, Gerry Goffin and Carole King. The album was certified quintuple platinum in the US by the “RIAA”,

Personnel:

  • Micky Dolenz – lead vocals and backing vocals
  • Davy Jones – lead and backing vocals
  • Peter Tork – lead and backing vocals, guitar
  • Michael Nesmith – lead and backing vocals, steel guitar
  • Wayne Erwin – guitar, backing vocals
  • Gerry McGee – guitar
  • Louie Shelton – guitar
  • Al Gafa – guitar
  • Willard Suyker – guitar
  • Don Thomas – guitar
  • James Burton – guitar
  • Glen Campbell – guitar
  • Al Casey – guitar
  • Mike Deasy – guitar
  • Neil Diamond – guitar
  • Sal DiTroia – guitar
  • Al Gorgoni – guitar
  • Carol Kaye – guitar
  • Norm Jeffries – tambourine
  • Michael Cohen – keyboards
  • Larry Knechtel – keyboards
  • Neil Sedaka – keyboards
  • Michael Cohen – keyboards
  • Larry Knechtel – keyboards
  • Don Randi – keyboards
  • Michel Rubini – keyboards
  • George Butcher – keyboards
  • Stan Free – keyboards
  • Bobby Hart – organ, backing vocals
  • Larry Taylor – bass guitar
  • Russ Savakus – bass guitar
  • Bob West – bass guitar
  • Ray Pohlman – bass guitar
  • Billy Lewis – drums
  • Herbie Lovelle – drums
  • Hal Blaine – drums
  • Buddy Saltzman – drums
  • George Devens – percussion
  • Frank Capp – percussion
  • Julius Wechter – percussion
  • Gary Coleman – percussion
  • Jim Gordon – percussion
  • Louis Haber – violin
  • Irving Spice – violin
  • Louis Stone – violin
  • David Sackson – viola
  • Murray Sandry – viola
  • Seymour Barab – cello
  • Jeff Barry – backing vocals
  • Tommy Boyce – backing vocals
  • Ron Hicklin – backing vocals
  • Don Peake – conductor
  • Artie Butler – string arrangements
  • Don Kirshner – music supervisor
  • Lester Sill – music coordinator
  • Emil LaViola – music coordinator
  • Ernie Oelrich – engineer
  • Henry Lewy – engineer
  • Hank Cicalo – engineer
  • Richie Schmitt – engineer
  • Richard Podolor – engineer
  • Dave Hassinger – engineer
  • Ray Hall – engineer

Track listing:

  1. She – Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart
  2. When Love Comes Knockin’ (At Your Door) – Carole Bayer Sager, Neil Sedaka
  3. Mary, Mary – Michael Nesmith
  4. Hold on Girl – Billy Carr, Jack Keller, Ben Raleigh
  5. Your Auntie Grizelda – Diane Hildebrand, Jack Keller
  6. (I’m Not Your) Steppin’ Stone – Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart
  7. Look Out (here Comes Tomorrow) – Neil Diamond
  8. The Kind of Girl I Could Love – Michael Nesmith, Roger Atkins
  9. The Day We Fall in Love – Sandy Linzer, Denny Randell
  10. Sometime in the Morning –Gerry Goffin, Carole King
  11. Laugh – Phil Margo, Mitch Margo, Hank Medress, Jay Siegel
  12. I’m a Believer – Neil Diamond

Neil Diamond: Tap Root Manuscript

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On October 15, 1970, “Uni” label released “Tap Root Manuscript”, the sixth Neil Diamond studio album. It was recorded in 1970, and was produced by Tom Catalano and Neil Diamond.

Personnel:

  • Neil Diamond – vocals, keyboards, guitar, steel guitar, ukulele
  • Al Casey, David Bennett Cohen, Neil LeVang, Don Peake, Louis Shelton – guitar
  • Red Rhodes – steel guitar
  • Artie Butler, Larry Knechtel, Larry Muhoberac, Marty Paich, Don Randi – keyboards
  • Randy Cierley, Joe Osborn, Ray Pohlman – bass
  • Hal Blaine, Larry Bunker, Sandra Crouch, Earl Palmer – drums
  • Gary Coleman, Gene Estes, Emil Richards, Lee Shamburger – percussion
  • Joe Estren, Andrea Kostelas, Ronnie Lang, Don Menza, Jay Migliori, Tom Scott – saxophone
  • Shirley Marcus, George Poole, Henry Sigismonti – woodwinds
  • Harry Betts, Roger Bobo, Bud Brisbois, Roy Caton, Paul Hubinon, Dick Hyde, Oliver Mitchell, George Roberts, Tony Terran – horns
  • Jim Arkatov, Israel Baker, Benjamin Barrett, Paul Bergstrom, Harry Bluestone, David Burk, Assa Drori, Jesse Ehrlich, James Getzoff, Lee Holdridge, Armand Kaproff, Jan R. Kelley, Ray Kelley, Lou Klaes, Erno Neufeld, Harvey Newmark, Gareth Nuttycombe, Nathaniel Rosen, Nathan Ross, Henry Roth, Myron Sandler, Joseph Saxon, Sidney Sharp, Jack Shulman, Paul Shure – strings
  • Nancy Adams, Sherrill Atwood, Billie Barnum, H.B. Barnum Jr., Mabel Bishop, George Bledsoe, Fred Burton, Merry Clayton, Marjorie Cranford, Oma Drake, Sean Engerman, Joe Greene, Alexander Hale, Christopher Hale, Graynston Hale, Molly Halloran, Gwen Johnson, Lou Johnson, Stacey Johnson, Clydie King, Jessie Kirkland, Bill Lee, Sherlie Matthews, Evelyn Meyer, Dwayne Moody, Matthews Muhoberac, Ekundayo Paris, Kevin Parker, Aubrey Porter, Dean Porter, Ricky Porter, Douglas Schwartz, Jean Sewell, Ed Wallace, Phillip Whigham, John Woodson, Donald Wyatt – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Neil Diamond, except where noted.

  1. Cracklin’ Rosie
  2. Free Life
  3. Coldwater Morning
  4. Done Too Soon
  5. He Ain’t Heavy, He Is My Brother – Bob Russell, Bobby Scott
  6. Childsong
  7. I Am the Lion
  8. Madrigal
  9. Soolaimon
  10. Missa
  11. African Suite
  12. Childsong (reprise)

Michael Nesmith: Nevada Fighter

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In May 1971, “RCA Victor” label released “Nevada Fighter”, the third Michael Nesmith album. It was recorded October 1970 – January 1971, and was produced by Michael Nesmith.

Personnel:

The First National Band:

  • Michael Nesmith – vocals, guitar
  • Red Rhodes – pedal steel guitar
  • John London – bass guitar
  • John Ware – drums
  • Al Casey – guitar
  • James Burton – guitar
  • Glen Hardin – keyboards
  • Michael Cohen – keyboards
  • Joe Osborn – bass guitar
  • Max Bennett – bass guitar
  • Ron Tutt – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Michael Nesmith, except where noted.

  1. Grand Ennui
  2. Propinquity (I’ve Just Begun to Care)
  3. Here I Am
  4. Only Bound
  5. Nevada Fighter
  6. Texas Morning – Mike Murphy, Boomer Castleman
  7. Tumbling Tumbleweeds – Bob Nolan
  8. I Looked Away – Eric Clapton, Bobby Whitlock
  9. Rainmaker – Harry Nilsson, Bill Martin
  10. René – Red Rhodes

Glen Campbell: Wichita Lineman

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On November 4, 1968, “Capitol” label released “Wichita Lineman”, the eleventh Glen Campbell album. It was recorded in 1958, at “Capitol Studios” in Hollywood., and was produced by Al De Lory.

Personnel:

  • Glen Campbell – vocals, acoustic and electric guitars
  • Al Casey – acoustic guitar
  • Dennis McCarthy – piano
  • Jimmy Webb – organ
  • Carol Kaye – bass guitar
  • Joe Osborn – bass guitar
  • Ray Pohlman – bass guitar
  • Hal Blaine – drums
  • Bob Felts – drums
  • Jim Gordon – drums
  • Al De Lory – arrangements

Track listing:

  1. Wichita Lineman – Jimmy Webb
  2. (Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay – Otis Redding, Steve Cropper
  3. If You Go Away – Jacques Brel, Rod McKuen
  4. Ann – Billy Edd Wheeler
  5. Words – Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb
  6. Fate of Man – Glen Campbell
  7. Dreams of the Everyday Housewife – Chris Gantry
  8. The Straight Life – Sonny Curtis
  9. Reason to Believe – Tim Hardin
  10. You Better Sit Down Kids – Sonny Bono
  11. That’s Not Home – Billy Graham

Glen Campbell: Try A Little Kindness

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In January 1970, “Capitol” label released “Try a Little Kindness”, the thirteenth Glen Campbell album. It was recorded in 1969, at “United” and “Capitol” in Hollywood, and was produced by Al De Lory.

Personnel:

  • Glen Campbell – vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Al Casey – acoustic guitar
  • Joe Osborn – bass
  • Carol Kaye – bass
  • Hal Blaine – drums
  • Bob Felts – percussion
  • Al De Lory – arrangements, conductor
  • Marty Paich – arrangements
  • Joe Polito – engineer
  • Pete Abbot – engineer

Track listing:

  1. Try a Little Kindness – Curt Sapaugh, Bobby Austin
  2. Both Sides Now – Joni Mitchell
  3. For My Woman’s Love – Ben Peters
  4. Country Girl – Craig Smith
  5. All the Way – Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn
  6. Where Do You Go – Ed Penney, John Domurad
  7. Honey Come Back – Jimmy Webb
  8. Folk Singer – C. E. Daniels
  9. Love Is Not a Game – Jerry Goldstein
  10. Once More with Feeling – Shirley Nelson
  11. And the World Keeps Spinning – Ron Green, Ron Price
  12. Home Again – Larry Rintye, Jesse Hodges

Duane Eddy: Have ‘Twangy’ Guitar Will Travel

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On January 9, 1958, “Jamie Records” label released “Have ‘Twangy’ Guitar Will Travel”, the debut Duane Eddy album. It was recorded in 1957, at “Audio Recorders” in Phoenix, Arizona, and was produced by Lee Hazlewood and Lester Sill.

Personnel:

  • Duane Eddy – guitar
  • Al Casey– electric bass, piano, rhythm guitar
  • Steve Douglas– saxophone
  • Corki Casey O’Dell – rhythm guitar
  • Buddy Wheeler – electric bass
  • Bob Taylor – drums
  • Mike Bermani – drums
  • Plas Johnson– saxophone
  • Gil Bernal– saxophone
  • Ike Clanton – bass
  • Jimmy Simmons – upright bass
  • Jimmy Wilcox – bass
  • Donnie Owens– rhythm guitar
  • The Sharps– backing vocals
  • Jack Miller – engineer
  • Eddie Brackett – engineer
  • Greg Vaughn – mastering
  • Tom Moulton– mastering
  • Ben Demotto – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Duane Eddy and Lee Hazlewood, except where noted.

  1. Lonesome Road – Gene Austin, Nathaniel Shilkret
  2. I Almost Lost My Mind – Ivory Joe Hunter
  3. Rebel Rouser
  4. Three-30-Blues
  5. Cannonball
  6. The Lonely One
  7. Detour – Paul Westmoreland
  8. Stalkin’
  9. Ramrod – Al Casey
  10. Anytime – Herbert “Happy” Lawson
  11. Moovin’ ‘N’ Groovin’
  12. Loving You – Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller

Johnny Cash: Now Here’s Johnny Cash

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On October 21, 1961, “Sun” label released “Now Here’s Johnny Cash”, the tenth Johnny Cash album. It was recorded September 1954 – July 17, 1958, and was produced by Sam Phillips and Jack Clement.

Personnel:

  • Johnny Cash – vocal, guitar
  • Al Casey- guitar
  • Bill Pitzonka – art direction, design

Track listing:

  1. Sugartime – Odis Echols, Charlie Phillips
  2. Down the Street to 301 – Jack Clement
  3. Life Goes On – Johnny Cash, Jack Clement
  4. Port of Lonely Hearts – Johnny Cash
  5. Cry! Cry! Cry! – Johnny Cash
  6. My Treasure – Johnny Cash
  7. Oh Lonesome Me – Don Gibson
  8. So Doggone Lonesome – Don Gibson
  9. You’re the Nearest Thing to Heaven – Jim Atkins, Johnny Cash, Hoyt Johnson
  10. The Story of a Broken Heart – Sam Phillips
  11. Hey Porter – Johnny Cash
  12. Home of the Blues – Johnny Cash, Glen Douglas, Vic McAlpin

Randy Newman: Same

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In June 1968, “Reprise” label released the debut, self-titled Randy Newman album. It was recorded in 1968, and was produced by Lenny Waronker and Van Dyke Parks.

Personnel:

  • Randy Newman – vocals, piano
  • Herb Ellis- guitar
  • Larry Knechtel- guitar, bass, keyboards
  • Tommy Tedesco- guitar
  • Sal Valentino- guitar, vocals
  • Don Lanier – guitar
  • Louis Morell – guitar
  • Frank DeCaro – guitar
  • Joe Gibbons – guitar
  • Al Casey- guitar
  • Mike Deasy, Ron Elliott- guitar
  • James Burton- guitar
  • Nick DeCaro – piano, accordion
  • Gene Garf – piano, organ
  • James Rowles – piano
  • Michael Lang – piano
  • Gary LeVant – harmonica
  • Tommy Morgan – harmonica
  • Carl Fortina – accordion
  • Don Bagley – bass
  • Carol Kaye- bass
  • Lyle Ritz- bass
  • Jim Gordon- drums
  • Norman Jeffreis – drums
  • Gary Coleman – percussion
  • Hubert Anderson – percussion
  • Ted Nash – saxophone
  • Gene Cipriano – saxophone
  • Wilbur Schwartz – saxophone
  • Thomas Scott – saxophone
  • Gordon Pope – saxophone
  • William Green – saxophone
  • William R. Perkins – saxophone
  • Jim Horn- saxophone
  • Plas Johnson- saxophone
  • Jay Migliori – saxophone
  • Sid Miller – saxophone
  • Ollie Mitchell – trumpet
  • Anthony Terran- trumpet
  • Milt Bernhart- trombone
  • Robert Knight – trombone
  • Richard Hyde- trombone
  • Lew McCreary – trombone
  • Richard Perissi – French horn
  • William Hinshaw – French horn
  • James A. Decker – French horn
  • David Duke – French horn
  • James Getzoff – flute
  • Israel Baker- violin
  • Harry Bluestone – violin
  • William Kurash – violin
  • Arnold Belnick – violin
  • Jerome Reisler – violin
  • Ralph Schaeffer – violin
  • Sid Sharp – violin
  • Tibor Zelig – violin
  • William Weiss – violin
  • Leonard Malarsky – violin
  • Joseph DiFiore – viola
  • Louis Kievman – viola
  • Samuel Boghossian – viola
  • Leonard Selic – viola
  • Harold Ayties – viola
  • Jan Hlinka – viola
  • Harold Bemko – cello
  • Ray Kelley – cello
  • Victor Sazer – cello
  • Jesse Emrlich – cello
  • Armand Karpoff – cello
  • David Filerman – cello
  • Joseph Tullio – cello
  • Frederick Seykora – cello
  • Elizabeth Ershoff – harp
  • Tommy LiPuma- engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Randy Newman.

  1. Love Story (You and Me)
  2. Bet No One Ever Hurt This Bad
  3. Living Without You
  4. So Long Dad
  5. I Think He’s Hiding
  6. Linda
  7. Laughing Boy
  8. Cowboy
  9. Beehive State
  10. I Think It’s Going to Rain Today
  11. Davy the Fat Boy

The 5th Dimension: Up, Up and Away

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In May 1967, “Soul City” label released “Up, Up and Away” the debut 5th Dimension album. It w was produced byas recorded April 1966-March 1967, and was produced by Marc Gordon, Willie Hutch, Johnny Rivers and Rob Santos. In 1967, “Up, Up and Away” won four “Grammy Award” including “Record of the Year”.

Personnel:

  • Billy Davis, Jr. – lead and backing vocals
  • Marilyn McCoo- lead and backing vocals
  • Lamonte McLemore- backing vocals
  • Ron Townson- backing vocals
  • Florence LaRue- backing vocals
  • Al Casey- guitar
  • Johnny Rivers– guitar
  • F. Sloan– guitar
  • Tommy Tedesco– guitar
  • Larry Knechtel- piano, keyboards
  • Jimmy Webb -keyboards,  musical conductor, arrangements
  • Joe Osborn- bass, guitar
  • Hal Blaine- drums, percussion
  • Marty Paich – horns and strings arrangements
  • Elliot Federman – mastering
  • Arlessa Barnes, Glenn Delgado, Christina DeSimone, Robin Diamond, Mandana Eidgah, Karyn Friedland, Felicia Gearhart, Laura Gregory, Jeremy Holiday, Robin Manning, Brooke Nochomson, Ed Osborne, Larry Parra, Dana Renert, Bill Stafford, Steve Strauss – project coordinator
  • Bones Howe, Tom Tierney, Russ Wapensky – production assistant
  • Joanna Feltman – archivist
  • Mike Hartry – transfer
  • Mathieu Bitton – art direction, design
  • Wardy Woodward – art direction
  • Wayne Kimbell – design
  • Bernard Yeszin – cover photography
  • Rob Santers – photography
  • Mike Ragehoa – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Up, Up and Away – Jimmy Webb
  2. Another Day, Another Heartache – Steve Barri, F. Sloan
  3. Which Way to Nowhere- Jimmy Webb
  4. California My Way – Willie Hutch
  5. Misty Roses – Tim Hardin
  6. Go Where You Wanna Go – John Phillips
  7. Never Gonna Be the Same – Jimmy Webb
  8. Pattern People – Jimmy Webb
  9. Rosecrans Blvd. – Jimmy Webb
  10. Learn How to Fly – Willie Hutch
  11. Poor Side of Town – Lou Adler, Johnny Rivers

The Monkees: Same

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On October 10, 1966, “Colgems” label released the self-titled, debut  Monkees (The) album. It was recorded in 1966, and was produced by Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart, Jack Keller and Michael Nesmith. The album has been certified 5 Platinum in the US by the “RIAA”.

Personnel:

  • Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith – lead vocals
  • Davy Jones – lead and backing vocals
  • Wayne Erwin, Gerry McGee, Peter Tork, James Burton, Glen Campbell, Al Casey, James Helms, Don Peake Louie Shelton – guitars
  • Larry Taylor, William Pitman, Bob West – bass
  • Peter Tork, James Burton, Glen Campbell, Al Casey, Mike Deasey – bass
  • Billy Lewis, Hal Blaine, Frank DeVito, Jim Gordon – drums
  • Gene Estes, Gary Coleman, David Walters, Jim Gordon – percussion
  • Bobby Hart – organ
  • Jack Keller, Larry Knechtel – piano
  • Michael Rubini – harpsichord
  • Bob Cooper – oboe
  • Keith Allison – harmonica
  • Bobby Hart – glockenspiel
  • Bonnie Douglas, Paul Shure – violin
  • Myra Kestenbuam – viola
  • Fred Seykora, Joseph Ditullio – cello
  • Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart, Gerry McGee , Wayne Erwin, Ron Hicklin – backing vocals

Track listing:

  1. (Theme from) The Monkees – Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart
  2. Saturdays’s Child – David Gates
  3. I Wanna Be Free – Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart
  4. Tomorrow’s Gonna Be Another Day – Tommy Boyce and Steve Venet
  5. Papa Gene’s Blues – Michael Nesmith
  6. Take a Giant Step – Gerry Goffin, Carole King
  7. Last Train to Clarksville – Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart
  8. This Just Doesn’t Seem to Be My Day – Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart
  9. Let’s Dance On – Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart
  10. I’ll Be True to You – Gerry Goffin, Russ Titelman
  11. Sweet Young Thing – Gerry Goffin, Carole King, Michael Nesmith
  12. Gonna Buy Me a Dog – Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart