Tag Archives: December 1972

Pekka Pohjola: Resin Eye Bark Ear

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In December 1972, “Love Records” label released “Resin Eye Bark Ear”, debut Pekka Pohjola studio album. It was recorded in 1972, at “Finnvox Studio” in Helsinki, Finland, and was produced by

  • Pekka Pohjola – piano, organ, bass, violin, harpsichord
  • Jukka Gustavson – organ
  • Teino Laine – drums
  • Pekka Poyry – soprano saxophone, flute, tambourine, cow bell
  • Risto Pensola – clarinet.
  • Kari Tamminen – recording, technician
  • Anti Joki – recording, technician
  • Erkki Hyvönen – recording, technician
  • Måns Groundstroem – music director
  • Mats Huldén – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Pekka Pohjola .

  1. Metson Game
  2. Curls of Streams
  3. Merciless Idyll
  4. Pinch
  5. Complainer​

The Old Man And The Sea: Same

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In December 1972, “Sonet” label released the debut, self-titled The Old Man and the Sea album.  It was recorded in 1972, at “Ivar Rosenberg Lydteknik” in Copenhagen, Denmark, and “Klosterkirken” in Horsens, Denmark, and was produced by Freddy Hansson, Benny Stanley, Tommy Hansen, Knud Lindhard, Ole Wedel and John Lundwig.

Personnel:

  • Ole Wedel – lead vocals, percussion
  • Benny Stanley – acoustic guitar, guitar
  • Tommy Hansen – vocals, organ, piano
  • Knud Lindhard – vocals, bass
  • John Lundwig – drums
  • Ole Christensen – drums
  • Poul Age Hersland – flute

Track listing:

  1. Living Dead – Benny Stanley, John Lundwig, Tommy Hansen
  2. Princess – Knut Linghard
  3. Jingoism – Knud Lindhard
  4. Prelude – Tommy Hansen
  5. The Monk Song, Part 1 – Tommy Hansen
  6. The Monk Song, Part 2 – Tommy Hansen
  7. Going Blind – Knut Lindhard

Electric Sandwich: Same

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In December 1972, “Brain” label released the self – titled, debut Electric Sandwich album. It was recorded in 1972, and was produced by Dieter Dierks.

Personnel:

  • Jochen Carthaus – vocals, saxophone, harmonica
  • Jörg Ohlert – guitar, organ, mellotron
  • Klaus Lormann – bass
  • Wolf Fabian – drums
  • Heinz Dofflein – design
  • Tonstudio Pfanz – lacquer cut

Track listing:

  1. China – Jorg Ohlert, Wlf Fabian
  2. Devil’s Dream – Jorg Ohlert
  3. Nervous Creek – Jochen Carthaus
  4. It’s No Use To Run – Klaus Lormann
  5. I Want You – Jochen Carthaus
  6. Archie’s Blues = Jochen Carthaus
  7. Material Darkness – Jochen Carthaus

Banco del Mutuo Soccorso: Darwin!

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In December 1972, “Memories” label was recorded “Darwin!”, the second Banco del Mutuo Soccorso studio album. It was recorded in 1972, and was produced by Sandro Colombini. “Rolling Stones Italia” placed “Darwin!” at number 92 on it list of the “100 Most Beautiful Italian Albums”.

Personnel:

  • Francesco Di Giacomo – vocals
  • Marcello Todaro – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Vittorio Nocenzi – organ , harpsichord , synthesizer
  • Gianni Nocenzi – piano , piccolo
  • Renato D’Angelo – electric bass
  • Pierluigi Calderoni – drums , timpani

Track listing:

All lyrics by Francesco Di Giacomo and Vittorio Nocenzi , all music by Vittorio Nocenzi.

  1. Evolution
  2. Conquering the upright position
  3. Dance of the Great Reptiles
  4. One Hundred Hands and One Hundred Eyes
  5. 750,000 years ago…love?
  6. Pity History
  7. And now I ask time for time, and it answers me…I have none!

Arco Iris: Sudamérica o el regreso a la aurora

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In December 1972, “Music Hall” label released “Sudamérica o el regreso a la aurora”, the third Arco Iris album. It was recorded in 1972, and was produced by Gustavo Santaolalla.

Personnel:

  • Ara Tokatlian – transverse flute, soprano and alto-tenor saxophone, keyboards, erke, erkenchsicuri, quena, pincuyos, percussion
  • Gustavo Santaolalla – vocals, acoustic guitars, twelve-string guitars, electric guitar, charango, percussion
  • Guillermo Bordarampé – bass, double bass, percussion
  • Horacio Gianello – drums, percussion

Track listing:

  1. Overture
  2. Nahuel’s Song
  3. Song of the Golden Bird
  4. Astral Travel
  5. The Master’s Theme
  6. Lighting
  7. Turn
  8. Follow me
  9. The Black Man
  10. The Peasants and the Traveler
  11. The Scholar
  12. Departure Prayer
  13. Epilogue: Save Yourselves Now
  14. I remember
  15. Song of the Pilgrims
  16. Amancay
  17. Man
  18. Traveler’s Desertion
  19. The Doubt of the Peasants / The Breath of God
  20. The Traveler Betrays the Pilgrims
  21. Persecution of the Pilgrims
  22. Journey through the Underground Galleries
  23. Exit to the Immense Lake – Lighting
  24. Reunion with Amancay – Let us pray
  25. The Hills and the Master
  26. Epilogue: South America

Drago Mlinarec: Pjesme s planine

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In December 1972, “Jugoton” label released “Pjesme s planine”, the second Drago Mlinarec studio album.

Personnel:

  • Drago Mlinarec – vocal, acoustic guitar, arrangements, photography
  • Jadranko Budić – electric guitar, backing vocals, artwork
  • Srećko Zubak – keyboards, Hammond organ
  • Nenad Zubak – bass guitar
  • Ivan Stančić – drums, congas
  • Franjo Berner – recording
  • Ante Terzić – recording assistant

Track listing:

All tracks by Drago Mlinarec, except where noted.

  1. Noćna ptica
  2. Pjesma o njenim snovima
  3. Trebao sam ali nisam
  4. Pjesme s planine
  5. Skladište tišine – lyrics by Drago Mlinarec, Ivica Kiš
  6. Otac i sin
  7. Dijete zvijezda

Gene Ammons: Got My Own

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In December 1972, “Prestige” label released “Got My Own”, the 35th Gene Ammons album. It was recorded October – November 1972, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Ozzie Cadena.

Personnel:

  • Gene Ammons – tenor saxophone
  • Ernie Hayes – organ
  • Hank Jones – electric piano
  • Sonny Phillips – piano, organ
  • Joe Beck, Maynard Parker – guitar
  • Ron Carter – bass, electric bass
  • Billy Cobham, Idris Muhammad, Mickey Roker – drums
  • Ed Bogas – arranger
  • Unidentified strings
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer

Track listing:

  1. Lady Sings the Blues – Billie Holiday, Herbie Nichols
  2. God Bless the Child – Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog, Jr.
  3. Strange Fruit – Abel Meeropol
  4. Fine and Mellow – Billie Holiday
  5. Play Me – Neil Diamond
  6. Ben – Don Black, Walter Scharf
  7. The Shack Out Back – Gene Ammons

Agitation Free: Malesch

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In December 1972, “Vertigo” label released “Malesch”, the debut Agitation Free album. It was recorded in 1972, at “Audio-Ton Studio” in Berlin, and was produced by Wolfgang Sandner and Peter Strecker.

Personnel:

  • Lutz “Lüül” Ulbrich – lead electric guitar, twelve-string guitar, Bavarian zither, Hammond organ
  • Jörg Schwenke – rhythm guitar
  • Michael Hoenig – EMS Synthi A, Vox Continental organ
  • Michael Günther – Fender Jazz bass, live-tapes
  • Burghard Rausch – congas, drums, marimbaphone, timbales
  • Peter Michael Hamel – Hammond organ
  • Uli Pop – bongos 

Track listing:

All track by Lutz “Lüül” Ulbrich, Jörg Schwenke, Michael Hoenig, Michael Günther

And Burghard Rausch

  1. You Play for Us Today
  2. Sahara City
  3. Ala Tul
  4. Pulse
  5. Khan el Khalili
  6. Malesch
  7. Rücksturz

McCoy Tyner: Echoes Of A Friend

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In December 1972, “JVC” label released “Echoes of a Friend”, the 16th McCoy Tyner album. It was recorded in November 1972, in Tokyo, Japan, and was produced by Orrin Keepnews.

Personnel:

  • McCoy Tyner – piano

Track listing:

All tracks by McCoy Tyner, except where noted.

  1. Naima – John Coltrane
  2. Promise – John Coltrane
  3. My Favorite Things – Oscar Hammerstein, Richard Rodgers
  4. The Discovery
  5. Folks

Black Ivory: Won’t You Change Your Mind

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In December 1972, “Today/Perception” label released “Baby Won’t You Change Your Mind”, the second Black Ivory studio album. It was recorded in 1972, at “Blue Rock Studio” in New York City, and was produced by David Jordan and Patrick Adams.

Personnel:

  • Leroy Burgess – vocals
  • Stuart Bascombe – vocals
  • Russell Patterson – vocals
  • Patrick Adams – arrangements, mixing
  • Eddie Korvin – engineer, mixing
  • David Jordan – mixing
  • Fred Stark – design
  • Pressure provided by Boo Frazier and Terry Philips

Track listing:

All tracks are written by Patrick Adams and David Jordan, except where noted.

  1. Baby, Won’t You Change Your Mind
  2. Just Leave Me Some
  3. Push Come to Shove
  4. Time is Love
  5. Spinning Around – David Jordan, June Anderson
  6. If I Could Be a Mirror
  7. It’s Time to Say Goodbye
  8. One Way Ticket to Loveland
  9. No If’s And’s, or But’s
  10. Wishful Thinking