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Cher: 3614 Jackson Highway

On June 20, 1969, “ATCO” label released “3614 Jackson Highway”, the sixth Cher album. It was recorded in 1969, at “Muscle Shoals Sound Studios” in Sheffield, Alabama, and was produced by Jerry Wexler, Stan Vincent, Tom Dowd and Arif Mardin.

Personnel:

  • Cher – lead vocals
  • Jimmy Johnson – rhythm guitar
  • Eddie Hinton – lead guitar
  • Barry Beckett – keyboards
  • David Hood – bass guitar
  • Roger Hawkins – drums
  • Jeanie Greene, Donna Jean Godchaux (née Thatcher), Mary Holladay, Sue Pilkington – backing vocals
  • Greg Poree – arrangements assistance
  • Bryan Lasley – art direction
  • Patrick Pending – art direction
  • Stephen Paley – photography

Track listing:

  1. For What It’s Worth – Stephen Stills
  2. (Just Enough to Keep Me) Hangin’ On – Buddy Mize, Ira Allen
  3. (Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay – Steve Cropper, Otis Redding
  4. Tonight I’ll Be Staying Here with You – Bob Dylan
  5. I Threw It All Away – Bob Dylan
  6. I Walk on Guided Splinters – Dr. John Creaux
  7. Lay, Baby, Lay – Bob Dylan
  8. Please Don’t Tell Me – Carroll W. Quillen, Grady Smith
  9. Cry Like a Baby – Spooner Oldham, Dan Penn
  10. Do Right Woman, Do Right Man – Chips Moman
  11. Save the Children – Eddie Hinton

Steve Harley: Hobo With A Grin

In July 1978, “EMI” label released “Hobo with a Grin”, the debut Steve Harley album. It was recorded in 1978, and was produced by Steve Harley and Michael James Jackson.

Personnel:

  • Steve Harley- vocals
  • Jo Partridge – electric and acoustic guitar, electric lead solo
  • Fred Tackett- acoustic guitar
  • Marc Bolan- guitar, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
  • Jim Cregan, Ian Bairnson- acoustic guitar, electric guitars
  • Tom Moncrieff- electric guitar solo
  • Greg Porée – electric guitar, classical guitar
  • Bill Payne- acoustic piano, organ
  • Duncan Mackay- electric piano, harpsichord, synthesizer, keyboards, piano, Hammond organ
  • Chris Mercer – saxophone
  • Bob Glaub, Alan Jones, George Ford, Reggie McBride – bass
  • Herbie Flowers- acoustic bass
  • Rick Shlosser, Ricky Fataar, Stuart Elliott, Paul Humphrey- drums
  • Simon Morton, Chris Caron, Luís Jardim- percussion
  • Lindsey Elliott, King Errisson – congas
  • Michael McDonald, Bill Champlin, Rosemary Butler, Bobby Kimball, Tom Kelley, Yvonne Keeley, John Townsend, Roy Kenner, Gloria Jones, Barry St. John – backing vocals
  • Michael J. Jackson – intro piano, tambourine, drums, percussion, mixing, additional production
  • Jimmy Horowitz – horn and strings arrangements
  • James Isaacson – remix, additional recording , engineer,
  • John Haeny, Tony Clark, Peter James, Gary Ladinsky – engineer
  • Paul Black, Haydn Bendall – engineer assistant
  • Ken Perry – mastering
  • Jim Shea – photography
  • Kosh – design

Track listing:

  1. Roll the Dice – Steve Harley, Jo Partridge
  2. Amerika the Brave – Steve Harley
  3. Living in a Rhapsody – Jim Cregan, Steve Harley, Duncan Mackay
  4. I Wish It Would Rain – Roger Penzabene, Barrett Strong, Norman Whitfield
  5. Riding the Waves (For Virginia Woolf) – Steve Harley
  6. Someone’s Coming – Jo Partridge
  7. Hot Youth – Steve Harley, Duncan Mackay
  8. (I Don’t Believe) God is an Anarchist – Steve Harley
  9. Faith, Hope and Charity – Steve Harley

Boz Scaggs: Slow Dancer

In March 1974, “Columbia” label released “Slow Dancer”, the sixth Boz Scaggs album. It was recorded in 1973, and was produced by Johnny Bristol.

Personnel:

  • Boz Scaggs – vocals, guitar
  • David Cohen, David T. Walker, Dennis Coffee, Greg Poree, Jay Graydon, Wah Wah Watson, Orville “Red” Rhodes- guitars
  • Clarence McDonald, Jerry Peters, Joe Sample, Michael Melvoin, Russell Turner – keyboards
  • James Jamerson, James Hughart – bass
  • Ed Greene, James Gadson- drums
  • Joe Clayton, King Errison – congas
  • Gene Estes, John Arnold – percussion, vibraphone
  • Ernie Watts, Fred Jackson, John Kelson – saxophone
  • George Bohanon, Lon Norman – trombone
  • Chuck Findley, Jack Laubach, Paul Hubinon, Warren Roche – trumpet, flugehorn
  • Carolyn Willis, Julia Tillman, Lorna Willard, Myrna Matthews, Pat Henderson – backing vocals
  • B. Barnum – arrangements
  • Greg Venable – engineer
  • Al Schmitt – remix
  • Tony Lane – artwork
  • Ethan Russell – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Boz Scaggs, except where noted.

  1. You Make It So Hard (To Say No)
  2. Slow Dancer – George Daly, Boz Scaggs
  3. Angel Lady (Come Just In Time) – Johnny Bristol, Jack McDonough, Boz Scaggs
  4. There Is Someone Else
  5. Hercules – Allen Toussaint
  6. Pain of Love – Johnny Bristol
  7. Sail on White Moon – Johnny Bristol
  8. Let It Happen – Johnny Bristol, Boz Scaggs
  9. I Got Your Number – Johnny Bristol, Eddie Reeves
  10. Take It for Granted