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Aretha Franklin: Amazing Grace

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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
  • Kenneth “Ken” Lupper – organ, additional keyboards
  • Cornell Dupree – guitar
  • Chuck Rainey – bass
  • Bernard Purdie – drums
  • Pancho Morales – congas, additional percussion
  • Southern California Community Choir – backing vocals
  • Arif Mardin – music editing, remix
  • Wally Heider – recording
  • Jimmy Douglass – recording assistant
  • Gene Paul – recording assistant
  • George Piros – recording assistant
  • Ray Thompson – recording

Track listing:

  1. Mary, Don’t You Weep – spiritual
  2. Medley: Precious Lord, Take My Hand / You’ve Hot a Friend – Thomas A. Dorsey, Frank Frazier / Carole King
  3. Old Landmark – W. Herbert Brewster, Adeline M. Brunner
  4. Give Yourself to Jesus – Robert Fryson
  5. How I Got Over – Clara Ward
  6. What a Friend We Have in Jesus – Joseph M. Seriven, Charles Crozat Converse
  7. Amazing Grace – John Newton
  8. Precious Memories – J.B.F. Wright
  9. Climbing Higher Mountains – traditional
  10. Remarks by Reverend C.L. Franklin
  11. God Will Take Care of You – traditional
  12. Wholy Holy – Marvin Gaye, Renaldo Benson, Al Cleveland
  13. You’ll Never Walk Alone – Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II
  14. Never Grow Old – traditional

Joe Zawinul: Zawinul

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On May 1971, “Atlantic” label released “Zawinul”, the third Joe Zawinul studio album. It was recorded August – October 1970, at “Atlantic Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Joel Dorn.

Personnel:

  • Joe Zawinul – acoustic and electric piano
  • Herbie Hancock – electric piano
  • Earl Turbinton – soprano saxophone 
  • Wayne Shorter – soprano saxophone
  • Woody Shaw – trumpet 
  • Jimmy Owens – trumpet
  • George Davis – flute
  • Hubert Laws – flute
  • Miroslav Vitouš
  • Walter Booker – bass
  • Billy Hart – percussion
  • David Lee – percussion
  • Joe Chambers – percussion
  • Jack DeJohnette – melodica, percussion
  • Gene Paul – engineer
  • Lew Hahn – recording, remixing
  • Ed Freeman – design, photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Joe Zawinul.

  1. Doctor Honoris Causa
  2. In a Silent Way
  3. His Last Journey
  4. Double Image
  5. Arrival in New York

Aretha Franklin: Live At Fillmore West

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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:

  1. Respect – Otis Redding
  2. Love the One Youy’re With – Stephen Stills
  3. Bridge Over Troubled Water – Paul Simon
  4. Eleanor Rigby – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
  5. Make It with You – David Gates
  6. Don’t Play That Song – Ahmet Ertegun, Betty Nelson
  7. Dr. Feelgood – Aretha Franklin
  8. Spirit in the Dark – Aretha Franklin
  9. Spirit in the Dark (reprise with Ray Charles) – Aretha Franklin
  10. Reach Out and Touch – Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson

Hayley Williams: Petals For Armor

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On May 8, 2020, “Atlantic” label released “Petals for Armor”, the debut Hayley Williams studio album. It was recording 2019 – 2020, at “East iris” in Nashville, “Music Friends” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Taylor York.

Personnel:

  • Hayley Williams – vocals; guitar, keyboards, drums
  • Mike Weiss – guitar
  • Rusty Williams – vocals, piano
  • Steph Marziano – keyboards, programming
  • Joey Howard – bass, guitar, keyboards, percussion, programming, additional production
  • Brian Robert Jones – bass
  • Aaron Steele – drums, congas, percussion, programming
  • Zac Farro – drums
  • Benjamin Kaufman – violin, chin cello
  • Julien Baker – backing vocals
  • Phoebe Bridgers – backing vocals
  • Lucy Dacus – backing vocals
  • Taylor York – additional instrumentation
  • Daniel James – string arrangements, additional production
  • Carlos de la Garza – engineer, additional production
  • Micah Tawlks – engineer, additional production
  • Michael Craver – mixing assistant, studio assistant
  • Dave Cooley – mastering
  • David Fitzgibbons – mixing assistant, studio assistant
  • Kevin Boettger – studio assistant
  • Michelle Freetly – studio assistant
  • Jake Butler – studio assistant
  • Steph Marziano – additional production
  • Lindsey Byrnes – creative direction, photography
  • Alex Mata – design, layout

Track listing:

  1. Simmer – Hayley Williams, Joey Howard, Taylor York
  2. Leave It Alone – Hayley Williams, Joey Howard
  3. Cinnamon – Hayley Williams, Taylor York
  4. Creepin’ – Hayley Williams, Joey Howard, Steph Marziano
  5. Sudden Desire – Hayley Williams, Joey Howard
  6. Dead Horse – Hayley Williams, Joey Howard
  7. My Friend – Hayley Williams, Joey Howard
  8. Over Yet – Hayley Williams, Joey Howard, Steph Marziano
  9. Roses/Lotus/Violet/Iris – Hayley Williams, Daniel James, Taylor York
  10. Why We Ever – Hayley Williams, Micah Tawlks
  11. Pure Love – Hayley Williams, Joey Howard
  12. Taken – Hayley Williams, Joey Howard, Steph Marziano
  13. Sugar on the Rim – Hayley Williams, Taylor York
  14. Watch Me While I Bloom – Hayley Williams, Daniel James, Taylor Yok
  15. Crystal Clear – Hayley Williams, Taylor York

Charles Mingus: Oh Yeah

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In April 1962, “Atlantic” label released “Oh Yeah”, the 19th Charles Mingus album. It was recorded in 1961, at “Atlantic Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Nesuhi Ertegün.

Personnel:

  • Charles Mingus – vocals, piano
  • Rahsaan Roland Kirk – flute, siren, tenor saxophone, manzello, stritch
  • Booker Ervin – tenor saxophone
  • Jimmy Knepper – trombone
  • Doug Watkins – bass
  • Dannie Richmond – drums
  • Tom Dowd – recording
  • Phil Lehle – recording

Track listing:

All tracks by Charles Mingus.

  1. Hog Callin’ Blues
  2. Devil Woman
  3. Wham Bam Thank You Ma’am
  4. Ecclusiastics
  5. Oh Lord Don’t Let Them Drop That Atomic Bomb on Me
  6. Eat That Chicken
  7. Passions of a Man

Cold Chisel: Same

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On April 24, 1978, “Atlantic” label released the self-titled, debut Cold Chisel studio album. It was recorded January – April 1978, at “Trafalgar Studios” in Sydney, and was produced by Peter Walker.

Personnel:

  • Jim Barnes – lead vocals
  • Ian Moss – lead and backing vocals, guitar
  • Don Walker – organ, piano, backing vocals
  • Phil Small – bass guitar
  • Steve Prestwich – drums
  • Peter Walker – acoustic guitar
  • Dave Blight – harmonica
  • Wilbur Wilde – saxophone
  • Joe Camilleri – saxophone
  • Janice Slater – backing vocals
  • Carol Stubbley – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Don Walker, except where noted.

  1. Juliet – Don Walker, Jim Barnes
  2. Khe Sanh
  3. Home and Broken Hearted
  4. One Long Day
  5. Northbound
  6. Rosaline
  7. Daskarzine
  8. Just How Many Times

Sarah Vaughn: Songs Of The Beatles

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On April 9, 1981, “Atlantic” label released “Songs of the Beatles”, the 45th Sarah Vaughan album. It was recorded in 1977, and was produced by Marty Paich and David Paich.

Personnel:

  • Sarah Vaughan – vocals
  • Lee Ritenour, Dean Parks, Louie Shelton – guitar
  • Michael Lang – keyboards
  • Marty Paich, David Paich – keyboards, arranger
  • Steve Porcaro – synthesizer
  • Toots Thielemans – harmonica
  • David Hungate – bass guitar
  • Bob Magnusson – string bass
  • Jeff Porcaro – percussion, drums
  • Bobbye Hall, Joe Porcaro, Steve Forman – percussion
  • Jon Smith – tenor saxophone
  • Marcos Valle – vocals
  • Bill Thedford, Perry Morgan, Jim Gilstrap – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by John Lennon and Paul McCartney,  except where noted.

  1. Get Back
  2. And I Love Her
  3. Eleanor Rigby
  4. The Fool on the Hill
  5. You Never Give Me Your Money
  6. Come Together
  7. I Want You (She’s So Heavy)
  8. Blackbird
  9. Something – George Harrison
  10. Here, There and Everywhere
  11. The Long and Winding Road
  12. Yesterday
  13. Hey Jude

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young: 4 Way Street

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On April 7, 1971, “Atlantic” label released “4 Way Street”, the first Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young live album. It was recorded June – July 1970, at “Fillmore East” in New York City, “The Forum” in Los Angeles, “Auditorium Theatre” in Chicago, and was produced by David Crosby, Stephen Stills, Graham Nash and Neil Young.

Personnel:

  • David Crosby – vocals, guitar
  • Stephen Stills – vocals, guitar, piano, organ
  • Graham Nash – vocals, guitar, piano, organ
  • Neil Young – vocals, guitar
  • Calvin “Fuzzy” Samuels – bass
  • Johnny Barbata – drums
  • Bill Halverson – engineer
  • Gary Burden – art direction, design, photography
  • Joel Bernstein – photography center squares
  • Henry Diltz – inside sleeve photography
  • David Geffen — direction

Track listing:

  1. Suite: Judy Blue Eyes – Stephen Stills
  2. On the Way Home – Neil Young
  3. Teach Your Children – Graham Nah
  4. Triad – David Crosby
  5. The Lee Shore – David Crosby
  6. Chicago – Graham Nash
  7. Right Between the Eyes – Graham Nash
  8. Cowgirl in the Sand – Neil Young
  9. Don’t Let It Bring You Down – Neil Young
  10. 49 Bye-Byes/America’s Children – Stephen Stills
  11. Love the One You’re With – Stephen Stills

The Young Rascals: Same

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On March 28, 1966, “Atlantic” label released the self-titled, debut Young Rascals (The) studio album. It was recorded September 1965 – March 1966, and was produced by Gene Cornish, Felix Cavaliere, Dino Danelli and Eddie Brigati.

Personnel:

  • Gene Cornish – vocals, guitar
  • Felix Cavaliere – vocals, organ
  • Dino Danelli – drums
  • Eddie Brigati – vocals, percussion

Track listing:

  1. Slow Down – Larry Williams
  2. Baby Let’s Wait – Pam Sawyer, Lori Burton
  3. Just a Little – Ron Elliott, Bob Durand
  4. I Believe – Ervin Drake, Irvin Graham, Jimmy Shirl, Al Stillman
  5. Do You Feel It – Felix Cavaliere, Gene Cornish
  6. Good Lovin’ – Artie Resnick, Rudy Clark
  7. Like a Rolling Stone – Bob Dylan
  8. Mustang Sally – Mack Rice
  9. I Ain’t Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore – Pam Sawyer, Lori Burton
  10. In the Midnight Hour – Steve Cropper, Wilson Pickett