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Al Kooper: You Never Know Who Your Friends Are

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In September 1969, “Columbia” label released “You Never Know Who Your Friends Are”, the second Al Kooper studio album. It was recorded in 1969, and was produced by Al Kooper.

Personnel:

  • Al Kooper – vocals, piano, organ, guitar, ondioline, arrangements
  • The Al Kooper Big Band under the direction of Charlie Calello
  • Ralph Casale, Stu Scharf, Eric Gale – guitar
  • Ernie Hayes, Paul Griffin, Frank Owens – piano, organ
  • Walter Sears – Moog synthesizer
  • Chuck Rainey, Jerry Jemmott, John Miller – electric bass
  • Bernard Purdie, Al Rogers – drums
  • George Young, Sol Schlinger, Seldon Powell, Joe Farrell – saxophone
  • Bernie Glow, Ernie Royal, Marvin Stamm – trumpet
  • Ray Desio, Jimmy Knepper, Bill Watrous, Tony Studd – trombone
  • Hilda Harris, Connie Zimet, Albertine Robinson, Lois Winter, Michael Gately, Lou Christie, Robert John, Charlie Calello – backing vocals
  • Glen Kolotkin, Roy Segal, Stan Tonkel – engineer
  • Ron Coro – cover art direction, design

Track listing:

All tracks by Al Kooper, except where noted.

  1. Magic in My Socks
  2. Lucille
  3. Too Busy Thinkin’ ’bout My Baby – Norman Whitfield, Janie Bradford
  4. First Time Around
  5. Loretta (Union Turnpike Eulogy)
  6. Blues, Part IV
  7. You Never Know Who Your Friends Are
  8. The Great American Marriage / Nothing
  9. I Don’t Know Why I Love You – Lula Mae Hardaway, Don Hunter, Paul Riser, Stevie Wonder 
  10. Mourning Glory Story – Harry Nilsson
  11. Anna Lee (What Can I Do for You)
  12. I’m Never Gonna Let You Down

The Bad Plus: Suspicious Activity?

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On September 20, 2005, “Columbia” label released “Suspicious Activity?”, the fourth Bad Plus (The) studio album. It was recorded in May 2006, at “Real World Studios” in Box, Wiltshire, England, and was produced by Tchad Blake, Ethan Iverson, Reid Anderson and David King.  

Personnel:

  • Ethan Iverson – piano
  • Reid Anderson – bass
  • David King – drums
  • Tchad Blake – engineer, mixing
  • Claire Lewis – engineer assistant
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Reid Anderson, except where noted.

  1. Prehensile Dream
  2. Anthem for the Earnest – David King
  3. Let Our Garden Grow – Ethan Iverson
  4. The Empire Strikes Backwards – David King
  5. Knows the Difference
  6. Lost of Love
  7. Rhinoceros Is My Profession
  8. O.G. Original Gentleman – Ethan Iverson
  9. (theme from) Chariots of Fire – Evangelos Papathanassiou
  10. Forces

Leonard Cohen: Popular Problems

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On September 19, 2014, “Columbia” label released “Popular Problems”, the thirteenth Leonard Cohen studio album. It was recorded 2013 – 2014, and was produced by Patrick Leonard.

Personnel:

  • Leonard Cohen – vocals
  • James Harrah – guitar
  • Patrick Leonard – keyboards
  • Joe Ayoub – bass
  • Brian MacLeod – drums
  • Alexandru Bublitchi – violin
  • Charlean Carmon – backing vocals
  • Dana Glover – backing vocals
  • Donna De Lory – backing vocals
  • Jesse E. String – recording, mixing
  • Bill Bottrell – mixing
  • Stephen Marcussen – mastering
  • Kezban Ozcan -photography

Track listing:

Written by Leonard Cohen and Patrick Leonard, except where noted.

  1. Slow
  2. Almost Like the Blues
  3. Samson in New Orleans
  4. A Street – Leonard Cohen, Anjani Thomas
  5. Did I Ever Love You
  6. My Oh My
  7. Nevermind
  8. Born in Chains – Leonard Cohen
  9. You Got Me Singing

Ben Webster And Harry “Sweets” Edison: Wanted to Do One Together

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On September 17, 1962, “Columbia” label released “Wanted to Do One Together” (also released as Ben and “Sweets”),album by Ben Webster and Harry “Sweets” Edison. It was recorded in June 1962, at “Columbia 30th Street Studio” in New York City, and was produced by Mike Berniker.

Personnel:

  • Harry “Sweets” Edison – trumpet
  • Ben Webster – tenor saxophone
  • Hank Jones – piano
  • George Duvivier – bass
  • Clarence Johnson – drums

Track listing:

  1. Better Go – Ben Webster
  2. How Long Has This Been Going On – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
  3. Kitty – Harry Edison
  4. My Romance – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
  5. Did You Call Her Today – Ben Webster
  6. Embraceable You – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin

Miles Davis: Aura

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On September 12, 1989, “Columbia” label released “Aura”, album by Miles Davis. It was recorded January – February 1985, at “Easy Sound Studio” in Copenhagen, Denmark, and was produced by Palle Mikkelborg. This was Miles Davis’s final album released in his lifetime.

Personnel:

  • Miles Davis – trumpet
  • Bent Jædig, Flemming Madsen, Jesper Thilo, Per Carsten, Uffe Karskov – saxophones, woodwinds
  • Benny Rosenfeld, Idrees Sulieman, Jens Winther, Palle Bolvig, Perry Knudsen, Palle Mikkelborg – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Jens Engel, Ture Larsen, Vincent Nilsson – trombone
  • Ole Kurt Jensen – bass trombone
  • Axel Windfeld – bass trombone, tuba
  • Niels Eje – oboe, English horn
  • Bjarne Roupé, John McLaughlin – guitar
  • Kenneth Knudsen, Ole Kock Hansen, Thomas Clausen – keyboards
  • Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen – bass
  • Bo Stief – Fender bass, fretless bass
  • Lennart Gruvstedt – drums
  • Vincent Wilburn Jr. – electronic drums
  • Ethan Weisgaard, Marilyn Mazur – percussion
  • Lillian Thornquist – harp
  • Eva Hess-Thaysen – vocals
  • Palle Mikkelborg – arrangements
  • Henrik Lund, Niels Erik Land – engineer
  • Stacy Drummond – art direction
  • Gilles Larrain – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Palle Mikkelborg

  1. Intro
  2. White
  3. Yellow
  4. Orange
  5. Red
  6. Green
  7. Blue
  8. Electric Red
  9. Indigo
  10. Violet

Tanya Tucker: Delta Dawn

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On September 11, 1972, “Columbia” label released “Delta Dawn”, the debut Tanya Tucker studio album. It was recorded March – July 1972, at “Columbia Studios” in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by Billy Sherrill.

Personnel:

  • Tanya Tucker – lead vocals
  • The Jordanaires – backing vocals
  • The Nashville Edition – backing vocals
  • Lou Bradley – engineer

Track listing:

  1. Delta Dawn – Alex Harvey, Larry Collins
  2. New York City Song – Linda Hargrove
  3. Smell the Flowers – Jerry Reed
  4. If You Touch Me (You’ve Got to Love Me) – Carmol Taylor, Norro Wilson, Joe Stampley
  5. He’s All I Got – Jerry Williams, Gary U.S. Bond
  6. The Jamestown Ferry – Mark Vickery, Bobby Borchers
  7. Loving You Could Never Be Better – Earl Montgomery, Carl Montgomery, Betty Tate
  8. Soul Song – George Richey, Norro Wilson, Billy Sherrill
  9. Love’s the Answer – Emily Mitchell, Norro Wilson
  10. The happiest Girl in the Whole USA – Donna Fargo
  11. I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry – Hank Williams

Roger Waters: Amused To Death

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On September 7, 1992, “Columbia” label released “Amused to Death”, the third Roger Waters studio album. It was recorded 1987 – 1992, at “The Billiard Room”, “Olympic Studios”, “CTS Studios”, “Angel Recording Studios” and “Abbey Road Studios” in London, “Compass Point Studios” in Nassau, “Ameraycan Studios” and “Devonshire Sound Studios” in Los Angeles, “Johnny Yuma Recording” in Burbank, and was produced by Roger Waters and Patrick Leonard.

Personnel:             

  • Roger Waters – vocals, bass guitar, EMU synthesiser, acoustic guitar, twelve-string guitar
  • Jeff Beck – guitar
  • Andy Fairweather Low – electric rhythm guitar, acoustic rhythm guitar, guitars, Rickenbacker 12-string guitar, acoustic guitar
  • Tim Pierce – guitar 
  • Geoff Whitehorn – guitar 
  • B.J. Cole – pedal steel guitar
  • Rick DiFonzo – guitar
  • Steve Lukather – guitar 
  • Bruce Gaitsch – acoustic guitar
  • Patrick Leonard – keyboards, 2nd sportscaster voice, Hammond organ, synthesizers, acoustic piano, percussion programming, choir arrangements
  • John “Rabbit” Bundrick – Hammond organ 
  • Randy Jackson – bass 
  • Jimmy Johnson – bass 
  • John Pierce – bass guitar 
  • John Patitucci – upright bass, electric bass 
  • Graham Broad – drums, percussion 
  • Denny Fongheiser – drums 
  • Jeff Porcaro – drums 
  • Brian Macleod – snare, hi-hat
  • Luis Conte – percussion
  • Guo Yi & the Peking Brothers – dulcimer, lute, zhen, oboe, bass 
  • Steve Sidwell – cornet
  • John Dupree – strings arrangements, conductor 
  • National Philharmonic Orchestra Limited – orchestra
  • Michael Kamen – orchestral arrangements, conductor
  •  Alf Razzell – speech
  • London Welsh Chorale – choir
  • Kenneth Bowen – choir conductor
  • Don Henley – vocals 
  • P.P. Arnold – vocals
  • Rita Coolidge – vocals
  • Marv Albert – sportscaster voice
  • Jessica Leonard, Jordan Leonard – screaming kids 
  • Charles Fleischer – TV evangelist speech 
  • Katie Kissoon – backing vocals
  • Doreen Chanter – backing vocals
  • N’Dea Davenport – backing vocals
  • Natalie Jackson – backing vocals
  • Lynn Fiddmont-Linsey – backing vocals
  • Jon Joyce – backing vocals
  • Stan Farber (credited as Stan Laurel) – backing vocals 
  • Jim Haas – backing vocals
  • Hayden Bendall – engineer
  • Jerry Jordan – engineer
  • Stephen McLaughlin – engineer
  • James Guthrie – mixing
  • Nick Griffiths – co-producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Roger Waters.

  1. The Ballad of Bill Hubbard
  2. What God Wants, Part I
  3. Perfect Sense, Part I
  4. Perfect Sense, Part II
  5. The Bravery of Being Out of Range
  6. Late Home Tonight, Part I
  7. Late Home Tonight, Part II
  8. Too Much Rope
  9. What God Wants, Part II
  10. What God Wants, Part III
  11. Watching TV
  12. Three Wishes
  13. It’s a Miracle
  14. Amused to Death

Johnny Cash And June Carter Cash: Johnny Cash And His Woman

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On September 3, 1973, “Columbia” label released “Johnny Cash and His Woman”, album by Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash (the 27th Johnny Cash album album). It was recorded in 1973, and was produced by Don Law.

Personnel:

  • Johnny Cash – vocals, guitar
  • June Carter Cash – vocals
  • Bob Wootton, Carl Perkins, David Jones – guitar
  • Bill Walker, Jerry Whitehurst – piano, keyboards
  • Marshall Grant – bass
  • WS Holland – drums
  • Bill Walker – arrangements, conductor
  • Charlie Bragg, Roger Tucker, Joey Watson – engineer

Track listing:

  1. The Color of Love – Billy Edd Wheeler
  2. Saturday Night in Hickman County – Johnny Cash
  3. Allegheny – Chris Gantry
  4. Life Has Its Little Ups and Down – Margaret Ann Rich
  5. Matthew 24 (is Knocking at the Door) – Johnny Cash
  6. The City of New Orleans – Steve Goodman
  7. Tony – D. C. Powers
  8. The Pine Tree – Billy Edd Wheeler
  9. We’re for Love – Reba Hancock, M. S. Tubb
  10. Godshine – D. C. Powers

Johnny Cash: Johnny 99

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On August 29, 1983, “Columbia” label released “Johnny 99”, the 69th Johnny Cash album. It was recorded in April 1983, at “Magnolia” in Hollywood, and was produced by Brian Ahern.

Personnel:

  • Johnny Cash – vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Hoyt Axton, Barbara Bennett, Donivan Cowart, Lynn Langham – vocals
  • June Carter – vocals
  • James Burton – electric guitar
  • Bob Wootton – electric guitar
  • Brian Ahern – gut-string guitar, 6-string bass, tambourine, arrangements
  • Tim Goodman – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, slide guitar, 6-string bass, banjo
  • Marty Stuart – acoustic and electric guitar, mandolin
  • David Mansfield – mandolin, mandocello, fiddle
  • Glen D. Hardin – keyboards
  • Nick DeCaro – accordion
  • Jo-El Sonnier – accordion
  • Norton Buffalo – harmonica
  • Jerry Scheff – bass guitar
  • Hal Blaine – drums
  • Jack Grochmal, Donivan Cowart, Brian Ahern – engineer
  • John Seakwood – photography

Track listing:

  1. Highway Patrolman – Bruce Springsteen
  2. That’s the Truth – Paul Kennerley
  3. God Bless Robert E. Lee – Bobby Hutcherson, Mack Vickery
  4. New Cut Road – Guy Clark
  5. Johnny 99 – Bruce Springsteen
  6. Ballad of the Ark – Steven Rhymer
  7. Joshua Gone Barbados – Eric Von Schmidt
  8. Girl from the Canyon – Carolina Edwards, Jonathan Edwards
  9. Brand New Dance – Paul Kennerley
  10. The Ragged but I’m Right – George Jones

Wynton Marsalis: The Marciac Suite

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On August 22, 2000, “Columbia” label released “The Marciac Suite”, album by Wynton Marsalis Septet (the 25th Wynton Marsalis album overall). Wynton Marsalis recorded the music for the annual “Jazz in Marciac” festival. The album was originally included as a bonus disc with the “Swinging into the 21st series”, released in 1999.It was recorded in 1999, at “Jazz in Maricac” festival, and was produced by Delfeayo Marsalis.

Personnel:

  • Wynton Marsalis – trumpet
  • Wessell Anderson – alto saxophone
  • Victor Goines – tenor vocals, soprano saxophone, bass clarinet
  • Wycliffe Gordon – trombone
  • Cyrus Chestnut – piano
  • Eric Lewis – piano
  • Farid Barron – piano
  • Marthaniel Roberts – piano
  • Rodney Whitaker – bass
  • Herlin Rilet – drums
  • Roland Guerrero – percussion

Track listing:

  1. Loose Duck
  2. The Big Top
  3. Jean-Louis is Everywhere
  4. Mademoiselle d’Gascony
  5. Armagnac Dreams
  6. Marciac Fun
  7. For My Kids at the Collège of Marciac
  8. Marciac Moon
  9. d’Artagnan
  10. Guy Lafitte
  11. B Is for Boussaget (and Bass)
  12. In the House of Laberriere
  13. Sunflowers