In April 1959, “Atco” label released “Blues from the Gutter”, the debut Champion Jack Dupree album. It was recorded in February 1958, and was produced by Jerry Wexler.
Personnel:
Champion Jack Dupree – vocals, piano
Ennis Lowery (aka Larry Dale) – guitar
Wendell Marshall – double bass
Willie Jones – drums
Pete Brown – alto saxophone
Tom Dowd – recording
Marvin Israel – cover
Lee Friedlander – photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Champion Jack Dupree; except where noted.
On July 27, 1981, “Modern Records” and “Atco” labels released “Bella Donna”, the debut Stevie Nicks album. It was recorded 1980 – 1981, at “Studio 55” in Goodnight LA, and was produced by Jimmy Iovine and Tom Petty. In 1990, the album was certified quadruple-platinum by “RIAA”.
Personnel:
Stevie Nicks – lead and backing vocals
Tom Petty – co-lead vocals, guitar
Michael Campbell – guitar
Waddy Wachtel – guitar
Don Felder – guitar
Davey Johnstone – acoustic guitar
Dan Dugmore – pedal steel guitar
Billy Payne – piano
Roy Bittan – piano
Bill Elliott – piano
Benmont Tench – piano, organ
David Adelstein – synthesizer
Duck Dunn – bass guitar
Tom Moncrieff – bass guitar
Richard Bowen – bass guitar
Bob Glaub – bass guitar
Russ Kunkel – drums
Stan Lynch – drums
Don Henley – co-lead and backing vocals, drums
Phil Jones – percussion
Bobbye Hall – percussion
Sharon Celani; Lori Perry – backing vocals
Gordon Perry – arrangements
Roy Bittan – arrangements
Benmont Tench – musical director
Shelly Yakus – engineer, mixing
Don Smith – additional engineering, mixing
Thom Panunzio – additional engineering
Dana Latham; Tori Swenson, Niko Bolas; James Ball – engineer assistant
Stephen Marcussen – mastering
Herbert W. Worthington IItI – art direction, photography, design, cover concept
Christopher Nicks – cover concept
Mike Manoogian – logo design
Michael Curtis – layout, design, back cover and inside lighting
Richard Hall – front cover lighting
Sabienne Poilievre – front cover hair design
Beverlee Vance; Richard Bremer; Danton Thompson – hair design
Margi Kent – clothes
Liza Gonzales – make-up
Kathryn Greenbalm – hands
Janet Weber – production coordinator
Debbie Alsbury – production assistant, personal assistant
Cathie Rice – production assistant
Track listing:
All tracks by Stevie Nicks, except where noted.
Bella Donna
Kind of Woman – music by Stevie Nicks, Benmont Tench
Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around – Tom Petty, Mike Campbell
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
In April 1970, “Atco” label released “Live Cream”, the first Cream live album. It comprises one studio track “Lawdy Mama” recorded in May 1967, and four live tracks recorded in March 1968. It was recorded at “Atlantic Studios” in New York City, “Fillmore West” and “Winterland” in San Francisco, and was produced by Ahmet Ertegun, Felix Pappalardi and Robert Stigwood.
Personnel:
Eric Clapton – vocals, guitar
Jack Bruce – vocals, bass, harmonica
Ginger Baker – vocals, drums
Adrian Barber – recording, mixing
Tom Dowd – recording
Bill Halverson – recording
Stephen Paley – photography
Track listing:
N.S.U. – Jack Bruce
Sleepy Time – Jack Bruce, Janet Godfrey
Lawdy Mama – traditional, arranged by Eric Clapton
On January 17, 1969, “Atco” label released “Babylon”, the second Dr. John studio album. It was recorded in 1968, at “Gold Star” in Hollywood, and was produced by Harold Battiste.
Personnel:
Dr. John – vocals, keyboards, guitar, percussion
Alvin Robinson – guitar
Steve Mann – guitar
Ronnie Barron – organ
John McAlister – quarter-tone piano, gongs, celesta
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
On May 1, 1961, “Atco” label released “Spanish Harlem”, the debut Ben E. King album. It was recorded 1960 – 1961, and was produced by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller.
Personnel:
Ben E. King – vocals
Al Caiola – guitar
George Barnes – guitar
Ernest Hayes – piano
George Duvivier – double bass
Gary Chester – drums
Ray Barretto – percussion
Charlie Margulis – trumpet
Urbie Green – trombone
Stan Applebaum – arrangements
Allen Vogel, Loring Eutemey – artwork
Track listing:
Amor – Gabriel Ruíz, Sunny Skylar, Ricardo López Méndez
Sway – Norman Gimbel, Gabriel Ruíz
Come Closer to Me – Al Stewart, Osvaldo Farrés
Perfidia – Alberto Dominguez, Milton Leeds
Granada – Agustín Lara, Dorothy Dodd
Sweet and Gentle – George Thorn, Otilio del Portal, Martin Ledyard
Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps – Joe Davis, Osvaldo Farrés
In April 1976, “Atco” label released “2nd Street”, the second Back Street Crawler studio album. It was recorded in 1976, and was produced by Terry Wilson Slesser, Paul Kossoff, Terry Wilson, John “Rabbit” Bundrick and Tony Braunagel.
Personnel:
Terry Wilson Slesser – lead vocals
Paul Kossoff – lead guitar
John “Rabbit” Bundrick – vocals, keyboard
Terry Wilson – bass, acoustic and electric guitars
Tony Braunagel – vocals, drums
Richard Digby Smith – engineer
Glyn Johns – mixing
Abie Sussman, Bob Defrin – art direction
Sam Emerson – photography
Track listing:
Selfish Lover – John “Rabbit” Bundrick
Blue Soul – Terry Wilson
Stop Doing What You’re Doing – Terry Wilson Slesser, Paul Kossoff, Terry Wilson, John “Rabbit” Bundrick, Tony Braunagel
Raging River – Terry Wilson
Some Kind of Happy – Terry Wilson
Sweet, Sweet Beauty – Terry Wilson
Just for You – John “Rabbit” Bundrick, Dean Rutherford
On Your Life – John “Rabbit” Bundrick
Leaves in the Wind – John “Rabbit” Bundrick, Dean Rutherford
In April 1980, “Atco” label released “On to Victory”, the ninth Humble Pie studio album. It was recorded in 1980, at “Villa Recorders” in Modesto, California, and was produced by John Elijah Wright, Steve Marriott, Bobby Tench, Anthony “Sooty” Jones and Jerry Shirley.
Personnel:
Steve Marriott – vocals, guitar, harmonica, keyboards
Bobby Tench – vocals, guitar
Anthony “Sooty” Jones – vocals, bass
Jerry Shirley – drums
Cheryl Ashley – backing vocals
Marge Raymond – backing vocals
Lisa Zimmerman – backing vocals
John Wright, Akili Walker, Craig – engineer
Track listing:
Fool for a Pretty Face – Steve Marriott, Jerry Shirley
You Soppy Pratt – Steve Marriott, Anthony Jones, Jerry Shirley
Infatuation – Steve Marriott
Take It from Here – Steve Marriott
Savin’ It – Bobby Tench, Steve Marriott
Baby Don’t You Do It – Holland-Dozier-Holland
Get It in the End – Steve Marriott, Anthony Jones, Jerry Shirley
My Lover’s Prayer – Otis Redding
Further Down the Road – Steve Marriott, Bobby Tench, Anthony Jones, Jerry Shirley
On November 11, 1985, “Atco” label released “White City: A Novel”, the fourth Pete Townshend studio album. It was recorded in 1985, and was produced by Chris Thomas.
Personnel:
Pete Townshend – vocals; guitar
John “Rabbit” Bundrick – keyboards
Tony Butler – bass guitar
Phil Chen – bass guitar
Chucho Merchan – bass guitar
Pino Palladino – bass guitar
Steve Barnacle – bass guitar
Mark Brzezicki – drums
Simon Phillips – drums
Clem Burke – drums
David Gilmour – guitar
Peter Hope-Evans – harmonica
Kick Horns: Simon Clarke, Roddy Lorimer, Tim Sanders, Peter Thoms
Ewan Stewart – voice (spoken word)
Emma Townshend – backing vocals
Jackie Challenor – backing vocals
Mae McKenna – backing vocals
Lorenza Johnson – backing vocals
Justine Frischmann – backing vocals
Bill Price – recording
Chris Ludwinski – engineer assistant
Dave Edwards – engineer assistant
Jules Bowen – engineer assistant
Richard Evans – art direction, design, inner sleeve photography
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