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Scorpions: Fly To The Rainbow

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On November 1, 1974, “RCA” label released “Fly to the Rainbow”, the second Scorpions studio album. It was recorded in April 1974, at “Musicland Studios” in Munich, “Studio Maschen” in Seevetal, Germany, and was produced by Frank Bornemann.

Personnel:

  • Klaus Meine – lead vocal
  • Ulrich Roth – vocals, lead guitar, storytelling
  • Rudolf Schenker – vocals, rhythm guitar, storytelling
  • Francis Buchholz – bass guitar
  • Jürgen Rosenthal – drums
  • Achim Kirschning – organ, Mellotron, synthesizers
  • Mack – engineer
  • Horst Andritschke – engineer

Track listing:

  1. Speedy’s Coming – Rudolf Schenker, Klaus Meine
  2. They Need a Million – Rudolf Schenker, Klaus Meine
  3. Drifting Sun – Ulrich Roth
  4. Fly People Fly – Rudolf Schenker, Klaus Meine
  5. This Is My Song – Rudolf Schenker, Klaus Meine
  6. Far Away – Michael Schenker, Rudolf Schenker, Klaus Meine
  7. Fly to the Rainbow – Michael Schenker, Ulrich Roth

Gato Barbieri: Chapter One: Latin America

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In October 1973, “Impulse!” label released “Chapter One: Latin America”, the tenth Gato Barbieri album. It was recorded in April 1973, at “Music Hall, S.A.C.I.S.I.” in Buenos Aires, “Odeon Studios” in Rio de Janeiro, and was produced by Ed Michel.

Personnel:

  • Gato Barbieri – tenor saxophone
  • Quelo Palacios – acoustic guitar
  • Ricardo Lew – electric guitar
  • Osvaldo Bellingieri – piano
  • Dino Saluzzi – bandoneon
  • Adalberto Cevasco – Fender bass
  • Pocho Lapouble – drums
  • Domingo Cura – bombo indio (Indian drums)
  • Jorge Padin – percussion
  • El Zurdo Roizner – percussion
  • Raul Mercado – quena
  • Amadeo Monges – Indian harp
  • Isoca Fumero – charango
  • Antonio Pantoja – anapa, erke, siku, quena, erkencho
  • Nivaldo Duarte – engineer
  • Juan Carlos Manojas – engineer
  • Jorge Tagliani – engineer mixing
  • Baker Bigsby – mixing
  • Gil Fortis – mixing assistant
  • Kathryn King – mixing assistant
  • Philip Melnick – cover photography
  • Ed Michel – photography
  • Carlos Dulitsky – photography

Track listing:

All track by Gato Barbieri, except where noted.

  1. Encuentros
  2. India – J. Asunción Flores, M. Ortiz Guerrero
  3. La China Leoncia Arreo La Correntinada Trajo Entre La Muchachada La Flor De La Juventud
  4. Part 1
  5. Part 2
  6. Part 3
  7. Part 4 3:53
  8. Nunca Mas
  9. To Be Continued

Art Blakey And His Jazz Messengers: Indestructible

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In October 1966, “Blu Note” label released “Indestructible”, the 24th Art Blakey and his Jazz Messengers album. It was recorded April – May 1964, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Art Blakey — drums
  • Lee Morgan — trumpet
  • Curtis Fuller — trombone
  • Wayne Shorter — tenor saxophone
  • Cedar Walton — piano
  • Reggie Workman — bass
  • Reid Miles – design
  • Francis Wolff – photography
  • Leonard Feather – liner notes

Track listing:

  • The Egyptian – Curtis Fuller
  • Sortie – Curtis Fuller
  • Calling Miss Khadija – Lee Morgan
  • When Love is New – Cedar Walton
  • Mr. Jin – Wayne Shorter

Freddie Hubard: Hub Cap

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In October 1961, “Blue Note” label released “Hub Cap”, is the third Freddie Hubbard album. It was recorded in April 1961, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Freddie Hubbard – trumpet
  • Jimmy Heath – tenor saxophone
  • Julian Priester – trombone
  • Cedar Walton – piano
  • Larry Ridley – bass
  • Philly Joe Jones – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording
  • Reid Miles – design
  • Francis Wolff – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Freddie Hubbard, except where noted.

  1. Hub Cap
  2. Cry Me Not – Randy Weston
  3. Luana
  4. Osie Mae
  5. Plexus – Cedar Walton
  6. Earmon Jr.

Grant Green: Green Street

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In October 1961, “Blue Note” label released “Green Street”, the third Grant Green album. It was recorded in April 1961, at “Van Helder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Grant Green – guitar
  • Ben Tucker – bass
  • Dave Bailey – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording
  • Reid Miles – design
  • Francis Volff – photography
  • Leonard Feather – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Grant Green except where noted.

  1. No. 1 Green Street
  2. ‘Round About Midnight – Thelonious Monk
  3. Grant’s Dimensions
  4. Green with Envy
  5. Alone Together – Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz

Sabú Martínez: Palo Congo

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In October 1957, “Blue Note” label released “Palo Congo”, the debut Sabú Martínez album. It was recorded in April 1957, at Manhattan Towers in New York City, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Louis “Sabú” Martínez – vocals, congas, bongos
  • Arsenio Rodríguez – vocals, congas, tres, guitar
  • Evaristo Baró – double bass
  • Raúl “Caesar” Travieso – vocals, congas
  • Israel Moisés “Quique” Travieso – congas
  • Ray “Mosquito” Romero – congas
  • Willie Capó – vocals
  • Sarah Baró – vocals
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording
  • Reid Miles – design
  • Francis Wolff – photography
  • Hsio Ven Shih – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. El cumbanchero
  2. Billumba-Palo Congo
  3. Choferito-Plena
  4. Asabache
  5. Simba
  6. Rhapsodia del Maravilloso
  7. Aggo Elegua
  8. Tribilín cantore

Hank Mobley: Hank

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In October 1957, “Blue Note” label released “Hank”, the tenth Hank Mobley album. It was recorded in April 1957, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Hank Mobley – tenor saxophone
  • John Jenkins – alto saxophone
  • Donald Byrd – trumpet
  • Bobby Timmons – piano
  • Wilbur Ware – bass
  • Philly Joe Jones – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording
  • Yoshio Okazaki – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Hank Mobley except where noted.

  1. Fit for a Hanker
  2. Hi Groove, Low Feedback
  3. You’d Be So Easy to Love – Cole Porter
  4. Time After Time – Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne
  5. Dance of the Infidels – Bud Powell

Sonny Rollins: Sonny Rollins, Vol. 2

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In October 1957, “Blue Note” label released “Sonny Rollins, Vol. 2”, the twelve Sonny Rollins album. It was recording in April 1957, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
  • J. J. Johnson – trombone
  • Horace Silver – piano
  • Thelonious Monk – piano
  • Paul Chambers – bass
  • Art Blakey – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording
  • Harold Feinstein – design
  • Francis Wolff – photography
  • Robert Levin – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Why Don’t I? – Sonny Rollins
  2. Wail March – Sonny Rollins
  3. Misterioso – Thelonious Monk, Denzil Best
  4. Reflections – Thelonious Monk
  5. You Stepped Out of a Dream – Nacio Herb Brown, Gus Kahn
  6. Poor Butterfly – Raymond Hubbell, John Golden

This Heat: Deceit

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In September 1981, “Rough Trade” label released “Deceit”, the second and final This Heat studio album. It was recorded April – August 1981, at “Cold Storage”, “Zipper Mobile”, “Mekon”, “Berry Street”, “Vineyard”, and “Nivelles” in London, “Surrey Sound” in Surrey, and was produced by David Cunningham, Charles Hayward, Gareth Williams and Charles Bullen.

Personnel:

  • Charles Hayward – vocals, drums, keyboards, guitar, bass, tapes
  • Gareth Williams – vocals, bass, keyboards, tape
  • Charles Bullen – vocals, guitar, clarinet, drums, tape
  • Martin Frederick – mixing
  • Laurie-Rae Chamberlain – color xerography
  • Nicholas Goodall – sleeve photography direction
  • Studio 54 – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Charles Hayward, Gareth Williams and Charles Bullen.

  1. Sleep
  2. Paper Hats
  3. Triumph
  4. S.P.O.R.
  5. Cenotaph
  6. Shrink Wrap
  7. Radio Prague
  8. Makeshift Swahili
  9. Independence
  10. A New Kind of Water
  11. Hi baku Shyo 被爆症 Suffer Bomb Disease

Alice Coltrane: Universal Consciousness

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In September 1971, “Impulse!” label released “Universal Consciousness”, the fifth Alice Coltrane album. It was recorded April – June, 1971, in New York City and at the Coltrane’s home studios in Dix Hills, New York, and was produced by Brian Konairz and Alice Coltrane.

Personnel:

  • Alice Coltrane – harp, organ, string arrangements
  • Jimmy Garrison – bass
  • Jack DeJohnette – drums
  • Clifford Jarvis – drums, percussion
  • Rashied Ali – drums, wind chimes
  • Tulsi – tanpura
  • John Blair, Julius Brand, Leroy Jenkins, Joan Kalisch – violin
  • Ornette Coleman – transcriptions
  • W. Barneke, Roy Musgnug – engineer
  • Tony May – engineer, mixing
  • Ed Michel – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Alice Coltrane.

  1. Universal Consciousness
  2. Battle at Armageddon
  3. O Allah
  4. Hare Krishna
  5. Sita Ram
  6. The Ankh of Amen-Ra