In July 1966, “Atlantic” label released “Dream Weaver”, the third Charles Lloyd album. It was recorded in March 1966, and was produced by Arif Mardin and George Avakian.
Personnel:
Charles Lloyd – tenor saxophone, flute
Keith Jarrett – piano
Cecil McBee – bass
Jack DeJohnette – drums
Phil Lehle – engineer
Marvin Israel – design
Charles Stewart – photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Charles Lloyd, except where noted.
Autumn Sequence: Autumn Prelude/Autumn Leaves/Autumn Echo – Joseph Kosma, Johnny Mercer, Jacques Prévert, Charles Lloyd
On June 20, 1969, “ATCO” label released “3614 Jackson Highway”, the sixth Cher album. It was recorded in 1969, at “Muscle Shoals Sound Studios” in Sheffield, Alabama, and was produced by Jerry Wexler, Stan Vincent, Tom Dowd and Arif Mardin.
Personnel:
Cher – lead vocals
Jimmy Johnson – rhythm guitar
Eddie Hinton – lead guitar
Barry Beckett – keyboards
David Hood – bass guitar
Roger Hawkins – drums
Jeanie Greene, Donna Jean Godchaux (née Thatcher), Mary Holladay, Sue Pilkington – backing vocals
Greg Poree – arrangements assistance
Bryan Lasley – art direction
Patrick Pending – art direction
Stephen Paley – photography
Track listing:
For What It’s Worth – Stephen Stills
(Just Enough to Keep Me) Hangin’ On – Buddy Mize, Ira Allen
(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay – Steve Cropper, Otis Redding
Tonight I’ll Be Staying Here with You – Bob Dylan
I Threw It All Away – Bob Dylan
I Walk on Guided Splinters – Dr. John Creaux
Lay, Baby, Lay – Bob Dylan
Please Don’t Tell Me – Carroll W. Quillen, Grady Smith
On June 11, 1973, “Atlantic” label released “Shotgun Willie”, the 16th Willie Nelson studio album. It was recorded in February 1973, at “Atlantic” in New York City, “Quadrafonic” in Nashville, Tennessee, “Sam Phillips” in Memphis, Tennessee, and was produced by Arif Mardin, Jerry Wexler and David Briggs.
Personnel:
Willie Nelson – vocals, acoustic guitar
Steve Burgh – acoustic and electric guitar
James Clayton Day – dobro, pedal steel guitar, backing vocals
Red Lane – acoustic guitar
Dave Bromberg – electric guitar
John Goldthwaite – electric guitar
Doug Sahm – electric guitar, backing vocals
Waylon Jennings – acoustic guitar, backing vocals
Augie Meyers – acoustic guitar
Bobbie Nelson – piano
Mickey Raphael – harmonica
Jeff Gutcheon – electric piano, organ
Johnny Gimble – fiddle
Hugh McDonald – bass guitar
Jack Barber – bass guitar
Dan “Bee” Spears – bass guitar
Paul English – drums
George Rains – drums
Steve Mosley – drums
Andrew Love – tenor saxophone
James Mitchell – baritone saxophone
Willie Bridges – baritone saxophone
Wayne Jackson – trumpet
Jack Hale Sr. – trombone
Dee Moeller – backing vocals
Larry Gatlin – backing vocals
Jessi Colter – backing vocals
Arif Mardin – string arrangements
Donny Hathaway – string arrangements
Track listing:
All tracks by Willie Nelson, except where noted.
Shotgun Willie
Whiskey River – Johnny Bush, Paul Stroud
Sad Songs and Waltzes
Local Memory
Slow Down Old World
Stay All Night (Stay a Little Longer) – Bob Wils, Tommy Duncan
Devil in a Sleepin’ Bag
She’s Not for You
Bubbles in My Beer – Tommy Duncan, Cindy Walker, Bob Wills
On June 1, 1972, “Atlantic” label released “Amazing Grace”, the fourth Aretha Franklin live album. It was recorded in January 1972, at the “New Temple Missionary Baptist Church”, and was produced by Jerry Wexler, Aretha Franklin and Arif Mardin. In 1973, Aretha Franklin won “Grammy Award” for “Best Soul Gospel Performance”. The album was certified 2 x Platinum in US by “RIAA”.
Personnel:
Aretha Franklin – lead vocals, piano, celesta, arrangements
Rev. C.L. Franklin – vocals
Rev. James Cleveland – lead vocals, piano, choir director
Rev. Alexander Hamilton – choir director assistant
On May 19, 1971, “Atlantic” label released “Aretha Live at Fillmore West”, the third Aretha Franklin studio album. It was recorded in March 1971, at “Filmore West Concert Hall”, in San Francsico, and was produced by Jerry Wexler.
Personnel:
Aretha Franklin – vocals, Fender Rhodes
Cornell Dupree – guitar
Truman Thomas – piano
Ray Charles – piano
Billy Preston – organ
Jerry Jemmott – bass
Bernard Purdie – drums
Pancho Morales – congas
King Curtis – saxophone, orchestra leader
Memphis Horns – horns
Brenda Bryant, Margaret Branch, Pat Smith – backing vocals
Arif Mardin – horn arrangements
Larry Wilcox – horn arrangements
Tom Dowd – horn arrangements
Track listing:
Respect – Otis Redding
Love the One Youy’re With – Stephen Stills
Bridge Over Troubled Water – Paul Simon
Eleanor Rigby – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
Make It with You – David Gates
Don’t Play That Song – Ahmet Ertegun, Betty Nelson
Dr. Feelgood – Aretha Franklin
Spirit in the Dark – Aretha Franklin
Spirit in the Dark (reprise with Ray Charles) – Aretha Franklin
Reach Out and Touch – Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson
On February 19, 1968, “Atlantic” label released “Once Upon a Dream”, the fourth Rascals (The) studio album. It was recorded September – November 1967, and was produced by Arif Mardin,
Personnel:
Felix Cavaliere – vocals, keyboards, sitar
Gene Cornish – vocals, guitar
Eddie Brigati – vocals, percussion, tamboura
Dino Danelli – drums, table
David Brigati – vocals
Chuck Rainey, Ron Carter, Richard Davis – bass guitar
Steve Marcus – soprano saxophone
King Curtis – tenor saxophone
Melvin Lastie – trumpet
Buddy Lucas – harmonica
Hubert Laws – flute
Arif Mardin – arranger, conductor
Gene Orloff – strings
Adrian Barber – sound effects
Tom Dowd – engineer
Joe Atkinson – mastering
Phil Iehle – mastering
Bill Inglot – mastering
Dave Schultz – mastering
Jean Ristori – mastering
Andree Buchler – coordination
Thierry Amsallem – coordination
Dino Danelli – cover sculpture, design
Urs Tschuppert – design
Mark Roth – photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Felix Cavaliere and Eddie Brigati, except where noted.
In January 1973, “Atlantic” label releaed “Doug Sahm and Band”, the debut Doug Sahm studio album. It was recorded in 1972, at “Atlantic Studios” in New York City, “Wally Heider Studio” in San Francisco, and was produced by Jerry Wexler, Arif Mardin and Doug Sahm.
On January 16, 1970, “Atlantic” label released “New Routes”, the fourth Lulu studio album. It was recorded September – October 1969, at “Muscle Shoals Sound Studio” in Sheffield, Alabama, and was produced by Arif Mardin, Tom Dowd and Jerry Wexler.
Personnel:
Lulu – vocals
Duane Allman – guitar
Cornell Dupree, Charlie Freeman, Eddie Hinton – guitar
Jim Dickinson – guitar, piano
Jimmy Johnson – guitar, engineer
Barry Beckett – keyboards
Michael Utley – organ
David Hood, Tommy McClure – bass guitar
Roger Hawkins – drums
Martin Greene – engineer
Stephen Paley – photography
Track listing:
Marley Purt Drive – Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb
In the Morning – Barry Gibb
People in Love – Eddie Hinton, Grady Smith
After All (I Live My Life) – Jim Doris, Frankie Miller
In November 1973, “Atlantic” label released “Abandoned Luncheonette”, the second Daryl Hall & John Oates studio album. It was recorded in 1973, at “Atlantic Recording Studios”, “Advantage Sound Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Arif Mardin.
Personnel:
Daryl Hall – lead and backing vocals, mandolin, acoustic and electric piano, keyboards
John Oates – lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitar
Chris Bond – mellotron, acoustic and electric guitar, synthesizer, backing vocals
Hugh McCracken – electric guitar
Jerry Ricks – acoustic guitar
Mark Horowitz – banjo
Pat Rebillot – organ
Richard Tee – acoustic piano
Steve Gelfand – bass
Gordon Edwards – bass
Bernard Purdie – drums
Rick Marotta – drums, percussion
Ralph MacDonald – percussion
Pancho Morales – congas
Joe Farrell – oboe, saxophone
Marvin Stamm – flugelhorn
Gloria Agostini – harp
John Blair – electric violin
Larry Packer – fiddle
Alan Ade, Jimmy Douglass, Lewis Hahn, Joel Kerr, Gene Paul – recording, engineer
Christopher Bond – mixing
Jimmy Douglass – mixing
Stephen Innocenzi – mastering
B. Wilson – design, photography
Tommy Mottola – coordinator
Christopher Bond – production assistant
Track listing:
All tracks by Daryl Hall, except where noted.
When the Morning Comes
Had I Known You Better Then – John Oates
Las Vegas Turnaround (The Stewardess Song) – John Oates
She’s Gone – Daryl Hall, John Oates
I’m Just a Kid (Don’t Make Me Feel Like a Man) – John Oates
On November 16, 1970, “Atlantic” label released the self-titled, debut Stephen Stills studio album. It was recorded January – July 1970, at “Island Studios” in London, “The Record Plant” and “Wally Heider” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Stephen Stills and Bill Halverson. In 1974, “New Musical Express” magazine ranked it at number 70 on its list of “The Best Albums of All Time.
Personnel:
Stephen Stills – vocals, guitars, bass, piano, organ, steelpan, percussion; horn and string arrangements
Jimi Hendrix – electric guitar
Eric Clapton – electric guitar
Booker T. Jones – organ, backing vocal
Calvin “Fuzzy” Samuel – bass
Conrad Isidore – drums
John Barbata – drums
Ringo Starr – drums
Dallas Taylor – drums
Jeff Whittaker – congas
Sidney George – flute, alto saxophone
Rita Coolidge, David Crosby, Priscilla Jones, John Sebastian – backing vocals
Cass Elliot, Claudia Lennear – backing vocals
Graham Nash – backing vocals
Judith Powell, Larry Steele, Liza Strike, Tony Wilson – backing vocals
Sherlie Matthews – backing vocals
Arif Mardin – string arrangements
Andy Johns – engineer
Gary Burden – art direction, back cover photography
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