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Wynton Marsalis: Uptown Ruler: Soul Gestures in Southern Blue, Vol. 2

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On July 30, 1999, “Columbia” label released “Uptown Ruler: Soul Gestures in Southern Blue, Vol. 2”, the twelve Wynton Marsalis album. It is part two of the three-part blues cycle recorded by Marsalis and his quintet, and was recorded at “BMG Studios” in New York City, and was produced by George Butler.

Personnel:

  • Wynton Marsalis – trumpet
  • Todd Williams – tenor saxophone
  • Marcus Roberts – piano, alto saxophone
  • Reginald Veal – double bass, trombone
  • Herlin Riley – double bass, drums
  • Stanley Crouch – liner notes
  • George Butler – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Wynton Marsalis, except where noted.

  1. Psalm 26
  2. Uptown Ruler
  3. The Truth Is Spoken Here – Marcus Robert
  4. The Burglar – Todd Williams
  5. Prayer
  6. Harmonique
  7. Down Home with Homey
  8. Psalm 26

Wynton Marsalis: Thick in the South: Soul Gestures in Southern Blue, Vol. 1

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On July 30, 1991, “Columbia” label released “Thick in the South: Soul Gestures in Southern Blue, Vol. 1”, the eleventh Wynton Marsalis album. It was recorded in 1991, at “BMG Studios” in New York City, and was produced by George Butler and Steven Epstein.

Personnel:

  • Wynton Marsalis – trumpet
  • Joe Henderson – tenor saxophone
  • Marcus Roberts – piano
  • Robert Hurst – double bass
  • Elvin Jones – drums
  • Jeff “Tain” Watts – drums
  • Dennis Ferrante – engineer
  • Tim Geelan – engineer
  • Stanley Crouch – liner notes
  • George Butler – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Wynton Marsalis.

  1. Harriet Tubman
  2. Elveen
  3. Thick in the South
  4. So This is Jazz, Huh?
  5. L.C. on the Cut

Neil Diamond: Three Chord Opera

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On July 24, 2001, “Columbia” label released “Three Chord Opera”, the twenty-fifth Neil Diamond studio album. It was recorded 2000 – 2001, at “Arch Angel Studios” in Los Angeles, “Sony Pictures Studios” in Culver City, California, and was produced by Peter Asher and Alan Lindgren.

Personnel:

  • Neil Diamond – lead vocals
  • Hadley Hockensmith – acoustic and electric guitar, 12-string guitar
  • Doug Rhone – acoustic and electric guitar, tiple 
  • Michael Thompson – electric guitar
  • Jaydee Manes – pedal steel guitar
  • Alan Lindgren – piano, keyboards, Hammond organ, drums, percussion, programming, arrangements, conductor
  • Tom Hensley – piano, Fender Rhodes
  • Dominic Ordinaire – accordion
  • Reinie Press – bass
  • Chuck Domanico – bass
  • Ron Tutt – drums
  • Russ Kunkel – drums
  • Peter Asher – percussion, autoharp, backing vocals, programming
  • Vince Charles – percussion, tambourine, steel drums, congas, marimba
  • Everette Harp – tenor saxophone
  • Emilio Castillo – tenor saxophone
  • Norbert Satchel – tenor saxophone
  • Larry Klimas – tenor saxophone
  • Don Markese – baritone saxophone, clarinet
  • Stephen “Doc” Kupka – baritone saxophone
  • Daniel Fornero – trumpet
  • Ralf Rickert – trumpet
  • Greg Adams – trumpet, horn arrangements
  • Adolfo Acosta – trumpet
  • Michael Bogart – trumpet, trombone
  • Assa Drori – concertmaster, violin
  • Evan Wilson – violin
  • Shari Zippert – violin
  • Susie Katayama – cello
  • Linda Press – harmony vocals
  • Colin Mitchell – backing vocals
  • Wendy Worth – backing vocals
  • Alvin Chea – backing vocals
  • Craig Copeland – backing vocals
  • Randy Crenshaw – backing vocals
  • Robert Joyce – backing vocals
  • Luana Jackman – chorus master, vocal contractor
  • Marc Mann – backing vocals, programming, sequencing
  • Jeff Turzo – additional programming
  • Bernie Becker – recording, mixing, mastering
  • Colin Mitchell – recording assistant
  • Alan Mason – mixing assistant
  • Gabrielle Raumberger – art direction
  • Samantha Ahdoot – design
  • Rocky Schenck – photography
  • Ivy Skoff – production coordination
  • Sam Cole – album coordination

Track listing:

All tracks by Neil Diamond.

  1. I Haven’t Played This Song in Years
  2. Don’t Look Down
  3. I Believe in Happy Endings
  4. At the Movies
  5. Midnight Dream
  6. You Are the Best Part of Me
  7. Baby Let’s Drive
  8. My Special Someone
  9. A Mission of Love
  10. Elijah’s Song
  11. Leave a Little Room for God
  12. Turn Down the Lights

Firesign Theater: Don’t Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me the Pliers

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On July 22, 1970, “Columbia” label released “Don’t Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me the Pliers”, the third Firesign Theatre album. It was recorded April – May 1970, and was produced by Bill Driml, Phil Austin, Peter Bergman, David Ossman and Phil Proctor. In 1983, “The New Rolling Stone Record Guide” called it “The Greatest Comedy Album Ever Made”. In 2005, the “US Library of Congress” added the album to the “National Recording Registry” and called the Firesign Theatre “The Beatles of Comedy.”

Personnel:

  • Phil Austin
  • Peter Bergman
  • David Ossman
  • Phil Proctor
  • Anna-Lee Austin – spoken parts
  • Thaddeus Warrick and the Mindermast Mental Music Hall One-Man Sympathy Orchestra
  • The St. Louis Aquarium Choraleers (including Anna-Lee Austin, Jane Dansie, Tiny Ossman, Elisabeth Plumb, John Kinick, Cathleen O’Mara)
  • The Android Sisters
  • Robert Grossman – cover art
  • John Rose, Elisabeth Plumb – back cover photography
  • James William Guercio – co-production

Track listing:

All tracks by Phil Austin, Peter Bergman, David Ossman and Phil Proctor

  1. This Side
  2. The Other Side

Dave Brubeck: Brubeck Plays Brubeck

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On July 16, 1956, “Columbia” label released “Brubeck Plays Brubeck”, the 18th Dave Brubeck album. It was recorded in April 1956, at Dave Brubeck’s House in Oakland, and was produced by George Avakian.

Personnel:

  • Dave Brubeck – piano
  • S. Neil Fujita – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Dave Brubeck.

  1. Swing Bells
  2. Walkin’ Line
  3. In Your Own Sweet Way
  4. Two-Part Contention
  5. Weep No More
  6. The Duke
  7. When I Was Young
  8. One Moment Worth Years
  9. The Waltz

Bob Dylan And The Band: The Basement Tapes

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On June 26, 1975, “Columbia” label released “The Basement Tapes”, the second Bob Dylan and the Band album (sixteenth Bob Dylan album overall). It was recorded June – September 1967, 1968 and 1975, and was produced by Bob Dylan, Robbie Robertson, Garth Hudson, Richard Manuel, Rick Danko and Levon Helm.

Personnel:

  • Bob Dylan – vocals, acoustic guitar, piano
  • Robbie Robertson – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, drums, backing vocals
  • Garth Hudson – Lowrey organ, clavinet, accordion, tenor saxophone, piano
  • Richard Manuel – vocals, piano, drums, harmonica, vocals
  • Rick Danko – bass guitar, mandolin, backing vocals
  • Levon Helm – vocals, drums, mandolin, bass guitar
  • Bob Cato – art director
  • Reid Miles – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Bob Dylan, except where noted.

  1. Odds and Ends
  2. Orange Juice Blues (Blues for Breakfast) – Richard Manuel
  3. Million Dollar Bash
  4. Yazoo Street Scandal – Robbie Robertson
  5. Goin’ to Acapulco
  6. Katie’s Been Gone – Richard Manuel, Robbie Robertson
  7. Lo and Behold!
  8. Bessie Smith – Rick Danco, Robbie Robertson
  9. Clothes Line Saga
  10. Apple Sucking Tree
  11. Please, Mrs. Henry
  12. Tears of Rage – Bob Dylan, Richard Manuel

James Taylor: JT

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On June 22, 1977, “Columbia” label released “JT”, the eighth James Taylor studio album. It was recorded March – April 1977, at “The Sound Factory” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Peter Asher.

Personnel:

  • James Taylor – lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Danny Kortchmar – guitars
  • Dan Dugmore – steel guitar
  • Dr. Clarence McDonald – keyboards
  • Leland Sklar – bass guitar
  • Russ Kunkel – drums, castanets, wood block, tambourine, handclaps 
  • Peter Asher – tambourine, cowbell, castanets, cabasa, wood block, handclaps 
  • David Sanborn – saxophone
  • Red Callender – tuba
  • David Campbell – viola, string arrangements, conductor
  • Linda Ronstadt – harmony vocals
  • Carly Simon – harmony vocals
  • Leah Kunkel – backing vocals
  • Val Garay – recording, mixing
  • Doug Sax – mastering
  • John Kosh – art direction, design
  • David Alexander – front cover, sleeve photos
  • Jim Shea – back cover, inside photos

Track listing:

All tracks by James Taylor, except where noted.

  1. Your Smiling Faces
  2. There We Are
  3. Honey Don’t Leave L.A. – Danny Kortchmar
  4. Another Grey Morning
  5. Bartender’s Blues
  6. Secret O’ Life
  7. Handy Man – Otis Blackwell, Jimmy Jones
  8. I Was Only Telling a Lie
  9. Looking for Love on Broadway
  10. Terra Nova – Carly Simon, James Taylor
  11. Traffic Jam
  12. If I Keep My heart Out of My Sigh

Blue Öyster Cult: Mirrors

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On June 19, 1979, “Columbia” label released “Mirrors”, the sixth Blue Öyster Cult studio album. It was recorded in 1979, at “Kendun Recorders” in Burbank, California, and was produced by Tom Werman.

Personnel:

  • Eric Bloom – vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Donald “Buck Dharma” Roeser – vocals, lead guitar
  • Allen Lanier – keyboards, guitar
  • Joe Bouchard – vocals, bass
  • Albert Bouchard – vocals, drums
  • Mickey Raphael – harmonica
  • Jai Winding – strings  
  • Genya Ravan – backing vocals 
  • Ellen Foley – backing vocals
  • Wendy Webb – backing vocals
  • Gary Ladinsky – engineer, mixing
  • Loren Salazar – painting

Track listing:

  1. Dr. Music – Joe Bouchard, Donald Roeser, Richard Meltzer
  2. The Great Dun Jester – Eric Bloom, Michael Moorcock, John Trivers
  3. In Thee – Allen Lanier
  4. Mirrors – Donal Roeser, Bruce Abbott
  5. Moon Crazy – Joe Bouchard
  6. The Vigil – Donald Roeser, Sandra Roeser
  7. I Am the Storm – Joe Bouchard, Ronald Binder
  8. You’re Not the One (I Was Looking For) – Albert Bouchard, Caryn Bouchard
  9. Lonely Teardrops – Allen Lanier

Our Leady Peace: Gravity

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On June 18, 2002, “Columbia” label released “Gravity”, the fifth Our Lady Peace studio album. It was recorded November 2001 – February 2002, at “Plantation Mixing and Recording” in Haiku, Hawaii, and was produced by Bob Rock.

Personnel:

  • Raine Maida – vocals
  • Steve Mazur – guitars
  • Jamie Edwards – keyboards, guitars, string arrangements
  • Duncan Coutts – bass guitar
  • Jeremy Taggart – drums
  • Mike Turner – rhythm guitar
  • Bob Buckley – additional string arrangements
  • Mike Gillies – digital engineering, editing
  • Eric Helmkamp – second engineer
  • Randy Staub – mixing
  • Zach Blackstone – mixing assistant
  • George Marino – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Raine Maida, except where noted.

  1. All For You – Raine Maida, Jeremy Taggart, Duncan Coutts, Jamie Edwards, Mike Turner
  2. Do You Like It
  3. Somewhere Out There
  4. Innocent
  5. Made of Steel
  6. Not Enough
  7. Sell My Soul
  8. Sorry
  9. Bring Back the Sun – Raine Maida, Jeremy Taggart, Duncan Coutts, Jamie Edwards, Mike Turner
  10. A Story About a Girl – Raine Maida, Jeremy Taggart, Duncan Coutts, Jamie Edwards, Mike Turner

Loudon Wainwright: Album III

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On June 15, 1972, “Columbia” label released “Album III”, the third Loudon Wainwright III studio album. It was recorded in 1972, at “Marquee Studios” in London, and was produced by Thomas Jefferson Kaye.

Personnel:

  • Loudon Wainwright III – vocals, guitar
  • Thomas Jefferson Kaye – guitar, rhythm guitar, arrangements
  • Charlie Brown III – guitar, electric guitar
  • Elliott Randall – electric guitar
  • Jimmy Ryan – guitar
  • Hugh McCracken – guitar
  • Eric Weissberg – dobro, guitar
  • Bill Keith – banjo, steel guitar
  • Teddy Wender – piano
  • “Sailor” Bob Schmidt – harmonica
  • Don Payne – electric bass
  • Tom Watson – electric bass
  • Richard Davis – bass
  • Richard Crooks – drums
  • David Sanborn – saxophone
  • David Amram – French horn
  • Kenny Kosek – fiddle, violin
  • White Cloud – Charles Brown III, Richard Crooks, Thomas Jefferson Kaye, Kenneth Kosek, Don Payne, Teddy Wender
  • Brooks Arthur – engineer, mixing
  • Fred Lombardi – cover photography
  • Milton Kramer – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Loudon Wainwright III, except where noted.

  1. Dead Skunk
  2. Red Guitar
  3. East Indian Princess
  4. Muse Blues
  5. Hometeam Crowd
  6. B Side
  7. Needless To Say
  8. Smokey Joe’s Café – Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
  9. New Paint
  10. Trilogy
  11. Drinking Song
  12. Say That You Love Me