In September 1974, “Polydor” label released “Where Have I Known You Before”, the fourth Return to Forever album. It was recorded July – August 1974, at “Record Plant Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Chick Corea.
Personnel:
Chick Corea – acoustic piano, Fender Rhodes electric piano, Hohner clavinet, Yamaha electric organ, synthesizers (ARP Odyssey, Minimoog), percussion
Al Di Meola – electric guitar, acoustic twelve-string guitar
Stanley Clarke – electric bass guitar, Yamaha electric organ, bell tree, chimes
Lenny White – drums, congas, bongos, percussion
Shelly Yakus – engineer
Tom Rabstenek – mastering
Herb Dreiwitz – front cover photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Chick Corea except where noted.
Vulcan Worlds – Stanley Clarke
Where Have I Loved You Before?
The Shadows of Lo – Lenny White
Where Have I Danced with You Before?
Beyond the Seventh Galaxy
Earth Juice – Chick Corea, Lenny White, Al Di Meola
In September 1967, “Elektra” label released the self-titled, debut Clear Light studio album. It was recorded April – August 1967, at “Sunset Sound Recorders” in Hollywood, and was produced by Paul A. Rotchild.
Personnel:
Cliff De Young – vocals
Bob Seal – vocals, guitar
Ralph Schuckett – keyboards
Douglas Lubahn – bass
Dallas Taylor – drums
Michael Ney – drums
Robbie Robison – guru
Lee Housekeeper – seer and overseer
Bruce Botnick – engineer
Jac Holzman – production supervisor
Gordon Anderson – executive producer
Track listing:
Black Roses – Wolfgang Dios, Cliff De Young, Bob Seal, Ralph Schuckett, Douglas Lubahn, Dallas Taylor
Sand – Douglas Lubahn
A Child’s Smile – Cliff De Young, Bob Seal, Ralph Schuckett, Douglas Lubahn, Dallas Taylor, Michael Ney
Street Singer – Greg Copeland, Steve Noonan
The Ballad of Freddie and Larry – Cliff De Young, Ralph Schuckett
With All in Mind – Bob Seal
Mr. Blue – Tom Paxton
Think Again – Cliff De Young, Bob Seal, Ralph Schuckett, Douglas Lubahn, Dallas Taylor
On September 7, 1965, “Olga Records” label released “We and Our Cadillac”, the debut Hep Stars studio album. It was recorded February – August 1965m in Stockholm, Sweden, and was produced by Gert Palmcrantz and Anders Ericsson.
Personnel:
Svenne Hedlund – lead and backing vocals
Janne Frisk – lead and backing vocals, guitar
Benny Andersson – piano, organ, backing vocals
Lennart Hegland – bass guitar, backing vocals
Christer Petterson – lead and backing vocals, drums
Hans Östlund – organ
Lennart Fernholm – bass guitar
Robert Meyer – photography
Track listing:
Cadillac – Vince Taylor
Be My Baby – Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, Phil Spector
That’s When Your Heartaches Begin – Fred Fisher, William Raskin, Billy Hill
Send Me Some Lovin – John S. Marascalco, Leo Price
Young and Beautiful – Aaron Schroeder, Abner Silver
Rockin’ Love – Carl Mann
No Response – Benny Anderson
I’ll Never Quite Get Over You – Chad Stuart, Jeremy Clyde
Sweet Little Sixteen – Chuck Berry
Oh! Carol – Neil Sedaka, Howard Greenfield
Then She Kissed Me – Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, Phil Spector
On August 1, 1967, “Columbia” label released “Carryin’ On with Johnny Cash & June Carter” album by Johnny Cash and June Carter. It was recorded August 1964 – May 1967, and was produced by Don Law.
Personnel:
Johnny Cash – vocals, guitar
June Carter – vocals
Carl Perkins, Luther Perkins, Bob Johnson – guitar
Norman Blake – guitar, dobro
Marshall Grant – bass
W.S. Holland – drums
Charlie McCoy – harmonica
Bill McElhiney, Karl Garvin – trumpet
Phil Balsey, Jan Howard, The Carter Family – backing vocals
Track listing:
Long Legged Guitar Pickin’ Man – Marshall Grant
Shantytown – Johnny Cash, June Carter
It Ain’t Me Babe – Bob Dylan
Fast Boat to Sydney – June Helen Carter, Anita Carter
Pack Up Your Sorrows – Richard Farina, Pauline Marden
I Got a Woman – Ray Charles
Jackson – Billy Ed Wheeler, Jerry Leiber
Oh What a Good Thing We Had – Johnny Cash, June Carter
In July 1965, “Blue Note” label released “JuJu”, the fifth Wayne Shorter album. It was recorded in August 1964, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, in New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.
In June 1970, “Blue Note” label released “Expansions”, the tenth McCoy Tyner album. It was recorded in August 1968, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Duke Pearson.
On May 3, 2019, “Columbia” label released “Father of the Bride”, the fourth Vampire Weekend studio album. It was recorded January 2016 – August 2018, at “Effie Street” in Silverlake, California, “Vox” in Hollywood, “Sony” in Akasaka, Minato, Japan, and was produced by Ariel Rechtshaid, Ezra Koenig, BloodPop, DJ Dahi and Rostam Batmanglij.
Personnel:
Ezra Koenig – lead vocals, guitars, mixing
Rostam Batmanglij – 12-string acoustic guitar
Tommy King – piano
Buddy Ross – synthesizers, Wurlitzer, piano, strings, backing vocals
Matt Chamberlain – drums
Greg Leisz – electric and pedal steel guitar
David Longstreth – guitar, backing vocals
Jake Longstreth – guitar
John Nixon – guitar
Ariel Rechtshaid – guitar
Steve Lacy – lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitar
Sam Gendel – saxophone
Serena McKinney – violins
Danielle Haim – lead and backing vocals
Jude Law – lead vocals
Jenny Lewis – vocal sample
Ariel Rechtshaid – engineer, mixing
Buddy Ross – engineer, mixing
Shawn Everett – engineer, mixing
Rostam Batmanglij – engineer, mixing
Dalton Ricks – engineer
Nick Rowe – engineer
Chris Kasych – engineer
John DeBold – engineer
Hiroya Takayama – engineer
Takemasa Kosaka – engineer
Dave Schiffman – engineer
P-Thugg (Patrick Gemayel) – engineer
Michael Harris – engineer
Jude Law – engineer
Manny Marroquin – mixing
Chris Galland – mixing
Robin Florent – mixing assistant
Scott Desmarais – mixing assistant
Emily Lazar – mastering
Chris Allgood – mastering assistant
Nick Harwood – art direction
Primo Kahn – cover design
Public-Library – cover design
Brendan Ratzlaff – illustration
Track listing:
All tracks by Ezra Koenig, except where noted.
Hold You Now – Ezra Koenig, Hans Zimmer
Harmony Hall
Bambina
This Life – Ezra Koenig, Makonnen Sheran, Mark Ronson
Big Blue
How Long? – Ezra Koenig, William Shelby, Stephen Shockley, Leon F. Silvers III
Unbearably White
Rich Man – Ezra Koenig, S. E. Rogie
Married in a Gold Rush
My Mistake – Ezra Koenig, Ludwig Göransson
Sympathy – Ezra Koenig, Ariel Rechtshaid
Sunflower
Flower Moon – Ezra Koenig, Ariel Rechtshaid
2021 – Haruomi Hososno, Ezra Koenig
We Belong Together – Ezra Koenig, Rostam Batmanglij
On April 11, 2011, “Polyvinyl Record Co.”, released “Share the Joy”, the third Vivian Girls studio album. It was recorded January – August 2010, at “Rear House”, and was produced by Cassie Ramone and Jarvis Taveniere.
Personnel:
Cassie Ramone – lead vocals, guitar, artwork, layout
On April 6, 2004, “Polyvinyl” label released “Satanic Panic in the Attic”, the sixth Of Montreal album. It was recorded in August 2003 – January 2004, at “H. Hare Studio”, and was produced by Kevin Barnes.
Personnel:
Kevin Barnes – vocals, all instruments (except where noted), engineer, mixing
Sara Kirkpatrick – flute
Heather McIntosh – cello
James Huggins – arrangements
Glenn Shick – mastering
David Barnes – artwork
Nina Barnes – art inserts
Robbie Lowie – layout
Track listing:
All tracks by Kevin Barnes, except where noted.
Disconnect the Dots
Lysergic Bliss
Will You Come and Fetch Me
My British Tour Diary
Rapture Rapes the Muses
Ero’s Entropic Tundra
City Bird – lyrics by Dan Donahue, music by Kevin Barnes
In April 1957, “Columbia” label released “Such Sweet Thunder”, album by Duke Ellington. It was recorded August 1956 – March 1957, and was produced by Irving Townsend. The album is a twelve-part suite based on the work of William Shakespeare.
Personnel:
Duke Ellington – piano
Johnny Hodges – alto saxophone
Paul Gonsalves – tenor saxophone
Jimmy Hamilton – clarinet, tenor saxophone
Russell Procope – clarinet, alto saxophone
Harry Carney – bass clarinet, baritone saxophone
Cat Anderson – trumpet
Clark Terry – trumpet
Ray Nance – trumpet
Willie Cook – trumpet
Quentin Jackson – trombone
John Sanders – trombone
Britt Woodman – trombone
Jimmy Woode – bass
Sam Woodyard – drums
Billy Strayhorn – orchestration
Howard Fritzson – art direction
Randall Martin – design
Don Hunstein – photography
Irving Townsend – liner notes
Track listing:
All tracks by Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn, except where noted.
Such Sweet Thunder – Cleo
Sonnet for Caesar
Sonnet to Hank Cinq
Lady Mac
Sonnet in Search of a Moor
The Telecasters
Up and Down, Up and Down (I Will Lead Them Up and Down) – Puck
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