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Aretha Franklin: Amazing Grace

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On June 1, 1972, “Atlantic” label released “Amazing Grace”, the fourth Aretha Franklin live album. It was recorded in January 1972, at the “New Temple Missionary Baptist Church”, and was produced by Jerry Wexler, Aretha Franklin and Arif Mardin. In 1973, Aretha Franklin won “Grammy Award” for “Best Soul Gospel Performance”. The album was certified 2 x Platinum in US by “RIAA”.

Personnel:

  • Aretha Franklin – lead vocals, piano, celesta, arrangements
  • Rev. C.L. Franklin – vocals
  • Rev. James Cleveland – lead vocals, piano, choir director
  • Rev. Alexander Hamilton – choir director assistant
  • Kenneth “Ken” Lupper – organ, additional keyboards
  • Cornell Dupree – guitar
  • Chuck Rainey – bass
  • Bernard Purdie – drums
  • Pancho Morales – congas, additional percussion
  • Southern California Community Choir – backing vocals
  • Arif Mardin – music editing, remix
  • Wally Heider – recording
  • Jimmy Douglass – recording assistant
  • Gene Paul – recording assistant
  • George Piros – recording assistant
  • Ray Thompson – recording

Track listing:

  1. Mary, Don’t You Weep – spiritual
  2. Medley: Precious Lord, Take My Hand / You’ve Hot a Friend – Thomas A. Dorsey, Frank Frazier / Carole King
  3. Old Landmark – W. Herbert Brewster, Adeline M. Brunner
  4. Give Yourself to Jesus – Robert Fryson
  5. How I Got Over – Clara Ward
  6. What a Friend We Have in Jesus – Joseph M. Seriven, Charles Crozat Converse
  7. Amazing Grace – John Newton
  8. Precious Memories – J.B.F. Wright
  9. Climbing Higher Mountains – traditional
  10. Remarks by Reverend C.L. Franklin
  11. God Will Take Care of You – traditional
  12. Wholy Holy – Marvin Gaye, Renaldo Benson, Al Cleveland
  13. You’ll Never Walk Alone – Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II
  14. Never Grow Old – traditional

Roxy Music: Manifesto

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On March 16, 1979, “E. G.” label released “Manifesto”, the sixth Roxy Music studio album. It was recorded 1978 – 1979, at “Ridge Farm” in Rusper, England, “Basing Street” in London, and was produced by Bryan Ferry, Phil Manzanera, Andy Mackay and Paul Thompson.

Personnel:

  • Bryan Ferry – vocals, keyboards, harmonica
  • Phil Manzanera – guitar
  • Andy Mackay – oboe, saxophone
  • Paul Thompson – drums
  • Paul Carrack – keyboards
  • Richard Tee – piano
  • Alan Spenner – bass
  • Gary Tibbs – bass
  • Steve Ferrone – drums
  • Rick Marotta – drums
  • Melissa Manchester – backing vocals
  • Luther Vandross – backing vocals
  • Rhett Davies – recording
  • Jimmy Douglass – engineer
  • Phill Brown – engineer
  • Randy Mason – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Bryan Ferry, except where noted.

East Side

  1. Manifesto – Bryan Ferry, Phil Manzanera
  2. Trash – Bryan Ferry, Phil Manzanera
  3. Angel Eyes – Bryan Ferry, Andy Mackay
  4. Still Falls the Rain – Bryan Ferry, Phil Manzanera
  5. Stronger Through the Years

West Side

  1. Ain’t That So
  2. My Little Girl – Bryan Ferry, Phil Manzanera
  3. Dance Away
  4. Cry, Cry, Cry
  5. Spin Me Round

Donny Hathaway: Extension Of A Man

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On June 18, 1973, “Atco” label released “Extension of a Man”, the fourth and final Donny Hathaway studio album. It was recorded October – November 1972, at “A&R”, “Bell Sound”, “Regent Sound” and “Atlantic” in New York City, “Universal” in Chicago, and was produced by Arif Mardin.

Personnel:

  • Donny Hathaway – lead vocals, Fender Rhodes electric piano, all pianos, Hammond organ, keyboards, bass, arrangements
  • Cornell Dupree – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Hugh McCracken – banjo, guitar
  • Willie Weeks, Russ Savakus, Stanley Clarke, Gordon Edwards – bass
  •  Grady Tate, Fred White, Rick Marotta, Ray Lucas – drums
  • Ralph MacDonald – percussion
  • Emanuel Green, Harry Lookofsky, Julien Barber, Noel DaCosta, Sanford Allen, Theodore Israel – violin
  • Charles McCracken, George Ricci, Kermit Moore – cello
  • Gloria Agostini – harp 
  • David Newman – saxophone
  • Marvin Stamm, Joe Newman, Ernie Royal – trumpet
  • Dominick Gravine, Garnett Brown, Paul Faulise, Wayne Andre, Tony Studd, Garnett Brown – trombone
  • Hubert Laws – flute
  • Don Butterfield – tuba
  • Phil Bodner – clarinet, alto saxophone
  • Seldon Powell – clarinet, reeds, tenor saxophone
  • Vincent Abato – clarinet
  • Romeo Penque, William Slapin – reeds
  • Jim Buffington, Julius Watkins, Tony Miranda – French horn
  • Henry Schuman – oboe
  • Myrna Summers & The Interdenominational Singers – choir 
  • Cissy Houston, Myrna Smith, Sylvia Shemwell, Jimmy Douglass, Mario “Big M” Medious, Richard Wells, William “Mac” McCollum – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Donny Hathaway, except where noted.

  1. I Love the Lord; He Heard My Cry (Parts I & II)
  2. Someday We’ll All Be Free – Donny Hathaway, Edward Howard
  3. Flying Easy
  4. Valdez in the Country
  5. I Love You More Than You’ll Ever Know – Al Kooper
  6. Come Little Children
  7. Love, Love, Love – J.R. Bailey, Ken Williams
  8. The Slums
  9. Magdalena – Danny O’Keefe
  10. I Know It’s You – Leon Ware
  11. Lord Help Me – Joe Greene, Billy Preston

Iggy Pop: Every Loser

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On January 6, 2023, “Gold Tooth” and “Atlantic” labels released “Every Loser”, the nineteenth Iggy Pop studio album. It was recorded in 2022, and was produced by Andrew Watt.

Personnel:

  • Iggy Pop – lead and backing vocals
  • Andrew Watt – guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, piano, sequenced drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Josh Klinghoffer – guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, piano, organ, synthesizer
  • Stone Gossard – guitar
  • Dave Navarro – guitar
  • Duff McKagan – bass guitar
  • Eric Avery – bass guitar
  • Chris Chaney – bass guitar
  • Chad Smith – drums, percussion
  • Travis Barker – drums
  • Taylor Hawkins – drums, percussion, piano
  • Paul LaMalfa – engineer
  • Marco Sonzini – engineer
  • Jimmy Douglass – engineer
  • Devon Corey – engineer
  • Jimmy Davis – additional engineering
  • Alan Moulder – mixing
  • Matt Colton – mastering
  • Tom Herbers – mixing assistant
  • Finn Howells – mixing assistant
  • Caesar Edmunds – mixing assistant
  • Andrew Watt – art direction, photography
  • David J. Harrigan III – art direction, design
  • Raymond Pettibon – cover art
  • Mick Rock – cover photography
  • Vincent Guignet – photography
  • Spenser Anderson – photography
  • Laura Bradley – photography
  • Andrew Watt – executive producer

Track listing:

  1. Frenzy – Iggy Pop, Andrew Watt, Duff Mckagam, Chad Smith
  2. Strung Out Johnny – Iggy Pop, Andrew Watt, Josh Klinghoffer, Chad Smith
  3. New Atlantis – Iggy Pop, Andrew Watt, Duff Mckagam, Chad Smith
  4. Modern Day Ripoff – Iggy Pop, Andrew Watt, Duff Mckagam, Chad Smith
  5. Morning Show – Iggy Pop, Andrew Watt
  6. The News for Andy (interlude) – Iggy Pop, Andrew Watt
  7. Neo Punk – Iggy Pop, Andrew Watt, Josh Klinghoffer, Travis Barker
  8. All the Way Down – Iggy Pop, Andrew Watt, Stone Gossard, Chad Smith
  9. Comments – Iggy Pop, Andrew Watt, Eric Avery, Taylor Hawkins
  10. My Animus – Iggy Pop, Andrew watt
  11. The Regency – Iggy Pop, Andrew Watt, Dave Navaro, Chris Chaney, Taylor Hawkins

The Dirty Projectors: Same

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On February 21, 2017, “Domino” label released the self-titled, seventh Dirty Projectors (The) album. It was recorded in 2016, and was produced by Dave Longstreth and Tyondai Braxton.

Personnel:

  • David Longstreth– vocals, beat, guitar, bass, rhodes, synths, piano, Wurlitzer, organ, string and horn arrangement, arp
  • Dawn Richard– vocals
  • Lamar “Mars” Edwards– Hammond organ
  • Tyondai Braxton– modular synth
  • David Ginyard – bass
  • Mike Daniel Johnson – drums
  • Francisco Javier Paredes – bongos
  • Mauro Refosco– percussion, marimba
  • Tracy Wannomae – alto, tenor and baritone saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet, flute
  • Todd Simon – trumpet, euphonium , flugelhorn
  • Juliane Gralle – trombone, bass trombone, tuba
  • Elizabeth Lea – trombone
  • Rob Moose, Ben Russell – violin
  • Clarice Jensen – cello
  • Ryan Beppel – string arrangements
  • Daniel Luna – guira
  • Nadia Sirota– viola
  • Jimmy Douglass – additional vocals, engineer, mixing
  • Derek Bergheimer – vocal engineering
  • Mikaelin “Blue” Bluespruce, Ryan Tuttle – engineer
  • Sonny DiPerri – drums and percussion engineer, additional engineer, mixing
  • Jamie Walters – string quartet engineer
  • David Longstreth – mixing
  • Chris Athens – mastering
  • David Tolomei – additional mixing

Track listing:

  1. Keep Your Name – David Longstreth
  2. Death Spiral – David Longstreth
  3. Up in Hudson – David Longstreth, Ewan MacColl
  4. Work Together – David Longstreth
  5. Little Bubble – David Longstreth, Teresa Eggers
  6. Winner Take Nothing – David Longstreth
  7. Ascent Through Clouds – David Longstreth
  8. Cool Your Heart – David Longstreth, Solange Knowles
  9. I See You – David Longstreth

Television: Marque Moon

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On February 8, 1977, “Elektra” label released “Marquee Moon”, the debut Television studio album. It was recorded in September 1976, at “A&R Recording” in New York City, and was produced by Andy Johns and Tom Verlaine. In 2003, “NME” magazine named “Marque Moon” the fourth-greatest album of all time. “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked it at number 128 on its list of “The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.

Personnel:

  • Tom Verlaine– lead vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • Richard Lloyd– vocal, guitar
  • Fred Smith– vocal, bass guitar
  • Billy Ficca– drums
  • Andy Johns – engineer, mixing
  • Jim Boyer – engineer assistant
  • Greg Calbi, Lee Hulko – mastering
  • Jimmy Douglass – mixing assistant
  • Randy Mason – mixing assistant
  • Tony Lane – art direction
  • Billy Lobo – back cover artwork
  • Robert Mapplethorpe– photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Tom Verlaine, except where noted.

  1. See No Evil
  2. Venus
  3. Friction
  4. Marquee Moon
  5. Elevation
  6. Guiding Light – Tom Verlaine, Richard Lloyd
  7. Prove It
  8. Torn Curtain

John Prine: Sweet Revenge

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In October 1973, “Atlantic” label released “Sweet Revenge”, the third John Prine album. It was recorded in 1973, and was produced by Arif Mardin.

Personnel:

  • John Prine – vocals, guitar
  • Steve Goodman- guitar, backing vocals
  • Grady Martin- guitar, dobro
  • Steve Burgh, Johnny Christopher – guitar
  • Judy Clay – steel guitar, backing vocals
  • Doyle Grisham – steel guitar
  • Leo LeBlanc – guitar, steel guitar
  • Raun MacKinnon – gut string guitar, harmony vocals
  • Dave Prine – guitar, banjo, dobro, fiddle
  • Reggie Young- guitar
  • David Briggs- organ, piano
  • Bobby Wood, Kenny Ascher- keyboards, piano
  • Jerry Shook – harmonica
  • Mike Leech – bass, upright bass
  • Hugh McDonald – bass, percussion
  • Bill Slater – bass
  • Kenny Malone– drums
  • Steve Mosley – drums
  • Ralph MacDonald- percussion
  • Cissy Houston- backing vocals
  • Deirdre Tuck Corley – backing vocals
  • Arif Mardin- horn arrangements
  • Brad Davis, Jimmy Douglass, Steve Ham, Frank Hubach, Bob Liftin – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by John Prine, except where noted.

  1. Sweet Revenge
  2. Please Don’t Bury Me
  3. Christmas in Prison
  4. Dear Abby
  5. Blue Umbrella
  6. Often is a Word I Seldom Use
  7. Onomatopoeia
  8. Grandpa Was a Carpenter
  9. The Accident (Things Could Be Worse)
  10. Mexican Home
  11. A Good Time
  12. Nine Pound Hammer – traditional

Bryan Ferry: The Bride Stripped Bare

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On September 1, 1978, “EG” label released “The Bride Stripped Bare”, the fifth Bryan Ferry solo album. It was recorded in 1977, at “Mountain Studios” in Montreux, Switzerland, and was produced by Waddy Watchel, Rick Marotta, Simon Puxley, Steve Nye and Bryan Ferry.

Personnel:

  • Bryan Ferry- lead vocals, piano, keyboards
  • Waddy Wachtel- lead guitar, slide guitar, backing vocals
  • Neil Hubbard- Guitar
  • Preston Heyman, Rick Marotta- drums
  • John Wetton- bass guitar
  • Herbie Flowers- string bass
  • Alan Spenner- Bass guitar
  • Ann Odell – organ, electric piano, string arrangements
  • Suzanne Ciani- synthesizers
  • Steve Nye- electric piano
  • Mel Collins- saxophone
  • Martin Drover – trumpet
  • Jimmy Douglass, Lew Hahn, Steve Nye – engineer
  • Dave Richards, Martin Pearson, Randy Mason – engineers assistant
  • Antony Price – design
  • John Swannell– photography
  • Ahmet Ertegün- counsel

Track listing:

  1. Sign of Times – Bryan Ferry
  2. Can’t Let Go – Bryan Ferry
  3. Hold On (I’m Coming) – Isaac Hayes, David Porter
  4. The Same Old Blues – J. Cale
  5. When She Walks in the Room – Bryan Ferry
  6. Take Me to the River – Al Green, Mabon “Teenie” Hodges
  7. What Goes On – Lou Reed
  8. Carrickfergus – traditional, arranged by Bryan Ferry
  9. That’s How Strong My Love Is – Roosevelt Jamison
  10. This Island Earth – Bryan Ferry

Avarage White Band: AWB

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In August 1974, “Atlantic” label released “AWB”, the second Average White Band studio album. It was recorded in 1974, at “Atlantic Recording Studios” in New York City and “Cand Criteria Sound Studios” in Miami, and was produced by Arif Mardin.

Personnel:

  • Alan Gorrie– lead and co-lead vocals, backing vocals, bass, guitar
  • Hamish Stuart– lead and backing vocals, guitar, bass
  • Onnie McIntyre – guitar, backing vocals
  • Roger Ball– keyboards, alto and baritone saxophones, horns arrangements
  • Molly Duncan– tenor saxophone
  • Robbie McIntosh– drums, percussion
  • Ralph MacDonald– congas, percussion
  • Michael Brecker– tenor saxophone
  • Randy Brecker, Marvin Stamm, Mel Davis – trumpet
  • Glenn Ferris– trombone
  • Ken Bichel– mellotron
  • Gene Paul- mixing, engineer
  • Lewis Hahn, Karl Richardson, Steve Klein, Ron Albert, Howard Albert, Jimmy Douglass, Bobby Warner – engineer
  • Arif Mardin– mixing
  • Dennis King – mastering
  • Alan Pariser – direction
  • Alan Gorrie – logo concept
  • Tim Bruckner – front cover drawing
  • Barry Feinstein- design, photography

Track listing:

  1. You Got It – Roger Ball, Hamish Stuart, Alan Gorrie
  2. Got the Love – Hamish Stuart, Roger Ball, Robbie McIntosh
  3. Pick Up the Pieces – Alan Gorrie, Hamish Stuart, Roger Ball, Molly Duncan, Onnie McIntyre, Robbie McIntosh, Ralph MacDonald
  4. Person to Person – Alan Gorrie, Hamish Stuart, Roger Ball, Molly Duncan, Onnie McIntyre, Robbie McIntosh, Ralph MacDonald
  5. Work to Do – O’Kelly Isley, Ronald Isley, Rudolph Isley
  6. Nothing You Can Do – Alan Gorrie, Hamish Stuart, Roger Ball
  7. Just Wanna Love You Tonight – Roger Ball, Alan Gorrie
  8. Keepin’ It to Myself – Alan Gorrie
  9. I Just Can’t Give You Up – Hamish Stuart
  10. There’s Always Someone Waiting – Alan Gorrie