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Frank Sinatra: No One Cares

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On July 20, 1959, “Capitol” label released “No One Cares”, the seventeenth Frank Sinatra album. It was recorded March – May 1959, at “Capitol Studio A” in Hollywood, and was produced by Dave Cavanaugh.

Personnel:

  • Frank Sinatra – vocals
  • Gordon Jenkins – arrangements, conductor

Track listing:

  1. When No One Cares – Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen
  2. A Cottage for Sale – Larry Conley, Willard Robinson
  3. Stormy Weather – Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler
  4. Where Did You Go – Arnold Sundgaard, Alec Wilder
  5. I Don’t Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You – Bing Crosby, Ned Washington, Victor Young
  6. Here’s That Rainy Day – Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen
  7. I Can’t Get Started – Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin
  8. Why Try to Change Me Now? – Cy Coleman, Joseph Allan McCarthy
  9. Just Friends – John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis
  10. I’ll Never Smile Again – Ruth Lowe
  11. None But the Lonely Heart – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Arthur Westbrook

Quincy Jones: Gula Matari

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In July 1970, “A&M” label released “Gula Matari”, the 20th Quincy Jones album. It was recorded March – May 1970, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey and was produced by Creed Taylor.

Personnel:

  • Quincy Jones – arrangements, conductor
  • Jerome Richardson – soprano saxophone
  • Pepper Adams – baritone saxophone
  • Danny Bank – bass and baritone saxophones
  • Freddie Hubbard, Danny Moore, Ernie Royal, Marvin Stamm, Gene Young – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Wayne Andre – trombone
  • Al Grey – trombone
  • Hubert Laws – flute
  • Toots Thielemans – guitar, whistle solo
  • Herbie Hancock, Bob James, Bobby Scott – keyboards
  • Ray Brown – bass
  • Ron Carter – bass
  • Richard Davis – bass
  • Major Holley – voice solo, bass
  • Grady Tate – drums
  • Don Elliott – bass marimba
  • Jimmy Johnson, Warren Smith – percussion
  • Milt Jackson – vibes
  • Seymour Barab, Kermit Moore, Lucien Schmit, Alan Shulman – cello
  • Valerie Simpson, Marilyn Jackson, Maretha Stewart, Barbara Massey, Hilda Harris – vocals
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
  • Pete Turner – photography

Track listing

  1. Bridge over Troubled Water – Paul Simon
  2. Gula Matari – Quincy Jones
  3. Walkin’ – Jimmy Mundy, Richard Carpenter
  4. Hummin’ – Nat Adderley

George Benson Quartet: It’s Uptown

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In July 1966, “Columbia” label released “It’s Uptown”, album by George Benson Quartet (second George Benson studio album overall). It was recorded February – March 1966, and was produced by John Hammond.

Personnel:

  • George Benson – vocals, guitar
  • Ronnie Cuber – baritone saxophone
  • Bennie Green – trombone
  • Lonnie Smith – organ
  • Jimmy Lovelace – drums
  • Ray Lucas – drums
  • Blue Mitchell – trumpet
  • Charlie Persip – drums
  • Don Hunstein – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by George Benson, except where noted.

  1. Clockwise
  2. Summertime – DuBose Heyward, George Gershwin
  3. Ain’t That Peculiar – Mary Tarplin, Bobby Rogers, Smokey Robinson, Pete Moore
  4. Jaguar
  5. Willow Weep for Me – Ann Ronnell
  6. A Foggy Day – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
  7. Hello Bride
  8. Bullfight
  9. Stormy Weather – Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler
  10. Eternally
  11. Myna Bird Blues

Charles Lloyd: Dream Waver

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In July 1966, “Atlantic” label released “Dream Weaver”, the third Charles Lloyd album. It was recorded in March 1966, and was produced by Arif Mardin and George Avakian.

Personnel:

  • Charles Lloyd – tenor saxophone, flute
  • Keith Jarrett – piano
  • Cecil McBee – bass
  • Jack DeJohnette – drums
  • Phil Lehle – engineer
  • Marvin Israel – design
  • Charles Stewart – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Charles Lloyd, except where noted.

  1. Autumn Sequence: Autumn Prelude/Autumn Leaves/Autumn Echo – Joseph Kosma, Johnny Mercer, Jacques Prévert, Charles Lloyd
  2. Dream Weaver: Meditation/Dervish Dance
  3. Bird Flight
  4. Love Ship
  5. Sombrero Sam

David Sylvian & Robert Fripp: The First Day

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On July 5, 1993, “Virgin” label released “The First Day”, album by David Sylvian and Robert Fripp. It was recorded December 1992 – March 1993, at “Dreamland” in Hurley, New York, “Kingsway Studios” in New Orleans, Louisiana. And was produced by David Sylvian and David Botrill.

Personnel:

  • David Sylvian – vocals, guitars, keyboards, tapes
  • Robert Fripp – guitar, Frippertronics
  • Trey Gunn – vocals, chapman stick
  • Ingrid Chavez – vocals
  • Jerry Marotta – drums, percussion
  • Marc Anderson – percussion
  • David Bottrill – treatments, sampled percussion, computer programming, engineer
  • Richard Chadwick – recording co-ordination
  • Natasha White – recording co-ordination assistant
  • Dan McLoughlin, John Yates, Mark Glass, Trina Shoemaker – engineer assistant
  • Catherine McRae – design co-ordination
  • Dave Coppenhall, Vaughan Oliver – design
  • Kevin Westenberg – photography
  • John Sinks – technical and strategic Liaison

Track listing:

All lyrics by David Sylvian, all music by Robert Fripp, Trey Gunn and David Sylvian, except where noted.

  1. God’s Monkey – Robert Fripp, Trey Gunn, David Sylvian, David Bottrill
  2. Jean the Birdman
  3. Firepower
  4. Brightness Falls
  5. 20th Century Dreaming (A Shaman’s Song)
  6. Darshan (The Road to Graceland) – Robert Fripp, Trey Gunn, David Sylvian, David Bottrill
  7. Bringing Down the Light – Robert Fripp

Spirogyra: Old Boot Wine

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In June 1972, “Metronome” label released “Old Boot Wine”, the second Spirogyra album. It was recorded February – March 1972, at “Morgan Studios” in Willesden, London, and was produced by Max Hole.

  • Barbara Gaskin – vocals, arrangements
  • Martin Cockerham – vocals, acoustic guitar, arrangements
  • Mark Francis – vocals, electric guitar, keyboards, arrangements
  • Steve Borrill – bass guitar, arrangements
  • Julian Cusack – keyboards, violin, arrangements
  • Rick Biddulph – mandolin, dormobile
  • Alan Laing – cello
  • Dave Mattacks – drums
  • Robin Black – engineer, mixing
  • Pete Rhodes – painting, design, photography
  • Tonstudio Pfanz – lacquer cut


Track listing:

All tracks by Martin Cockerharn, except where noted.

  1. Dangerous Dave
  2. Van Allen’s Belt
  3. Runaway – Steve Borrill
  4. Grandad
  5. Wings of Thunder
  6. Don’t Let It Get You
  7. Disraeli’s Problem – Steve Borrill
  8. A Canterbury Tale

Black Sabbath: Forbidden

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On June 5, 1995, “I.R.S.” label released “Forbidden”, the eighteenth Black Sabbath studio album. It was recorded December 1994 – March 1985, at “Parr Street” in Liverpool, “Devonshire Sound” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Ernie C.

Personnel:

  • Tony Martin – vocals
  • Tony Iommi – guitars
  • Geoff Nicholls – keyboards
  • Neil Murray – bass
  • Cozy Powell – drums
  • Ice-T – additional vocals
  • Ernie C – engineer,mixing
  •  Bobby Brooks – engineer, mixing
  • Andrea Wright, Phill Luff – engineer assistant
  • Geoff Pesche – mastering

Track listing:

All lyrics by Tony Martin, except where noted, all music by Tony Martin, Geoff Nicholls, Neil Murray, Cozy Powell and Tony Iommi.

  1. The Illusion of Power – lyrics by Tony Martin, Ice-T
  2. Get a Grip
  3. Can’t Get Close Enough
  4. Shaking Off the Chains
  5. I Won’t Cry for You
  6. Guilty as Hell
  7. Sick and Tired
  8. Rusty Angels
  9. Forbidden
  10. Kiss of Death

Casiopea: Same

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On May 25, 1979, “Alfa” label released the self-titled, debut Casiopea album. It was recorded December 1978 – March 1979, at “Studio A” in Tokyo, “Power Station” in New York City, and was produced by Kunihiko Murai, Syoro Kawazoe, Shinji Sawada  and Kazusuke Obi.

Personnel:

  • Issei Noro – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, arrangements
  • Minoru Mukaiya – Fender Rhodes piano, acoustic piano, Yamaha SK-20, Yamaha Electone EX-1, vibraphone
  • Tetsuo Sakurai – 1974 Natural Finish Fender Jazz bass guitar
  • Takashi Sasaki – drums
  • Randy Brecker – trumpet
  • Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone
  • David Sanborn – alto saxophone
  • Tomato Strings Ensemble – strings
  • Jun Fukamachi – horn arrangements
  • Hiroki Inul – string arrangements
  • Al Schmitt, Norio Yoshizawa, Yasuhiko Terada – recording
  • Neil Dorfsman – recording
  • Mitsuo Koike – engineer assistant
  • James Farber – engineer assistant
  • Yasuhiko Terada – mixing
  • Toshikuni Okubo – illustration
  • Shigeru Wada – photography
  • Kunihiko Murai, Syoro Kawazoe – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Issei Noro.

  1. Time Limit
  2. Tears of the Star
  3. Space Road
  4. Midnight Rendezvous
  5. Far Away
  6. Swallow
  7. Dream Hill
  8. Black Joke

Flamengo: Chicken In A Watch

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In May 1972, “Supraphon” label released “Chicken in a Watch”, the only Flamengo studio album. It was recorded October 1971 – March 1972, at Prague studio in Dejvice, and was produced by Hynek Zalcik.

Personnel:

  • Pavel Fořt – guitars, choir vocals
  • Ivan Khunt – vocals, organ, choir singing
  • Jan Kubík – tenor saxophone, flute, clarinet, alto saxophone, choir singing
  • Vladimír Kulhánek – bass guitar, choir vocals
  • Vladimír Mišík – vocals, conga, guitar
  • Jaroslav Erno Šedivý – drums
  • Petr Král – tenor saxophone
  • Vladimír Hruška – baritone saxophone
  • Ilja Bartošek – guitar
  • Karel Velebny – vibraphone
  • Pavel Fořt – arrangements
  • Václav Hybš – orchestra conductor

Track listing:

  1. Chicken in a Watch (introduction) – Jan Kubik
  2. Frame of Future Paintings – Josef Kainar, Vladimír Mišík
  3. Only Love Knows Where – Pavel Fořt , Ivan Khunt , Jan Kubík, Vladimir Kulhánek , Vladimir Mišík, Josef Ředivý, Josef Kainar
  4. Me and the Smoke – Vladimir Mišík, Josef Kainar
  5. Wait a Minute – Jan Kubík, Josef Kainar
  6. A Few Centuries – Vladimir Mišík, Josef Kainar
  7. Docks, Trains, Hunger and Shoes – Jan Kubík, Josef Kainar
  8. Still Going On – Ivan Khunt , Jan Kubík, Vladimir Kulhánek, Hynek Žalčík
  9. Chicken in a Watch – Jan Kubík, Josef Kainar

Dorothy Ashby: Dorothy’s Harp

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In May 1969, “Cadet” label released “Dorothy’s Harp”, the ninth Dorothy Ashby album. It was recorded in March 1969, at “Ter Mar Studios” in Chicago, and was produced by Richard Evans.

Personnel:

  • Dorothy Ashby – harp
  • Odell Brown – electric piano
  • Lennie Druss – flute, oboe
  • Stu Black – engineer
  • Randy Harter – design
  • Jeff Lowenthal – photography

Track listing:

  1. By the Time I Get to Phoenix – Jimmy Webb
  2. Canto De Ossanha – Baden Powell, Vinicius De Moraes
  3. Love Is Blue – André Popp, Bryan Blackburn
  4. Reza – Edu Lobo, Ruy Guerra
  5. This Girl’s In Love with You – Burt Bacharach, Hal David
  6. Truth Spoken Here – Richard Evans
  7. Tornado – Richard Evans
  8. The Windmills of Your Mind – Alan and Marilyn Bergman, Michael Legrand
  9. Cause I Need It – Dorothy Ashby
  10. Just Had to Tell Somebody – Dorothy Ashby
  11. Fool on the Hill – John Lennon, Paul McCartney