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The Mamas & Papas: People Like Us

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In November 1971, “Dunhill” label released “People Like Us”, the fifth and the final  Mamas & the Papas (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1971, and was produced by John Philips.

Personnel:

  • John Phillips– vocals, guitar
  • Michelle Phillips– vocals
  • Denny Doherty– vocals
  • Cass Elliot– vocals
  • Donald Peake, Louie Shelton, David T. Walker– guitar
  • Joe Sample– keyboards
  • Clarence McDonald– keyboards
  • Tony Newton– bass guitar
  • Gary Coleman – drums, tambourine, bells, vibraphone, shaker
  • Ed Greene– drums
  • Earl Palmer– drums
  • Bobbye Hall– conga, tambourine, shaker, cabasa
  • Jim Horn– flute, saxophone
  • Gene Page- orchestral arrangement
  • Dave Hassinger– engineer
  • Rick Heenan, Val Garay- engineer assistant
  • Henry Diltz – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by John Phillips, except where noted.

  1. People Like Us
  2. Pacific Coast Highway
  3. Snowqueen of Texas
  4. Shooting Star
  5. Step Out
  6. Lady Genevieve
  7. No Dough
  8. European Blueboy
  9. Pearl
  10. I Wanna Be a Star – John Phillips, Michelle Phillips
  11. Grasshopper
  12. Blueberries for Breakfast

The Avarage White Band: Show Your Hand

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In September 1973, “MCA” label released “Show Your Hand”, the first Average White Band (The) album. It was recorded in 1973, at “R.G. Jones Studio” in London, and was produced by Robin Turner, Malcolm Duncan, Hamish Stuart, Onnie McIntyre, Roger Ball, Alan Gorrie and Robbie McIntosh.

Personnel:

  • Hamish Stuart– lead and backing vocals, guitars
  • Onnie McIntyre – guitars, backing vocals
  • Roger Ball– piano, clavinet, alto saxophone
  • Alan Gorrie – lead and backing vocals, bass
  • Robbie McIntosh– drums, percussion
  • Malcolm Duncan– tenor saxophone

Track listing:

  1. The Jugglers – Alan Gorrie
  2. This World Has Music – Bonnie Bramlett, Alan Gorrie, Leon Ware
  3. Twilight Zone – Roger Ball, Alan Gorrie
  4. Put It Where You Want It – Joe Sample, Alan Gorrie, Layne
  5. Show Your Hand – Alan Gorrie
  6. Back in ’67 – Roger Ball, Alan Gorrie, Robbie McIntosh
  7. Reach Out – Malcolm Duncan, Hamish Stuart, Onnie McIntyre, Roger Ball, Alan Gorrie, Robbie McIntosh
  8. L.C. – Malcolm Duncan, Hamish Stuart, Onnie McIntyre, Roger Ball, Alan Gorrie, Robbie McIntosh.

Joan Baez: Blowin’ Away

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In June 1977, “Portrait” label released “Blowin’ Away”, the 19th Joan Baez album. It was recorded in 1977, and was produced by David Kershenbaum and Bernard Gelb.

Personnel:

  • Joan Baez – vocals, guitar
  • Dean Parks – guitars, bass, arrangements
  • Elliot Randall – guitars, arrangements
  • David Mansfield – guitars, steel guitar, mandoline, violin
  • Jeff Baxter – steel guitar
  • Joe Sample – keyboards, arrangements
  • Larry Knechtel – piano, keyboards, arrangements
  • Malcolm Cecil – keyboards
  • Donald “Duck” Dunn – bass
  • Wilton Felder – bass, arrangements
  • Jim Gordon, Rick Shlosser- drums
  • Mike Bots – drums, percussion
  • Tom Scott – saxophone, arrangements
  • Tom Vacari – recording
  • Dee Robb, Mike Stavrou, George Tutko – engineer
  • Alex Kazanegras, Kirby Veach – mastering
  • John Berg – design
  • Kin Schilling – photography
  • Michael Gershman – sleeve notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Joan Baez, except where noted

  1. Sailing – Gavin Sutherland
  2. Many a Mile to Freedom – Steve Winwood, Anna Capaldi
  3. Miracles
  4. Yellow Coat – Steve Goodman
  5. Time Rag
  6. A Heartfelt Line or Two
  7. I’m Blowin’ Away – Eric Kaz
  8. Luba the Baroness
  9. Altar Boy and the Thief
  10. Cry Me a River – Arthur Hamilton

B. B. King & Eric Clapton: Riding With The King

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On June 13, 2000, “Duck” label released “Riding with the King”, album by Eric Clapton and B.B. King. It was recorded in 2000, and was produced by Eric Clapton and Simon Climie. The album was certified Platinum in Australia by “ARIA”, Denmark by “IFPI Denmark”, Greece by “IFPI Greece”, Italy by “FIMI”, Japan by “RIAJ”, New Zealand by “RMNZ” and 2 x Platinum in US by “RIIA”.

Personnel:

  • B. King – co-lead vocals
  • Eric Clapton – co-lead vocals, guitar
  • Doyle Bramhall II – guitar, backing vocals
  • Andy Fairweather Low– guitar
  • Jimmie Vaughan– guitar
  • Joe Sample– piano, Wurlitzer piano
  • Tim Carmon– organ
  • Nathan East– bass
  • Steve Gadd– drums
  • Arif Mardin– string arrangements
  • Susannah Melvoin– backing vocals
  • Wendy Melvoin– backing vocals
  • Paul Waller – programming
  • Alan Douglas – engineer, mixing
  • Tom Sweeney – engineer assistant
  • Mick Guzauski– mixing
  • Robert Sebree – artwork, photography
  • Don Paulsen – artwork, photography
  • Wherefore Art?– artwork, design
  • Stephen Walker – artwork direction

Track listing:

  1. Riding With the King – John Hiatt
  2. Ten Long Years – Jules Taub, B. King
  3. Key to the Highway – Big Bill Broonzy, Charlie Segar
  4. Marry You – Doyle Bramhall II, Susannah  Melvoin, Craig Ross
  5. Three O’Clock Blues – Lowell Fulson
  6. Help the Poor – Charles Singleton
  7. I Wanna Be – Doyle Bramhall II, Charlie Sexton
  8. Worried Life Blues – Sam Hopkins, Big Maceo Merriweather
  9. Days of Old – Jules Taub, B.B. King
  10. When My Heart Beats Like a Hammer – B. King, Jules Taub
  11. Hold On, I’m Comin – Isaac Hayes, David Porter
  12. Come Rain or Come Shine – Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer

 

Joan Baez: Diamonds & Rust

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In April 1975, “A&M” label released “Diamonds & Rust”, the seventeenth Joan Baez album. It was recorded in January 1975, and was produced by Larry Carlton, David Kershenbaum and Joan Baez.

Personnel:

  • Joan Baez – vocals, acoustic guitar, synthesizers, arrangements
  • Joni Mitchell– vocal improvisation
  • Larry Carlton– acoustic and electric guitar, arranger
  • Dean Parks– electric guitar, acoustic guitar
  • Red Rhodes– pedal steel guitar
  • Rick Lo Tempio – electric guitar
  • Larry Knechtel– piano
  • Joe Sample– electric piano, Hammond organ
  • Hampton Hawes– piano
  • David Paich– piano, electric harpsichord
  • Malcolm Cecil– synthesizers
  • Wilton Felder– bass
  • Reinie Press – bass
  • Max Bennett– bass
  • Jim Gordon– drums
  • John Guerin– drums
  • Jim Horn– saxophone
  • Tom Scott– flute, saxophone, arranger
  • Ollie Mitchell – trumpet
  • Buck Monari – trumpet
  • Rick Riggieri – engineer
  • Henry Lewy – engineer
  • Ellis Sorkin – engineer assistant
  • Bob Cato – design

Track listing:

  1. Diamonds & Rust – Joan Baez
  2. Fountain of Sorrow – Jackson Browne
  3. Never Dreamed You’d Leave in Summer – Stevie Wonder, Syreeta Wright
  4. Children and All That Jazz – Joan Baez
  5. Simple Twist of Fate – Bob Dylan
  6. Blue Sky – Dickey Betts
  7. Hello in There – John Prine
  8. Jesse – Janis Ian
  9. Winds of the Old Days – Joan Baez
  10. Dida – Joan Baez – duet with Joni Mitchell
  11. Medley: I Dream of Jeannie – Stephen Foster / Danny Boy – Frederick Weatherly

Boz Scaggs: Slow Dancer

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In March 1974, “Columbia” label released “Slow Dancer”, the sixth Boz Scaggs album. It was recorded in 1973, and was produced by Johnny Bristol.

Personnel:

  • Boz Scaggs – vocals, guitar
  • David Cohen, David T. Walker, Dennis Coffee, Greg Poree, Jay Graydon, Wah Wah Watson, Orville “Red” Rhodes- guitars
  • Clarence McDonald, Jerry Peters, Joe Sample, Michael Melvoin, Russell Turner – keyboards
  • James Jamerson, James Hughart – bass
  • Ed Greene, James Gadson- drums
  • Joe Clayton, King Errison – congas
  • Gene Estes, John Arnold – percussion, vibraphone
  • Ernie Watts, Fred Jackson, John Kelson – saxophone
  • George Bohanon, Lon Norman – trombone
  • Chuck Findley, Jack Laubach, Paul Hubinon, Warren Roche – trumpet, flugehorn
  • Carolyn Willis, Julia Tillman, Lorna Willard, Myrna Matthews, Pat Henderson – backing vocals
  • B. Barnum – arrangements
  • Greg Venable – engineer
  • Al Schmitt – remix
  • Tony Lane – artwork
  • Ethan Russell – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Boz Scaggs, except where noted.

  1. You Make It So Hard (To Say No)
  2. Slow Dancer – George Daly, Boz Scaggs
  3. Angel Lady (Come Just In Time) – Johnny Bristol, Jack McDonough, Boz Scaggs
  4. There Is Someone Else
  5. Hercules – Allen Toussaint
  6. Pain of Love – Johnny Bristol
  7. Sail on White Moon – Johnny Bristol
  8. Let It Happen – Johnny Bristol, Boz Scaggs
  9. I Got Your Number – Johnny Bristol, Eddie Reeves
  10. Take It for Granted

Al Jarreau

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On February 12, 2017, Alwin Lopez “Al” Jarreau died aged 76. He was musician (percussion) and singer, with successful solo career, has recorded and performed with many famous musicians and bands including: Joe Sample, Chick Corea, Kathleen Battle, Miles Davis, David Sanborn Rick Braun, George Benson, Freddie Hubbard, Sister Sledge, Bob James, Shakatak, Lee Ritenour, Benny Golson and Quincy Jones. In 1991 Jarreau was awarded the “Honorary Doctorate of Music” by “Berklee College of Music”; in 2001 he was inducted in the “Hollywood Walk of Fame”; in 2004 he was awarded “Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts” by “University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee”, and in 2012 he was inducted in the “SoulMusic Hall of Fame at SoulMusic.com”. Jarreau won seven “Grammy Awards”.

Joe Sample

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On September 12, 2014, Joseph Leslie “Joe” Sample died aged 75. He was musician (piano, keyboards) and composer, one of the founding members of the Jazz Crusaders (Crusaders from 1971), and has performed with some of the biggest names of the contemporary music, including Miles Davis, The Supremes, George Benson, B.B King, Jimmy Witherspoon, Eric Clapton and Steely Dan.

Tine Turner: Private Dancer

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On May 29, 1984, “Capitol” label released “Private Dancer”, the fifth Tina Turner studio album. It was recorded 1983-1984, and was produced by Terry Britten, John Carter, Leon “Ndugu” Chancler, Wilton Felder, Rupert Hine, Joe Sample, Greg Walsh and Martyn Ware. The album became worldwide commercial success, being certified 7 x Platinum in Canada by “Music Canada”, 5 x Platinum in Germany by “BVMI”, 3 x Platinum in UK by the “BPI”, 5 x Platinum in US by the “RIIA”, Platinum in Spain by PROMUSICAE, and Platinum in New Zealand by “RMNZ”.

Personnel:

  • Tina Turner– lead and backing vocals
  • Jeff Beck– guitar
  • Terry Britten– guitar, backing vocals
  • Hal Lindes – guitar
  • Jamie West-Oram – guitar
  • David T. Walker – guitar
  • Paul Warren- guitar
  • Nick Glennie-Smith– keyboards
  • Billy Livsey – keyboards
  • Nick Plytas – piano, synthesizer
  • David Ervin– synthesizer programming
  • Jimmy Philips – keyboards
  • Joe Sample – synthesizer, piano
  • Martyn Ware – synthesizer, drum machine, backing vocals
  • Wilton Felder– bass, saxophone
  • Rupert Hine – bass, keyboards, backing vocals
  • John Illsley – bass
  • John Trivers- bass
  • Terry Williams – drums
  • Graham Broad– drums
  • Jack Bruno – drums
  • Alan Clark– percussion, keyboards
  • Frank Ricotti – percussion
  • Gary arnacle– saxophone
  • Mel Collins– saxophone
  • Cy Curnin– backing vocals
  • Glenn Gregory– backing vocals
  • Tessa Niles – backing vocals
  • David Ervin , Rupert Hine, Greg Walsh – programming
  • David Cullen – string arrangements
  • Greg Walsh, Martyn Ware – arrangements
  • F. Byron Clark, John Hudson, Walter Samuel, Greg Walsh, Stephen W Tayler – engineer
  • John Hudson, Stephen W Tayler – mixing
  • Humberto Gatica – remix
  • Alan Yoshida – mastering
  • Sam Gay – creative direction
  • Roy Kohara – art direction
  • John O’Brien – design
  • Peter Ashworth – photography

.  Track listing:

  1. I Might Have Been Queen – Rupert Hine, Obstoj
  2. What’s Love Got to Do with It – Terry Britten, Lyle
  3. Show Some Respect – Terry Britten, Shifrin
  4. I Can’t Stand the Rain – Bryant, Miller, Peebles
  5. Better Be Good to Me – Chapman, Chinn, Knigh
  6. Let’s Stay Together – Al Green, Jackson, Mitchell
  7. 1984 – David Bowie
  8. Steel Claw – Brady
  9. Private Dancer – Mark Knopfler

Eric Clapton: Reptile

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On March 13, 2001, “Reprise” label released “Reptile”, the fifteenth Eric Clapton studio album. It was recorded in 2000, and was produced by Eric Clapton and Simon Climie.

Personnel:

  • Eric Clapton – vocals, guitars, sleeve concept
  • Doyle Bramhall II– guitar
  • Andy Fairweather Low– guitar
  • Billy Preston– Hammond organ piano, melodica
  • Tim Carmon– piano, Hammond organ, synthesizer
  • Paul Carrack– keyboards, Wurlitzer, Hammond organ
  • Joe Sample– Wurlitzer, Rhodes electric piano
  • Nathan East– bass
  • Pino Palladino– bass
  • Steve Gadd– drums
  • Paulinho da Costa– percussion
  • Paul Waller – drum programming
  • The Impressions– backing vocals
  • Nick Ingman– string arrangement
  • Simon Climie– Pro Tools
  • Alan Douglas – engineer
  • Paul Miggens – lettering
  • Jack English– photography

Track listing:

  1. Reptile – Eric Clapton
  2. Got You on My Mind – Joe Thomas, Howard Briggs
  3. Travelin’ Light – J.J. Cale
  4. Believe in Life – Eric Clapton
  5. Come Back Baby – Ray Charles
  6. Broken Down – Simon Climie, Dennis Morgan
  7. Find Myself – Eric Clapton
  8. I Ain’t Gonna Stand for It –Stevie Wonder
  9. I Want a Little Girl – Murray Mencher, Billy Moll
  10. Second Nature – Eric Clapton, Simon Climie, Dennis Morgan
  11. Modern Girl – Eric Clapton
  12. Superman Inside – Eric Clapton, Doyle Bramhall, IIand Susannah Melvoin
  13. Son & Sylvia – Eric Clapton