In September 1974, “RCA” label released “Cosmic Vortex – Justice Divine”, the third Weldon Irvine album. It was recorded in 1974, at “RCA’s Studio D” in New York City, and was produced by Weldon Irvine.
On June 1, 1972, “Atlantic” label released “Amazing Grace”, the fourth Aretha Franklin live album. It was recorded in January 1972, at the “New Temple Missionary Baptist Church”, and was produced by Jerry Wexler, Aretha Franklin and Arif Mardin. In 1973, Aretha Franklin won “Grammy Award” for “Best Soul Gospel Performance”. The album was certified 2 x Platinum in US by “RIAA”.
Personnel:
Aretha Franklin – lead vocals, piano, celesta, arrangements
Rev. C.L. Franklin – vocals
Rev. James Cleveland – lead vocals, piano, choir director
Rev. Alexander Hamilton – choir director assistant
On May 19, 1971, “Atlantic” label released “Aretha Live at Fillmore West”, the third Aretha Franklin studio album. It was recorded in March 1971, at “Filmore West Concert Hall”, in San Francsico, and was produced by Jerry Wexler.
Personnel:
Aretha Franklin – vocals, Fender Rhodes
Cornell Dupree – guitar
Truman Thomas – piano
Ray Charles – piano
Billy Preston – organ
Jerry Jemmott – bass
Bernard Purdie – drums
Pancho Morales – congas
King Curtis – saxophone, orchestra leader
Memphis Horns – horns
Brenda Bryant, Margaret Branch, Pat Smith – backing vocals
Arif Mardin – horn arrangements
Larry Wilcox – horn arrangements
Tom Dowd – horn arrangements
Track listing:
Respect – Otis Redding
Love the One Youy’re With – Stephen Stills
Bridge Over Troubled Water – Paul Simon
Eleanor Rigby – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
Make It with You – David Gates
Don’t Play That Song – Ahmet Ertegun, Betty Nelson
Dr. Feelgood – Aretha Franklin
Spirit in the Dark – Aretha Franklin
Spirit in the Dark (reprise with Ray Charles) – Aretha Franklin
Reach Out and Touch – Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson
In January 1973, “Atlantic” label released “Hush ‘N’ Thunder”, the 31st Yusef Lateef album. It was recorded May – September 1972, at “Regent Sound Studios” and “Atlantic Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Joel Dorn.
Personnel:
Yusef Lateef – tenor saxophone, flute, shannai
Kenny Barron – piano, electric piano
Ray Bryant – piano
Al White – organ
Cornell Dupree, Keith Loving, David Spinozza – guitar
On January 16, 1970, “Atlantic” label released “New Routes”, the fourth Lulu studio album. It was recorded September – October 1969, at “Muscle Shoals Sound Studio” in Sheffield, Alabama, and was produced by Arif Mardin, Tom Dowd and Jerry Wexler.
Personnel:
Lulu – vocals
Duane Allman – guitar
Cornell Dupree, Charlie Freeman, Eddie Hinton – guitar
Jim Dickinson – guitar, piano
Jimmy Johnson – guitar, engineer
Barry Beckett – keyboards
Michael Utley – organ
David Hood, Tommy McClure – bass guitar
Roger Hawkins – drums
Martin Greene – engineer
Stephen Paley – photography
Track listing:
Marley Purt Drive – Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb
In the Morning – Barry Gibb
People in Love – Eddie Hinton, Grady Smith
After All (I Live My Life) – Jim Doris, Frankie Miller
In November 1972, “Kudu” label released “We Got a Good Thing Going”, the thirteenth Hank Crawford album. It was recorded September – October 1972, at “Van Gelder Studios” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.
Personnel:
Hank Crawford – alto saxophone
Richard Tee – piano, electric piano, organ
George Benson, Cornell Dupree – electric guitar
Ron Carter, Gordon Edwards – double bass, electric bass
Bernard Purdie – drums
Phil Kraus – vibraphone, orchestra bells
Art Jenkins – congas, tambourine
Max Ellen, Paul Gershman, Emanuel Green, Harold Kohon, Harry Lookofsky, Joe Malin, David Nadien, Elliot Rosoff, Irving Spice – violin
Al Brown, Harold Coletta, Ted Israel – viola
Charles McCracken, George Ricci – cello
Margaret Ross – harp
Bob James, Don Sebesky – arrangements, conductor
Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
Track listing:
We Got a Good Thing Going – The Corporation
I Don’t Know – Bill Withers
Down to Earth – Ron Miller, Avery Vandenberg
I’m Just a Lucky So-and-So – Duke Ellington, Mack David
Imagination – Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke
Little Tear – Don Sebesky
The Christmas Song – Mel Tormé, Robert Wells
Winter Wonderland – Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith
On November 19, 1971, “Mainstream” label released “Trees and Grass and Things”, the second Charles Williams studio album. It was recorded in 1971, in New York City, and was produced by Bob Shad.
Personnel:
Charles Williams – alto saxophone
David “Bubba” Brooks – tenor saxophone
Cornell Dupree – guitar
Don Pullen – piano, organ
Jimmy Lewis – electric bass
Bill Curtis – drums
Montego Joe – congas
Track listing:
All tracks by Charles Williams, except where noted.
Trees and Grass and Things – Don Pullen
Chop! Chop! – Charles Williams, Don Pullen, William Curtis, David Brooks
On November 11, 1972, “Mainstream” label released “Stickball”, the third Charles Williams studio album. It was recorded in 1972, in New York City, and was produced by Bob Shad.
Personnel:
Charles Williams – alto saxophone
Randy Brecker – flugelhorn
Chris Woods – alto and baritone saxophone
David “Bubba” Brooks – tenor saxophone
Frank Wess – tenor saxophone, flute
Don Pullen – organ
Paul Griffin – electric piano
Cornell Dupree, David Spinozza – electric guitar
Gordon Edwards – Fender Jazz bass
Clyde Lucas – drums
Ray Barretto – congas
David Carey – congas, marimba
Ernie Wilkins – strings arangements, conductor
Track listing:
Who Is He (And What Is He to You)? – Bill Withers, Stan McKenny
People Make the World Go ‘Round – Thom Bell, Linda Creed
Where Is the Love – Ralph MacDonald William Salter
On September 10, 2002, “Artemis” label released “Sleepless” the sixth Peter Wolf album. It was recorded in 2002, at “Sear Sound”, “Avatar”, “Globe Studios” and “Red House” in New York City, “Woolly Mammoth Sound” in Boston, and was produced by Kenny White and Peter Wolf. Magazine “Rolling Stone”, ranked “Sleepless” on number 427 on its list of “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.
Personnel:
Peter Wolf – vocals
Mick Jagger – vocals, harmonica
Steve Earle – vocals
Larry Campbell – acoustic and electric guitars, mandolin, fiddle, pedal steel guitar, resonator guitar, backing vocals
Duke Levine – mandolin, electric guitar, baritone guitar
Angelo Petraglia – acoustic guitar
Cornell Dupree – guitars
Stuart Kimball – electric guitar
Keith Richards – vocals, electric guitar
Kenny White – organ, acoustic piano, acoustic guitar, Wurlitzer electric piano, backing vocals
Brian Mitchell – accordion
Magic Dick – harmonica
Tony Garnier – acoustic bass
Warren McRae – electric bass
John Conte – electric bass
Paul Ossola – acoustic bass
Shawn Pelton – drums, drum loop
Kevin Shurtleff – additional drums, percussion
Charley Drayton – drums
Dan Reiser – drums
Sammy Merendino – additional percussion
Crispin Cioe – alto saxophone
Arno Hecht – tenor saxophone
Larry Etkin – trumpet
Bob Funk – tenor trombone
Rob Eaton – backing vocals
Teresa Williams – backing vocals
Ada Dyer – backing vocals
Cire Jones – backing vocals
Catherine Russell – backing vocals
Milt Grayson – bass vocals
Fred Griffith – backing vocals
Rob Eaton – recording, mixing
Ben Wisch – recording, mixing
Phil Greene – mixing
Dave Westner – additional engineering, mixing
Chris Rival – additional engineering
Tom Waltz – additional engineering
John Weston – additional engineering
Steve Mazur – engineer assistant
Jacques Obadia – engineer assistant
Bob Ludwig – mastering
Frank Olinsky – design, cover photography
Joe Greene – photography
Karen Rome – project coordinator
Jill Dell’Abate – session coordinator
Track listing:
Growin’ Pain – Angelo Petraglia, Peter Wolf
Nothin’ but the Wheel – John Scott Sherrill
A Lot of Good Ones Gone – Will Jennings, Peter Wolf
Never Like This Before – Isaac Hayes, Booker T. Jones, David Porter
Run Silent, Run Deep – Timothy S. Mayer, Peter Wolf
Homework – Dave Clark, Al Perkins, Otis Rush
Five O’Clock Angel – Will Jennings, Peter Wolf
Hey Jordan – Will Jennings, Peter Wolf
Too Close Together – Sonny Boy Williamson
Some Things You Don’t Want to Know – Will Jennings, Peter Wolf
On September 6, 1979, “Atlantic” label released “La Diva”, the twenty-fifth Aretha Franklin studio album. It was recorded February – May 1979, at “Penny Lane Studios” in New York City, “Record Plant” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Aretha Franklin, Van McCoy, Skip Scarborough and Charles Kipps.
Personnel:
Aretha Franklin – lead and backing vocals, rhythm arrangements
Jack Cavari, Cornell Dupree, Tom Hanlon – guitar
Van McCoy – keyboards, backing vocals, rhythm arrangements
Kenneth Ascher, Richard Tee, Paul Griffin – keyboards
Ken Bichel – synthesizer, orchestra bells
Brian Aslop, Gordon Edwards – bass guitar
Chris Parker – drums
Errol “Crusher” Bennett, George Devens – percussion
