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Conte Candoli and Lou Levy: West Coast Wailers

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In February 1958, “Atlantic” label released “West Coast Wailers”, album Conte Candoli and Lou Levy. It was recorded in August 1955, in Los Angeles, and was produced by Ahmet Ertegun.

Personnel:

  • Conte Candoli – trumpet
  • Lou Levy – piano
  • Bill Holman – tenor saxophone
  • Leroy Vinnegar – bass
  • Lawrence Marable – drums

Track listing:

  1. Lover, Come Back to Me – Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II
  2. Comes Love – Sam H. Stept, Lew Brown, Charles Tobias
  3. Lover Man – Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, James Sherman
  4. Pete’s Alibi – Pete Candoli
  5. Cheremoya – Bill Holman
  6. Jordu – Duke Jordan
  7. Flamingo – Ted Grouya, Edmund Anderson
  8. Marcia Lee – Conte Candoli

Smokey Robinson: Being With You

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On February 17, 1981, “Motown” label released “Being with You”, the ninth Smokey Robinson album. It was recorded November – January 1981, at “Studio Sound Recorders” in Hollywood, “Motown Recording Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by George Tobin, Mike Piccirillo and Smokey Robinson.

Personnel:

  • Smokey Robinson – lead and backing vocals
  • Paul Jackson Jr. – guitars
  • Reginald “Sonny” Burke – keyboards, arrangements
  • Ronnie Rancifer – keyboards
  • Bill Cuomo – keyboards
  • Mike Piccirillo – synthesizers, organ, guitars, additional keyboards, percussion, steel drums, associate producer
  • Scott Edwards – bass
  • Robert “Pops” Popwell – bass
  • Ed Greene – drums
  • James Gadson – drums
  • Scotty Harris – drums
  • Howard Lee Wolen – percussion
  • Mark Wolfson – percussion
  • Joel Peskin – saxophones
  • Harry Kim – trumpet
  • David Strout – trombone
  • George Tobin – arrangements
  • Ivory Davis – backing vocals
  • Patricia Henley – backing vocals
  • Robert John – backing vocals
  • Claudette Robinson – backing vocals
  • Julia Waters Tillman – backing vocals
  • Maxine Waters Willard – backing vocals
  • Michael Lizzio – engineer, mixing
  • Howard Lee Wolen, Mark Wolfson – engineer
  • Richie Griffin, Ginny Pallante – engineer assistant
  • George Tobin – mixing
  • John Lemay – mastering
  • Johnny Lee – art direction
  • Ginny Livingston – design
  • Gary Heery – photography
  • Lisa Marie – production coordinator
  • Randy Dunlap, Barbara Ramsey – project manager

Track listing:

All tracks by Smokey Robinson, except where noted.

  1. Being With You
  2. Food For Thought
  3. If You Wanna Make Love (Come ‘Round Here)
  4. Who’s Sad – Gary Goetzman, Mike Piccirillo
  5. Can’t Fight Love – Gary Goetzman, Mike Piccirillo
  6. You Are Forever
  7. As You Do – Peter Kingsbery
  8. I Hear The Children Singing – Forest Hairston

Lucinda Williams: West

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On February 13, 2007, “Lost Highway” label released “West”, the eighth Lucinda Williams studio album. It was recorded in 2006, at “The Village” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Hal Willner and Lucinda Williams.

Personnel:

  • Lucinda Williams – lead vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Doug Pettibone – acoustic, electric, baritone guitar
  • Bill Frisell – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Rob Burger – piano, organ, accordion
  • Tony Garnier – electric bass, double bass
  • Jim Keltner – drums, percussion
  • Jenny Scheinman – violin
  • Rob Brophy – viola
  • Tim Loo – cello
  • Hal Willner – turntable, samples
  • Gary Louris, Gia Ciambotti – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Lucinda Williams.

  1. Are You Alright
  2. Mama You Sweet
  3. Learning How to Live
  4. Fancy Funeral
  5. Unsuffer Me
  6. Everything Has Changed
  7. Come On
  8. Where Is My Love?
  9. Rescue
  10. What If
  11. Wrap My Head Around That
  12. Words
  13. West

Dusty Springfield: Cameo

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On February 10, 1973, “ABC Dunhill Records” label released “Cameo”, the eighth Dusty Springfield studio album. It was recorded July – October 1972, at “ABC Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Steve Barri, Brian Potter and Dennis Lambert.

Personnel:

  • Dusty Springfield – vocals
  • Ben Benay – guitar
  • Larry Carlton – guitar
  • David Cohen – guitar
  • Dennis Lambert – keyboards
  • Michael Lang – keyboards
  • Michael Omartian – keyboards, string, horn and flute arrangements
  • Wilton Felder – bass guitar
  • Carol Kaye – bass guitar
  • Wilton Felder – bass guitar
  • Carol Kaye – bass guitar
  • Hal Blaine – drums
  • Paul Humphrey – drums
  • Brian Potter – percussion
  • Victor Feldman – percussion
  • Clydie King – backing vocals
  • Venetta Fields – backing vocals
  • Sherlie Matthews – backing vocals
  • Myrna Matthews – backing vocals
  • Sid Sharp – concertmaster
  • Jimmie Haskell – string arrangements
  • Ruby Mazur – design
  • Joe Black – project coordinator

Track listing:

All tracks by Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter, except where noted.

  1. Who Gets Your Love
  2. Breakin’ Up a Happy Home
  3. Easy Evil – Alan O’Day
  4. Mama’s Little Girl
  5. The Other Side of Life – David Gates
  6. Comin’ and Goin’
  7. I Just Wanna Be There – Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson
  8. Who Could Be Loving You Other Than Me? – Willie Hutchinson
  9. Tupelo Honey – Van Morrison
  10. Of All the Things
  11. Learn to Say Goodbye” (from the ABC Movie of the Week, Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole) – Hugo Montenegro, Bradford Craig

Emmylou Harris: Pieces Of The Sky

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On February 7, 1975, “Reprise” label released “Pieces of the Sky”, the second Emmylou Harris studio album. It was recorded in 1974, at “Enactron Truck” in Los Angeles, “Track Recorders” in Silver Spring, Maryland, and was produced by Brian Ahem.

Personnel:

  • Emmylou Harris – vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Brian Ahern – acoustic guitar, guitar, bass
  • Bruce Archer – acoustic guitar
  • Rick Cunha – acoustic guitar, guitar
  • James Burton – electric guitar, Gut-string guitar, dobro
  • Amos Garrett – electric guitar
  • Byron Berline – fiddle, mandolin
  • Herb Pedersen – acoustic guitar, 12-string guitar, banjo, backing vocals
  • Danny Pendleton – pedal steel
  • Ben Keith – pedal steel
  • Bernie Leadon – acoustic guitar, bass, banjo, dobro, backing vocals
  • Bill Payne – piano
  • Glen Hardin – piano, electric piano, string arrangements
  • Richard Greene – fiddle
  • Ricky Skaggs – fiddle, viola
  • Duke Bardwell – bass
  • Tom Guidera – bass
  • Ray Pohlman – bass
  • Ron Tutt – drums
  • Mark Cuff – drums
  • Linda Ronstadt – backing vocals
  • Fayssoux Starling – backing vocals
  • Nick DeCaro – string arrangements
  • Brian Ahern – engineer
  • Chris Skene – engineer
  • Paul Skene – engineer
  • Fran Tate – engineer
  • Stuart Taylor – engineer
  • Lisa Phillips – angel drawings

Track listing:

  1. Bluebird Wine – Rodney Crowell
  2. Too Far Gone – Billy Sherrill
  3. If I Could Only Win Your Love – Charlie Louvin, Ira Louvin
  4. Boulder to Birmingham – Emmylou Harris, Bill Danoff
  5. Before Believing – Danny Flowers
  6. The Bottle Let Me Down – Merle Haggard
  7. Sleepless Nights – Felice and Boudleaux Bryant
  8. Coat of Many Colors – Dolly Parton
  9. For No One – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
  10. Queen of the Silver Dollar – Shel Silverstein

The 5th Dimension: Love’s Lines, Angles And Rhymes

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On February 1, 1971, “Bell” label released “Love’s Lines, Angles and Rhymes”, the sixth 5th Dimension (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1970, at “Wally Heider” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Bones Howe.

Personnel:

  • Marilyn McCoo – lead and backing vocals
  • Florence LaRue – lead and backing vocals
  • Billy Davis Jr. – lead and backing vocals
  • Lamonte McLemore – backing vocals
  • Ron Townson – backing vocals
  • Dennis Budimir, Fred Tackett, Mike Deasy, Michael Anthony – guitar
  • Jimmy Rowles – piano
  • Larry Knechtel, Gary Illingworth – keyboards
  • Joe Osborn, Max Bennett – bass guitar
  • Hal Blaine – drums
  • Jack Arnold, Larry Bunker, Victor Feldman – percussion
  • Jim Horn, Tom Scott, Pete Christlieb, Lanny Morgan – saxophone
  • Bud Brisbois, Chuck Findley, Oliver Mitchell, Ray Triscari – trumpet
  • Lew McCreary, Bob Edmondson – trombone
  • Catherine Gothoffer – harp
  • The Sid Sharp String Section – strings

Track listing:

  1. Time and Love – Laura Nyro
  2. Love’s Lines, Angles and Rhymes – Dorothea Joyce
  3. What Does It Take – Harvey Fuqua, Johnny Bristol, Vernon Bullock
  4. Guess Who – Jesse Belvin, JoAnne Belvin
  5. Viva Tirado – Gerald Wilson, Norman Gimbel
  6. Light Sings – Gary William Friedman, Will Holt
  7. The Rainmaker – Bill Martin, Harry Nilsson
  8. He’s a Runner – Laura Nyro
  9. The Singer – Elliott Willensky, Lamonte McLemore
  10. Every Night – Paul McCartney n

John Mayall: The Sun Is Shining Down

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On January 28, 2022, “Forty Below Records” label released “The Sun Is Shining Down”, the final John Mayall studio album. It was recorded in 2021, at “Horse Latitudes” in Glendale, California, “Strawhorse Studios” and “Forty Bellow Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by John Mayall and Eric Corne.

Personnel:

  • John Mayall – vocals, guitar, Hammond B3, piano, electric piano, harmonica
  • Buddy Miller – vocal
  • Carolyn Wonderland – lead and rhythm guitar
  • Melvin Taylor – guitar
  • Mike Campbell – guitar
  • Billy Watts – rhythm guitar
  • Eric Corne – rhythm guitar, engineer, mixing
  • Jake Shimabukuro – ukulele
  • Greg Rzab – electric bass
  • Jay Davenport – drums
  • Ron Dziubla – saxophone
  • Mark Pender – trumpet
  • Richard A. Rosenberg – trombone
  • Scarlet Rivera (Donna Shea) – violin
  • Michael Dumas – engineer
  • Thomas Ross Johansen – engineer
  • Mark Chalecki – mastering
  • Anthony Wolch – artwork, creative director
  • Inaiah Lujan – design, layout
  • Shye Ronen – digital art
  • Cristina Arrigoni – back cover photography
  • Brad Silverberg – fine art photography
  • David Gomez – inside cover photography

Track listing:

All tracks by John Mayall, except where noted.

  1. Hungry and Ready
  2. Can’t Take No More
  3. I’m as Good as Gone – Bobby Rush
  4. Got to Find a Better Way
  5. Chills and Thrills – Bernard Allison
  6. One Special Lady
  7. A Quitter Never Wins – Tinsley Ellis, Margaret Sampson
  8. Deep Blue Sea
  9. Driving Wheel
  10. The Sun Is Shining Down

Black Sabbath: Seventh Star

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On January 28, 1986, “Warner Bros” label released “Seventh Star”, the twelfth Black Sabbath studio album. It was recorded June – August 1985, at “Cherokee” in Los Angeles, “Cheshire Sound” in Atlanta, and was produced by Jeff Glixman.

Personnel:

  • Glenn Hughes – vocals
  • Tony Iommi – guitars
  • Geoff Nicholls – keyboards
  • Dave “The Beast” Spitz – bass
  • Gordon Copley – bass
  • Eric Singer – drums

Track listing:

All lyrics by Tony Iommi, Glenn Hughes, Geoff Nicholls and Jeff Glixman, all lyrics by Tony Iommi.

  1. In for the Kill
  2. No Stranger to Love
  3. Turn to Stone
  4. Sphinx (The Guardian)
  5. Seventh Star
  6. Danger Zone
  7. Heart Like a Wheel
  8. Angry Heart
  9. In Memory

Better Oblivion Community Center: Same

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On January 24, 2019, “Dead Oceans” label released the self-titled, debut and only Better Oblivion Community Center album. It was recorded in 2018, at “Fivestar” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Phoebe Bridges, Conor Oberst and Andy LeMaster.

Personnel:

  • Phoebe Bridgers – vocals, guitar, electric piano, baritone guitar, photography
  • Conor Oberst – vocals, guitar, baritone guitar, piano, keyboards, , Whirly tube, photography
  • Christian Lee Hutson – guitar, EBow, tambourine, pocket piano
  • Nick Zinner – guitar
  • Nick White – keyboards
  • John Congleton – synthesizer, mixing
  • Nathaniel Walcott – synthesizer
  • Wylie Gelber – bass guitar
  • Anna Butterss – bass guitar, upright bass
  • Andy LeMaster – bass guitar, synthesizer, programming, pocket piano, mellotron, samples, engineer
  • Carla Azar – drums, percussion
  • Griffin Goldsmith – drums, percussion
  • Marshall Vore – percussion
  • Taylor Hollingsworth – sampled voice
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Nathaniel David Utesch – design, layout
  • Nik Freitas – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Phoebe Bridges and Conor Oberst, except where noted.

  1. Didn’t Know What I Was in For
  2. Sleepwalin’
  3. Dylan Thomas
  4. Service Road
  5. Exception to the Rule
  6. Chesapeake – Phoebe Bridges, Conor Oberst, Christian Lee Hutson
  7. My City
  8. Forest Lawn – Phoebe Bridges, Conor Oberst, Christian Lee Hutson
  9. Big Black Heart – Phoebe Bridges, Conor Oberst, Adam McIlweem Ben Walsh
  10. Dominos – Taylor Hollingsworth

Fidlar: Same

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On January 22, 2013, “Mom + Pop Music” label released the self-titled, debut Fidlar studio album. It was recorded in 2012, at “Shred Aloha Soundlabs” in Highland Park, in Los Angeles, and was produced by Zac Carper, Elvis Kuehn, Max Kuehn and Brandon Schwartzel.  

Personnel:

  • Zac Carper – vocals, guitar, recording, design
  • Elvis Kuehn – vocals, lead guitar, recording, design
  • Brandon Schwartzel – vocals, bass guitar, recording, design
  • Max Kuehn – drums, recording, design
  • Rob Schnapf – mixing
  • Milo Ward – artwork
  • Ryan Baxley – sleeve design
  • Alice Baxley – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Zachary Carper, Elvis Kuehn, Max Kuehn and Brandon Schwartzel, except where noted.  

  1. Cheap Beer
  2. Stoked and Broke
  3. White on White
  4. No Waves
  5. Whore
  6. Max Can’t Skate
  7. Blackout Stout
  8. Wake Bake Skate
  9. Gimmie Something
  10. 5 to 9
  11. LDA
  12. Paycheck
  13. Wait for the Man
  14. Cocaine – Reverend Gary Davis (followed by hidden track Cheap Cocaine)