On December 12, 2000, “Private Music” label released “Matriarch of the Blues”, the twenty-fourth Etta James studio album. It was recorded in 2000, and was produced by Donto Metto James and Sametto James.
Personnel:
Etta James – lead and backing vocals, liner notes
Josh Sklair – acoustic and electric guitar, slide guitar, keyboards, rhythm arrangements
Bobby Murray – guitar
Leo Nocentelli – guitar
Mike Finnigan – Hammond organ
Jimmy Zavala – harmonica, tenor and baritone saxophone
Sametto James – bass, engineer, mixing
Donto Metto James – drums, engineer, mixing, percussion
Tom Poole – trumpet
Terrance Galloway – engineer assistant
Doug Sax – mastering
Julie Bruzzone – creative director
Sonny Mediana – design, photography
Rudy Calvo – make-up
Lupe DeLeon – executive producer
Track listing:
Gotta Serve Somebody – Bob Dylan
Don’t Let My Baby Ride – Deadric Malone, O. V. Wright
Rhymes – Al Green, Teenie Hodges
Try a Little Tenderness – Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly, Harry M. Woods
On October 14, 1969, “RCA Victor” label released “From Memphis to Vegas / From Vegas to Memphis”, the eleventh studio and the second live Elvis Presley album. It was released as a double album: the first album, titled In “Person at the International Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada”, contains the live recordings of Presley’s hits recorded at the International Hotel in Winchester, Nevada; the second album, titled “Back in Memphis”, contains entirely new material recorded at “American Sound Studio” in Memphis. The live album was produced by Felton Jarvis, and the studio album was produced by Chips Moman.
Personnel:
Elvis in Person at the International Hotel
Elvis Presley – lead and overdubbed backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitar
Bobby Morris and his Orchestra – orchestra
James Burton – lead guitar
John Wilkinson − rhythm guitar
Charlie Hodge − acoustic rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Larry Muhoberac − keyboards
Jerry Scheff – bass
Ronnie Tutt − drums
Millie Kirkham − backing vocals
The Imperials − backing vocals
The Sweet Inspirations − backing vocals
Back in Memphis
Elvis Presley − vocals, guitar, piano
Reggie Young − electric guitar
Bobby Wood − piano
Bobby Emmons − organ
Ed Kollis − harmonica
Tommy Cogbill, Mike Leech – bass
Gene Chrisman – drums
Andrew Love, Jackie Thomas, Glen Spreen, J.P. Luper − saxophone
Wayne Jackson, Dick Steff, R. F. Taylor − trumpet
Ed Logan, Jack Hale, Gerald Richardson − trombone
Tony Cason, Joe D’Gerolamo − French horn
Glen Spreen − strings and horn arrangements
Joe Babcock, Dolores Edgin, Mary Greene, Charlie Hodge, Ginger Holladay, Mary Holladay, Millie Kirkham, Ronnie Milsap, Sonja Montgomery, June Page, Susan Pilkington, Sandy Posey, Donna Thatcher, Hurschel Wiginton − backing vocals
Track listing:
Elvis in Person at the International Hotel
Blue Suede Shoes – Carl Perkins
Johnny B. Good – Chuck Berry
All Shook Up – Otis Blackwell, Elvis Presley
Are You Lonesome Tonight – Lou Handman, Roy Turk
Hound Dog – Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
I Can’t Stop Loving You – Don Gibson
My Babe – Willie Dixon
Mystery Train/Tiger Man – Junior Parker, Sam Phillips, Joe Hill Louis, Sam Burns
Words – Robin Gibb, Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb
In the Ghetto – Mac Davis
Suspicious Minds – Mark James
Can’t Help Falling in Love – George Weiss, Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore
Back in Memphis
Inherit the Wind – Eddie Rabbitt
This Is the Story – Chris Arnold, David Martin, Geoff Morrow
Stranger in My Own Home Town – Percy Mayfield
A little Bit of Green – Chris Arnold, David Martin, Geoff Morrow
And the Grass Won’t Pay You No Mind – Neil Diamond
On July 24, 1990, “I.R.S.” label released “Un-Led-Ed”, the debut Dread Zeppelin album. It was recorded in 1990, and was produced by Jah Paul Jo and Rasta Li-Mon.
The Memphis Hornies (Saxwell, Raji, Spam Acid) – horn section
The Dreadettes – backing vocals
Michael Jordanaires – background vocals
Rasta Li-Mon – engineer
Plant ‘n’ Paige – mastering
Bryant Fernandez, Hugh Brown – art direction
Bruce Fernandez, Andy Castro, Fred Davis – photography
Track listing:
Black Dog – John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant / Hound Dog – Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
Heartbreaker (At the End of Lonely Street) – John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant / Heartbreak Hotel – Mae Boren Axton, Tommy Durden, Elvis Presley
Living Loving Maid (She’s Just a Woman) – Jimmy Page, Robert Plant
Your Time Is Gonna Come – John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page
Bring It on Home – Jimmy Page, Robert Plant
Whole Lotta Love – John Bonham, Willie Dixon, John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant
Black Mountain Side – Jimmy Page
I Can’t Quit You Baby – Willie Dixon
Immigrant Song – Jimmy Page, Robert Plant
Moby Dick – John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page
On November 26, 1965, “Delmark” label released “Hoodoo Man Blues”, the debut Junior Wells album. It was recorded in September 1965, and was produced by Bob Koester.
Personnel:
Junior Wells– vocals, harmonica
Buddy Guy(billed as Friendly Chap) – vocals, guitar
On September 15, 2017, “Okeh” label released “Memphis… Yes, I’m Ready”, the 19th Dee Dee Bridgewater album. It was recorded in September 2016, at “Royal Studios” in Memphis, TN, and was produced by Dee Dee Bridgewater, Tulani Bridgewater Kowalski, Kirk Whalum and Lawrence “Boo” Mitchell.
Personnel:
Dee Dee Bridgewater – vocals, linear notes
Kirk Whalum– tenor and baritone saxophone
Lannie McMillan, Kirk Smothers – tenor saxophone
Marc Franklin – trumpet
Kameron Whalum – trombone
John Stoddart– keyboards, vocal arrangements
Charles Hodges– Hammond organ
Garry Goin – guitar
Jackie Clark – bass
James Sexton – drums
Lawrence “Boo” Mitchell– cymbals, electric bongos, tambourine
Sharisse Norman, Candise Rayborn-Marshall, Kevin Whalum – backing vocals
Stax Music Academy– backing vocals
Ted Jensen– engineer
Tulani Bridgewater Kowalski – art direction, cover art, photography
Thomas Brodin – design
John Stoddart – associate producer
Track listing:
Yes, I’m Ready – Barbara Mason
Giving Up – Van McCoy
I Can’t Get Next to You – Barrett Strong, Norman Whitfield
Going Down Slow – Louis Jimmy Oden
Why (Am I Treated So Bad) – Roebuck Staples
B-A-B-Y – Isaac Hayes, David Porter
The Thrill Is Gone – Rick Ravon Darnell, Roy Hawkins
The Sweeter He Is – Isaac Hayes, David Porter
I Can’t Stand the Rain – Donald Maurice Bryant, Bernard Miller, Ann Peebles
Don’t Be Cruel – Otis Blackwell, Elvis Presley
Hound Dog – Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
Try a Little Tenderness – James Campbell, Reginald Connelly, Harry Woods
Take My Hand, Precious Lord – Thomas A. Dorsey, Sobie Frank Frazier, Jeff Majors
On April 5, 2000, “Mercury” label released “Famous in the Last Century”, the twenty-fourth Status Quo studio album. It was recorded in 1999 – 2000, at “Astria Studios” and “ARSIS Studios”, and was produced by Mike Paxman.
Personnel:
Francis Rossi– vocals, lead guitar
Rick Parfitt– vocals, guitar
Andy Bown- keyboards
John Edwards- bass
Jeff Rich- drums
Track listing:
Famous in the Last Century – Andy Bown
Old Time Rock and Roll – George Jackson, Thomas E. Jones III
Way Down – Martine
Rave On! – Petty, William “Billy” Tilghman, Sunny West
Roll Over Beethoven – Chuck Berry
When I’m Dead and Gone – Benny Gallagher, Graham Lyle
Memphis, Tennessee – Chuck Berry
Sweet Home Chicago – Johnson
Crawling from the Wreckage – Parker
Good Golly Miss Molly – Blackwell, Marascalco
Claudette – Roy Orbison
Rock’n Me – Miller
Hound Dog – Leiber, Stoller
Runaround Sue – DiMucci, Maresca
Once Bitten Twice Shy – Ian Hunter
Mony Mony – Bloom, Bo Gentry, James, Ritchie Cordell
In February 1968, “Atco” label released “The Beat Goes On”, the second Vanilla Fudge studio album. It was recorded in 1967, and was produced by John Linde and Shadow Morton.The album doesn’t contain ordinary songs forms, but sound collage featuring different elements: the voices of world leaders past and present, the band reciting excerpts of songs by The Beatles and Sonny Bono.
Personnel:
Carmine Appice- drums, vocals
Tim Bogert- bass, vocals
Vince Martell- guitar, vocals
Mark Stein- lead vocals, keyboards
Track listing:
Side One
Sketch – Carmine Appice, Tim Bogert, Vince Martell, Mark Stein
Phase One
Intro: The Beat Goes On – Sonny Bono
Eighteenth Century: Variations on a Theme by Mozart: Divertimento No. 13 In F Major – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Nineteenth Century:/ Old Black Joe – Stephen Foster
Twentieth Century
Don’t Fence Me In- Cole Porter
12th Street Rag – Euday L. Bowman
In The Mood – Garland, Razaf
Hound Dog – Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
The Beatles
I Want To Hold Your Hand – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
I Feel Fine – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
Day Tripper – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
She Loves You – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
Hello Goodbye – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
Phase Two
The Beat Goes On
Beethoven: Fur Elise & Moonlight Sonata – Ludwig van Beethoven
The Beat Goes On
The Beat Goes On
Side Two
Phase Three
Voices in Time: Neville Chamberlain, Winston Churchill, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, John F. Kennedyand Other Voices
Phase Four
The Beat Goes On
Merchant / The Game Is Over
Merchant – Carmine Appice, Tim Bogert, Vince Martell, Mark Stein
In May 1973, “Track Records” label released “Rigor Mortis Sets In”, the third John Entwistle solo album. It was recorded October-November 1972, at “Nova Sound Studios” in London, and was produced by John Entwistle and John Alcock.
Personnel:
John Entwistle – lead vocals, bass guitar, electric guitar, keyboards
Alan Ross – guitars, piano, accordion, trumpet, synthesizer
On November 7, 1989, “Duck” label released “Journeyman”, the eleventh Eric Clapton studio album. It was recorded in 1989, and was produced by Russ Tielman. Clapton won “Grammy Award” for “Best Male Rock Vocal Performance” in 1990 for the song “Bad Love”. “Journeyman” became the first Clapton’s solo studio album to go double platinum.
Personnel:
Eric Clapton – vocals, guitar, Dobro, design
Robert Cray– guitar
Phil Palmer– guitar
John Tropea– rhythm guitar
George Harrison– guitar, harmony vocals
Cecil Womack– vocals, acoustic guitar
Jerry Lynn Williams– guitar, backing and harmony vocals
Jeff Bova– synthesizer programming, drum programming, synthesizer horns
Alan Clark– synthesizer, keyboards, Hammond organ, sequencing
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