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:
Lady Sings the Blues – Billie Holiday, Herbie Nichols
God Bless the Child – Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog, Jr.
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
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.
Naima – John Coltrane
Promise – John Coltrane
My Favorite Things – Oscar Hammerstein, Richard Rodgers
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.
In December 1972, “RCA” label released “Lady Lake”, the second Gnidrolog studio album. It was recorded in 1972, at “Morgan Studios” in London, and was produced by Dick Parkinson.
Personnel:
Colin Goldring – vocals, rhythm guitar, recorder, tenor horn
Stewart Goldring – lead guitar
Peter “Mars” Cowling – bass guitar, cello, design
Nigel Pegrum – percussion, flute, oboe
John Earle – vocal, soprano, tenor and baritone saxes, flute
Charlotte Fendrich – piano
Mike Butcher – engineer
Bruce Pennington – illustration
Track listing:
All tracks by Colin Goldring, except where noted.
I Could Never Be a Soldier
Ship
A Dog With No Collar – Stewart Goldring
Lady Lake – Peter Cowling, Stewart Goldring
Same Dreams
Social Embarrassment – Peter Cowling, Colin Goldring
In December 1972, “Vertigo” label released “Framed”, the debut Sensational Alex Harvey Band (The) album. It was recorded in 1972, at “Morgan Studios” in London, and was produced by Alex Harvey, Zal Cleminson, Hugh Mckenna, Chris Glen and Eddie McKenna.
Personnel:
Alex Harvey – lead vocals
Zal Cleminson – lead guitar
Hugh McKenna – electric piano
Chris Glen – bass guitar
Eddie McKenna – drums
Phil Kenzie – tenor saxophone
Big Bud’s Brass – brass section
Mike Bobak – engineer
Jim Wilson – photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Alex Harvey, except where noted.
Framed – Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
Hammer Song
Midnight Moses
Isobel Goudie (Part 1: My Lady of the Night, Part 2: Coitus Interruptus, Part 3: Virgin and the Hunter)
Buff’s Bar Blues
I Just Want to Make Love to You – Willie Dixon
Hole In Her Stocking
There’s No Lights On The Christmas Tree, Mother They’re Burning Big Louie Tonight – Jim Condron
In December 1972, “Columbia” label released “Azteca”, the debut Coke Escovedo and Pete Escovedo with their band Azteca. It was recorded in September 1972, and was produced by Coke Escovedo, Pete Escovedo, Ween Haas, Errol Knowles, Neal Schon, Tom Harrell, Paul Jackson, Lenny White and Victor Pantoja.
Personnel:
Coke Escovedo – timbales, sleeve notes
Pete Escovedo – vocals, arrangements
Errol Knowles – vocals
Wendy Haas – vocals
Neal Schon – guitar
Paul Jackson – acoustic bass, electric bass
Lenny White III – vocals, drums
Victor Pantoja – vocals, congas
Tom Harrell – trumpet, arrangements
Rico Reyes – vocals
James Vincent (Dondelinger) – guitar
Flip Nuñez – organ
George Moribus – electric piano
George DiQuattro – piano, clavinet
Melvyn Martin – soprano, tenor and baritone saxophone, flute, piccolo
Bob Ferreira – tenor saxophone, piccolo
Jules Rowell – valve trombone
George Engfer – recording
Glen Kolotkin – engineer
George Horn – mastering
Bruce Steinberg – artwork, design, photography
Track listing:
La Piedra del Sol – Lenny White III, Tom Harrell
Mamita Linda – James Vincent (Dondelinger), Tom Dondelinger
Ain’t Got No Special Woman – Mike Pearson, Rico Reyes, Tom Harrell
Empty Prophet – James Vincent (Dondelinger), Rick Canoff
Can’t Take the Funk Out of Me – Paul Jackson
Oeace Everybody – Pete Escovedo, George DiQuattro
Non Pacem – Flip Núnez
Ah! Ah! – Pete Escovedo, Tito Puente
Love Not Then – Flip Núnez
Azteca – Al Bent
Theme: La Piedra del Sol – Lenny White III, Tom Harrell
In December 1972, “Atlantic” label released “A Meeting of the Times”, album by Rahsaan Roland Kirk and Al Hibbler (the 21st Rahsaan Roland Kirk album overtall). It was recorded in March 1972, at “Atlantic Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Joel Dorn.
In December 1972, “Warner Bros” label released “Freeway Madness”, the sixth Pretty Things album. It was recorded in 1972, at “Morgan Studios” in Willesden, in London, and was produced by Asa Jones.
Personnel:
Phil May – lead vocals, cover
Pete Tolson – guitar
Jon Povey – vocals, keyboards
Stuart Brooks – bass guitar
Skip Alan – drums
Gordon Huntley – pedal steel guitar
Wally Waller – vocals
Billy Reid – violin
Johnny Van Derrick – violin
Don Harper – viola
Peter Willison – cello
Don Harper – arrangements
Ray Staff – lacquer cut
Phil Crennell – artwork
Hipgnosis – cover
Track listing:
All tracks by Phil May and Pete Tolson, except where noted.
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