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Jeremy Spencer: Same

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On January 23, 1970, “Reprise” label released the self-titled, debut Jeremy Spencer album. It was recorded in 1970, and was produced by Jeremy Spencer.

Personnel:

  • Jeremy Spencer– vocals, slide guitar, piano
  • Danny Kirwan– guitar, backing vocals
  • Peter Green– banjo
  • John McVie– bass guitar
  • Mick Fleetwood– drums, congas, percussion
  • Stephen Gregory – saxophone

Track listing:

All tracks by Jeremy Spencer, except where noted.

  1. Linda
  2. The Shape I’m In – Lee Cathy, Otis Blackwell
  3. Mean Blues
  4. String-a-long – Jimmy Duncan, Robert Doyle
  5. Here Comes Charlie (With His Dancing Shoes On)
  6. Teenage Love Affair
  7. Jenny Lee
  8. Don’t Go Please Stay
  9. You Made a Hit – Walt Maynard
  10. Take a Look Around Mrs Brown
  11. Surfin’ Girl
  12. If I Could Swim the Mountain

Devendra Banhart: Ape In Pink Marble

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On September 23, 2016, “Nonesuch” label released “Ape in Pink Marble”, the ninth Devendra Banhart studio album. It was recorded in 2016, and was produced by Devendra Banhart, Noah Georgeson and Josiah Steinbrick.

Personnel:

  • Devendra Banhart – vocals, guitar, koto, percussion, synthesizer, field recording, engineer, mixing
  • Rodrigo Amarante – guitar
  • Noah Georgeson – vocals, bass, guitar, koto, synthesizer, drums, programming, engineer, mixing
  • Josiah Steinbrick – bass, guitar, koto, marimba, mellotron, percussion, electric piano, drums, synthesizer, backing vocals, arranger, engineer
  • Gregory Rogove – drums, percussion
  • Danny Bensi – strings, string arrangements

Track listing:

  1. Middle Names
  2. Good Time Charlie
  3. Jon Lands a Hand
  4. Mara
  5. Fancy Man
  6. Fig in Leather
  7. Theme for a Taiwanese Woman in Lime Green
  8. Souvenirs
  9. Mourner’s Dance
  10. Saturday Night
  11. Linda
  12. Lucky
  13. Celebration

New Riders of the Purple Sage: Gypsy Cowboy

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In December 1972, “Columbia” label released “Gypsy Cowboy”, the third New Riders of the Purple Sage album. It was recorded in 1972, and was produced by Stephen Barncard.

Personnel:

  • John Dawson – lead and co-lead vocals, rhythm guitar
  • David Nelson – lead and co-lead vocals, lead guitar, dobro, mandolin, bagpipes
  • Dave Torbert – lead and co-lead vocals, bass, acoustic guitar
  • Buddy Cage- pedal steel guitar
  • Spencer Dryden- drums
  • Mark Naftalin- piano
  • Jack Schroer- saxophone
  • Richard Greene – violin
  • Darlene DiDomenico – backing vocals
  • Donna Jean Godchaux- backing vocals
  • Stephen Barncard, Dave Brown, Ellen Burke – recording
  • Lore Orion – cover art
  • John Tobler – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Gypsy Cowboy – Dave Torbert
  2. Whiskey – John Dawson
  3. Groupie – Dave Torbert
  4. Sutter’s Mill – John Dawson
  5. Death and Destruction – John Dawson
  6. Linda – John Dawson
  7. On My Way Back Home – Dave Torbert
  8. Superman – John Dawson
  9. She’s No Angel – Wanda Ballman
  10. Long Black Veil – Danny Dill, Marijohn Wilkin
  11. Sailin’ – John Dawson

Randy Newman: Same

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In June 1968, “Reprise” label released the debut, self-titled Randy Newman album. It was recorded in 1968, and was produced by Lenny Waronker and Van Dyke Parks.

Personnel:

  • Randy Newman – vocals, piano
  • Herb Ellis- guitar
  • Larry Knechtel- guitar, bass, keyboards
  • Tommy Tedesco- guitar
  • Sal Valentino- guitar, vocals
  • Don Lanier – guitar
  • Louis Morell – guitar
  • Frank DeCaro – guitar
  • Joe Gibbons – guitar
  • Al Casey- guitar
  • Mike Deasy, Ron Elliott- guitar
  • James Burton- guitar
  • Nick DeCaro – piano, accordion
  • Gene Garf – piano, organ
  • James Rowles – piano
  • Michael Lang – piano
  • Gary LeVant – harmonica
  • Tommy Morgan – harmonica
  • Carl Fortina – accordion
  • Don Bagley – bass
  • Carol Kaye- bass
  • Lyle Ritz- bass
  • Jim Gordon- drums
  • Norman Jeffreis – drums
  • Gary Coleman – percussion
  • Hubert Anderson – percussion
  • Ted Nash – saxophone
  • Gene Cipriano – saxophone
  • Wilbur Schwartz – saxophone
  • Thomas Scott – saxophone
  • Gordon Pope – saxophone
  • William Green – saxophone
  • William R. Perkins – saxophone
  • Jim Horn- saxophone
  • Plas Johnson- saxophone
  • Jay Migliori – saxophone
  • Sid Miller – saxophone
  • Ollie Mitchell – trumpet
  • Anthony Terran- trumpet
  • Milt Bernhart- trombone
  • Robert Knight – trombone
  • Richard Hyde- trombone
  • Lew McCreary – trombone
  • Richard Perissi – French horn
  • William Hinshaw – French horn
  • James A. Decker – French horn
  • David Duke – French horn
  • James Getzoff – flute
  • Israel Baker- violin
  • Harry Bluestone – violin
  • William Kurash – violin
  • Arnold Belnick – violin
  • Jerome Reisler – violin
  • Ralph Schaeffer – violin
  • Sid Sharp – violin
  • Tibor Zelig – violin
  • William Weiss – violin
  • Leonard Malarsky – violin
  • Joseph DiFiore – viola
  • Louis Kievman – viola
  • Samuel Boghossian – viola
  • Leonard Selic – viola
  • Harold Ayties – viola
  • Jan Hlinka – viola
  • Harold Bemko – cello
  • Ray Kelley – cello
  • Victor Sazer – cello
  • Jesse Emrlich – cello
  • Armand Karpoff – cello
  • David Filerman – cello
  • Joseph Tullio – cello
  • Frederick Seykora – cello
  • Elizabeth Ershoff – harp
  • Tommy LiPuma- engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Randy Newman.

  1. Love Story (You and Me)
  2. Bet No One Ever Hurt This Bad
  3. Living Without You
  4. So Long Dad
  5. I Think He’s Hiding
  6. Linda
  7. Laughing Boy
  8. Cowboy
  9. Beehive State
  10. I Think It’s Going to Rain Today
  11. Davy the Fat Boy