On August 9, 1971, “Capitol” label released “Someday We’ll Look Back”, the 15th Merle Haggard and The Strangers album. It was recorded 1969 – 1970, at “Capitol” in Hollywood, and was produced by Ken Nelson.
Personnel:
Merle Haggard– vocals, guitar
The Strangers:
Roy Nichols – lead guitar
Norman Hamlet – steel guitar, dobro
Bobby Wayne – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Dennis Hromek – bass, backing vocals
Biff Adam – drums
James Burton – guitar, dobro
Glen Campbell – guitar, backing vocals
Glen D. Hardin – piano
Hargus “Pig” Robbins – piano
Willard Price – bass
Leon Copeland – bass
Chuck Berghofer – bass
Tommy Ash – drums
Track listing:
All tracks by Merle Haggard, except where noted.
Someday We’ll Look Back
Train of Life – Roger Miller
One Sweet Hello
One Row at a Time – Red Lane, Dottie West
Big Time Annie’s Square
I’d Rather Be Gone
California Cottonfields – Dallas Frazier, Earl Montgo
On July 1, 1980, “Warner Bros” label released the self-titled, debut John Anderson studio album. It was recorded in 1980, and was produced by Norro Wilson.
Personnel:
John Anderson – lead and backing vocals
Tommy Allsup – acoustic guitar
Reggie Young – electric guitar
Phil Baugh – electric guitar
Ray Edenton – electric guitar
Pete Drake – steel guitar
Billy Sanford – electric guitar
Pete Wade – electric guitar
Bobby Wood – piano
David Briggs – piano
Hargus “Pig” Robbins – piano
Terry McMillan – harmonica
Bob Moore – upright bass
Henry Strzelecki – bass guitar
Harold Bradley – six string bass guitar
Tommy Cogbill – bass guitar
Ralph Gallant (Larrie Londin) – drums
Kenny Malone – drums
Tommy Jackson – fiddle
Track listing:
Havin’ Hard Times – John Anderson, Lionel Delmore
Something Borrowed, Something Blue – Wayland Holyfield, Norro Wilson
Shoot Low, Sheriff – John Anderson, Lionel Delmore
The Girl at the End of the Bar – John Anderson, Lionel Delmore
Low Dog Blues – John Anderson, Lionel Delmore
1959 – Garry Gentry
She Just Started Liking Cheatin’ Songs – Kent Robbins
The Arms of a Fool – Ronal McCown
It Looks Like the Party Is Over – John Anderson, Lionel Delmore
If There Were No Memories – Ronal McCown
Your Lying Blue Eyes – Ken McDuffie
You’re Right, I’m Wrong, I’m Sorry – John Anderson, Betty Gallup, Ervan James Parker
On February 7, 1995, “Polygram” label released “The Woman in Me”, the second Shania Twain studio album. It was recorded 1994 – 1995, at “Sound Stage Studio”, “Battery Studios”, “Javelina Recording Studios” and “Recording Arts” in Nashville, “A.R.P. Track Productions” in St. Anne Des Lacs, Quebec, Canada, and was produced by Robert John “Mutt” Lange. In December 2000, the album was certified 12× Platinum by the RIAA in USA. In 2006, “The Woman in Me” was ranked number 8 on CMT’s list of “40 Greatest Albums in Country Music”.
Personnel:
Shania Twain – lead and backing vocals, claps, footsteps
Dann Huff – tic tac bass, lead guitar, electric guitar, slide guitar, guitar textures, wa-wa guitar (Sic), jangle guitar, claps
Paul Franklin – pedal steel guitar, Pedabro
Larry Byrom – acoustic guitar, electric rhythm guitar
Brent Mason – lead guitar, electric guitar, six-string bass guitar
Billy Crain – slide guitar
John Hughey – pedal steel guitar
Brent Rowan – electric guitar textures
Sam Bush – mandolin
John Barlow Jarvis – piano, Wurlitzer electric piano
Hargus “Pig” Robbins – piano
David Hungate – bass guitar, fretless bass, double bass
Paul Leim – drums, percussion, tambourine, shaker, door slam
Terry McMillan – percussion, cowbell, harmonica, boot stomps
Joe Spivey – fiddle
Glen Duncan – fiddle
Rob Hajacos – fiddle
Nashville String Machine – string section
Ronn Huff – string arrangements
Nick Keca – claps
Robert John “Mutt” Lange – backing vocals, claps
Warren Peterson – engineer
Simon Pressey – engineer
Ron “Snake” Reynolds – engineer
Nick Keca – engineer
Lee Groitzsch – overdub engineer
Brian Tankersly – overdub engineer
Craig White – engineer assistant
Robert Charles – overdub engineer assistant
Wayne Morgan – overdub engineer assistant
Track listing:
All tracks by Shania Twain and Robert John Lange, except where noted
In September 1965, “MGM” label released “Ballads of the Hills and Plains”, the third Hank Williams Jr. album. It was recorded in July 1965; at “Columbia Recording Studios” in Nashville, and was produced by Jim Vienneau.
Personnel:
Hank Williams Jr.– vocals, guitar
Grady Martin, Jerry Kennedy, Harold Bradley, Ray Edenton – guitar
Hargus “Pig” Robbins– piano
Bob Moore– bass
The Jordanaires– vocal accompaniment
Track listing:
Doc Holiday – John Paulovic
Cowpoke – Tillman Franks, David Houston
Blood’s Thicker Than Water – Danny Dill, Wayne P. Walker
The Blizzard – Harlan Howard
Stampede – Jim Dale, Frances Paulin
The Rainmaker – Cliff Friend, Jack Sanders, Mack Vickery
In May 1969, “Vanguard” label released “David’s Album”, the eleventh Joan Baez album. It was recorded in September 1968, at “CBS Studios: in Nashville, and was produced by Maynard Solomon.
Personnel:
Joan Baez – vocals, guitar
Fred Carter, Jr.– mandolin
Pete Drake– pedal steel guitar
Johnny Gimble– fiddle
Roy Huskey, Jr.– bass
Tommy Jackson– fiddle
Jerry Kennedy– guitar
Jerry Reed– guitar
Harold Bradley– guitar, dobro
Hargus “Pig” Robbins– piano
Harold Rugg – guitar, dobro
Grady Martin– guitar
Buddy Spicher– fiddle
Norbert Putnam– bass
Kenny Buttrey– drums
Track listing:
If I Knew – Nina Dusheck, Pauline Marden
Rock Salt and Nails – Bruce Utah Phillips
Glad Bluebird of Happiness – Darryl Skrabak
Green, Green Grass of Home – Curly Putman
Will the Circle be Unbroken – traditional
The Tramp on the Street – traditional
Poor Wayfaring Stranger – Traditional
Just a Closer Walk With Thee – Traditional
Hickory Wind – Gram Parsons, Bob Buchanan
My Home’s Across the Blue Ridge Mountains – P. Carter, Tom Ashley
In May 1969, “Capitol” label released “California Bloodlines”, the second John Stewart studio album. It was recorded in 1969, in Nashville, and was produced by Nik Venet. “Rolling Stone” magazine named “California Bloodlines” as of one of the 200 best albums of all time.
On March 25, 2014, “Legacy Recordings” label released “Out Among the Stars” the posthumous Johnny Cash studio album. The album materials come from the lost 1980s sessions with producer Billy Sherrill, shelved by “Columbia Records”, and discovered and compiled by Cash’s son John Carter Cash in 2012. The materials were recorded 1981-1984, at “Columbia Studios” in Nashville, Tennessee, and “1111 Sound Studios” in Los Angeles, and were produced by Billy Sherrill, John Carter Cash and Steve Berkowitz.
Personnel:
Johnny Cash – vocals, guitar
June Carter Cash– duet
Waylon Jennings– duet
Pete Bordonali – guitar
Jerry Carrigan – guitar
Jerry Kennedy– guitar
Billy Sanford – guitar
Dale Sellers – guitar
Robert Wray – guitar
Pete Drake– steel guitar
Weldon Myrick – steel guitar
Buddy Miller– guitar
Pat McLaughlin – guitar
Bryan Sutton– acoustic guitar, banjo
Marty Stuart – guitar, mandolin
Marty Stuart– guitar, mandolin
Sam Bush– mandolin
Tony Harrell – keyboards
Hargus “Pig” Robbins– piano
Bobby Wood – piano
Terry McMillan– harmonica
Mark Fain – upright bass
Henry Strzelecki – bass guitar
John C. Williams – bass guitar
Kenny Malone– drums
Rick Lonow – percussion
Niko Bolas– percussion
Blade – percussion
Laura Cash – fiddle
Jerry Douglas– Dobro
Minnie Pearl– vocals
Carlene Carter– backing vocals
Cash Cabin Vocal Group” and the full student body of Sumner Academy of Gallatin, Tennessee – additional vocals
Chuck Turner – engineer
Nathan Yarborough – additional mixing
Niko Bolas – mixing
Joseph M. Palmaccio– mastering
Lou Robin – executive production
Track listing:
Out Among the Stars – Adam Mitchell
Baby Ride Easy – Richard Dobson
She Used to Love Me a Lot – Kye Fleming, Dennis Morgan, Charles Quillen
After All – Charles Cochran, Sandy Mason
I’m Movin’ On – Hank Snow
If I Told You Who It Was – Bobby Braddock, Curly Putman
Call Your Mother – Johnny Cash
I Drove Her Out of My Mind – Gary Gentry, Hillman Hall
Tennessee – Rick Scott
Rock and Roll Shoes – Paul Kennerley, Graham Lyle
Don’t You Think It’s Come Our Time – Tommy Collins
I Came to Believe – Johnny Cash
She Used to Love Me a Lot (JC/ECVersion) – Kye Fleming, Dennis Morgan, Charles Quillen
In December 1968, “Vanguard” label released “Any Day Now”, the tenth Joan Baez album. The double LP contained exclusively Bob Dylan songs was recorded September in 1968, at “CBS Studios” in Nashville, and was produced by Maynard Solomon.
On May 16, 1966, “Columbia” label released “Blonde on Blonde”, the seventh Bob Dylan studio. It was recorded October 5, 1965; November 30, 1965; and January 25, 1966, at “Studio A, Columbia Recording Studios” in New York; February 14–17 and March 8–10, 1966, at “Columbia Studio B” in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by Bob Johnston. “Blonde on Blonde” completed Dylan’s trilogy of albums that he recorded in 1965 and 1966 (Bringing It All Back Home and Highway 61 Revisited). In 1974, “NME” magazine ranked “Blonde on Blonde” at number 2 on its list of “The Greatest Albums of All Time”. “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked the album at number 9 on its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.
Personne
Bob Dylan– vocals, guitar, harmonica, piano
Jerry Kennedy– guitar
Wayne Moss– vocals, guitar
Hargus “Pig” Robbins– piano, keyboards
Robbie Robertson– vocals, guitar
Al Kooper– organ, guitar
Bill Aikins– keyboards
Paul Griffin– piano
Charlie McCoy– bass guitar, guitar, harmonica, trumpet
On August 12, 1985, “Geffen” label released “Old Ways”, the fourteenth studio Neil Young album. It was recorded January 1983 – April 1985 at “House Of David”, in Nashville, “The Castle” in Franklin TN, “Pedernales Recording Studio” in Spicewood, TX , and live at “The Opry” in Austin TX, and was produced by Neil Young, David Briggs, Ben Keith, and Elliot Mazer.
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