In April 1970, “Enterprise Records” label released “The Isaac Hayes Movement”, the third Isaac Hayes studio album. It was recorded in 1969, and was produced by Isaac Hayes.
Personnel:
Isaac Hayes – vocals, keyboards, arrangements
The Bar-Kays – rhythm section
Dale Warren – arrangements
Pat Lewis – vocal arrangements
Ed Wolfrum – engineer
Henry Bush – engineer
Ron Capone – engineer, remix
Joe Tarantino – mastering
George Horn – mastering
Herb Kole – art supervisor
David Krieger – art direction
Joel Brodsky – photography
Track listing:
I Stand Accused – Jerry Butler, William Butler
One Big Unhappy Family – Charles Chalmers, Sandra Rhodes
I Just Don’t Know What to Do With Myself – Burt Bacharach, Hal David
On July 17, 2020, “Warner Bros” label released the self-titled Lianne La Havas third album. It was recorded October – December 2019, in London, Bath and New York, and was produced by Lianne La Havas, Matt Hales, Beni Giles, Chris Tabron, Nick Hakim, Sam Crowe and Mura Masa.
Personnel:
Lianne La Havas – lead and backing vocals, guitar, snare drums
Elroy Powell – vocals
Bruno Major – guitar, piano
Nick Hakim – electric guitar, Mellotron, Minimoog, Wurlitzer, backing vocals, drum programming
On April 1, 1966, “Stax” label released “Hold On, I’m Comin’”, the debut Sam & Dave studio album. It was recorded 1965 – 1966, and was produced by Jim Stewart.
Personnel:
Samuel Moore – vocals
Dave Prater – vocals
Booker T. & the M.G.’s and the Mar-Key Horns – instrumentation:
Steve Cropper – guitar
Booker T. Jones – keyboards
Isaac Hayes – Hammond organ
Donald Dunn – bass guitar
Al Jackson Jr. – drums
Wayne Jackson – trombone, trumpet
Charles “Packy” Axton – tenor saxophone
Don Nix – baritone saxophone
Ronnie Stoots – cover artwork
Deanie Parker – liner notes
Track listing:
All tracks by Isaac Hayes and David Porter, except where noted.
Hold On, I’m Comin’
If You Got the Loving – Steve Cropper, Isaac Hayes, David Porter
I Take What I Want – Isaac Hayes, Mabon “Teenie” Hodges, David Porter
Ease Me
I Got Everything I Need – Steve Cropper, Eddie Floyd, Alvertis Isbell
Don’t Make It So Hard on Me – Eddie Floyd, Willia Dean “Deanie” Parker
It’s a Wonder
Don’t Help Me Out
Just Me – Randall Catron, Mary Frierson, William Dean “Deanie” Parker
You Got It Made
You Don’t Know Like I Know
Blame Me (Don’t Blame My Heart) – Steve Cropper, Alvertis Isbell
In January 1986, “CBS Associated Labels” released “Tuff Enuff”, the fifth Fabulous Thunderbirds (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1985, and was produced by Dave Edmunds.
On January 26, 1967, “Stax” label released “Knock on Wood”, the debut Eddie Floyd studio album. It was recorded July – December 1966, at “Stax Recording Studios” in Memphis, Tennessee, and was produced by Jim Stewart.
Personnel:
Eddie Floyd – vocals
Steve Cropper – guitar
Booker T. Jones – piano, organ
Isaac Hayes – piano
Donald “Duck” Dunn – bass guitar
Al Jackson Jr. – drums
Andrew Love – tenor saxophone
Floyd Newman – baritone saxophone
Wayne Jackson – trumpet
Track listing:
Knock on Wood – Steve Cropper, Eddie Floyd
Something You Got – Chris Kenner, Fats Domino
But It’s Alright – J.J. Jackson, Pierre Tubbs
I Stand Accused – Billy Butler, Jerry Butler
If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody – Rudy Clark
I Don’t Want to Cry – Luther Dixon, Chuck Jackson
Raise Your Hand – Steve Cropper, Eddie Floyd, Alvertis Isbell
Got to Make a Comeback – Eddie Floyd, Joe Shamwell
634-5789 – Steve Cropper, Eddie Floyd
I’ve Just Been Feeling Bad – Steve Cropper, Eddie Floyd
In October 1975, “Chrysalis” label released “Against the Grain”, the fifth Rory Gallagher studio album. It was recorded in 1975, at “Wessex” in London, and was produced by Rory Gallagher.
Personnel:
Rory Gallagher – vocals, guitars
Lou Martin – keyboards
Gerry McAvoy – bass guitar
Rod de’Ath – drums, percussion
Track listing:
All tracks by Rory Gallagher, except where indicated.
Let Me In
Cross Me Off Your List
Ain’t Too Good
Souped-Up Ford
Bought and Sold
I Take What I Want – David Porter, Teenie Hodges, Isaac Hayes
Lost at Sea
All Around Man – Bo Carter, Rory Gallagher
Out on the Western Plain – Lead Belly, arranged by Rory Gallagher
In September 1968, “Stax” label released “Soul Limbo”, the seventh Booker T. & the M.G.’s studio album. It was recorded in 1968, at “Stax Recording Studio” in Memphis, and was produced by Booker T. Jones, Steve Cropper, Donald Dunn and Al Jackson Jr.
Personnel:
Booker T. Jones – Hammond organ, clavinet, piano, guitar
Steve Cropper – guitar
Donald Dunn – bass guitar
Al Jackson Jr. – drums, percussion
Terry Manning – marimba
Isaac Hayes – cowbell
Track listing:
Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy – J.R. Cobb, Ray Whitley
La-La (Means I Love You) – Thom Bell, William Hart
Hang ‘Em High – Dominic Frontiere
Willow Weep for Me – Ann Ronell
Over Easy – Booker T. Jones, Steve Cropper, Donald Dunn, Al JacksonJr.
Soul Limbo – Booker T. Jones, Steve Cropper, Donald Dunn and Al Jackson Jr.
Eleanor Rigby – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
Heads or Tails = Booker T. Jones, Steve Cropper, Donald Dunn, Al Jackson Jr.
(Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You’ve Been Gone – Aretha Franklin, Teddy White
Born Under a Bad Sign – William Bell, Booker T. Jones
On September 10, 2002, “Artemis” label released “Sleepless” the sixth Peter Wolf album. It was recorded in 2002, at “Sear Sound”, “Avatar”, “Globe Studios” and “Red House” in New York City, “Woolly Mammoth Sound” in Boston, and was produced by Kenny White and Peter Wolf. Magazine “Rolling Stone”, ranked “Sleepless” on number 427 on its list of “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.
Personnel:
Peter Wolf – vocals
Mick Jagger – vocals, harmonica
Steve Earle – vocals
Larry Campbell – acoustic and electric guitars, mandolin, fiddle, pedal steel guitar, resonator guitar, backing vocals
Duke Levine – mandolin, electric guitar, baritone guitar
Angelo Petraglia – acoustic guitar
Cornell Dupree – guitars
Stuart Kimball – electric guitar
Keith Richards – vocals, electric guitar
Kenny White – organ, acoustic piano, acoustic guitar, Wurlitzer electric piano, backing vocals
Brian Mitchell – accordion
Magic Dick – harmonica
Tony Garnier – acoustic bass
Warren McRae – electric bass
John Conte – electric bass
Paul Ossola – acoustic bass
Shawn Pelton – drums, drum loop
Kevin Shurtleff – additional drums, percussion
Charley Drayton – drums
Dan Reiser – drums
Sammy Merendino – additional percussion
Crispin Cioe – alto saxophone
Arno Hecht – tenor saxophone
Larry Etkin – trumpet
Bob Funk – tenor trombone
Rob Eaton – backing vocals
Teresa Williams – backing vocals
Ada Dyer – backing vocals
Cire Jones – backing vocals
Catherine Russell – backing vocals
Milt Grayson – bass vocals
Fred Griffith – backing vocals
Rob Eaton – recording, mixing
Ben Wisch – recording, mixing
Phil Greene – mixing
Dave Westner – additional engineering, mixing
Chris Rival – additional engineering
Tom Waltz – additional engineering
John Weston – additional engineering
Steve Mazur – engineer assistant
Jacques Obadia – engineer assistant
Bob Ludwig – mastering
Frank Olinsky – design, cover photography
Joe Greene – photography
Karen Rome – project coordinator
Jill Dell’Abate – session coordinator
Track listing:
Growin’ Pain – Angelo Petraglia, Peter Wolf
Nothin’ but the Wheel – John Scott Sherrill
A Lot of Good Ones Gone – Will Jennings, Peter Wolf
Never Like This Before – Isaac Hayes, Booker T. Jones, David Porter
Run Silent, Run Deep – Timothy S. Mayer, Peter Wolf
Homework – Dave Clark, Al Perkins, Otis Rush
Five O’Clock Angel – Will Jennings, Peter Wolf
Hey Jordan – Will Jennings, Peter Wolf
Too Close Together – Sonny Boy Williamson
Some Things You Don’t Want to Know – Will Jennings, Peter Wolf
In August 1970, “A&M” label released “Mad Dogs & Englishmen”, the third Joe Cocker album. It was recorded in March 1970, at “Filmore East” in New York City, and was produced by Denny Cordell and Leon Russell. In 2021, “Mad Dogs & Englishmen” was inducted into the “Grammy Hall of Fame”.
Personnel:
Joe Cocker, Rita Coolidge, Donna Weiss, Donna Washburn, Claudia Lennear, Denny Cordell, Daniel Moore, Pamela Polland, Matthew Moore, Nicole Barclay, Bobby Jones – vocals
Leon Russell – vocals, lead guitar, piano, backing vocals, arrangements
Don Preston – vocals, guitar, backing vocals
Chris Stainton – organ, piano
Carl Radle – bass guitar
Jim Gordon, Jim Keltner, Chuck Blackwell – drums
Chuck Blackwell, Sandy Konikoff, Bobby Torres – percussion
Jim Horn, Bobby Keys – saxophone
Jim Price – trumpet
Chris Stainton – arrangements
Edwin Kramer – engineer
Craig Braun – design concept
Ron Wolin – illustration
Tom Wilkes – design
Jim McCrary – cover photography
Cosmina Andee Cohen, Linda Wolf – tour photographer
Track listing:
Introduction
Honky Tonk Women – Mick Jagger, Keith Richards
Introduction
Sticks and Stones – Titus Turner, Henry Glover
Cry Me a River – Arthur Hamilton
Bird on the Wire – Leonard Cohen
Feelin’ Alright – Dave Mason
Superstar – Leon Russell, Delaney Bramlett
Introduction
Let’s Go Get Stoned – Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson, Josephine Armstead
Blue Medley
Till Drown in My Own Tears – Henry Glover
When Something Is Wrong with My Baby – Isaac Hayes, David Porter
I’ve Been Loving You Too Long – Otis Redding, Jerry Butler
Introduction
Girl from the North Country – Bob Dylan
Give Peace a Chance – Leon Russell, Bonnie Bramlett
Introduction
She Came in Through the Bathroom Window – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
On March 31, 2014, “Provogue” label released “In My Soul”, the 17th Robert Cray album (credited to Robert Cray Band). It was recorded in 2013, at “Santa Barbara Sound Studios” in Santa Barbara, California, and was produced by Steve Jordan.
Personnel:
Robert Cray – vocals, guitar
Dover Weinberg – keyboards
Richard Cousins – bass
Les Falconer – vocal, drums
Steve Jordan – drums, percussion, mixing
Trevor Lawrence – tenor sacophone
Steve Madaio – trumpet
Niko Bolas – engineer
Dom Camardella, Tomas del Toro-Diaz – engineer assistant
Niko Bolas – mixing
Greg Calbi – mastering
Steve Fallone – mastering assistant
Roy Koch – artwork
Jeff Katz Photography – photography
Fallout Ent – studio album
Track listing:
All tracks by Robert Cray, except where noted.
You Move Me
Nobody’s Fault but Mine – Otis Redding
Fine Yesterday
You Good Thing Is Above to End – David Porter, Isaac Hayes
I Guess I’ll Never Know – Jeff Paris, Les Falconer, Rick Whitfield
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