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Parliament: Live: P-Funk Earth Tour

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On May 5, 1977, “Casablanca” label released “Live: P-Funk Earth Tour”, the first Parliament live album. It was recorded in January 1977, at “Oakland Coliseum Arena” and “Los Angeles Forum”, and was produced by George Clinton.

Personnel:

  • George Clinton, Calvin Simon, Fuzzy Haskins, Raymond Davis, Grady Thomas, Garry Shider, Glenn Goins, Debbie Wright, Jeanette Washington – vocals
  • Garry Shider, Michael Hampton, Glen Goins, Eddie Hazel – guitar
  • Bernie Worrell – keyboards, synthesizers
  • Cordell Mosson, Bootsy Collins – bass
  • Jerome Brailey – drums, percussion
  • Fred Wesley, Maceo Parker, Rick Gardner, Richard Griffith – horns
  • Lynn Mabry, Dawn Silva, Gary Cooper – extra-singing Clones 
  • Michael Hampton – lead snore
  • Bernie Worrell, Fred Wesley – horn arrangements
  • Bootsy Collins, George Clinton – rhythm arrangements

Track listing:

  1. P-Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up)
  2. Dr. Funkenstein’s Supergroovalisticprosifunkstication Medley
  3. Do That Stuff
  4. The Landing (Of the Holy Mothership)
  5. The Undisco Kidd (The Girl Is Bad!)
  6. Children of Production
  7. Mothership Connection (Star Child)
  8. Swing Down, Sweet Chariot
  9. This Is the Way We Funk with You
  10. Dr. Funkenstein
  11. Gamin’ On Ya!
  12. Tear the Roof Off the Sucker Medley
  13. Night of the Thumpasorus People
  14. Fantasy Is Reality

The P-Funk All Stars: Urban Dancefloor Guerillas

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In December 1983, “Uncle Jam” label released “Urban Dancefloor Guerillas”, the debut P-Funk All-Stars (The) studio album. It was recorded 1982 – 1983, and was produced by George Clinton, Garry Shider, Walter Morrison, Sylvester Stewart and Bootsy Collins.

Personnel:

  • George Clinton
  • Bootsy Collins
  • Norma Jean Bell
  • Muruga Booker
  • Greg Boyer
  • Kenny Colton
  • Gary “Mudbone” Cooper
  • Benny Cowan
  • Janice Evans
  • Ron Ford
  • Mallia Franklin
  • Jimmy Giles
  • Richard Griffith
  • Michael Hampton
  • Larry Hatcher
  • Shirley Hayden
  • Eddie Hazel
  • Sheila Horne
  • Robert “P-Nut” Johnson
  • Jerry Jones
  • Lynn Mabry
  • Jeanette McGruder
  • DeWayne “Blackbyrd” McKnight
  • Walter “Junie” Morrison
  • Maceo Parker
  • Michael “Clip” Payne
  • Dean Ragland
  • Garry Shider
  • Linda Shider
  • David Spradley
  • Donnie Sterling
  • Sly Stone
  • Cynthia Robinson
  • Greg Thomas
  • Tony Thomas
  • Fred Wesley
  • Bobby Womack
  • Debbie Wright
  • Philippé Wynne

Track listing:

  1. Generator Pop – George Clinton, Garry Shider, David Spradley
  2. Acupuncture – DeWayne McKnight, George Clinton, W. Walters
  3. One Of Those Summers – George Clinton, Walter Morrison
  4. Catch A Keeper – George Clinton, Donny Sterling, Sylvester Stewart
  5. Pumpin’ It Up – Garry Shider, G. Shider, Bob Bishop, Ron Ford
  6. Copy Cat – David Spradley, Lashawn Clinton, Garry Shider
  7. Hydraulic Pump – George Clinton, Sylvester Stewart, Jimmy Giles, Ron Ford
  8. Pumpin’ It Up (reprise) – Garry Shider, G. Shider, Bob Bishop, Ron Ford

James Brown: Say It Loud I’m Black and I’m Proud

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In March 1969, “King” label released “Say It Loud I’m Black and I’m Proud”, the 23rd James Brown studio album. It was recorded August – October 1968, and was produced by James Brown.

Personnel:

  • James Brown – lead vocal
  • Bobby Byrd – vocal, organ
  • Jimmy Nolen – guitar
  • Carl Lynch – guitar
  • Wally Richardson – guitar
  • Eddie Setser – guitar
  • Alfonzo Kellum – guitar
  • Troy Seals – guitar
  • Ernie Hayes – piano
  • Tim hedding – piano
  • Maceo Parker – saxophone
  • St. Clair Pinkney – saxophone
  • Pee Wee Ellis – saxophone
  • Les Asch – saxophone
  • Heywood Henry – saxophone
  • David Parkinson – saxophone
  • Waymon Reed – trumpet
  • Ron Geisman – trumpet
  • Richard Griffith – trumpet
  • Joe Dupars – trumpet
  • Dud Nascomb – trumpet
  • Johnny Grimes – trumpet
  • Fred Wesley – trombone
  • Sweet Charles Sherrell – bass
  • Bernard Odum – bass
  • Al Lucas – bass
  • Ken Tibbetts – bass
  • Clyde Stubblefield – drums
  • Bernard Purdie – drums
  • John Jabo Starks – drums
  • William Beau Dollar Bowman – drums
  • Charles Libeve, Harry Katzman, Harry Malnikoff, Marion Cuabo, Matt Raimondi, Nick Hardone, Sam Ram, Selwart Clarke, Sid Ewards, Winston Collymore – strings
  • Sammy Lowe – arrangements, conductor
  • Dave Garrison – engineer
  • Bud Hobgood – supervision

Track listing:

All tracks by James Brown, except where noted.

  1. Say It Loud – I’m Black and I’m Proud – James Brown, Alfred Ellis
  2. I Guess I’ll Have to Cry, Cry, Cry
  3. Goodbye My Love, Pts. 1 & 2
  4. Shades of Brown = Bud Hobgood
  5. Licking Stick, Pt. 1
  6. I Love You – James Brown, Clyde Stubblefield, Alfonzo Kellum
  7. Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye – John D. Loudermilk
  8. Let Them Talk – Sonny Thompson
  9. Maybe I’ll Understand – James Brown, Bud Hobgood
  10. I’ll Lose My Mind – James Brown, Bud Hobgood, Bobby Byrd

Ani DiFranco: To the Teeth

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On November 16, 1999, “Righteous Babe” released “To the Teeth”, the tenth Ani DiFranco studio album. It was recorded in 1999, and was produced by Ani DiFranco.

Personnel:

  • Ani DiFranco – vocals, organ, acoustic, tenor and baritone guitar, banjo, bass, piano, drums, electric guitar, triangle, steel drums, bells, megaphone, mixing
  • Prince – vocals
  • Julie Wolf – vocals, organ, piano, accordion, clavinet, melodica, Fender Rhodes, Wurlitzer
  • Kurt Swinghammer – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Jason Mercer – banjo, upright and electric bass
  • Daren Hahn – drums, turntables
  • Maceo Parker – flute, saxophone
  • Irvin Mayfield – trumpet
  • Mark Mullins – trombone
  • Brian Wolf – trombone, trumpet, tuba
  • Corey Parker – rapping
  • Kingsway Clap, Stomp Corps – clapping
  • Goat Boy – engineer, photography
  • Ethan Allen – engineer assistant
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Cheryl Neary – design
  • Patty Wallace – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Ani DiFranco.

  1. To the Teeth
  2. Soft Shoulder
  3. Wish I May
  4. Freakshow
  5. Going Once
  6. Hello Birmingham
  7. Back Back Back
  8. Swing
  9. Carry You Around
  10. Cloud Blood
  11. The Arrivals Gate
  12. Providence
  13. I Know This Bar

10.000 Maniacs: Our Time in Eden

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On September 29, 1992, “Elektra” label released “Our Time in Eden”, the fifth 10,000 Maniacs studio album. It was recorded July 1991 – May 1992, at “Bearsville Studios” in Bearsville, New York, and was produced by Paul Fox.

Personnel:

  • Natalie Merchant – vocals, piano
  • Dennis Drew – Hammond organ, piano, keyboards, accordion
  • Robert Buck – acoustic and electric guitars, electric sitar, banjo, pedal and lap steel guitars, mandocello
  • Steven Gustafson – bass guitar
  • Jerome Augustyniak – drums, percussion
  • Paulinho Da Costa – percussion
  • Ralph Morrison – violin
  • Bruce Dukov – violin
  • Mary Ramsey – violin, viola
  • Pamela Goldsmith – viola
  • Larry Corbett – cello
  • Charles Fleischer – harmonica
  • Kim Laskowski – bassoon
  • Atsuko Sato – bassoon
  • James Brown – horns
  • Alfred “Pee Wee” Ellis – tenor saxophone
  • Maceo Parker – alto saxophone
  • Fred Wesley – trombone
  • Paul Buckmaster – string quartet arranger, conductor
  • Ed Thacker – engineer, mixing
  • Michael Reiter – second engineer
  • Scott Blockland – mixing (second engineer)
  • Stephen Marcussen – mastering
  • Frank Olinsky, Miss Merchant – package design
  • Rob Marinissen – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Natalie Merchant except where noted.

  1. Noah’s Dove
  2. These Are Days – Robert Buck, Natalie Merchant
  3. Eden – Jerome Augustyniak, Dennis Drew, Steven Gustafson, Robert Buck, Natalie Merchant
  4. Few and Far Between
  5. Stockton Gala Days – Jerome Augustyniak, Dennis Drew, Steven Gustafson, Robert Buck, Natalie Merchant
  6. Gold Rush Brides – Robert Buck, Natalie Merchant
  7. Jezebel
  8. How You’ve Grown
  9. Candy Everybody Wants – Dennis Drew, Natalie Merchant
  10. Tolerance
  11. Circle Dream – Jerome Augustyniak, Dennis Drew, Steven Gustafson, Robert Buck, Natalie Merchant
  12. If You Intend
  13. I’m Not the Man

Pee Wee Ellis

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On September 24, 2021, Alfred James Ellis aka Pee Wee Ellis died aged 80. He was musician (soprano, alto, tenor and baritone saxophone, flute, keyboards), arranger and composer, worked as musical director and arranger with George Benson, Hank Crawford and Esther Phillips. Ellis recorded and performed with David Liebman, Jack McDuff, Rebirth Brass Band, Shirley Scott, Sonny Stitt, Leon Thomas, Van Morrison, Ginger Baker’s jazz Confusion, The JB Horns, Maceo Parker, Brass Fever, Ali Farka Touré and The Dapps, but was best known as longtime collaborator of James Brown. He co-wrote and recorded some of Brown’s best-known songs like “Say It Loud – I’m Black and I’m Proud” and “Cold Sweat”. As leader Ellis released 13 albums.

James Brown: Out of Sight

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In September 1964, “Smash Records” label released “Out of Sight”, the ninth James Brown studio album. It was recorded in 1964, and was produced by James Brown.

Personnel:

  • James Brown – vocals
  • Bobby Byrd – organ, backing vocals
  • Ernie Hayes – piano, organ
  • Les Buie – guitar
  • Billy Butler – guitar
  • Wallace Richardson – guitar
  • Lucas Fats Gonder – organ
  • Bernard Odum – bass
  • Sam Thomas – bass
  • Al Lucas – bass
  • David “Panama” Francis – drums
  • Melvin Parker – drums
  • Nat Kendrick – drums
  • Nat Jones – alto saxophone
  • George Dorsey – alto saxophone
  • Haywood Henry – baritone saxophone
  • Maceo Parker – baritone saxophone
  • Jerome Richardson – tenor saxophone
  • Sam “The Man” Taylor – tenor saxophone
  • Seldon Powell – tenor saxophone
  • Al Brisco Clark – tenor saxophone
  • Eldde Williams – tenor saxophone
  • St. Clair Pinckney – tenor saxophone
  • Joe Dupars – trumpet
  • McKinley Johnson – trumpet
  • Ron Tooley – trumpet
  • Teddy Washington – trumpet
  • Richard Harris – trombone
  • Wilmer Milton – trombone
  • New York Studio Orchestra
  • New York Studio Chorus
  • Sammy Lowe – conductor, arranger
  • Eugen “Baby Lloyd” Stallworth, Bobby Bennett – backing vocals

Track listing:

  1. Out of Sight – Ted Wright
  2. Come Rain or Come Shine – Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer
  3. Good Rockin’ Tonight – Roy Brown
  4. Till Then – Eddie Seiler, Guy Wood, Sol Marcus
  5. Nature Boy – Eden Ahbez
  6. I Wanna be Around – Johnny Mercer, Sadie Vimmerstedt
  7. I Got You – Ted Wright
  8. Maybe the Last Time – Ted Wright
  9. Mona Lisa – Jay Livingston, Ray Evans
  10. I Love You, Porgy – George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward
  11. Only You – Ande Rand, Buck Ram
  12. Somethin’ Else – Ted Wright

Johnny Hammond: The Prophet

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In December 1972, “Kudu” label released “The Prophet”, the 28th Johnny Hammond album. It was recorded in November 1972, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.

Personnel:

  • Johnny Hammond Smith – organ
  • John Eckert, Jon Faddis, Marvin Stamm – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Wayne Andre, Dick Griffin – trombone
  • Tony Studd – bass trombone
  • Jerry Dodgion, Maceo Parker – tenor saxophone
  • Pepper Adams, Cecil Payne – baritone saxophone
  • Eric Gale – guitar
  • Ron Carter – bass
  • Billy Cobham – drums
  • Airto Moreira – percussion
  • Andrew Primus – steel drum
  • Pee Wee Ellis – arranger, conductor, electric piano, melodica
  • Carl Carldwell, Lani Groves, Tasha Thomas – vocals 
  • Buddy Lucas – harmonica 
  • Hubert Laws – flute
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Johnny “Hammond” Smith except where noted

  1. Prophet – Alfred Ellis
  2. Tomorrow Belongs to the Children – Bob Gundry
  3. Witchy Woman – Bernie Leadon, Don Henley
  4. Thunder and Lightning – Chi Coltrane
  5. Stand Behind Me – Carole King
  6. Corner of the Sky – Stephen Schwartz

Bryan Ferry: Avonmore

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On November 17, 2014, “BMG Rights Management” label released “Avonmore”, the fifteenth Bryan Ferry studio album. It was recorded in 2014, and was produced by Bryan Ferry, Rhett Davies, Johnson Somerset, and Todd Terje.

Personnel:

  • Bryan Ferry – vocals, keyboards
  • Johnny Marr, Nile Rodgers, Neil Hubbard, Oliver Thompson, Chris Spedding, David Williams, Steve Jones, Jacob Quistgaard – guitar
  • Colin Good – piano
  • Paul Beard – keyboards
  • Maceo Parker – alto saxophone
  • Iain Dixon, Robert Fowler, Richard White – saxophone
  • Marcus Miller, Guy Pratt, Flea, Neil Jason – bass
  • Tara Ferry, Andy Newmark, Cherisse Osei – drums
  • Cherisse Osei – percussion
  • Frank Ricotti – percussions
  • John Moody – oboe
  • Richard White – saxophone
  • Enrico Tomass –  trumpet
  • Fonzi Thornton, Laura Mann, Emily Panic, Hannah Khemoh, Jodie Scantlebury, Bobbie Gordon – backing vocals
  • Todd Terje –  programming, synth

Track listing:

All tracks by Bryan Ferry, except where noted.

  1. Loop De Li
  2. Midnight Train
  3. Soldier of Fortune – Brian Ferry, Johnny Marr
  4. Drivig Me Wild
  5. A Special Kind of Guy
  6. Avonmore – Bryan Ferry, Oliver Thompson
  7. Lost
  8. One Night Stand
  9. Send in the Clowns – Stephen Sondheim
  10. Johnny and Mary – Robert Palmer

James Brown: It’s a New Day – Let a Man Come In

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In June 1970, ‘King” label released “It’s a New Day – Let a Man Come In”, the 29th James Brown studio album. It was recorded 1969 – 1970, at “King Studios” in Cincinnati, Ohio, “Paramount Studios” in Los Angels, “Galo Studios” in NY, “Criteria Studios” in Miami, “Harmony Studios” in Los Angels, and was produced by James Brown.

Personnel:

  • James Brown – vocal
  • Wallace Richardson – guitar
  • Alfonzo Kellum – guitar
  • Kenny Poole – guitar
  • Jimmy Nolen – guitar
  • Don Rand – organ
  • Nat Jones – piano, drums
  • James Vaughan – piano
  • St – Clair Pinckney – bass
  • Bob West – bass
  • Sweet’ Charles Sherrell – electric bass
  • Bernard Purdie – drums
  • John Starks – drums
  • Clyde Stubbelfield – drums
  • Melvin Parker – drums
  • Ben Barrett – drums
  • Beau Dollar – drums
  • Maceo Parker – alto saxophone
  • Pee Wee Ellis – alto saxophone
  • Fred Wesley – trombone
  • Eldee Williams – trumpet
  • Joe Davis – trumpet
  • Allen De Rienzo – trumpet
  • Conte Candoli – trumpet
  • Paula Hibbs-Rines – trumpet
  • Richard Griffith – trumpet
  • Waymon Reed – trumpet
  • Henry Sigismonti – French horn
  • William Hinshaw – French horn
  • Sammy Lowe – arranger, conductor
  • Nat Jones – conductor
  • David K. Mathews – orchestration
  • Ron Lenhoff – engineer
  • Bud Hobgood – editing
  • Ron Lenhoff – editing
  • Dan Quest Studio – design

Track listing:

All tracks by James Brown, except where noted.

  1. It’s a New Day, Pts. 1 & 2
  2. Let a Man Come In and Do the Popcorn Pts. 1 & 2
  3. World Pts. 1 & 2
  4. Georgia On My Mind – Hoagy Carmichael, Stuart Gorrell
  5. It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World
  6. Give It Up or Turn It a Loose – Charles Bobbit
  7. If I Ruled the World – Cyril Ornadel, Leslie Bricusse
  8. The Man in the Glass Pt. 1 – Bub Hobgood
  9. I’m Not Demanding Pt. 1 – James Brown, Bub Hobgood