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Mama Cass: Dream A Little Dream

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On October 19, 1968, “Dunhill Records” released “Dream a Little Dream”, the debut Mama Cass solo album. It was recorded in 1968, and was produced by Lou Adler and John Simon.

Personnel:

  • Cass Elliot – vocals
  • James Burton – guitar, dobro
  • Stephen Stills – vocals, guitar
  • Cyrus Faryar- guitar, ukulele
  • Paul Harris- organ, piano
  • John Sebastian- guitar, harmonica
  • John Simon- piano, arrangements
  • Larry Knechtel- keyboards
  • Harvey Brooks- bass guitar
  • Hal Blaine- drums
  • Jim Gordon- drums
  • Plas Johnson- saxophone
  • Renais Faryar – vocals
  • Brenda Holloway- backing vocals
  • Henry Diltz- photography

Track listing:

  1. Dream a Little Dream of Me – Wilbur Schwandt, Fabian Andre, Gus Kahn
  2. California Earthquake – John Hartford
  3. The Room Nobody Lives In – John Sebastian
  4. Talkin’ to Your Toothbrush – John Simon
  5. Blues for Breakfast – Richard Manuel
  6. You Know Who I Am – Leonard Cohen
  7. Rubber Band – Cyrus Faryar
  8. Long Time Loving You – Stuart Scharf
  9. Jane, The Insane Dog Lady – John Simon
  10. What Was I Thinking Of – Leah Cohen
  11. Burn Your Hatred – Graham Nash
  12. Sweet Believer – Cyrus Faryar

Al Kooper, Mike Bloomfield and Stephen Stills: Super Session

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On July 22, 1968, “Columbia” label released “Super Session”, album conceived by Al Kooper, Mike Bloomfield and Stephen Stills. Bloomfield and Stills do not play together on the album, with tracks including Bloomfield on side one, and those including Stills on side two. It was recorded in May1968, and was produced by Al Kooper.

Personnel:

  • Al Kooper— vocals, piano, organ, ondioline, electric guitar, twelve-string guitar
  • Mike Bloomfield— guitars
  • Stephen Stills— guitars
  • Barry Goldberg— electric piano
  • Harvey Brooks— bass
  • Eddie Hoh— drums, percussion
  • Horn section— unknown session players; arranged by Al Kooper and Joe Scott
  • Fred Catero and Roy Halee — engineer

Track listing:

  1. Albert’s Shuffle – Al Kooper, Mike Bloomfield
  2. Stop – Jerry Ragovoy, Mort Shuman
  3. Man’s Temptation – Curtis Mayfield
  4. His Holy Modal Majesty – Al Kooper, Mike Bloomfield
  5. Reality – Al Kooper, Mike Bloomfield
  6. It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry – Bob Dylan
  7. Season of the Witch – Donovan Leitch
  8. You Don’t Love Me – Willie Cobbs
  9. Harvey’s Tune – Harvey Brooks

Miles Davis: Big Fun

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On April 19, 1974, “Columbia” label released “Big Fun” a double album by Miles Davis. It was recorded November 1969; February and March 1970, and June 1972, at “Columbia Studios B and E”, and was produced by Teo Macero.

Personnel:

  • Miles Davis– trumpet, electric trumpet with wah wah
  • John McLaughlin– guitar
  • Khalil Balakrishna– electric sitar
  • Bihari Sharima– tamboura
  • Lonnie Liston Smith– piano
  • Harold I. Williams, Jr. –piano
  • Joe Zawinul– electric piano
  • Chick Corea– electric piano
  • Herbie Hancock– electric piano
  • Larry Young– organ, celeste
  • Sonny Fortune– soprano saxophone, flute
  • Carlos Garnett– soprano saxophone
  • Steve Grossman– soprano saxophone
  • Wayne Shorter– soprano saxophone
  • Bennie Maupin– clarinet, flute
  • Bennie Maupin– bass clarinet
  • Dave Holland– electric bass guitar, double bass
  • Harvey Brooks– electric bass guitar
  • Michael Henderson– electric bass
  • Billy Cobham– triangle, drums
  • Jack DeJohnette– drums
  • Al Foster– drums
  • Billy Hart– drums
  • Airto Moreira– cuíca, percussion, berimbau, Indian instruments
  • James Mtume– African percussion
  • Badal Roy– tabla
  • Seth Rothstein – project director
  • Frank Laico, Stan Tonkel – engineer
  • Russ Payne, Stan Weiss, John Guerriere – mixing
  • Corky McCoy– cover art

Track listing:

  1. Great Expectations – Miles Davis, Joe Zawinul
  • Great Expectations – Miles Davis, Joe Zawinul
  • Orange Lady – Joe Zawinul
  1. Ife – Miles Davis
  2. Recollections – Joe Zawinul
  3. Trevere – Miles Davis
  4. Go Ahead John – Miles Davis
  5. Lonely Fire – Miles Davis
  6. The Little Blue Frog – Miles Davis
  7. Yaphet – Miles Davis

Miles Davis: Bitches Brew

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On March 30, 1970, “Columbia” label released “Bitches Brew”,  the 38th Miles Davis album. It was recorded August 19–21, 1969, at “30th Street Studio” in New York, and was produced by Teo Macero. In 1971, the album won “Grammy Award” for “Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album”.

Personnel:

  • Miles Davis – trumpet
  • Wayne Shorter – soprano saxophone
  • Bennie Maupin – bass clarinet
  • Joe Zawinul – electric piano
  • Chick Corea – electric piano
  • John McLaughlin – electric guitar
  • Dave Holland – bass
  • Harvey Brooks – electric bass
  • Lenny White – drum set
  • Jack DeJohnette – drum set
  • Don Alias – congas
  • Juma Santos (credited as Jim Riley) – shaker, congas

Track listing

  1. Pharoah’s Dance – Joe Zawinul
  2. Bitches Brew – Miles Davis
  3. Spanish Key – Miles Davis
  4. John McLaughlin – Miles Davis
  5. Miles Runs the Voodoo Down – Miles Davis
  6. Sanctuary – Wayne Shorter

John Cale: Vintage Violence

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On March 25, 1970, “Columbia” label released “Vintage Violence”, the debut John Cale studio album. It was recorded in 1969, and was produced by John Cale and Lewis Merenstein.

Personnel:

  • John Cale – vocals, bass guitar, guitar, keyboards
  • Ernire Coralla – guitar
  • Garland Jeffreys– guitar, backing vocals
  • Stan Szelest – piano
  • Harvey Brooks– bass guitar
  • Sanford Konikoff – drums
  • John McClure – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by John Cale, except where noted.

  1. Hello, There
  2. Gideon’s Bible
  3. Adelaide
  4. Big White Cloud
  5. Cleo
  6. Please
  7. Charlemagne
  8. Bring it on Up
  9. Amsterdam
  10. Ghost Story
  11. Fairweather Friend – Garland Jeffreys

John B. Sebastian: Same

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On January 19, 1969, “Reprise” label released the self titled, debut John B. Sebastian album. It was recorded in 1968, and was produced by Paul A. Rothchild.

Personnel:

  • John Sebastian – vocals, guitar, harmonica, piano, percussion
  • Stephen Stills– guitar, harmony vocals
  • David Crosby– guitar, harmony vocals
  • Danny Weis- guitar
  • Buddy Emmons– pedal steel guitar, Moog synthesizer
  • Bruce Langhorne– tambourine
  • Paul Harris– organ, keyboards
  • Mrs. Stanley Beutens and Friends – flute, lute, viola, recorder
  • Ray Neopolitan – bass
  • Harvey Brooks– bass
  • Dallas Taylor– drums
  • Reinol Andino – conga
  • Gayle Levant – harp
  • Buzzy Linhart– vibraphone
  • Burt Collins – horn
  • Jose Cuervo – horn
  • Graham Nash– harmony vocals
  • The Ikettes– backing vocals
  • Doug Bartenfeld – arrangements consultant
  • Catherine Sebastian – artwork
  • Ed Thrasher– art direction
  • Henry Diltz– photography
  • Jim Marshall– photography

Track listing:

All tracks by John B. Sebastian

  1. Red-Eye Express
  2. She’s a Lady
  3. What She Thinks About.
  4. Magical Connection
  5. You’re a Big Boy Now
  6. Rainbows All Over Your Blues
  7. How Have You Been
  8. Baby, Don’t Ya Get Crazy
  9. The Room Nobody Lives In
  10. Fa-Fana-Fa
  11. I Had a Dream

Bob Dylan: New Morning

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On October 19, 1970, “Columbia” label released “New Morning”, the eleventh Bob Dylan studio album.  It was recorded June–August 1970, at “Studio B” and “Studio E”, at the “Columbia Studio Building”, in New York City and was produced by Bob Johnston.

Personnel:

  • Bob Dylan – vocals, harmonica, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, organ, piano
  • Ron Cornelius– electric guitar
  • David Bromberg– electric guitar, dobro
  • Buzzy Feiten– electric guitar
  • Al Kooper– organ, piano, electric guitar, French horn
  • Harvey Brooks– bass guitar
  • Charlie Daniels– bass guitar
  • Russ Kunkel– drums
  • Billy Mundi– drums
  • Hilda Harris – backing vocals
  • Albertin Robinson – backing vocals
  • Maeretha Stewart – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Bob Dylan.

  1. If Not for You
  2. Day of the Locustus
  3. Time Passes Slowly
  4. Went to see the Gypsy
  5. Winterlude
  6. If Dogs Run Free
  7. New Morning
  8. Sign on the Window
  9. One More Weekend
  10. The Man in Me
  11. Three Angels
  12. Father of Night

Bob Dylan: Highway 61 Revisited

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On August 30, 1965, “Columbia” label released “Highway 61 Revisited”, the sixth Bob Dylan studio album . It was recorded June -August 1965, at “Columbia Studio A” in New York,  and was produced by Bob Johnston. The album features some of the best known Dylan songs, including “Like a Rolling Stone”, “Ballad of a thin man” and “Highway 61 revisited”. “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked “Highway 61 Revisited” at number four on its list of “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”. The song “Like a Rolling Stone” is listed number one on “Rolling Stone‍ ’s list of the “500 Greatest Songs of All Time” list, “Desolation Row” and “Highway 61 Revisited”, were listed at number 187 and number 373 on the same list.

Personnel

  • Bob Dylan— vocals, guitar, harmonica, piano, police car
  • Mike Bloomfield— electric guitar
  • Charlie McCoy— guitar
  • Paul Griffin, Al Kooper— piano, organ
  • Frank Owens — piano
  • Harvey Brooks, Russ Savakus— bass guitar
  • Bobby Gregg, Sam Lay— drums

Track listing

All tracks by Bob Dylan

  1. Like a Rolling Stone
  2. Tombstone Blues
  3. It Takes a Lot to Laugh, it Takes a Train to Cry
  4. From a Buick 6
  5. Ballad of a Thin Man
  6. Queen Jane Approximately
  7. Highway 61 Revisited
  8. Just like Tom Thumb’s Blues
  9. Desolation Row