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The Ventures: The Ventures Play Telstar And The Lonely Bull

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In January 1963, “Dolton” label released “The Ventures Play Telstar and the Lonely Bull”, the twelve Ventures (The) album. It was recorded in 1962, and was produced by Bob Reisdorff and Josie Wilson.

Personnel:

  • Don Wilson – rhythm and lead guitar
  • Nokie Edwards – lead guitar
  • Bob Bogle – bass, lead guitar
  • Mel Taylor – drums

Track listing:

  1. Telstar – Joe Meek
  2. The Lonely Bull – Sol Lake
  3. Mexico – Boudleaux Bryant
  4. Calcutta – Heino Gaze
  5. Apache – Jerry Lordan
  6. Never on Sunday – Manos Hadjidakis
  7. Tequila – Daniel Flores
  8. Green Onions – Steve Cropper, Booker T. Jones, Al Jackson, Jr., Lewis Steinberg
  9. Percolator – Ernie Freeman, Louis Bideau
  10. Red River Rock – Fred Mendelshon, Ira Mack, Tom King
  11. Let There Be Drums – Sandy Nelson, Richard Podolor
  12. Last Night – Charles Axton, Floyd Newman, Gilbert C. Caple, Jerry Lee Smith, Chips Moman

Laura Nyro: Christmas and the Beads of Sweat

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On November 25, 1970, “Columbia” label released “Christmas and the Beads of Sweat”, the fourth Laura Nyro album. It was recorded in May 1970, in New York City, and was produced by Felix Cavaliere and Arif  Mardin.

Personnel:

  • Laura Nyro – vocals, piano, arrangements
  • Eddie Hinton– electric guitar
  • Cornell Dupree– electric guitar
  • Stuart Scharf– acoustic guitar
  • Duane Allman– guitar
  • Felix Cavaliere– organ, bells
  • Barry Beckett– vibraphone
  • Richard Davis– bass
  • Chuck Rainey– bass
  • David Hood– bass
  • Roger Hawkins– drums
  • Dino Danelli– drums
  • Jack Jennings – percussion
  • Ralph MacDonald– percussion
  • Alice Coltrane– harp
  • Joe Farrell– woodwinds
  • Ashod Garabedian – oud
  • Michael Szittai – cimbalin
  • Arif Mardin– arrangements, conductor
  • Roy Segal, Tim Geelan – engineer
  • Jerry Lee Smith, Doug Pomeroy – engineer assistant
  • Beth O’Brien – cover portrait

Track listing:

All tracks by Laura Nyro, except where noted.

  1. Brown Earth
  2. When I Was a Freeport and You Were the Main Drag
  3. Blackpatch
  4. Been on a Train
  5. Up on the Roof – Gerry Goffin, Carole King
  6. Upstairs by a Chinese Lamp
  7. Map to the Treasure
  8. Beads of Sweat
  9. Christmas in My Soul