In February 1965, “Red Bird” label released “Leader of the Pack”, the debut Shangri-Las (The) album. It was recorded in 1964, and was produced by George “Shadow” Morton.
Personnel:
Mary Weiss – lead and backing vocals
Betty Weiss – lead and backing vocals
Marge Ganser – backing vocals
Mary Ann Ganser – backing vocals
Artie Butler – arranger
Brooks Arthur – engineer
Rod McBrien – engineer
Loring Eutemey – artwork
Hugh Bell – cover photography
Track listing:
Give Him a Great Big Kiss – George Morton
Leader of the Pack – George Morton, Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich
Bull Dog – Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
It’s Easier to Cry – J. J. Jackson, Joe DeAngelis, Robert Steinberg
What Is Love – George Morton, Tony Michaels
Remember (Walking in the Sand) – George Morton
Twist and Shout – Phil Medley, Bert Russell
Maybe – Arlene Smith, Richard Barrett
So Much in Love – Billy Jackson, Roy Straigis
Shout – Rudolph Isley, Ronald Isley, O’Kelly Isley, Jr.
Good Night, My Love, Pleasant Dreams – George Motola, John Marascalco
On January 9, 1967, “Colgems” label released “More of the Monkees”, the second Monkees (The) studio album. It was recorded June – November 1966, at “RCA Victor A, B” in Hollywood, “RCA Victor A, B” in New York, “Western Recorders No. 2” in Hollywood, and was produced by Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart, Carole Bayer Sager, Neil Sedaka, Michael Nesmith, Jeff Barry, Jack Keller, Gerry Goffin and Carole King. The album was certified quintuple platinum in the US by the “RIAA”,
Personnel:
Micky Dolenz – lead vocals and backing vocals
Davy Jones – lead and backing vocals
Peter Tork – lead and backing vocals, guitar
Michael Nesmith – lead and backing vocals, steel guitar
Wayne Erwin – guitar, backing vocals
Gerry McGee – guitar
Louie Shelton – guitar
Al Gafa – guitar
Willard Suyker – guitar
Don Thomas – guitar
James Burton – guitar
Glen Campbell – guitar
Al Casey – guitar
Mike Deasy – guitar
Neil Diamond – guitar
Sal DiTroia – guitar
Al Gorgoni – guitar
Carol Kaye – guitar
Norm Jeffries – tambourine
Michael Cohen – keyboards
Larry Knechtel – keyboards
Neil Sedaka – keyboards
Michael Cohen – keyboards
Larry Knechtel – keyboards
Don Randi – keyboards
Michel Rubini – keyboards
George Butcher – keyboards
Stan Free – keyboards
Bobby Hart – organ, backing vocals
Larry Taylor – bass guitar
Russ Savakus – bass guitar
Bob West – bass guitar
Ray Pohlman – bass guitar
Billy Lewis – drums
Herbie Lovelle – drums
Hal Blaine – drums
Buddy Saltzman – drums
George Devens – percussion
Frank Capp – percussion
Julius Wechter – percussion
Gary Coleman – percussion
Jim Gordon – percussion
Louis Haber – violin
Irving Spice – violin
Louis Stone – violin
David Sackson – viola
Murray Sandry – viola
Seymour Barab – cello
Jeff Barry – backing vocals
Tommy Boyce – backing vocals
Ron Hicklin – backing vocals
Don Peake – conductor
Artie Butler – string arrangements
Don Kirshner – music supervisor
Lester Sill – music coordinator
Emil LaViola – music coordinator
Ernie Oelrich – engineer
Henry Lewy – engineer
Hank Cicalo – engineer
Richie Schmitt – engineer
Richard Podolor – engineer
Dave Hassinger – engineer
Ray Hall – engineer
Track listing:
She – Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart
When Love Comes Knockin’ (At Your Door) – Carole Bayer Sager, Neil Sedaka
Mary, Mary – Michael Nesmith
Hold on Girl – Billy Carr, Jack Keller, Ben Raleigh
Your Auntie Grizelda – Diane Hildebrand, Jack Keller
(I’m Not Your) Steppin’ Stone – Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart
Look Out (here Comes Tomorrow) – Neil Diamond
The Kind of Girl I Could Love – Michael Nesmith, Roger Atkins
The Day We Fall in Love – Sandy Linzer, Denny Randell
Sometime in the Morning –Gerry Goffin, Carole King
Laugh – Phil Margo, Mitch Margo, Hank Medress, Jay Siegel
On October 15, 1970, “Uni” label released “Tap Root Manuscript”, the sixth Neil Diamond studio album. It was recorded in 1970, and was produced by Tom Catalano and Neil Diamond.
Personnel:
Neil Diamond – vocals, keyboards, guitar, steel guitar, ukulele
Al Casey, David Bennett Cohen, Neil LeVang, Don Peake, Louis Shelton – guitar
Red Rhodes – steel guitar
Artie Butler, Larry Knechtel, Larry Muhoberac, Marty Paich, Don Randi – keyboards
Randy Cierley, Joe Osborn, Ray Pohlman – bass
Hal Blaine, Larry Bunker, Sandra Crouch, Earl Palmer – drums
Gary Coleman, Gene Estes, Emil Richards, Lee Shamburger – percussion
Joe Estren, Andrea Kostelas, Ronnie Lang, Don Menza, Jay Migliori, Tom Scott – saxophone
Shirley Marcus, George Poole, Henry Sigismonti – woodwinds
Harry Betts, Roger Bobo, Bud Brisbois, Roy Caton, Paul Hubinon, Dick Hyde, Oliver Mitchell, George Roberts, Tony Terran – horns
Jim Arkatov, Israel Baker, Benjamin Barrett, Paul Bergstrom, Harry Bluestone, David Burk, Assa Drori, Jesse Ehrlich, James Getzoff, Lee Holdridge, Armand Kaproff, Jan R. Kelley, Ray Kelley, Lou Klaes, Erno Neufeld, Harvey Newmark, Gareth Nuttycombe, Nathaniel Rosen, Nathan Ross, Henry Roth, Myron Sandler, Joseph Saxon, Sidney Sharp, Jack Shulman, Paul Shure – strings
Nancy Adams, Sherrill Atwood, Billie Barnum, H.B. Barnum Jr., Mabel Bishop, George Bledsoe, Fred Burton, Merry Clayton, Marjorie Cranford, Oma Drake, Sean Engerman, Joe Greene, Alexander Hale, Christopher Hale, Graynston Hale, Molly Halloran, Gwen Johnson, Lou Johnson, Stacey Johnson, Clydie King, Jessie Kirkland, Bill Lee, Sherlie Matthews, Evelyn Meyer, Dwayne Moody, Matthews Muhoberac, Ekundayo Paris, Kevin Parker, Aubrey Porter, Dean Porter, Ricky Porter, Douglas Schwartz, Jean Sewell, Ed Wallace, Phillip Whigham, John Woodson, Donald Wyatt – backing vocals
Track listing:
All tracks by Neil Diamond, except where noted.
Cracklin’ Rosie
Free Life
Coldwater Morning
Done Too Soon
He Ain’t Heavy, He Is My Brother – Bob Russell, Bobby Scott
On August 22, 2006, “MCG Jazz” label released “Turned to Blue”, the fifty-second and final Nancy Wilson studio album. It was recorded in 2006, at “Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild” in Pittsburgh, “Conway Studios” in Los Angeles, “Somy Music Studios” in New York City, “Audible Images Recording” in Port Matilda, and was produced by Marty Ashby and Jay Ashby. At the 49th “Annual Grammy Awards”, “Turned to Blue” won “Best Jazz Vocal Album” award.
In June 1973, “Soul” label released “All I Need Is Time”, the tenth Gladys Knight & the Pips studio album. It was recorded in 1973, and was produced by Hal Davis, Joe Porter, Clay McMurray and Johnny Bristol.
Personnel:
Gladys Knight – lead vocal
Merald “Bubba” Knight – vocal
William Guest – vocal
Edward Patten – vocal
David Van DePitte – arrangement
Artie Butler – arrangement
H.B. Barnum – arrangement
Tom Baird – arrangement
James Anthony Carmichael – arrangement
Paul Riser – arrangement
Track listing:
I’ll Be Here (When You Get Home) – David Jones Jr.,Wade Brown
Jr.,Johnny Bristol
All I Need Is Time – Bud Reneau
Heavy Makes You Happy – Jeff Barry, Robert Bloom
The Only Time You Love Me Is When You’re Losing Me – Clay McMurray, Pam Sawyer, Marty Coleman
Here I Am Again – Clay McMurray, Patricia Foster
There’s a Land to Be Learned – LaVerne Ware, Pam Sawyer
Oh! What a Love I Have Found – Bud Reneau
The Singer – Elliot Willensky
Thank You (Falettin Me Be Mice Elf Agin) – Sylvester Stewart
In August 1973, “Reprise” label released the self-titled, debut Maria Muldaur album. It was recorded in 1973, at “Warner Bros Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Lenny Waronker and Joe Boyd.
Personnel:
Maria Muldaur – vocals
Ry Cooder – acoustic guitar
Andrew Gold – acoustic guitar
David Nichtern – acoustic and electric guitar
Clarence White – acoustic guitar
David Lindley – Hawaiian guitar
Bill Keith – banjo, steel guitar
David Grisman – mandolin
Dr. John – keyboards, horn arrangements
Jim Dickinson – piano
Mark T. Jordan – piano
Spooner Oldham – piano
Greg Prestopino – vocal and background vocals, piano
James Gordon – organ, clarinet
Chris Ethridge – bass
Klaus Voormann – bass
Ray Brown – bass
Dave Holland – bowed bass
Jimmy Calhoun – bass
Tommy McClure – bass
Freebo – bass
Amos Garrett – vocals, bass, guitar
Jim Keltner – drums
Ed Shaughnessy – drums
John Boudreaux – drums
Jim Gordon – drums
Chris Parker – drums
Nick DeCaro – accordion, string arrangements
Jerry Jumonville – alto horn, horn arrangements
Artie Butler – alto horn, horn arrangements
Richard Greene – violin
Beryl Marriott – violin
Larry Packer – violin, viola
Karen Alexander – backing vocals
Gloria Jones – backing vocals
Ellen Kearney – backing vocals
Bettye LaVette – backing vocals
Jessica Smith – backing vocals
Track listing:
Any Old Time – Jimmie Rodgers
Midnight at the Oasis – David Nichtern
My Tennessee Mountain Home – Dolly Parton
I Never Did Sing You a Love Song – David Nichtern
The Work Song – Kate McGarrigle
Don’t You Feel My Leg (Don’t You Get Me High) – Blue Lu Barker, Danny Barker, J. Mayo Williams
In July 1966, “Verve Forecast” label released “Tim Hardin 1”, the debut Tim Hardin album. It was recorded May – November 1964, December 1965, and was produced by Erik Jacobsen.
On November 13, 1976, “A&M” label released “Play ‘n’ the Game”, the eighth Nazareth studio album. It was recorded in 1976, and was produced by Manny Charlton,
Personnel:
Dan McCafferty- vocals
Manny Charlton– guitar
Pete Agnew- bass guitar, guitar, backing vocals
Darrell Sweet- drums, percussion, backing vocals
Nick Blagona – engineer
Bob Ludwig– mastering
Mike Brown – remastering
Robert M. Corich – liner notes, remastering
Laura Vallis – design
Track listing:
All tracks by Manny Charlton, Dan McCafferty, Pete Agnew, Darrell Sweet, except where noted.
Somebody to Roll
Down Home Girl – Artie Butler, Jerry Leiber
Flying
Waiting for the Man
Born to Love
I Want To (Do Everything for You) – Joe Tex
I Don’t Want to Go On Without You – Bert Berns, Jerry Wexler
On April 23, 1969, “Regal Zonophone” label released released “With a Little Help from My Friends”, the debut Joe Cocker album. It was recorded in 1968, at “Olympic Studios” and “Trident Studios” in London, and was produced by Denny Cordell.
Personnel:
Joe Cocker – vocals
David Cohen – guitar
Tony Visconti – guitar
Jimmy Page – guitar
Henry McCullough – guitar
Albert Lee – guitar
Chris Stainton – piano, organ, bass guitar
Tommy Eyre – piano, organ
Artie Butler – piano
Matthew Fisher – organ
Stevie Winwood – organ
Carol Kaye – bass guitar
Clem Cattini, Mike Kellie, J. Wilson, Kenny – drums
Paul Humphrey – drums
Laudir – tumba, maracas
Brenda Holloway, Patrice Holloway, Merry Clayton, Madeline Bell, Rosetta Hightower, Sue Wheetman, Sunny Wheetman – backing vocals
Tony Visconti – mixing
Tom Wilkes – design
Martin Keeley – front cover photography
Eric Hays, Herb Greene – back cover photography
Track listing:
Feeling Alright – Dave Mason
Bye Bye Blackbird – Ray Henderson, Mort Dixon
Change in Louise – Joe Cocker, Chris Stainton
Marjorine – Joe Cocker, Chris Stainton
Just Like a Woman – Bob Dylan
Do I Still Figure in Your Life? – Pete Dello
Sandpaper Cadillac – Joe Cocker, Chris Stainton
Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood – Gloria Caldwell, Sol Marcus, Bennie Benjamin
With a Little Help from My Friends – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
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