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Yusef Lateef: The Gentle Giant

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In January 1972, “Atlantic” label released “The Gentle Giant”, the 30th Yusef Lateef album. It was recorded April 1970 – September 1971, at “Regent Sound Studios”, “Atlantic Recording Studios” in New York City.

Personnel:

  • Yusef Lateef – tenor saxophone, flute, bamboo flute, pneumatic bamboo flute, oboe, bells, tambourine
  • Eric Gale – guitar
  • Kenny Barron, Ray Bryant – piano, electric piano
  • Neal Boyar – vibraphone, chimes 
  • Bob Cunningham, Sam Jones – bass 
  • Bill Salter – electric bass 
  • Chuck Rainey – electric bass
  • Albert Heath – drums, flute
  • Jimmy Johnson – drums
  • Ladji Camara – African percussion
  • Kermit Moore – cello
  • The Sweet Inspirations – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Yusef Lateef except where noted.

  1. Nubian Lady – Kenny Barron
  2. Lowland Lullabye – traditional
  3. Hey Jude – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
  4. Jungle Plum – Kenny Barron
  5. The Poor Fisherman
  6. African Song – Kenny Barron
  7. Queen of the Night
  8. Below Yellow Bell

Mike Harrison: Smokestack Lightning

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In November 1972, “Island” label released “Smokestack Lightning”, the second Mike Harrison studio album. It was recorded in 1972, at “Muscle Shoals Sound Studio” in Sheffield, Alabama, and was produced by Chris Blackwell and Mike Harrison.

Personnel:

  • Mike Harrison – vocals, harmonica
  • Pete Carr – guitar
  • Jimmy Johnson – guitar
  • Wayne Perkins – slide guitar
  • Luther Grosvenor – acoustic guitar
  • Barry Beckett – keyboards
  • Clayton Ivey – keyboards
  • David Hood – bass
  • Roger Hawkins – drums
  • Harvey Thompson – tenor saxophone
  • Ronald Eades – baritone saxophone
  • Harrison Calloway – trumpet
  • Mike Stacey – trumpet
  • Charles Rose – trombone

Track listing:

  1. Tears – Jimmy Stevens
  2. Paid My Dues – Jimmy Stevens
  3. What a Price – Murphy Maddux, Jack Jessup, Fats Domino
  4. Wanna Be Free – Joe Tex
  5. Turning Over – Mike Harrison, Luther Grosvenor
  6. Smokestack Lightning – Chester Burnett

Blackfoot: No Reservations

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On September 19, 1975, “Antilles” label released “No Reservations”, the debut Blackfoot studio album. It was recorded in 1975, at “Muscle Shoals Studio” in Sheffield, Alabama, and was produced by Jimmy Johnson and David Hood.

Personnel:

  • Rickey Medlocke – lead vocals, rhythm, lead and acoustic guitars, dobro, mandolin
  • Charlie Hargrett – acoustic, lead and rhythm guitar
  • Greg T. Walker – bass guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Jakson Spires – drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Shorty Medlocke – lead vocals, banjo, acoustic guitar
  • Barbara Wyrick, Laura Struzick, Suzy Storm – backing vocals
  • Barry Beckett – keyboards overdubs
  • Roger Hawkins – percussion overdubs
  • George Marino – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Jakson Spires, except where noted. 

  1. Railroad Man – Shorty Medlocke
  2. Indian World
  3. Stars
  4. Not Another Maker
  5. Born to Rock & Roll
  6. Take a Train
  7. Big Wheels
  8. I Stand Alone
  9. Railroad Man – Shorty Medlocke

Cher: 3614 Jackson Highway

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On June 20, 1969, “ATCO” label released “3614 Jackson Highway”, the sixth Cher album. It was recorded in 1969, at “Muscle Shoals Sound Studios” in Sheffield, Alabama, and was produced by Jerry Wexler, Stan Vincent, Tom Dowd and Arif Mardin.

Personnel:

  • Cher – lead vocals
  • Jimmy Johnson – rhythm guitar
  • Eddie Hinton – lead guitar
  • Barry Beckett – keyboards
  • David Hood – bass guitar
  • Roger Hawkins – drums
  • Jeanie Greene, Donna Jean Godchaux (née Thatcher), Mary Holladay, Sue Pilkington – backing vocals
  • Greg Poree – arrangements assistance
  • Bryan Lasley – art direction
  • Patrick Pending – art direction
  • Stephen Paley – photography

Track listing:

  1. For What It’s Worth – Stephen Stills
  2. (Just Enough to Keep Me) Hangin’ On – Buddy Mize, Ira Allen
  3. (Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay – Steve Cropper, Otis Redding
  4. Tonight I’ll Be Staying Here with You – Bob Dylan
  5. I Threw It All Away – Bob Dylan
  6. I Walk on Guided Splinters – Dr. John Creaux
  7. Lay, Baby, Lay – Bob Dylan
  8. Please Don’t Tell Me – Carroll W. Quillen, Grady Smith
  9. Cry Like a Baby – Spooner Oldham, Dan Penn
  10. Do Right Woman, Do Right Man – Chips Moman
  11. Save the Children – Eddie Hinton

The Staple Singers: Be Attidude: Respect Yoirself

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On February 14, 1972, “Stax” label released “Be Altitude: Respect Yourself”, the 19th Staple Singers (The) album. It was recorded 1971 – 1972, at “Muscle Shoals Sound Studios” in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, “Ardent Studios” in Memphis, Tennessee, and was produced by Al Bell.

Personnel:

  • Mavis Staples – vocals
  • Pops Staples – vocals
  • Cleotha Staples – harmony and backing vocals
  • Yvonne Staples – harmony and backing vocals

Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section

  • Jimmy Johnson – guitar
  • David Hood – bass guitar
  • Barry Beckett – keyboards, Wurlitzer electric piano
  • Roger Hawkins – drums
  • Staple Sisters – harmony and backing vocals
  • Terry Manning – guitar, lead guitar, fuzz guitar, Mellotron, Moog synthesizer, vibraphones, marimba, harmonica
  • Eddie Hinton – guitar
  • Raymond Banks – guitar
  • The Memphis Horns (including Wayne Jackson and Andrew Love) – horns
  • Ben Cauley – horns
  • Al Bell – arrangements
  • Johnny Allen – arrangements
  • Terry Manning – engineer
  • Jerry Masters – engineer
  • Ralph Rhodes – engineer

Track listing:

  1. This World – William Friedman, Herb Schapiro
  2. Respect Yourself – Luther Ingram, Mack Rice
  3. Name the Missing Word – Horner Banks, Bettye Crutcher, Raymond Jackson
  4. I’ll Take You There – Alvertis Isbell
  5. This Old Town (People in This Town) – Don Convay, Wilson Pickett, William Stevenson
  6. We the People – Booker T. Jones, Carl Smith
  7. Are You Sure – Homer Banks, Raymond Jackson
  8. Who Do You Think You Are (Jesus Christ the Superstar)? – Pops Staples
  9. I’m Just Another Soldier – Homer Banks, Raymond Jackson
  10. Who – Jeff Barry, Bobby Bloom

Lulu: New Routes

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On January 16, 1970, “Atlantic” label released “New Routes”, the fourth Lulu studio album. It was recorded September – October 1969, at “Muscle Shoals Sound Studio” in Sheffield, Alabama, and was produced by Arif Mardin, Tom Dowd and Jerry Wexler.

Personnel:

  • Lulu – vocals
  • Duane Allman – guitar
  • Cornell Dupree, Charlie Freeman, Eddie Hinton – guitar
  • Jim Dickinson – guitar, piano
  • Jimmy Johnson – guitar, engineer
  • Barry Beckett – keyboards
  • Michael Utley – organ
  • David Hood, Tommy McClure – bass guitar
  • Roger Hawkins – drums
  • Martin Greene – engineer
  • Stephen Paley – photography

Track listing:

  1. Marley Purt Drive – Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb
  2. In the Morning – Barry Gibb
  3. People in Love – Eddie Hinton, Grady Smith
  4. After All (I Live My Life) – Jim Doris, Frankie Miller
  5. Feelin’ Alright – Dave Mason
  6. Dirty Old Man – Delaney Bramlett, Mac Davis
  7. Oh Me Oh My (I’m a Fool for You Baby) – Jim Doris
  8. Is That You Love – Jackie Avery, John Farris
  9. Mr. Bojangles – Jerry Jeff Walker
  10. Where’s Eddie – Donnie Fritts, Eddie Hinton
  11. Sweep Around Your Own Back Door – Fran Robins

J. J. Cale: Really

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On December 4, 1972, “Shelter” label released “Really”, the second J. J. Cale studio album. It was recorded April – July, at “Muscle Shoals Sound Studio” in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, “Quadrophonic Studio” Nashville, Tennessee, “Quinvy Studio” in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, “Bradley’s Barn” in Mount Juliet, Tennessee, “Moss Rose Studio” in Nashville Tennessee, and was produced by Audie Ashworth.

Personne:

  • J. J. Cale – vocals, lead guitar, rhythm-guitar, piano, electric piano, bass, drums
  • Bill Boatman – rhythm guitar, guitar
  • Mac Gayden – lead and slide-guitar
  • Jimmy Capps – rhythm-guitar
  • Jimmy Johnson – rhythm-guitar
  • Bobby Woods – piano
  • David Briggs – piano
  • Barry Beckett – electric piano
  • Kossie Gardner – organ
  • Charlie McCoy – harmonica
  • Joe Zinkan – bass guitar
  • Gary Gilmore – bass guitar
  • David Hood – bass guitar
  • Norbert Putnam – bass guitar
  • Bob Ray – bass guitar
  • Farrell Morris – drums, congas, percussion
  • Jimmy Karstein – drums
  • George Soulé – drums
  • Kenneth A. Buttrey – drums
  • Roger Hawkins – drums
  • Robert Tarrant – congas, tambourine
  • Norman Ray – vocals, baritone saxophone
  • Bob Phillips, Don Sheffield – trumpet
  •  Don Sheffield – trumpet
  • Bill Humble – trombone
  • Vassar Clements – violin
  • Josh Graves – dobro
  • Joann Sweeney – voice
  • Bob Holmes – harmony vocal

Track listing:

All tracks by J. J. Cale, except where noted.

  1. Lies
  2. Everything Will Be Alright
  3. I’ll Kiss the World Goodbye
  4. Changes
  5. Right Down Here
  6. If You’re Ever in Oklahoma
  7. Ridin’ Home
  8. Goin’ Down
  9. Soulin’
  10. Playing in the Street
  11. Mojo – McKinley Morganfield
  12. Louisiana Women

Traffic: On The Road

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In October 1973, “Island” label released “On the Road”, the second Traffic live album. It was recorded in 1973, in Germany, and was produced by Chris Blackwell.

Personnel:

  • Steve Winwood – lead vocals, guitar, piano
  • Barry Beckett – organ, piano
  • Chris Wood – flute, saxophone
  • Jim Capaldi – lead and backing vocals, drums, percussion
  • David Hood – bass
  • Roger Hawkins – drums
  • Rebop Kwaku Baah – congas, percussion
  • Brian Humphries – engineer
  • Jimmy Johnson – mixing
  • Jeff Willens – mastering
  • Ann Borthwick – cover art
  • Brian Cooke – photography

Track listing:

  1. Glad / Freedom Rider – Stevie Winwood, Jim Capaldi
  2. Tragic Magic – Chris Wood
  3. (Sometimes I Feel So) Uninspired – Stevie Winwood, Jim Capaldi
  4. Shoot Out at the Fantasy Factory – Stevie Winwood, Jim Capaldi
  5. Light up or Leave Me Alone – Jim Capaldi
  6. The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys – Stevie Winwood, Jim Capaldi

Bob Seger And The Silver Bullet Band: Night Moves

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On October 22, 1976, “Capitol” label released “Night Moves”, album by Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band (the ninth Bob Seger studio album). It was recorded in 1976, at “Muscle Shoals” in Sheffield, Alabama, “Pampa” in Warren, Michigan, “Nimbus Nine” in Toronto, and was produced by Bob Seger, Punch Andrews, Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section and Jack Richardson.

Personnel:

  • Bob Seger – vocals, guitar
  • Drew Abbott – guitar, backing vocals
  • Robyn Robbins – piano, organ
  • Alto Reed – alto, tenor and baritone saxophone, flute
  • Chris Campbell – bass, backing vocals
  • Charlie Allen Martin – drums, tambourine, maracas, backing vocals
  • Pete Carr – lead, rhythm and acoustic guitar
  • Jimmy Johnson – rhythm guitar
  • Joe Miquelon – guitar
  • Doug Riley – piano, organ
  • Barry Beckett – piano, organ, ARP synthesizer, clavinet, melodica
  • David Hood – bass
  • Roger Hawkins – drums, tambourine, maracas, congas, timpani
  • Jerry Luck – accordion
  • Sharon Lee Williams – backing vocals
  • Rhonda Silver – backing vocals
  • Laurel Ward – backing vocals
  • Jim Bruzzese – recording, mixing
  • Brian Christian – recording
  • Jerry Masters – recording
  • Steve Melton – recording
  • Greg Miller – recording
  • Wally Traugott – mastering
  • Tom Bert – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Bob Seger, except where noted.

  1. Rock and Roll Never Forgets
  2. Night Moves
  3. The Fire Down Below
  4. Sunburst
  5. Sunspot Baby
  6. Mainstreet
  7. Come to Poppa – Earl Randle, Willie Mitchell
  8. Ship of Fools
  9. Mary Lou – Young Jessie, Sam Ling

Roger Waters: Amused To Death

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On September 7, 1992, “Columbia” label released “Amused to Death”, the third Roger Waters studio album. It was recorded 1987 – 1992, at “The Billiard Room”, “Olympic Studios”, “CTS Studios”, “Angel Recording Studios” and “Abbey Road Studios” in London, “Compass Point Studios” in Nassau, “Ameraycan Studios” and “Devonshire Sound Studios” in Los Angeles, “Johnny Yuma Recording” in Burbank, and was produced by Roger Waters and Patrick Leonard.

Personnel:             

  • Roger Waters – vocals, bass guitar, EMU synthesiser, acoustic guitar, twelve-string guitar
  • Jeff Beck – guitar
  • Andy Fairweather Low – electric rhythm guitar, acoustic rhythm guitar, guitars, Rickenbacker 12-string guitar, acoustic guitar
  • Tim Pierce – guitar 
  • Geoff Whitehorn – guitar 
  • B.J. Cole – pedal steel guitar
  • Rick DiFonzo – guitar
  • Steve Lukather – guitar 
  • Bruce Gaitsch – acoustic guitar
  • Patrick Leonard – keyboards, 2nd sportscaster voice, Hammond organ, synthesizers, acoustic piano, percussion programming, choir arrangements
  • John “Rabbit” Bundrick – Hammond organ 
  • Randy Jackson – bass 
  • Jimmy Johnson – bass 
  • John Pierce – bass guitar 
  • John Patitucci – upright bass, electric bass 
  • Graham Broad – drums, percussion 
  • Denny Fongheiser – drums 
  • Jeff Porcaro – drums 
  • Brian Macleod – snare, hi-hat
  • Luis Conte – percussion
  • Guo Yi & the Peking Brothers – dulcimer, lute, zhen, oboe, bass 
  • Steve Sidwell – cornet
  • John Dupree – strings arrangements, conductor 
  • National Philharmonic Orchestra Limited – orchestra
  • Michael Kamen – orchestral arrangements, conductor
  •  Alf Razzell – speech
  • London Welsh Chorale – choir
  • Kenneth Bowen – choir conductor
  • Don Henley – vocals 
  • P.P. Arnold – vocals
  • Rita Coolidge – vocals
  • Marv Albert – sportscaster voice
  • Jessica Leonard, Jordan Leonard – screaming kids 
  • Charles Fleischer – TV evangelist speech 
  • Katie Kissoon – backing vocals
  • Doreen Chanter – backing vocals
  • N’Dea Davenport – backing vocals
  • Natalie Jackson – backing vocals
  • Lynn Fiddmont-Linsey – backing vocals
  • Jon Joyce – backing vocals
  • Stan Farber (credited as Stan Laurel) – backing vocals 
  • Jim Haas – backing vocals
  • Hayden Bendall – engineer
  • Jerry Jordan – engineer
  • Stephen McLaughlin – engineer
  • James Guthrie – mixing
  • Nick Griffiths – co-producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Roger Waters.

  1. The Ballad of Bill Hubbard
  2. What God Wants, Part I
  3. Perfect Sense, Part I
  4. Perfect Sense, Part II
  5. The Bravery of Being Out of Range
  6. Late Home Tonight, Part I
  7. Late Home Tonight, Part II
  8. Too Much Rope
  9. What God Wants, Part II
  10. What God Wants, Part III
  11. Watching TV
  12. Three Wishes
  13. It’s a Miracle
  14. Amused to Death