On May 25, 1990, “RCA” label released “A Night on the Town”, the third and final studio album by Bruce Hornsby and the Range. It was recorded 1989 – 1990, at “Record One” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Don Gehman and Bruce Hornsby.
Personnel:
Bruce Hornsby – lead vocals, grand piano, synthesizer, accordion
George Marinelli – guitar, mandolin, backing vocals
Joe Puerta – bass, backing vocals
John Molo – drums
Jerry Garcia – guitar
David Mansfield – guitar, violin
Béla Fleck – banjo
Jimmie Wood – harmonica
Charlie Haden – upright bass
Wayne Shorter – saxophone
Laura Creamer, Fred White, Bridgette Bryant, Shaun Murphy, Shawn Colvin, David Lasley, Arnold McCuller – backing vocals
Ed Thacker – engineer, mixing
Eddie King – engineer
Steve “Sound” Cormier, Don Gehman – additional engineering
Don Bosworth, Robin Laine-Levine, Ted Pattison, John “Chamberlin” Pilatus, Neal Pogue, Chris Winter – engineer assistant
Stephen Marcussen – mastering
Paul Johnson – keyboard technician
Norman Moore, Ria Lewerke – art direction
Peter Miller – photography
Sharona Sabbag – production coorinator
Track listing:
All tracks by Bruce Hornsby and John Hornsby, except where noted.
On March 28, 1988, “Virgin” label released “Wish”, the second Feargal Sharkey studio album. It was recorded in 1987, at “A&M Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Danny Kortchmar.
Personnel:
Feargal Sharkey – vocals
Charley Drayton – guitar, backing vocals
Keith Richards – guitar
Waddy Wachtel – guitar
Jack Sherman – electric 12-string
Danny Kortchmar – guitar, bass
Mark Goldenberg – organ, synthesizer, guitar
Mike Finnigan – organ
Benmont Tench – organ
David Paich – synthesizer, piano
Maggie Lee – synthesizer, backing vocals
Bob Glaub – bass
Leland Sklar – bass
Steve Jordan – drums
Russ Kunkel – percussion
Jimmy “Z” Zavala – saxophone, harmonica
Anthony J. Davies – cello, keyboards, dube, backing vocals
Beverly D’Angelo – backing vocals
David Lasley – backing vocals
Arnold McCuller – backing vocals
Myna Smith Schilling – backing vocals
Gary Wathen – art direction
Richard Haughton – photography
Track listing:
Cold, Cold Streets – Danny Kortchmar, David Lasley, Feargal Sharkey
More Love – Benmont Tench
Full Confession – Danny Kortchmar, Feragal Sharkey, Tim Daly
Please Don’t believe in Me – David A. Stewart, Feargal Sharkey, Tim Daly
Out of My System – Eddie Chacon, Suzanne Valentine
If This is Love – Feargal Sharkey, Maggie Lee, Tim Daly
Strangest Girl in Paradise – Danny Kortchmar, Feargal Sharkey
Blue Days – Danny Kortchmar, Feargal Sharkey, Waddy Eachtel
On January 8, 1976, “Atlantic” label released “Songs for the New Depression”, the third Bette Midler studio album. It was recorded 1972 – 1976, at “Secret Sound Studio” New York, N.Y., “Electric Lady” and “Media Sound Studios” in New York, N.Y., “Atlantic Recording Studios” in New York, N.Y., and was produced by Bette Midler, Joel Dorn, Ahmet Ertegün, Arif Mardin, Mark “Moogy” Klingman, and Jack Malken.
Personnel:
Bette Midler – lead and backing vocals, assistant engineer
Glaswegians Orchestra – arranged and conducted by Arif Mardin
Moogy Klingman – piano, electric piano, RMI Computer keyboard, Mini Korg synthesizer, harmonica, arranger and conductor
Ralph Schuckett – acoustic piano, clavinet, organ, Sound City piano, harmonium, string ensemble, arranger, conductor
Bob Dylan – vocals
Dick Hyman – piano
David Spinozza – guitar
Jerry Friedman – guitar
Todd Rundgren – guitar, backing vocals
Dave Webster – slide guitar
Rick Derringer – pedal steel guitar
Eric Weissberg – banjo, mandolin
Don Brooks – harmonica
Sivuca – accordion
Dominic Cortese – accordion
Boris Matusewitch – concertina
John Siegler – bass guitar
Milt Hinton – acoustic bass, bass guitar
John Miller – acoustic bass
Teddy Sommer – drums, percussion
Mark Rosengarden – drums, percussion
Steve Gadd – drums
John Wilcox – drums
Barbara Burton – percussion
Angel Allende – percussion
Jack Malken – additional percussion
Norman Pride – conga
Randy Brecker – horns, trumpet solo
Michael Brecker – horns
Barry Rogers – horns
Mel Davis – trumpet
William Siapin – flute
John Lissauer – saxophone, chimes, arranger, conductor
David Nadien – strings
Barry Finclair – strings
Raul Poliakin – strings
Tony Posk – strings
Gene Orloff – strings
Harry Lookofsky – strings
Charles McCracken – strings
Jessy Levy – strings
Harry Lookofsky – violin
Matthew Raimondi – violin
Emanuel Green – violin
Kenny Kosek – fiddle
Luther Vandross – arranger, backing vocals
Dianne Sumler – backing vocals
David Lasley – backing vocals
Erin Dickins – backing vocals
Annie Sutton – backing vocals
Donny Beard – backing vocals
Charlotte Crossley – backing vocals
Leata Galloway – backing vocals
Ben Harney – backing vocals
Rhetta Hughes – backing vocals
Thomas Moore – backing vocals
Ula Hedwig – backing vocals
Sharon Redd – backing vocals
Ramona Stubblefield – backing vocals
Clifford Townsend – backing vocals
Revelation – backing vocals
Rosie – backing vocals
Gotham – backing vocals
Arif Mardin – arranger, conductor, backing vocals, remix
Marty Nelson – vocal arranger
Jan Rathbun – engineer
Jack Malken – recording and remix engineer
Lew Hahn – recording and remix engineer
Gerry Block – assistant engineer
Dave Wittman – assistant engineer
Deborah Turbville – photography
Michaele Vollbracht – shopping bag
Kenn Duncan – poster photos
Richard Amsel – inner sleeve illustration
Track listing:
Strangers in the Night – Bert Kaempfert, Charles Singleton, Eddie Snyder
I Don’t Want the Night to End – Phoebe Snow
Mr. Rockefeller – Jerry Blatt, Bette Midler
Old Cape Cod – Claire Rothrock, Allan Jeffrey, Milton Yakus
Buckets of Rain – Bob Dylan
Love Says It’s Waiting – Nick Holmes
Shiver Me Timbers / Samedi et Vendredi – Tom Waits, Bette Midler, Moogy Klingman
On September 20, 1977, “Polydor” label released “Ringo the 4th”, the sixth Ringo Starr studio album. It was recorded February – June 1977, in Cherokee, Los Angeles, Atlantic, and New York City, and was produced by Arif Mardin.
Personnel:
Ringo Starr– lead vocals, drums
David Spinozza– guitar
John Tropea– guitar
Jeff Mironov – guitar
Cornell Dupree– guitar
Lon Van Eaton– guitar
Dick Fegy – guitar
Danny Kortchmar– guitar
David Bromberg– guitar
Tony Levin– bass guitar
Chuck Rainey– bass guitar
Hugh McDonald– bass guitar
Don Grolnick– keyboards
David Foster– keyboards, clavinet, piano
Richard Tee– clavinet, piano
Jeff Gutcheon – keyboards
Ken Bichel– keyboards
Steve Gadd– drums
Michael Brecker– saxophone
Randy Brecker– trumpet
Don Brooks– harmonica
Arnold McCuller – backing vocals
Brie Howard– backing vocals
David Lasley – backing vocals
Debra Gray – backing vocals
Duitch Helmer – backing vocals
Jimmy Gilstrap – backing vocals
Joe Bean – backing vocals
Luther Vandross– backing vocals
Lynn Pitney – backing vocals
Marietta Waters – backing vocals
Maxine Anderson – backing vocals
Melissa Manchester– backing vocals
Rebecca Louis – backing vocals
Robin Clark– backing vocals
Vini Poncia– backing vocals
Bette Midler– backing vocals
Track listing:
Drowning in the Sea of Love – Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff
Tango All Night – Steve Hague, Tom Seufert
Wings – Richard Starkey, Vini Poncia
Gave It All Up – Richard Starkey, Vini Poncia
Out on the Streets – Richard Starkey, Vini Poncia
Can She Do It Like She Dances – Steve Duboff, Gerry Robinson
Sneaking Sally Through the Alley – Allen Toussaint
It’s No Secret – Richard Starkey, Vini Poncia
Gypsies in the Flight – Richard Starkey, Vini Poncia
On April 13, 1982, “Epic” label released “Let Me Know You”, the eighth Stanley Clarke studio album. It was recorded in 1982, at “Larrabee Sound Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Stanley Clarke.
Personnel:
Stanley Clarke– vocals, bass, piccolo bass, tenor bass, electric bass, solo bass, electric bass solo, guitar, sitar, Roland bass synthesizer
Darlene Love– backing vocals
David Lasley– backing vocals
Marcy Levy– backing vocals
Denzil A. Miller Jr. – acoustic piano, Fender Rhodes electric piano, Moog synthesizer, mini moog
Greg Phillinganes– Fender Rhodes electric piano, mini moog
Todd Cochran– Fender Rhodes electric piano
Michael Sembello– guitar
Carlos Santana– guitar solo
Roger Linn– drums
Gordon Peeke – drums
Paulinho da Costa– drums, percussion
Rick Shlosser– drums
Steve Ferrone– drums
Leon “Ndugu” Chancler– drums
Steve Forman – percussion
Steven Lederman – additional vocals effects
Armand Kaproff – cello
Douglas L. Davis – cello
Earl S. Madison – cello
Paula Hochhalter – cello
Dorothy Remsen – harp
Charles C. Loper – trombone
Dick Hyde– trombone
George Bohanon– trombone
Lewis Melvin McCreary – trombone
Chuck Findley– trumpet
Gary E. Grant – trumpet
Jerry Hey– trumpet
Larry G. Hall – trumpet
Allan Harshman – viola
Janet Lakatos – viola
Joel Soultanian – viola
Roland Kato – viola
Rollice E. Dale – viola
Samuel Boghossian – viola
Alfred C. Brewning – violin
Charles Veal Jr. – violin
Daniel Shindaryov – violin
Endre Granat– violin
Gordon Howard Marron – violin
Harry Bluestone– violin
Ilkka Talvi– violin
Joy Lyle – violin
Nathan Kaproff – violin
Nathan Ross – violin
Paul Shure – violin
Tibor Zelig – violin
Vicky Sylvester – violin
Don Menza– woodwind
Ernie Watts– woodwind
Gary Lee Herbig – woodwind
Jim Horn– woodwind
Erik Zobler – recording, mixing
Danny Kopelson – assistant mixing engineer
Wally Buck – assistant mixing engineer
Judy Clapp – assistant recording engineer
Nyya Lark – assistant recording engineer
Sabrina Buchanek – assistant recording engineer
George Horn – mastering
Bob Seidemann– photography
Tracks listing:
All tracks by Stanley Clarke, except where noted.
Straight to the Top
Let Me Know You
You Are the One for Me – lyrics by June Christopher
In January 1988, “Columbia / Legacy” label released “Never Die Young”, the twelfth James Taylor album. It was recorded in 1987, and was produced by Don Grolnick.
Personnel:
James Taylor – vocals, guitar
Bob Mann– guitar
Jeff Mironov – guitar
Dan Dugmore– banjo, pedal steel guitar
Don Grolnick– piano
Bill Payne– keyboards
Greg “Fingers” Taylor– harmonica
Jay Leonhart– bass
Leland Sklar– bass
Carlos Vega– drums, percussion
Michael Brecker– tenor saxophone
Rosemary Butler– vocals
David Lasley– vocals
Arnold McCuller– vocals
Mark O’Connor– violin
Lani Groves– backing vocals
Robby Kilgore, Clifford Carter – synthesizer programming
James Farber – recording, mixing
Don Rodenbach – engineer, assistant
Rhonda Schoen – digital editing
Greg Calbi– mastering
Edd Kolakowski – guitar and piano technician, production assistant
On June 15, 2015, “Concord” label released “Before This World”, the seventeenth James Taylor studio album.It was recorded 2014-2015, and was produced by Dave O’Donnell.
Personnel:
James Taylor — guitar, vocals, harmonica, guitar synthesizer
Jimmy Johnson – bass
Emily Brause, Yo-Yo Ma, Peter Sachon – cello
Steve Gadd – drums
Michael Landau – guitars
Tony Kadlek – flugelhorn
Larry Di Bello, David Peel – French horn
Luis Conte – percussion
Larry Goldings – piano, keyboards
Walt Fowler, Barry Danielian, Randy Brecker – trumpets
David Mann, Lou Marini, Roger Rosenberg – saxophones
Randy Andos, Michael Davis – trombones
Katharine Kresek, Philip Payton – violas
Jonathan Dinklage, Rachel Golub, Hiroko Taguchi, Entcho Todorov, Orlando Wells, Andrea Zonn – violins
David Lasley, Kate Markowitz, Arnold McCuller, Andrea Zonn – vocals
In May 1979, “Columbia” label released “Flag”, the ninth James Taylor studio album. It was recorded January-March 1979, and was produced by Peter Asher.
Personnel:
James Taylor — vocals, guitar
Peter Asher— vocals, timbales
Graham Nash— vocals
Carly Simon— vocals
David Spinozza— guitar, strings
Waddy Wachtel— acoustic, electric and slide guitar
In March 1981, “Columbia” label released “Dad Loves His Work” the tenth James Taylor studio album. It was recorded September 1980-January 1981, and was produced by Peter Asher. “Dad Loves His Work” was certified Platinum in the US by “RIIA”.
Personnel:
James Taylor- lead vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica, choir, chorus
Dan Dugmore- pedal steel guitar, electric guitar
Waddy Wachtel- electric and slide guitar, multi-instruments
Don Grolnick- organ, synthesizer, piano, keyboards, multi-instruments, Fender Rhodes
Greg “Fingers” Taylor- harmonica
Bill Cuomo – synthesizer
Leland Sklar- bass
Peter Asher- vocals, percussion
Rick Marotta- percussion, conga, drums, timbales, multi instruments
D. Souther- vocals
Jim Gilstrap- backing vocals
Bernard Ighner – backing vocals
David Lasley- backing vocals
Arnold McCuller- backing vocals
Jennifer Warnes- backing vocals
Val Garay – recording
Niko Bolas – engineer assistant
Edd Kolakowski – piano and keyboard technician
Doug Sax, Mike Reese – mastering
Kosh – Design, art direction
Aaron Rapoport – photography
Track listing:
All tracks by James Taylor, except where noted.
Hard Times
Her Town Too – James Taylor, D. Souther, Waddy Wachtel
Hour That the Morning Comes
I Will Follow
Believe It or Not
Stand and Fight – James Taylor, Jacob Brackman
Only for Me
Summer’s Here
Sugar Trade – James Taylor, Jimmy Buffett, Timothy Mayer
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