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The Kingsmen: The Kingsmen In Person

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In December 1963, “Wand” label released “The Kingsmen in Person”, the debut Kingsmen (The) album. It was recorded April – November 1963, and was produced by Jerry Dennon.

Personnel:

  • Lynn Easton – vocals, saxophone, drums
  • Mike Mitchell – guitar
  • Don Gallucci – keyboards
  • Norm Sundholm – bass
  • Gary Abbott – drums
  • Jack Ely – vocals, guitar
  • Bob Nordby – bass
  • Dick Zimmerman – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Louie, Louie – Richard Berry
  2. The Waiting – Don Gallucci, Lynn Easton
  3. Mojo Workout – Julian Bright
  4. Fever – Otis Blackwell, Eddie Cooley
  5. Money – Berry Gordy, Janie Bradford
  6. Bent Scepter – Don Gallucci
  7. Long Tall Texan – Henry Strzelecki
  8. You Can’t Sit Down – Dee Clark, Cornell Muldrow
  9. Twist & Shout – Phil Medley, Bert Russell
  10. J.A.J. – Dave Lewis
  11. Night Train – Jimmy Forest, Oscar Washington, Lewis C. Simpkins
  12. Mashed Potatoes – Dessie Rozier

Louis Armstrong: Louis ‘Country & Western Armstrong

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In October 1970, “Avco Embassy Records” label released “Louis ‘Country & Western’ Armstrong”, the last album of recorded music by Louis Armstrong. It was recorded at “Nola Studios” in New York City.

Personnel:

  • Louis Armstrong – vocals
  • Jack Eubanks – guitar
  • Stu Basore – steel guitar
  • Billie Grammer – rhythm guitar
  • Larry Butler – piano
  • Henry Strzelecki – double bass
  • Willie Ackerman – drums

Track listing:

  1. Miller’s Cave – Jack Clement
  2. Almost Persuaded – Billy Sherrill, Glenn Sutton
  3. Running Bear – J.P. Richardson
  4. Get Together – Chet Powers
  5. Crystal Chandeliers – Ted Harris
  6. You Can Have Her – Bill Cook
  7. The Easy Part’s Over – Bill Rice, Jerry Foster
  8. Black Cloud – Bill Brock
  9. Why Did Mrs. Murphy Leave Town – Jack Clement
  10. Wolverton Mountain – Claude King, Merle Kilgore
  11. Ramblin’ Rose – Joe Sherman, Noel Sherman
  12. Crazy Arms – Charles Sales, Ralph Mooney

John Anderson: Same

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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:

  1. Havin’ Hard Times – John Anderson, Lionel Delmore
  2. Something Borrowed, Something Blue – Wayland Holyfield, Norro Wilson
  3. Shoot Low, Sheriff – John Anderson, Lionel Delmore
  4. The Girl at the End of the Bar – John Anderson, Lionel Delmore
  5. Low Dog Blues – John Anderson, Lionel Delmore
  6. 1959 – Garry Gentry
  7. She Just Started Liking Cheatin’ Songs – Kent Robbins
  8. The Arms of a Fool – Ronal McCown
  9. It Looks Like the Party Is Over – John Anderson, Lionel Delmore
  10. If There Were No Memories – Ronal McCown
  11. Your Lying Blue Eyes – Ken McDuffie
  12. You’re Right, I’m Wrong, I’m Sorry – John Anderson, Betty Gallup, Ervan James Parker

Elvis Presley: How Great Thou Art

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On February 27, 1967, “RCA Victor” label released “How Great Thou Art”, the eighth Elvis Presley studio album. It was recorded October 1960 – May 1966, at “RCA Studio B” in Nashville, and was produced by Felton Jarvis. The album won “Grammy Award” for “Best Sacred Performance”.

Personnel:

  • Elvis Presley – vocals
  • The Jordanaires – vocals
  • The Imperials – vocals
  • Millie Kirkham – vocals
  • Dolores Edgin – vocals
  • June Page – vocals
  • Scotty Moore – guitar
  • Chip Young – guitar
  • Charlie McCoy – guitar, bass, harmonica
  • Pete Drake – pedal steel guitar
  • Floyd Cramer – piano
  • David Briggs – piano, organ
  • Henry Slaughter – piano, organ
  • Boots Randolph – saxophone
  • Rufus Long – saxophone
  • Bob Moore – double bass
  • Henry Strzelecki – double bass
  • D. J. Fontana – drums, tambourine
  • Buddy Harman – drums, timpani

Track listing:

  1. How Great Thou Art – Stuart K. Hine
  2. In the Garden – C. Austin Miles
  3. Somebody Bigger Than You and I – Hy Heath, Sonny Burke, Johnny Lange
  4. Farther Along – traditional, arranged by Elvis Presley
  5. Stand by Me – traditional, arranged by Elvis Presley
  6. Without Him – Mylon LeFevre
  7. So High – traditional, arranged by Elvis Presley
  8. Where Could I Go but to the Lord – James B. Coats
  9. By and By – traditional, arranged by Elvis Presley
  10. If the Lord Wasn’t Walking by My Side – Henry Slaughter
  11. Run On – traditional, arranged by Elvis Presley
  12. Where No One Stands Alone – Mosie Lister
  13. Crying in the Chapel – Artie Glenn

Steve Young: Seven Bridges Road

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In January 1972, “Reprise” label released “Seven Bridges Road”, the second Steve Young album. It was recorded in 1971, at ”Fred F. Carter Jr. Studios” in Goodlettsville, Tennessee, and was produced by David Briggs.

Personnel:

  • Steve Young – vocals, guitar
  • Pete Drake – steel guitar
  • Weldon Myrick – steel guitar
  • Bobby Thompson – guitar
  • Junior Brown – guitar
  • Ray Edenton – guitar
  • Bob Moore – guitar
  • John Goldthwaite – guitar
  • Dale Sellers – guitar
  • Pete Wade – guitar
  • Jerry Smith – keyboards
  • Josh Graves – dobro
  • Buddy Spicher – fiddle
  • Charlie McCoy – harmonica
  • David Briggs – keyboards
  • Fred Carter, Jr. – bass
  • Henry Strzelecki – bass
  • D.J. Fontana – drums
  • William Ackerman – drums
  • Jerry Carrigan – drums
  • Paul Tannen – vocals
  • Ginger Holladay – vocals
  • Mary Holladay – vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Steve Young, except where noted.

  1. Seven Bridges Road
  2. My Oklahoma – Cheryl A. Young
  3. The White Trash Song
  4. I Can’t Hold Myself in Line – Merle Haggard
  5. I Begin to See Design – Steve Young, Cheryl A. Young
  6. Long Way to Hollywood
  7. Many Rivers
  8. Lonesome, On’ry and Mean
  9. Come Sit by My Side – Fred Carter Jr.
  10. True Note
  11. Ragtime Blue Guitar
  12. Montgomery in the Rain

Gordon Lightfoot: Summer Side of Life

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In May 1971, “Reprise” label released “Summer Side of Life”, the seventh Gordon Lightfoot album. It was recorded December 1970 – April 1971, at “Woodland Sound Studios” in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by Joseph Wissert.

Personnel:

  • Gordon Lightfoot – vocals, guitar, piano
  • Red Shea – guitar
  • Jerry Shook – guitar
  • Chip Young – guitar
  • Charlie McCoy – harmonica
  • Hargus “Pig” Robbins – piano
  • Rick Haynes – bass guitar
  • Roy M. “Junior” Huskey – acoustic bass
  • James Rolleston – bass guitar
  • Henry Strzelecki – bass guitar
  • Kenneth A. Buttrey – drums
  • Buddy Harman – drums
  • Jim Isbell – drums
  • David Brown – percussion
  • Farrel Morris – percussion
  • Vassar Clements – violin
  • The Jordanaires (Gordon Stoker, Neal Matthews, Hoyt Hawkins, Ray Walker) – backing vocals
  • Rex Collier – recording
  • Rick Horton – engineer
  • Harry Kemball – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Gordon Lightfoot.

  1. 10 Degrees and Getting Colder
  2. Miguel
  3. Go My Way
  4. Summer Side of Life
  5. Cotton Jenny
  6. Talking in Your Sleep
  7. Nous Vivons Ensemble
  8. Same Old Loverman
  9. Redwood Hill
  10. Love and Maple Syrup
  11. Cabaret

David Allan: I’ve Got Something To Say

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In June 1981, “Columbia” label released “I’ve Got Something to Say”, the fifteen  David Allan Coe. It was recorded in 1976 at Columbia Studios, Pete’s Place in Nashville, and was produced by Billy Sherrill.

Personnel:

  • David Allan Coe, Guy Clark, Bill Anderson, Dickey Betts, Kris Kristofferson, Larry Jon Wilson, George Jones– vocals
  • Reggie Young, Ken Bell, Dick Betts, Boomer Castleman – guitar
  • Pete Drake, Dale Seigfreid – steel guitar
  • Jimmy English – banjo
  • Steve Nathan, Chalmer Davis – piano, keyboards
  • Henry Strzelecki, Ron Bledsoe, Ralph Ezell – bass
  • Kenny Malone, Owen Hale – drums
  • Buddy Spicher– fiddle

Track listing:

Alltracks by David Allan Coe except where noted.

  1. I’ve Got Something to Say
  2. Back to Atlanta
  3. I Could Never Give You Up (For Someone Else)
  4. Take It Easy Rider
  5. The Great Nashville Railroad Disaster (A True Story) – Bobby Braddock, Rafe VanHoy
  6. Hank Williams Junior-Junior – Dickey Betts, Bonnie Bramlett
  7. Get a Little Dirt on Your Hands – Bill Anderson
  8. If You’ll Hold the Ladder (I’ll Climb to the Top) – Buzz Rabin, Sara Busby
  9. This Bottle (In My Hand)
  10. Take This Job and Shove It Too
  11. Lovin’ You Comes So Natural – David Allan Coe, Curtis Buck, Jimmy Lancaster

Johnny Cash: Out Among The Stars

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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:

  1. Out Among the Stars – Adam Mitchell
  2. Baby Ride Easy – Richard Dobson
  3. She Used to Love Me a Lot – Kye Fleming, Dennis Morgan, Charles Quillen
  4. After All – Charles Cochran, Sandy Mason
  5. I’m Movin’ On – Hank Snow
  6. If I Told You Who It Was – Bobby Braddock, Curly Putman
  7. Call Your Mother – Johnny Cash
  8. I Drove Her Out of My Mind – Gary Gentry, Hillman Hall
  9. Tennessee – Rick Scott
  10. Rock and Roll Shoes – Paul Kennerley, Graham Lyle
  11. Don’t You Think It’s Come Our Time – Tommy Collins
  12. I Came to Believe – Johnny Cash
  13. She Used to Love Me a Lot (JC/ECVersion) – Kye Fleming, Dennis Morgan, Charles Quillen

Bob Dylan: Blonde On Blonde

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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
  • Henry Strzelecki – bass guitar
  • Joe South– bass guitar, guitar
  • Rick Dankoor Bill Lee – bass guitar
  • Kenneth Buttrey– drums
  • Bobby Gregg– drums
  • Wayne Butler– trombone

Track listing

All tracks by Bob Dylan

  1. Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
  2. Pledging My Time
  3. Visions of Johanna
  4. One of us Must Know
  5. Most Likely You Go Away
  6. Temporary Like Achilles
  7. Absolutely Sweet Marie
  8. 4thAround
  9. Obviously 5 Believers