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Mickey Hart: Planet Drum

On September 24, 1991, “Rykodisc” label released “Planet Drum”, the eight Mickey Hart album. It was recorded in 1991, and was produced by Mickey Hart.

Personnel:

  • Mickey Hart – vocals, drums, percussion, balafon, bombo, bones, bass drum, snare, tambourine, triangle, body percussion, goblet drum, whistle, nose flute
  • Sikiru Adepoju – percussion, talking drum, cow bell, bells, djembe, dunun
  • Molonga Casquelord – vocals
  • Frank Colón – shekere
  • Giovanni Hidalgo – bata, shekere, congas
  • Zakir Hussain – tabla, percussion, madal, dunun, shaker, bells, udu, balafon, bass drum, dholak, tarang, conch shell
  • Bruce Langhorne – vocals, body percussion
  • Airto Moreira – vocals, voice, tambourine, berimbau, chimes, percussion, conch, whistle, handclaps, caxixi, rattle, cymbal, shaker, wood block, tom tom, rainstick, Earth drum, clackers, duggi tarang, body shaker, conch, gong
  • Caryl Ohrbach – shaker
  • Babatunde Olatunji – vocals, shaker, bells, congas, djembe, handclaps, body percussion, ashiko
  • Flora Purim – vocals, voice, wind chimes, shaker
  • Gordy Ryan – vocals, body percussion
  • Jeff Sterling – udu
  • T.H. “Vikku” Vinayakram – ghatam, Jew’s harp
  • Sikiru Adepoju, Zakir Hussain, Airto Moreira, Babatunde Olatunji, Flora Purim, T.H. “Vikku” Vinayakram – co-producers
  • Tom Flye, Jeff Sterling – recording, mixing
  • Paul Stubblebine – digital mastering
  • Howard Jacobsen – art direction
  • Nancy Nimoy – cover illustration
  • Howard Cohen – production manager
  • Ram Rod, Rudson Shurtliff – equipment manager
  • Jack Crymes – technical support

Track listing:

  1. Udu Chant – Sikiru Adepoju, Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain, Airto Moreira
  2. Island Groove – Sikiru Adepoju, Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain, Airto Moreira, Babatunde Olatunji
  3. Light Over Shadow – Airto Moreira, Babatunde Olatunji, Flora Purim
  4. Dance of the Hunter’s Fire – Sikiru Adepoju, Airto Moreira, Babatunde Olatunji, Frank Colón, Airto Purim, Giovanni Hidalgo, T.H. “Vikku” Vinayakram
  5. Jewe (You are the One) – Babatunde Olatunji
  6. The Hunt – Sikiru Adepoju, Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain, Airto Moreira, Babatunde Olatunji, T.H. “Vikku” Vinayakram
  7. Temple Caves – Sikiru Adepoju, Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain, Airto Moreira, Babatunde Olatunji
  8. The Dancing Sorcerer – Zakir Hussain, Airto Moreira
  9. Bones – Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain, Babatunde Olatunji, Flora Purim
  10. Lost River – Sikiru Adepoju, Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain, Airto Moreira, Babatunde Olatunji, Flora Purim
  11. Evening Samba – Sikiru Adepoju, Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain, Airto Moreira, Olatunji, T. H. “Vikku” Vinayakram
  12. Iyanu (Surprises) – Babatunde Olatunji
  13. Mysterious Island – Mickey Hart, Airto Moreira, Flora Purim, Jeff Sterling

Richie Havens: Mixed Bag

In December 1966, “Verve” label released “Mixed Bag”, the debut Richie Havens studio album. It was recorded July – September 1966, and was produced by John Court.

Personnel:

  • Richie Havens – vocals, guitar, sitar
  • Paul Harris – organ, piano, keyboards
  • Paul “Dino” Williams – acoustic guitar
  • Howard Collins – guitar
  • Joe Price – tabla
  • Harvey Brooks – bass
  • Bill LaVorgna – drums
  • Bruce Langhorne – arrangements
  • Felix Pappalardi – arrangements
  • Val Valentin – director of engineering
  • Barry Feinstein – cover photography
  • Jerry Schoenbaum – production supervisor

Track listing:

  1. High Flyin’ Bird – Billy Edd Wheeler
  2. I Can’t Make It Anymore – Gordon Lightfoot
  3. Morning, Morning – Tuli Kupferberg
  4. Adam – Richie Havens
  5. Follow – Jerry Merrick
  6. Three Day Eternity – Richie Havens
  7. Sandy – Jean Pierre Cousineau
  8. Handsome Johnny – Louis Gossett Jr., Richie Havens
  9. San Francisco Bay Blues – Jesse Fuller
  10. Just Like a Woman – Bob Dylan
  11. Eleanor Rigby – John Lennon, Paul McCartney

Tom Rush: The Circle Game

In December 1968, “Elektra” label released “The Circle Game”, the sixth Tom Rush album. It was recorded in 1968, and was produced by Arthur Gorson.

Personnel:

  • Tom Rush – vocals, guitar
  • Hugh McCracken, Don Thomas, Eric Gale – electric guitar
  • Jonathan Raskin – acoustic guitar, bass
  • Bruce Langhorne– acoustic guitar
  • Paul Harris– keyboards
  • Joe Mack, Bob Bushnell– bass
  • Herb Lovelle, Bernard Purdie, Richie Ritz – drums
  • Joe Grimm – saxophone
  • Buddy Lucas– saxophone
  • Paul Harris– arrangements
  • Bruce Botnick, Brooks Arthur – engineer
  • Zal Schreiber – mastering
  • William S. Harvey – design
  • Linda Eastman (McCartney) – photography
  • Jac Holzman– production supervisor

Track listing:

  1. Tin Angel – Joni Mitchell
  2. Something in the Way She Moves – James Taylor
  3. Urge for Going – Joni Mitchell
  4. Sunshine, Sunshine – James Taylor
  5. The Glory of Love – Billy Hill
  6. Shadow Dream Song – Jackson Browne
  7. The Circle Game – Joni Mitchell
  8. So Long – Charlie Rich
  9. Rockport Sunday – Tom Rush
  10. No Regrets – Tom Rush

Joan Baez: Farewell, Angelina

In October 1965, “Vanguard” label released “Farewell, Angelina”, the sixth Joan Baez album. It was recorded in 1965, and was produced by Maynard Solomon.

Personnel:

  • Joan Baez – vocals, guitar
  • Bruce Langhorne– electric guitar
  • Ralph Rinzler– mandolin
  • Richard Romoff – string bass
  • Russ Savakus– bass

Track listing:

  1. Farewell, Angelina – Bob Dylan
  2. Daddy, You Been on My Mind – Bob Dylan
  3. It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue – Bob Dylan
  4. The Wild Mountain Thyme – traditional, arranged Francis McPeake Family
  5. Ranger’s Command – Woody Guthrie
  6. Colours – Donovan Leitch
  7. A Satisfied Mind – Joe “Red” Hayes, Jack Rhodes
  8. The River in the Pines – traditional
  9. Pauvre Rutebeuf (Poor Rutebeuf) – Léo Ferré, Rutebeuf
  10. Sagt Mir wo die Blumen sind (Where Have All the Flowers Gone?) – Pete Seeger
  11. A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall – Bob Dylan

Gordon Lightfoot: Lightfoot!

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In January 1966, “United Artists” label released “Lightfoot!” the debut Gordon Lightfoot album. It was recorded in 1964 in New York City, and was produced by John Court.

Personnel:
• Gordon Lightfoot – vcoals, guitar, piano
• David Rea or Bruce Langhorne – second guitar
• Bill Lee – bass
• Barry Feinstein – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Gordon Lightfoot, except where noted.

1. Rich Man’s Spiritual
2. Long River
3. The Way I Feel
4. For Lovin’ Me
5. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face – Ewan MacColl
6. Changes – Phil Ochs
7. Early Morning Rain
8. Steel Rail Blues
9. Sixteen Miles (To Seven Lakes)
10. I’m Not Sayin’
11. Pride of Man – Hamilton Camp
12. Ribbon of Darkness
13. Oh, Linda
14. Peaceful Waters

Bob Dylan: The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan

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On May 27, 1963, “Columbia” label released “The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan”, the second Bob Dylan studio album. It was recorded 1962 – 1963 at “Columbia Records Studio A” in New York City, and was produced by John Hammond and Tom Wilson. The album contains thirteen songs; eleven of them are Dylan’s original compositions. The album features some of Dylan’s best known songs like “Blowin’ in the Wind”, which became an anthem of the 1960s, and “A Hard Rain’s a-Gonna Fall”. In 2003, “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked “The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan” at number 97 on its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.

Personnel:

  • Bob Dylan – vocals, guitar, harmonica, keyboards
  • Howie Collins – guitar
  • Bruce Langhorne– guitar
  • Dick Wellstood– piano
  • Leonard Gaskin– bass guitar
  • Herb Lovelle– drums
  • Don Hustein – photography
  • Nat Hentoff – liner notes

Track listing

All tracks by Bob Dylan, except where noted.

  1. Blowin’ in the Wind
  2. Girl From the North Country
  3. Masters of War
  4. Down the Highway
  5. Bob Dylan’s Blues
  6. A Hard Rain’s a Gonna Fall
  7. Don’t Think Twice, it’s Alright
  8. Bob Dylan’s Dream
  9. Oxford Town
  10. Talkin’ World War III Blues
  11. Corina, Corina – traditional
  12. Honey, Just Allow Me Just One More Chance – Bob Dylan, Henry Thomas
  13. I Shall Be Free

John B. Sebastian: Same

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On January 19, 1969, “Reprise” label released the self titled, debut John B. Sebastian album. It was recorded in 1968, and was produced by Paul A. Rothchild.

Personnel:

  • John Sebastian – vocals, guitar, harmonica, piano, percussion
  • Stephen Stills– guitar, harmony vocals
  • David Crosby– guitar, harmony vocals
  • Danny Weis- guitar
  • Buddy Emmons– pedal steel guitar, Moog synthesizer
  • Bruce Langhorne– tambourine
  • Paul Harris– organ, keyboards
  • Mrs. Stanley Beutens and Friends – flute, lute, viola, recorder
  • Ray Neopolitan – bass
  • Harvey Brooks– bass
  • Dallas Taylor– drums
  • Reinol Andino – conga
  • Gayle Levant – harp
  • Buzzy Linhart– vibraphone
  • Burt Collins – horn
  • Jose Cuervo – horn
  • Graham Nash– harmony vocals
  • The Ikettes– backing vocals
  • Doug Bartenfeld – arrangements consultant
  • Catherine Sebastian – artwork
  • Ed Thrasher– art direction
  • Henry Diltz– photography
  • Jim Marshall– photography

Track listing:

All tracks by John B. Sebastian

  1. Red-Eye Express
  2. She’s a Lady
  3. What She Thinks About.
  4. Magical Connection
  5. You’re a Big Boy Now
  6. Rainbows All Over Your Blues
  7. How Have You Been
  8. Baby, Don’t Ya Get Crazy
  9. The Room Nobody Lives In
  10. Fa-Fana-Fa
  11. I Had a Dream