On June 16, 1969, “Stright” label released “Farewell Aldebaran”, album by Judy Henske and Jerry Yester. It was recorded in 1969, at “Sunwest” in Hollywood, and was produced by Jerry Yester and Zal Yanovsky.
Personnel:
Judy Henske – vocals
Jerry Yester – vocals, guitar, piano, harmonium, toy zither, Marxophone, harpsichord, Chamberlin tape organ, orchestration, banjo, harmonica, Moog synthesizer, Hammond organ
John Forsha – 12 string guitar, backing vocals
Dick Rosmini – guitar
Zal Yanovsky – electric guitar, bass, backing vocals
David Lindley – banjo
Paul Beaver – Moog synthesizer programming
Solomon Feldthouse – hammered dulcimer
Joe Osborn – bass
Jerry Scheff – bass
Ray Brown – bass
Toxie French – drums
Eddie Hoh – drums
Larry Beckett – drums, backing vocals
Gail Levant – harp
Roger Dollarhide – backing vocals
Uncredited string, brass and reed orchestras
Gary Brandt – recording, mixing
John Boylan – mixing
Litholab – special effects
John Williams – design
Ed Caraeff – photography
Herb Cohen – executive producer
Track listing:
All lyrics by Judy Henske, all music by Jerry Yester, except where noted.
Snowblind – Judy Henske, Jerry Yester, Zal Yanovsky
On November 11, 1970, “RCA” label released “That’s the Way It Is”, the twelfth Elvis Presley studio album. In 1970, the eight studio tracks were recorded at “RCA Studio B” in Nashville, and four live tracks were recorded at “The International Hotel” in Las Vegas, and was produced by Felton Jarvis. In March 2018, the album was certified Platinum in US by the “RIAA”.
Personnel:
Studio tracks:
Elvis Presley – lead and harmony vocals, guitar
James Burton – lead guitar
Chip Young – rhythm guitar
Charlie Hodge – acoustic rhythm guitar, harmony vocals
Weldon Myrick – steel guitar
David Briggs – piano, organ
Charlie McCoy – organ, harmonica, marimba
Norbert Putnam – bass
Jerry Carrigan – drums
Farrell Morris – percussion, vibes
The Jordanaires – backing vocals
The Imperials – backing vocals
Live tracks
Elvis Presley – lead vocals, guitar
James Burton – lead guitar
John Wilkinson – rhythm guitar
Charlie Hodge – acoustic rhythm guitar, scarves, harmony and backing vocals
Glen Hardin – piano, electric piano
Jerry Scheff – bass
Ronnie Tutt – drums
Millie Kirkham – backing vocals
The Sweet Inspirations – backing vocals
The Imperials – backing vocals
The Joe Guercio Orchestra
Track listing:
I Just Can’t Help Believin’ – Cynthia Weil, Barry Mann
Twenty Days and Twenty Nights – Ben Weisman, Clive Westlake
How the Web Was Woven – Clive Westlake, David Most
Patch It Up – Eddie Rabbitt, Rory Bourke
Mary in the Morning – Johnny Cymbal, Michael Rashkow
You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me – Vicky Wickham, Simon Napier-Bell, Pino Donaggio, Vito Pallavicini
You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’ – Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, Phil Spector
On August 29, 1983, “Columbia” label released “Johnny 99”, the 69th Johnny Cash album. It was recorded in April 1983, at “Magnolia” in Hollywood, and was produced by Brian Ahern.
Personnel:
Johnny Cash – vocals, acoustic guitar
Hoyt Axton, Barbara Bennett, Donivan Cowart, Lynn Langham – vocals
June Carter – vocals
James Burton – electric guitar
Bob Wootton – electric guitar
Brian Ahern – gut-string guitar, 6-string bass, tambourine, arrangements
Tim Goodman – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, slide guitar, 6-string bass, banjo
Marty Stuart – acoustic and electric guitar, mandolin
David Mansfield – mandolin, mandocello, fiddle
Glen D. Hardin – keyboards
Nick DeCaro – accordion
Jo-El Sonnier – accordion
Norton Buffalo – harmonica
Jerry Scheff – bass guitar
Hal Blaine – drums
Jack Grochmal, Donivan Cowart, Brian Ahern – engineer
John Seakwood – photography
Track listing:
Highway Patrolman – Bruce Springsteen
That’s the Truth – Paul Kennerley
God Bless Robert E. Lee – Bobby Hutcherson, Mack Vickery
New Cut Road – Guy Clark
Johnny 99 – Bruce Springsteen
Ballad of the Ark – Steven Rhymer
Joshua Gone Barbados – Eric Von Schmidt
Girl from the Canyon – Carolina Edwards, Jonathan Edwards
On July 16, 1973, “RCA” label released “Elvis”, the eighteenth Elvis Presley studio album. It was recorded in March 1971 and March 1972, at “RCA” in Hollywood, “RCA Studio B” in Nashville, and was produced by Felton Jarvis.
Personnel:
Elvis Presley – lead vocals, piano
James Burton – lead guitar
Joe Esposito – guitar, percussion
John Wilkinson – rhythm guitar
Chip Young – rhythm guitar
Charlie Hodge – rhythm guitar
Glen D. Hardin – piano, string arrangements
David Briggs – piano
Charlie McCoy – harmonica
Emory Gordy Jr. – bass
Norbert Putnam – bass
Jerry Scheff – bass
Kenneth A. Buttrey – drums
Jerry Carrigan – drums
Ron Tutt – drums
J. D. Sumner – vocals
The Sweet Inspirations – backing vocals
The Nashville Edition – backing vocals
Joe Babcock – backing vocals
Dolores Edgin – backing vocals
Ginger Holladay – backing vocals
The Imperials Quartet – backing vocals
Millie Kirkham – backing vocals
June Page – backing vocals
Temple Riser – backing vocals
Hurshel Wiginton – backing vocals
Mary Holliday – backing vocals
Kathy Westmoreland – backing vocals
Joe Guercio – conductor
Track listing:
Fool – James Last, Carl Sigman
Where Do I Go from Here – Paul Williams
Love Me, Love the Life I Lead – Roger Greenaway, Tony Macaulay
It’s Still Here – Ivory Joe Hunter
It’s Impossible – Armando Manzanero, Sid Wayne
(That’s What You Get) For Lovin’ Me – Gordon Lightfoot
Padre – Jacques Larue, Paul Francis Webster, Alain Romans
I’ll Take You Home Again, Kathleen – Thomas Paine Westendorf
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 July 1966, “Valiant Records” label released “And Then… Along Comes”, the debut Association (The) album. It was recorded March – May 1966, at “Homewood Studios”, “GSP Studios” and “Columbia Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Curt Boettcher.
Personnel:
Terry Kirkman – vocals, wind instruments, percussion
Jules Alexander – vocals, lead guitar
Jim Yester – vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboards
Russ Giguere – vocals, rhythm guitar, percussion
Brian Cole – bass, vocals, woodwinds
Ted Bluechel, Jr. – vocals, drums, rhythm guitar, bass
Mike Deasy, Lee Mallory, Ben Benay – guitars
Jim Henderson – piano
Jerry Scheff – bass guitar
Jim Troxel – drums
Doug Rhodes or Butch Parker – celesta
Toxey French – vibraphone
Curt Boettcher – backing vocals
Gary Paxton, Pete Romano – engineer
Peter Whorf Graphics – design
Fred Poore – photography
Phyllis Burgess – liner notes
Track listing:
Enter the Young – Terry Kirkman
Your Own Love – Jules Alexander, Jim Yester
Don’t Blame It on Me – Don Addrisi, Dick Addrisi
Blistered – Billy Ed Wheeler
Along Comes Mary – Tandyn Almer
Cherish – Terry Kirkman
Standing Still – Ted Bluechel
Message of Our Love – Tandyn Almer, Curt Boettcher
On June 24, 1971,”Ampex” label released “Runt. The Ballad of Todd Rundgren”, the second Todd Rundgren album. It was recorded in 1971 at “Bearsville Studios” in Bearsville, NY, and was produced by Todd Rundgren.
On March 28, 1974, “Mercury” label released “The Golden Scarab”, the debut Ray Manzarek solo album. It was recorded in 1973, at “Sunset Sound” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Bruce Botnick and Bob Brown.
Personnel:
Ray Manzarek – lead vocals, keyboards, piano, organ, synthesizer, kalimba
In January 1994, “Capitol” label released “Mirror Blue”, the seventh Richard Thompson studio album. It was recorded in January 1993, at “The Sound Factory” in Los Angeles and “RAK Studios” in London, and was produced by Mitchell Froom.
Personnel:
Richard Thompson – vocals, guitar, mandolin
Mitchell Froom– keyboards
John Kirkpatrick- accordion, concertinas
Alistair Anderson – concertina, Northumbrian pipes
Danny Thompson- double bass
Jerry Scheff– bass guitar, double bass
Pete Thomas– drums, percussion
Tom McConville, Martin Dunn – flute
Philip Pickett- shawms
Christine Collister, Michael Parker – backing vocals
In January 1972, “Columbia” label released “I’ve Found Someone of My Own”, the only Free Movement album. It was recorded in 1971, and was produced by Michael Omartian, Bill Straw, Joe Porter and Toxey French.
Personnel:
Adrian Jefferson, Cheryl Conley, Claude Jefferson, Godoy Colbert, Jennifer Gates, Josephine Brown – vocals
Ben Benay, Jerry McGhee – guitar
Jerry Scheff, Bobby West – bass
Gene Pello – drums
Milt Holland, Victor Feldman– percussion
Bobbye Hall, King Erison – congas
Michael Omartian– piano, arrangements
Toxey French, Jimmie Haskell– arrangements
Bill Straw – executive producer
Track listing:
All tracks by Frank F. Robinson except where noted.
I’ve Found Someone of My Own
Land Where I Live – Hilton, William Flemister
Son of the Zulu King – Chick Carlton
If Only You Believe – Brian Potter, Dennis Lambert
Love the One You’re With – Stephen Stills
The Harder I Try (The Bluer I Get)
Comin’ Home
I Know I Could Love You Better (The Second Time Around) – Bobby Arvon
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