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Robert Plant and Alison Krauss: Raise the Roof

On November 19, 2021, “Rounder Records” and “Concord Records” labels released “Raise the Roof”, the second Robert Plant and Alison Krauss album. It was recorded in 2021, and was produced by T Bone Burnett.

Personnel:

  • Robert Plant – vocals
  • Alison Krauss – vocals, fiddle
  • Bill Frisell – acoustic and electric guitar
  • David Hidalgo – acoustic and electric guitar, jarana
  • Buddy Miller – electric mandolin, guitar
  • Russ Pahl – pedal steel guitar, guitar, bass guitar
  • Marc Ribot – acoustic and electric guitar, banjo, dobro, bass guitar
  • Stuart Duncan – banjo, cello, fiddle, mandolin
  • Colin Linden – dobro
  • Jeff Taylor – bass accordion, dolceola, Marxophone, piano
  • T Bone Burnett – six-string bass, acoustic and electric guitars, Mellotron,  harmony and backing vocals
  • Dennis Crouch – upright bass
  • Viktor Krauss – upright bass, mellotron
  • Jay Bellerose – drums
  • Lucinda Williams – backing vocals
  • Michael Piersante  – recording, mixing
  • Richard Evans – design, art

Track listing:

  1. Quatro (World Drifts In) – Joey Burns, John Convertino
  2. The Price of Love – Don Everly, Phil Everly
  3. Go Your Way – Anne Brigs
  4. Trouble with My Lover – Allen Toussaint
  5. Searching for My Love – Bobby Moore
  6. Can’t Let Go – Randy Weeks
  7. It Don’t Bother Me – Bert Jansch
  8. You Led Med to the Wrong – Ola Belle Reed
  9. Last Kind Words Blues – Geeshie Wiley
  10. High and Lonesome – Robert Plant, T Bone Burnett
  11. Going Where the Lonely Go – Merle Haggard, Dean Holloway
  12. Somebody Was Watching Over Me – Brenda Burns

Spinners: New and Improved

In December 1974, “Atlantic” label released “New and Improved”, the fifth Spinners album. It was recorded in 1974, at “Sigma Sound Studios” in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and was produced by Thom Bell.

Personnel:

  • Billy Henderson, Bobby Smith, Philippé Wynne, Henry Fambrough, Pervis Jackson– vocals
  • Dionne Warwick– vocals
  • Tony Bell, Bobby Eli, Don Murray – guitar
  • Thom Bell– keyboards
  • Bob Babbitt– bass guitar
  • Andrew Smith – drums
  • Larry Washington – congas, bongos
  • Jack Faith – alto saxophone, flute
  • Rocco Bene, Bobby Hartzell – trumpet
  • Joe DeAngelis, Milt Phibbs, Danny Davis – French horn
  • Freddie Joiner, Bobby Moore, Richie Genevese, Ed Cascarella – trombone
  • Don Renaldo – strings
  • Walter Pfeil – harp
  • Linda Creed, Barbara Ingram, Carla Benson, Evette Benton – backing vocals

Track listing:

  1. Sitting on Top of the World – Joseph B. Jefferson, Bruce Hawes, Charles Simmons
  2. Smile, We Have Each Other – Charles Simmons, Bruce Hawes, Joseph B. Jefferson
  3. Then Came You – Sherman Marshall, Phillip Pugh
  4. There’s No One Like You – Charles Simmons, Bruce Hawes
  5. Living a Little, Laughing a Little – Thom Bell, Linda Creed
  6. Sadie – Joseph B. Jefferson, Bruce Hawes, Charles Simmons
  7. Lazy Susan – Linda Creed, Thom Bell
  8. I’ve Got to Make It on My Own – Charles Simmons, Bruce Hawes

Spinners: Same

In April 1973, “Atlantic” label released the third, self-titled Spinners album. It was recorded 1972-1973, at “Sigma Sound Studios” in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and was produced by Thom Bell.

Personnel:

  • Billy Henderson, Bobby Smith, Philippé Wynne, Henry Fambrough, Pervis Jackson– vocals
  • Roland Chambers, Norman Harris, Bobby Eli– guitar
  • Thom Bell– piano
  • Ronnie Baker– bass
  • Earl Young– drums
  • Larry Washington – congas, bongos
  • Vince Montana– vibes, marimbas
  • Jack Faith – alto saxophone, flute
  • Rocco Bene, Bobby Hartzell – trumpet
  • Joe DeAnglis, Robert Martin – French horn
  • Freddie Joiner, Bobby Moore, Richie Genevese, Eddie Keskarella – trombone
  • Don Renaldo – strings
  • Linda Creed, Barbara Ingram, Carla Benson, Yvette Benton – backing vocals
  • Thom Bell– arranger, conductor
  • Joe Tarsia– recording, re-mix engineer
  • Loring Eutemey – design
  • Merrill A. Roberts, Jr. – photography

Track listing:

  1. Just Can’t Get You Out of My Mind – Vinnie Barrett
  2. Just You and Me Baby – Yvette Davis
  3. Don’t Let the Green Grass Fool You – Jerry Akines, Johnny Bellman, Victor Drayton, Reginald Turner
  4. I Could Never (Repay Your Love) – Bruce Hawes
  5. I’ll Be Around – Thom Bell, Phil Hurtt
  6. One of a Kind (Love Affair) – Joseph B. Jefferson
  7. We Belong Together – Yvette Davis
  8. Ghetto Child – Linda Creed, Thom Bell
  9. How Could I Let You Get Away – Yvette Davis
  10. Could It Be I’m Falling in Love – Melvin and Mervin Steals