On November 9, 1951, “MGM” label released “Hank Williams Sings”, the debut Hank Williams album. It was recorded in December 1946, April – November 1947, March – August 1949, and was produced by Fred Rose.
Personnel:
Hank Williams -vocals, guitar
Zeb Turner – lead guitar
Zeke Turner – lead guitar
Jerry Byrd – steel guitar
Don Davis – steel guitar
Dale “Smokey” Lohman – steel guitar
Louis Innis – bass, rhythm guitar
Jack Shook – rhythm guitar
James “Guy” Willis – guitar
Tommy Jackson – fiddle
Dale Potter – fiddle
Charles “Skeeter” Willis – fiddle
Chubby Wise – fiddle
Ernie Newton – bass
Bronson “Brownie” Reynolds – bass
Velma Williams Smith – bass
Charles “Indian” Wright – bass
Track listing:
Lost Highway – Leon Payne
I’ve Just Told Mama Goodbye – Slim Sweet, Curley Kinsey
On October 29, 2013, “It Books” label released “Purgatory/Paradise”, the ninth Throwing Muses studio album. It was recorded March – July 2013, and was produced by Kristin Hersh, Bernard Georges and David Narcizo.
Personnel:
Kristin Hersh – vocals, guitars, piano
Bernard Georges – bass guitar
David Narcizo – drums, percussion, art direction, design
In October 1973, “RCA” label released “Pretty Much Your Standard Ranch Stash”, the sixth Michael Nesmith album. It was recorded in March 1973, and was produced by Michael Nesmith.
Personnel:
Michael Nesmith – vocals, acoustic rhythm 12-string guitar
Jay Lacy – electric guitar
Dr. Robert K. Warford – electric guitar, banjo
Red Rhodes – pedal steel, dobro
David Barry – piano
Billy Graham – bass, fiddle
Danny Lane – drums, percussion
Track listing:
Continuing – Michael Nesmith
Some of Shelly’s Blues – Michael Nesmith
Release – Michael Nesmith
Winonah – Michael Nesmith, Linda Hargrove, James Miner
Born to Love You – Cindy Walker
The Back Porch and a Fruit Jar Full of Iced Tea
The F.F.V – traditional, arranged by Michael Nesmith
On October 26, 1964, “Columbia” label released “Bitter Tears: Ballads of the American Indian”, the 13th Johnny Cash album. It was recorded March – June 1964, and was produced by Frank Jones and Dom Law. In 2010, the “Western Writers of America” chose “The Ballad of Ira Hayes” as one of the “Top 100 Western songs of all time”.
Personnel:
Johnny Cash – vocals, guitar
Luther Perkins, Norman Blake, Bob Johnson – guitar
On October 22, 1976, “Rocket Record Company” label released “Blue Moves”, the eleventh Elton John studio album. It was recorded March – June 1976, at “EMI” in London, “Brother” in Santa Monica, California, “Sunset Sound” in Los Angeles, “eastern Sound” in Toronto, Canada, and was produced by Gus Dudgeon.
Personnel:
Elton John – vocals, acoustic piano, vocalese, harmonium, harpsichord
Davey Johnstone – mandolin, acoustic and electric guitar, slide guitar, dulcimer, sitar
Caleb Quaye – acoustic and electric guitar, 12-string guitar
James Newton Howard – synthesizers, Fender Rhodes, Hammond organ, mellotron, clavinet
Carl Fortina – accordion
Ray Cooper – glockenspiel, marimba, gong, tambourine, vibraphone, bells, shaker, triangle, finger cymbals, congas, rototom
Kenny Passarelli – bass guitar
Roger Pope – drums
David Sanborn – saxophone
Michael Brecker – saxophone
Randy Brecker – trumpet
Barry Rogers – trombone
The Martyn Ford Orchestra – strings, brass
Michael Hurwitz – cello
The London Symphony Orchestra – strings
The Cornerstone Institutional Baptist Church and the Southern California Community Choir – choirs
David Crosby – backing vocals
Curt Becher – backing vocals, BGV arrangements
Bruce Johnston – backing vocals, BGV arrangements
Jon Joyce – backing vocals
Ron Hicklin – backing vocals
Gene Morford – backing vocals
Graham Nash – backing vocals
Toni Tennille – backing vocals
Cindy Bullens – backing vocals
Clark Burroughs – backing vocals
Joe Chemay – backing vocals
The Gene Page Strings – strings
Richard Studt – strings and brass leader
Harry Bluestone – strings leader
Paul Buckmaster – strings and brass arrangements, conductor
Rev. James Cleveland – choir director
Daryl Dragon – BGV arrangements
Arun Chakraverty, Mark Howlett, John Kurlander, Earle Mankey, John Stewart – engineer
Gus Dudheon – engineer, remix, liner notes
Arun Chakraverty – cutting engineer
David Costa – art direction and coordination
Patrick Procktor – painting
David Nutter – photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Elton John and Bernie Taupin, except where noted.
Your Starter for…-Caleb Quaye
Tonight
One Horse Town – Elton John, Bernie Taupin, James Newton Howard
In October 1968, “Blue Note” label released “Speak Like a Child”, the sixth Herbie Hancock album. It was recorded in March 1968, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Duke Pearson.
In October 1965, “Atlantic” label released “And Then Again”, the sixth Elvin Jones album. It was recorded February – March 1965, and was produced by Nesuhi Ertegun.
In October 1961, “Candid” label released “Out Front”, the fourth Booker Little album. It was recorded March – April 1961, at “Nola’s Penthouse Sound Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Nat Hentoff.
Personnel:
Booker Little – trumpet
Eric Dolphy – alto saxophone, bass clarinet, flute
In October 1957, “Contemporary” label released “The Poll Winners”, album by Barney Kessel, Shelly Manne and Ray Brown. It was recorded in March 1957, at “Contemporary Records Studio” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Lester Koenig.
Personnel:
Barney Kessel – guitar
Ray Brown – bass
Shelly Manne – drums
Track listing:
Jordu – Duke Jordan
Satin Doll – Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, Johnny Mercer
It Could Happen to You – Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke
Mean to Me – Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk
Don’t Worry ‘Bout Me – Rube Bloom, Ted Koehler
On Green Dolphin Street – Bronisław Kaper, Ned Washington
You Go to My Head – J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie
In October 1959, “United Artists” label released “Sliding Easy”, the sixth Curtis Fuller album. It was recorded in March 1959, at “Nola’s Penthouse Sound Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Tom Wilson.
Personnel:
Curtis Fuller – trombone
Hank Mobley – tenor saxophone
Lee Morgan – trumpet
Tommy Flanagan – piano
Paul Chambers – bass
Elvin Jones – drums
Benny Golson – arrangements
Gigi Gryce – arrangements
Track listing:
All tracks by Curtis Fuller, except where noted.
Bit of Heaven
Down Home
I Wonder Where Our Love Has Gone – Buddy Johnson
Bongo Bop – Charlie Parker
When Lights Are Low – Benny Carter, Spencer Williams
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