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The Stone Poneys: Evergreen, Vol. 2

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On June 12, 1967, “Capitol” label released “Evergreen, Vol. 2”, the second Stone Poneys (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1967, at “Capitol” in Hollywood, and was produced by Nick Venet.

Personnel:

  • Linda Ronstadt – lead vocals, finger cymbals
  • Bobby Kimmel – guitar
  • Kenny Edwards – guitar, sitar
  • Jimmy Bond – bass
  • Dennis Budimir – guitar
  • Pete Childs – guitar
  • John T. Forsha – guitar
  • Bernie Leadon – guitar
  • Cyrus Faryar – acoustic guitar, bouzouki
  • Steve Gillette – guitar, harmony vocals
  • Joe Osborn – electric bass
  • Jim Gordon – drums
  • Billy Mundi – drums
  • Don Randi – harpsichord
  • Jesse Ehrlich – strings, violin, viola, cello
  • Harry Hyams – strings, violin, viola, cello
  • William Kurasch – violin, viola, cello
  • Stanley Plummer – strings, violin, viola, cello
  • Robert Sushel – strings, violin, viola, cello
  • Sidney Sharp – violin, concertmaster
  • Norman Botnick – strings
  • William Durasch – strings
  • Leonard Malarsky – strings
  • Warren Barnett – mastering
  • Richie Unterberger – liner notes
  • Ian McFarlane – release preparation
  • Kevin Mueller – release preparation

Track listing:

  1. December Dream – John Braheny
  2. Song About the Rain – Steve Gillete
  3. Autumn Afternoon – Ken Edwards, Bobby Kimmel
  4. I’ve Got to Know – Pamela Polland
  5. Evergreen (Part One) – Ken Edwards, Bobby Kimmel
  6. Evergreen (Part Two) – Ken Edwards, Bobby Kimmel
  7. Different Drum – Mike Nesmith
  8. Driftin – Ken Edwards, Bobby Kimmel
  9. One for One – Al Silverman, Austin DeLone
  10. Back on the Street Again – Steve Gillette
  11. Toys in Time – Ken Edwards, Bobby Kimmel
  12. New Hard Times – Mayne Smith, Bobby Kimmel

Frank Sinatra: Strangers In The Night

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On May 30, 1966, “Reprise” label released “Strangers in the Night”, the 43rd Frank Sinatra album. It was recorded April – May 1966, in Hollywood, and was produced by Jimmy Bowen. At the 1967 “Grammy Awards”, Frank Sinatra won “Record of the Year” and “Best Male Vocal Performance”. Ernie Freeman’s arrangement of the title track won him the “Grammy Award for Best Arrangement Accompanying a Vocalist or Instrumentalist”, and Eddie Brackett and Lee Herschberg’s engineering earned them the “Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical”. The album was certified Platinum in Us by the “RIIA”.

Personnel:

  • Frank Sinatra – vocals
  • The Nelson Riddle Orchestra
  • Nelson Riddle – arranger, conductor
  • Glen Campbell, Al Viola – guitar
  • Artie Kane – Hammond B3 organ
  • Pete Candoli, Don Fagerquist, Cappy Lewis, Ray Triscari – trumpet
  • Dick Noel, Tommy Pederson, Tom Shepard – trombone
  • George Roberts – bass trombone
  • Chuck Gentry, Bill Green, Justin Gordon, Harry Klee, Ronny Lang – saxophone
  • Vincent DeRosa, Henry Sigismonti, Gale Robinson, Richard Perissi – French horn
  • Bill Green, Andreas Kostelas – flute
  • Sidney Sharp, Lennie Malarsky, William Kurasch, Ralph Schaeffer, Israel Baker, Arnold Belnick, Jerome Reisler, Robert Sushe, John De Voogdt, Bernard Kundell, Tibor Zelig, Victor Amo, Alex Beller, Herman Clebanoff, James Getzoff, Anatol Kaminsky, Paul Shure, Gerald Vinci Gerald Vinci, William Weiss, Harry Bluestone – violin
  • Harry Hyams, Joseph Di Fiore, Darrel Terwilliger, Alex Neiman, Joseph Saxon, Jesse Ehrlich, Emmet Sargeant, Stanley Harris, Paul Robyn, Armand Kaproff – viola
  • Justin DiTullio, Elizabeth Greenschpoon, Armand Kaproff – vielle
  • Bill Miller, Michel Rubini – piano
  • Alvin Casey, William Pitman, Glen Campbell, Tommy Tedesco – guitar
  • Chuck Berghofer, Ralph Pefla – bass
  • Hal Blaine, Irving Cottler – drums
  • Eddie Brackett Jr., Emil Richards – percussion
  • Ernie Freeman – arrangements
  • Donnie Lanier, Nelson Riddle – conductor

Track listing:

  1. Strangers in the Night (from the “Universal” picture “A Man Could Get Killed” – Bert Kaempfert, Charles Singleton, Eddie Snyder
  2. Summer Wind – Heinz Meier, Hans Bradtke, Johnny Mercer
  3. All or Nothing at All – Arthur Altman, Jack Lawrence
  4. Call Me – Tony Hatch
  5. You’re Driving Me Crazy – Walter Donaldson
  6. On a Clear Day (You Can See Forever) – Alan Jay Lerner, Burton Lane
  7. My baby Just Cares for Me – Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn
  8. Downtown – Tony Hatch
  9. Yes Sir, That’s My Baby – Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn
  10. The Most Beautiful Girl in the World – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart

Sam Cooke: Mr. Soul

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In February 1963, “RCA Victor” label released “Mr. Soul”, the eleventh Sam Cooke studio album. It was recorded in August; November and December, 1962, at “RCA’s Music Center of the World”, and was produced by Hugo & Luigi.

Personnel:

  • Sam Cooke – vocals
  • Clifton White, Bill Pitman,Tommy Tedesco – guitar
  • Edward Beal, Ernie Freeman, Al Pellegrini, Ernie Freeman – piano
  • Ray Johnson – piano
  • Nathan Griffin – organ
  • Ray Pohlman, Clifford Hils, Red Callender– bass guitar
  • Sharky Hall – drums
  • Earl Palmer– drums
  • Ron Rich – percussion
  • Bill Green, Plas Johnson– saxophone
  • John Ewing – trombone
  • William Hinshaw – French horn
  • Israel Baker, Robert Barene, Leonard Malarsky, Myron Sandler, Ralph Schaeffer, Sid Sharp, Arnold Belnick, Autrey McKissack, Ralph Schaeffer, Robert Barene, Jermoe Reisler – violin
  • Harry Hyams, Alexander Neiman – viola
  • Jesse Ehrlich, Irving Lipschultz, George Neikrug, Emmet Sergeant – cello
  • Horace Ott, René Hall– arrangements, conductor
  • Dave Hassinger– recording

Track listing:

  1. I Wish You Love – Charles Trenet, Lee Wilson, Albert Beach
  2. Willow Weep for Me – Ann Ronell
  3. Chains of Love- Ahmet Ertegun, under the pseudonym Nugetre
  4. Smoke Rings – Ned Washington, H. Eugene Gifford
  5. All the Way – Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen
  6. Send Me Some Lovin’ – Leo Price, John Marascalco
  7. Cry Me a River – Arthur Hamilton
  8. Driftin’ Blues – Johnny Moore, Charles Brown, Eddie Williams
  9. For Sentimental Reasons – Deek Watson, William Best
  10. Nothing Can Change This Love – Sam Cooke
  11. Little Girl – Madeline Hyde, Francis Henry
  12. These Foolish Things – Eric Maschwitz, Jack Strachey, Harry Link

Tim Buckley: Greetings From : L.A.

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In October 1972, “Straight” label released “Greetings from L.A.”, the seventh  Tim Buckley album. It was recorded in June 1972, at “Far Out Studios” in Hollyood, and was produced by Jerry Goldstein.

Personnel:

  • Tim Buckley – vocals, guitar
  • Venetta Fields, Clydie King, Lorna Willard – vocals
  • Chuck Rainey– guitar
  • Joe Falsia – guitar
  • Kevin Kelly – organ, piano
  • Reinhold Press, Chuck Rainey– bass guitar
  • Ed Greene– drums
  • Jerry Goldstein– percussion, arrangements
  • Carter C.C. Collins – congas
  • Paul Ross Novros, Eugene E. Siegel – saxophone
  • Louis Kievman – violin
  • Robert Konrad – violin, guitar
  • William Kurasch – violin
  • Jesse Ehrlich – cello
  • Harry Hyams, Ralph Schaffer – viola
  • Chris Huston, Stan Agol – engineer
  • Cal Schenkel- design
  • Bob Gordon – cover photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Tim Buckley, except where noted.

  1. Move With Me – Tim Buckley, Jerry Goldstein
  2. Get on Top
  3. Sweet Surrender
  4. Nighthawkin
  5. Devil Eyes
  6. Hong Kong Bar – Tim Buckley, Joe Falsia
  7. Make It Right – Tim Buckley, Larry Beckett, Joe Falsia, Jerry Goldstein

Frank Zappa: Lumpy Gravy

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Lumpy Gravy

On August 7, 1967, “Capitol” label released “Lumpy Gravy”, the debut Frank Zappa album. It was recorded in February 1967, and was produced by Nick Venet. “Lumpy Gravy” is an album of orchestral, electric and concrete sound, performed by a group of session players Zappa dubbed the Abnuceals Emuukha Electric Symphony Orchestra.

Personnel:

  • Frank Zappa – conductor
  • Glenn Phillips – vocals
  • Tommy Tedesco – guitar
  • Al Viola – guitar
  • Dennis Budimir – guitar
  • Jimmy “Senyah” Haynes – guitar
  • Tony Rizzi – guitar
  • Michael Lang – piano, celeste, harpsichord
  • Lincoln Mayorga – piano, celeste, harpsichord
  • Paul Smith – piano, celeste, harpsichord
  • Pete Jolly – piano, celeste, harpsichord
  • Bob West – bass
  • Jimmy Bond– bass
  • Chuck Berghofer – bass
  • Roy Estrada– bass, chorus
  • Frank Capp – drums
  • John Guerin – drums
  • Shelly Manne – drums
  • Alan Estes – percussion, drums
  • Victor Feldman– percussion, drums
  • John Rotella – percussion, woodwind
  • Emil Richards – percussion
  • Gene Estes – percussion
  • Jimmy Zito – trumpet
  • Kenny Shroyer – trombone
  • Richard Parissi – French horn
  • Vincent DeRosa– French horn
  • Arthur Maebe – French horn
  • Arnold Belnick – strings
  • Harold Bemko – strings
  • Joseph DiFiore – strings
  • Jesse Ehrlich – strings
  • Ray Kelly – strings
  • Jerome Kessler – strings
  • Alexander Koltun – strings
  • Bernard Kundell – strings
  • William Kurasch – strings
  • Harry Hyams – strings
  • Leonard Malarsky – strings
  • Jerome Reisler – strings
  • Joseph Saxon – strings
  • Ralph Schaeffer – strings
  • Leonard Selic – strings
  • Tibor Zelig – strings
  • James Getzoff – strings
  • Philip Goldberg – strings
  • Bunk Gardner – woodwind
  • Jules Jacob – woodwind
  • Ted Nash – woodwind
  • Donald Christlieb – woodwind
  • Gene Cipriano – woodwind
  • Harold Kelling – vocals
  • Larry Fanoga (Euclid James “Motorhead” Sherwood) – vocals, chorus
  • Jimmy Carl Black– chorus
  • Monica Boscia – chorus
  • Louis “Louie the Turkey” Cuneo – chorus
  • Bruce Hampton – chorus
  • Cal Schenkel – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Frank Zappa.

  1. Sink Trap
  2. Gum Joy
  3. Up and Down
  4. Local Butcher
  5. Gypsy Airs
  6. Hunchy Punchy
  7. Foamy Soaky
  8. Let’s Eat Out
  9. Teenage Grand Finale

The Beach Boys: Pet Sounds

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Pet Sounds

On May 16, 1966, “Capitol” label released “Pet Sounds”, the eleventh Beach Boys studio album. It was recorded July 12, 1965 – April 13, 1966, at “United Western Recorders”, “Gold Star Studios”, “CBS Columbia Square”, and “Sunset Sound Recorders” in Hollywood, and was produced by Brian Wilson. The album is regarded as one of the most important and influential albums in the music history. In 2003, “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked “Pet Sounds” at number two on its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.

Personnel:

The Beach Boys

  • Al Jardine– lead, harmony and backing vocals, tambourine
  • Bruce Johnston– harmony and backing vocals
  • Mike Love– lead, harmony and backing vocals
  • Brian Wilson– lead, harmony and backing vocals, dog whistles, organ, piano, sound effects
  • Carl Wilson– lead, harmony and backing vocals, guitar, twelve-string guitar
  • Dennis Wilson– harmony and backing vocals, drums
  • Glen Campbell– guitar, twelve-string electric guitar
  • Al Casey– guitar
  • Mike Deasy– guitar
  • Bill Pittman– guitar
  • Tommy Tedesco– acoustic guitar
  • Barney Kessel– guitar, mandolin
  • Billy Strange– electric guitar, guitar, twelve-string electric guitar
  • Jerry Cole– electric guitar, guitar, mandolin
  • Terry Melcher– tambourine
  • Ron Swallow– tambourine
  • Don Randi– piano
  • Al De Lory– harpsichord, organ, piano, tack piano
  • Tony Asher– plucked piano, strings
  • Carl Fortina– accordion
  • Frank Marocco– accordion
  • Tommy Morgan– harmonica
  • Larry Knechtel– organ
  • Ray Pohlman– Danelectro bass, electric bass, mandolin, guitar
  • Carole Kaye– electric bass
  • Lyle Ritz– string bass, ukulele
  • Chuck Berghofer– string bass
  • Hal Blaine– bongos, drums, tympani
  • Ritchie Frost– drums, empty Coca-Cola cans, percussion
  • Nick Martinis– drums
  • Gary Coleman – bongos, tympani
  • Julius Wechter– tympani, latin percussion, percussion, vibraphone
  • Jerry Williams– percussion
  • Frank Capp– bells, glockenspiel, latin percussion, percussion, tympani, vibraphone
  • Jim Gordon– drums, percussion
  • Paul Tanner– theremin
  • Bill Green– flute, percussion, saxophone, tenor saxophone
  • Leonard Hartman– bass clarinet, clarinet, English horn
  • Jim Horn– baritone saxophone, flute, tenor saxophone, saxophone
  • Jay Migliori– baritone saxophone, bass clarinet, clarinet, flute, saxophone
  • Steve Douglas– clarinet, flute, percussion, tenor saxophone, saxophone
  • Paul Horn– tenor saxophone
  • Bobby Klein– tenor saxophone
  • Jack Nimitz– baritone saxophone
  • Roy Caton– trumpet
  • Gail Martin– trombone
  • Ernie Tack– bass trombone
  • Alan Robinson – French horn
  • Jules Jacob– flute
  • Plas Johnson– flute, percussion, saxophone, tenor saxophone
  • James Getzoff– violin
  • William Kurasch– violin
  • Leonard Malarsky– violin
  • Arnold Belnick– violin
  • Jerome Reisler– violin
  • Tibor Zelig– violin
  • Ralph Schaeffer– violin
  • Sid Sharp– violin
  • Norman Botnick– viola
  • Harry Hyams– viola
  • Joseph DiFiore– viola
  • Darrel Terwilliger– viola
  • Justin DiTullio– cello
  • Jesse Erlich– cello
  • Joseph Saxon– cello
  • Mike Melvoin– harpsichord
  • “Tony” – sleigh bell

Track listing

All tracks by Brian Wilson and Tony Asher except where noted.

  1. Wouldn’t It Be Nice
  2. You Still Believe in Me
  3. That’s Not Me
  4. Don’t Talk
  5. I’m Waiting for the Day – Brian Wilson, Mike Love
  6. Let’s Go Away for Awhile – Brian Wilson
  7. Sloop John B – trad. arr. Brian Wilson
  8. God Only Knows
  9. I Know There’s an Answer – Brian Wilson, Terry Sachen, Mike Love
  10. Here Today
  11. I Just Wasnt Made for These Times
  12. Pet Sounds – Brian Wilson
  13. Caroline, No