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Buddy Miles: Them Changes

In June 1970, “Mercury” label released “Them Changes” the third Buddy Miles album. It was recorded in 1970, at “Audio Finishers Studios” in Chicago, Illinois, and was produced by Buddy Miles, Robin McBride.

Personnel:

  • Buddy Miles – lead and backing vocals, drums, bass, guitar, keyboards, arrangements
  • Marlo Henderson – guitar, backing vocals
  • Jim McCarty – guitar
  • Wally Rossunolo – guitar
  • Charlie Karp – guitar, backing vocals
  • Bob Hogins – keyboards, organ, piano, electric piano, trombone, backing vocals
  • Andre Lewis – clavinet, organ, piano, backing vocals
  • Robin McBride – electric harpsichord, keyboards, piano, backing vocals
  • Duane Hitchings – organ
  • Bob Parkins – organ
  • Billy Cox – bass, fuzz bass
  • David Hull – bass, backing vocals
  • Roland Robinson – bass
  • James Tatum – tenor saxophone
  • Mark Williams – tenor saxophone, backing vocals
  • Toby Wynn – baritone saxophone
  • Lee Allen – saxophone
  • Bobby Pittman – alto and tenor saxophone
  • Teddy Blandin – trumpet
  • Peter Carter – trumpet
  • Tom Hall – trumpet
  • Phil Wood – flugelhorn, piano, backing vocals
  • Fred Allen – backing vocals
  • Bob Hogins – arrangements
  • Charlie Karp – arrangements
  • Warren Dewey – engineer
  • Alan Hendler – engineer
  • Fred Breitberg – engineer assistant
  • Bruce Swedien – mixing
  • Desmond Strobel – art direction
  • Richard Germinaro – design
  • John Craig – design consultant
  • Burnell Caldwell – photography
  • Dean Rudland – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Them Changes – Buddy Miles
  2. I Still Love You, Anyway – Charlie Karp
  3. Heart’s Delight – Buddy Miles
  4. Dreams – Gregg Allman
  5. Down by the River – Neil Young
  6. Memphis Train – Rufus Thomas
  7. Paul B. Allen, Omaha, Nebraska – Buddy Miles
  8. Your Feeling Is Mine – Otis Redding

Rod Stewart: Every Picture Tells a Story

On May 28, 1971, “Mercury” label released “Every Picture Tells a Story”, the third Rod Stewart album. It was recorded in 1971, and was produced by Rod Stewart. In 2003, “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked the album at number 172 on its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”. “Every Picture Tells a Story” was certified Platinum in the US by the “RIIA”.

Personnel:

  • Rod Stewart- lead vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Ronnie Wood- electric guitar, 12-string guitar, slide guitar, pedal steel guitar, bass guitar
  • Martell Brandy – acoustic guitar
  • Sam Mitchell – resonator guitar
  • Martin Quittenton- classical guitar
  • Pete Sears- piano, celeste
  • Micky Waller- drums
  • Ian McLagan- organ, piano
  • Danny Thompson- upright bass
  • Andy Pyle- bass guitar
  • Dick Powell – violin
  • Long John Baldry- vocals
  • Maggie Bell- vocal abrasives
  • Madeline Belland friends – vocal abrasives
  • Lindsay Raymond Jackson- mandolin
  • Kenney Jones- drums
  • Ronnie Lane- bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Desmond Strobel – art direction
  • John Craig – design, illustration
  • Lisa Margolis – cover photography

Track listing:

  1. Every Picture Tells a Story – Rod Stewart,Ronnie Wood
  2. Seems Like a Long Time – Theodore Anderson
  3. That’s All Right – Arthur Crudup
  4. Amazing Grace – traditional, arranged Rod Stewart
  5. Tomorrow Is a Long Time -Bob Dylan
  6. Henry – Martin Quittenton
  7. Maggie May – Rod Stewart
  8. Mandolin Wind – Rod Stewart
  9. (I Know) I’m Losing You – Norman Whitfield,Eddie Holland, Cornelius Grant
  10. Reason to Believe – Tim Hardin