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Eric Clapton: Backless

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In November 1978, “Polydor” label released “Backless”, the sixth Eric Clapton studio album. It was recorded in 1978, and was produced by Glyn Johns. The album was certified Platinum in Canada by “Music Canada” and Platinum in US by the “RIIA”.

Personnel:

  • Eric Clapton – vocals, guitars
  • George Terry– guitar
  • Dick Sims – keyboards
  • Carl Radle – vocals, bass guitar
  • Jamie Oldaker – vocals, drums, percussion
  • Marcy Levy– vocals
  • Benny Gallagherand Graham Lyle – backing vocals

Track listing:

  1. Walk Out in the Rain – Bob Dylan, Helena Springs
  2. Watch Out for Lucy – Eric Clapton
  3. I’ll Make Love to You Anytime – J.J. Cale
  4. Roll It – Eric Clapton, Marcy Levy
  5. Tell Me That You Love Me – Eric Clapton
  6. If I Don’t Be There by Morning – Bob Dylan, Helena Springs
  7. Early in the Morning – traditional arranged by Eric Clapton
  8. Promises – Richard Feldman, Roger Linn
  9. Golden Ring – Eric Clapton
  10. Tulsa Time – Danny Flowers

Eric Clapton: Same

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In August 1970, “Atco/ Polydor” labels released the self-titled, debut  Eric Clapton  album. It was recorded November 1969 – March 1970, at “The Village Recorder” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Delaney  Bramlett.

Personnel:

  • Eric Clapton – lead vocals, lead guitar
  • Delaney Bramlett – rhythm guitar, backing vocals, arrangements
  • Stephen Stills– guitar, backing vocals
  • Leon Russell, John Simon– piano
  • Bobby Whitlock– organ, backing vocals
  • Carl Radle– bass
  • Jim Gordon– drums
  • Tex Johnson – percussion
  • Bobby Keys– saxophone
  • Jim Price– trumpet
  • Bonnie Bramlett, Rita Coolidge, Sonny Curtis, Jerry Allison– backing vocals
  • Bill Halverson – engineer
  • Barry Feinstein, Tom Wilkes – design, photography

Track listing:

  1. Slunky – Delaney Bramlett, Bonnie Bramlett, Eric Clapton
  2. Bad Boy – Delaney Bramlett, Bonnie Bramlett, Eric Clapton
  3. Lonesome and a Long Way from Home – Delaney Bramlett, Bonnie Bramlett, Leon Russell
  4. After Midnight – J. J. Cale
  5. Easy Now – Eric Clapton
  6. Blues Power – Eric Clapton, Leon Russell
  7. Bottle of Red Wine – Eric Clapton
  8. Lovin’ You Lovin’ Me – Delaney Bramlett, Bonnie Bramlett, Eric Clapton
  9. Told You For the Last Time – Delaney Bramlett, Bonnie Bramlett, Steve Cropper
  10. Don’t Know Why – Delaney Bramlett, Bonnie Bramlett, Eric Clapton
  11. Let It Rain – Delaney Bramlett, Bonnie Bramlett, Eric Clapton

Eric Clapton: 461 Ocean Boulevard

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In July 1974, “RSO” label released “461 Ocean Boulevard”, the second Eric Clapton solo album. It was recorded April – May 1974, at “Criteria Studios” in Miami, and was produced by Tom Dowd.

Personnel:

  • Eric Clapton – vocals · guitar, dobro, arrangements
  • Yvonne Elliman– vocals
  • George Terry – vocals, guitar
  • Dick Sims – keyboards
  • Albhy Galuten– synthesizer, piano, clavichord
  • Marcy Levy– harmonica , backing vocals
  • Carl Radle – bass, arrangement
  • Jamie Oldaker – drums, percussion
  • Al Jackson Jr. – drums
  • Tom Bernfield – backing vocals
  • Ron Fawcus – engineer
  • Andy Knight – engineer
  • Karl Richardson – engineer
  • Suha Gur – mastering
  • Darcy Proper – mastering
  • Bob Defrin – art direction
  • David Gahr– photography
  • Ryan Null – photo co-ordination

Track listing:

  1. Motherless Children – traditional, arranged by Eric Clapton, Carl Radle
  2. Give Me Strength – Eric Clapton
  3. Willie and the Hand Jive – Johnny Otis
  4. Get Ready – Eric Clapton, Yvonne Elliman
  5. I Shot the Sheriff – Bob Marley
  6. I Can’t Hold Out – Elmore James
  7. Please Be With Me – Charles Scott Boyer
  8. Let It Grow – Eric Clapton
  9. Steady Rollin’ Man – Robert Johnson
  10. Mainline Florida – George Terry

 

Dave Mason: Alone Together

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In June 1970, “Blue Thumb” label released “Alone Together”, the debut Dave Mason solo album. It was recorded in1970, at “Sunset Sound” in Hollywood; “Elektra Sound Recorders” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Dave Mason and Tommy LiPuma.

Personnel:

  • Dave Mason – vocals, guitar
  • Bonnie Bramlett- vocals
  • Rita Coolidge- vocals
  • Mike Coolidge – vocals
  • Claudia Lennear- vocals
  • Lou Cooper – vocals
  • Bob Norwood – vocals
  • Jack Storti – vocals
  • Michael DeTemple- guitar
  • Don Preston- keyboards
  • John Simon- keyboards
  • Leon Russell- keyboards
  • Carl Radle- bass
  • Chris Ethridge- bass
  • Larry Knechtel- bass
  • Jim Capaldi- drums
  • Jim Gordon- drums
  • Jim Keltner- drums
  • John Barbata- drums
  • Bruce Botnick, Douglas Botnick – recording
  • Al Schmitt– mixing
  • Barry Feinstein, Tom Wilkes – design, photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Dave Mason, except where noted.

  1. Only You Know and I Know
  2. Can’t Stop Worrying, Can’t Stop Loving
  3. Waitin’ on You
  4. Shouldn’t Have Took More Than You Gave
  5. World in Changes
  6. Sad and Deep as You
  7. Just a Song
  8. Look at You Look at Me – Dave Mason, Jim Capaldi

Delanie & Bonie and Friends: D&B Together

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In March 1972, “Columbia” label released “D&B Together”, the sixth Delaney & Bonnie and Friends album. It was recorded 1969-1971, and was produced by Delaney Bramlett.

Personnel:

  • Delaney Bramlett- vocals, guitar
  • Bonnie Bramlett- vocals
  • Eric Clapton – vocals, guitar
  • Duane Allman – vocals, guitar
  • Dave Mason- vocals, guitar
  • Steve Cropper- vocals, guitar
  • Charlie Freeman – vocals, guitar
  • Red Rhodes- vocals, steel guitar
  • John Hartford- vocals, banjo
  • Leon Russell – vocals, piano, keyboards
  • Billy Preston- vocals, keyboards, piano
  • Bobby Whitlock- vocals, keyboards
  • Kenny Gradney- vocals, bass
  • Larry Knechtel – vocals, bass
  • Chuck Rainey – vocals, bass
  • James Jamerson – vocals, bass
  • Carl Radle- vocals, bass
  • Jim Gordon- vocals, drums
  • Jaimoe – vocals, drums
  • Bobby Keys- vocals, saxophone
  • Jerry Jumonville – vocals, saxophone
  • King Curtis- vocals, saxophone
  • Darrell Leonard – vocals, trumpet
  • Jim Price – vocals, horns
  • Larry Savoie- vocals, trombone
  • Rita Coolidge- vocals
  • Tina Turner- vocals
  • Venetta Fields- vocals
  • Merry Clayton- vocals
  • Eddie Kendricks- vocals
  • Sam Clayton- vocals
  • Joe Hicks- vocals
  • Patrice Holloway- vocals
  • Tex Johnson- vocals
  • Clydie King- vocals
  • Sherlie Matthews- vocals
  • Gordon De Witty- vocals
  • Jay York- vocals
  • Tom Dowd, James Greene – engineer
  • Howard Fritzson – art direction
  • David Gahr, Beverly Parker, Sandy Speiser – photography

Track listing:

  1. Only You Know and I Know – Dave Mason
  2. Wade in the River of Jordan – traditional, arr. Delaney Bramlett
  3. Sound of the City – Delaney Bramlett, Joe Hicks
  4. Well, Well – Delaney Bramlett
  5. I Know How It Feels to Be Lonely- Bonnie Bramlett, Leon Ware
  6. Comin’ Home – Bonnie Bramlett, Eric Clapton
  7. Move ‘Em Out – Steve Cropper, Bettye Crutcher
  8. Big Change Comin – Delaney Bramlett
  9. A Good Thing (I’m on Fire) – Delaney Bramlett, Gordon DeWitty
  10. Groupie (Superstar) – Delaney Bramlett, Leon Russell
  11. I Know Something Good About You – Delaney Bramlett, Joe Hicks
  12. Country Life – Delaney Bramlett, Bobby Whitlock

Delaney & Bonnie and Friends: Motel Shot

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In March 1971, “Atco” label released “Motel Shot”, the fourth Delaney & Bonnie and Friends album. It was recorded in 1971, and was produced by Delaney Bramlett.

Personnel:

  • Delaney Bramlett- vocals, guitar, arranger
  • Bonnie Bramlett- vocals
  • Duane Allman- slide guitar
  • Ben Benay- guitar
  • Dave Mason- guitar
  • Gram Parsons- guitar, vocals
  • John Hartford- banjo, fiddle
  • Eddie James – guitar
  • Leon Russell- vocals, piano
  • Clarence White- vocals, guitar
  • Carl Radle- bass guitar
  • Kenny Gradney- bass guitar
  • Jim Keltner- drums
  • Bobby Keys- saxophone
  • Bobby Whitlock- vocals
  • Jay York – backing vocals
  • Joe Cocker- backing vocals
  • Bruce Botnick, Richard Moore, Lewis Peters – engineer
  • Barry Feinstein – photography
  • Tom Wilkes – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Where the Soul Never Dies – traditional
  2. Will the Circle Be Unbroken – P. Carter
  3. Rock of Ages – traditional
  4. Long Road Ahead Delaney Bramlett, Bonnie Bramlett, Carl Radle
  5. Faded Love – Bob Wills, Johnnie Wills
  6. Talkin’ about Jesus – traditional
  7. Come On In My Kitchen – Payne (Robert Johnson)
  8. Don’t Deceive Me (Please Don’t Go) – Chuck Willis
  9. Never Ending Song of Love – Delaney Bramlett
  10. Sing My Way Home – Delaney Bramlett
  11. Goin’ Down the Road Feelin’ Bad – traditional, Delaney Bramlett
  12. Lonesome and a Long Way from Home – Delaney Bramlett, Bonnie Bramlett, Leon Russell

George Harrison: Extra Texture

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On September 22, 1975, “Apple” label released “Extra Texture (Read All About It)”, the sixth George Harrison studio album. It was recorded February 1971, April –June 1975, August–September 1974, at “A&M Studios” in Los Angeles; “FPSHOT” in Oxfordshire, and “Abbey Road Studios” in London, and was produced by George Harrison.

Personnel:

  • George Harrison – lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, ARP synthesizer, Moog synthesizer, piano
  • Legs Larry Smith– vocal
  • Ronnie Spector– vocal
  • Jesse Ed Davis– electric guitar
  • David Foster– piano, organ, ARP synthesizer, electric piano, tack piano, string arrangements
  • Leon Russell– piano
  • Nicky Hopkins– piano
  • Billy Preston– electric piano
  • Gary Wright– organ, electric piano, ARP synthesizer
  • Klaus Voormann– bass
  • Carl Radle– bass
  • Willie Weeks– bass
  • Paul Stallworth – bass, backing vocals
  • Jim Keltner– drums, percussion
  • Jim Gordon– drums, percussion
  • Andy Newmark– drums
  • Norm Kinney – percussion
  • Jim Horn– saxophones
  • Tom Scott– saxophones
  • Chuck Findley– trumpet, trombone

Track listing:

All tracks by George Harrison.

  1. You
  2. The Answer’s at the End
  3. This Guitar (Can’t Keep from Crying)
  4. Ooh Baby (You Know That I Love You)
  5. World of Stone
  6. A Bit More of You”
  7. Can’t Stop Thinking About You
  8. Tired of Midnight Blue
  9. Grey Cloudy Lies
  10. His Name Is Legs (Ladies and Gentlemen)

Art Garfunkel: Angel Clare

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On September 11, 1973, “Columbia” label released “Angel Clare”, the debut Art Garfunkel studio album. It was recorded in 1973, at “Grace Cathedral” in San Francisco, and was produced by Art Garfunkel and Roy Halee. The album title,” Angel Clare” comes from the name of a character in Thomas Hardy’s novel, “Tess of the d’Urbervilles”.

Personnel:

  • Art Garfunkel – vocals
  • Paul Simon– vocals, guitar
  • J. J. Cale– guitar
  • Jerry Garcia– guitar
  • Larry Carlton– guitar
  • Fred Carter, Jr.– guitar
  • Louie Shelton– guitar
  • Dean Parks– guitar
  • Tommy Tedesco– bouzouki, mandolin
  • Larry Knechtel– keyboards
  • Michael Omartian– keyboards
  • Joe Osborn– bass
  • Carl Radle– bass
  • Jim Gordon– drums
  • Hal Blaine– drums
  • Milt Holland– percussion
  • Jorge Milchberg – percussion, charango
  • Jules Broussard – saxophone
  • Jack Schroer– saxophone
  • Stuart Canin – violin
  • Peter Matz– strings
  • Ernie Freeman– strings
  • Jimmie Haskell– strings
  • Dorothy Morrison – vocals
  • St Mary’s Choir – vocals
  • Sally Stevens – vocals
  • Jackie Ward Singers – vocals
  • Mark Friedman – recording
  • Mark Friedman – recorder
  • Roy Halee– engineer
  • George Horn – mastering
  • Ron Coro – art direction
  • Jim Marshall– photography

Track listing:

  1. Travelling Boy – Paul Williams, Roger Nichols
  2. Down in the Willow Garden – Charlie Monroe
  3. I Shall Sing – Van Morrison
  4. Old Man – Randy Newman
  5. Feuilles- Oh/Do Space Men Pass Dead Souls on Their Way to the Moon? – Traditional/Johann Sebastian Bach, Linda Grossman
  6. All I Know – Jimmy Webb
  7. Mary Was An Only Child – Jorge Milchberg, Albert Hammond, Mike Hazlewood
  8. Woyaya – Sol Amarfio, Osibisa
  9. Barbara Allen – traditional
  10. Another Lullaby – Jimmy Webb

 

Dr. John: The Sun Moon & Hearts

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Sun Moon Herbs

 On August 31, 1971, “Atco” label released “The Sun Moon & Herbs”, the fourth Dr. John album. It was recorded July – October 1970, at “Trident Studios” in London, “Criteria Studios” in Miami, and was produced by Mac Rebennack and Charles Greene.

Personnel:

  • Dr. John (Mac Rebbenack) – vocals, piano, organ, guitar, vibes, percussion
  • Eric Clapton- guitar
  • Tommy Ferrone – rhythm guitar
  • Walter Davis Jr. – piano
  • Ronnie Barron- keyboards
  • Steve York- bass
  • Jesse Boyce – bass
  • Carl Radle- bass
  • John Boudreaux – drums
  • Fred Staehle – trap drums
  • Freeman Brown – percussion
  • Calvin “Fuzzy” Samuels – percussion
  • Jim Gordon- percussion, conga
  • Vic Brox- pocket trumpet, organ
  • Graham Bond- alto saxophone
  • Ray Draper- tuba, percussion, backing vocals
  • Wayne Jackson- trumpet, horn
  • Chris Mercer – saxophone
  • Jerry Jumonville – saxophone
  • James Mitchell – baritone saxophone
  • Ed Logan – tenor saxophone
  • Andrew Love- tenor saxophone
  • Bobby Keys- tenor saxophone
  • Jim Price- trumpet
  • Jack Hale – trombone
  • Kenneth Terroade – flute
  • Mick Jagger, Doris Troy, Shirley Goodman, Tami Lynn,  P. Arnold, Bobby Whitlock- backing  vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Mac Rebennack except where noted.

  1. Black John the Conqueror
  2. Where Ya at Mule
  3. Craney Crow
  4. Familiar Reality (Opening) – Mac Rebennack, Jesse Hill
  5. Pots on Fiyo (Filé Gumbo) / Who I Got to Fall On (If the Pot Get Heavy)
  6. Zu Zu Mamou
  7. Familiar Reality (Reprise)

 

 

Leon Russell: Carney

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Carney

On June 26, 1972, “Shelter” label released “Carney”, the third Leon Russell solo studio album. It was recorded in 1972, and was produced by Denny Cordell and Leon Russell.

Personnel:

  • Leon Russell – vocals, guitar, bass, piano
  • Don Preston– vocals, guitar
  • Joey Cooper – guitar
  • John Gallie – organ
  • Carl Radle– bass
  • Chuck Blackwell – drums
  • Jim Keltner– drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Leon Russell, except where noted.

  1. Tight Rope
  2. Out in the Woods
  3. Me and Baby Jane
  4. Manhattan Island Serenade
  5. Cajun Love Song
  6. Roller Derby
  7. Carney
  8. Acid Annapolis – Leon Russell, Don Preston
  9. If the Shoe Fits
  10. My Cricket
  11. This Masquerade
  12. Magic Mirror