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Three Dog Night: Hard Labor

On March 6, 1974, “Dunhill” label released “Hard Labor”, the eleventh Three Dog Night album. It was recorded in 1973, at “Record Plant” in Sausalito, California, and was produced by Jimmy Lenner.

Personnel:

  • Danny Hutton – lead and backing vocals, arrangements
  • Chuck Negron – lead and backing vocals, arrangements
  • Cory Wells – lead and backing vocals, arrangements
  • Mike Allsup – banjo, guitars, arrangements
  • Jimmy Greenspoon – keyboard, arrangements
  • Skip Konte – keyboard, ARP, chamberlin, arrangements
  • Jack Ryland – bass, arrangements
  • Joe Schermie – bass, arrangements
  • Floyd Sneed – percussion, drums, arrangements
  • Greg Calbi, Dennis Ferrante, Jimmy Lenner, Jay Messina, Tom Rabstenek, John Stronach – engineer
  • Corky Stasiak – engineer assistant
  • Roy Cicala – engineer, remix
  • Jim Messina – engineer, remix
  • Ed Caraeff – art direction, photography
  • David Larkham – design

Track listing:

  1. Prelude – public domain
  2. Sure As I’m Sittin’ Here – John Hiatt
  3. Anytime Baby – Larry Weiss
  4. Put Out the Light – Daniel Moore
  5. Sitting in Limbo – Gully Bright, Jimmy Cliff
  6. I’d Be So Happy – Skip Prokop
  7. Play Something Sweet (Brickyard Blues) – Allen Toussaint
  8. On the Way Back Home – Daniel Moore
  9. The Show Must Go On – David Courtney, Leo Sayer

Roger Daltrey: Daltrey

Daltrey

On April 20, 1973, “Track” label released “Daltrey”, the debut Roger Daltrey solo album. It was recorded January – February 1973, at “Barn Studios”, “Apple Studios”, and “Nova Studios”, and was produced by David Courtney and Adam Faith.

Personnel:

  • Roger Daltrey- lead vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Jimmy Page- guitar
  • Russ Ballard- guitar, piano
  • Brian Cole- steel guitar
  • Dave Courtney- piano
  • Dave Wintour- bass guitar
  • Bob Henrit- drums
  • Roy Young Band- brass
  • Dave Arbus- violin
  • Del Newman -string arrangements
  • John Mills – recording
  • Richard Dubb – recording
  • George Peckham- cutting engineer
  • Nigel Oliver – tape operator

Track listing:

All tracks by David Courtney and Leo Sayer, except where noted.

  1. One Man Band
  2. The Way of the World – Adam Faith,David Courtney
  3. You Are Yourself
  4. Thinking
  5. You and Me – Adam Faith, David Courtney
  6. It’s a Hard Life
  7. Giving it All Away
  8. The Story So Far
  9. When the Music Stops
  10. Reasons
  11. One Man Band (reprise)