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Henry Mancini: The Music From Peter Gunn

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In January 1959, “RCA Victor” label released “The Music from Peter Gunn”, the fourth Henry Mancini album. It was recorded August – September 1958, at “Radio Recorders” in Hollywood, and was produced by Simon Rady. In 1998, the album was inducted into the “Grammy Hall of Fame”.

Personnel:

  • Pete Candoli, Ray Linn, Frank Beach, Uan Rasey, Conrad Gozzo – trumpet
  • Dick Nash, Jimmy Priddy, Milt Bernhart, Karl DeKarske – trombone
  • John Graas, Vincent DeRosa, Richard Perissi, John Cave – French horn
  • Ted Nash, Plas Johnson, Ronny Lang, Paul Horn, Gene Cipriano – reeds
  • John Williams – piano
  • Bob Bain, Al Hendrickson – guitar
  • Victor Feldman, Larry Bunker – vibraphone
  • Rolly Bundock – bass
  • Shelly Manne, Alvin Stoller, Jack Sperling – drums

Track listing:

  1. Peter Gunn
  2. Sorta Blue
  3. The Brothers Go to Mother’s
  4. Dreamsville
  5. Session at Pete’s Pad
  6. Soft Sounds
  7. Fallout!
  8. The Floater
  9. Slow and Easy
  10. A Profound Gass
  11. Brief and Breezy
  12. Not from Dixie

Loretta Lynn: Coal Miner’s Daughter

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On January 4, 1971, “Decca” label released “Coal Miner’s Daughter”, the sixteenth Loretta Lynn studio album. It was recorded May – August 1970, at “Bradley’s Barn” in Mount Juliet, Tennessee, and was produced by Owen Bradley.

Personnel:

  • Loretta Lynn – lead vocals
  • Ray Edenton – guitar, acoustic guitar
  • Grady Martin – guitar, lead electric guitar
  • Hal Rugg – steel guitar, Dobro
  • Jerry Stembridge – acoustic guitar
  • Bobby Thompson – banjo
  • Pete Wade – guitar
  • Hargus Robbins – piano
  • Junior Huskey – bass
  • Harold Bradley – bass guitar, electric bass guitar
  • Bob Moore – bass
  • Buddy Harman – drums
  • The Jordanaires – backing vocals
  • Jim Williamson – engineer
  • Darrell Johnson – mastering
  • Doyle Wilburn – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Coal Miner’s Daughter – Loretta Lynn
  2. Hello Darlin’ – Conway Twitty
  3. Less of Me – Glen Campbell
  4. Any One, Any Worse, Any Where – Lorene Allen, Loretta Lynn
  5. For the Good Times – Kris Kristofferson
  6. The Man of the House – Larry Brinkley, Lee McAlpin
  7. What Makes Me Tick – Loretta Lynn
  8. Another Man Loved Me Last Night – Lorene Allen
  9. It’ll Be Open Season on You – Charlie Aldridge
  10. Too Far – Marty Robbins
  11. Snowbird – Gene MacLellan

Fu Manchu: Daredevil

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On January 1, 1995, “Bong Load Custom” label released “Daredevil”, the second Fu Manchu studio album. It was recorded in August 1994, at “The Shop” in Humboldt County, California, and was produced by Tom Rothrock, Rob Schnapf, Scott Hill, Ruben Romano, Eddie Glass and Brad Davis.

Personnel:

  • Scott Hill – vocals, guitar
  • Eddie Glass – guitar
  • Brad Davis – bass
  • Ruben Romano – drums
  • Tom Rothrock – engineer, mixing
  • Rob Schnapf – engineer, mixing
  • Dennis Brower – engineer assistant
  • Stephan Marcussen – mastering
  • Gary Gladstone – cover photography
  • Lisa Johnson – band photography
  • Surfer Brad – project coordinator

Track listing:

  1. Trapeze Freak
  2. Tilt
  3. Gathering Speed
  4. Coyote Duster
  5. Travel Agent
  6. Sleestak
  7. Space Farm
  8. Lug
  9. Egor
  10. Wurkin’
  11. Push Button Magic

The Jackson 5: Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5

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On December 12, 1969, “Motown” label released “Diana Ross Presents the Jackson 5”, the debut Jackson 5 (The) studio album. It was recorded May – August 1969, at “The Sound Factory” in Hollywood, California, and was produced by Bobby Taylor and The Corporation (Berry Gordy, Alphonso Mizell, Freddie Perren, Deke Richards).

Personnel:

  • The Jackson 5 (Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, Marlon, Michael) – vocals
  • David Blumberg, David Van DePitte, Paul Riser, The Corporation – arrangements
  • Curtis McNair – artwork direction
  • Ken Kim – artwork, design
  • Jim Hendin – cover photography

Track listing:

  1. Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah – Ray Gilbert, Allie Wrubel
  2. Nobody – The Corporation
  3. I Want You Back – The Corporation
  4. Can You Remember – Thom Bell, William Hart
  5. Standing in the Shadow of Love – Holland-Dozier-Holland
  6. You’ve Changed – Jesse Reese
  7. My Cherie Amour – Stevie Wonder, Sylvia Moy, Hank Cosby
  8. Who’s Lovin’ You – Smokey Robinson
  9. Chained – Frank Wilson
  10. I Know I’m Losing You – Cornelius Grant, Norman Whitfield, Eddie Holland
  11. Stand – Sylvester Stewart
  12. Born to Love You – Ivy Jo Hunter, William “Mickey” Stevenson

The Siegel–Schwall Band: 953 West

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In December 1973, “Wooden Nickel” label released “953 West”, the seventh Siegel–Schwall Band (The) album. It was recorded at in August 1973, at “Paragon Recording Studios” in Chicago, and was produced by Barry Mraz, Corky Siegel, Jim Schwall, Rollo Radford and Shelly Plotkin.

Personnel:

  • Corky Siegel – vocals, piano, harmonica
  • Jim Schwall – vocals, guitar
  • Rollo Radford – vocals, bass
  • Shelly Plotkin – drums, percussion
  • Barry Mraz – engineer
  • Bill Traut – supervision
  • Eddie Balchowsky – cover art, poem

Track listing:

  1. I’d Like to Spend Some Time Alone with You Tonight My Friend – Corky Siegel
  2. Traitor from Decatur – Patrick Garvey
  3. Good Woman – Shelly Plotkin
  4. Just Another Song About the Country Sung by a City Boy – Danny Glicken, Corky Siegel
  5. When I’ve Been Drinkin’ – Big Bill Broonzy, with additional lyrics by Jim Schwall
  6. Old Time Shimmy – Rollo Radford
  7. Off to Denver – Corky Siegel
  8. I Think It Was the Wine – Jim Schwall
  9. Reed Zone (Psychiatric Institution Blues) – Corky Siegel
  10. Blow Out the Candle – Jim Schwall

The Damned: Anything

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On December 1, 1986, “MCA” label released “Anything”, the seventh Damned (The) studio album. It was recorded June – August 1986, at “Puk Recording Studios” in Denmark, and was produced by Jon Kelly.

Personnel:

  • Dave Vanian – lead vocals
  • Roman Jugg – vocals, guitars, keyboards
  • Bryn Merrick – vocals, bass
  • Rat Scabies – drums
  • Blue Weaver – keyboards
  • Paul “Shirley” Shepley – keyboards
  • Paul Wickens – keyboards
  • Kurt Holm – trumpet
  • Suzie O’List – backing vocals
  • Jon Kelly – engineer, mixing
  • Henrik Nilsson – additional engineering
  • Lance Phillips – additional engineering
  • Alan O’Duffy – additional engineering
  • Ken Thomas – mixing
  • Nigel Walker – mixing
  • Howard Raybould – album cover carving
  • Jef Hartley – album cover painting
  • Booce – album cover painting
  • The Leisure Process – design, art direction
  • Nick Knight – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Roman Jugg, Rat Scabies, Bryn Merrick and Dave Vanian, except where noted.

  1. Anything
  2. Alone Again Or – Bryan MacLean
  3. The Portrait
  4. Restless
  5. In Dulce Decorum
  6. Gigolo
  7. The Girl Goes Down
  8. Tightrope Walk
  9. Psychomania

Paul McCartney & Wings: Band On The Run

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On November 30, 1973, “Apple” label released “Band on the Run”, the third Paul McCartney and Wings studio album, It was recorded August – October 1973, at “EMI” and “ARC” in Lagos, Nigeria, “AIR” and “Kingsway Recorders” in London, and was produced by Paul McCartney. In 2000, “Q” magazine placed “Band on the Run” at number 75 in its list of the “100 Greatest British Albums Ever”. In 2012, it was voted 418th on Rolling Stone’s list of “The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.In 2013, it was inducted into the “Grammy Hall of Fame”.

Personnel:

  • Paul McCartney – lead and backing vocals, bass, acoustic and electric guitars, piano, keyboards, drums, percussion
  • Linda McCartney – harmony and backing vocals, organ, keyboards, percussion
  • Denny Laine – harmony and backing vocals, co-lead vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, percussion
  • Howie Casey – saxophone
  • Ginger Baker – percussion
  • Remi Kabaka – percussion
  • Ian Horne, Trevor Jones – backing vocals
  • 3 uncredited session musicians – saxophones
  • Tony Visconti – orchestrations
  • Geoff Emerick – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Paul and Linda McCartney, except where noted.

  1. Band on the Run
  2. Jet
  3. Bluebird
  4. Mrs. Vandebilt
  5. Let Me Roll It
  6. Mamunia
  7. No Words – Paul McCartney, Denny Laine
  8. Picasso’s Last Words (Drink to Me)
  9. Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five

Kai Winding: Same

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In November 1963, “Verve” label released “Kai Winding”, the 17th Kai Winding album. It was recorded August – October 1963, in New York City, and was produced by Creed Taylor.

Personnel:

  • Kai Winding – trombone, arrangements
  • Gary Sherman – organ
  • Other unidentified musicians
  • Claus Ogerman – arrangements, conductor

Track listing:

  1. Get Lost – Claus Ogerman
  2. Only in America – Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller, Cynthia Weil, Barry Mann
  3. Hey, Girl – Carole King, Gerry Goffin
  4. The Lonely One – David Whitaker, Peter Pavey
  5. Theme from “Mr. Novak” – Lyn Murray
  6. Washington Square – Bob Goldstein
  7. The Ice Cream Man – Joe Meek
  8. Mockingbird – Charlie Fox, Inez Fox
  9. China Surf – Ingrid Otto
  10. Burning Sands – Werner Scharfenberger, Kurt Feltz
  11. Far Out East – Kai Winding
  12. Oltre l’Amor – Antonio de Paolis

Red Holloway: The Burner

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In November 1963, “Prestige” label released “The Burner”, the debut Red Holloway album. It was recorded August – October 1963, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs” New Jersey, and was produced by Ozzie Cadena.

Personnel:

  • Red Holloway – tenor saxophone
  • Paul Serrano, Hobart Dotson – trumpet
  • “Big” John Patton, George Butcher – organ
  • Eric Gale, Charles Lindsay – guitar
  • Leonard Gaskin, Thomas Palmer – bass
  • Herbie Lovelle, Bobby Durham – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Red Holloway except where noted.

  1. Monkey Sho’ Can Talk
  2. Brethren
  3. Crib Theme – Ozzie Cadena
  4. The Burner
  5. Miss Judie Mae
  6. Moonlight in Vermont – John Blackburn, Karl Suessdorf