In August 1966, “Verve” label released “Tequila”, the 17th Wes Montgomery album. It was recorded in March 1966, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.
Personnel:
Wes Montgomery – guitar
Ron Carter – bass
Grady Tate – drums
Ray Barretto – conga
George Devens – vibraphone
Bernard Eichen – violin
Arnold Eidus – violin
Paul Gershman – violin
Emanuel Green – violin
Julius Held – violin
Gene Orloff – violin
Harry Lookofsky – violin
Joseph Malin – violin
Abe Kessler – cello
Charles McCracken – cello
George Ricci – cello
Harvey Shapiro – cello
Claus Ogerman – arranger, conductor
Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
Track listing:
Tequila – Chuck Rio
Little Child (Daddy Dear) – Wayne Shanklin
What the World Needs Now Is Love – Burt Bacharach, Hal David
The Big Hurt – Wayne Shanklin
Bumpin’ on Sunset – Wes Montgomery
Insensatez (How Insensitive) – Vinicius De Moraes, Norman Gimbel, Antônio Carlos Jobim
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 September 26, 1970. “Buddah” label released “Leftover Wine” a live album by Melanie. It was recorded in 1970, at “Carnegie Hall” in New York City, except “Peace Will Come”, which is a studio recording, and was produced by Peter Schekeryk.
On September 6, 1979, “Atlantic” label released “La Diva”, the twenty-fifth Aretha Franklin studio album. It was recorded February – May 1979, at “Penny Lane Studios” in New York City, “Record Plant” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Aretha Franklin, Van McCoy, Skip Scarborough and Charles Kipps.
Personnel:
Aretha Franklin – lead and backing vocals, rhythm arrangements
Jack Cavari, Cornell Dupree, Tom Hanlon – guitar
Van McCoy – keyboards, backing vocals, rhythm arrangements
Kenneth Ascher, Richard Tee, Paul Griffin – keyboards
Ken Bichel – synthesizer, orchestra bells
Brian Aslop, Gordon Edwards – bass guitar
Chris Parker – drums
Errol “Crusher” Bennett, George Devens – percussion
In July 1975, “CTI” label released “The Rape of El Morro”, the fourth Don Sebesky album. It was recorded April – May 1975, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.
Personnel:
Don Sebesky – keyboards, arranger, conductor
Joan LaBarbara – vocals
David Sanborn – alto saxophone
Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone
Randy Brecker – trumpet
Jon Faddis – trumpet
Wayne Andre, Barry Rogers, Sonny Russo – trombone
Tony Studd – bass trombone
Ray Beckenstetein – flute, alto flute, piccolo
Harvey Estrin, Walt Levinsky, George Marge, Al Regni – flute
Joe Beck – guitar
Don Grolnick, Roland Hanna, Pat Rebillot – keyboards
Ron Carter – bass
Will Lee – bass
Steve Gadd – drums
George Devens, Phil Kraus – percussion
Harry Cykman, Paul Gershman, Harry Glickman, Emanuel Green, Harold Kohon, Charles Libove, Harry Lookofsky, David Nadien, Matthew Raimondi, David Rose – violin
Jean R. Dane, Manny Vardi – viola
Seymour Barab, Charles McCracken – cello
Bob Ciano, Richard Mantel – design
Track listing:
All tracks by Don Sebesky, except where noted.
The Rape of El Morro
Moon Dreams – John Chalmers MacGregor, Johnny Mercer
Skyliner – Charlie Barnet, Billy Moore Jr.
The Entertainer – Scott Joplin
Footprints of the Giant – based on themes by Béla Bartók, arranged and adapted by Don Sebesky
On December 1, 1973, “ABC” label released “I Got a Name”, the fifth, final and first posthumous Jim Croce studio album. It was recorded in 1973, at “The Hit Factory” in New York City, and was produced by Terry Cashman and Tommy West.
Personnel:
Jim Croce – lead and backing vocals, rhythm guitar
Maury Muehleisen – lead acoustic and electric guitar, backing vocals
Henry Gross – lead and rhythm electric guitar, slide guitar
Tommy West – piano, electric piano, keyboards, rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Michael Kamen – ARP synthesizer, oboe, ARP tuba synthesizer
In September 1973, “Blue Note” label released “From the Depths of My Soul”, the fourth Marlena Shaw album. It was recorded May – June 1973, at “A&R Studios” in New York City, and was produced by George Butler.
Personnel:
Marlena Shaw – vocals
Gene Bertoncini, Cornell Dupree, Carl Lynch, Hugh McCracken – guitar
Derek Smith – piano, electric piano, clavinet
Eugene Bianco – harp
Ron Carter – double bass
Wilbur Bascomb, Jr. – electric bass
Charles Collins, Herbie Lovelle, Grady Tate – drums
Arthur Jenkins – congas
George Devens, George Jenkins – percussion
Wade Marcus – arrangements, conductor
Uncredited horns and strings musicians
Track listing:
Prelude / I Know I Love Him – Bodie Chandler, Wade Marcus
Hum This Song – Carl Davis
But For Now – Bob Dorough
Easy Evil – Alan O’Day
The Laughter and the Tears – Randy Edelman
The Feeling’s Good – Charles Fox, Norman Gimbel
Wildflower – David Richardson, Doug Edwards
Just Don’t Want to Be Lonely – Bobby Eli, John C. Freeman, Jr., Vinnie Barrett
On January 14, 1976, “Kudu Records” label released “House of the Rising Sun”, the fourth Idris Muhammad album. it was recorded May – October 1975, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.
Personnel:
Idris Muhammad – drums
Eric Gale – guitar
Joe Beck – guitar
Leon Pendarvis – piano
Don Grolnick – piano
Roland Hanna – piano
Will Lee, Wilbur Bascomb – bass
George Devens – percussion
David Sanborn – alto saxophone
George Young – tenor saxophone
Bob Berg – tenor saxophone
Ronnie Cuber – baritone saxophone
Tom Harrell- trumpet
Barry Rogers – trombone
David Matthews – arrangements, conducting
Tom Harrell – arrangements
Track listing:
House of the Rising Sun – traditional
Baia (Boogie Bump) – Ary Barroso, Ray Gilbert
Hard to Face the Music – Ashford & Simpson
Theme for New York City (based on prelude No. 41) – Frédéric Chopin
Sudan – Idris Muhammad, Tom Harrell
Hey Pock A-Way – Aaron Neville, Greg Porter, Joseph Modelliste, Leo Nocentelli
On January 11, 1974, “Elektra” label released “Hotcakes”, the fourth Carly Simon studio album. It was recorded in September 1973, at “Producers Workshop” in Los Angeles, and October – November 1973, at “The Hit Factory” in New York City, and was produced by Richard Perry.
Personnel:
Carly Simon – lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitar, acoustic piano, Fender Rhodes, whistle
James Taylor – lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitar, horn arrangements and conductor
Kenny Ascher – acoustic piano, Hammond organ
Dr. John – acoustic piano, Hammond organ
David Spinozza – electric guitar
Bucky Pizzarelli – electric guitar
Jimmy Ryan – acoustic and electric guitar
Robbie Robertson – electric guitar
Klaus Voormann – bass guitar
Richard Davis – string bass
Larry Brean – slap bass
Rick Marotta – drums
Jim Keltner – drums
Jim Gordon – drums
Billy Cobham – drums
Andy Newmark – drums
Russ Kunkel – drums
Ralph MacDonald – congas, percussion
George Devens – cabasa
Paul Buckmaster – string and woodwind arrangements, conductor
On April 27, 1989, “Arista” label released “Through the Storm”, the thirty-second Aretha Franklin studio album. It was recorded in 1988, and was produced by Narada Michael Walden, Walter Afanasieff, Arif Mardin, Joe Mardin and Aretha Franklin.
Personnel:
Aretha Franklin– lead and backing vocals, piano, vocal engineer
James Brown – lead vocals
Elton John– lead vocals
Four Tops– lead and backing vocals
Whitney Houston– lead vocals
Corrado Rustici – guitar, rhythm guitar
Steve Khan– guitar
Reggie Griffin – guitar
David Paich– piano
David Foster– piano, Fender Rhodes, synthesizer
Walter Afanasieff– keyboards, synthesizer, programming
Aaron Zigman– keyboards, bass vocals
Ren Klyce– additional keyboards, programming
Robbie Kondor – synthesizer, piano
Louis Johnson– bass guitar
Jerry Knight – bass guitar
Jeff Porcaro– drums
John Robinson– drums
Yogi Horton– drums
Sammy Merendino – electronic drums
Narada Michael Walden– electronic drums, sequencer, synthesizer, arrangements
Steve Kroon – percussion
George Devens – percussion
Greg Gigi Gonaway– cymbal
Kenny G– saxophone
Marc Russo– saxophone
Andy Snitzer – tenor saxophone
Kenneth Hitchcock – baritone saxophone
Kent Smith – trumpet
Chris Botti– trumpet
Mike Davis – trombone
Liz Jackson – backing vocals
Skyler Jett – backing vocals
Melisa Kary – backing vocals
Brenda Corbett – backing vocals
Edie Lehman – backing vocals
Marti McCall – backing vocals
Claytoven Richardson– backing vocals
Kitty Beethoven – backing vocals
Margaret Branch – backing vocals
Siedah Garrett– backing vocals
“Bongo” Bob Smith – programming
Arif Mardin– arrangements
Rod Hui – recording, mixing
Mike Lacopelli – recording, vocal recording
Lincoln Clapp – engineer
David Frazer – engineer
Darren Klein – engineer, mixing
Joe Mardin– programming, sequencer, recording, mixing
Peter Max – front and back cover art
Marlene Cohen – art direction
Norman Parkinson – photography
Track listing:
Gimme Your Love – Narada Michael Walden, Jeffrey Cohen
Mercy – Siedah Garrett, Glen Ballard
He’s the Boy – Aretha Franklin
It Isn’t, It Wasn’t, It Ain’t Never Gonna Be – Albert Hammond, Diane Warren
Through the Storm – Albert Hammond, Diane Warren
Think (1989) – Aretha Franklin, Ted White
Come to Me – Willard Eugene Price
If Ever a Love There Was – Pamela Phillips Oland, Todd Cerney
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