In July 1976, “Blue Note” label released “Free for All”, the 22nd Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers album. It was recorded in February 1964, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, and was produced by Alfred Lion.
In July 1964, “Prestige” label released “The Song Book”, the seventh Booker Ervin album. It was recorded in February 1964, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Don Schlitten.
Personnel:
Booker Ervin – tenor saxophone
Tommy Flanagan – piano
Richard Davis – bass
Alan Dawson – drums
Rudy Van Gelder – recording
Don Schlitten – design, photography
Dan Morgenstern – liner notes
Track listing:
The Lamp Is Low – Peter de Rose, Mitchell Parish, Maurice Ravel, Bert Shefter
Come Sunday – Duke Ellington
All the Things You Are – Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern
Just Friends – John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis
Yesterdays – Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern
Love Is Here to Stay – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
On July 9, 2002, “Side One Dummy” label released “A Jackknife to a Swan”, the seventh Mighty Mighty Bosstones (The) studio album. It was recorded in February 2002, and was produced by John Seymor, Dicky Barrett, Lawrence Katz, Joe Gittleman, Joe Sirois, Tim Burton, Roman Fleysher, Chris Rhodes, Beb Carr, Mike Denneen and Rolf Langsjoen.
Personnel:
Dicky Barrett – lead vocals, artwork
Ben Carr – vocals
Lawrence Katz – guitar, backing vocals
Mike Denneen – keyboards, backing vocals
Joe Gittleman – bass, backing vocals
Joe Sirois – drums
Tim “Johnny Vegas” Burton – saxophone
Roman Fleysher – saxophone
Chris Rhodes – trombone
Rolf Langsjoen – trumpet
Jim Fitting – harmonica, backing vocals
Tanya Michelle – backing vocals
John Seymour – backing vocals, engineer, mixing
Matt Tahaney – engineer assistant
Jon Pebsworth – production coordination
Carl Plaster – drum technician
Andrew Lenoski – design
Christian Clayton – cover art
Josh Dalsimer – photography
Track listing:
A Jackknife to a Swan – Dicky Barrett, Tim Burton, Joe Gittleman
Mr. Moran – Dicky Barrett, Gittleman, Lawrence Katz
You Gotta Go! – Dicky Barrett, Joe Gittleman, Lawrence Katz
Everybody’s Better – Dicky Barrett, Joe Gittleman, Chris Rhodes
Sugar Free – Dicky Barrett, Joe Gittleman
I Want My City Back – Dicky Barrett, Lawrence Katz
Chasing the Sun Away – Dicky Barrett, Tim Burton
You Can’t Win – Dicky Barrett, Lawrence Katz
The Old School Off the Bright – Dicky Barrett, Joe Gittleman
The Punch Line – Dicky Barrett, Lawrence Katz
Go Big – Dicky Barrett, Joe Gittleman
Shit Outta Luck – Joe Gittleman
Seven Ways to Sunday – Dicky Barrett, Joe Gittleman, Lawrence Katz
On July 8, 2022, “Reprise” label released “Toast”, the 44th Neil Young studio album (credited to Neil Young and Crazy Horse). It was recorded November – December 2000 – February 2001, at “Toast Recoding Studios” in San Francisco, and was produced by John Hanlon and Neil Young.
Personnel:
Neil Young – vocals, guitar, piano, squeezebox, vibes, art direction
Pegi Young – vocals
Astrid Young – vocals
Frank Sampedro – vocals, guitar
Billy Talbot – vocals, bass guitar
Ralph Molina – vocals, drums, percussion
Tom Bray – trumpet
John Hanlon – engineer
Aaron Prellwitz, Alex Osborne, John Hausmann – engineer assistant
On July 7, 2023, “Partisan” label released “I Inside the Old Year Dying”, the tenth PJ Harvey studio album. It was recorded January – February 2022, at “Battery Studios” in London, and was produced by John Parish, Flood and Rob Kirwan.
In June 1959, “Atlantic” label released “Yusef Lateef’s Detroit”, the 26th Yusef Lateef album. It was recorded in February 1969, at “Century Sound Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Joel Dorn.
Personnel:
Yusef Lateef – vocals, alto and tenor saxophone, flute, oboe
Thad Jones, Danny Moore, Jimmy Owens, Snooky Young – trumpet
Eric Gale – guitar
Hugh Lawson – piano
Cecil McBee – bass
Chuck Rainey – electric bass
Bernard Purdie – drums
Roy Brooks – drums
Ray Barretto, Norman Pride – congas
Albert Heath – percussion
Selwart Clarke, James Tryon – violin
Alfred Brown – viola
Kermit Moore – cello
Track listing:
All compositions by Yusef Lateef, except where noted.
Bishop School
Livingston Playground
Eastern Market
Belle Isle
Russell and Elliot
Raymond Winchester
Woodward Avenue
That Lucky Old Sun – Haven Gillespie, Beasley Smith
On June 26, 2012, “In the Red” label released “Slaughterhouse”, the debut Ty Segall Band studio album. It was recorded in February 2012, at “The Hangar” in Sacramento, California.
Personnel:
Ty Segall – lead vocals, guitar
Charles Moothart – guitar
Mikal Cronin – bass guitar, backing vocals
Emily Rose Epstein – drums
Chris Woodhouse – recording, mixing
Tatiana Kartomten – artwork
Track listing:
All tracks by Ty Segall, Charles Moothart, Mikal Cronin, and Emily Rose Epstein, except where noted.
On June 24, 1968, “Capitol” label released “Friends”, the 14th Beach Boys (The) studio album. It was recorded February – April 1968, at “ID Sound” in Los Angels, and was produced by Al Jardine, Bruce Johnston, Mike Love, Brian Wilson, Carl Wilson and Dennis Wilson.
Personnel:
Mike Love – vocals
Carl Wilson – vocals, guitar, bass
Brian Wilson – vocals, organ, piano
Dennis Wilson – vocals, harmonium, congas
Bruce Johnston – vocals, keyboard, piano
Al Jardine – vocals, electric bass
Marilyn Wilson – vocals
Murry Wilson – vocals
David Cohen – guitar
Al Vescovo – banjo, guitar, lap steel guitar
Jim Ackley – keyboard, guitar
Tommy Morgan – harmonica, bass harmonica
Jimmy Bond – upright bass
Lyle Ritz – electric bass, upright bass, ukulele
Jim Gordon – drums, woodblocks, bell, congas, timbales
Norm Jeffries – drums
Gene Pello – drums
Alan Estes – vibraphone, woodblocks, chimes
Bill Green – saxophone
Jim Horn – saxophone, clarinet
Don Englert – saxophone, clarinet
Roy Caton – trumpet
Robert T. Jung – saxophone
Bill Perkins – saxophone
Meyer Hirsch J. Kenneth Jensen – saxophone
Jay Migliori – saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet
Tom Scott – saxophone, bass flute
David Sherr – saxophone, oboe
Tony Terran – trumpet
Ollie Mitchell – trumpet
Dick Forrest – trumpet
Dick Hyde – tuba, flugelhorn
John DeVoogt – violin
Bonnie Douglas – violin
Arnold Belnick – violin
William Kurasch – violin
Jay Rosen – violin
Ralph Schaeffer – violin
Leonard Malarsky – violin
Paul Shure – violin
Norman Botnick – viola
David Burk – viola
Raymond Kelley – cello
Jacqueline Lustgarden – cello
Jim Lockert – engineer
Track listing:
Meant for You – Brian Wilson, Mike Love
Friends – Brian Wilson, Carl Wilson, Dennis Wilson, Al Jardine
Wake the World – Brian Wilson, Al Jardine
Be Here in the Mornin’ – Brian Wilson, Carl Wilson, Dennis Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine
When a Man Needs a Woman – Brian Wilson, Dennis Wilson, Carl Wilson, Al Jardine, Steve Korthof, Jon Parks
Passing By – Brian Wilson
Amma Lee, the Healer – Brian Wilson, Mike Love
Little Bird – Dennis Wilson, Steve Kalinich
Be Still – Dennis Wilson, Steve Kalinich
Busy Doin’ Nothin’ – Brian Wilson
Diamond Head – Al Vescovo, Lyle Ritz, Jim Ackley, Brian Wilson
Transcendental Meditation – Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine
On June 22, 1993, “Warner Bros” label released “Transmissions from the Satellite Heart”, the sixth Flaming Lips studio album. It was recorded January – February 1993, and was produced by Keith Cleversley.
Personnel:
Wayne Coyne – vocals, guitar
Ronald Jones – guitar, backing vocals
Michael Ivins – bass, backing vocals
Steven Drozd – vocals, drums, keyboards, guitar
Keith Cleversley – recording, mixing
Track listing:
All tracks by Wayne Coyne, Ronald Jones, Michael Ivins and Steven Drozd, except where noted.
On June 20, 1969, “Atlantic” label released “First Take”, the debut Roberta Flack studio album. It was recorded in February 1969, at “Atlantic” in New York City, and was produced by Joel Dorn. In 2020, “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked “First Take” at number 451 on its list of “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.
Personnel:
Roberta Flack – vocals, piano
Bucky Pizzarelli – guitars
Ron Carter – bass
Ray Lucas – drums, percussion
Seldon Powell, Frank Wess – saxophone
Jimmy Nottingham, Joe Newman – trumpet
Benny Powell – trombone
Emanuel Green, Gene Orloff – violin
Alfred Brown, Selwart Clarke, Theodore Israel – viola
Charles McCracken, George Ricci – cello
William S. Fischer – horn and string arrangements, string conducting
William Arlt – recording
Bob Liftin – remix
Stanislaw Zagorski – design
Ken Heinen – photography
Track listing:
Compared to What – Gene McDaniels
Angelitos Negros – Andrés Eloy Blanco, Manuel Álvarez Maciste
Our Ages or Our Hearts – Robert Ayers, Donny Hathaway
I Told Jesus – traditional, arranged by Roberta Flack
Hey, That’s No Way to Say Goodbye – Leonard Cohen
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face – Ewan MacColl
Tryin’ Times – Donny Hathaway, Leroy Hutson
Ballad of the Sad Young Men – Fran Landesman, Tommy Wolf