On March 3, 1972, “Tamla” label released “Music of My Mind”, the fourteenth Stevie Wonder studio album. It was recorded in 1971, at “Mediasound” and “Electric Lady” in New York City, “Crystal Industries” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Stevie Wonder, Robert Margouleff and Malcolm Cecil.
Personnel:
Stevie Wonder – lead and backing vocals, drums, handclaps, T.O.N.T.O. synthesizer, piano, Rhodes piano, talk box, harmonica, bongos, clavinet, Moog bass , tack piano
On May 31, 1990, “Reprise” label released “Blue Pacific”, the eleventh Michael Franks album. It was recorded 1989 – 1990, at “JHL Sound” in Pacific Palisades, California, “Studio Ultimo” and “Soundworks West” in Los Angeles, “Ground Control Studios” in Burbank, California, “Ocean Way” and “Cherokee Studios” in Hollywood, “Larrabee Sound Studios” and “Schnee Studios” in North Hollywood, and was produced by Walter Becker, Tommy LiPumma and Jeff Lorber.
Personnel:
Michael Franks – vocals
Paul Jackson Jr. – guitars
Buzz Feiten – guitars, acoustic guitar
Dean Parks – electric guitar
Larry Carlton – guitars
Michael Thompson – guitars
Jeff Lorber – keyboards, programming, arrangements
John Beasley – keyboards
Joe Sample – acoustic piano
Larry Williams – synthesizer programming, synthesizer arrangements
In April 1972, “Columbia” label released “The Island of Real”, the ninth and final Rascals (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1972, and was produced by Felix Cavaliere.
Personnel:
Felix Cavaliere – vocals, keyboards, ARP synthesizer
Howard “Buzz” Feiten – guitar, ARP synthesizer
Annie Sutton – vocals, backing vocals
Robert Popwell – bass
Dino Danelli – drums, percussion
Kwasi “Rocky” Dzidzornu – conga
Ralph MacDonald – conga
Jack Scarangella – conga
Daniel Ben Zebulon – conga
Joe Farrell – saxophone, flute
David Sanborn – saxophone, horn
Jon Smith – saxophone, horn
Steve Madaio – trumpet
Hubert Laws – flute
Manny Stamm – flugelhorn
Woodstock Horns – horns
Louis Colin – harp
Molly Holt – backing vocals
Arthur Jenkins – arrangements
Track listing:
All tracks by Felix Cavaliere, except where noted.
On August 7, 1973, “RCA” label released “Pressure Cookin’”, the third Labelle studio album. It was recorded in 1973, at “RCA Studio D” in New York City, and was produced by Vicki Vickham and Stevie Wonder.
Personnel:
Patti LaBelle – vocals
Nona Hendryx – vocals
Sarah Dash – vocals
Buzz Feiten, Eddie Martinez, Hank Redd – guitars
Leroi Conley – guitars, percussion
Andre Lewis – organ, electric piano, clavinet, bass guitar, drums, percussion, arrangements
Luther Eaddy – organ
Carmine Rojas – bass guitar
Larry Davis, Emry Thomas – drums
Daniel Ben Zebulon – percussion
Mike Moran, Tom Brown – engineer
Roger Williams – artwork, design
Bob Gruen – photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Nona Hendryx, except where noted.
Pressure Cookin’
Medley: Something in the Air / The Revolution Will Not Be Televised – Speedy Keen / Gil-Scott Heron
On July 15, 1981,”Warner Bros” label released “Pirates”, the second Rickie Lee Jones. It was recorded January 1980 – April 1981, at “Warner Bros. Recording Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Lenny Waronker and Russ Titelman.
Personnel:
Rickie Lee Jones – vocals, guitar, keyboards, synthesizer, percussion, horn arrangements
Buzz Feiten– guitar
David Kalish – guitar
Steve Lukather– guitar
Dean Parks– guitar
Clarence McDonald– keyboards
Randy Kerber– keyboards
Neil Larsen– keyboards
Russell Ferrante– keyboards
Donald Fagen– synthesizer
Rob Mounsey– synthesizer
Sal Bernardi – vocals, harmonica
Chuck Rainey– bass
Victor Feldman– drums, percussion, keyboards
Steve Gadd– drums
Art Rodriguez – drums
Lenny Castro– percussion
David Sanborn– alto saxophone
Tom Scott– baritone and tenor saxophone
Jerry Hey– trumpet, flugelhorn, horn
Randy Brecker– trumpet, flugelhorn
Ralph Burns– orchestral arrangements
Michael Boddicker– synthesizer
Nick DeCaro – orchestral arrangements
Arno Lucas– backing vocals
Leslie Smith – backing vocals
Joe Turano – backing vocals
Loyd Clifft, Mark Linett– engineer
Mike Salisbury – design
Brassaï– front cover photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Rickie Lee Jones, except where noted.
We Belong Together
Living It Up
Skeletons
Woody and Dutch on the Slow Train to Peking – Rickie Lee Jones, David Kalish
Pirates (So Long Lonely Avenue)
A Lucky Guy
Traces of the Western Slopes – Sal Bernardi, Rickie Lee Jones
On August 24, 1970, “Atlantic” label released “Spirit in the Dark”, the seventeenth Aretha Franklin studio album. It was recorded May – October 1969, March 1970, and was produced by Tom Dowd, Arif Mardin and Jerry Wexler.
Personnel:
Aretha Franklin – lead vocals, piano
Dave Crawford– organ
Buzz Feiten– guitar
Jimmy Johnson– guitar
Jimmy O’Rourke – guitar
Charlie Freeman – guitar
Duane Allman– guitar
Cornell Dupree– guitar
Eddie Hinton– guitar
Tommy McClure – bass guitar
Harold “Hog” Cowart – bass guitar
David Hood– bass guitar
Sammy Creason– drums
Ron Ziegler – drums
Roger Hawkins– drums
Ray Lucas – drums
Jim Dickinson– additional keyboards
Michael Utley– additional keyboards
Barry Beckett– additional keyboards
The Sweet Inspirations– backing vocals
Wylene Ivy – backing vocals
Margaret Branch – backing vocals
Almeda Lattimore – backing vocals
Pat Lewis– backing vocals
Evelyn Green – backing vocals
Brenda Bryant – backing vocals
Track listing:
Don’t Play That Song – Ahmet Ertegün, Betty Nelson
The Thrill Is Gone (From Yesterday’s Kiss) – Rick Darnell, Roy Hawkins
In October 1973, “Capricorn” label released “Laid Back”, the debut Gregg Allman studio album. It was recorded in 1973, at “Record Plant” in New York City, and “Capricorn Sound Studios” in Macon, Georgia, and was produced by Johnny Sandlin and Gregg Allman.
Personnel:
Gregg Allman – vocals, organ, acoustic guitar
Tommy Talton – acoustic, electric and slide guitars, dobro, tambourine
Buzz Feiten– guitar
Jim Nalls – guitar
Scott Boyer – acoustic, electric and steel guitars, electric piano
Chuck Leavell– acoustic and electric pianos, vibes
Paul Hornsby– organ, keyboards, clavinet
Charlie Hayward– bass
David Brown – bass
Johnny Sandlin – bass
Bill Stewart – drums
Jai Johanny Johanson– percussion, conga
Butch Trucks– percussion, cabasa
David “Fathead” Newman– saxophone
Max Cahn, Tony Posk – violin
Ed Freeman – strings and horn arrangements, conductor
Carl Hall, Linda November, Hilda Harris, Cissy Houston, Emily Houston, June McGruder, Helene Miles, Eileen Gilbert, Maretha Stewart, Albertine Robinson – backing vocals
Johnny Sandlin – arrangements, engineer
Ovie Sparks, Buddy Thornton, Jim Reeves – engineer
George Marino – engineer, mastering
Abdul Mati Klarwein – cover art
Track listing:
All tracks by Gregg Allman; except where noted.
Midnight Rider – Gregg Allman, Robert Kim Payne
Queen of Hearts
Please Call Home
Don’t Mess Up a Good Thing – Oliver Sain
These Days – Jackson Browne
Multi-Colored Lady
All My Friends – Scott Boyer
Will the Circle Be Unbroken – traditional; arranged by Gregg Allman and Johnny Sandlin
On February 28, 1979, “Warner Bros” released the self-titled, debut Rickie Lee Jones album. It was recorded in 1978, at “Warner Bros. Recording Studios” and “The Burbank Studios”, and was produced by Lenny Waronker and Russ Titelman. In 1980, the album won Rickie Lee Jones “Grammy” for “Best New Artist.”
Personnel:
Rickie Lee Jones – vocals, guitar, keyboards, bass, drums, percussion, horn arrangements
Fred Tackett- guitar, mandolin
Buzz Feiten- guitar
Michael McDonald- vocals
Randy Kerber- keyboards
Neil Larsen – keyboards
Dr. John- keyboards
Ralph Grierson – keyboards
Michael Boddicker- synthesizer
Randy Newman- synthesizer
Nick DeCaro – accordion, orchestral arrangements
Red Callender- bass
Willie Weeks- bass
Steve Gadd- drums
Andy Newmark- drums
Jeff Porcaro- drums
Mark Stevens – drums, percussion
Victor Feldman- percussion, drums, keyboards
Tom Scott- horns
Ernie Watts- horns
Chuck Findley- horns
Johnny Mandel- orchestral arrangements
Arno Lucas- backing vocals
Leslie Smith – backing vocals
Joe Turano – backing vocals
Matthew Weiner- backing vocals
Track listing:
All tracks by Rickie Lee Jones, except where noted.
Chuck E.’s in Love
On Saturday Afternoons in 1963
Night Train
Young Blood
Easy Money
The Last Chance Texaco
Danny’s All-Star Joint
Coolsville
Weasel and the White Boys Cool – Rickie Lee Jones, Alfred Johnson
On October 28, 1972, “Tamla” label released “Talking Book”, the fifteenth Stevie Wonder album. It was recorded in 1972 and was produced by Stevie Wonder, Robert Margouleff and Malcolm Cecil. The album featured “You Are the Sunshine of My Life”, song that earned Wonder his first “Grammy Award”, for “Best Male Pop Vocal Performance”.
Personnel:
Stevie Wonder – lead and backing vocals, Fender Rhodes, drums, Moog bass, piano, T.O.N.T.O. synthesizer
Buzz Feiten (Howard “Buzz” Feiten) – electric guitar
Jeff Beck– electric guitar
Ray Parker Jr.– electric guitar
Scott Edwards – electric bass
Daniel Ben Zebulon – congas
David Sanborn– alto saxophone
Trevor Laurence – tenor saxophone
Steve Madaio – trumpet
Jim Gilstrap– lead and backing vocals
Lani Groves – lead and backing vocal
Gloria Barley – backing vocal
Deniece Williams– backing vocal
Shirley Brewer – backing vocal
Debra Wilson – backing vocal
Shirley Brewer – backing vocal
Loris Harvin (Delores Harvin) – backing vocal
George Marino – mastering
Robert Margouleff – photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Stevie Wonder except where noted.
You Are the Sunshine of My Life
Maybe Your Baby
You and I
Tuesday Heartbreak
You’ve Got It Bad Girl – Stevie Wonder, Yvonne Wright
Superstition
Big Brother
Blame it on the Sun – Stevie Wonder, Syreeta Wright
Looking for Another Pure Love – Stevie Wonder, Syreeta Wright
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