On April 19, 1972, “Blue Note” label released “Ethiopian Knights, the 27th Donald Byrd album. It was recorded in August 1971, at “A&M Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by George Butler.
On January 9, 1967, “Colgems” label released “More of the Monkees”, the second Monkees (The) studio album. It was recorded June – November 1966, at “RCA Victor A, B” in Hollywood, “RCA Victor A, B” in New York, “Western Recorders No. 2” in Hollywood, and was produced by Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart, Carole Bayer Sager, Neil Sedaka, Michael Nesmith, Jeff Barry, Jack Keller, Gerry Goffin and Carole King. The album was certified quintuple platinum in the US by the “RIAA”,
Personnel:
Micky Dolenz – lead vocals and backing vocals
Davy Jones – lead and backing vocals
Peter Tork – lead and backing vocals, guitar
Michael Nesmith – lead and backing vocals, steel guitar
Wayne Erwin – guitar, backing vocals
Gerry McGee – guitar
Louie Shelton – guitar
Al Gafa – guitar
Willard Suyker – guitar
Don Thomas – guitar
James Burton – guitar
Glen Campbell – guitar
Al Casey – guitar
Mike Deasy – guitar
Neil Diamond – guitar
Sal DiTroia – guitar
Al Gorgoni – guitar
Carol Kaye – guitar
Norm Jeffries – tambourine
Michael Cohen – keyboards
Larry Knechtel – keyboards
Neil Sedaka – keyboards
Michael Cohen – keyboards
Larry Knechtel – keyboards
Don Randi – keyboards
Michel Rubini – keyboards
George Butcher – keyboards
Stan Free – keyboards
Bobby Hart – organ, backing vocals
Larry Taylor – bass guitar
Russ Savakus – bass guitar
Bob West – bass guitar
Ray Pohlman – bass guitar
Billy Lewis – drums
Herbie Lovelle – drums
Hal Blaine – drums
Buddy Saltzman – drums
George Devens – percussion
Frank Capp – percussion
Julius Wechter – percussion
Gary Coleman – percussion
Jim Gordon – percussion
Louis Haber – violin
Irving Spice – violin
Louis Stone – violin
David Sackson – viola
Murray Sandry – viola
Seymour Barab – cello
Jeff Barry – backing vocals
Tommy Boyce – backing vocals
Ron Hicklin – backing vocals
Don Peake – conductor
Artie Butler – string arrangements
Don Kirshner – music supervisor
Lester Sill – music coordinator
Emil LaViola – music coordinator
Ernie Oelrich – engineer
Henry Lewy – engineer
Hank Cicalo – engineer
Richie Schmitt – engineer
Richard Podolor – engineer
Dave Hassinger – engineer
Ray Hall – engineer
Track listing:
She – Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart
When Love Comes Knockin’ (At Your Door) – Carole Bayer Sager, Neil Sedaka
Mary, Mary – Michael Nesmith
Hold on Girl – Billy Carr, Jack Keller, Ben Raleigh
Your Auntie Grizelda – Diane Hildebrand, Jack Keller
(I’m Not Your) Steppin’ Stone – Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart
Look Out (here Comes Tomorrow) – Neil Diamond
The Kind of Girl I Could Love – Michael Nesmith, Roger Atkins
The Day We Fall in Love – Sandy Linzer, Denny Randell
Sometime in the Morning –Gerry Goffin, Carole King
Laugh – Phil Margo, Mitch Margo, Hank Medress, Jay Siegel
On October 15, 1970, “Uni” label released “Tap Root Manuscript”, the sixth Neil Diamond studio album. It was recorded in 1970, and was produced by Tom Catalano and Neil Diamond.
Personnel:
Neil Diamond – vocals, keyboards, guitar, steel guitar, ukulele
Al Casey, David Bennett Cohen, Neil LeVang, Don Peake, Louis Shelton – guitar
Red Rhodes – steel guitar
Artie Butler, Larry Knechtel, Larry Muhoberac, Marty Paich, Don Randi – keyboards
Randy Cierley, Joe Osborn, Ray Pohlman – bass
Hal Blaine, Larry Bunker, Sandra Crouch, Earl Palmer – drums
Gary Coleman, Gene Estes, Emil Richards, Lee Shamburger – percussion
Joe Estren, Andrea Kostelas, Ronnie Lang, Don Menza, Jay Migliori, Tom Scott – saxophone
Shirley Marcus, George Poole, Henry Sigismonti – woodwinds
Harry Betts, Roger Bobo, Bud Brisbois, Roy Caton, Paul Hubinon, Dick Hyde, Oliver Mitchell, George Roberts, Tony Terran – horns
Jim Arkatov, Israel Baker, Benjamin Barrett, Paul Bergstrom, Harry Bluestone, David Burk, Assa Drori, Jesse Ehrlich, James Getzoff, Lee Holdridge, Armand Kaproff, Jan R. Kelley, Ray Kelley, Lou Klaes, Erno Neufeld, Harvey Newmark, Gareth Nuttycombe, Nathaniel Rosen, Nathan Ross, Henry Roth, Myron Sandler, Joseph Saxon, Sidney Sharp, Jack Shulman, Paul Shure – strings
Nancy Adams, Sherrill Atwood, Billie Barnum, H.B. Barnum Jr., Mabel Bishop, George Bledsoe, Fred Burton, Merry Clayton, Marjorie Cranford, Oma Drake, Sean Engerman, Joe Greene, Alexander Hale, Christopher Hale, Graynston Hale, Molly Halloran, Gwen Johnson, Lou Johnson, Stacey Johnson, Clydie King, Jessie Kirkland, Bill Lee, Sherlie Matthews, Evelyn Meyer, Dwayne Moody, Matthews Muhoberac, Ekundayo Paris, Kevin Parker, Aubrey Porter, Dean Porter, Ricky Porter, Douglas Schwartz, Jean Sewell, Ed Wallace, Phillip Whigham, John Woodson, Donald Wyatt – backing vocals
Track listing:
All tracks by Neil Diamond, except where noted.
Cracklin’ Rosie
Free Life
Coldwater Morning
Done Too Soon
He Ain’t Heavy, He Is My Brother – Bob Russell, Bobby Scott
In January 1965, “ABC” label released “Live in Concert”, album by Ray Charles. It was recorded in September 1964, at “Shrine Auditorium” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Sid Feller.
Personnel:
Ray Charles – vocals, piano, Hammond organ
Don Peake – guitar
Edgar Willis – bass
Wilbert Hogan – drums
Bennie “Hank” Crawford – alto saxophone
William “Buddy” Pearson – alto saxophone, flute
David “Fathead” Newman – tenor saxophone
Leroy “Hog” Cooper – baritone saxophone
Oliver Beener – trumpet
Wallace Davenport – trumpet
Philip Guilbeau – trumpet
John Hunt – trumpet, flugelhorn
Henderson Chambers – trombone
James Harbert – trombone
Frederic “Keg” Johnson – trombone
Julian Priester – trombone
The Raelettes (Gwen Berry, Lillian Forte, Pat Lyle, Darlene MacRae) -backing vocals
Wally Heider – engineer, recording
Ray Hearne – photography
Track listing:
Opening
Swing A Little Taste – Julian Priester
I Got a Woman – Ray Charles, Renald Richard
Margie – Con Conrad, Davis, J. Russel Robinson
You Don’t Know Me – Eddy Arnold, Cindy Walker
Hide nor Hair – Percy Mayfield
Baby, Don’t You Cry – Buddy Johnson, Ned Washington
On January2, 1976, “20th Century” label released “Let the Music Play”, the fifth Barry White album. It was recorded in 1975, and was produced by Barry White.
Personnel:
Barry White – lead vocals, arranger, conductor, design concept
In April 1967, “Verve Forecast” label released “Tim Hardin 2”, the second Tim Hardin studio album. It was recorded November 1964 – August 1966, and was produced by Charles Koppelman and Don Rubin
On August 28, 1973, “Tamla” label released “Let’s Get It On”, the thirteenth Marvin Gaye studio album. It was recorded June 1970 – July 1973, at the“Golden World Studio” in Detroit and at the “Hitsville West” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Marvin Gaye and Ed Townsend. The album received positive critics worldwide and is regarded as one of the most influential and most significant soul and funk albums of all time.
Personnel:
Marvin Gaye – lead and backing vocals, piano
David T. Walker, Eddie Willis, Lewis Shelton, Melvin Ragin, Robert White, Don Peake – guitar
Joe Sample, Marvin Jerkins – piano
James Jamerson, Wilton Felder – bass
Bobbye Hall Porter – bongos
Eddie “Bongo” Brown – drums, bongos
Paul Humphrey, Uriel Jones – drums
Emil Richards, Bobbye Hall Porter, Ernie Watts, Plas Johnson – percussion
Emil Richards, Victor Feldman – vibraphone
David Van DePitte , Gene Page, Rene Hall – arrangements, orchestra conducting
The Originals – backing vocals
Track listing:
Let’s Get it On – Marvin Gaye, Ed Townsend
Please Stay – Marvin Gaye, Ed Townsend
If I Should Die Tonight – Marvin Gaye, Ed Townsend
Keep Getting’ it On – Marvin Gaye, Ed Townsend
Come Get to This – Marvin Gaye
Distant Lover – Marvin Gaye, Gwen Gordy, Sandra Green
You Sure Love to Ball – Marvin Gaye
Just to Keep You Satisfied – Marvin Gaye, Anna Gordy Gaye, Elgie Stover
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