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Aerosmith: Toys In The Attic

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On April 8, 1975, “Columbia” label released “Toys in the Attic”, the third Aerosmith studio album. It was recorded January – March 1975, at “Record Plant” in New York City, and was produced by Jack Douglas.

Personnel:

  • Steven Tyler – vocals, keyboards, harmonica, percussion
  • Joe Perry – lead guitar, acoustic and rhythm guitar, slide guitar, talkbox, backing vocals, percussion
  • Brad Whitford – rhythm guitar, lead guitar, coda solo
  • Tom Hamilton – bass guitar, rhythm guitar
  • Joey Kramer – drums, percussion
  • Scott Cushnie – piano 
  • Jay Messina – bass marimba 
  • Mike Mainieri – orchestra conductor
  • Jay Messina – engineer
  • Rod O’Brien, Corky Stasiak, Dave Thoener – engineer assistant
  • Doug Sax – mastering
  • Pacific Eye & Ear – design
  • Ingrid Haenke – illustration
  • Bob Belott – photography

Track listing:

  1. Toys in the Attic – Steven Tyler, Joe Perry
  2. Uncle Salty – Steven Tyler, Tom Hamilton
  3. Adam’s Apple – Steven Tyler
  4. Walk This Way – Steven Tyler, Joe Perry
  5. Big Ten Inch Record – Fred Weismantel
  6. Sweet Emotion – Steven Tyler, Tom Hamilton
  7. No More No More – Steven Tyler, Joe Perry
  8. Round and Round – Steven Tyler, Brad Whitford
  9. You See Me Crying – Steven Tyler, Don Solomon

Urbie Green: The Fox

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In December 1976, “CTI” label released “The Fox”, the 18th Urbie Green album. It was recorded July – November 1976, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.

Personnel:

  • Urbie Green – trombone
  • Fred Gripper – electric piano
  • Barry Miles – piano, keyboards
  • Mike Abene – piano
  • Toots Thielmans – harmonica, whistle
  • Eric Gale – guitar
  • Anthony Jackson – electric bass
  • George Mraz – bass
  • Jimmy Madison – drums
  • Andy Newmark – drums
  • Sue Evans – percussion
  • Nicky Marrero – percussion
  • Mike Mainieri – vibraphone
  • Joe Farrell – flute, soprano saxophone
  • Jeremy Steig – flute
  • David Matthews – arrangements, footsteps

Track listing:

  1. Another Star – Stevie Wonder
  2. Goodbye – Gordon Jenkins
  3. Mertensia – David Matthews
  4. You Don’t Know What Love Is – Gene de Paul, Don Raye
  5. Manteca – Gil Fuller, Dizzy Gillespie, Chano Pozo
  6. Foxglove Suite – Richard Wagner
  7. Please Send Me Someone to Love – Percy Mayfield

Don McLean: Playin’ Favorites

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In October 1973, “United Artists” and “BGO” labels released “Playin’ Favorites”, the fourth Don McLean studio album. It was recorded in 1973, at “The Record Plant” in New York City, and was produced by Ed Freeman.

Personnel:

  • Don McLean – vocals, guitar, banjo
  • Buzzy Feiten – guitar, tambourine
  • Steve Berg – guitar
  • John Hughey – pedal steel
  • Ronnie Zito – banjo, tambourine
  • Frank Wakefield – vocals, mandoline
  • Dave Bromberg – dobro
  • Neil Larsen – keyboards, piano
  • Chuck Leavell – piano
  • Tony Levin – bass
  • Rob Rothstein – vocals, bass
  • Rick Marotta – drums
  • Johnny Sandlin – percussion
  • Danny Manselino – percussion
  • Mike Mainieri – marimba
  • Frank Orsini – fiddle
  • Russ Savakus – bass violin
  • Albertine Robinson – backing vocals
  • Maretha Stewart – backing vocals
  • Tasha Thomas – backing vocals
  • Frank Hubach – engineer, remix
  • Jim Reeves – engineer
  • Mike Salisbury – art direction
  • Fred Conrad – photography

Track listing:

  1. Sitting on Top of the World – Bo Carter, Little Walter
  2. Living With the Blues – Brownie McGhee
  3. Mountains O’ Mourne – Percy French
  4. Fool’s Paradise – Sonny LeGlaire, Horace Linsley, Norman Petty
  5. Love O’ Love – traditional, arranged by Don McLean
  6. Medley: Bill Cheetham/Old Joe Clark – traditional, arranged by Don McLean
  7. Everyday – Charles Hardin, Norman Petty
  8. Ancient History – Irene Stanton, Wayne Walker
  9. Over the Mountains – Irene Stanton, Wayne Walker
  10. Lovesick Blues – Cliff Friend, Irving Mills
  11. New Mule Skinner Blues – Jimmie Rodgers, George Vaughn
  12. Happy Trails – Dale Evans

Carly Simon: Come Upstairs

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On June 16, 1980, “Warner Bros” label released “Come Upstairs”, the ninth Carly Simon studio album. It was recorded October 1979 – May 1980, at “The Power Station” in New York City, and was produced by Mike Mainieri.

Personnel:

  • Carly Simon – lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Pete Hewlett – acoustic and electric guitar, backing vocals
  • Sid McGinnis – lead guitar, electric slide guitar, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, 12-string guitar
  • Billy Mernit – electric piano
  • Mike Mainieri – acoustic piano, Oberheim synthesizer, Prophet-5, Oberheim OB-X, Yamaha CS30, synthesizers, marimba, backing vocals
  • Don Grolnick – acoustic piano
  • Ed Walsh – Oberheim OB-X, synthesizer programming, Oberheim 8 voice
  • Ken Landrum – Prophet-5
  • Larry Fast – synthesizers
  • Tony Levin – bass guitar, fretless bass
  • Steve Gadd – drums
  • Rick Marotta – drums
  • Jerry Grossman – cello
  • James Taylor – backing vocals
  • Mariah Aguiar – backing vocals
  • Christine Martin – backing vocals
  • Laraine Newman – backing vocals
  • Hugh Taylor – backing vocals
  • Alex Taylor – backing vocals
  • Sally Taylor – backing vocals
  • Gail Boggs – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Carly Simon, except where noted.

  1. Come Upstairs
  2. Stardust
  3. Them
  4. Jesse
  5. James
  6. In Pain – Carly Simon, Mike Mainieri, Don Grolnick
  7. The Three of Us in the Dark
  8. Take Me as I Am – Carly Simon, Mike Mainieri, Sid McGinnis
  9. The Desert

Kazumi Watanabe: One for All

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On June 16, 1999, “Polydor Japan” released “One for All”, the 28th Kazumi Watanabe album. It was recorded in March 1999, at “The Bottom Line” in New York City, and was produced by Koko Tanikawa and Kazumi Watanabe.

Personnel:

  • Kazumi Watanabe – guitars, arranger
  • Larry Coryell – guitar
  • Akiko Yano – piano, arranger
  • Mike Mainieri – vibraphone, arranger
  • John Patitucci – bass
  • Mino Cinelu – drums
  • Koko Tanikawa – arranger
  • Doug Epstein – recording, mixing
  • Billy Eric, Tom Filogomo – engineer assistant
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Yutaka Katayama – artwork director
  • Toshifumi Kusano – photography
  • Hiromi Saeki – coordination

Track listing:

  1. Havana – Koko Tanikawa
  2. Water Ways Flow Backward Again – Akiko Yano
  3. Libertango – Ástor Piazzolla
  4. Somewhere – Leonard Bernstein
  5. Afro Blue – Mongo Santamaria
  6. One for All – Kazumi Watanabe
  7. Milestones – Miles Davis

Buddy Rich: The Driver

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On April 4, 1960, “EmaRcy” label released “The Driver”, the 16th Buddy Rich album. It was recorded in 1960 and was produced by Jack Tracy.

Personnel:

  • Buddy Rich – vocals, drums
  • Dave McKenna – piano
  • Earl May – double bass
  • Mike Mainieri – vibraphone
  • Seldon Powell – tenor saxophone
  • Willie Dennis – trombone
  • Irwin “Marky” Markowitz – trumpet
  • Ernie Wilkins – arranger

Track listing:

  1. Brainwashed – Buddy Rich, Ernie Wilkins
  2. A Swinging Serenade – Ernie Wilkins
  3. Big Leg Mary – Buddy Rich, Ernie Wilkins
  4. Straight, No Chaser – Thelonious Monk
  5. Bloody Mary – Ernie Wilkins
  6. A Night in Tunisia – Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli
  7. Miss Bessie’s Cookin’ – Ernie Wilkins

Buddy Rich: Blues Caravan

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In February 1962, “Verve” label released “Blues Caravan”, the 18th Buddy Rich album. It was recorded in August 1961 and was produced by Creed Taylor.

Personnel:

  • Buddy Rich – drums
  • Wyatt Ruther – double bass
  • Johnny Morris – piano
  • Sam Most – flute
  • Rolf Ericson – trumpet
  • Mike Mainieri – vibraphone
  • Dick Olmstead – engineer
  • Roy de Carava – cover photo
  • Dom Cerulli – liner notes
  • Ken Druker – executive producer

Track listing:

  1. Blowin’ the Blues Away – Horace Silver
  2. B.R. Blues – Buddy Rich
  3. Late Date – Maynard
  4. Caravan – Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Juan Tizol
  5. Young Blood – Mike Mainieri
  6. I Remember Clifford – Benny Golson

Paul Simon: Same

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On January 24, 1972, “Columbia” label released the self-titled, second Paul Simon album. It was recorded January – March 1971, at “CBS Studios” in san Francisco, “CBS Studios” in Los Angeles, “CBS Studios” in New York City, “Western Recorders” in Los Angeles, “Dynamic Sound Studios”, “Kingston Studio CBE” in Paris, and was produced by Paul Simon and Roy Halee.

Personnel:

  • Paul Simon – vocals, acoustic guitar, percussion,  arranger
  • Stéphane Grappelli – violin
  • Lynford “Hux” Brown – lead guitar
  • David Spinozza – acoustic guitar
  • Wallace Wilson – rhythm guitar 
  • Stefan Grossman – bottleneck guitar 
  • Jerry Hahn – electric guitar
  • Neville Hinds – Hammond organ 
  • Larry Knechtel – piano, Wurlitzer electric piano, harmonium, Hammond organ
  • Charlie McCoy – bass harmonica
  • Jackie Jackson – bass guitar
  • Joe Osborn – bass guitar
  • Ron Carter – double bass
  • Russell George – bass guitar
  • Hal Blaine – drums
  • Winston Grennan – drums
  • Denzil Laing – percussion
  • Victor Montanez – congas 
  • Airto Moreira – percussion
  • Fred Lipsius – alto saxophone
  • John Schroer – tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone
  • Steven Turre – trombone
  • Los Incas – flute, charango, percussion
  • Mike Mainieri – vibes 
  • Cissy Houston, Von Eva Sims, Renelle Stafford and Deirdre Tuck – backing vocals
  • Roy Halee – engineer
  • Phil Ramone – engineer
  • Bernard Estardy – additional engineering
  • John Berg, Ron Coro – design
  • P.A. Harper – photography
  • Leslie Kong – contractor

Track listing:

All tracks by Paul Simon, except where noted. 

  1. Mother and Child Reunion
  2. Duncan
  3. Everything Put Together Falls Apart
  4. Run That Body Down
  5. Armistice Day
  6. Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard
  7. Peace Like a River
  8. Papa Hobo
  9. Hobo’s Blues – Paul Simon, Stéphane Grappelli
  10. Paranoia Blues
  11. Congratulations

Brother Jack McDuff: Who Knows What Tomorrow’s Gonna Bring

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In December 1970, “Blue Note” label released “Who Knows What Tomorrow’s Gonna Bring?” album by Brother Jack McDuff (his fourth album for Blue Note). It was recorded in December 1970, and was produced by Lew Futterman.

Personnel:

  • Brother Jack McDuff – organ
  • Randy Brecker, Olu Dara – trumpet
  • Dick Griffin, John Pierson – trombone
  • Paul Griffin – piano
  • Joe Beck – guitar
  • Tony Levin – electric bass
  • Donald McDonald – drums
  • Ray Draper – vocals, percussion, tuba, arranger
  • Mike Mainieri – percussion

Track listing:

All tracks by Jack McDuff except where noted.

  1. Who Knows What Tomorrow’s Gonna Bring? – Ray Draper
  2. Ya Ya Ya Ya Ya Ya – Ray Draper
  3. Who’s Pimpin’ Who? – Ray Draper
  4. Classic Funke
  5. Ya’ll Remember Boogie? – Ray Draper
  6. Wank’s Thangnt

Carly Simon: Spy

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On June 30, 1979, “Elektra” label released “Spy”, the eight Carly Simon studio album. It was recorded December 1978 – April 1979, at “Atlantic Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Arif Mardin.

Personnel:

  • Carly Simon – lead and backing vocals, acoustic piano
  • Ian McLagan– acoustic piano
  • Don Grolnick– acoustic piano, clavinet
  • Warren Bernhardt– keyboards, acoustic piano, electric piano
  • Richard Tee– clavinet, electric piano
  • Ken Bichel– Polymoog, synthesizer
  • Cliff Carter – synthesizer
  • Billy Mernit – acoustic piano
  • Joe Caro – acoustic and electric guitar
  • John Hall – electric guitar
  • David Spinozza– acoustic and electric guitar
  • Frank Carillo– guitar
  • Tony Levin– bass
  • Will Lee– bass
  • Steve Gadd– drums
  • Rick Marotta– drums
  • Errol “Crusher” Bennett – percussion, congas
  • Raphael Cruz – cowbell, congas, percussion
  • Mike Mainieri– vibraphone
  • David Sanborn– alto saxophone
  • Michael Brecker– tenor saxophone, tenor sax solo
  • Randy Brecker– trumpet
  • Peter Ballin – alto saxophone
  • Lew Del Gatto – baritone saxophone
  • Tom Malone– trombone
  • Hubert Laws– flute
  • Arif Mardin– horn, string and choir arrangement
  • Gene Orloff– concertmaster
  • Tim Curry– backing vocals
  • Ullanda McCullough – backing vocals
  • James Taylor– backing vocals
  • Lucy Simon – backing vocals
  • Jonathan Abramowitz, Lamar Alsop, Julien Barber, Phil Bodner, James Buffington, Frederick Buldrini, Jean R. Dane, Eddie Daniels, Peter Dimitriades, Lewis Eley, Gerald Tarack, Paul Gershman, Ted Hoyle, Regis Iandiorio, Teddy Israel, Harold Kohon, Jesse Levy, Guy Lumia, Joseph Malin, Richard Maximoff, Kermit Moore, Eugene J. Moye, Gene Orloff, Tony Posk, Alan Shulmanand Mitsue Takayama – strings
  • Lew Hahn – recording, mixing
  • Mike O’Malley – engineer assistant
  • George Piros – mastering
  • Robert Heimall – art direction, design
  • Pam Frank – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Carly Simon, except where noted.

  1. Vengeance
  2. Just Like You Do
  3. We’re So Close
  4. Coming to Get You
  5. Never Been Gone – Carly Simon, Jacob Brackman
  6. Pure Sin – Carly Simon, Frank Carillo
  7. Love You By Heart – Carly Simon, Jacob Brackman, Libby Titus
  8. Spy – Carly Simon, James Taylor, Arif Mardin
  9. Memorial Day