In January 1970, “Capitol” label released “Try a Little Kindness”, the thirteenth Glen Campbell album. It was recorded in 1969, at “United” and “Capitol” in Hollywood, and was produced by Al De Lory.
Personnel:
Glen Campbell – vocals, acoustic guitar
Al Casey – acoustic guitar
Joe Osborn – bass
Carol Kaye – bass
Hal Blaine – drums
Bob Felts – percussion
Al De Lory – arrangements, conductor
Marty Paich – arrangements
Joe Polito – engineer
Pete Abbot – engineer
Track listing:
Try a Little Kindness – Curt Sapaugh, Bobby Austin
Both Sides Now – Joni Mitchell
For My Woman’s Love – Ben Peters
Country Girl – Craig Smith
All the Way – Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn
Where Do You Go – Ed Penney, John Domurad
Honey Come Back – Jimmy Webb
Folk Singer – C. E. Daniels
Love Is Not a Game – Jerry Goldstein
Once More with Feeling – Shirley Nelson
And the World Keeps Spinning – Ron Green, Ron Price
In December 1956, “Clef” label released “Swing’s the Thing”, the twelve Illinois Jacquet album. It was recorded in October 1956, at “Radio Recorders” in Hollywood, and was produced by Norman Granz.
Personnel:
Illinois Jacquet – tenor saxophone
Roy Eldridge – trumpet
Jimmy Jones – piano
Herb Ellis – guitar
Ray Brown – bass
Jo Jones – drums
Phil Stern – cover photography
Track listing:
Las Vegas Blues – Roy Eldridge
Harlem Nocturne – Earle Hagen, Dick Rodgers
Can’t We Be Friends? – Paul James, Kay Swift
Achtung – Illinois Jacquet
Have You Met Miss Jones? – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
Lullaby of the Leaves – Bernice Petkere, Joe Young
In December 1963, “Pacific Jazz” label released “Soul Hits”, the 15th Les McCann album. It was recorded in October 1963, at “Pacific Jazz Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Richard Bock.,
In December 1962, “Reprise” label released “Sinatra–Basie: An Historic Musical First”, the 30th Frank Sinatra album. It was recorded in 1962, in Hollywood, and was produced by
Personnel:
Frank Sinatra – vocals
Count Basie – piano
Bill Miller – piano
Freddie Green – guitar
Frank Foster – tenor saxophone
Charlie Fowlkes – baritone saxophone
Eric Dixon – flute, tenor saxophone
Frank Wess – flute, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
Marshall Royal – clarinet, alto saxophone
Al Aarons – trumpet
Sonny Cohn – trumpet
Thad Jones – trumpet
Al Porcino – trumpet
Fip Ricard – trumpet
Henry Coker – trombone
Benny Powell – trombone
Rufus Wagner – trombone
Buddy Catlett – bass
Sonny Payne – drums
Neal Hefti – arrangements
Track listing:
Pennies from Heaven – Arthur Johnston, Johnny Burke
Please Be Kind – Saul Chaplin, Sammy Cahn
(Love Is) The Tender Trap – Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen
Looking at the World Through Rose Colored Glasses – Jimmy Steiger, Tommy Mailie
My Kind of Girl – Leslie Bricusse
I Only Have Eyes for You – Harry Warren, Al Dubin
Nice Work If You Can Get It – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
Learnin’ the Blues – Dolores Vicki Silvers
I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter – Fred Ahlert, Joe Young
I Won’t Dance – Jerome Kern, Jimmy McHugh, Oscar Hammerstein II, Dorothy Fields, Otto Harbach
In December 1957, “Verve” label released “Gerry Mulligan – Paul Desmond Quartet”, album by Paul Desmond and Gerry Mulligan (the 18th Gerry Mulligan album overall). It was recorded in August 1957, at “Capitol” in Hollywood, “Fine Sound” in New York City, and was produced by Norman Granz.
Personnel:
Paul Desmond – alto saxophone
Gerry Mulligan – baritone saxophone
Joe Benjamin – bass
Dave Bailey – drums
Burt Goldblatt – cover photography
Nat Hentoff – liner notes
Track listing:
Blues in Time – Paul Desmond
Body and Soul – Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton
In December 1963, “Pacific Jazz” label released “Jazz Waltz”, album by Less McCan and The Jazz Crusaders (the twelve Less McCan album overall). It was recorded in 1963, at “Pacific Jazz Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Richard Bock.
In December 1962, “Pacific Jazz” label released “Bossa Nova Jazz Samba”, an album by Bud Shank and Clare Fischer. It was recorded in September 1962, in Hollywood, and was produced by Albert Marx.
Personnel:
Bud Shank – alto saxophone
Clare Fischer – piano
Ralph Pena – bass
Larry Bunker, Frank Guerrero, Milt Holland, Bob Neel – percussion
In November 1967, “Capitol” label released “74 Miles Away”, album by Cannonbal Adderley Quintet (38th Cannonball Adderley album overall). It was recorded June – July 1967, at “Capitol Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by David Axelrod.
Personnel:
Cannonball Adderley – alto saxophone
Nat Adderley – vocal, cornet
Joe Zawinul – keyboards
Victor Gaskin – bass
Roy McCurdy – drums
Leonard Feather – liner notes
Track listing:
Do Do Do (What Now Is Next) – Nat Adderley, Gail Fisher
I Remember Bird – Leonard Feather
Walk Tall (Baby, That’s What I Need) – Queen Esther Marrow, Jim Rein, Joe Zawinul
On November 22, 1963, “Philles” label released “A Christmas Gift for You from Philles Records”, an album of Christmas songs. It was recorded September – October 1963, at “Gold Star” in Hollywood, and was produced by Phil Spector. In 2003, the album was ranked at no. 142 on “Rolling Stone” magazine’s list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”, and in 2019, it was ranked the greatest “Christmas Album of All Time”.
Personnel:
Darlen Love – performer (White Christmas, Marshmallow World, Winter Wonderland, Christmas, Baby Please Come Home)
The Ronettes – performer (Frosty the Snowman, Sleigh Ride, I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus)
Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans – performer (The Bells of St. Mary’s, Here Comes Santa Claus)
The Crystals – performer (Santa Claus is Coming to Town, Rudolph the Red-Nose Reindeer, Parade of the Wooden Soldiers)
Phil Spector – performer (Silent Night)
Barney Kessel – guitar
Bill Pitman – guitar
Tommy Tedesco – guitar
Nino Tempo – guitar
Irv Rubins – guitar
Leon Russell – piano
Al De Lory – piano
Don Randi – piano
Ray Pohlman – bass
Jimmy Bond – bass
Hal Blaine – drums
Sonny Bono – percussion
Frank Capp – percussion
Jack Nitzsche – percussion, arrangements
Jay Migliori – saxophone
Steve Douglas – baritone saxophone
Roy Caton – trumpet
Lou Blackburn – horns
Johnny Vidor – strings
Larry Levine – engineer
Track listing:
White Christmas – Irving Berlin
Frosty the Snowman – Steve Nelson, Walter Rollins
The bells of St. Mary’s – A. Emmet Adams, Douglas Furber
Santa Claus Is Coming to Town – J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie
Sleigh Ride – Leroy Anderson, Mitchell Parish
Marshmallow World – Carl Sigman, Peter DeRose
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus – Tommie Connor
Rudolph the Red-Nose Reindeer – Johnny Marks
Winter Wonderland – Felix Bernard, Dick Smith
Parade of the Wooden Soldiers – Leon Jessel
Christmas (Baby Please Come Home – Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry, Phil Spector
Here Comes Santa Claus – Gene Autry, Oakley Haldeman
In October 1986, “I.R.S.” label released “Greetings from Timbuk3”, the debut Timbuk 3 album. It was recorded in 1986 at “Dustbowl Studios” in Hollywood, “Lone Star Studios” in Austin, Texas, and was produced by Dennis Herring.
Personnel:
Barbara K. MacDonald – lead and co-lead vocals, backing vocals, keyboards, synthesizers, electric, 12-string and acoustic guitars, mandolin, bass, drums, percussion, harmonica, violin
Pat MacDonald – lead and co-lead vocals, backing vocals, keyboards, synthesizers, electric, 12-string and acoustic guitars, mandolin, bass, drums, percussion, harmonica, violin
Dennis Herring, Mark Teston – engineer
Track listing:
All tracks by Pat MacDonald, except where noted.
The Future’s So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades
Life Is Hard
Hairstyles and Attitudes
Facts About Cats
I Need You
Just Another Movie
Friction
Cheap Black & White
Shame On You – Barbara K. MacDonald, Pat MacDonald
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