On February 22, 1965, “Motown” label released “The Supremes Sing Country, Western & Pop”, the fourth Supremes (The) studio album. It was recorded 1962 – 1965, at “Hitsville U.S.A.” in Detroit, and was produced by Clarence Paul.
Personnel:
Diana Ross, Florence Ballard, Mary Wilson – lead and backing vocals
Cranford Nix, Sr. – banjo
The Andantes – additional backing vocals
Lawrence Horn – co-producer
Track listing:
Funny How Time Slips Away – Willie Nelson
My Heart Can’t Take It No More – Clarence Paul
It Makes No Difference Now – Floyd Tillman
You Didn’t Care – Clarence Paul
Tears in Vain – Clarence Paul
Tumbling Tumbleweeds – Bob Nolan
Lazy Bones – Johnny Mercer, Hoagy Carmichael
You Need Me – Clarence Paul
Baby Doll – Clarence Paul, Stevie Wonder
Sunset – Clarence Paul, Stevie Wonder
The Man With the) Rock and Roll Banjo Band – Clarence Paul, Berry Gordy, Jr.
On September 13, 2005, “Geffen” label released “B. B. King & Friends: 80”, the forty-first B.B. King album. It was recorded in 2005, at “Avatar Studios” and “Right Track Recording” in New York City, “Caesar’s Palace Showroom” in Las Vegas, Nevada, “Conway Recording Studios” in Los Angeles, “O’Henry Studios” in Burbank, California, “Ocean Way Recording” and “Olympic Studios” in London. At the 48th “Annual Grammy Awards”, “B. B. King & Friends: 80” won “Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album”.
Personnel:
B. B. King – vocals, guitar
Van Morrison – vocals, harmonica
Billy F Gibbons – vocals, guitar
John Mayer – vocals, guitar
Glenn Frey – vocals, guitar
Eric Clapton – guitar
Clem Clempson – guitar
Mark Knopfler – guitar
Davey Johnstone – guitar
Larry Campbell – guitar
Dean Parks – rhythm guitar
Elton John – vocals, piano
Chris Stainton – keyboards
Brian Mitchell – keyboards
Guy Babylon – keyboards
Robbie Buchanan – keyboards, Hammond organ
Luke Smith – Hammond organ
Sheryl Crow – vocals
Bob Birch – bass guitar
Leland Sklar – bass guitar
T-Bone Wolk – bass guitar
Yolanda Charles – bass guitar
Russ Kunkel – drums
Billy Ward – drums
Ian Thomas – drums
Nigel Olsson – drums
John Mahon – percussion
Brandon Fields – saxophone
Jerry Hey – trumpet
Bill Reichenbach Jr. – trumpet
Gary Grant – trumpet
Nathaniel Kunkel – shaker
Track listing:
Early in the Morning – Dallas Bartley, Louis Jordan, Leo Hickman
Tired of Your Jive – Janet Despenza, Johnny Pate
The Thrill is Gone – Roy Hawkins, Rick Darnell
Need Your Love So Bad – Little Willie John, Mertis John Jr.
Ain’t Nobody Home – Jerry Ragovou
Hummingbird – Leon Russell
All Over Again – Carl B. Adams
Drivin’ Wheel – Roosevelt Sykes
There Must Be a Better World Somewhere – Doc Pomus, Mac Rebennack
Never Make Your Move Too Soon – Stix Hooper, Will Jennings
On July 5, 1974, “island” label released “Another Time, Another Place”, the second Bryan Ferry studio album. It was recorded in 1974, at “Island Studios”, “Ramport Studios” and “AIR studios” in London, and was produced by Bryan Ferry and John Punter.
Personnel:
Bryan Ferry – lead vocal, harmonica, organ, cover concept
David O’List– guitar
John Porter– guitar
Mark Warner – guitar
Peter Robinson – keyboards
John Wetton– bass guitar, fiddle
John Punter– bass guitar
Tony Carr, Tony Charles, Bruce Rowland– drums
Bruce Rowland– drums
Morris Pert– percussion
Ruan O’Lochlainn – alto saxophone
Chris Mercer – tenor saxophone
Jeff Daly, Bob Efford, Ronnie Ross– saxophone
Henry Lowther– trumpet
Paul Cosh, Martin Drover– trumpet
Chris Pyne– trombone
Malcolm Griffiths – trombone
Jimmy Hastings– flute
Vicki Brown, Helen Chappelle, Barry St. John, Liza Strike – choir
Martyn Ford – brass arrangements
Ann Odell – string arrangements
John Punter – engineer
Rhett Davies, Mark Dodson, Gary Edwards, Sean Milligan – engineer assistant
Bob Bowkett – artwork
Nicholas de Ville – design
Eric Boman – photography
Antony Price – fashion
Track listing:
The ‘In’ Crowd – Billy Page
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes – Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach
Walk a Mile in My Shoes – Joe South
Funny How Time Slips Away – Willie Nelson
You Are My Sunshine – Jimmie Davis, Charles Mitchell
(What a) Wonderful World – Sam Cooke, Herb Alpert, Lou Adler
In April 1973, “Hi” label released “Call Me”, the sixth Al Green album. It was recorded in 1972, at “Royal Recording Studios” in Memphis, Tennessee, and was produced by Willie Mitchell and Al Green. In 2003, “VH1” TV network ranked it at number 70 on the list of the “Greatest Albums of All Time”; the same year “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked it at number 289 on its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.
Personnel:
Al Green – vocals
Mabon “Teenie” Hodges– guitar
Archie Turner – piano
Charles Hodges – piano, organ
Leroy Hodges– bass
Howard Grimes– drums
Al Jackson Jr.– drums
Jack Hale, Sr. – trombone
Wayne Jackson– trumpet
Ed Logan – tenor saxophone
Andrew Love– tenor saxophone
James Mitchell – baritone saxophone, horn arrangements
The Memphis Strings – strings
Charles Chalmers – backing vocals, horn arrangements
Donna Rhodes – backing vocals
Sandra Rhodes – backing vocals
Willie Mitchell– engineer
Robert Gordon – liner notes
Jim Cummins – photography
Bud O’Shea – executive producer
Eli Okun – executive producer
Cheryl Pawelski– assistant producer
Kathy Kinslow – assistant producer
Charles Levan – assistant producer
Margaret Goldfarb – assistant producer
Track listing:
All tracks by Al Green; except where noted.
Call Me (Come Back Home) – Al Green, Al Jackson, Jr. Willie Mitchell
Have You Been Making Out O.K.
Stand Up
I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry – Hank Williams
Your Love Is Like the Morning Sun
Here I Am (Come and Take Me) – Al Green, Teenie Hodges
Funny How Time Slips Away – Willie Nelson
You Ought to Be With Me – Al Green, Al Jackson, Jr. Willie Mitchell
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