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Isaac Hayes: The Isaac Hayes Movement

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In April 1970, “Enterprise Records” label released “The Isaac Hayes Movement”, the third Isaac Hayes studio album. It was recorded in 1969, and was produced by Isaac Hayes.

Personnel:

  • Isaac Hayes – vocals, keyboards, arrangements
  • The Bar-Kays – rhythm section
  • Dale Warren – arrangements
  • Pat Lewis – vocal arrangements
  • Ed Wolfrum – engineer
  • Henry Bush – engineer
  • Ron Capone – engineer, remix
  • Joe Tarantino – mastering
  • George Horn – mastering
  • Herb Kole – art supervisor
  • David Krieger – art direction
  • Joel Brodsky – photography

Track listing:

  1. I Stand Accused – Jerry Butler, William Butler
  2. One Big Unhappy Family – Charles Chalmers, Sandra Rhodes
  3. I Just Don’t Know What to Do With Myself – Burt Bacharach, Hal David
  4. Something – George Harrison

Wes Montgomery: Down Here On The Ground

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In April 1968, “A&M” label released “Down Here on the Ground”, the 21st Wes Montgomery album. It was recorded December 1967 – January 1968, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.

Personnel:

  • Wes Montgomery – guitar
  • Herbie Hancock – piano
  • Ron Carter – bass
  • Grady Tate – drums
  • Ray Barretto – percussion
  • Hubert Laws – flute, oboe
  • George Marge – flute, oboe
  • Romeo Penque – flute, oboe
  • Bobby Rosengarden – percussion
  • Mike Mainieri – vibraphone
  • Gene Orloff – violin
  • Raoul Poliakin – violin
  • George Ricci – cello
  • Emanuel Vardi – viola
  • Don Sebesky – arrangements, conductor
  • Eumir Deodato – arrangements, conductor
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
  • Kevin Reeves – mastering
  • Hollis King – art direction
  • Isabelle Wong – design
  • Sam Antupit – design
  • Pete Turner – photography
  • Andy Kman – production coordinator

Track listing:

  1. Wind Song – Herb Alpert, Nick Ceroli, Neil Larsen, John Pisano, Paul Francis Webster
  2. Georgia on My Mind – Hoagy Carmichael, Stuart Gorrell
  3. The Other Man’s Grass Is Always Greener – Tony Hatch, Jackie Trent
  4. Down Here on the Ground – Lalo Schifrin, Gale Garnett
  5. Up and at It – Wes Montgomery
  6. Goin’ on to Detroit – Wes Montgomery
  7. I Say a Little Prayer for You – Burt Bacharach, Hal David
  8. When I Look in Your Eyes – Leslie Bricusse
  9. Know It All (Quem Diz Que Sabe) – João Donato, Paulo Valle
  10. The Fox – Lalo Schifrin

The Avalanches: We Will Always Love You

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On December 11, 2020, “Modular Recordings” label released “We Will Always Love You”, the third Avalanches (The) studio album. It was recorded 2017 – 2020, at “Sing Sing” in Melbourne, Australia, and was produced by Robert Chater.

Personnel:

  • Robert Chater – instruments, mixing
  • Tony Di Blasi – instruments, additional production, mix supervision
  • Andy Szekeres – instruments, additional production
  • Johnny Marr – guitar
  • Kurt Vile – vocals, guitar
  • John Carroll Kirby – piano, Moog, DX7, treated piano
  • Tom Rowlands – EMS and Roland System 700 synthesizers
  • Kelly Moran – piano, prepared piano
  • Mick Jones – piano
  • Mike Callander – additional modular tweaks, granular synths, tape delays, noise
  • Farmer Dave Scher – keyboards, lap steel, melodica 
  • Tricky – vocals
  • Marta – vocals
  • Neneh Cherry – vocals
  • Clypso – vocals
  • Leon Bridges – vocals
  • Orono – vocals
  • Devonté Hynes – vocals
  • Perry Farrell – vocals
  • Sananda Maitreya – vocals
  • Pink Siifu – vocals
  • Denzel Curry – vocals
  • Sampa the Great – vocals
  • Karen O – vocals
  • Rivers Cuomo – vocals
  • Cornelius – vocals
  • MGMT – vocals, additional vocals
  • East Coast Inspirational Singers – vocals
  • The Australian Boys Choir – additional vocals
  • The Yarra Voices Choir – additional vocals
  • Etty Farrell – additional vocals
  • Cameron McVey – additional vocals
  • Wayne Coyne – additional vocals
  • Christian Scallan – recording, Arecibo message 2020 sonification
  • Jarvis Taveniere – recording
  • Zachary Zajdel – assistant engineering
  • Nate Haessly – assistant engineering
  • Clint Welander – mixing
  • Tony Espie – mixing supervision
  • Joe LaPorta – mastering
  • Jonathan Zawada – Barbara Payton sonification
  • Franck Marchis – Arecibo message 2020 sonification
  • iZNiiK – additional production

Track listing:

  1. Ghost Story – Orono Noguchi, Robert Chater, Tony Di Blasi, Andy Szekeres
  2. Song for Barbara Payton – Robert Chater, Tony DiBlasi, Andy Szekeres
  3. We Will Always Love You – Robert Chater, Tony DlBlasi, Andy Szekeres, Devonté Hynes. William “Smokey” Robinson
  4. The Divine Chord – Robert Chater, Tony Di Blasi, Andy Szekeres, Ben Goldwasser, Andrew VanWyngarden, Burt Bacharach, Hal David
  5. Solitary Ceremonies – Robert Chater, Tony DiBlasi Andy Szekeres
  6. Interstellar Love – Robert Chater, Tony Di Blasi, Andy Szekeres, Leon Bridges, Austen Jenkins, Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson, Livingston Matthews
  7. Ghost Story Pt. 2 – Robert Chater, Tony DiBlast, Andy Szekeres, Noguchi, Bridges
  8. Reflecting Light – Robert Chater, Tony Di Blasi, Andy Szekeres, Sananda Maitreva, Vashi Bunyan
  9. Carrier Waves – Robert Chater, Tony Di Blasi, Andy Szekeres
  10. Oh the Sunn! – Robert Chater, Tony Di Blasi, Andy Szekeres, Perry Farrell
  11. We Go On – Robert Chater, Tony Di Blasi, Andy Szekeres, Gary Geld, Peter Udell, Matthew Urango
  12. Star Song. IMG – Robert Chater, Tony Di Blasi, Andy Szekeres
  13. Until Daylight Comes – Robert Chater, Tony Di Blasi, Andy Szekeres, Delroy Murray, Robin Achampong, Adrian Nichols, Matthew Thaws
  14. Wherever You Go – Robert Chater, Tony Di Blasi, Andy Szekeres, James Smith, Clypso, Neneh Cherry, Cameron McVey
  15. Music Makes Me High – Robert Chater, Tony Di Blasi, Andy Szekeres, Nelson B. Miller, Stu Gardiner, Billi Rucker
  16. Pink Champagne – Robert Chater, Tony Di Blasi, Andy Szekeres
  17. Take Care in Your Dreaming – Robert Chater, Tony Di Blasi, Andy Szekeres, Denzel Curry, Thaws, Sampa Tembo
  18. Overcome – Robert Chater, Tony Di Blasi, Andy Szekeres
  19. Gold Sky – Robert Chater, Tony Di Blasi, Andy Szekeres, Kurt Vile, Wayne Coyne
  20. Always Black – Robert Chater, Tony Di Blasi, Andy Szekeres, Matthews
  21. Dial D for Devotion – Robert Chater, Tony Di Blasi, Andy Szekeres, David Berman, Jeremy Earl, Steven Tavaniere

Edwin Starr: War & Peace

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On August 7, 1970, “Motown” label released “War & Peace”, the second Edwin Starr studio album. It was recorded in 1970, and was produced by Edwin Star, Johnny Bristol, Harvey Fuqua, Henry Cosby, Norman Whitfield and Ivy Joe Hunter.

Personnel:

  • Edwin Starr – vocal
  • David De Pitte, Henry Cosby, Paul Riser, Wade Marcus, Willie Shorter – arrangements
  • Curtis McNair – art direction, design
  • Jim Hendin – photography
  • Tom Schlesinger – graphic supervision

Track listing:

  1. War – Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong
  2. Running Back and Forth – Richard “Popcorn” Wylie, Edwin Starr
  3. Adios Senorita – Sylvia Moy, Henry Cosby
  4. All Around the World – Tina Turner
  5. I Can’t Escape Your Memory – Ivy Hunter, Jack Alan Goga
  6. At Last (I Found Love) – Elgie Stover, Anna Gordy Gaye, Marvin Gaye
  7. I Just Wanted to Cry – Johnny Bristol, Edwin Starr
  8. Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head – Burt Bacharach, Hal David
  9. Time – Richard “Popcorn” Wylie, Edwin Starr
  10. California Soul – Nick Ashford, Valerie Simpson
  11. I Can’t Replace My Old Love – Harvey Fugua, Arthur Scott, Vernon Williams
  12. She Should Have Been Home – Johnny Bristol, Doris McNeil

Roland Kirk: Now Please Don’t You Cry, Beautiful Edith

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In June 1967, “Verve” label released “Now Please Don’t You Cry, Beautiful Edith”, the 14th Roland Kirk album. It was recorded in May 1967, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.

Personnel:

  • Roland Kirk – tenor saxophone, manzello, stritch, flute
  • Lonnie Liston Smith – piano
  • Ronnie Boykins – bass
  • Grady Tate – drums
  • Rudy van Gelder – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Roland Kirk, except where noted.

  1. Blue Rol
  2. Alfie – Burt Bacharach, Hal David
  3. Why Don’t They Know
  4. Silverlization
  5. Fall Out
  6. Now Please Don’t You Cry, Beautiful Edith
  7. Stompin’ Grounds
  8. It’s a Grand Night for Swinging – Billy Taylor

Bobbie Gentry: Fancy

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On April 6, 1970, “Capitol” label released “Fancy”, the sixth Bobbie Gentry studio album. It was recorded in April – August 1969 – January 1970, at “Fame Recording Studios” in Muscle Shoals, “Capitol Recording Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Rick Hall and Bobby Gentry.

Personnel:

  • Bobbie Gentry – vocals
  • Tommy Oliver – arrangements
  • Jimmie Haskell – string arrangements
  • Don Lee Keith – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Fancy – Bobby Gentry
  2. I’ll Never Fall in Love Again – Burt Bacharach, Hal David
  3. Delta Man – Leon Russell
  4. Something in the Way He Moves – James Taylor
  5. Find ‘Em, Fool ‘Em and Forget ‘Em – George Jackson, Rick Hall
  6. He Made a Woman Out of Me – Fred Burch, Don Hill
  7. Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head – Burt Bacharach, Hal David
  8. If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody – Rudy Clark
  9. Rainmaker – Harry Nilsson, Bill Martin
  10. Wedding Bell Blues – Laura Nyro

The Standells: Why Pick on Me – Sometimes Good Guys Don’t Wear White

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In November 1966, “Tower” label released “Why Pick on Me – Sometimes Good Guys Don’t Wear White”, the second Standells (The) album. It was recorded in 1966, and was produced by Ed Cobb.

Personnel:

  • Tony Valentino – vocals, guitar, arrangements
  • Larry Tamblyn – vocals, guitar, organ
  • Dave Burke – vocals, bass, arrangements
  • Dick Dodd – lead vocals, drums, arrangements
  • Ed Cobb – arrangements
  • Richard Podolor – engineer
  • Tom May – mastering
  • Howrd Risk – photography
  • Ray Harris – coordinator

Track listing:

  1. Why Pick on Me – Ed Cobb
  2. Paint It Black – Mick Jagger, Keith Richards
  3. Mi Hai Fatto Immanorare – Tony Valentine
  4. Black Hearted Woman – Glenn Houlo
  5. Sometimes Good Guys Don’t Wear White – Ed Cobb
  6. The Girl and the Moon – Larry Tamblyn
  7. Mr. Nobody – Larry Tamblyn
  8. My Little Red Book – Burt Bacharach, Hal David
  9. Mainline – Jonathan Huntress, Thomas Chellis
  10. Have You Ever Spent the Night in Jail – Ed Cobb

Stevie Wonder: Eivets Rednow

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On November 20, 1968, “Gordy” label released “Eivets Rednow”, the ninth Stevie Wonder album (Eivets Rednow is Stevie Wonder spelled backwards, Wonder’s name does not appear on the cover of the original releases). It was recorded 1967 – 1968, at “Hitsville USA” in Detroit, Michigan, and was produced by Henry Cosby.

Personnel:

  • Stevie Wonder – harmonica, piano, clavinet, drums, percussion
  • James Jamerson – bass guitar
  • Benny Benjamin – drums
  • The Funk Brothers – instrumentation

Track listing:

  1. Alfie – Burt Bacharach, Hal David
  2. More than a Dream – Henry Cosby, Stevie Wonder
  3. A House Is Not a Home – Burt Bacharach, Hal David
  4. How Can You Believe – Stevie Wonder
  5. Medley: Never My Love/Ask the Lonely – Don Addrisi, Dick Addrisi/Ivy Jo Hunter, William “Mickey” Stevenson
  6. Ruby – Mitchell Parish, Heinz Roemheld
  7. Which Way the Wind – Stevie Wonder
  8. Bye Bye World – Stevie Wonder
  9. Grazin’ in the Grass – Philemon Hou

Smokey Robinson & The Miracles: Away We A Go-Go

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In November 1966, “Tamla Motown” label released “Away We a Go-Go”, album by Smokey Robinson & the Miracles (second album by the name of Smokey Robinson & the Miracles). It was recorded in 1966, at “Hitsville USA” in Detroit, and was produced by Smokey Robinson, Mickey Gentile, Frank Wilson, Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Norman Whitfield and Ivy Jo Hunter.

Personnel:

  • Smokey Robinson – lead vocals
  • Ronnie White – backing vocals
  • Bobby Rogers – backing vocals
  • Warren “Pete” Moore – backing vocals
  • Claudette Robinson – backing vocals
  • Marv Tarplin – guitar
  • The Funk Brothers  – instrumentation
  • Various New York session musicians – instrumentation
  • The Andantes – backing vocals

Track listing:

  1. Whole Lot of Shakin’ in My Heart (Since I Met You) – Frank Wilson
  2. You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me – Pino Donaggio, Simon Napier-Bell, Vicki Wickham, Vito Pallavicini
  3. Come ‘Round Here) I’m the One You Need – Holland-Dozier-Holland
  4. Save Me – Smokey Robinson, Robert Rogers, Warren Moore
  5. Oh Be My Love – Smokey Robinson, Warren Moore
  6. Can You Love a Poor Boy – Ivy Jo Hunter, Stevie Wonder
  7. Beauty Is Only Skin Deep – Norman Whitfield, Edward Holland, Jr.
  8. I Just Don’t Know What to Do with Myself – Burt Bacharach, Hal David
  9. Baby Baby – Helen Lewis, Kay Lewis
  10. Walk On By – Burt Bacharach, Hal David
  11. Swept for You Baby – Smokey Robinson
  12. More, More, More of Your Love – Smokey Robinson