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Tom Rapp: Sunforest

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On January 2, 1973, “Blue Thumb” label released “Sunforest”, the third Tom Rapp album. It was recorded in 1973, at “House of Cash”, “Quadrafonic Sound”, “Woodland Sound Studios”, “Electric Lady”, and was produced by Larry Butler and Peter Edmiston.

Personnel:

  • Tom Rapp – vocals, guitar
  • Buzz Cason – vocals
  • Diane Harris – vocals
  • Steve McCord – guitar, musical advisor
  • Jim Colvard – dobro, guitar
  • Bobby Thompson – dobro, guitar, banjo
  • Charles Cochran – piano, string arrangements
  • Bobby Wood – piano
  • Reggie Young – piano
  • Bob Dorough – piano
  • David Briggs – piano
  • Mike Leech – bass, string arrangements
  • Bill Salter – bass
  • Art Ellis – vocals, flute, congas
  • Bill Rollins – cello
  • Buddy Spicher – electric viola, violin
  • Karl Himmel – drums, percussion
  • Kenny Buttrey – drums
  • Farrell Morris – percussion
  • Warren Smith – marimba
  • Charlie Bragg, Gene Eichelberger, Rex Collier, Dick Shapiro – engineer
  • Phillip Hayes – cover painting
  • Camouflage Productions – design
  • Carl Samrock – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Tom Rapp.

  1. Comin’ Back
  2. Prayers Of Action
  3. Forbidden City
  4. Love / Sex
  5. Harding Street
  6. Blind River
  7. Someplace To Belong
  8. Sunforest
  9. Sunshine & Charles

Mother Earth: Bring Me Home

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In April 1971, “Reprise” label released “Bring Me Home”, the fifth Mother Earth album. It was recorded in 1971, and was produced by Travis Rivers.

Personnel:

  • Bob Cardwell – electric guitar, backing vocals
  • John Andrews – electric guitar
  • Tracy Nelson – lead and backing vocals, piano
  • Andy McMahon – piano, organ, backing vocals 
  • David Zettner – bass, backing vocals 
  • Karl Himmel – drums
  • Farrell Morris – percussion
  • James Day – steel guitar
  • John Gimbel, Sammy Dodge – fiddle
  • Ben Keith – dobro
  • Earthettes, Earthmen, Irma Routen, Sandie Cantrell – backing vocals

Track listing:

  1. Temptation Took Control of Me and I Fell
  2. There Is No End
  3. Soul of Sadness
  4. I’ll Be Long Gone
  5. Bring Me Home
  6. Tonight the Sky’s About To Cry
  7. Seven Bridges Road
  8. Lo and Behold
  9. Deliver Me

Neil Young: Everybody’s Rockin’

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On August 1, 1983, “Geffen” label released “Everybody’s Rockin’”, the 13th Neil Young studio album. It was recorded April – May 1983, at “Modern Recorders” in Redwood City, California, and was produced by Elliot Mazer and Neil Young.

Personnel:

  • Neil Young – vocals, piano, guitar, harmonica

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  • Larry Byrom– piano, backing vocals
  • Anthony Crawford– backing vocals
  • Tim Drummond– upright bass
  • Karl Himmel – snare drum –
  • Ben Keith– alto saxophone, lead guitar
  • Rick Palombi – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Neil Young, except where noted.

  1. Betty Lou’s Got a New Pair of Shoes – Bobby Freeman
  2. Rainin’ in My Heart – Slim Harpo, Jerry West
  3. Payola Blues – Ben Keith, Neil Young
  4. Wonderin’
  5. Kinda Fonda Wanda – Tim Drummond, Neil Young
  6. Jellyroll Man
  7. Bright Lights, Big City – Jimmy Reed
  8. Cry, Cry, Cry
  9. Mystery Train – Junior Parker, Sam Phillips
  10. Everybody’s Rockin’

J. J. Cale: Troubadour

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In September 1976, “Shelter” label released “Troubadour”, the fourth J. J. Cale studio album. It was recorded in 1976, and was produced by Audie Ashworth.

Personnel:

  • J. J. Cale– vocals, guitar, piano
  • Gordon Payne, Chuck Browning, Doug Bartenfeld – guitar
  • Reggie Young, Harold Bradley, Bill Boatman – rhythm guitar
  • Lloyd Green, Buddy Emmons– steel guitar
  • Bobby Woods, Bill Purcell – piano
  • Joe Osborn – bass guitar
  • Charles Dungey – bass
  • Tommy Cogbill – bass guitar
  • Karl Himmel, Kenny Buttrey, Buddy Harman, Jimmy Karstein, Kenny Malone– drums
  • Farrell Morris, Audie Ashworth, I. Allison – percussion
  • Billy Puett – saxophone
  • George Tidwell – trumpet
  • Dennis Goode – trombone
  • Don Tweedy – ARP

Track listing:

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

  1. Hey Baby
  2. Travelin’ Light
  3. You Got Something
  4. Ride Me High
  5. Hold On
  6. Cocaine
  7. I’m a Gypsy Man – Sonny Curtis
  8. The Woman That Got Away
  9. Super Blue
  10. Let Me Do It to You
  11. Cherry
  12. You Got Me On So Bad

J. J. Cale: Grasshopper

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In March 1982, “Mercury” label released “Grasshopper”, the seventh J. J. Cale album. It was recorded in 1982, and was produced by Audie Ashworth and J. J. Cale.

Personnel:

  • J. J. Cale – vocals, guitars
  • Reggie Young – guitar
  • Christine Lakeland – vocals guitar, organ
  • Steve Gibson – guitar
  • John Christopher – guitar
  • Bill Boatman- tambourine
  • Bobby Emmons– organ
  • David Briggs – piano, electric piano
  • Mike Lawler – synthesizer
  • Jim Karstein – congas
  • Dennis Solee – horns
  • Charles Dungey – bass
  • Nick Rather – bass
  • Tom Cogbill – bass
  • Karl Himmel – drums
  • Ken Buttrey– drums
  • Gary Allen – drums
  • Robert Greenidge – steel drums
  • Farrell Morris – congas, percussion, vibraphone
  • Audie Ashworth – engineer
  • Chip Young , Rick Horton – engineer
  • Chad Hailey, Ron Reynolds – engineer, mixing

Track listing:

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

  1. City Girls
  2. Devil in Disguise
  3. One Step Ahead of the Blues – J.J. Cale, Roger Tillison
  4. You Keep Me Hangin’ On
  5. Downtown L.A.
  6. Can’t Live Here
  7. Grasshopper
  8. Drifters Wife
  9. Don’t Wait – J. J. Cale, Christine Lakeland
  10. A Thing Going On
  11. Nobody But You
  12. Mississippi River
  13. Does Your Mama Like to Reggae – J. J. Cale, Christine Lakeland
  14. Jive

Neil Young: Comes a Time

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On October 2, 1978, “Reprise” label released “Comes a Time” the ninth Neil Young album. It was recorded November 1975 – November 1977, at “Triad Recording, Ft. Lauderdale, FL”,  “Columbia Recording Studio” in London, “Wally Heider Recording Studio” in San Francisco, “Woodland Sound Studios”, “Sound Shop” in Nashville, and “Broken Arrow Ranch” in Redwood City, CA, and was produced by Neil Young, David Briggs, Ben Keith and Tim Mulligan.

Personnel:

  • Neil Young – vocals, guitar, harmonica
  • Frank Sampedro – vocals, guitar, piano
  • J. Cale– electric guitar
  • Grant Boatwright, John Christopher, Jerry Shook, Vic Jordan, Steve Gibson, Dale Sellers, Ray Edenton – acoustic guitars
  • Ben Keith– steel guitar
  • Rufus Thibodeaux– fiddle
  • Spooner Oldham– piano
  • Billy Talbot– vocals, bass
  • Tim Drummond– bass
  • Joe Osborn– bass
  • Ralph Molina – vocals, drums
  • Karl Himmel – drums
  • Larrie Londin– drums
  • Farrel Morris – percussion
  • Tim Mulligan – saxophone
  • Rita Fey – autoharp
  • Shelly Kurland, Stephanie Woolf, Marvin Chantry, Roy Christensen, Gary Vanosdale, Carl Goroditzby, George Binkley, Steve Smith, Larry Harvin, Larry Lasson, Carol Walker, Rebecca Lynch, Virginia Ghristensen, Maryanna Harvin, George Kosmola, Martha Mccrory, Chuck Cochran – strings
  • Nicolette Larson– harmony vocals
  • Tim Mulligan, Michael Laskow, David McKinley, Danny Hilly, Mike Porter, Denny Purcell, Rich “Hoss” Adler, Ernie Winfrey, Gabby Garcia, Paul Kaminsky – engineer
  • Elliot Roberts – art direction
  • Tom Wilkes – art direction

Track listing:

All tracks by Neil Young, except where noted.

  1. Goin’ Back
  2. Comes a Time
  3. Look Out for My Love
  4. Lotta Love
  5. Peace of Mind
  6. Human Highway
  7. Already One
  8. Field of Opportunity
  9. Motorcycle Mama
  10. Four Strong Winds – Ian Tyson

 

 

Neil Young: Prairie Wind

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On September 27, 2005, “Reprise” label released “Prairie Wind” the twenty-seventh Neil Young studio album. It was recorded in March 2005,in Nashville, and was produced by Neil Young and Ben Keith.

Personnel:

  • Neil Young- vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, harmonica, piano
  • Ben Keith- dobro, pedal steel, slide guitar
  • Spooner Oldham- piano, Hammond B3 organ, Wurlitzer electric piano
  • Rick Rosas- bass
  • Karl Himmel – drums, percussion
  • Chad Cromwell- drums, percussion
  • Grant Boatwright – acoustic guitar, backing vocals
  • Clinton Gregory – fiddle
  • Wayne Jackson- horns
  • Thomas McGinley – horns
  • Emmylou Harris- special guest vocalist
  • Pegi Young – backing vocals
  • Diana Dewitt – backing vocals
  • Anthony Crawford – backing vocals
  • Gary Pigg – backing vocals
  • Curtis Wright- backing vocals
  • Chuck Cochran – string arrangements
  • Fisk University Jubilee Choir, directed by Paul Kwami

 Track listing:

All tracks by Neil Young

  1. The Painter
  2. No Wonder
  3. Falling Off the Face of the earth
  4. Far From Home
  5. It’s a Dream
  6. Prairie Wind
  7. Here for You
  8. This Old Guitar
  9. He Was the King
  10. When God Made Me
  11. An Interview with Neil Young

J. J. Cale: Okie

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On April 30, 1974, “Shelter” label released “Okie”, the third JJ Cale album. It was recorded May 7 – December 5, 1973, at “Bradley’s Barn”, “Columbia Studio B”, “Woodland Studio B” in Nashville, and Cale’s house in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and was produced by Audie Ashworth.

Personnel:

  • JJ Cale – vocals, guitars
  • Jerry Smith – piano
  • Harold Bradley – rhythm guitar
  • Grady Martin – guitar
  • Tommy Cogbill – bass
  • Karl Himmel – drums
  • George Tidwell – trumpet
  • Dennis Goode – trombone
  • Billy Pruett – saxophone
  • Stan Hutto – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by JJ Cale, except where noted.

  1. Crying
  2. I’ll Be There (If You Ever Want Me) – Rusty Gabbard, Ray Price
  3. Starbound
  4. Rock and Roll Circus
  5. The Old Man and Me
  6. Everlovin’ Woman
  7. Cajun Moon
  8. I’d Like to Love You Baby
  9. Anyway the Wind Blows
  10. Precious Memories
  11. Okie
  12. I Got the Same Old Blues

The Doobie Brothers: Stampede

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Stampede

On April 25, 1975, “Warner Bros” label released “Stampede”, the fifth Doobie Brothers (The) studio album. It was recorded September – October 1974, at “Warner Brothers Studios” in  North Hollywood, “Burbank Studios” in Burbank, ”Curlom Studios” in Chicago, “The Record Plant” in Sausalito, CA “, and “Creative Workshop” in Nashville, and was produced by Ted Templeman.

Personnel:

  • Tom Johnston– vocals, guitars
  • Patrick Simmons– vocals, guitars
  • Jeff “Skunk” Baxter– guitar, steel guitar
  • Tiran Porter– bass, vocals
  • John Hartman– drums
  • Keith Knudsen– drums, vocals
  • Karl Himmel – drums, percussion
  • Bobbye Hall Porter– congas
  • Victor Feldman– marimba, percussion
  • Ted Templeman– percussion
  • Bill Payne– keyboards
  • Ry Cooder– bottleneck guitar
  • Conte, Pete Candoli – trumpets
  • Maria Muldaur– vocals
  • Sherlie Matthews– vocals
  • Venetta Fields– vocals
  • Jessica Smith – vocals
  • Nick DeCaro – string arrangements
  • Curtis Mayfield, Paul Riser – string and horn arrangements
  • Richard Tufo – orchestration
  • Donn Landee, Travis Turk – engineer
  • Ed Thrasher – art direction
  • Barbara Casado, John Casado – design
  • Jill Maggid, Michael Maggid – photography

Track listing:

  1. Sweet Maxine – Tom Johnston, Patrick Simmons
  2. Neal’s Fandango – Patrick Simmons
  3. Texas Lullaby – Tom Johnston
  4. Music Man – Tom Johnston
  5. Slack Key Soquel Rag – Patrick Simmons
  6. Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me a Little While) – Holland-Dozier-Holland
  7. I Cheat the Hangman – Patrick Simmons
  8. Précis – Jeff Skunk Baxter
  9. Rainy Day Crossroad Blues – Tom Johnston
  10. I Been Workin’ on You – Tom Johnston
  11. Double Dealin’ Four Flusher – Patrick Simmons

Neil Young: Old Ways

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On August 12, 1985,  “Geffen” label released “Old Ways”, the fourteenth studio Neil Young album. It was recorded January 1983  – April 1985 at “House Of David”, in Nashville, “The Castle” in Franklin TN,  “Pedernales Recording Studio” in Spicewood, TX , and live at “The Opry” in  Austin TX, and was produced by Neil Young, David Briggs, Ben Keith, and Elliot Mazer.

Personnel:

  • Neil Young – vocal, guitar, banjo, harmonica
  • Waylon Jennings – vocal, guitar
  • Willie Nelson – vocal, guitar
  • David Kirby – guitar
  • Grant Boatwright – guitar
  • Johnny Christopher – guitar
  • Ray Edenton – guitar
  • Ben Keith – pedal steel guitar, dobro
  • Ralph Mooney – pedal steel guitar
  • Béla Fleck – banjo
  • Bobby Thompson – banjo
  • Anthony Crawford: vocal, mandolin
  • Marty Stuart: mandolin
  • Rufus Thibodeaux – fiddle
  • Gordon Terry – fiddle
  • Hargus “Pig” Robbins – piano
  • Spooner Oldham – piano
  • Tim Drummond – bass
  • Joe Osborn – bass
  • Joe Allen – upright ad electric bass
  • Karl Himmel – drums
  • Farrell Morris – percussion
  • Terry McMillan: harmonica, jew’s harp
  • Gove Scrivenor: autoharp
  • Carl Gorodetzky: violin
  • Larry Byrom: vocal
  • Rick Palombi: vocal
  • Doana Cooper: vocal
  • Denise Draper: vocal
  • Gail Davies: vocal
  • Betsy Hammer: vocal
  • Pam Rose: vocal
  • Janis Oliver-Gill: vocal
  • Mary Ann Kennedy: vocal
  • Kristine Oliver-Arnold: vocal
  • Leona Williams: vocal
  • Strings:
    • Carl Gorodetsky, leader
    • George Binkley
    • John Borg
    • Roy Christensen
    • Virginia Christensen
    • Charles Everett
    • Larry Harvin
    • Mark Hembree
    • Lee Larrison
    • Betty McDonald
    • Dennis Molchan
    • Pamela Sixfin
    • Mark Tanner
    • David Vanderkooi
    • Gary Vanosdale
    • Carol Walker
    • Stephanie Woolf

Track listing:

All tracks by Neil Young; except where noted.

  1. The Wayward Wind – Herb Newman, Stanley Lebowsky
  2. Get Back to the Country
  3. Are There Any More Real Cowboys?
  4. Once an Angle
  5. Misfits
  6. California Sunset
  7. Old Ways
  8. My Boy
  9. Bound to Glory
  10. Where Is the Highway Tonight