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Koerner, Ray & Glover: The Return Of Koerner, Ray & Glover

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On October 22, 1965, “Elektra” label released “The Return of Koerner, Ray and Glover”, the third and final Koerner, Ray & Glover studio album. It was recorded in August 1965, by Paul Rotchild.

Personnel:

  • Tony “Little Sun” Glover – vocals, harmonica, liner notes
  • “Spider” John Koerner – vocals, guitar
  • Dave “Snaker” Ray – vocals, guitar
  • Chris Frymire – remix, mastering
  • Eric Peltoniemi – design, layout

Track listing:

  1. I Want to See My Baby – John Koerner
  2. Titanic – Lead Belly
  3. You’ve Got to Be Careful – John Koerner
  4. Looky Looky Yonder – Lead Belly, Alan Lomax, John Lomax
  5. Statesboro Blues – Blind Willie McTell
  6. Eugene C. – John Koerner
  7. Goin’ to the Country – John Koerner
  8. The Boys Was Shootin’ It Out Last Night – John Koerner
  9. Poor Howard – Lead Belly, Alan Lomax, John Lomax
  10. I Don’t Want to Be Terrified – John Koerner
  11. Don’t Let Your Right Hand Know What Your Left Hand Do – Tony Glover
  12. Lonesome Road – traditional
  13. England Blues – John Koerner
  14. Packin’ Truck – Lead Belly, Alan Lomax, John Lomax
  15. John Hardy – traditional

Johnny Cash: Ride This Train

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On August 1, 1960. “Columbia’ label released “Ride This Train”, the sixth Johnny Cash album. It was recorded December – February 1960, and was produced by Don Law.

Personnel:

  • Johnny Cash – vocals, rhythm guitar, arrangements

The Tennessee Two

  • Luther Perkins – lead guitar
  • Marshall Grant – bass
  • Johnny Western – guitar
  • Floyd Cramer – piano
  • Buddy Harman – drums
  • Shot Jackson – dobro, steel guitar
  • Gordon Terry – fiddle
  • Alan Lomax – adaptation, arrangements
  • Mark Wilder – mixing, mastering
  • Seth Foster – mastering
  • Stacey Boyle – tape research
  • Matt Kelly – tape research
  • Kay Smith – tape research
  • Arthur Levy – liner notes
  • Howard Fritzson – art direction
  • Randall Martin – design
  • Don Hunstein – photography
  • Darren Salmieri – A&R
  • Steven Berkowitz – A&R
  • Patti Matheny – A&R

Track listing:

  1. Loading Coal – Merle Travis
  2. Slow Rider – Johnny Cash
  3. Lumberjack – Leon Payne
  4. Dorraine of Ponchrtrain – Johnny Cash
  5. Going to Memphis – Hollie Dew, Alan Lomax, (new words and music) by Johnny Cash
  6. When Papa Played the Dobro – Johnny Cash
  7. Boss Jack – Tex Ritter
  8. Old Doc Brown – Red Foley
  9. Second Honeymoon – Autry Inman
  10. Ballad of the Harp Weaver – Thelma Moore, Edna Millay
  11. Smiling Bill McCall – Johnny Cash

Koerner, Ray & Glover: Lots More Blues, Rags And Hollers

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On June 19, 1964, “Elektra” label released “Lots More Blues, Rags and Hollers”, the second Koerner, Ray & Glover studio album. It was recorded September 1963 – April 1964, in New York City, and was produced by Paul Rothchild and Jac Holzman.

Personnel:

  • Tony “Little Sun” Glover – vocals, harmonica, arrangements, liner notes
  • “Spider” John Koerner – vocals, guitar, harmonica, arrangements
  • Dave “Snaker” Ray – vocals, guitar, arrangements
  • Chris Frymire – remixing, mastering
  • Tony Glover – remixing, mastering
  • Dave Ray – remixing, mastering
  • William S. Harvey – design
  • Eric Peltoniemi – design
  • Paul Nelson – liner notes, assistant producer
  • Jac Holzman – production supervisor

Track listing:

  1. Black Dog – traditional
  2. Whomp Bom – John Koerner
  3. Black Betty – Lead Belly
  4. Honey Bee – McKinley Morganfield
  5. Crazy Fool – John Koerner
  6. Keep Your Hands Off Her – Lead Belly, Gil Turner
  7. Duncan and Brady – traditional, adapted with new lyrics by John Koerner
  8. Fine Soft Land – Dave Ray
  9. Red Cross Store – Lead Belly, John Lomax, Alan Lomax
  10. Lady Day – John Koerner
  11. Freeeze to Me, Mama – Dave Ray
  12. Ted Mack Rag – John Koerner
  13. Fannin Street – Lead Belly
  14. Love Bug – John Koerner
  15. Can’t Get My Rest at Night – Dave Ray
  16. What’s the Matter with the Mill? – Memphis Minnie

Grand Funk Railroad: Live Album

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On November 16, 1970, “Capitol” label released “Live Album”, the first Grand Funk Railroad live album. It was recorded in June 1970, at “Jacksonville Coliseum”, “West Palm Beach Civic Auditorium” in Florida, and was produced by Terry Knight.

Personnel:

  • Mark Farner – vocals, guitar, piano, harmonica
  • Mel Schacher – bass
  • Don Brewer – vocals, drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Mark Farner, except where noted.

  1. Introduction
  2. Are You Ready?
  3. Paranoid
  4. In Need
  5. Heartbreaker
  6. Inside Looking Out – John Lomax, Alan Lomax, Eric Burdon, Bryan “Chas” Chandler
  7. Words of Wisdom
  8. Mean Mistreater
  9. Mark Says Alright – Mark Farner, Don Brewer, Mel Schacher
  10. T.N.U.C.
  11. Into the Sun

Gil Evans: Gil Evans & Ten

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In March 1958, “Prestige” label released “Gil Evans & Ten”, the debut Gil Evans album. It was recorded September – October 1957, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Weinstock.

Personnel:

  • Gil Evans – piano
  • Steve Lacy – soprano saxophone
  • Lee Konitz – alto saxophone
  • Jack Koven – trumpet
  • John Carisi – trumpet
  • Louis Mucci – trumpet
  • Jimmy Cleveland – trombone
  • Bart Varsalona – bass trombone
  • Willie Ruff – French horn
  • Dave Kurtzer – bassoon
  • Paul Chambers – bass
  • Jo Jones – drums
  • Nick Stabulas – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording
  • Mark Rice – design
  • Bob Weinstock – supervision

Track listing:

  1. Remember – Irving Berlin
  2. Ella Speed – Lead Belly (Huddie Ledbetter), Alan Lomax
  3. Big Stuff – Leonard Bernstein
  4. Nobody’s Heart – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
  5. Just One of Those Things – Cole Porter
  6. If You Could See Me Now – Tadd Dameron, Carl Sigman
  7. Jambangle – Gil Evans

Muddy Waters: Down on Stovall’s Plantation

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In February 1966, “Testament Records” label released “Down on Stovall’s Plantation”, album by Muddy Waters. It was recorded in 1965, at “Stovall’s Plantation” in Coahoma County, Mississippi, and was produced by Pete Welding.

Personnel:

  • Muddy Waters – vocals, guitar
  • Percy Thomas – vocals, guitar
  • Charles Berry – guitar
  • Louis Ford – vocals, mandolin
  • Henry Sims – violin
  • Son Sims Four – ensemble
  • Alan Lomax – recording
  • John Work – recording
  • Ted Williams – photography
  • Pete Welding – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. I Be’s Troubled
  2. Rambling Kid Blues
  3. You Got to Take Sick and Die Some of These Days
  4. Burr Clover Blues
  5. Pearle Mae Blues
  6. Country Blues, No. 1
  7. Why Don’t You Live so God Can Use You?
  8. Rosalie
  9. Country Blues, No. 2
  10. Take a Walk with Me
  11. Joe Turner
  12. You’re Gonna Miss Me When I’m Dead and Gone
  13. I Be Bound to Write to You

Moby: Play

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On May 17, 1999, “Mute” and “V2” labels released “Play”, the fifth Moby studio album. It was recorded 1998 – 1999, at Moby’s home studio in Manhattan, New York, and was produced by Moby. The album was certified 4 x Platinum in Australia by “ARIA”, 2 x Platinum in Belgium by “BEA”, 3 x Platinum in Canada by “Music Canada”, Diamond in France by “SNEP”, 7 x Platinum in New Zealand by “RMNZ”, Platinum in Sweden by “GLF”, 6 x Platinum in UK by “BPI” and 2 x Platinum in US by “RIAA”.

Personnel:

  • Moby – vocals, various instruments, engineer, mixing
  • Pilar Basso, Nikki D, Reggie Matthews, The Shining Light Gospel Choir – additional vocals
  • I Monster, Mario Caldato Jr.– mixing
  • Graeme Durham – mastering
  • Ysabel Zu Innhausen Und Knyphausen – artwork, design
  • Corinne Day – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Moby, except where noted.

  1. Honey – Moby, Bessie Jones, Alan Lomax
  2. Find My Baby – Moby, Willie Jones
  3. Porcelain
  4. Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad?
  5. South Side
  6. Rushing
  7. Bodyrock – Moby, Gabriel Jackson
  8. Natural Blues – Moby, Vera Hall, Alan Lomax
  9. Machete
  10. 7
  11. Run On
  12. Down Slow
  13. If Things Were Perfect
  14. Everloving
  15. Inside
  16. Guitar Flute & String
  17. The Sky Is Broken
  18. My Weakness

Johnny Cash: Blood, Sweat and Tears

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On January 7, 1963, “Columbia” label released “Blood, Sweat and Tears”, the fifteenth Johnny Cash album. It was recorded June – August 1962, and was produced by Don Law and Frank Jones.

Personnel:

  • Johnny Cash – vocals, guitar
  • Luther Perkins- guitar
  • Bob Johnson – guitar, banjo
  • Bill Pursell– piano
  • Marshall Grant- bass
  • S. Holland- drums
  • Maybelle Carter- autoharp
  • The Carter Family- backing vocals
  • Frank Bez – photography

Track listing:

  1. The Legend of John Henry’s Hammer – Johnny Cash, June Carter
  2. Tell Him I’m Gone – Johnny Cash
  3. Another Man Done Gone – Vera Hall, Alan Lomax, John Lomax, Ruby Tartt, Johnny Cash
  4. Busted – Harlan Howard
  5. Casey Jones – traditional, arranged by Johnny Cash
  6. Nine Pound Hammer – Merle Travis
  7. Chain Gang – Harlan Howard
  8. Waiting for a Train – Jimmie Rodgers
  9. Roughneck – Sheb Wooley

Marianne Faithfull: Strange Weather

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In July 1987, “Island” label released “Strange Weather”, the eleventh Marianne Faithfull album. It was recorded in 1987, at “A&R Recording Studios”, “Record Plant Studios” in New York City, “Bearsville Studios” in Bearsville, New York, and was produced by Hal Willner.

Personnel:

  • Marianne Faithfull – vocals
  • Bill Frisell- guitars
  • Sharon Freeman- piano
  • John (credited as Mac Rebennack) – piano
  • Garth Hudson- accordion
  • William Schimmel- accordion
  • Fernando Saunders- bass
  • T. Lewis – drums, horn arrangements
  • Chris Hunter – alto saxophone, flute
  • William Schimmel- accordion
  • Steve Slagle – alto saxophone
  • Lew Soloff- trumpet
  • Michael Levine- violin
  • Michael Gibbs- string arrangements
  • Joe Ferla – recording, mixing
  • Tony Wright – photography

Track listing:

  1. Stranger Intro – Bill Frisell
  2. Boulevard of Broken Dreams – Al Dubin, Harry Warren
  3. I Ain’t Goin’ Down To The Well No More – Huddie Ledbetter, Alan Lomax, John Lomax
  4. Yesterdays – Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern
  5. Sign of Judgement – Kid Prince Moore
  6. Strange Weather – Tom Waits, Kathleen Brennan
  7. Love, Life and Money – Julius Dixon, Henry Glover
  8. ll Keep It With Mine – Bob Dylan
  9. Hello Stranger – Doc Pomus, Mac Rebennack (Dr. John)
  10. Penthouse Serenade – Will Jason, Val Burton
  11. As Tears Go By – Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Andrew Loog Oldham
  12. A Stranger On Earth – Sid Feller, Rick Ward

Bob Dylan: Self Portrait

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On June 8, 1970, “Columbia” label released “Self Portrait”, the tenth Bob Dylan studio album.  It was recorded April 1969 – March 1970, and was produced by Bob Johnston. “Self Portrait” features both cover versions of pop and folk songs and original compositions.

Personnel:

  • Bob Dylan– vocals, guitar, harmonica, keyboards
  • Charlie McCoy – guitar, bass guitar, harmonica, vibes
  • Norman Blake– guitar
  • Fred Carter, Jr. – guitar
  • Fred Foster– guitar
  • Bubba Fowler– guitar
  • Robbie Robertson – vocals, guitar
  • Joe Osborn – guitar, bass guitar
  • Al Kooper – guitar, horn, keyboards
  • David Bromberg– guitar, dobro, bass guitar
  • Ron Cornelius– guitar
  • Pete Drake– steel guitar
  • Bob Wilson – organ, piano
  • Bill Pursell – piano
  • Richard Manuel – vocals, piano
  • Garth Hudson– keyboards
  • Charlie Daniels– bass guitar, guitar
  • Rick Danko– bass guitar, vocals
  • Bob Moore – bass guitar
  • Stu Woods – bass guitar
  • Levon Helm– vocals, mandolin, drums
  • Kenneth A. Buttrey– drums, percussion
  • Al Rogers – drums
  • Albert Wynn Butler – clarinet, saxophone
  • Freddie Hill – trumpet
  • Ollie Mitchell – trumpet
  • Karl Himmel – clarinet, saxophone, trombone
  • Dennis Good – trombone
  • Rex Peer – trombone
  • Frank Smith – trombone
  • Gene A. Mullins – baritone horn
  • Emanuel Green – violin
  • Lilian Hunt – violin
  • Martin Katahn – violin
  • Doug Kershaw – violin
  • Sheldon Kurland – violin
  • Barry McDonald – violin
  • Brenton Banks – violin
  • George Binkley III – violin
  • Solie Fott – violin, viola
  • Marvin Chantry – viola
  • Gary Van Osdale – viola
  • Byron Bach – cello
  • Martha McCrory – cello
  • Delores Edgin – vocals
  • Hilda Harris – vocals
  • Carol Montgomery – vocals
  • June Page – vocals
  • Albertine Robinson – vocals
  • Maretha Stewart – vocals
  • Bill Walker – arrangements

Track listing:

  1. All the Tired Horses – Bob Dylan
  2. Alberta #1 – Bob Dylan
  3. I Forgot More Than You’ll Ever Know – Cecil A. Null
  4. Days of 49 – Alan Lomax, John Lomax, Frank Warner
  5. Early Morning Rain – Gordon Lightfoot
  6. In Search of Little Sadie – traditional
  7. Let It Be Me – Gilbert Becaud, Mann Curtis, Pierre Delanoe
  8. Woogie Boogie – Bob Dylan
  9. Belle Isle – traditional
  10. Living the Blues – Bob Dylan
  11. Like a Rolling Stone – Bob Dylan (recorded live August 31, 1969, at the “Isle of Wight Festival”)
  12. Cooper Kettle – Alfred Frank Beddoe
  13. Gotta Travel On – Paul Clayton, Larry Ehrlich, David Lazar, Tom Six
  14. Blue Moon – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
  15. The Boxer – Paul Simon
  16. The Mighty Quinn (Quinn the Eskimo) – Bob Dylan (recorded live August 31, 1969 at the “Isle of Wight Festival”)
  17. Take Me as I Am (Or let Me Go) – Boudleaux Bryant
  18. Take a Message to Mary – Felice Brtant, Boudleaux Bryant
  19. It Hurts me Too – traditional
  20. Minstrel Boy –Bob Dylan (recorded live August 31, 1969 at the “Isle of Wight Festival”)
  21. She Belongs to Me – Bob Dylan (recorded live August 31, 1969 at the” Isle of Wight Festival”)
  22. Wigwam – Bob Dylan
  23. Alberta # 2 – Bob Dylan