In January 1974, “Warner Bros” label released the self-titled, debut Graham Central Station studio album. It was recorded 1973 – 1974, at “Wally Heider Studio” in San Francisco, “Record Plant” in Sausalito in California, “Warner Bros Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Russ Titelman and Larry Graham.
Personnel:
Larry Graham – lead and backing vocals, bass, fuzz bass, guitar, piano, clavinet, organ, drums, percussion, horn arrangements
Patryce “Chocolate” Banks – lead and backing vocals, electric funk box
David “Dynamite” Vega – vocals, guitar
Robert “Butch” Sam – vocals and backing vocals, piano, organ
Hershall “Happiness” Kennedy – vocals and backing clavinet, trumpet, organ
On October 15, 1974, “Warner Bros” label released “Tupelo Honey”, the fifth Van Morrison studio album. It was recorded in 1974, at “Wally Heider” and “Columbia Studios” in San Francisco, and was produced by Ted Templeman and Van Morrison.
Personnel:
Van Morrison – lead and backing vocals, rhythm guitar, harmonica, horn arrangements
Ronnie Montrose – acoustic and electric guitars, mandolin, backing vocals
John McFee – pedal steel guitar
Ted Templeman – organ
Mark Jordan – piano, electric piano
Bill Church – bass
Rick Shlosser – drums
Connie Kay – drums
Gary Mallaber – percussion, vibraphone
Jack Schroer – alto, tenor and baritone saxophones
In August 1973, “Warner Bros” label released “Kindling”, the debut Gene Parsons album. It was recorded in 1973, at “Warner Bros. Recording Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Russ Titelman.
On May 30, 1966, “Reprise” label released “Strangers in the Night”, the 43rd Frank Sinatra album. It was recorded April – May 1966, in Hollywood, and was produced by Jimmy Bowen. At the 1967 “Grammy Awards”, Frank Sinatra won “Record of the Year” and “Best Male Vocal Performance”. Ernie Freeman’s arrangement of the title track won him the “Grammy Award for Best Arrangement Accompanying a Vocalist or Instrumentalist”, and Eddie Brackett and Lee Herschberg’s engineering earned them the “Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical”. The album was certified Platinum in Us by the “RIIA”.
Personnel:
Frank Sinatra – vocals
The Nelson Riddle Orchestra
Nelson Riddle – arranger, conductor
Glen Campbell, Al Viola – guitar
Artie Kane – Hammond B3 organ
Pete Candoli, Don Fagerquist, Cappy Lewis, Ray Triscari – trumpet
Dick Noel, Tommy Pederson, Tom Shepard – trombone
George Roberts – bass trombone
Chuck Gentry, Bill Green, Justin Gordon, Harry Klee, Ronny Lang – saxophone
Vincent DeRosa, Henry Sigismonti, Gale Robinson, Richard Perissi – French horn
Bill Green, Andreas Kostelas – flute
Sidney Sharp, Lennie Malarsky, William Kurasch, Ralph Schaeffer, Israel Baker, Arnold Belnick, Jerome Reisler, Robert Sushe, John De Voogdt, Bernard Kundell, Tibor Zelig, Victor Amo, Alex Beller, Herman Clebanoff, James Getzoff, Anatol Kaminsky, Paul Shure, Gerald Vinci Gerald Vinci, William Weiss, Harry Bluestone – violin
Harry Hyams, Joseph Di Fiore, Darrel Terwilliger, Alex Neiman, Joseph Saxon, Jesse Ehrlich, Emmet Sargeant, Stanley Harris, Paul Robyn, Armand Kaproff – viola
Justin DiTullio, Elizabeth Greenschpoon, Armand Kaproff – vielle
Bill Miller, Michel Rubini – piano
Alvin Casey, William Pitman, Glen Campbell, Tommy Tedesco – guitar
Chuck Berghofer, Ralph Pefla – bass
Hal Blaine, Irving Cottler – drums
Eddie Brackett Jr., Emil Richards – percussion
Ernie Freeman – arrangements
Donnie Lanier, Nelson Riddle – conductor
Track listing:
Strangers in the Night (from the “Universal” picture “A Man Could Get Killed” – Bert Kaempfert, Charles Singleton, Eddie Snyder
Summer Wind – Heinz Meier, Hans Bradtke, Johnny Mercer
All or Nothing at All – Arthur Altman, Jack Lawrence
Call Me – Tony Hatch
You’re Driving Me Crazy – Walter Donaldson
On a Clear Day (You Can See Forever) – Alan Jay Lerner, Burton Lane
My baby Just Cares for Me – Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn
Downtown – Tony Hatch
Yes Sir, That’s My Baby – Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn
The Most Beautiful Girl in the World – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
In April 1967, “Warner Bros” label released “Feelin’ Groovy”, the debut Harpers Bizarre album. It was recorded in 1967, and was produced by Lenny Waronker.
Personnel:
Dickie Scoppettone – vocals, guitar
Ted Templeman – vocals, guitar
Eddie James – guitar
Dick Yount – vocals, bass
John Petersen – drums
Randy Newman – piano
Van Dyke Parks – piano
Leon Russell – arrangements
Randy Newman – arrangements
Perry Botkin Jr. – arrangements
Ron Elliott – arrangements
Lee Herschberg – engineer
Ed Thrasher – art direction
Jim Marshall – photography
Stan Cornyn – liner notes
Track listing:
Come to the Sunshine – Van Dyke Parks
Happy Talk – Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II
Come Love – Alan Bergman, Larry Marks, Marilyn Keith
Raspberry Rug – Leon Russell
59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy) – Paul Simon
The Debutante’s Ball – Randy Newman
Happy Land – Randy Newman
Peter and the Wolf – Sergei Prokofieff, Robert Durand
I Can Hear the Darkness – Donna Washburn, Leon Russell
Simon Smith and the Amazing Dancing Bear – Randy Newman
In December 1968, “Warner Bros” label released “Roots”, the 16th Everly Brothers (The) album. It was recorded August – October 1968, and was produced by Lenny Waronker.
Personnel:
Don Everly – vocals, guitar
Phil Everly – vocals, guitar
Perry Botkin, Jr. – arrangements
Nick DeCaro – string arrangements
Ron Elliott – arrangements
John Neil – engineer
Mike Shields – engineer
Lee Herschberg – engineer, mastering
Dave Schultz – mastering
Ed Thrasher – art direction
Frank Bez – photography
Richie Unterberger – liner notes
Andrew Wickham – liner notes, concept
Lenny Waronker – concept
Track listing:
The Introduction: The Everly Family (1952)
Mama Tried – Merle Haggard
Less of Me – Glen Campbell
T for Texas – Jimmie Rodgers
I Wonder If I Care as Much – Don Everly, Phil Everly
Ventura Boulevard – Ron Elliott
Shady Grove – P. O. Wandz, Jacquie Ertel, Venetia Everly
Illinois – Randy Newman
Living Too Close to the Ground – Terry Slater
You Done Me Wrong – George Jones, Ray Price
Turn Around – Ron Elliott
Sing Me Back Home – Merle Haggard
Montage: The Everly Family (1952) / Shady Grove / Kentucky – Terry Slater, Karl Davis
On January 7, 1985, “Warner Bros” label released “20/20”, the 22nd George Benson studio album. It was recorded in 1984, at “Amigo Studios”, “Devonshire Sound Studios”, “Bill Schnee Studios” in Hollywood, “Atlantic Studios”, “A&R Recording”, “Automated Sound Studios”, “Rosebud Recording”, “The Hit Factory”, “the Review Room”, “Avatar Studios”, “Sigma Sound Studios” in New York City, “Grand Slam Studios” in New Jersey, “House of Music” in Orange, NJ, “Bossa Nova Hotel”, “Village Recorders” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Russ Titelman, Michael Masser, Daniel Sembello and Michael Sembello.
Personnel:
George Benson – lead and harmony vocals, guitar
Michael Sembello – guitars, drum programming, backing vocals
Dann Huff – guitar
Paul Jackson, Jr. – guitar
Cecil Womack – guitar, backing vocals
David Williams – rhythm guitar
Freddie Green – rhythm guitar
Joe Sample – acoustic piano
Wells Christie – Synclavier programming
Randy Waldman – keyboards, synthesizers, arrangements
James Newton Howard – acoustic piano, synthesizers, string arrangements
Clifford Carter – keyboards, synthesizers, drum programming
Rob Mounsey – Synclavier, vocoder, synthesizer bass
Steve Kipner – Oberheim DMX, Oberheim DSX sequencer
Rick Shlosser – drums
Paulinho da Costa – percussion
Errol “Crusher” Bennett – finger cymbals
Ralph MacDonald – triangle, percussion
Gary Herbig – saxophone
Kim Hutchcroft – saxophone
Frank Wess – alto saxophone
Charles Williams – alto saxophone
Robert Eldridge – baritone saxophone
George Coleman – tenor saxophone
Jimmy Heath – tenor saxophone
Robin Eubanks – trombone
Slide Hampton – trombone
Benny Powell – trombone
Dave Taylor – trombone
Gary Grant – trumpet
Jerry Hey – trumpet, horn arrangements
Jon Faddis – trumpet
Earl Gardner – trumpet
Joe Newman – trumpet
Lew Soloff – trumpet
Felix Vega – trumpet
George Young – flute
Frank Foster – horn arrangements, conductor
Ralph Burns – string arrangements, conductor
Michael Masser – rhythm track arrangements
Gene Page – rhythm track and string arrangements
Roberta Flack – lead vocals
Patti Austin – backing and harmony vocals
Gordon Grody – backing vocals
Lani Groves – backing vocals
Richard Marx – backing vocals
Deborah Thomas – backing vocals
James Taylor – backing and harmony vocals
Linda Womack – backing vocals
David Cochrane – backing vocals
Darryl Phinnessee – backing vocals
Russ Titelman – executive producer
Mary Melia – production coordinator
Jim Boyer, Lee Herschberg, Gary Ladinsky, Michael Mancini, Elliot Scheiner, Russell Schmitt, Thom Wilson – engineer
Dick Bogart, Kendal Brown, Dean Burt, John Convertino, Jim Gallagher, Josiah Gluck, Cliff Hodson, John Rollo, Nicholas Spigel – additional engineering
Michael Abbott, Mike Allaire, Nelson Ayers, Mike Birnholz, Paul Brown, Ollie Cotton, Nick Delre, Paul Higgins, Steve Hirsch, Cliff Jones, Barbara Ivone, Leslie Klein, Robin Laine, Bruce Lampcov, James Nichols, Bobby Warner, Jay Willis – engineer assistant
Jim Boyer, Ed Rak, Elliot Scheiner, Russ Titelman – mixing
Ted Jensen – mastering
Simon Levy – art direction
Kav DeLuxe – design
Richard Bomersheim – photography
Track listing:
No One Emotion – Cliff Magness, Mark Mueller, Tom Keane
Please Don’t Walk Away – James Newton Howard, Steve Lukather
I Just Wanna Hang Around You – Chuz Sembello, Daniel Sembello, Jon Sembello, Michael Sembello
Nothing’s Gonna Change My Love for You – Michael Masser, Gerry Goffin
Beyond the Sea (la Mer) – Charles Trenet, Jack Lawrence
20/20 – Randy Goodrum, Steve Kipner
New Day – Cecil Womack, Linda Womack
Hold Me – Michael Sembello, Daniel Sembello
Stand Up – Neil Larsen
You Are the Love of My Love – Linda Creed, Michael Masser
In December 1967, “Warner Bros” label released “Anything Goes”, the second Harpers Bizarre album. It was recorded in 1967, and was produced by Lenny Waronker.
Personnel:
Eddie James – guitar
Dick Scoppettone – vocals, guitar, bass, vocal arrangements
In December 1970, “Reprise” label released the self – titled, debut Ry Cooder album. It was recorded in 1970, and was produced by Van Dyke Parks and Lenny Waronker.
Personnel:
Ry Cooder– vocals, guitar, mandolin, bass guitar
Van Dyke Parks– piano, arranger
Chris Ethridge – bass guitar
Richie Hayward – drums guitar
Roy Estrada – bass guitar
Max Bennett – bass guitar
Milt Holland – drums, percussion
John Barbata – drums
Bobby Bruce – violin
Gloria Jones- backing vocals
Judy Betz – production assistant
Lee Herschberg – engineer, mixing
Doug Botnick – engineer
Thaddeus James Lowe – engineer
Rudy Hill – engineer
Bob Kovach – engineer
Kirby Johnson – conductor, orchestrator
Airstream– photograph of the 1937 trailer pictured on the front of the album sleeve
Frank Bez – photograph of the Airstream trailer
Susan Titelman – Ry Cooder photograph on the back of the album sleeve
Ed Thrasher- art direction
Track listing:
Alimony – Brenda Jones, Welton Young, Robert Higginbotham
France Chance – Joe Callicott
One Meat Ball – Louis Singer, Hy Zaret
Do Re Mi – Woody Guthrie
My Old Kentucky Home (Turpentine & Dandelion Wine) – Randy Newman
How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live? – Alfred Reed
In October 1980, “Warner Bros” label released “Borderline”, the ninth Ry Cooder album. It was recorded 1980 at “Warner Bros. Recording Studio” in Burbank, California, and was produced by Ry Cooder.
Personnel:
Ry Cooder – vocals, guitar, vibes
John Hiatt– vocals, guitar
William D. Smith– vocals, piano, organ
Jesse Harms– synthesizer
Tim Drummond, Reggie McBride – bass
Jim Keltner– drums
George “Baboo” Pierre – percussion
Bobby King, Willie Greene, Jr. – vocals
Lee Herschberg – recording, mixing
Leslie Morris – production assistant
Track listing:
634-5789 – Steve Cropper, Eddie Floyd
Speedo – Esther Navarro
Why Don’t You Try Me – Billy Young
Down in the Boondocks – Joe South
Johnny Porter – Bobby Ray Appleberry
The Way We Make a Broken Heart – John Hiatt
Crazy ‘Bout an Automobile – Billy Emerson
The Girls from Texas – Cliff Chambers, Jimmy Holiday, James Lewis
Borderline – John Hiatt
Never Make Your Move Too Soon – Stix Hooper, Will Jennings
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