On November 4, 2014, “Reprise” label released “Storytone”, the 36th Neil Young studio album. The album was released in two formats: a single disc, which features orchestral and big band arrangements of the songs, and a deluxe edition which includes stripped-back recordings of the songs. Neil Young subsequently released a third version of the album “Mixed Pages of Storytone”, merging elements of both albums. It was recorded in June 2014 (solo version) and August 2014 (orchestral and big band version), at “Capitol Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Niko Bolas and Neil Young.
Personnel:
Neil Young – vocals, harmonica, ukulele, cover painting art
On November 4, 1968, “Capitol” label released “Wichita Lineman”, the eleventh Glen Campbell album. It was recorded in 1958, at “Capitol Studios” in Hollywood., and was produced by Al De Lory.
Personnel:
Glen Campbell – vocals, acoustic and electric guitars
Al Casey – acoustic guitar
Dennis McCarthy – piano
Jimmy Webb – organ
Carol Kaye – bass guitar
Joe Osborn – bass guitar
Ray Pohlman – bass guitar
Hal Blaine – drums
Bob Felts – drums
Jim Gordon – drums
Al De Lory – arrangements
Track listing:
Wichita Lineman – Jimmy Webb
(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay – Otis Redding, Steve Cropper
On October 3, 1966, “Capitol” label released “Swinging Doors and the Bottle Let Me Down”, the second Merle Haggard and The Strangers studio album. It was recorded August – December 1965, June – August 1966, at “Capitol Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Ken Nelson and Fuzzy Owen.
Personnel:
Merle Haggard – vocals, guitar
The Strangers:
Roy Nichols – guitar
Ralph Mooney – steel guitar
George French – piano
Jerry Ward – bass
Eddie Burris – drums
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Lewis Talley – guitar
James Burton – guitar, dobro
Glen Campbell – guitar
Phil Baugh – guitar
Jack Collier – guitar
Glen D. Hardin – piano
Bob Morris – bass
Bert Dodson – bass
Jim Gordon – drums
Helen “Peaches” Price – drums
Billy Mize – harmony vocals
Bonnie Owens – harmony vocals
Track listing:
All tracks by Merle Haggard, except where noted.
Swinging Doors
If I Could Be Him
The Longer You Wait
I’ll Look Over You
I Can’t Stand Me
The Girl Turned Ripe
The Bottle Let Me Down
No More You and Me
Somebody Else You’ve Known
High on a Hilltop – Tommy Collins
This Town’s Not Big Enough – Liz Anderson, Donna Austin
On September 26, 2006, “Concord” label released “Shine”. the tenth Boney James album. It was recorded in 2006, at “The Backyard”, “Record Plant” and “Westlake Studios” in Los Angeles, Capitol Studios”, “Sunset Studios” “Schnee Studios” in Hollywood, “Cocoa Butt Studios” in Culver City, California, “Porcupine Studios” in Chandler, Arizona, “Studio A” in Dearborn Heights, Michigan, and was produced by Boney James.
Personnel:
Boney James – soprano, alto and tenor saxophone, keyboards, flute, arrangements, recording
Paul Jackson Jr. – guitars, acoustic guitar
Tony Maiden – electric guitar, guitars
Kleber Jorge – vocals, acoustic guitar
Michael Thompson – guitars
Agape – guitars
Dean Parks – guitars, acoustic guitar
Wah Wah Watson – guitars, rhythm guitar
George Benson – lead guitar
Darrell Smith – keyboards, acoustic piano, Rhodes piano, Wurlitzer electric piano
Eric Daniels – acoustic piano
Johnny Britt – acoustic piano, arrangements
George Duke – Rhodes piano
Rex Rideout – acoustic piano, Rhodes piano, keyboards
Tim Carmon – keyboards, arrangements, Rhodes piano, organ, acoustic piano
Gerald McCauley – Moog synthesizer, arrangements
Herman Jackson – Rhodes piano
Tollak Ollestad – harmonica
Alex Al – bass
Teddy Campbell – drums
Lil’ John Roberts – drums
Lenny Castro – percussion
Dan Higgins – saxophones, flute
Bill Reichenbach Jr. – trombone
Jerry Hey – trumpet, flugelhorn, horn arrangements
Christian Scott – trumpet
Romeo – vocal arrangements
Esthero – lead and backing vocals
Lauren Evans – backing vocals, ooh vocals
Dwele – vocals, vocal arrangements
Faith Evans – vocals
Philip Bailey – vocals
Ann Nesby – vocals
String section
Jackie Brand, Bruce Dukov, Julie Gigante, Henry Gronnier, Alan Grunfeld, Natalie Leggett, Ralph Morrison, Alyssa Park, Katia Popov, Tereza Stanislav, Sarah Thornblade, Margaret Wooten – violin
Sam Formicola, Carrie Holzman-Little, Roland Kato, Victoria Miskolczy – viola
Stephen Erdody, Trevor Handy, Paula Hochhalter, Tina Soule – cello
Jerry Hey – arrangements
Darrell Smith – arrangements
Todd Fairall – recording
Darius Fong – recording, second engineer
Dave Rideau – recording
Bill Schnee – recording, mixing
Michael Thompson – recording
John Adams – second engineer
Jeff Harris – second engineer
Jimmy Hoyson – second engineer
Ryan Kennedy – second engineer
Mark McLaughlin – second engineer
Philip Ramos – second engineer
Eric Rennaker – second engineer
Assen Stoyanov – second engineer
Erich Talaba – second engineer
Aaron Walk – second engineer
John Wroble – second engineer
Koji Egawa – Pro Tools consultant
Serban Ghenea – mixing
Robert Hadley – mastering
Lexy Shroyer – production coordinator
Glenn Barry – art production
Andy Engel – design
Don Miller – photography
Track listing:
Shine – Boney James, Lauren Evans, Lily Mariye
The Total Experience – Boney James, Johnny Britt
Aquas de Março – Antonio Carlos Jobim
Let It Go – Boney James, Rex Rideout
In the Rain – Anthony Hestor
Gonna Get It – Boney James, Rahsaan Patterson
Breathe – Boney James, Phil Davis
Love Song – Boney James, Eric Daniels, Johnny Britt
Hypnotic – Boney James
The Way She Walks – Boney James, Leon Bisquera
Dedication – Boney James, Gerald McCauley, Joe Wolfe
On September 24, 1996, “Elektra” label released “Stardust”, the 15th Natalie Cole album. It was recorded June – September 1996, at “Ocean Way Recording”, “Capitol Studios”, “Conway Studios” and “LeGonks West” in Hollywood, “Record Plant” in Los Angeles, “Chartmaker Studios” in Malibu, California, “The Hit Factory” and “Sony Music Studios” in New York, “The Shire” in Bedford, New York, “Wisseloord Studios” in Hilversum, Netherlands, and was produced by George Duke, David Foster, Phil Ramone and Natalie Cole. At the 39th “Grammy Awards”, Natalie Cole won the “Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals” for the song “When I Fall in Love”, a duet with Nat King Cole. The song also won the “Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement with Accompanying Vocal(s)” for arrangers Alan Broadbent and David Foster.
Personnel:
Natalie Cole – lead and backing vocals, vocal and music arrangements, album concept, executive producer
Nat King Cole – lead vocals, Hammond B3 organ
John Chiodini – guitar, acoustic guitar
John Pizzarelli – guitar
Paul Jackson Jr. – electric guitar
Lee Ritenour – guitar
Terry Trotter – acoustic piano, Fender Rhodes, keyboards
Michael Lang – acoustic piano
Rob Mounsey – acoustic piano, keyboards, music arrangements
George Duke – acoustic piano, keyboards, vibraphone, music arrangements, horn arrangements, vocals arrangements
Bob James – keyboards, acoustic piano, music arrangements
Toots Thielemans – harmonica
Jim Hughart – bass, music arrangements
Chuck Domanico – bass
David Finck – bass
Reggie Hamilton – bass
Chuck Berghofer – bass
Nathan East – bass
Harold Jones – drums
Ralph Penland – drums
Chris Parker – drums
John Guerin – drums
John Robinson – drums
Harvey Mason – drums
Bashiri Johnson – percussion
Paulinho da Costa – percussion
Rafael Padilla – percussion
Dan Higgins – saxophone
Everette Harp – alto saxophone
Michael Brecker – saxophone
Wynton Marsalis – trumpet
George Bohanon – trombone
Jon Clarke – oboe
Alan Broadbent – music arrangements
John Clayton – music arrangements
David Foster – music and vocals arrangements
Johnny Mandel – music arrangements
Charles Floyd – music arrangements
Gordon Jenkins – original music arrangements
Clare Fischer – strings arrangements
Jerry Hey – horns arrangements
Janis Siegel – backing and harmony vocals
Al Schmitt – recording, mixing
Elliot Scheiner, Erik Zobler, Dave Reitzas – recording
Felipe Elgueta, Wayne Holmes, Henk Korff, John Patterson, Patrick Ulenberg – additional engineering
Jeffrey Demorris, Peter Doell, Koji Ejawa, Rob Frank, Barry Goldberg, John Hendrickson, Glenn Marchese, Eddie Miller, Charlie Paakkari, Rail Rogut, Robbes Stieglitz – engineer assistant
Gabrielle Raumberger – art direction
Emily Rich – design
Rocky Schenck – photography
Simon Ramone, Corrine Duke – production assistant
Shari Sutcliffe – project coordinator
Dick La Palm – liner notes
Track listing:
There’s a Lull in My Life – Mack Gordon, Harrye Revel
Stardust – Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish
Let’s Face the Music and Dance – Irving Berlin
Teach Me Tonight – Sammy Cahn, Gene de Paul
When I Fall in Love – Edward Heyman, Victor Young
What a Difference a Day Made – Stanley Adams, María Méndez Grever
Love Letters – Edward Heyman, Victor Young
He Was Too Good to Me – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
Dindi – Ray Gilbert, Antônio Carlos Jobim
Two for the Blues – Neal Hefti, Jon Hendricks
If Love Ain’t There – Johnny Burke
To Whom It May Concern – Nat King Cole, Charlotte Hawkins
Where Can I Go Without You? – Victor Young, Peggy Lee
Ahmad’s Blues – Ahmad Jamal. Bobby Williams
Pick Yourself Up – Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern
If You Could See Me Now – Tadd Dameron, Carl Sigman
Like a Lover – Alan and Marilyn Bergman, Nelson Motta
This Morning It Was Summer – Bob Haynes
When I Fall in Love (Spanish version) – Victor Young, Edward Heyman
On August 21, 1967, “Capitol” label released “Ode to Billie Joe”, the debut Bobbie Gentry studio album. It was recorded February – July 1967, at “Whitney” in Glendale, California, “Capitol Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Kelly Gordon. At the 10th “Annual Grammy Awards”, Bobbie Gentry won “Best New Artists”, the album won “Best Arrangements, Instrumental and Vocal”, “Best Female Pop Vocal Performance” and “Best Contemporary Female Solo Vocal Performance”.
Personnel:
Bobbie Gentry – vocals
Kelly Gordon, Jimmie Haskell – arranger, conductor
In July 1956, “EmArcy” label released “In the Land of Hi-Fi with Julian Cannonball Adderley”, the fourth Julian Cannonball Adderley album. It was recorded in June 1956, at “Capitol Studios” in New York City.
Personnel:
Cannonball Adderley – alto saxophone
Jerome Richardson – tenor saxophone, flute
Danny Bank – baritone saxophone
Nat Adderley – cornet
Ernie Royal – trumpet
Bobby Byrne, Jimmy Cleveland – trombone
Junior Mance – piano
Keter Betts – bass
Charles “Specs” Wright – drums
Ernie Wilkins – conductor, arrangements
Track listing:
Dog My Cats – Ernie Wilkins
I’m Glad There Is You – Jimmy Dorsey, Paul Mertz
Blues for Bohemia – Julian Cannonball Adderley, Nat Adderley
Junior’s Tune – Junior Mance
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea – Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler
In June 1965, “Capitol” label released “Domination”, the 33rd Cannonball Adderley album. It was recorded April – May 1970, at “Capitol Studios” in New York City, and in Los Angeles, and was produced by David Axelrod.
Personnel:
Cannonball Adderley – alto saxophone
Marshal Royal, Phil Woods – alto saxophone
Budd Johnson – tenor saxophone, clarinet, flute
Bob Ashton – tenor saxophone, bass clarinet, flute
Danny Bank – baritone saxophone, bass clarinet, flute
Nat Adderley – cornet, trumpet
Jimmy Maxwell, Jimmy Nottingham, Clark Terry, Snooky Young – trumpet
Jimmy Cleveland, Willie Dennis, Jay Jay Johnson – trombone
Don Butterfield – tuba
Joe Zawinul – piano, electric piano
Richard Davis, Sam Jones, Walter Booker – bass
Grady Tate, Louis Hayes, Roy McCurdy – drums
Unidentified percussion
Unidentified 42-piece orchestra
Oliver Nelson, William Fischer – conductor, arrangements
Track listing:
All tracks by Julian “Cannonball” Adderley, except where noted.
On March 10, 1965, “Capitol” label released “I’ve Got a Tiger by the Tail”, album by Buck Owens and his Buckaroos (the eight Buck Owens album overall). It was recorded in December 1964, at “Capitol Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Ken Nelson.
Personnel:
Buck Owens – lead vocals, guitar
Don Rich – vocals, guitar, fiddle
Jelly Sanders – guitar, fiddle
Jay McDonald – pedal steel guitar
Tom Brumley – pedal steel guitar, guitar
Doyle Holly – vocals, bass, guitar
Bob Morris – bass, vocals
Willie Cantu – drums
Mel King – drums
Capitol Photo Studio – photography
Ken Veeder – photography
Bashful Bobby Wooten – liner notes
Track listing:
I’ve Got a Tiger by the Tail – Harlan Howard, Buck Owens
Trouble and Me – Harlan Howard
Let the Sad Times Roll On – Buck Owens, Red Simpson
Wham Bam – Buck Owens, Bonnie Owens, Don Rich
If You Fall Out of Love with Me – Buck Owens, Bonnie Owens
Fallin’ for You – Buck Owens, Bonnie Owens, Don Rich
We’re Gonna Let the Good Times Roll – Buck Owens
The Band Keeps Playin’ On – Red Simpson, Fuzzy Owen
In February 1962, “Impulse!” label released “The Quintessence”, album by Quincy Jones and his Orchestra album (the eleventh Quincy Jones album overall). It was recorded November – December 1961, at “Capitol Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Bob Thiele.
Personnel:
Phil Woods, Oliver Nelson, Eric Dixon, Frank Wess, Jerome Richardson – saxophone
Ernie Royal, Snooky Young, Freddie Hubbard, Al Derisi, Snooky Young, Joe Newman, Thad Jones, Jerome Kail, Clyde Reasinger, Clark Terry – trumpet
Billy Byers, Curtis Fuller, Thomas Mitchell, Melba Liston, Billy Byers, Paul Faulise, Rodney Levitt – trombone
Julius Watkins, James Buffington, Earl Chapin, Ray Alonge – French horn
Harvey Phillips – tuba
Gloria Agostini – harp
Patricia Bown – piano
Bobby Scott – piano
George Catlett – bass
Milt Hinton – bass
James Johnson – drums
Bill English – drums
Stu Martin – drums
Frank Abbey – engineer
Bob Arnold – engineer
Robert Flynn – design
Pete Turner – cover photography
Jack Bradley – liner photography
Lena Horn – liner notes
Lennie Hayton – liner notes
Track listing:
The Quintessence – Quincy Jones
Robot Portrait – Billy Byers
Little Karen – Benny Golson
Straight, No Chaser – Thelonious Monk
For Lena and Lennie – Quincy Jones
Hard Sock Dance – Quincy Jones
Invitation – Bronisław Kaper, Paul Francis Webster
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