On February 2, 1967, “Dunhill” label released “Deliver”, the third Mamas & the Papas (The) studio album. It was recorded in `1966, and was produced by Lou Adler.
Personnel:
Denny Doherty – vocals
Cass Elliot – vocals
John Phillips – vocals, guitar
Michelle Phillips – vocals
Jill Gibson – vocals
Scott McKenzie – 12-string acoustic, guitar
“Doctor” Eric Hord – guitar
P.F. Sloan – guitar
Tommy Tedesco – guitar
Larry Knechtel – keyboards
Joe Osborn – bass guitar
Hal Blaine – drums, percussion
Gary Coleman – percussion, bells, marimba
Jim Horn – flute, saxophone
Track listing:
All tracks by John Phillips, except where noted.
Dedicated to the One I Love – Ralph Bass, Lowman Pauling
My Girl – Smokey Robinson, Ronald White
Creeque Alley – John Phillips, Michelle Phillips
Sing for Your Supper – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
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
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
On February 1, 1971, “Bell” label released “Love’s Lines, Angles and Rhymes”, the sixth 5th Dimension (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1970, at “Wally Heider” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Bones Howe.
Personnel:
Marilyn McCoo – lead and backing vocals
Florence LaRue – lead and backing vocals
Billy Davis Jr. – lead and backing vocals
Lamonte McLemore – backing vocals
Ron Townson – backing vocals
Dennis Budimir, Fred Tackett, Mike Deasy, Michael Anthony – guitar
Jimmy Rowles – piano
Larry Knechtel, Gary Illingworth – keyboards
Joe Osborn, Max Bennett – bass guitar
Hal Blaine – drums
Jack Arnold, Larry Bunker, Victor Feldman – percussion
Jim Horn, Tom Scott, Pete Christlieb, Lanny Morgan – saxophone
Bud Brisbois, Chuck Findley, Oliver Mitchell, Ray Triscari – trumpet
Lew McCreary, Bob Edmondson – trombone
Catherine Gothoffer – harp
The Sid Sharp String Section – strings
Track listing:
Time and Love – Laura Nyro
Love’s Lines, Angles and Rhymes – Dorothea Joyce
What Does It Take – Harvey Fuqua, Johnny Bristol, Vernon Bullock
On November 6, 1967, “Colgems” label released “Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd.”, the fourth Monkees (The) album. It was recorded April – October 1967, at “RCA Victor” in Hollywood, “RCA Victor” in New York, “Western Recorders No. 1” in Hollywood, “American Recording Company” in Studio City, “United Recorders A” in Hollywood, and was produced by Chip Douglas.
Personnel:
Michael Nesmith – lead and backing vocals, guitar, shaker, acoustic and electric guitar, tremolo electric guitar, percussion
Micky Dolenz – lead and backing vocals, harmony vocals, percussion, drums, Moog synthesizer, intro chatter
Davy Jones – lead and backing vocals, percussion, tambourine, intro chatter
Peter Tork – lead and backing vocals, spoken word, organ, keyboards, piano
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 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:
Meant for You – Brian Wilson, Mike Love
Friends – Brian Wilson, Carl Wilson, Dennis Wilson, Al Jardine
Wake the World – Brian Wilson, Al Jardine
Be Here in the Mornin’ – Brian Wilson, Carl Wilson, Dennis Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine
When a Man Needs a Woman – Brian Wilson, Dennis Wilson, Carl Wilson, Al Jardine, Steve Korthof, Jon Parks
Passing By – Brian Wilson
Amma Lee, the Healer – Brian Wilson, Mike Love
Little Bird – Dennis Wilson, Steve Kalinich
Be Still – Dennis Wilson, Steve Kalinich
Busy Doin’ Nothin’ – Brian Wilson
Diamond Head – Al Vescovo, Lyle Ritz, Jim Ackley, Brian Wilson
Transcendental Meditation – Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine
On April 29, 1997, “Private Music” label released “Love’s Been Rough on Me”, the twentieth Etta James studio album. It was recorded in 1997, and was produced by Barry Beckett.
Personnel:
Etta James – lead vocals
Don Potter – acoustic guitar
Paul Franklin – steel guitar
Brent Rowan – electric guitar
Josh Sklair – electric guitar
Dann Huff – electric guitar
Steve Nathan – keyboards
Barry Beckett – keyboards
Michael Rhodes – bass guitar
Eddie Bayers – drums
Terry McMillan – percussion
Jim Horn – saxophone
Sam Levine – saxophone
Joe McGlohon – saxophone
Mike Haynes – trumpet
Chris McDonald – trombone
Vicki Hampton – backing vocals
Yvonne Hodges – backing vocals
Donna McElroy – backing vocals
Louis Dean Nunley – backing vocals
John Wesley Ryles – backing vocals
Dennis Wilson – backing vocals
Curtis Young – backing vocals
Track listing:
The Rock – Russell Smith, Jim Varsos
Cry Like a Rainy Day – Greg Barnhill, Kenny Greenberg
Love’s Been Rough on Me – Gretchen Peters
Love It or Leave It Alone – Kara Cody, Will Jennings, John Keller
Don’t Touch Me – Hank Cochran
Hold Me – Graham Lyle, Troy Seals
If I Had Any Pride Left at All – John Greenbaum, Seals, Eddie Setser
I Can Give You Everything – Al Anderson, Terry Anderson
I’ve Been Loving You Too Long – Jerry Butler, Otis Redding
In February 1968, “Warner Bros” label released “The Mason Williams Phonograph Record”, the second Mason Williams album. It was recorded in 1967, and was produced by Mike Post. Mason Williams won two “Grammy Awards”, for “Best Pop Instrumental Performance” and “Best Instrumental Theme”. Mike Post won “Grammy Award” for “Best Instrumental Arrangement of a song”.
Personnel:
Mason Williams – guitar, arrangements
Alvin Casey, David Cohen, James Burton, Michael Deasy – guitar
Lawrence Knechtel, Michael Melvoin – piano
Carl Fortina – accordion
Bob West, Lawrence Knechtel, Lyle Ritz – bass
Lyle Ritz – double bass
James Beck Gordon – drums
Gary L. Coleman, Gene Estes – percussion
Richard J. Hyde, Hoyt Bohannon, Lew McCreary, Richard Leith – trombone
David Duke, William Hinshaw – French horn, tuba
David Burk, Emanuel Moss, George Kast, Harry Bluestone, Israel Baker, Jack Gootkin, Jimmy Getzoff, Jerry Reisler, John Vidor, Ralph Schaeffer, Robert Korda, Robert Sushel, Sidney Sharp, Stan Plummer, Tibor Zelig, William Kurasch – violin
Armand Kaproff, Jerome Kessler, Jesse Ehrlich, Joe DiTullio – cello
In 1984, “Epic” label released “The Deed Is Done”, the sixth Molly Hatchet studio album. It was recorded in 1984, at “Bee Jay Recording Studios” in Orlando, Florida, and was produced by Terry Manning.
Personnel:
Danny Joe Brown – vocals
Dave Hlubek – guitar
Duane Roland – guitar
John Galvin – keyboards
Riff West – bass
Bruce Crump – drums
Jim Horn – saxophone
Jimi Jamison, Tom DeLuca, Steve Bassett, Terry Manning – backing vocals
Terry Manning – engineer, mixing
Andy de Ganahl, Dana Cornock – engineer assistant
Bob Ludwig – mastering
Ezra Tucker – cover art
Track listing:
Satisfied Man – Thomas DeLuca, Tom Jans
Backstabber – Ronald Brooks, Thomas DeLuca, Jeff Ross
She Does She Does – Danny Joe Brown, Bruce Crump, John Galvin, Dave Hlubek, Duane Roland, Riff West
Intro Piece – John Galvin
Stone in You Heart – Ronald Brooks, Thomas DeLuca, Harold Tipton
Man on the Run – Jack Armstrong, Thomas DeLuca, Gary Harrison, Terry Manning, Duane Roland
Good Smoke and Whiskey – Danny Joe Brown, Bruce Crump, Thomas DeLuca, John Galvin, Dave Hlubek, Duane Roland, Riff West
Heartbreak Radio – Frankie Miller, Troy Seals
I Ain’t Got You – Calvin Carter
Straight Shooter – Danny Joe Brown, Bruce Crump, John Galvin, Dave Hlubek, Duane Roland, Riff West
On September 26, 1988, “Island” label released “Seven Year Itch”, the fifteenth Etta James studio album. It was recorded in 1988, at “Digital Recorders” in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by Rob Fraboni, Rocky Fataar and Barry Beckett.
Personnel:
Etta James – vocals
Kenny Greenberg, Reggie Young, Steve Cropper – guitar
Art Neville, Barry Beckett – keyboards
Bob Wray, James “Hutch” Hutchinson, Willie Weeks – bass
Ricky Fataar, Roger Hawkins – drums
Jim Horn – saxophone, horn arrangements
Jack Hale, Mike Haynes, Quitman Dennis – horns
Howard Steele, Rich Schirmer, Scott Hendricks – recording
Barry Beckett, Scott Hendricks – mixing
Track listing:
I Got the Will – Otis Redding
Jump into My Fire – Johnny Cobb, Jana King
Shakey Ground – Jeffrey Bowen, Alphonso Boyd, Eddie Hazel
Come to Mama – Willie Mitchell, Earl Randle
Damn Your Eyes – Steve Bogard, Barbara Wyrick
Breaking Up Somebody’s Home – Al Jackson, Jr., Timothy Matthews
The Jealous Kind – Robert Guidry
How Strong Is a Woman – Bettye Crutcher
It Ain’t Always What You Do (It’s Who You Let See You Do It) – Carl Hampton, Homer Banks, Raymond Jackson
musicalphabet 