On September 28, 2024, Kristoffer Kristofferson died aged 88 years. He was musician (guitar, harmonica), singer, composer and actor. His best known songs are “Me and Bobby McGee”, “For the Good Times”, “Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down”, and “Help Me Make It Through the Night”. Kristofferson has won three “Grammy Awards” and received the “Lifetime Achievement Award” in 2014. As leader he released twenty-one albums.
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Joan Baez: Blessed Are…
In July 1971, “Vanguard” label released “Blessed Are…”, the thirteen Joan Baez studio album. It was recorded in 1971, at “Quadrafonic Sound Studios” in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by Norbert Putnam and Jack Lothrop
Personnel:
- Joan Baez – guitar, vocals
- Pete Wade – guitar
- Norman Blake – guitar, dobro
- David Briggs– keyboards
- Charlie McCoy– harmonica
- Norbert Putnam– bass, arrangements
- Kenneth A. Buttrey –drums
- The Holladay – singers
- Ed Logan – tenor saxophone
- Buddy Spicher– violin
- Gene Eichelberger – engineer
- Dave Harris – artwork
- Jobriath– design
- Jim Marshall– photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Joan Baez, except where noted.
- Blessed Are…
- The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down – Robbie Robertson
- Salt of the Earth – Mick Jagger, Keith Richards
- Three Horses
- The Brand New Tennessee Waltz – Jesse Winchester
- Last, Lonely and Wretched
- Lincoln Freed Me Today (The Slave) – David Paton
- Outside the Nashville City Limits
- San Francisco Mabel Joy – Mickey Newbury
- When Time Is Stolen
- Heaven Help Us All – Ronald Miller
- Angeline – Mickey Newbury
- Help Me Make It Through the Night – Kris Kristofferson
- Let It Be – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
- Put Your Hand in the Hand – Gene MacLellan
- Gabriel and Me
- Milanese Waltz/Marie Flore
- The Hitchhikers’ Song
- The 33rd of August – Mickey Newbury
- Fifteen Months
Bryan Ferry: Another Time, Another Place
On July 5, 1974, “island” label released “Another Time, Another Place”, the second Bryan Ferry studio album. It was recorded in 1974, at “Island Studios”, “Ramport Studios” and “AIR studios” in London, and was produced by Bryan Ferry and John Punter.
Personnel:
- Bryan Ferry – lead vocal, harmonica, organ, cover concept
- David O’List– guitar
- John Porter– guitar
- Mark Warner – guitar
- Peter Robinson – keyboards
- John Wetton– bass guitar, fiddle
- John Punter– bass guitar
- Tony Carr, Tony Charles, Bruce Rowland– drums
- Bruce Rowland– drums
- Morris Pert– percussion
- Ruan O’Lochlainn – alto saxophone
- Chris Mercer – tenor saxophone
- Jeff Daly, Bob Efford, Ronnie Ross– saxophone
- Henry Lowther– trumpet
- Paul Cosh, Martin Drover– trumpet
- Chris Pyne– trombone
- Malcolm Griffiths – trombone
- Jimmy Hastings– flute
- Vicki Brown, Helen Chappelle, Barry St. John, Liza Strike – choir
- Martyn Ford – brass arrangements
- Ann Odell – string arrangements
- John Punter – engineer
- Rhett Davies, Mark Dodson, Gary Edwards, Sean Milligan – engineer assistant
- Bob Bowkett – artwork
- Nicholas de Ville – design
- Eric Boman – photography
- Antony Price – fashion
Track listing:
- The ‘In’ Crowd – Billy Page
- Smoke Gets in Your Eyes – Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach
- Walk a Mile in My Shoes – Joe South
- Funny How Time Slips Away – Willie Nelson
- You Are My Sunshine – Jimmie Davis, Charles Mitchell
- (What a) Wonderful World – Sam Cooke, Herb Alpert, Lou Adler
- It Ain’t Me Babe – Bob Dylan
- Fingerpoppin’ – Ike Turner
- Help Me Make It Through the Nigh – Ike Turner
- Another Time, Another Place – Brian Ferry
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