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Bruce Springsteen: Only The Strong Survive

On November 11, 2022, “Columbia” label released “Only the Strong Survive”, the twenty-first Bruce Springsteen studio album. It was recorded 2021 – 2022, at “Thrill Hill Recording” New jersey, and was produced by Ron Aniello and Bruce Springsteen.

Personnel:

  • Bruce Springsteen – lead and backing vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards
  • Ron Aniello – guitar, bass, drums, percussion, piano, keyboards, organ, vibraphone, glockenspiel, chimes, timpani, backing vocals, engineer, mixing
  • Rob Lebret – guitar
  • Bill Holloman – tenor saxophone
  • Ed Manion – baritone saxophone
  • Tom Timko – baritone saxophone
  • Barry Danielian – trumpet
  • Curt Ramm – trumpet
  • Clark Gayton – trombone
  • Lisa Kim – violin, concertmaster
  • Annaliesa Place – violin
  • Dasol Jeong – violin
  • Joanna Maurer – violin
  • Kristi Helberg – violin
  • Kuan Cheng Lu – violin
  • Sein Ryu – violin
  • Sharon Yamada – violin
  • Su Hyun Park – violin
  • Suzanne Ornstein – violin
  • Danielle Farina – viola
  • Devin Moore – viola
  • Re Clarice Jensen – cello
  • Patrick Jee – cello
  • Sophie Shao – cello
  • Rebecca Young – viola
  • Soozie Tyrell – backing vocals
  • Lisa Lowell – backing vocals
  • Sam Moore – backing vocals
  • Curtis King Jr. – backing vocals
  • Dennis Collins – backing vocals
  • Fonzi Thornton – backing vocals
  • Michelle Moore – backing vocals
  • Rob Mathes – conductor
  • Andres Bermudez – engineer
  • Rob Lebret – engineer, mixing
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Jon Landau – executive production

Track listing:

  1. Only the Strong Survive – Jerry Butler, Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff
  2. Soul Days – Jonnie Barnett
  3. Nightshift – Walter Orange, Dennis Lambert, Franne Golde
  4. Do I Love You (Indeed I Do) – Frank Wilson
  5. The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore – Bob Crewe, Bob Gaudio
  6. Turn Back the Hands of Time – Jack Daniels, Bonnie Thompson
  7. When She Was My Girl – Larry Gottlieb, Marc Blatte
  8. Hey, Western Union Man – Jerry Butler, Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff
  9. I Wish It Would Rain – Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong, Rodger Penzabene
  10. Don’t Play That Song – Ahmet Ertegun, Betty Nelson
  11.  Any Other Way – William Bell
  12. I Forgot to Be Your Lover – William Bell, Booker T. Jones
  13. 7 Rooms of Gloom – Holland-Dozier-Holland
  14. What Becomes of the Brokenhearted – William Weatherspoon, Paul Riser, James Dean
  15. Someday We’ll Be Together – Johnny Bristol, Jackey Beavers, Harvey Fuqua

Al Kooper: I Stand Alone

In February 1969, “Columbia” label released “I Stand Alone”, the debut Al Kooper album. It was recorded in 1968, and was produced by Al Kooper.

Personnel:

  • Al Kooper – vocals, piano, organ, ondioline, guitars, orchestrations
  • Wayne Moss– guitar
  • Jerry Kennedy– guitar
  • “Big” Charlie Daniels– guitar
  • Charlie McCoy– electric bass, orchestrations
  • Ken Buttrey– drums
  • The Blossoms– backing vocal
  • Charlie Calello– orchestrations
  • Don Ellis– orchestrations
  • Jimmy Wisner– orchestrations
  • Brian Ross-Myring, Charlie Bragg, Don Puluse, Fred Catero, Glen Kolotkin, Neil Wilburn – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Al Kooper, except where noted.

  1. Overture
  2. I Stand Alone
  3. Camille – Al Kooper, Tony Powers
  4. One – Harry Nilsson
  5. Coloured Rain – Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi, Chris Wood
  6. Soft Landing on the Moon
  7. I Can Love a Woman
  8. Blue Moon of Kentucky – Bill Monroe
  9. Toe Hold – Isaac Hayes, David Porter
  10. Right Now for You
  11. Hey, Western Union Man – Jerry Butler, Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff
  12. Song and Dance for the Unborn, Frightened Child