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John Coltrane: Infinity

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In September 1972, “Impulse!’ label released “Infinity”, album by John Coltrane. It features overdubs with strings of Coltrane’s pieces recorded in 1965 and 1966, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, “Coast Recorders” in San Francisco, and was produced by Ed Mitchell.

Personnel:

Original performance

  • John Coltrane – soprano and tenor sax, bass clarinet, percussion, bells
  • Pharoah Sanders – tenor sax, flute, piccolo, tambourine, percussion
  • McCoy Tyner – piano
  • Alice Coltrane – piano, organ
  • Jimmy Garrison – bass
  • Elvin Jones – drums
  • Rashied Ali – drums
  • Ray Appleton – percussion
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording
  • Baker Bigsby – engineer

Overdubbed with arrangements (recorded at “The village Recorder” in Los Angeles)

  • Alice Coltrane – piano, harp, organ, vibraphone, tamboura, timpani
  • Joan Chapman – tamboura
  • Charlie Haden – bass
  • Oran Coltrane – bells

String orchestra

  • James Getzoff, Gerald Vinci, Gordon Marron, Michael White – violin
  • Rollice Dale, Myra Kestenbaum – viola
  • Jesse Ehrlich, Edgar Lustgarten – cello
  • Murray Adler – concertmaster

Track listing:

All tracks by John Coltrane.

  1. Peace on Earth
  2. Living Space
  3. Joy
  4. Leo

Stanley Clarke: School Days

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On October 8, 1976, “Nemperor” label released “School Days”, the fourth Stanley Clarke studio album. It was recorded in June 1976, at “Electric Lady Studios” in New York Cty, “A&M Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Stanley Clarke and Ken Scott.

Personnel:

  • Stanley Clarke – vocals, electric, piccolo and acoustic bass guitar, handbells, acoustic piano, humming, gong, chimes, arrange,emts, ctic andonductor
  • George Duke– keyboards
  • Ray Gomez – electric and, rhythm guitar
  • Icarus Johnson– acoustic and electric guitar
  • John McLaughlin– acoustic guitar
  • David Sancious– keyboards, Minimoog, organ, electric guitar
  • Gerry Brown– drums, handbells
  • Billy Cobham– drums, Moog 1500
  • Steve Gadd– drums
  • Milt Holland– percussion, triangls
  • Tom Malone, Dave Taylor– trombone
  • Jon Faddis, Alan Rubin,Lew Soloff – trumpet
  • Earl Chapin, John Clark, Peter Gordon, Wilmer Wise – horns
  • Al Aarons, Stewart Blumberg, George Bohanon, Buddy Childers, Robert Findley, Gary Grant, Lew McCreary, Jack Nimitz, William Peterson, Dalton Smith – brass
  • Marilyn Baker, Thomas Buffum, David Campbell, Rollice Dale, Robert Dubow, Janice Gower, Karen Jones, Dennis Karmazyn, Gordon Marron, Lya Stern, Ron Strauss, Marcia Van Dyke& John Wittenberg – strings
  • Ken Scott – engineer, remix
  • Lynn Dreese Breslin, Bob Defrin – art direction
  • Jerry Solomon, Ed Thacker, Michael Frondelli – engineer assistant

Track listing:

All tracks by Stanley Clarke.

  1. School Days
  2. Quiet Afternoon
  3. The Dancer
  4. Desert Song
  5. Hot Fun
  6. Life Is Just a Game

Ulver: Childhood’s End

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On May 28, 2012, “Kscope” label released “Childhood’s End”, the ninth Ulver studio album. It was recorded in 2008 and 2011, at “Crystal Canyon Studios” in Oslo, and was produced by Kristoffer Rygg, Tore Ylwizaker, Jørn H. Sværen and Daniel O’Sullivan. Album cover features a photograph by Hoang Van Danh of Phan Thi Kim Phuc fleeing a napalm attack by the South Vietnamese Air Force in 1972. The album is a collection of covers of “60s psychedelic tracks.

Personnel:

  • Kristoffer Rygg- vocals, programming
  • Tore Ylwizaker – keyboards, programming
  • Jørn H. Sværen – miscellaneous
  • Daniel O’Sullivan- guitar, bass, keyboards
  • Tomas Pettersen, Lars Pedersen – drums
  • Alexander Kloster-Jensen – electric guitar
  • Lars Christian Folkvord – bass
  • Espen Jørgensen, Trond Mjøen – electric and acoustic guitar
  • Mats Engen – bass, vocals, backing vocals
  • Sisi Sumbundu, Ingvild Langgård – vocals
  • Anders Møller – tambourine, shaker, congas
  • Ole Alexander Halstensgård – electronic effects

Track listing:

  1. Bracelets of Fingers (The Pretty Things) – Dick Taylor, Phil May, Wally Walter
  2. Everybody’s Been Burned (The Byrds) – David Crosby
  3. The Trap (Bonniwell’s Music Machine) – Sean Bonniwell
  4. In the Past (We the People) – Wayne Proctor
  5. Today (Jefferson Airplane) – Marty Balin, Paul Kantner
  6. Can You Travel in the Dark Alone? (Gandalf) – Peter Sando
  7. I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night) (The Electric Prunes) – Annette Tucker, Nancie Mantz
  8. Street Song (The 13th Floor Elevators) – Stacy Sutherland
  9. 66-5-4-3-2-1 (The Troggs) – Reg Presley
  10. Dark Is the Bark (The Left Banke) – George Cameron, Steve Martin Caro, Tom Finn
  11. Magic Hollow (The Beau Brummels) – Ron Elliott, Sal Valentino
  12. Soon There’ll Be Thunder (Common People) – Denny, Jerrald Robinett
  13. Velvet Sunsets (Music Emporium) – William Cosby, Thom Wade
  14. Lament of the Astral Cowboy (Curt Boettcher) – Curt Boettcher
  15. I Can See the Light (The Fleur de Lys) – Bryn Haworth, Gordon Haskell
  16. Where Is Yesterday (The United States of America) – Dorothy Moskowitz, Ed Bogas, Gordon Marron

The United States Of America: Same

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USA

On March 6, 1968, “Columbia” label released the self-titled, debut United States of America (The) album. It was recorded in December 1967, and was produced by David Rubinson.

Personnel:

  • Joseph Byrd – vocals, electronic music, electric  harpsichord,  organ, calliope, piano
  • Dorothy Moskowitz– lead vocals
  • Gordon Marron – vocals, electric violin, ring modulator
  • Rand Forbes – electric bass
  • Craig Woodson – electric drums, percussion
  • Ed Bogas– occasional organ, piano, calliope
  • Gary Margolis – photography

Track listing:

  1. The American Metaphysical Circus – Joseph Byrd
  2. Hard Coming Love – Joseph Byrd, Dorothy Moskowitz
  3. Cloud Song – Joseph Byrd, Dorothy Moskowitz
  4. The Garden of Earthly Delights – Joseph Byrd, Dorothy Moskowitz
  5. I Won’t Leave My Wooden Wife for You, Sugar – Joseph Byrd, Dorothy Moskowitz
  6. Where Is Yesterday – Gordon Marron, Ed Bogas, Dorothy Moskowitz
  7. Coming Down – Joseph Byrd, Dorothy Moskowitz
  8. Love Song for the Dead Ché – Joseph Byrd
  9. Stranded in Time – Gordon Marron, Ed Bogas
  10. The American Way of Love
  • Metaphor for an Older Man – Joseph Byrd
  • California Good time Music – Joseph Byrd
  • Love Is All – Joseph Byrd, Dorothy Moskowitz, Rand Forbes, Craig Woodson and Gordon Marron