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The Monkees: More Of The Monkees

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On January 9, 1967, “Colgems” label released “More of the Monkees”, the second Monkees (The) studio album. It was recorded June – November 1966, at “RCA Victor A, B” in Hollywood, “RCA Victor A, B” in New York, “Western Recorders No. 2” in Hollywood, and was produced by Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart, Carole Bayer Sager, Neil Sedaka, Michael Nesmith, Jeff Barry, Jack Keller, Gerry Goffin and Carole King. The album was certified quintuple platinum in the US by the “RIAA”,

Personnel:

  • Micky Dolenz – lead vocals and backing vocals
  • Davy Jones – lead and backing vocals
  • Peter Tork – lead and backing vocals, guitar
  • Michael Nesmith – lead and backing vocals, steel guitar
  • Wayne Erwin – guitar, backing vocals
  • Gerry McGee – guitar
  • Louie Shelton – guitar
  • Al Gafa – guitar
  • Willard Suyker – guitar
  • Don Thomas – guitar
  • James Burton – guitar
  • Glen Campbell – guitar
  • Al Casey – guitar
  • Mike Deasy – guitar
  • Neil Diamond – guitar
  • Sal DiTroia – guitar
  • Al Gorgoni – guitar
  • Carol Kaye – guitar
  • Norm Jeffries – tambourine
  • Michael Cohen – keyboards
  • Larry Knechtel – keyboards
  • Neil Sedaka – keyboards
  • Michael Cohen – keyboards
  • Larry Knechtel – keyboards
  • Don Randi – keyboards
  • Michel Rubini – keyboards
  • George Butcher – keyboards
  • Stan Free – keyboards
  • Bobby Hart – organ, backing vocals
  • Larry Taylor – bass guitar
  • Russ Savakus – bass guitar
  • Bob West – bass guitar
  • Ray Pohlman – bass guitar
  • Billy Lewis – drums
  • Herbie Lovelle – drums
  • Hal Blaine – drums
  • Buddy Saltzman – drums
  • George Devens – percussion
  • Frank Capp – percussion
  • Julius Wechter – percussion
  • Gary Coleman – percussion
  • Jim Gordon – percussion
  • Louis Haber – violin
  • Irving Spice – violin
  • Louis Stone – violin
  • David Sackson – viola
  • Murray Sandry – viola
  • Seymour Barab – cello
  • Jeff Barry – backing vocals
  • Tommy Boyce – backing vocals
  • Ron Hicklin – backing vocals
  • Don Peake – conductor
  • Artie Butler – string arrangements
  • Don Kirshner – music supervisor
  • Lester Sill – music coordinator
  • Emil LaViola – music coordinator
  • Ernie Oelrich – engineer
  • Henry Lewy – engineer
  • Hank Cicalo – engineer
  • Richie Schmitt – engineer
  • Richard Podolor – engineer
  • Dave Hassinger – engineer
  • Ray Hall – engineer

Track listing:

  1. She – Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart
  2. When Love Comes Knockin’ (At Your Door) – Carole Bayer Sager, Neil Sedaka
  3. Mary, Mary – Michael Nesmith
  4. Hold on Girl – Billy Carr, Jack Keller, Ben Raleigh
  5. Your Auntie Grizelda – Diane Hildebrand, Jack Keller
  6. (I’m Not Your) Steppin’ Stone – Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart
  7. Look Out (here Comes Tomorrow) – Neil Diamond
  8. The Kind of Girl I Could Love – Michael Nesmith, Roger Atkins
  9. The Day We Fall in Love – Sandy Linzer, Denny Randell
  10. Sometime in the Morning –Gerry Goffin, Carole King
  11. Laugh – Phil Margo, Mitch Margo, Hank Medress, Jay Siegel
  12. I’m a Believer – Neil Diamond

Harry Nillson: Nillson Schmillson

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On November 11, 1971, “RCA” label released “Nilsson Schmilsson”, the seventh Harry Nilsson studio album. It was recorded January – June 1971, at “Trident” and “Island” in London, “RCA” in Hollywood, and was produced by Richard Perry.

Personnel:

  • Harry Nilsson – vocals; piano, mellotron, organ, harmonica, electric piano
  • John Uribe – acoustic and lead guitar
  • Chris Spedding – guitar
  • Caleb Quaye – guitar
  • Ian Duck – acoustic guitar
  • Bill Linnane – piano
  • Jim Webb – piano
  • Roger Coulam – organ
  • Gary Wright – piano, organ
  • Henry Krein – accordion
  • Klaus Voormann – bass guitar, rhythm and acoustic guitar
  • Herbie Flowers – bass guitar
  • Jim Gordon – drums, percussion
  • Jim Keltner – drums
  • Roger Pope – drums
  • Richard Perry – percussion, mellotron
  • Bobby Keys – saxophone
  • Jim Price – trumpet, trombone, horn arrangements
  • Paul Buckmaster – string and horn arrangements
  • George Tipton – string and horn arrangements
  • Robin Geoffrey Cable – engineer
  • Richie Schmitt – engineer
  • Phill Brown – additional engineering
  • Acy Lehman – graphics
  • Dean Torrence – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Harry Nilsson, except where noted.

  1. Gotta Get Up
  2. Driving Along
  3. Early in the Morning – Leo Hickman, Louis Jordam, Dallas Bartley
  4. The Moonbeam Song
  5. Down
  6. Without You – Pete Ham, Tom Evans
  7. Coconut
  8. Let the Good Times Roll – Shirley goodman, Leonard Lee
  9. Jump into the Fire
  10. I’ll Never Leave You

Paul Revere & The Riders: Revolution!

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On August 7, 1967, “Columbia” label released “Revolution!”, the seventh Paul Revere & the Raiders studio album. It was recorded in 1967, and was produced by Terry Melcher.

Personnel:

  • Paul Revere – vocals, keyboards
  • Keith Allison, James Burton, Glen Campbell, Jerry Cole, Ry Cooder, Mike Deasy,
    Joel Scott Hill, Drake Levin, Taj Mahal, Jim Valley, Freddy Weller – guitars
  • Ron Collins, Larry Knechtel – keyboards
  • Terry Hoffman – harmonica
  • Charlie Coe, Chris Ethridge, Joe Osborn, Ray Pohlman, Phil Volk – bass
  • Hal Blaine, Joe Correro, Jim Gordon, Jim Keltner, Mike “Smitty” Smith – drums
  • Mark Lindsay, Charles Shoemaker, Ed Thigpen – percussion
  • Jim Horn, John Kelson, Mark Lindsay, Jay Migliori, Plas Johnson, Tom Scott – saxophone
  • Lou Blackburn, Roy Caton, Jules Chaikin, Lew McCreary, Ollie Mitchell – horn
  • Margaret Aue, Israel Baker, Jimmy Bond, David Burke, Nathan Kaproff, George Kast, Jan Kelley, Lou Klass, Raphael Kramer, William Kurasch, Emmet Sargeant, Ralph Schaeffer, Albert Steinberg, Joseph Stepansky- strings

Track listing:

All tracks by Mark Lindsay and Terry Melcher.

  1. Him or Me – What’s It Gonna Be?
  2. Reno
  3. Upon Your Leaving
  4. Mo’reen
  5. Wanting You
  6. Gone – Movin’ On
  7. I Had a Dream
  8. Tighter
  9. Make It with Me
  10. Ain’t Nobody Who Can Do It Like Leslie Can
  11. I Hear a Voice

Emitt Rhodes: The American Dream

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In November 1970, “A&M” label released “The American Dream”, the debut Emitt Rhodes album. It was recorded 1967 – 1969, and was produced by Larry Marks and Peter Pilafian.

Personnel:

  • Emitt Rhodes – vocals, multi-instruments
  • Donald Peake – guitar
  • David Bennett Cohen – guitar
  • Drake Levin – guitar
  • Larry Knechtel – keyboards
  • Don Randi – keyboards
  • Lyle Ritz – bass
  • Chuck Berghofer – bass, drums
  • Pete Jolly – drums
  • Jim Gordon – drums
  • Hal Blaine – drums
  • John Guerin – drums
  • Gary Kato – drums
  • Joel Larson – drums
  • Joe Porcaro – percussion
  • Emil Radocchia – vibraphone
  • Bill Rheinhart – clarinet
  • Tom Reynolds – clarinet
  • Perry Botkin, Jr. – arrangements
  • Ian Freebairn-Smith – arranger
  • Jim McCrary – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Emitt Rhodes.

  1. Mother Earth
  2. Pardon Me
  3. Textile Factory
  4. Someone Died
  5. Come Ride, Come Ride
  6. Let’s All Sing
  7. Holly Park
  8. You’re a Very Lovely Woman
  9. Mary Will You Take My Hand
  10. The Man He Was
  11. In the Days of the Old
  12. ‘Til the Day After

Glen Campbell: Wichita Lineman

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On November 4, 1968, “Capitol” label released “Wichita Lineman”, the eleventh Glen Campbell album. It was recorded in 1958, at “Capitol Studios” in Hollywood., and was produced by Al De Lory.

Personnel:

  • Glen Campbell – vocals, acoustic and electric guitars
  • Al Casey – acoustic guitar
  • Dennis McCarthy – piano
  • Jimmy Webb – organ
  • Carol Kaye – bass guitar
  • Joe Osborn – bass guitar
  • Ray Pohlman – bass guitar
  • Hal Blaine – drums
  • Bob Felts – drums
  • Jim Gordon – drums
  • Al De Lory – arrangements

Track listing:

  1. Wichita Lineman – Jimmy Webb
  2. (Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay – Otis Redding, Steve Cropper
  3. If You Go Away – Jacques Brel, Rod McKuen
  4. Ann – Billy Edd Wheeler
  5. Words – Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb
  6. Fate of Man – Glen Campbell
  7. Dreams of the Everyday Housewife – Chris Gantry
  8. The Straight Life – Sonny Curtis
  9. Reason to Believe – Tim Hardin
  10. You Better Sit Down Kids – Sonny Bono
  11. That’s Not Home – Billy Graham

Billy Preston: Encouraging Words

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On September 11, 1970, “Apple” label released “Encouraging Words”, the fifth Billy Preston studio album. It was recorded February – December 1969 – April 1970, at “trident Studios” and “Olympic Sound Studios” in London, and was produced by George Harrison and Billy Preston.

Personnel:

  • Billy Preston – lead and backing vocals, organ, piano, electric piano, harmonica, backing vocals
  • George Harrison – electric guitar, Moog synthesizer, backing vocals
  • Eric Clapton – electric guitar
  • Delaney Bramlett – electric guitar, backing vocals
  • Klaus Voormann – bass guitar
  • Carl Radle – bass guitar
  • Jim Gordon – drums
  • Ringo Starr – drums
  • Bobby Keys – saxophones
  • Jim Price – trumpet, trombone, horn arrangements
  • The Edwin Hawkins Singers – backing vocals
  • Members of the Temptations’ tour band – electric guitar, bass guitar, drums
  • Members of Sam & Dave’s tour band – bass guitar, drums
  • Richard Polak – photography

Track listing:                                                                                                            

All tracks by Billy Preston, except where noted.

  1. Right Now
  2. Little Girl
  3. Use What You Got
  4. My Sweet Lord – George Harrison
  5. Let the Music Play – Billy Preston, Joe Greene, Jesse Kirkland
  6. The Same Thing Again – Billy Preston, James Herndon
  7. I’ve Got a Feeling – John Lennon and Paul McCartney
  8. Sing One for the Lord – George Harrison, Billy Preston
  9. When You Are Mine
  10. I Don’t Want You to Pretend
  11. Encouraging Words
  12. All Things Must Pass – George Harrison
  13. You’ve Been Acting Strange – Ronnie Lee Williams

Traffic: Welcome To The Canteen

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On September 10, 1971, “Island” label released “Welcome to the Canteen”, the fifth Traffic album (the first live one). It was recorded in July 1971, at “Fairfield Halls” in Croydon and the “Oz Benefit Concert” in the canteen of the “Polytechnic of Central London”.

Personnel:

  • Dave Mason – lead vocals, acoustic and electric guitars
  • Steve Winwood – lead vocals, organ, electric piano, acoustic and electric guitar
  • Ric Grech – electric bass
  • Jim Gordon – drums
  • Jim Capaldi – percussion, tambourine
  • Rebop Kwaku Baah – congas, timbales, backing vocals
  • Chris Wood – sax, flute, electric piano, organ

Track listing:                                                                                                               

  1. Medicated Goo – Jimmy Miller, Steve Winwood
  2. Sad and Deep as You – Dave Mason
  3. Forty Thousand Headmen – Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi
  4. Shouldn’t Have Took More Than You Gave – Dave Mason
  5. Dear Mr. Fantasy – Jim Capaldi, Steve Winwood, Chris Wood
  6. Gimme Some Lovin’ – Steve Winwood, Muff Winwood, Spencer Davis

Joe Cocker: Mad Dogs & Englishmen

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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:

  1. Introduction
  2. Honky Tonk Women – Mick Jagger, Keith Richards
  3. Introduction
  4. Sticks and Stones – Titus Turner, Henry Glover
  5. Cry Me a River – Arthur Hamilton
  6. Bird on the Wire – Leonard Cohen
  7. Feelin’ Alright – Dave Mason
  8. Superstar – Leon Russell, Delaney Bramlett
  9. Introduction
  10. Let’s Go Get Stoned – Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson, Josephine Armstead
  11. Blue Medley
  12. Till Drown in My Own Tears – Henry Glover
  13. When Something Is Wrong with My Baby – Isaac Hayes, David Porter
  14. I’ve Been Loving You Too Long – Otis Redding, Jerry Butler
  15. Introduction
  16. Girl from the North Country – Bob Dylan
  17. Give Peace a Chance – Leon Russell, Bonnie Bramlett
  18. Introduction
  19. She Came in Through the Bathroom Window – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
  20. Space Captain – Matthew Moore
  21. The Letter – Wayne Carson Thompson
  22. Delta Lady – Leon Russel

The Beach Boys: Friends

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On June 24, 1968, “Capitol” label released “Friends”, the 14th Beach Boys (The) studio album. It was recorded February – April 1968, at “ID Sound” in Los Angels, and was produced by Al Jardine, Bruce Johnston, Mike Love, Brian Wilson, Carl Wilson and Dennis Wilson.  

Personnel:

  • Mike Love – vocals
  • Carl Wilson – vocals, guitar, bass
  • Brian Wilson – vocals, organ, piano
  • Dennis Wilson – vocals, harmonium, congas
  • Bruce Johnston – vocals, keyboard, piano
  • Al Jardine – vocals, electric bass
  • Marilyn Wilson – vocals
  • Murry Wilson – vocals
  • David Cohen – guitar
  • Al Vescovo – banjo, guitar, lap steel guitar
  • Jim Ackley – keyboard, guitar
  • Tommy Morgan – harmonica, bass harmonica
  • Jimmy Bond – upright bass
  • Lyle Ritz – electric bass, upright bass, ukulele
  • Jim Gordon – drums, woodblocks, bell, congas, timbales
  • Norm Jeffries – drums
  • Gene Pello – drums
  • Alan Estes – vibraphone, woodblocks, chimes
  • Bill Green – saxophone
  • Jim Horn – saxophone, clarinet
  • Don Englert – saxophone, clarinet
  • Roy Caton – trumpet
  • Robert T. Jung – saxophone
  • Bill Perkins – saxophone
  • Meyer Hirsch J. Kenneth Jensen – saxophone
  • Jay Migliori – saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet
  • Tom Scott – saxophone, bass flute
  • David Sherr – saxophone, oboe
  • Tony Terran – trumpet
  • Ollie Mitchell – trumpet
  • Dick Forrest – trumpet
  • Dick Hyde – tuba, flugelhorn
  • John DeVoogt – violin
  • Bonnie Douglas – violin
  • Arnold Belnick – violin
  • William Kurasch – violin
  • Jay Rosen – violin
  • Ralph Schaeffer – violin
  • Leonard Malarsky – violin
  • Paul Shure – violin
  • Norman Botnick – viola
  • David Burk – viola
  • Raymond Kelley – cello
  • Jacqueline Lustgarden – cello
  • Jim Lockert – engineer

Track listing:

  1. Meant for You – Brian Wilson, Mike Love
  2. Friends – Brian Wilson, Carl Wilson, Dennis Wilson, Al Jardine
  3. Wake the World – Brian Wilson, Al Jardine
  4. Be Here in the Mornin’ – Brian Wilson, Carl Wilson, Dennis Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine
  5. When a Man Needs a Woman – Brian Wilson, Dennis Wilson, Carl Wilson, Al Jardine, Steve Korthof, Jon Parks
  6. Passing By – Brian Wilson
  7. Amma Lee, the Healer – Brian Wilson, Mike Love
  8. Little Bird – Dennis Wilson, Steve Kalinich
  9. Be Still – Dennis Wilson, Steve Kalinich
  10. Busy Doin’ Nothin’ – Brian Wilson
  11. Diamond Head – Al Vescovo, Lyle Ritz, Jim Ackley, Brian Wilson
  12. Transcendental Meditation – Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine

John Denver: Back Home Again

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On June 15, 1974, “RCA Victor” label released “Back Home Again”, the eighth John Denver studio album. It was recorded in 1974, at “RCA’s Music Center of the World” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Milton Okun and Susan Ruskin.

Personnel:

  • John Denver – vocals, 6 & 12-string acoustic guitars
  • Julie Connor – vocals
  • John Sommers – banjo, acoustic guitar, mandolin, fiddle, backing vocals
  • Steve Weisberg – acoustic guitar, dulcimer, dobro, backing vocals, arrangements
  • Jim Connor – vocals, banjo, harmonica
  • Glen Hardin – piano
  • David Jackson – bass
  • Dick Kniss – bass
  • Jim Gordon – drums, percussion
  • Hal Blaine – drums, percussion
  • Buddy Collette – clarinet
  • Lee Holdridge – orchestral arrangements
  • Don Wardell – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by John Denver, except where noted.

  1. Back Home Again
  2. On the Road – Carl Franzen
  3.  Grandma’s Feather Bed – Jim Connor
  4. Matthew
  5. Thank God I’m a Country Boy – John Sommers
  6. The Music Is You
  7. Annie’s Song
  8. It’s Up to You – Steve Weisberg
  9. Cool an’ Green an’ Shady – John Denver, Joe Henry
  10. Eclipse
  11. Sweet Surrender
  12. This Old Guitar