Tag Archives: I Don’t Know

Hank Crawford: We Got A Good Thing Going

In November 1972, “Kudu” label released “We Got a Good Thing Going”, the thirteenth Hank Crawford album. It was recorded September – October 1972, at “Van Gelder Studios” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.

Personnel:

  • Hank Crawford – alto saxophone
  • Richard Tee – piano, electric piano, organ
  • George Benson, Cornell Dupree – electric guitar
  • Ron Carter, Gordon Edwards – double bass, electric bass
  • Bernard Purdie – drums
  • Phil Kraus – vibraphone, orchestra bells
  • Art Jenkins – congas, tambourine
  • Max Ellen, Paul Gershman, Emanuel Green, Harold Kohon, Harry Lookofsky, Joe Malin, David Nadien, Elliot Rosoff, Irving Spice – violin
  • Al Brown, Harold Coletta, Ted Israel – viola
  • Charles McCracken, George Ricci – cello
  • Margaret Ross – harp
  • Bob James, Don Sebesky – arrangements, conductor
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer

Track listing:

  1. We Got a Good Thing Going – The Corporation
  2. I Don’t Know – Bill Withers
  3. Down to Earth – Ron Miller, Avery Vandenberg
  4. I’m Just a Lucky So-and-So – Duke Ellington, Mack David
  5. Imagination – Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke
  6. Little Tear – Don Sebesky
  7. The Christmas Song – Mel Tormé, Robert Wells
  8. Winter Wonderland – Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith
  9. Alone Again (Naturally) – Gilbert O’Sullivan
  10. Dirt Dobbler – Alfred Ellis
  11. Betcha by Golly, Wow – Thom Bell, Linda Creed
  12. This Is All I Ask – Gordon Jenkins
  13. Jazz Bridge – Don Sebesky

Chris Bell: I Am The Cosmos

On February 21, 1992, “Rykodisc” label released “I Am the Cosmos”, the only Chris Bell album. It was posthumously released with materials recorded 1974 – 1975, at “Studio Hérouville” in Château d’Hérouville, France, and was produced by Chris Bell.

Personnel:

  • Chris Bell – vocals, guitar
  • Alex Chilton – guitar, backing vocals
  •  Jim Dickinson – piano
  • Ken Woodley – bass guitar, organ
  • Richard Rosebrough – drums
  • Jody Stephens – drums
  • Bill Cunningham – arrangements
  • Steven Jurgensmeyer – package design
  • David Bell – photography, booklet notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Chris Bell.

  1. I Am the Cosmos
  2. Better Save Yourself
  3. Speed of Sound
  4. Get Away
  5. You and Your Sister
  6. Make a Scene
  7. Look Up
  8. I Got Kinda Lost
  9. There Was a Light
  10. Fight at the Table
  11. I Don’t Know
  12. Though I Know She Lies

Paul McCartney: Egypt Station

On September 7, 2018, “Capitol” label released “Egypt Station”, the 17th Paul McCartney studio album. It was recorded January – February 2018 and was produced by Greg Kurstin, Paul McCartney, Ryan Tedder, and Zach Skelton.

Personnel:

  • Paul McCartney– lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, keyboards, bass guitar, percussion, drums, harmonica, tape loops
  • Greg Kurstin– keyboards, electric guitar, mellotron, percussion, marimba, sound effects, vibraphone, backing vocals, arrangements, engineer
  • Rob Millett – cimbalom
  • Wix Wickens– keyboards
  • Abe Laboriel Jr.– drums, percussion, tack piano, backing vocals
  • Rusty Anderson– acoustic and electric guitar, backing vocals
  • Brian Ray– acoustic and electric guitar, bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Tim Loo – cello
  • Greg Phillinganes– piano
  • Pedro Eustache– flute, duduk
  • Ryan Tedder– backing vocals, programming
  • Zach Skelton – programming
  • Inara George, Alex Pasco, Matt Tuggle, Collin Kadlec – backing vocals
  • Vanessa Freebairn-Smith– cello
  • Jodi Burnett – cello
  • Caroline Le’gene, Roy Bennett – backing vocals,
  • Julian Burg – backing vocal, engineer
  • Steve Orchard, Mauricio Cersosimo, Al Schmitt, Billy Bush, Rich Rich, Alex Pasco – engineer
  • Mark “Spike” Stent– mixing

Track listing:

All tracks by Paul McCartney, except where you noted.

  1. Opening Station
  2. I Don’t Know
  3. Come On To Me
  4. Happy With You
  5. Who Cares
  6. Fuh You – Paul McCartney, Ryan Tedder
  7. Confidante
  8. People Want Peace
  9. Hand in Hand
  10. Dominoes
  11. Back in Brazil
  12. Do It Now
  13. Caesar Rock
  14. Despite Repeated Warnings
  15. Station II
  16. Hunt You Down/Naked/C-Link

Meredith Monk: Do You Be

In January 1987, “ECM New Series” label (division of ECM label) released “Do You Be”, the sixth Meredith Monk album. It was recorded June 1986 – January 1987, and was produced by Manfred Eicher.

Personnel:

  • Meredith Monk– vocals, piano, synthesizer
  • Wayne Hankin – vocals, keyboards, bagpipes
  • Nurit Tilles – piano, keyboards, synthesizer, vocals
  • Nicky Paraiso – vocals
  • Naaz Hosseini – vocals, violin
  • Johanna Arnold – vocals
  • Robert Een– vocals
  • John Eppler – vocals
  • Andrea Goodman – vocals
  • Ching Gonzalez – vocals
  • Edmund Niemann – piano
  • Martin Wieland – recording, mixing
  • James Farber – recording
  • JoAnn Verburg– photography
  • Barbara Wojirsch – design
  • Yoshio Yabara – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Meredith Monk.

  1. Scared Song
  2. I Don’t Know
  3. Window in 7’s
  4. Double Fiesta
  5. Do You Be
  6. Panda Chant I
  7. Memory Song
  8. Panda Chant II
  9. Quarry Lullaby
  10. Prairie Ghost
  11. Shadow Song
  12. Wheel

Mekons: I Love Mekons

On October 18, 1993, “Quarterstick”, “Touch and Go” labels released “I Love Mekons”, the tenth Mekons album. It was recorded in 1993, and was produced by Tom Greenhalgh and Jon Langford.

Personnel:

  1. Tom Greenhalgh – vocals, guitar, illustrations
  2. Jon Langford – vocals, guitar, illustrations
  3. Sarah Corina – bass, illustrations
  4. John Langley – drums, illustration
  5. Suzie Honeyman – violin, illustrations
  6. Sally Timms – vocals, illustrations
  7. Eric “Bellis” Bellsi – backing vocals, illustrations
  8. Guy Crackers – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Tom Greenhalgh, Jon Langford, Sally Timms, Eric “Bellis” Bellsi, Suzie Honeyman, Sarah Corina and John Langley.

  1. Millionaire
  2. Wicked Midnight
  3. I Don’t Know
  4. Dear Sausage
  5. All I Want
  6. Special
  7. Valentine’s Day
  8. I Love Apple
  9. Love Letter
  10. Honeymoon In Hell
  11. Too Personal
  12. Point Of No Return

Bill Withers: Still Bill

In May 1972, “Sussex” label released “Still Bill”, the second Bill Withers studio album. It was recorded in 1972, at “The Record Plant” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Benorce Blackmon, Bill Withers, James Gadson, Melvin Dunlap and Ray Jackson. The album includes the single “Lean on Me”, which is number 205 on “Rolling Stone’s” list of the “500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

Personnel:

  • Bill Withers – vocals, guitar, piano
  • Benorce Blackmon – guitar
  • Raymond Jackson – piano, clavinet, electric piano, horn and string arrangements
  • Melvin Dunlap – bass
  • James Gadson- drums, percussion
  • Bobbye Hall- percussion

Track listing:

All tracks by Bill Withers, except where noted.

  1. Lonely Town, Lonely Street
  2. Let Me in Your Life
  3. Who Is He (And What Is He to You)? – Bill Withers, Stanley McKenny
  4. Use Me
  5. Lean On Me
  6. Kissing My Love
  7. I Don’t Know
  8. Another day to Run – Bill Withers, Benorce Blackmon
  9. I Don’t Want You on My Mind
  10. Take It All In and Check It All Out

Graham Parker: The Mona Lisa’s Sister

In April 1988, “RCA” label released “The Mona Lisa’s Sister”, the ninth Graham Parker studio album. It was recorded in 1988, and was produced by Graham Parker and Brinsley Schwarz.. In 1989, “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked “The Mona Lisa’s Sister” at number 97 on its list of the “100 Best Albums of the 1980s”.

Personnel:

  • Graham Parker- lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Brinsley Schwarz- electric guitar, percussion, backing vocals
  • Andrew Bodnar- bass guitar
  • James Hallawell- keyboards
  • Terry Williams- drums
  • Pete Thomas- drums
  • Andy Duncan- drums
  • Christie Chapman- backing vocals
  • Jon Jacobs- engineer
  • Martin Edwards- engineer assistant
  • Jack Drummond – cover painting
  • Jolie Parker – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Graham Parker, except where noted.

  1. Don’t Let It Break You Down
  2. Under the Mask of Happiness
  3. Back in Time
  4. I’m Just Your Man
  5. OK Hieronymus
  6. Get Started. Start a Fire
  7. The Girl Isn’t Ready
  8. Blue Highways
  9. Success
  10. I Don’t Know
  11. Cupid – Sam Cooke