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Taj Mahal: Dancing The Blues

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On June 15, 1993, “Private Music” label released “Dancing the Blues”, the 18th Taj Mahal album. It was recorded in 1993, and was produced by John Porter.

Personnel:

  • Taj Mahal – lead vocals, organ, guitar, steel guitar, harmonica, piano, liner notes
  • Etta James – vocals
  • John Porter – guitar
  • Johnny Lee Schell – guitar, backing vocals
  • Ian McLagan – organ, piano
  • Bill Payne – piano
  • Mick Weaver – organ
  • Chuck Domanico – upright bass
  • Bob Glaub – bass
  • Tony Braunagel – drums, percussion
  • Richie Hayward – drums
  • Joe McGrath – percussion, engineer
  • Michito Sanchez – percussion, conga
  • Marty Grebb – alto, tenor and baritone saxophone, backing vocals
  • Joe Sublett – soprano and tenor Saxophone
  • Darrell Leonard – trombone, trumpet, trombonium
  • Texacali Horns – horn
  • Sir Harry Bowens – backing vocals
  • Rich Veltrop – second engineer
  • Helix Hadar – second engineer
  • Jerry Finn – second engineer
  • Stephen Marcussen – mastering
  • Melanie Penny – art direction
  • William H. Johnson – illustrations
  • Kurt DeMunbrun – design
  • Robin Visotsky – photography
  • Ron Goldstein – executive producer

Track listing:

  1. Blues Ain’t Nothin’ – Taj Mahal
  2. Hard Way – Grover McDaniel, T-Bone Walker
  3. Strut – Taj Mahal
  4. Going to the River – Dave Bartholomew, Fats Domino
  5. Mockingbird – Charlie Foxx, Inez Foxx
  6. Blue Light Boogie – Jessie Mae Robinson
  7. The Hoochi Coochi Coo – Hank Ballard, Billy Myles
  8. That’s How Strong My Love Is – Roosevelt Jamison
  9. Down Home Girl – Arthur Butler, Jerry Leiber
  10. Stranger in My Own Home Town – Percy Mayfield
  11. Sitting on Top of the World – Lonnie Chatmon, Walter Vinson
  12. I’m Ready – Sylvester Bradford, Fats Domino

Long John Baldry: It Ain’t Easy

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In June 1971, “Warner Music” label released “It Ain’t Easy”, the fifth Long John Baldry album. It was recorded December 1970 – February 1971, at “Morgan Studios” and “IBC Studios” in London, and was produced by Elton John and Rod Stewart.

Personnel:

  • Long John Baldry – vocals, 12-string guitar
  • Maggie Bell– vocals
  • Ron Wood– guitar, 12-string guitar
  • Caleb Quaye– guitar
  • Joshua M’Bopo – guitar
  • Sam Mitchell – dobro, guitar, slide guitar
  • Ray Jackson– mandolin
  • Madelene Bell – tambourine
  • Elton John– organ, piano
  • Ian Armitt – piano
  • Ricky Brown – bass guitar
  • Dave Glover – bass guitar
  • Mick Waller– drums
  • Roger Pope – drums
  • Alan Skidmore– tenor saxophone
  • Lesley Duncan, Tony Hazzard, Doris Troy, Tony Burrows, Kay Garner, Liza Strike – backing vocals
  • Lesley Duncan – chorus caster
  • Ed Thrasher– art director
  • Judith Sims – liner notes
  • Jimi Horowitz – executive producer

Track listing:

  1. Intro: Conditional Discharge – Long John Baldry, Ian Armitt
  2. Don’t Try to Lay No Boogie-Woogie on the King of Rock and Roll – Jeff Thomas
  3. Black Girl – traditional, Lead Belly
  4. It Ain’t Easy – Ron Davies
  5. Morning, Morning – Tuli Kupferberg
  6. I’m Ready – Willie Dixon
  7. Let’s Burn Down the Cornfield – Randy Newman
  8. Rubin – Lesley Duncan
  9. Rock Me When He’s Gone – Elton John, Bernie Taupin
  10. Flying – Ronnie Wood, Rod Stewart, Ronnie Lane

Dee Dee Bridgewater: Memphis…Yes, I’m Ready

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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:

  1. Yes, I’m Ready – Barbara Mason
  2. Giving Up – Van McCoy
  3. I Can’t Get Next to You – Barrett Strong, Norman Whitfield
  4. Going Down Slow – Louis Jimmy Oden
  5. Why (Am I Treated So Bad) – Roebuck Staples
  6. B-A-B-Y – Isaac Hayes, David Porter
  7. The Thrill Is Gone – Rick Ravon Darnell, Roy Hawkins
  8. The Sweeter He Is – Isaac Hayes, David Porter
  9. I Can’t Stand the Rain – Donald Maurice Bryant, Bernard Miller, Ann Peebles
  10. Don’t Be Cruel – Otis Blackwell, Elvis Presley
  11. Hound Dog – Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
  12. Try a Little Tenderness – James Campbell, Reginald Connelly, Harry Woods
  13. Take My Hand, Precious Lord – Thomas A. Dorsey, Sobie Frank Frazier, Jeff Majors

The Twilight Singers: Powder Burns

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On May 16, 2006, “One Little Indian” label released “Powder Burns”, the fourth Twilight Singers album. It was recorded 2005 – 2006, and was produced by Greg Dulli and Mike Napolitano.

Personnel:

  • Greg Dulli– vocals, guitar, bass, piano, synthesizer, mellotron, drums, Wurlitzer, programming, Rhodes
  • Peter Adams – organ, synthesizer, mellotron
  • Joseph Arthur- vocals, dobro
  • Scott Bennett – vocals
  • Jon Skibic – vocals, guitar, ambience
  • Mike Napolitano – guitar, lead guitar, organ
  • Dave Catching– guitar
  • Sissy Gaines – guitar solo
  • Mathias Schneeberger – organ, guitar
  • Scott Ford– vocals, bass, subs,
  • John Curley- bass
  • Michael Sullivan – bass
  • Greg Wieczorek – vocals, drums, percussion
  • Bobby Macintyre – vocals, drums, percussion
  • Chris Phillips – percussion
  • Roderick Paulin – saxophone
  • Bobby Campo – trumpet
  • Andy Pizzo – trombone
  • Daphne Chen – violin
  • Eric Gorfain– violin
  • Leah Katz – viola
  • Richard Dodd– cello
  • Ani DiFranco– vocals
  • Leta Lucy – vocals
  • Dave Rosser – vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Greg Dulli, except where noted.

  1. Toward the Waves
  2. I’m Ready
  3. There’s Been an Accident
  4. Bonnie Brae
  5. Forty Dollars
  6. Candy Cane Crawl
  7. Underneath the Waves – Greg Dulli, Jon Skibic
  8. My Time (Has Come) – Greg Dulli, Agnelli
  9. Dead to Rights
  10. The Conversation – Greg Dulli, Agnelli
  11. Powder Burns
  12. I Wish I Was – Greg Dulli, Scott Ford

Bryan Adams: Cuts Like a Knife

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On January 18, 1983, “A&M” label released “Cuts Like a Knife”, the third Bryan Adams studio album. It was recorded August – October 1982, at “Little Mountain Sound” in  Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and was produced by Bob Clearmountain and Bryan Adams.

Personnel:

  • Bryan Adams– vocals, guitars, piano
  • Keith Scott– guitars, backing vocals
  • Tommy Mandel– organ, B-3 organ, synthesizers, piano
  • Dave Taylor– bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Mickey Curry– drums
  • Jim Vallance– percussion, electric piano
  • Bruce Allen(credited as “B.A.”) – backing vocals
  • Alfa Anderson – backing vocals
  • Bob Clearmountain (credited as “B.C.”), Davies, L. Frenette, Lou Gramm, M. Simpson – backing vocals
  • Jim Wesley – backing vocals
  • James O’Mara – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Bryan Adams and Jim Vallance except where noted.

  1. The Only One
  2. Take Me Back
  3. This Time
  4. Straight from the Heart – Bryan Adams, Eric Kagna
  5. Cuts Like a Knife
  6. I’m Ready
  7. What’s It Gonna Be
  8. Don’t Leave Me Lonely – Bryan Adams, Jim Vallance, Eric Carr
  9. Let Him Know
  10. The Best Was Yet to Come

Muddy waters: Fathers And Sons

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In August 1969, “Chess” label released “Fathers and Sons”, the seventh Muddy Waters studio album. The album features both studio and live recordings. The studio tracks were recorded in April 21–23, 1969 at “Ter Mar Studios” in Chicago, April 24, 1969 at the “Super Cosmic Joy-Scout Jamboree” in Chicago. Producer on all tracks was Norman Dayron.The cover illustration was by Don Wilson and was based on Michelangelo’s design on the Sistine Chapel.

Personnel:

  • Muddy Waters (McKinley Morganfield) – vocals, guitar
  • Michael Bloomfield– guitar
  • Paul Asbell – rhythm guitar
  • Otis Spann– piano
  • Paul Butterfield– harmonica
  • Jeff Carp – chromatic harmonica
  • Phil Upchurch– bass guitar
  • Donald “Duck” Dunn– bass guitar
  • Sam Lay– drums
  • Buddy Miles– drums
  • Ron Malo– engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by McKinley Morganfield, except where noted.

  1. All Aboard
  2. Mean Disposition
  3. Blow Wind Blow
  4. Can’t Lose What You Ain’t Never Had
  5. Walkin’ Thru The Park
  6. Forty Days and Forty Nights – Bernard Roth
  7. Standin’ Round Crying
  8. I’m Ready – Willie Dixon
  9. Twenty Four Hours – Eddie Boyd
  10. Sugar Sweet – Mel London
  11. Long Distance Call
  12. Baby, Please Don’t Go – Big Joe Williams
  13. Honey Bee
  14. The Same Thing – Willie Dixon
  15. Got My Mojo Working, Part 1 – Preston Foster, McKinley Morganfield
  16. Got My Mojo Working, Part 2 – Preston Foster, McKinley Morganfield

Humble Pie: Same

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In July 1970, “A&M” label released the self-titled, third Humble Pie studio album..It was recorded in 1970, at “Olympic Studios” in London, and was produced by Glyn Johns, Steve Marriott, Greg Ridley, Jerry Shirley and Peter Frampton. The cover artwork was by Aubrey Beardsley.

Personnel:

  • Steve Marriott- vocals, guitar, keyboards, design
  • Peter Frampton – vocals, guitar, keyboards, design
  • Greg Ridley – vocals, bass, guitar, design
  • Jerry Shirley – vocals, drums, guitar, design
  • John Wilson – drums
  • Brian John Cole- steel guitar
  • Glyn (The Man) Johns – recording
  • Aubrey Beardsley – illustration
  • John Kelly – typography, photography

Track listing:

  1. Live With Me – Steve Marriott, Greg Ridley, Jerry Shirley, Peter Frampton
  2. Only a Roach – Jerry Shirley
  3. One Eyed Trouser Snake Rumba – Steve Marriott, Greg Ridley, Jerry Shirley and Peter Frampton
  4. Earth and Water Song – Peter Frampton
  5. I’m Ready – Willie Dixon
  6. Theme from Skint (See You Later Liquidator) – Steve Marriott
  7. Red Light Mama, Red Hot! – Steve Marriott, Greg Ridley, Jerry Shirley and Peter Frampton
  8. Sucking on the Sweet Vine – Greg Ridley

Muddy waters: I’m Ready

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In January 1978, “Blue Sky” released “I’m Ready”, the thirteenth Muddy Waters studio album. It was recorded in October – November 1977, in Westport, Connecticut, and was produced by Johnny Winter. In 1978,the album earned Waters a “Grammy Award”.

Personnel:

  • Muddy Waters (McKinley Morganfield ) – vocal, guitar
  • Jimmy Rogers– guitar
  • Johnny Winter– guitar
  • Bob Margolin– guitar, bass
  • Pinetop Perkins– piano
  • Big Walter Horton– acoustic and amplified harmonica
  • Jerry Portnoy– amplified harmonica
  • Willie “Big Eyes” Smith– drums

Track listing:

All tracks by McKinley Morganfield; except where noted.

  1. I’m Ready – Willie Dixon
  2. 33 Years
  3. Who Do You Trust
  4. Copper Brown
  5. I’m Your Hoochie Coochie Man – Willie Dixon
  6. Mamie – McKinley Morganfield, Jimmy Rogers
  7. Rock Me
  8. Screamin’ And Cryin
  9. Good Morning, Little School Girl – Sonny Boy Williamson