On May 1, 1961, “Atco” label released “Spanish Harlem”, the debut Ben E. King album. It was recorded 1960 – 1961, and was produced by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller.
Personnel:
Ben E. King – vocals
Al Caiola – guitar
George Barnes – guitar
Ernest Hayes – piano
George Duvivier – double bass
Gary Chester – drums
Ray Barretto – percussion
Charlie Margulis – trumpet
Urbie Green – trombone
Stan Applebaum – arrangements
Allen Vogel, Loring Eutemey – artwork
Track listing:
Amor – Gabriel Ruíz, Sunny Skylar, Ricardo López Méndez
Sway – Norman Gimbel, Gabriel Ruíz
Come Closer to Me – Al Stewart, Osvaldo Farrés
Perfidia – Alberto Dominguez, Milton Leeds
Granada – Agustín Lara, Dorothy Dodd
Sweet and Gentle – George Thorn, Otilio del Portal, Martin Ledyard
Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps – Joe Davis, Osvaldo Farrés
In March 1978, “Atlantic” label released “The Last of the Blue Devils”, the 14th Jay McShann album. It was recorded June – July 1977, at “RCA Recording Studios, Studio B” in New York City, and was produced by İlhan Mimaroğlu.
Personnel:
Jay McShann – vocals, piano, electric piano
Paul Quinichette, Buddy Tate – tenor saxophone
Joe Newman – trumpet
John Scofield – electric guitar
Milt Hinton – bass
Jackie Williams – drums
Track listing:
Confessin’ the Blues – Jay McShann, Walter Brown
‘Tain’t Nobody’s Bizness If I Do – Everett Robbins, Porter Grainger
Hootie Blues – Charlie Parker, Jay McShann, Walter Brown
Blue Devil Jump – Paul Quinichette
My Chile – Jay McShann
Jumpin’ at the Woodside – Count Basie, John Hendricks
Just for You – Pete Johnson, Herman Walder, Leo Corday, Booker Washington
In March 1972, “Vertigo” label released “Red Sea”, the second and last Warhorse album. It was recorded in1971, and was produced by Ian Kimmet, Ashley Holt, Pete Parks, Nick Simper, Frank Wilson and Mac Poole.
Personnel:
Ashley Holt – vocals
Pete Parks – guitar
Frank Wilson – keyboards, organ, piano
Nick Simper – bass
Mac Poole – drums
Peter Parks – acoustic guitar
Dave Stock – engineer
Rick Breach – artwork, design, photography
Phillip Walker – liner notes
Track listing:
All tracks by Ashley Holt, Pete Parks, Nick Simper, Frank Wilson and Mac Poole, except where noted.
Red Sea
Back in Time
Confident But Wrong
Feeling Better
Sybilla
Mouthpiece
I (Who Have Nothing) – Carlo Donida, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
In March 1964, “Prestige” label released “Evenin’ Blues”, the 19th Jimmy Witherspoon album. It was recorded in August 1963, in Los Angeles, and was produced by David Axelrod.
Personnel:
Jimmy Witherspoon – vocals
T-Bone Walker – guitar
Bert Kendrix – piano, organ
Clifford Scott – tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, flute
Clarence Jones – bass
Wayne Robertson – drums
Francis Squibb – liner notes
Track listing:
All tracks by Jimmy Witherspoon, except where noted.
In January 1968, “Pacific Jazz” label released “Booker ‘n’ Brass”, the 18th Booker Ervin album. It was recorded in September 1967, at “Webster Hall” in New York City, and was produced by Richard Bock.
Personnel:
Booker Ervin – tenor saxophone
Martin Banks, Johnny Coles, Ray Copeland, Freddie Hubbard, Charles Tolliver, Richard Williams – trumpet
In December 1972, “Vertigo” label released “Framed”, the debut Sensational Alex Harvey Band (The) album. It was recorded in 1972, at “Morgan Studios” in London, and was produced by Alex Harvey, Zal Cleminson, Hugh Mckenna, Chris Glen and Eddie McKenna.
Personnel:
Alex Harvey – lead vocals
Zal Cleminson – lead guitar
Hugh McKenna – electric piano
Chris Glen – bass guitar
Eddie McKenna – drums
Phil Kenzie – tenor saxophone
Big Bud’s Brass – brass section
Mike Bobak – engineer
Jim Wilson – photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Alex Harvey, except where noted.
Framed – Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
Hammer Song
Midnight Moses
Isobel Goudie (Part 1: My Lady of the Night, Part 2: Coitus Interruptus, Part 3: Virgin and the Hunter)
Buff’s Bar Blues
I Just Want to Make Love to You – Willie Dixon
Hole In Her Stocking
There’s No Lights On The Christmas Tree, Mother They’re Burning Big Louie Tonight – Jim Condron
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
In December 1955, “EmArcy” label released “Presenting the Gerry Mulligan Sextet”, the tenth Gerry Mulligan album. It was recorded September – October 1955, in New York City.
Personnel:
Gerry Mulligan – baritone saxophone
Zoot Sims – tenor saxophone
Jon Eardley – trumpet
Bob Brookmeyer – valve trombone, piano
Peck Morrison – bass
Dave Bailey – drums
Track listing:
All tracks by Gerry Mulligan except where noted.
Mud Bug – Jerry Lloyd
Sweet and Lovely – Gus Arnheim, Harry Tobias, Jules LeMare
Apple Core
Nights on the Turntable
Broadway – Billy Byrd, Teddy McRae, Henri Woode
Everything Happens to Me – Matt Dennis, Tom Adair
The Lady Is a Tramp – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
Bernie’s Tune – Bernie Miller, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
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
In September 1975, “Polydor” label released “Everybody’s Doin’ the Hustl e & Dead on the Double Bump”, the 41st James Brown studio album. It was recorded in 1975, at “Sound Ideas Studios” in New York City, “A&R Recording” in New York City and was produced by James Brown.
Personnel:
James Brown – vocals
Bob Both – recording, mixing, production supervision
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