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Gordon Lightfoot: Sit Down Young Stranger

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In April 1970, “Reprise” label released “Sit Down Young Stranger”, the sixth Gordon Lightfoot album.  It was recorded September-December 1968, at “Sunwest Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Lenny Waronker and Joseph Wissert.

Personnel:

  • Gordon Lightfoot – vocals, guitar, piano
  • Red Shea – guitar
  • Ry Cooder- guitar, mandolin
  • John Sebastian- guitar, harmonica
  • Rick Haynes – bass
  • Van Dyke Parks- harmonium
  • Nick DeCaro – string arrangements
  • Randy Newman- string arrangement

Track listing:

All tracks by Gordon Lightfoot, except where noted

  1. Minstrel of the Dawn
  2. Me and Bobby McGee – Kris Kristofferson, Fred Foster
  3. Approaching Lavender
  4. Saturday Clothes
  5. Cobwebs & Dust
  6. Poor Little Allison
  7. Sit Down Young Stranger
  8. If You Could Read My Mind
  9. Baby It’s Alright
  10. Your Love’s Return (Song for Stephen Foster)
  11. The Pony Man

Randy Newman: 12 Songs

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In April 1970, “Reprise” label released “12 Songs”, the second Randy Newman studio album. It was recorded in 1969, and was produced by Lenny Waronker.

Personnel:

  • Randy Newman – vocals, piano
  • Clarence White– B-Bender electric guitar
  • Ron Elliott– rhythm guitar
  • Ry Cooder– slide guitar
  • Lyle Ritz– double bass
  • Gene Parsons– drums
  • Jim Gordon– drums
  • Roy Harte– percussion
  • Al McKibbon– double bass
  • Milt Holland– percussion
  • Douglas Botnick – engineer
  • Lee Herschberg – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Randy Newman except where noted.

  1. Have You Seen My Baby?
  2. Let’s Burn Down the Cornfield
  3. Mama Told Me Not to Come
  4. Suzanne
  5. Lover’s Prayer
  6. Lucinda
  7. Underneath the Harlem Moon – Mack Gordon, Harry Revel
  8. Yellow Man
  9. Old Kentucky Home
  10. Rosemary
  11. If You Need Oil
  12. Uncle Bob’s Midnight Blues

Gordon Lightfoot: Cold on the Shoulder

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In February 1975, “Reprise” label released “Cold on the Shoulder”, the eleventh Gordon Lightfoot album. It was recorded in September – December 1974, at “Eastern Sound” in Toronto, and was produced by Lenny Waronker.

Personnel:

  • Gordon Lightfoot – vocal, guitar , piano
  • Pee Wee Charles – steel guitar
  • Terry Clements – guitar
  • Red Shea – guitar
  • Nick DeCaro – accordion
  • John Stockfish – bass
  • Rick Haynes – bass
  • Jim Gordon- drums
  • Milt Holland- percussion
  • Jack Zaza – wind
  • Suzie McCune – vocals
  • Jackie Ward Singers- vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Gordon Lightfoot.

  1. Bend in the Water
  2. Rainy Day People
  3. Cold on the Shoulder
  4. The Soul is the Rock
  5. Bells of the Evening
  6. Rainbow Trout
  7. A Tree too Weak to Stand
  8. All the Lovely Ladies
  9. Fine as Fine Can Be
  10. Cherokee Bend
  11. Now and Then
  12. Slide on Over

Gordon Lightfoot: Don Quixote

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In February 1972, “Reprise” label released “Don Quixote”, the eight Gordon Lightfoot studio album. It was recorded December 1971 – January 1972, at “Amigo Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Lenny Waronker.

Personnel:

  • Gordon Lighfoot – vocals, 6 and 12-string guitar
  • Red Shea – hi-string and classical guitar, dobro
  • Terry Clements – lead acoustic guitar
  • Ry Cooder- mandolin
  • Rick Haynes – bass
  • Bob Thompson – string arrangements
  • Nick DeCaro – string arrangements

Track listing:

All tracks by Gordon Lightfoot except where noted.

  1. Don Quixote
  2. Christian Island – Georgian Bay
  3. Alberta Bound
  4. Looking at the Rain
  5. Ordinary Man
  6. Brave Mountaineers
  7. Ode to Big Blue
  8. Second Cup of Coffee
  9. Beautiful
  10. On Susan’s Floor – Shel Silverstein, Vince Matthews
  11. The Patriot’s Dream

Gordon Lightfoot: Sundown

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In January 1974, “Reprise” label released “Sundown”, the tenth Gordon Lightfoot album. It was recorded in November 1973, at “Eastern Sound Studios” in Toronto, and was produced by Lenny Waronker.

Personnel:

  • Gordon Lightfoot– lead and backing vocals, six and twelve string acoustic guitars, chimes, bells, high string guitar
  • Red Shea – dobro, electric, acoustic and classical guitars, slide dobro
  • Terry Clements – acoustic guitar
  • Gene Martynec– Moog synthesizer
  • Nick De Caro – accordion, horns, orchestration, piano, strings
  • Rick Haynes– bass guitar
  • John Stockfish – bass guitar
  • Jim Gordon– percussion, drum
  • Milt Holland– percussion, congas
  • Jack Zaza – English horn, recorder
  • Catherine Smith– harmony vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Gordon Lightfoot.

  1. Somewhere U.S.A.
  2. High and Dry
  3. Seven Island Suite
  4. Circle of Steel
  5. Is There Anyone Home
  6. The Watchman’s Gone
  7. Sundown
  8. Carefree Highway
  9. The List
  10. Too Late for Prayin’

Ry Cooder: Into the Purple Valley

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In January 1972, “Reprise” label released “Into the Purple Valley”, the second Ry Cooder studio album. It was recorded in 1971, and was produced by Jim Dickinson, Van Dyke Parks and Lenny Waronker. “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked the album cover at number 12 on its list of the “100 Greatest Album Covers”.

Personnel:

  • Ry Cooder – guitar, bass, mandolin, vocals
  • Jim Dickinson– piano
  • Van Dyke Parks– keyboards
  • Gloria Jones– vocals
  • Claudia Lennear– vocals
  • Donna Washburn – vocals
  • Donna Weiss– vocals
  • Chris Ethridge– bass
  • Fritz Richmond– bass
  • John Craviotta – drums
  • Milt Holland– percussion
  • Jerry Jumonville – saxophone
  • George Bohanon– horns
  • Joe Lane Davis – horns
  • Ike Williams – horns

Track listing:

  1. How Can You Keep Moving (Unless You Migrate Too) – Agnes “Sis” Cunningham
  2. Billy the Kid – traditional; arranged by Ry Cooder
  3. Money Honey – Jesse Stone
  4. FDR in Trinidad – Fitz Maclean
  5. Teardrops Will Fall – Dickey Doo, Marion Smith
  6. Denomination Blues – George Washington Phillips
  7. On a Monday – Lead Belly
  8. Hey Porter – Johnny Cash
  9. Great Dream from Heaven – Joseph Spence
  10. Taxes on the Farmer Feeds Us Al – traditional; arranged by Ry Cooder
  11. Vigilante Man – Woody Guthrie

Paul Simon: Hearts And Bones

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On November 4, 1983, “Warner Bros” label released “Hearts and Bones”, the sixth Paul Simon solo studio album. It was recorded in 1983, and was produced by Roy Halee, Paul Simon, Russ Titelman and Lenny Waronker.

Personnel:

  • Paul Simon – vocals, guitar, programming
  • Al Di Meola- guitar
  • Eric Gale- guitar
  • Dean Parks- guitar
  • Sid McGinnis- guitar
  • Nile Rodgers- guitar, programming
  • Greg Phillinganes- Fender Rhodes
  • Michael Riesman- synthesizer, conductor
  • Rob Sabino- synthesizer, piano
  • Richard Tee- synthesizer, piano, Fender Rhodes
  • Rob Mounsey- synthesizer, vocoder
  • Michael Boddicker- synthesizer
  • Wells Christy – synthesizer, Synclavier
  • Tom Coppola- synthesizer, Synclavier
  • Bernard Edwards- bass
  • Marcus Miller- bass
  • Anthony Jackson- contrabass guitar
  • Steve Ferrone- drums
  • Steve Gadd- drums
  • Jeff Porcaro- drums
  • Airto Moreira- percussion
  • Mark Rivera- alto saxophone
  • Carol Wincenc – flute
  • George Marge – bass clarinet
  • Peter Gordon – French horn
  • Dave Matthews – horn arrangements
  • The Harptones- backing vocals
  • Marin Alsop- violin
  • Jill Jaffe – viola
  • Jesse Levy – cello
  • Frederick Zlotkin – cello
  • Mike Mainieri- marimba, vibraphone
  • James Dougherty – engineer
  • Andy Hofman – second engineer
  • Dave Greenberg – second engineer
  • Eric Korte – second engineer
  • Gene Paul – additional engineering
  • Jason Corsaro – additional engineering
  • Lee Herschberg – additional engineering
  • Paula Greif – art direction
  • Jeffrey Kent Ayeroff – art direction
  • Jeri McManus – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Paul Simon, except where noted.

  1. Allergies
  2. Hearts and Bones
  3. When Numbers Get Serious
  4. Think Too Much (b)
  5. Song About the Moon
  6. Think Too Much (a)
  7. Train in the Distance
  8. Rene and Georgette Magritte with Their Dog After the War
  9. Cars Are Cars
  10. The Late Great Johnny Ace – one-minute coda by Philip Glass.

Randy Newman: Little Criminals

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On September 23, 1977, “Warner Bros” label released “Little Criminals”, the fifth  Randy Newman album. It was recorded July–September 1977, at “Warner Bros. Recording Studios” in North Hollywood, and “The Burbank Studios”, and was produced by Lenny Waronker and Russ Titelman.

Personnel:

  • Randy Newman- vocals, keyboards, synthesizer, piano
  • Joe Walsh – guitar, slide guitar
  • Waddy Wachtel, Glenn Frey – guitar
  • Ry Cooder – mandolin
  • Ralph Grierson – piano
  • Mike Boddicker- additional synthesizer, synthesizer programming
  • Klaus Voormann – bass
  • Willie Weeks – bass
  • Andy Newmark, Rick Marotta, Jim Keltner – drums
  • Milt Holland – congas
  • Jim Keltner -temple blocks
  • The Eagles, Glenn Frey, D. Souther, Tim Schmit – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Randy Newman.

  1. Short People
  2. You Can’t Fool the Fatman
  3. Little Criminals
  4. Texas Girl at the Funeral of Her Father
  5. Jolly Coppers on Parade
  6. In Germany Before the War
  7. Sigmund Freud’s Impersonation of Albert Einsteinin America
  8. Baltimore
  9. I’ll Be Home
  10. Rider in the Rain
  11. Kathleen (Catholicism Made Easier)
  12. Old Man on the Farm

Randy Newman: Good Old Boys

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On September 10, 1974, “Reprise” label released “Good Old Boys”, the fifth Randy Newman album. It was recorded in 1974, at “Warner Bros. Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Lenny Waronker and Russ Titelman. In 2003, “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked the album at number 393 on its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.

Personnel:

  • Randy Newman – vocals, acoustic and electric pianos, synthesizer, arranger, conductor
  • Ry Cooder- bottleneck guitar
  • John Platania- electric guitar
  • Ron Elliott- acoustic guitar
  • Dennis Budimir- acoustic guitar
  • Al Perkins – pedal steel guitar
  • Russ Titelman – bass
  • Willie Weeks – bass
  • Red Callender – bass
  • Jim Keltner – drums
  • Andy Newmark – drums
  • Bobbye Hall Porter – percussion
  • Milt Holland – drums, percussion
  • Glenn Frey – backing vocals
  • Don Henley- backing vocals
  • Bernie Leadon – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Randy Newman except where noted.

  1. Rednecks
  2. Birmingham
  3. Marie
  4. President (Have Pity on the Working Man)
  5. Guilty
  6. Louisiana 1927
  7. Every Man a King – Huey Long, Castro Carazo
  8. Kingfish
  9. Naked Man
  10. Wedding in Cherokee County
  11. Back on My Feet Again
  12. Rollin’

 

Brian Wilson: Same

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On July 12, 1988, “Sire” label released self-titled, debut Brian Wilson album. It was recorded April 1987 – May 1988, and was produced by Brian Wilson, Russ Titelman, Jeff Lynne, Lenny Waronker and Andy Paley.

Personnel:

  • Brian Wilson – vocals, piano, organ, chimes, glockenspiel, bells, vibraphone, sound effects
  • Baystate Bluegrass Band – acoustic guitars, banjos, mandolin
  • Rob Mounsey– guitar, piano, emulator, synth guitar
  • Elliot Easton– guitar
  • Andy Paley– guitar, bass, harmonica, percussion, backing vocals
  • Dean Parks– guitar
  • Jeff Bova– keyboards, programming
  • Steve Lindsey – keyboards, synthesizer programming
  • Philippe Saisse– synthesizer programming
  • Todd Herreman – Fairlight synthesizer
  • Frank Morrocco – accordion
  • Robbie Condor – synthesizer programming
  • Jeff Lynne– bass, guitar, keyboards
  • Michael Bernard – drums, synthesizer programming
  • Tris Imboden– drums
  • Andy Dean – percussion, programming, bells, vibraphone
  • Carol Steele – percussion
  • Jimmy Bralower – drum programming
  • Bob Riley – drum machine
  • Robbie Kilgore – keyboard programming
  • Larry Williams– saxophone
  • Jay Migliori – baritone saxophone
  • Stewart Blumberg – trumpet
  • Harry Kim – trumpet
  • Lance Buller – trumpet
  • Michael Andreas – flute, saxophone
  • Hyman Katz – flute, piccolo
  • Tony Salvage – violin, saw
  • Kevin S. Leslie – footsteps
  • Terence Trent D’Arby– backing vocals
  • Christopher Cross– backing vocals
  • Eugene E. Landy– backing vocals

Track listing:

  1. Love and Mercy – Brian Wilson, Eugene Landy, Alexandra Morgan
  2. Walkin’ the Line – Brian Wilson, Eugene Landy, Nick Laird-Clowes
  3. Melt Away – Brain Wilson, Eugene Landy
  4. Baby Let Your Hair Grow Long – Brian Wilson, Eugene Landy
  5. Little Children – Brian Wilson
  6. One for the Boys – Brian Wilson
  7. There’s So Many – Brain Wilson, Eugene Landy, Alexandra Morgan
  8. Night Tiime – Brain Wilson, Eugene Landy, Alexandra Morgan, Andy paley
  9. Let It Shine – Brian Wilson, Jeff Lynne
  10. Meet Me in My Dreams Tonight – Brian Wilson, Andy Paley, Andy Dean
  11. Rio Grande – Brian Wilson, Andy Paley