On July 11, 1988, “Atlantic” label released “Wild Wild West”, the second Escape Club (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1987, at “Maison Rouge” Air London, Westside, and was produced by Chris Kimsey.
Personnel:
Trevor Steel – lead vocal, guitars, arrangements
John Holliday – guitars, harmonica, backing vocals, arrangements
In June 1959, “Atlantic” label released “Yusef Lateef’s Detroit”, the 26th Yusef Lateef album. It was recorded in February 1969, at “Century Sound Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Joel Dorn.
Personnel:
Yusef Lateef – vocals, alto and tenor saxophone, flute, oboe
Thad Jones, Danny Moore, Jimmy Owens, Snooky Young – trumpet
Eric Gale – guitar
Hugh Lawson – piano
Cecil McBee – bass
Chuck Rainey – electric bass
Bernard Purdie – drums
Roy Brooks – drums
Ray Barretto, Norman Pride – congas
Albert Heath – percussion
Selwart Clarke, James Tryon – violin
Alfred Brown – viola
Kermit Moore – cello
Track listing:
All compositions by Yusef Lateef, except where noted.
Bishop School
Livingston Playground
Eastern Market
Belle Isle
Russell and Elliot
Raymond Winchester
Woodward Avenue
That Lucky Old Sun – Haven Gillespie, Beasley Smith
On June 20, 1969, “Atlantic” label released “First Take”, the debut Roberta Flack studio album. It was recorded in February 1969, at “Atlantic” in New York City, and was produced by Joel Dorn. In 2020, “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked “First Take” at number 451 on its list of “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.
Personnel:
Roberta Flack – vocals, piano
Bucky Pizzarelli – guitars
Ron Carter – bass
Ray Lucas – drums, percussion
Seldon Powell, Frank Wess – saxophone
Jimmy Nottingham, Joe Newman – trumpet
Benny Powell – trombone
Emanuel Green, Gene Orloff – violin
Alfred Brown, Selwart Clarke, Theodore Israel – viola
Charles McCracken, George Ricci – cello
William S. Fischer – horn and string arrangements, string conducting
William Arlt – recording
Bob Liftin – remix
Stanislaw Zagorski – design
Ken Heinen – photography
Track listing:
Compared to What – Gene McDaniels
Angelitos Negros – Andrés Eloy Blanco, Manuel Álvarez Maciste
Our Ages or Our Hearts – Robert Ayers, Donny Hathaway
I Told Jesus – traditional, arranged by Roberta Flack
Hey, That’s No Way to Say Goodbye – Leonard Cohen
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face – Ewan MacColl
Tryin’ Times – Donny Hathaway, Leroy Hutson
Ballad of the Sad Young Men – Fran Landesman, Tommy Wolf
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 June 14, 1968, “Atlantic” label released “The Inflated Tear”, the 15th Roland Kirk album. It was recorded in November 1967, and was produced by Joel Dorn.
In May 1977, “Atlantic” label released “El Mirage”, the sixth Jimmy Webb album. It was recorded in 1977, at “Cherokee Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by George Martin.
Personnel:
Jimmy Webb – vocals, keyboards
Fred Tackett – guitar
Dean Parks – guitar
Lowell George – slide guitar
Herb Pedersen – banjo, 12-string guitar, backing vocals
George Martin – keyboards, synthesizer, arrangements, conductor
David Paich – keyboards, synthesizer
David Hungate – bass
Larry Knechtel – bass
Dee Murray – bass
Nigel Olsson – drums
Jim Gordon – drums
Harvey Mason – percussion
Kenny Loggins – vocals
Billy Davis Jr. – vocals
George Hawkins – vocals
Sherlie Matthews – backing vocals
Susan Webb – backing vocals
Clydie King – backing vocals
Harry Bluestone – concertmaster
John H. R. Mills – engineer
John Mills – engineer
George Tutko – engineer
Bob Fisher – mastering
Bob Defrin – art direction
Steve Smith – photography
Henry Diltz – cover photography
Richie Unterberger – liner notes
Track listing:
All tracks by Jimmy Webb, except where noted.
The Highwayman
If You See Me Getting Smaller I’m Leaving
Mixed-Up Guy
Christian, No
Moment in a Shadow
Sugarbird
Where the Universe Are
P.F. Sloan
Dance to the Radio – Fred Tackett
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
Skylark (A Meditation) – Jimmy Webb, Paul A. Skylar
On April 25, 2000, “Atlantic” label released ¡Muy Divertido!, album by Marc Ribot and Los Cubanos Postizos (the twelve Marc Ribot album overall). It was recorded in 2000, at “The Magic Shop” in New York, and was produced by JD Foster.
In March 1978, “Atlantic” label released “Warmer Communications” the sixth Average White Band studio album. It was recorded in 1978, and was produced by Arif Mardin.
Personnel:
Onnie McIntyre – vocals, guitar
Alan Gorrie – lead and backing vocals, bass, guitar
Hamish Stuart – lead and backing vocals, bass, guitar
Roger Ball – keyboards, alto saxophone, string and horn arrangements
Malcolm Duncan – soprano and tenor saxophone
Steve Ferrone – drums, percussion
Cornell Dupree – guitar
Michael Brecker – flute, additional tenor saxophone
Lew Delgatto – additional baritone saxophone and flute
In March 1978, “Atlantic” label released “The Last of the Blue Devils”, the 14th Jay McShann album. It was recorded June – July 1977, at “RCA Recording Studios, Studio B” in New York City, and was produced by İlhan Mimaroğlu.
Personnel:
Jay McShann – vocals, piano, electric piano
Paul Quinichette, Buddy Tate – tenor saxophone
Joe Newman – trumpet
John Scofield – electric guitar
Milt Hinton – bass
Jackie Williams – drums
Track listing:
Confessin’ the Blues – Jay McShann, Walter Brown
‘Tain’t Nobody’s Bizness If I Do – Everett Robbins, Porter Grainger
Hootie Blues – Charlie Parker, Jay McShann, Walter Brown
Blue Devil Jump – Paul Quinichette
My Chile – Jay McShann
Jumpin’ at the Woodside – Count Basie, John Hendricks
Just for You – Pete Johnson, Herman Walder, Leo Corday, Booker Washington
In March 1965, “Atlantic” label released “The Max Roach Trio Featuring the Legendary Hasaan”, the 24th Max Roach album. It was recorded in December 1964, in New York City, and was produced by Arif Mardin.
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