Tag Archives: April

Anne Murray: Annie

In April 1972, “Capitol” label released “Annie”, the sixth Anne Murray studio album. It was recorded in 1972, at “Eastern Sound” in Toronto, and was produced by Brian Ahern.The album front cover was by Dean Torrence of Jan & Dean Fame.

Personnel:

  • Anne Murray – vocals
  • Brent Titcomb – guitars, engineer
  • Brian Ahern – guitars, arrangements, engineer
  • Bill Speer – piano, keyboards
  • Don Thompson – bass, vibraphone
  • Skip Beckwith – bass
  • Andy Cree – drums
  • Ian Goggin – engineer
  • Mikes Wilkinson – engineer
  • Dean Torrence – design

Track listing:

  1. Robbie’s Song for Jesus – Robbie MacNeill
  2. Falling Into Rhyme – Maribeth Solomon
  3. I Like Your Music – Sonny Curtis
  4. Everything Has Got to Be Free – Bodie Chandler
  5. Drown Me – Peter Cornell
  6. You Can’t Have a Hand on Me – Billy Gale
  7. You Made My Life a Song – Sonny Curtis
  8. You Can’t Go Back – Paul Grady
  9. Beautiful – Carole King
  10. Everything’s Been Changed – Paul Anka

Elvis Presley: He Touched Me

In April 1972, “RCA” label released “He Touched Me”, the seventeenth Elvis Presley studio album. It was recorded March–June 1971, and was produced by Felton Jarvis. The album won Presley his second “Grammy Award”. In July 1999 the album was certified Platinum in the US by “RIIA”.

Personnel:

  • Elvis Presley – vocals, arranger, guitar
  • Chip Young – guitar
  • James Burton– guitar
  • Joe Esposito – guitar
  • Charlie McCoy – piano, organ
  • Joe Moscheo – piano, organ
  • David Briggs– organ, piano
  • Norbert Putnam – bass
  • Kenny Buttrey– drums
  • Jerry Carrigan– drums
  • The Imperials– vocals
  • Charlie Hodge, Ginger Holladay, Mary Holladay – vocals
  • Millie Kirkham, Kathy Westmoreland – vocals
  • Sonja Montgomery – vocals
  • Al Pachuki – engineer

Track listing:

  1. He Touched Me – William J.Gaither
  2. I’ve Got Confidence – Andrae Crouch
  3. Amazing Grace – John Newton, arranged and adapted byElvis Presley
  4. Seeing is Believing – Red West, Glen Spreen
  5. He Is My Everything – Dallas Frazier
  6. Bosom of Abraham – William Johnson, George McFadden, Ted Brooks
  7. An Evening Prayer – Maude Battersby, Charles Hutchison Gabriel
  8. Lead Me Guide Me – Doris Akers
  9. There Is No God But God – Bill Kenny
  10. A Thing Called Love – Jerry Reed
  11. I John – William Johnson, George McFadden, Ted Brooks
  12. Reach Out to Jesus – Ralph Carmichael

April Wine: On Record

In April 1972, ”Aquarius” label released “On Record”, the second April Wine studio album. It was recorded in 1972, and was produced by Ralph Murphy.

Personnel:

  • Myles Goodwyn– vocals, guitar
  • David Henman – guitar, backing vocals
  • Jim Clench – lead vocals, bass
  • Ritchie Henman – drums
  • Rick Morrison – alto saxophone
  • Keith Jollimore – flute
  • Terry Brown– recording

Track listing:

All tracks by Myles Goodwyn except where noted.

  1. Farkus
  2. You Could Have Been a Lady – Errol Brown, Tony Wilson
  3. Believe in Me
  4. Work All Day
  5. Drop Your Guns – David Henman
  6. Bad Side of the Moon – Elton John, Bernie Taupin
  7. Refuge – David Henman
  8. Flow River Flow
  9. Carry On
  10. Didn’t You – Jim Clench

Arthur Alexander: Same

In April 1972, “Warner Bros” label released the second, self-titled Arthur Alexander album. It was recorded in 1972, and was produced by Tommy  Cogbill.

Personnel:

  • Arthur Alexander– vocals
  • Johnny Christopher – guitar
  • Eddie Hinton- guitar
  • Reggie Young- guitar
  • Bobby Wood – piano
  • Thomas Cain – piano
  • Shane Keister- keyboards
  • Bobby Emmons – keyboards
  • Mike Leech – bass
  • Tommy Cogbill- bass
  • Kenny Malone- drums
  • Hayword Bishop – drums
  • Gene Chrisman – drums

Track listing:

  1. I’m Comin’ Home – Dennis Linde
  2. It Hurts to Want It So Bad – Steve Smith, Tim Smith, Charles Veldman
  3. Go on Home Girl – Arthur Alexander
  4. In the Middle of It All – Arthur Alexander
  5. Burning Love – Arthur Alexander, Dennis Linde
  6. Rainbow Road – Donnie Fritts, Dan Penn
  7. Love’s Where Life Begins – Arthur Alexander, Dale Ward
  8. Down the Back Roads – Jackie Cook, Steve Cropper, Mary V. Williams
  9. Call Me Honey – Dennis Linde
  10. Come Along With Me – Arthur Alexander, Donnie Fritts
  11. Call Me in Tahiti – Dennis Linde
  12. Thank God He Came – Arthur Alexander, Donnie Fritts

Johnny Cash: A Thing Called Love

In April 1972, “Columbia” label released “A Thing Called Love”, the 39th Johnny Cash album. It was recorded in 1972, and was produced by Larry Butler.

Personnel:

  • Johnny Cash – vocals, guitar
  • Bob Wootton, Carl Perkins, Ray Edenton, Jerry Reed– guitar
  • Tommy Allsup – acoustic guitar
  • Bill Pursell– piano
  • Larry Butler– piano, arranger
  • Charlie McCoy– harmonica
  • Marshall Grant– bass
  • S. Holland– drums
  • The Evangel Temple Choir – backing vocals
  • The Carter Family– backing vocals
  • Don Tweedy – arranger
  • Charlie Bragg, Lou Bradley – engineer

Track listing:

  1. Kate – Marty Robins
  2. Melva’s Wine – Vincent Matthews
  3. A Thing Called Love – Jerry Reed Hubbard
  4. I Promise You – Johnny Cash
  5. Papa Was a Good Man – Hal Bynum
  6. Tear Stained Letter – Johnny Cash
  7. Mississippi Sand – Johnny Cash, June Carter Cash
  8. Daddy – Don Reid, Harold Reid
  9. Arkansas Lovin’ Man – Red Lane
  10. The Miracle Man – Johnny Cash, Larry Lee

Tom Rush: Merrimack County

In April 1972, “Columbia” label released “Merrimack County”, the tenth Tom Rush album. It was recorded in 1972, and was produced by Tom Rush.

Personnel:

  • Tom Rush – lead vocals, guitar
  • Trevor Veitch – guitar, mandolin, backing vocals
  • Erik Robertson – organ, piano
  • Bill Stevenson- piano
  • James Rolleston – bass, backing vocals
  • Gary Mallaber- drums, percussion, vibraphone
  • John Savage – drums
  • Kathryn Moses – flute
  • Paul Armia – fiddle
  • Jay Messina – engineer

Track listing:

  1. Kids These Days – Tom Rush, Trevor Veitch
  2. Mink Julip – Tom Rush
  3. Mother Earth – Eric Kaz
  4. Jamaica, Say You Will – Jackson Browne
  5. Merrimack County II – Tom Rush, Trevor Veitch
  6. Gypsy Boy – Bob Carpenter
  7. Wind on the Water – Tom Rush
  8. Roll Away the Grey – Bob Carpenter
  9. Seems the Songs – Tom Rush
  10. Gone Down River – Tom Rush

Counting Crows: Underwater Sunshine

On April 10, 2012, “Cooking Vinyl” label released “Underwater Sunshine (Or What We Did On Our Summer Vacation)”, the sixth Counting Crows studio album. It was recorded April-June 2011, and was produced by Shawn Dealey, Jim Bogios, Dave Bryson, Adam Duritz, Charlie Gillingham, David Immergluck, Millard Powers and Dan Vickrey.

Personnel:

  • Adam Duritz – lead and backing vocals
  • Dave Bryson – acoustic and twelve-string electric guitar, electric guitar, mandolin, banjo
  • David Immergluck – mandolin, acoustic and electric guitar, bass guitar, twelve-string electric guitar; glockenspielon, pedal steel, baritone electric guitar, backing vocals
  • Dan Vickrey – acoustic and electric guitar, banjo; acoustic twelve-string guitar, backing vocals
  • Charlie Gillingham – piano, Hammond B-3, accordion, string  composition, pizzicato strings, doorbell, backing vocals
  • Millard Powers – bass guitar, upright double bass, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
  • Jim Bogios – drums, percussion; tambourine, backing vocals
  • Leanne Zacharias – cello
  • Dave Bryson – additional engineering, mixing
  • Shawn Dealey – recording
  • Brian Deck– mixing
  • Richard Dodd – mastering
  • Brian Dong – recording assistant
  • Robert Hawes – recording assistant
  • Jorge Velasco – recording assistant
  • Josh Rhinehart – package design
  • Ivan Sciberras – cover concept, design

Track listing:

  1. Untitled (Love Song) – Luke MacMaster
  2. Start Again – Norman Blake
  3. Hospital – Coby Brown
  4. Mercy – Kurt Stevenson, Patrick Winningham, Chris Boesel
  5. Meet on the Ledge – Richard Thompson
  6. Like Teenage Gravity – Kasey Anderson
  7. Amie – Craig Fuller
  8. Coming Around – Fran Healy
  9. Ooh La La – Ronnie Lane, Ron Wood
  10. All My Failures -Taylor Goldsmith
  11. Return of the Grievous Angel – Gram Parsons, Thomas Stanley Brown
  12. Four White Stallions – Patrick Winningham, Jeff Trott, Dan Vickrey
  13. Jumping Jesus – Tom Barnes, Jim Gordon
  14. You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere – Bob Dylan
  15. The Ballad of El Goodo – Alex Chilton, Chris Bell

Anne Sofie von Otter: For the Stars

On April 10, 2001, “Deutsche Grammophon” label released “For the Stars”, album by Anne Sofie von Otter. It was recorded September 2000-January 2001, and was produced by Elvis Costello.

Personnel:

  • Elvis Costello – vocals, baritone guitar, Lowrey organ, bass
  • Anne Sofie Von Otter – vocals
  • Bengt Forsberg – piano, Hammond B-3 organ
  • Michael Blair – vibraphone, bass drum, percussion
  • Bebe Risenfors – clarinet, tenor saxophone, accordion
  • Svante Henryson – celtar, cello, upright bass
  • Mats Schubert – piano, harmonium, Moog bass
  • Steve Nieve- piano, celeste, organ

Track listing:

  1. No Wonder – Elvis Costello
  2. Baby Plays Around – Cait O’Riordan, Declan MacManus
  3. Go Leave – Kate McGarrigle
  4. Rope – Elvis Costello, Fleshquartet
  5. Don’t Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder) – Brian Wilson, Tony Asher
  6. Broken Bicycles/Junk – Tom Waits, Paul McCartney
  7. The Other Woman – Jessie Mae Robinson
  8. Like an Angel Passing Through My Room – Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus
  9. Green Song – Elvis Costello, Svante Henryson
  10. April After All – Ron Sexsmith
  11. You Still Believe in Me – Brian Wilson, Tony Asher
  12. I Want to Vanish – Elvis Costello
  13. For No One – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
  14. Shamed Into Love – Declan MacManus, Rubén Blades
  15. Just a Curio – Elvis Costello, Flesh Quartet
  16. This House Is Empty Now – Burt Bacharach, Elvis Costello
  17. Take It With Me – Kathleen Brennan, Tom Waits
  18. For the Stars – Elvis Costello

The Hives: Veni Vidi Vicious

On April 10, 2000, “Burning Heart Records” label released “Veni Vidi Vicious”, the second Hives (The) album. It was recorded in 1989, and was produced by Pelle Gunderfelt. Magazine “Rolling Stone” ranked “Veni Vidi Vicious” at number 91 on its list of the “Top 100 Albums of the Decade”. In 2005, Veni Vidi Vicious was ranked at number 399 in “Rock Hard” magazine’s book of “The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time”.

Personnel:

  • Howlin’ Pelle Almqvist- vocals
  • Nicholaus Arson- lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Vigilante Carlstroem– rhythm guitar, backing vocals
  • Matt Destruction- bass guitar
  • Chris Dangerous– drums
  • Frederik Holmstedt – recording

Track listing:

All tracks by Randy Fitzsimmons, except where noted.

  1. The Hives – Declare Guerre Nucleaire
  2. Die, All Right
  3. A Get Together to Tear it Apart
  4. Main Offender
  5. Outsmarted
  6. Hate to Say I Told You So
  7. The Hives – Introduce the Metric System in Time
  8. Find Another Girl – Jerry Butler, Curtis Mayfield
  9. Statecontrol
  10. Inspection Wise 1999
  11. Knock Knock
  12. Supply and Demand

Quicksilver Messenger Service: Comin’ Thru

In April 1972, “Capitol” label released “Comin’ Thru”, the seventh Quicksilver Messenger Service album.

Personnel:

  • Dino Valenti– vocals, guitar, congas
  • Gary Duncan– vocals, guitar
  • Chuck Steaks – organ
  • Mark Ryan – bass
  • Greg Elmore– drums
  • Sonny Lewis – saxophone
  • Donald Menza– saxophone
  • Ken Balzell – trumpet
  • Dalton Smith– trumpet
  • Bud Brisbois– trumpet
  • Pat O’Hara – trombone
  • Charles C. Loper – trombone
  • Cecil Jones – engineer
  • Johan Wilson – mixing
  • John Hoernie – artwork
  • Burray Olson – illustration

Track listing:

  1. Doin’ Time in the U.S.A. – Gary Duncan
  2. Chicken – traditional, arranged by Dino Valenti
  3. Changes – Dino Valenti
  4. California State Correctional Facility Blues – Dino Valenti, Gary Duncan, Greg Elmore, Chuck Steaks
  5. Forty Days – Dino Valenti, Gary Duncan, Greg Elmore
  6. Mojo – Dino Valenti
  7. Don’t Lose It – Gary Duncan, Dino Valenti