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Al Kooper: You Never Know Who Your Friends Are

In September 1969, “Columbia” label released “You Never Know Who Your Friends Are”, the second Al Kooper studio album. It was recorded in 1969, and was produced by Al Kooper.

Personnel:

  • Al Kooper – vocals, piano, organ, guitar, ondioline, arrangements
  • The Al Kooper Big Band under the direction of Charlie Calello
  • Ralph Casale, Stu Scharf, Eric Gale – guitar
  • Ernie Hayes, Paul Griffin, Frank Owens – piano, organ
  • Walter Sears – Moog synthesizer
  • Chuck Rainey, Jerry Jemmott, John Miller – electric bass
  • Bernard Purdie, Al Rogers – drums
  • George Young, Sol Schlinger, Seldon Powell, Joe Farrell – saxophone
  • Bernie Glow, Ernie Royal, Marvin Stamm – trumpet
  • Ray Desio, Jimmy Knepper, Bill Watrous, Tony Studd – trombone
  • Hilda Harris, Connie Zimet, Albertine Robinson, Lois Winter, Michael Gately, Lou Christie, Robert John, Charlie Calello – backing vocals
  • Glen Kolotkin, Roy Segal, Stan Tonkel – engineer
  • Ron Coro – cover art direction, design

Track listing:

All tracks by Al Kooper, except where noted.

  1. Magic in My Socks
  2. Lucille
  3. Too Busy Thinkin’ ’bout My Baby – Norman Whitfield, Janie Bradford
  4. First Time Around
  5. Loretta (Union Turnpike Eulogy)
  6. Blues, Part IV
  7. You Never Know Who Your Friends Are
  8. The Great American Marriage / Nothing
  9. I Don’t Know Why I Love You – Lula Mae Hardaway, Don Hunter, Paul Riser, Stevie Wonder 
  10. Mourning Glory Story – Harry Nilsson
  11. Anna Lee (What Can I Do for You)
  12. I’m Never Gonna Let You Down

Eumir Deodato: Prelude

In January 1973, “CTI” label released “Prelude”, the eighth Eumir Deodato studio album. It was recorded in September 1972, at “Van Gelder Studios” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.

Personnel:

  • Eumir Deodato – piano, electric piano, conductor, arranger
  • John Tropea – electric guitar
  • Jay Berliner – guitar
  • Ron Carter – electric bass, bass
  • Stanley Clarke – electric bass
  • Billy Cobham – drums
  • Airto Moreira – percussion
  • Ray Barretto – congas
  • Hubert Laws – flute
  • John Frosk – trumpet
  • Marky Markowitz – trumpet
  • Joe Shepley – trumpet
  • Marvin Stamm – trumpet
  • Wayne Andre – trombone
  • Garnett Brown – trombone
  • Paul Faulise – trombone
  • George Strakey – trombone
  • Bill Watrous – trombone
  • Jim Buffington – French horn
  • Peter Gordon – French horn
  • Phil Bodner – flute
  • George Marge – flute
  • Romeo Penque – flute
  • Max Ellen – violin
  • Paul Gershman – violin
  • Emanuel Green – violin
  • Harry Lookofsky – violin
  • David Nadien – violin
  • Gene Orloff – violin
  • Eliot Rosoff – violin
  • Emanuel Vardi – viola
  • Al Brown – viola
  • Harvey Shapiro – cello
  • Seymore Barab – cello
  • Charles McKracken – cello
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
  • Bob Ciano = design

Track listing:

  1. Also Sprach Zarathustra – Richard Strauss
  2. Spirit of Summer – Eumir Deodato
  3. Carly & Carole – Eumir Deodato
  4. Baubles, Bangles and Beads – Robert Wright, George Forrest
  5. Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun – Claude Debussy
  6. September 13 – Emir Deodato, Billy Cobham

Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson: 1980

In February 1980, “Arista” label released “1980”, album by Gil Scott Heron and Brian Jackson. It was recorded August – October 1979, and was produced by Malcolm Cecil, Brian Jackson and Gil Scott-Heron.

Personnel:

  • Brian Jackson – acoustic piano, electric piano, keyboard bass, synthesizer, O.N.T.O. synthesizer, drums, kettle drums, backing vocals, arrangements
  • Gil Scott-Heron – lead vocals
  • Marlo Henderson– guitar
  • Ed Brady – guitar
  • Harvey Mason– drums
  • Gordon Goodwin– horns
  • Denis Sirias – horns
  • Bill Watrous– horns
  • Carl Cornwell – flute, saxophone
  • Marti McCall – backing vocals
  • Julia Waters – backing vocals
  • Maxine Waters Waddell – backing vocals
  • Malcolm Cecil– engineer, mixing
  • Ron Kellum – art direction
  • Donn Davenport – art direction
  • John Ford – cover photo

Track listing:

All tracks by Gil Scott-Heron, except where noted.

  1. Shut ‘Um Down
  2. Alien (Hold On to Your Dreams)
  3. Willing
  4. Corners – lyrics by Gil Scott-Heron, music by Brian Jackson
  5. 1980
  6. Push Comes to Shove
  7. Shah MOT (The Shah Is Dead/Checkmate)
  8. Late Last Night

Thomas Dolby: Aliens Ate My Buick

In April 1988, “EMI” label released “Aliens Ate My Buick”, the third Thomas Dolby studio album. It was recorded in 1988, and was produced by Thomas Dolby.

Personnel:

  • Thomas Dolby – vocals, keyboards
  • Larry Treadwell – guitar
  • Mike Kapitan – synthesizer
  • Terry Jackson – bass
  • David Owens – drums
  • Arno Lucas – congas, timbales
  • Laura Creamer – vocals, percussion
  • Bill Watrous– trombone
  • Bill Bottrell – engineer
  • Daryl Koutnik – engineer assistant
  • Mike Tacci – engineer assistant
  • Leslie Burke – front cover photography
  • Dennis Keeley – back cover photography
  • Kathleen Beller – front cover model

Track listing:

All tracks by Thomas Dolby except where noted

  1. The Key to Her Ferrari
  2. Airhead – Thomas Dolby, Grant Morris
  3. Hot Sauce – George Clinton
  4. Pulp Culture
  5. My Brain Is Like a Sieve
  6. The Ability to Swing – Thomas Dolby, Matthew Seligman
  7. Budapest by Blimp

janis Ian: Between The Lines

In March 1975, “Columbia” label released “Between the Lines” the seventh Janis Ian studio album. It was recorded in 1974, at “914 Sound Studios” in Blauvelt, New York, and was produced by Brooks Arthur.

Personnel:

  • Janis Ian – lead vocal, guitar
  • Al Gorgoni, Sal DiTroia, Dave Snider, Dickie Frank – guitar
  • Don Payne, Richard Davis, George Duvivier – bass
  • Barry Lazarowitz – drums, percussion
  • Larry Alexander – percussion
  • Kenny Kosek, Russell George – fiddle
  • Joe Grimm, Seldon Powell – tenor saxophone
  • Ray Crisara, Burt Collins, Jimmy Sedlar, Joe Shepley – trumpet
  • Eddie Bert, Mickey Gravine, Alan Raph, Bill Watrous – trombone
  • Jim Buffington – French Horn
  • Romeo Penque, Phil Bodner – flute
  • Burt Collins – flugelhorn
  • Ron Frangipane – string and horn arrangements
  • Arianna Bronne, Lewis Cley, Peter Dimitriades, Marie Hence, Max Hollander, Kathryn Kienke, Ezra Kliger, Harold Kohon, Harry Lookofsky, Joe Malin, David Sackson, Julius Schachter, Ora Shiran, Harry Urbont, Masako Yanagita – violin
  • Seymour Berman, George Brown, Eugenie Dengel, Patty Kopec, Richard Maximoff, David Sackson, Emanuel Vardi – viola
  • Seymour Barab, Gloria Lanzarone, Beverly Lauridsen, Jesse Levy, Charles McCracken, George Ricci – cello
  • Artie Kaplan – orchestra conductor
  • Brooks Arthur, Larry Alexander, Russ Payne – engineer
  • John Berg, Paul Perlow – art direction, design
  • Peter Cunningham – photography
  • Herb Gart – production coordinator

Track listing:

All tracks by Janis Ian.

  1. When the Party’s Over
  2. At Seventeen
  3. From Me to You
  4. Bright Lights and Promises
  5. In the Winter
  6. Water Colors
  7. Between the Lines
  8. The Come On
  9. Light a Light
  10. Tea and Sympathy
  11. Lover’s Lullaby