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Frank Sinatra: Swing Easy

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On August 2, 1954, “Capitol” label released “Swing Easy!”, the eighth Frank Sinatra studio album. It was recorded in April 1954, at “Capitol” in Hollywood, and was produced by Voyle Gilmore. It was released in 10” vinyl format.

Personnel:

  • Frank Sinatra – vocals
  • Nelson Riddle – arrangements, conductor

Track listing:

  1. Just One of Those Things – Cole Porter
  2. I’m Gonna Sit Right Down (And Write Myself a Letter) – Fred E. Ahlert, Joe Young
  3. Sunday – Chester Conn, Benny Krueger, Ned Miller, Jule Styne
  4. Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams – Harry Barris, Ted Koehler, Billy Moll
  5. Taking a Chance on Love – Vernon Duke, Ted Fetter, John Latouche
  6. Jeepers Creepers – Harry Warren, Johnny Mercer
  7. Get Happy – Ted Koehler, Harold Arlen
  8. All of Me – Gerald Marks, Seymour Simons

June Christy: Something Cool

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On August 2, 1954, “Capitol” label released “Something Cool”, the debut June Christy album. It was recorded August 1953 – March 1954, and was produced by Lee Gillette. The album was released in 10” vinyl format.

Personnel:

  • June Christy — vocals
  • Pete Rugolo — arranger, conductor
  • Gus Bivona, Harry Klee, Bud Shank — flute, alto flute, alto saxophone
  • Bob Cooper, Ted Nash — flute, tenor saxophone
  • Skeets Herfurt, Willie Schwartz — alto saxophone
  • Fred Falensby, Jimmy Giuffre — tenor saxophone
  • Chuck Gentry, Bob Gordon, John Rotella — baritone saxophone
  • Frank Beach, Conte Candoli, Maynard Ferguson, Conrad Gozzo, Ray Linn, Ollie Mitchell, Uan Rasey, Shorty Rogers, Ray Triscari, Jimmy Zito — trumpet
  • Harry Betts, Milt Bernhart, Nick Dimaio, Bob Fitzpatrick, Herbie Harper, Tommy Pederson, Dick Reynolds, Frank Rosolino — trombone
  • Dick Noel, George Roberts — bass trombone
  • Vincent DeRosa, John Graas — French horn
  • Paul Sarmento, Phil Stephens — tuba
  • Buddy Collette, Paul Horn — reeds
  • Joe Castro, Geoff Clarkson, Russ Freeman, Paul Smith, Claude Williamson — piano
  • Barney Kessel, Jack Marshall, Tony Rizzi, Howard Roberts — guitar
  • Harry Babasin, Joe Comfort, Joe Mondragon — bass
  • Larry Bunker, Frank Carlson, Shelly Manne, Alvin Stoller — drums

Track listing:

  1. Something Cool – Billy Barnes
  2. It Could Happen to You – Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke
  3. Lonely House – Kurt Weill, Langston Hughes
  4. Midnight Sun – Lionel Hampton, Sonny Burke, Johnny Mercer
  5. I’ll Take Romance – Ben Oakland, Oscar Hammerstein II
  6. A Stranger Called the Blues – Mel Torme, Robert Wells
  7. I Should Care – Paul Weston, Sammy Cahn, Axel Stordahl

Nat King Cole: Sings For Two In Love

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In August 1953, “Capitol” label released “Sings for Two in Love”, the tenth Nat King Cole album. It was recorded in January 1953, at “Capitol” in Hollywood, and was produced by Lee Gillete. It was released in 10” format vinyl.

Personnel:

  • Nat King Cole – vocals
  • Nelson Riddle – arrangements, conductor

Track listing:

  1. Love Is Here to Stay – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
  2. A Handful of Stars – Jack Lawrence, Ted Shapiro
  3. This Can’t Be Love – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
  4. A Little Street Where Old Friends Meet – Gus Kahn, Harry Woods
  5. There Goes My Heart – Benny Davis, Abner Silver
  6. Dinner for One, Please James – Michael Carr
  7. Almost Like Being in Love – Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe
  8. Tenderly – Walter Lloyd Gross, Lawrence

Hellen Reddy: Long Hard Climb

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On July 23, 1973, “Capitol” label released “Long Hard Climb”, the fourth Helen Reddy studio album. It was recorded in 1973, and was produced by Tom Catalano and Jay Senter.

Personnel:

  • Helen Reddy – vocals
  • Al Capps – arrangements, conductor
  • Lee Holdridge – arrangements, conductor
  • Jim Horn – horn arrangements
  • Armin Steiner – engineer
  • Doug Sax – cutting engineer
  • John Hoernle – art direction
  • Norman Seeff – photography

Track listing:

  1. Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress) – Linda Laurie
  2. Lovin’ You – John Sebastian
  3. A Bit O.K. – Peter Allen, Carole Bayer Sager
  4. Don’t Mess with a Woman – Michael Curtis, Richard Curtis, Patty Moan
  5. Delta Dawn – Larry Collins, Alex Harvey
  6. The West Wind Circus – Adam Miller
  7. If We Could Still Be Friends – Paul Williams
  8. Long Hard Climb – Ron Davies
  9. Until It’s Time for You to Go – Buffy Sainte-Marie
  10. The Old Fashioned Way – Georges Garvarentz, Joel Hirschhorn, Al Kasha

Frank Sinatra: No One Cares

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On July 20, 1959, “Capitol” label released “No One Cares”, the seventeenth Frank Sinatra album. It was recorded March – May 1959, at “Capitol Studio A” in Hollywood, and was produced by Dave Cavanaugh.

Personnel:

  • Frank Sinatra – vocals
  • Gordon Jenkins – arrangements, conductor

Track listing:

  1. When No One Cares – Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen
  2. A Cottage for Sale – Larry Conley, Willard Robinson
  3. Stormy Weather – Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler
  4. Where Did You Go – Arnold Sundgaard, Alec Wilder
  5. I Don’t Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You – Bing Crosby, Ned Washington, Victor Young
  6. Here’s That Rainy Day – Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen
  7. I Can’t Get Started – Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin
  8. Why Try to Change Me Now? – Cy Coleman, Joseph Allan McCarthy
  9. Just Friends – John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis
  10. I’ll Never Smile Again – Ruth Lowe
  11. None But the Lonely Heart – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Arthur Westbrook

Steve Miller Band: Number 5

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In July 1970, “Capitol” label released “Number 5”, the fifth Steve Miller Band studio album. It was recorded in 1970, at “Cinderella Sound” in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by Steve Miller.

Personnel:

  • Steve Miller — lead and backing vocals, guitar, 12-string guitar, Condor Innovator guitar, Echoplex guitar, piano, bass
  • Jim Miller — guitar 
  • Bobby Winkelmann — lead and backing vocals, bass, 12-string guitar 
  • Tim Davis — lead and backing vocals, drums
  • Curley Cooke — acoustic guitar, guitar
  • Wayne Moss — guitar, bass 
  • Bobby Thompson — banjo 
  • Nicky Hopkins — piano
  • Lee Michaels — organ 
  • Ben Sidran — keyboards 
  • Charlie McCoy — harmonica
  • Lonnie Turner — fretless bass 
  • Jimmy Tillman — drums
  • Bud Billings — trumpet
  • Buddy Spicher — violin

Track listing:

  1. Good Morning – Bobby Winkelman
  2. I Love You – Steve Miller
  3. Going to the Country – Steve Miller, Ben Sidran
  4. Hot Chili – Tim Davis
  5. Tokin’s – Tim Davis
  6. Going to Mexico – Steve Miller, Bob Scaggs
  7. Steve Miller’s Midnight Tango – Ben Sidran
  8. Industrial Military Complex Hex – Steve Miller
  9. Jackson-Kent Blues – Steve Miller
  10. Never Kill Another Man – Steve Miller

Merle Hagard And The Strangers: Same Train, A Different Time

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In April 1969, “Capitol” label released “Same Train, A Different Time”, album by Merle Haggard and the Strangers (the ninth Merle Haggard studio album overall). It was recorded August 1968 – February 1969, at “Capitol Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Ken Nelson.

Personnel:

  • Merle Haggard – vocals, guitar

The Strangers:

  • Roy Nichols – guitar, harmonica
  • Norman Hamlet – steel guitar
  • George French – piano
  • Jerry Ward – bass
  • Eddie Burris – drums
  • Lewis Talley – guitar
  • Billy Mize – harmony vocals
  • Bonnie Owens – harmony vocals
  • James Burton – guitar, dobro
  • Bob Morris – bass
  • Roy Huskey, Jr. – bass

Track listing:

All tracks by Jimmie Rodgers, except where noted.

  1. California Blues
  2. Narration #1
  3. Hobo’s Meditation
  4. Waitin’ for a Train
  5. Mother, The Queen of My Heart – Jimmy Rodgers, Hoyt Bryant
  6. My Carolina Sunshine Girl
  7. Narration #2
  8. Train Whistle Blues
  9. Why Should I Be Lonely? – Jimmy Rodgers, Estelle Lovel
  10. Jimmie’s Texas Blues
  11. Blue Yodel#6 – Jimmy Rodgers, George Vaughan
  12. Narration #3
  13. Mule Skinner Blues
  14. Peach Picking Time Down in Georgia – Jimmy Rodgers, Clayton McMichen
  15. Down the Old Road To Home – Jimmy Rodgers, Carey D. Harvey
  16. Travelin’ Blues – Jimmy Rodgers, Shelly Lee Alley
  17. Miss the Mississippi and You – Bill Halley
  18. Frankie and Johnny
  19. No Hard Times
  20. Narration #4
  21. Hobo Bill’s Last Ride – Waldo LaFayette O’Neal
  22. My Old Pal – Jimmy Rodgers, Elsie McWilliams
  23. Nobody Knows But Me – Jimmy Rodgers, McWilliams
  24. Narration #5
  25. Jimmie Rodgers’ Last Blue Yodel (The Women Make a Fool Out of Me)

Rosanne Cash: 10 Song Demo

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On April 2, 1996, “Capitol” label released “10 Song Demo”, the ninth Rosanne Cash album. It was recorded in 1995, and was produced by Rosanne Cash and John Leventhal.

Personnel:

  • Rosanne Cash – vocals, acoustic guitar, piano
  • Larry Campbell – acoustic and electric guitar, backing vocals
  • John Leventhal – acoustic and electric guitar, bass, keyboards, percussion
  • Lincoln Schleifer – bass, percussion

Track listing:

All tracks by Rosanne Cash, except where noted.

  1. Price of Temptation
  2. If I Were a Man
  3. The Summer I Read Collette
  4. Western Wall
  5. Bells & Roses
  6. List of Burdens
  7. Child of Steel (live) 
  8. Just Don’t Talk About It – Rosanne Cash, John Leventhal
  9. I Want to Know
  10. Take My Body
  11. Mid-Air (live)

The Beach Boys: The Beach Boys Today!

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On March 8, 1965, “Capitol” label released “The Beach Boys Today!” the eighth Beach Boys (The) studio album. It was recorded in June 1964 – January 1965, at “RCA Victor” in Hollywood, and was produced by Brian Wilson.

Personnel:

  • Al Jardine – lead, harmony and backing vocals, electric rhythm guitar, bass guitar
  • Mike Love – lead, harmony and backing vocals, spoken word
  • Brian Wilson – lead, harmony and backing vocals, spoken word, four and six-string bass guitar, grand, upright and tack piano, Baldwin harpsichord, Farfisa and Hammond organ, conductor, mixing
  • Carl Wilson – harmony and backing vocals, spoken word, lead, rhythm and 12-string guitar, six-string bass guitar
  • Dennis Wilson – lead, harmony, backing, and double-tracked vocals (11), spoken word, drums, percussion, hi-hat, tambourine, tom-tom
  • Glen Campbell – 12-string acoustic guitar
  • Barney Kessel – classical guitar, 12-string guitar
  • Bill Pitman – electric guitar, acoustic guitar
  • Ray Pohlman – baritone guitar, bass guitar
  • Billy Strange – acoustic and electric guitar, electric mandolin, ukulele
  • Ron Swallow – tambourine, woodblock
  • John Gray – grand piano
  • Don Randi – grand and tack upright piano, organ
  • Leon Russell – grand piano, organ, vibraphone 
  • Carl Fortina – accordion
  • Carrol Lewis – double-reed harmonica
  •  Billy Lee Riley – double-reed harmonica
  • Tommy Tedesco – autoharp, baritone and electric guitar, mandolin 
  • Carol Kaye – bass guitar
  • Larry Knechtel – bass guitar
  • Hal Blaine – drums, woodblocks, sleigh bells, triangle, tambourine, castanets, temple block, claves, timbales
  • Earl Palmer – drums, timbales
  • Russ Titelman – percussion
  • Plas Johnson – tenor saxophone 
  • Steve Douglas – tenor saxophone
  • Jack Nimitz – baritone saxophone
  • Jay Migliori – baritone saxophone
  • Earl Leaf – spoken word
  • “Louie” (last name unknown) – castanets
  • Marilyn Wilson – harmony and backing vocals, spoken word
  • Peter Christ – cor Anglais
  • David Duke – French horn
  • Julius Wechter – vibraphone, bell tree, timpani, tambourine, congas, claves
  • Jerry Williams – vibraphone, timpani
  • Craig Slowinski – vocal
  • Chuck Britz – engineer 
  • Larry Levine – engineer

Track listing:

  1. Do You Wanna Dance? – Bobby Freeman
  2. Good to My Baby – Brian Wilson, Mike Love
  3. Don’t Hurt My Little Sister – Brian Wilson, Mike Love
  4. When I Grow Up (To Be a Man) – Brian Wilson, Mike Love
  5. Help Me, Ronda – Brian Wilson, Mike Love
  6. Dance, Dance, Dance – Brian Wilson, Carl Wilson, Mike Love
  7. Please Let Me Wonder – Brian Wilson, Mike Love
  8. I’m So Young – William H. “Prez” Tyus
  9. Kiss Me Baby – Brian Wilson, Mike Love
  10. She Knows Me Too Well – Brian Wilson, Mike Love
  11. In The Back of My Mind – Brian Wilson, Mike Love
  12. Bull Session with the Big Daddy – Brian Wilson, Mike Love