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The Guess Who: Road Food

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In April 1974, “RCA” label released “Road Food”, the thirteenth Guess Who (The) studio album. It was recorded 1973-1974, at “RCA’s Studio A” in Hollywood, and “The Sound Stage” in Toronto, and was produced by Jack Richardson. A Quadraphonic mix was available on vinyl and Quadraphonic 8-track tape formats.

Personnel:

  • Burton Cummings– lead vocals, keyboards
  • Kurt Winter– guitars
  • Don McDougall– guitars, backing vocals
  • Bill Wallace– bass, backing Vocals
  • Garry Peterson– percussion
  • Brian Christian – engineer

Track listing:

  1. Star Baby – Burton Cummings
  2. Attila’s Blues – Burton Cummings, Kurt Winter, Don McDougall, Bill Wallace and Garry Peterson.
  3. Straighten Out – Burton Cummings, Bill Wallace
  4. Don’t You Want Me – Burton Cummings
  5. One Way Road to Hell – Burton Cummings, Bill Wallace
  6. Clap for the Wolfman – Burton Cummings, Bill Wallace, Kurt Winter
  7. Pleasin’ for Reason – Don McDougall, Burton Cummings
  8. Road Food – Bill Wallace, Burton Cummings
  9. Ballad of the Last Five Years – Burton Cummings

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band: Mirror Man

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In April 1971, “Buddah” label released “Mirror Man”, the fifth Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band studio album. It was recorded October-November 1967, at “TTG Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Bob Krasnow.

Personnel:

  • Captain Beefheart – vocals, harmonica, oboe
  • Alex St. Clair Snouffer– guitar
  • Jeff Cotton– guitar
  • Mark Marcellino – keyboards
  • Jerry Handley – bass
  • John French– drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Don Van Vliet.

  1. Tarotplane
  2. Kandy Korn
  3. 25th Century Quaker
  4. Mirror Man

Gordon Lightfoot: Sit Down Young Stranger

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In April 1970, “Reprise” label released “Sit Down Young Stranger”, the sixth Gordon Lightfoot album.  It was recorded September-December 1968, at “Sunwest Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Lenny Waronker and Joseph Wissert.

Personnel:

  • Gordon Lightfoot – vocals, guitar, piano
  • Red Shea – guitar
  • Ry Cooder- guitar, mandolin
  • John Sebastian- guitar, harmonica
  • Rick Haynes – bass
  • Van Dyke Parks- harmonium
  • Nick DeCaro – string arrangements
  • Randy Newman- string arrangement

Track listing:

All tracks by Gordon Lightfoot, except where noted

  1. Minstrel of the Dawn
  2. Me and Bobby McGee – Kris Kristofferson, Fred Foster
  3. Approaching Lavender
  4. Saturday Clothes
  5. Cobwebs & Dust
  6. Poor Little Allison
  7. Sit Down Young Stranger
  8. If You Could Read My Mind
  9. Baby It’s Alright
  10. Your Love’s Return (Song for Stephen Foster)
  11. The Pony Man

5th Dimension: Portrait

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In April 1970, “Bell Records” label released “Portrait”, the fifth 5th Dimension album.  It was recorded August 1969-March 1970, at Wally Heider Studios in Hollywood, and was produced by Bones Howe. The album  cover features an impressionistic portrait by the artist LeRoy Neiman.

Personnel:

  • Billy Davis, Jr.- lead and backing vocals
  • Florence LaRue- lead and backing vocals
  • Marilyn McCoo- lead and backing vocals
  • Ron Townson- lead and backing vocals
  • Michael Anthony- electric guitar
  • Mike Deasy- electric guitar
  • Dennis Budimir – rhythm guitar
  • Tommy Tedesco- rhythm guitar
  • Fred Tackett- finger pickin’ guitar
  • Larry Knechtel- piano, organ, tack piano
  • Jimmy Rowles– piano
  • Gary Illingworth – electric piano
  • Joe Osborn- bass
  • Hal Blaine- drums, percussion
  • Larry Bunker- congas, mallets, percussion, drums
  • Gary Coleman – mallets, percussion
  • Bob Alcivar, Bill Hollman – arrangements
  • Bones Howe – arrangements, engineer
  • Elliot Federman – mastering
  • Joanne Feltman, Glenn Korman – archivist
  • Joel Whitburn – research
  • Larry Cox, Johnny Golden, Rik Pekkonen – assistants
  • Beverly Weinstein – art direction
  • Mathieu Bitton – design
  • Mike Ragogna – liner notes
  • Jeremy Holiday – production coordinator
  • Bones Howe, Ann McClelland, Tom Tierney, Russ Wapensky – production assistant
  • Mandana Eidgah – production manager
  • Arlessa Barnes, Glenn Delgado, Christina DeSimone, Karyn Friedland, Felicia Gearhart, Laura Gregory, Robin Manning, Brooke Nochomson, Ed Osborne, Larry Parra, Dana Renert, Bill Stafford, Steve Strauss – project coordinator

Track listing:

  1. Puppet Man – Howard Greenfield, Neil Sedaka
  2. One Less Bell to Answer – Burt Bacharach, Hal David
  3. Feelin’ Alright – Dave Mason
  4. This Is Your Life – Jimmy Webb
  5. A Love Like Ours – Bob Alcivar, Lamonte McLemore
  6. Save the Country – Laura Nyro
  7. Medley
  • The Declaration – Julianne Johnson, René DeKnight
  • A Change Is Gonna Come – Sam Cooke
  • People Gotta Be Free – Eddie Brigati, Felix Cavaliere
  1. Dimension 5ive – Bob Alcivar

On the Beach (In the Summertime) – McNeil

The Electric Prunes: Same

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In April 1967, “Reprise” label released the self-titled, debut Electric Prunes (The) album. It was recorded in 1967, at “American Recording Co” and “Power House” in Hollywood, and was produced by David Hassinger.

Personnel:

  • James Lowe – lead vocals, autoharp, rhythm guitar, tambourine
  • Ken Williams – lead guitar
  • James “Weasel” Spagnola – lead and backing vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Mark Tulin- bass guitar, piano, organ
  • Preston Ritter- drums, percussion

Track listing:

  1. I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night) – Nancie Mantz, Annette Tucker
  2. Bangles – J.Walsh
  3. One – Nancie Mantz, Annette Tucker
  4. Are You Lovin’ Me More (But Enjoying It Less) – Nancie Mantz, Annette Tucker
  5. Train for Tomorrow – James Lowe
  6. Sold to the Highest Bidder – Nancie Mantz, Annette Tucker
  7. Get me to the World on Time – Jill Jones, Annette Tucker
  8. About a Quarter to Nine – Al Dubin, Harry Warren
  9. The King Is in the Counting House – Nancie Mantz, Annette Tucker
  10. Luvin’ – James Lowe
  11. Try Me on for Size – Jill Jones, Annette Tucker
  12. The Toonerville Trolley – Nancie Mantz, Annette Tucker

The Seeds: Same

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In March 1966, “GNP Crescendo Records” label released the self-titled, debut Seeds (The) album. It was recorded in 1966, at “Columbia Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Sky Saxon and Marcus Tybalt.

Personnel:

  • Sky Saxon– vocals, bass guitar, harmonica, concept, cover art
  • Cooker – guitar, bottleneck guitar
  • Daryl Hooper – vocals, organ melodica, piano, keyboards
  • Jan Savage – vocals, guitar, rhythm guitar
  • Rick Andridge – drums
  • Chuck Britz– engineer
  • Rafael O. Valentin – engineer
  • Mike Dg
  • urrough – engineer, remix, mixing
  • David Hassinger – engineer
  • Lanky Linstrot – engineer
  • Stan Ross – remix
  • Doc Siegel – remix
  • Marcus Tybalt – liner notes
  • Alec Palao – executive producer
  • Neil Norman – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Sky Saxon, except where noted.

  1. Can’t Seem to Make You Mine
  2. No Escape – Jimmy Lawrence. Jan Savage, Sky Saxon
  3. Lose Your Mind
  4. Evil Hoodoo – Daryl Hooper, Sky Saxon
  5. Girl I Want You
  6. Pushin’ Too Hard
  7. Try to Understand
  8. Nobody Spoil My Fun
  9. It’s a Hard Life
  10. You Can’t Be Trusted
  11. Excuse, Excuse
  12. Fallin’ in Love

Sum 41: Screaming Bloody Murder

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On March 29, 2011, “Island” label released “Screaming Bloody Murder”, the fifth Sum 41 studio album. It was recorded January-June 2010, at “Perfect Sound Studios”, “Capitol Studios”, “EastWest Studios” and “Studio Mr. Biz” in Hollywood, and was produced by Deryck Whibley.

Personnel:

  • Deryck Whibley– lead vocals, lead and rhythm guitars, keyboards, piano, mixing
  • James Levine– piano
  • Jason McCaslin– bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Steve Jocz– drums, percussion
  • Dan Chase – percussion
  • Roger Joseph Manning, Jr.– additional keyboards
  • Gil Norton– additional drums
  • Ryan Hewitt – engineer
  • Jason Donaghy – engineer
  • Travis Huff – additional engineering
  • Joe Hirst – additional engineering
  • Robbes Steiglitz – engineer assistant
  • Ben O’Neil – engineer assistant
  • Ken Sluiter – engineer assistant
  • Brad Townsend – mixdown engineer
  • Andrew Schubert – mixdown engineer
  • Tom Lord-Alge– mixing
  • Chris Lord-Alge– mixing
  • Femio Hernández – mixing assistant
  • Nik Karpen – mixing assistant
  • Ted Jensen– mastering
  • Kristen Yiengst – artwork, photo coordination
  • James Minchin – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Deryck Whibley, except where noted.

  1. Reason to Believe
  2. Screaming Bloody Murder – Deryck Whibley, Tom Thacker
  3. Skumfuk
  4. Time for You to Go
  5. Jessica Kill
  6. What Am I to Say
  7. Holy Image of Lies (A Dark Road Out of Hell Part 1)
  8. Sick of Everyone (A Dark Road Out of hell Part II)
  9. Happiness Machine (A Dark Road Out of Hell Part III)
  10. Crash
  11. Blood in My Eyes
  12. Baby You Don’t Wanna Know – Deryck Whibley, Matt Squire
  13. Back Where I Belong
  14. Exit Song

Carole King: One To One

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In March 1982, “Atlantic” label released “One to One”, the thirteen Carole King album. It was recorded in 1982, at “Studio South” in Austin, Texas and “Kendun Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Mark Hallman and Carole King. The album was accompanied by concert video featuring on-camera comments by Carole King, live performances from “One to One” studio album, and some of her best-known songs from previous albums.

Personnel:

  • Carole King – lead vocals, piano
  • Danny Kortchmar- guitar
  • Robert McEntee – guitar
  • Eric Johnson- guitar, Fender Rhodes
  • Mark Hallman- guitar, harmonica, backing vocals
  • Reese Wynans- keyboards
  • Charles Larkey – bass
  • Steve Meador – drums
  • Christopher Dennis – percussion
  • Richard Hardy – flute, saxophone
  • Louise Goffin- backing vocals
  • Chet Himes, James Tuttle – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Carole King except where noted.

  1. One to One – Carole King, Cynthia Weil
  2. It’s a War
  3. Lookin’ Out for Number One
  4. Life Without Love – Gerry Goffin, Louise Goffin, Warren Pash
  5. Golden Man
  6. Read Between the Lines
  7. (Love Is Like A) Boomerang
  8. Goat Annie
  9. Someone You Never Met Before – Louise Goffin, Carole King
  10. Little Prince

Harry Nillson: Duit on Mon Dei

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In March 1975, “RCA Victor” label released “Duit on Mon Dei”, the eleventh Harry Nilsson album. It was recorded 1974-1975, at “RCA’s Music Center of the World” in Hollywood, and was produced by Harry Nilsson.

Personnel:

  • Harry Nilsson – lead vocals
  • Jesse Ed Davis– guitar
  • Danny Kortchmar– guitar
  • Dennis Budimir – guitar
  • Van Dyke Parks– piano
  • Jane Getz – piano
  • Klaus Voormann– bass
  • Ringo Starr– drums
  • Jim Keltner– drums
  • Robert Greenidge – drums
  • Bobby Keys– saxophone
  • Gene Cipriano – saxophone
  • Charles Dinwiddie – saxophone
  • Martin M. Drystall – saxophone
  • Jerry Jumonville – saxophone
  • Trevor Lawrence – saxophone
  • John Rotella – saxophone
  • Clifford Shank – saxophone
  • Tommy Shepard – trombone
  • Tony Terran– trumpet
  • Malcolm McNabb – trumpet
  • Joey Deaguero – marimba
  • John Bergamo – marimba
  • Doug Dillard – banjo
  • John– banjo
  • Gene Estes– percussion, tympani
  • Milt Holland– percussion
  • Emmett Kennedy – percussion
  • Pat Murphy – percussion, conga
  • Denzil Lauchton – harp
  • Gayle Levant – harp
  • Gordon Howard Marrow – violin
  • Fredric Myrow – organ
  • Gloria Jones– vocals
  • Zodiac Singers – vocals
  • Perry Botkin, Jr.– arrangements, orchestra
  • Fredric Nyrow – arrangements

Track listing:

All tracks by Harry Nilsson, except where noted

  1. Jesus Christ You’re Tall
  2. It’s a Jungle Out There
  3. Down by the Sea
  4. Kojak Columbo
  5. Easier for Me
  6. Turn Out the Light
  7. Salmon Falls – Harry Nilsson, Klaus Voormann
  8. What’s Your Sign
  9. Home
  10. Good for God

Tom Waits: Closing Time

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In March 1973, “Asylum” label released “Closing Time”, the debut Tom Waits studio album. It was recorded in 1972, at “Sunset Sound Recorders” and “United Western Recorders” in Hollywood, and was produced by Jerry Yester.

Personnel:

  • Tom Waits– vocals, piano, guitar, harmonium, harpsichord, celeste=
  • Shep Cooke – guitar, backing vocals
  • Peter Klimes – guitar, pedal steel guitar
  • Bill Plummer – double bass
  • Arni Egilsson – bass guitar
  • John Seiter– drums, backing vocals
  • Delbert Bennett – trumpet
  • Tony Terran– trumpet
  • Jesse Ehrlich – cello
  • Jerry Yester– engineer
  • Richie Moore – additional engineering
  • Cal Schenkel– artwork, design
  • Ed Caraeff– photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Tom Waits.

  1. Ol’ 55
  2. I Hope That I Don’t Fall in Love With You
  3. Virginia Avenue
  4. Old Shoes (& Picture Postcards)
  5. Midnight Lullaby
  6. Martha
  7. Rosie
  8. Lonely
  9. Ice Cream Man
  10. Little Trip Heaven (On the Wings of Your Love)
  11. Grapefruit Moon
  12. Closing Time