In January 1975, “Columbia” label released “Captain Marvel”, the 70th Stan Getz album. It was recorded in March 1972, at “A&R” in New York City, and was produced by Stan Getz.
In November 1967, “Coliseum” label released “The Happiest Millionaire” (Count Basie Captures Walt Disney’s The Happiest Millionaire), album by Count Basie and His Orchestra. It was recorded in October 1967, at “A&R” in New York, and was produced by Teddy Reig.
Personnel:
Count Basie – piano
Bobby Plater – alto saxophone, flute
Marshal Royal – alto saxophone, clarinet
Eric Dixon – tenor saxophone, flute
Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis – tenor saxophone
Charlie Fowlkes – baritone saxophone
Al Aarons, Sonny Cohn, Gene Goe, Sam Noto – trumpet
Richard Boone, Harlan Floyd, Grover Mitchell – trombone
Bill Hughes – bass trombone
Freddie Green – guitar
Norman Keenan – bass
Louis Bellson – drums
Chico O’Farrill – arrangements
Track listing:
All tracks by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman.
On June 18, 1973, “Atco” label released “Extension of a Man”, the fourth and final Donny Hathaway studio album. It was recorded October – November 1972, at “A&R”, “Bell Sound”, “Regent Sound” and “Atlantic” in New York City, “Universal” in Chicago, and was produced by Arif Mardin.
Personnel:
Donny Hathaway – lead vocals, Fender Rhodes electric piano, all pianos, Hammond organ, keyboards, bass, arrangements
Cornell Dupree – acoustic and electric guitar
Hugh McCracken – banjo, guitar
Willie Weeks, Russ Savakus, Stanley Clarke, Gordon Edwards – bass
Grady Tate, Fred White, Rick Marotta, Ray Lucas – drums
Ralph MacDonald – percussion
Emanuel Green, Harry Lookofsky, Julien Barber, Noel DaCosta, Sanford Allen, Theodore Israel – violin
Charles McCracken, George Ricci, Kermit Moore – cello
Gloria Agostini – harp
David Newman – saxophone
Marvin Stamm, Joe Newman, Ernie Royal – trumpet
Dominick Gravine, Garnett Brown, Paul Faulise, Wayne Andre, Tony Studd, Garnett Brown – trombone
Hubert Laws – flute
Don Butterfield – tuba
Phil Bodner – clarinet, alto saxophone
Seldon Powell – clarinet, reeds, tenor saxophone
Vincent Abato – clarinet
Romeo Penque, William Slapin – reeds
Jim Buffington, Julius Watkins, Tony Miranda – French horn
Henry Schuman – oboe
Myrna Summers & The Interdenominational Singers – choir
Cissy Houston, Myrna Smith, Sylvia Shemwell, Jimmy Douglass, Mario “Big M” Medious, Richard Wells, William “Mac” McCollum – backing vocals
Track listing:
All tracks by Donny Hathaway, except where noted.
I Love the Lord; He Heard My Cry (Parts I & II)
Someday We’ll All Be Free – Donny Hathaway, Edward Howard
In July 1981, “Warner Bros” label released “Dreamtime”, the second Tom Verlaine solo studio album. It was recorded in 1981, at “A&R”, “RPM” and “Penny Lane Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Tom Verlaine.
Personnel:
Tom Verlaine – vocals, guitars, bass
Ritchie Fliegler – guitars
Bruce Brody– keyboards
Fred Smith– bass
Donnie Nossov – bass
Jay Dee Daugherty– drums
Rich Teeter– drums
Robert Clifford – engineer
David Chenkin, John Terelle, Steve Ett – engineer assistant
On August 15, 1975, “Riva” label released “Atlantic Crossing”, the sixth Rod Stewart album. It was recorded .April-June 1975, at “A&R” in New York; “Criteria” in Miami; “Wally Heider” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Tom Dowd. The album was certified Platinum in UK by the “BPI”.
Personnel:
Rod Stewart – vocals
Pete Carr- acoustic guitar and electric guitar
Jesse Ed Davis- guitars
Steve Cropper- guitars
Fred Tackett, guitars
Jimmy Johnson- guitars
Barry Beckett- keyboards
Albhy Galuten- keyboards
Booker T. Jones- Hammond organ
Donald “Duck” Dunn- bass
Lee Sklar- bass
Bob Glaub- bass
David Hood- bass
David Lindley- mandolin, violin
Al Jackson, Jr.- drums
Roger Hawkins- drums
Nigel Olsson- drums
Willie Correa- drums
The Memphis Horns- trumpet, trombone, saxophone
Cindy & Bob Singers, The Pets & The Clappers – backing vocals
Arif Mardin, James Mitchell – string arrangements
Track listing:
Three Time Loser – Rod Stewart
Alright for an Hour – Rod Stewart, Jesse Ed Davis
All in the Name of Rock ‘N’ Roll – Rod Stewart
Drift Away – Mentor Williams
Stone Cold Sober – Rod Stewart, Steve Cropper
I Don’t Want to Talk About It – Danny Whitten
It’s Not The Spotlight – Barry Goldberg, Gerry Goffin
This Old Heart of Mine – Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland, Eddie Holland, Sylvia Moy
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