Tag Archives: Nashville

Pearls Before Swine: City of Gold

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In April 1971, “Reprise” label released “City of Gold”, the fifth Pearls Before Swine album. It was recorded in 1970 in New York and Nashville, and was produced by Tom Rapp.

Personnel:

  • Tom Rapp: vocals, guitar
  • Elisabeth Rapp: vocals
  • David Noyes: vocals
  • Charlie McCoy: dobro, guitar, bass, harmonica
  • Norbert Putnam: bass
  • Kenneth Buttrey: drums
  • Mac Gayden: guitars
  • Hutch Davie: keyboard
  • Buddy Spicher: violin, viola, cello
  • David Briggs: piano, harpsichord
  • John Duke: oboe, flute
  • Bill Pippin: oboe, flute
  • Ed Thrasher – art direction

Track listing:

  1. Sonnet #65 – Shakespeare, Tom Rapp
  2. Once Upon A Time – Tom Rapp
  3. Raindrops – Tom Rapp
  4. City Of Gold – Tom Rapp
  5. Nancy – Cohen
  6. Seasons In The Sun – Jacque Brel, McKuen
  7. My Father – Collins
  8. The Man – Tom Rapp
  9. Casablanca – Tom Rapp
  10. Wedding – Tom Rapp
  11. Did You Dream Of – Tom Rapp

Townes Van Zandt: Our Mother the Mountain

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In April 1969, “Tomato” label released “Our Mother the Mountain”, the second Townes Van Zandt studio album. It was recorded in January 1969 in Los Angele and Nashville, and was produced by Kevin Eggers, Jim Malloy and Jack Clement.

Personnel:

  • Townes Van Zandt: vocals, guitar
  • David Cohen: guitar
  • Jack Clement: guitar
  • Mike Deasy: guitar
  • James Burton: dobro, guitar
  • Don Randi: keyboards
  • Ben Bennay: harmonica
  • Charlie McCoy: bass, guitar, harmonica, organ, recorder
  • Chuck Domanico: bass
  • Lyle Ritz: bass
  • Harvey Newmark: bass
  • John Clauder: drums
  • Donald Frost: drums
  • Jules Jacob: flute
  • Bergen White: string arrangements
  • Milton Glaser – artwork
  • Allen Vogel – photography

Track listing:

  1. Be Here to Love Me
  2. Kathleen
  3. She Came and She Touched Me
  4. Like A Summer Thursday
  5. Our Mother The Mountain
  6. Second Lovers Song
  7. John The Gambler
  8. Tecumseh Valley
  9. Snake Mountain Blues
  10. My Proud Mountains
  11. Why She’s Acting This Way

Johnny Cash: Out Among The Stars

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On March 25, 2014, “Legacy Recordings” label released “Out Among the Stars” the posthumous Johnny Cash studio album. The album materials come from the lost 1980s sessions with producer Billy Sherrill, shelved by “Columbia Records”, and discovered and compiled by Cash’s son John Carter Cash in 2012. The materials were recorded 1981-1984, at “Columbia Studios” in Nashville, Tennessee, and “1111 Sound Studios” in Los Angeles, and were produced by Billy Sherrill, John Carter Cash and Steve Berkowitz.

Personnel:

  • Johnny Cash – vocals, guitar
  • June Carter Cash– duet
  • Waylon Jennings– duet
  • Pete Bordonali – guitar
  • Jerry Carrigan – guitar
  • Jerry Kennedy– guitar
  • Billy Sanford – guitar
  • Dale Sellers – guitar
  • Robert Wray – guitar
  • Pete Drake– steel guitar
  • Weldon Myrick – steel guitar
  • Buddy Miller– guitar
  • Pat McLaughlin – guitar
  • Bryan Sutton– acoustic guitar, banjo
  • Marty Stuart – guitar, mandolin
  • Marty Stuart– guitar, mandolin
  • Sam Bush– mandolin
  • Tony Harrell – keyboards
  • Hargus “Pig” Robbins– piano
  • Bobby Wood – piano
  • Terry McMillan– harmonica
  • Mark Fain – upright bass
  • Henry Strzelecki – bass guitar
  • John C. Williams – bass guitar
  • Kenny Malone– drums
  • Rick Lonow – percussion
  • Niko Bolas– percussion
  • Blade – percussion
  • Laura Cash – fiddle
  • Jerry Douglas– Dobro
  • Minnie Pearl– vocals
  • Carlene Carter– backing vocals
  • Cash Cabin Vocal Group” and the full student body of Sumner Academy of Gallatin, Tennessee – additional vocals
  • Chuck Turner – engineer
  • Nathan Yarborough – additional mixing
  • Niko Bolas – mixing
  • Joseph M. Palmaccio– mastering
  • Lou Robin – executive production

Track listing:

  1. Out Among the Stars – Adam Mitchell
  2. Baby Ride Easy – Richard Dobson
  3. She Used to Love Me a Lot – Kye Fleming, Dennis Morgan, Charles Quillen
  4. After All – Charles Cochran, Sandy Mason
  5. I’m Movin’ On – Hank Snow
  6. If I Told You Who It Was – Bobby Braddock, Curly Putman
  7. Call Your Mother – Johnny Cash
  8. I Drove Her Out of My Mind – Gary Gentry, Hillman Hall
  9. Tennessee – Rick Scott
  10. Rock and Roll Shoes – Paul Kennerley, Graham Lyle
  11. Don’t You Think It’s Come Our Time – Tommy Collins
  12. I Came to Believe – Johnny Cash
  13. She Used to Love Me a Lot (JC/ECVersion) – Kye Fleming, Dennis Morgan, Charles Quillen

Bob Seger: Seven

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In March 1974, “Palladium” label released “Seven” the seventh Bob Seger studio album. It was recorded 1973-1974, at “Quadraphonic Studios” in Nashville, and was produced by Punch Andrews and Bob Seger. “Seven” was the first Seger album to feature “The Silver Bullet Band”.

Personnel:

  • Bob Seger -vocals, guitar
  • Jim McCarty- guitar
  • Charlie McCoy- guitar, rhythm guitar
  • Bill Meuller – guitar
  • Drew Abbott- guitar
  • Bill Mueller – guitar
  • Dave Doran – guitar
  • John Harris -organ
  • Rick Manasa – organ, piano
  • David Briggs- piano
  • Robin Robbins – keyboard, mellophonium, mellotron
  • Bobby Woods – piano
  • Chris Campbell -bass
  • Tommy Cogbill- bass
  • Kenneth A. Buttrey- drums
  • Charlie Allen Martin – drums
  • Randy Meyers – drums
  • Tom Cartmell -saxophone
  • Gene Eichelberger, Jim Bruzzese, Greg Miller – engineer
  • Thomas Weschler – cover art, photography
  • Scott Sparling – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Bob Seger.

  1. Get Out of Denver
  2. Long Song Comin’
  3. Need Ya
  4. School Teacher
  5. Cross of Gold
  6. M.C. (Upper Middle Class)
  7. Seen a Lot of Floors
  8. 20 Years from Now
  9. All Your Love

Joan Baez: Where Are You Now, My Son?

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In March 1973, “A&M” label released “Where Are You Now, My Son?” the fifteenth Joan Baez album. It was recorded December 1972 – January 1973 in Hanoi, Vietnam, and in Nashville. The Album featured recordings Baez made during a US bombing raid on Hanoi over Christmas 1972.

Personnel:

  • Joan Baez– vocals, guitar, piano
  • Mimi Farina – vocals, guitar
  • Grady Martin – guitar
  • Pete Wade – guitar
  • Reggie Yuong – guitar
  • David Briggs – piano
  • Norbert Putnam – bass, remix
  • Jerry Carrigan – drums
  • Lee Hazen – engineer
  • Henry Lewy – remix
  • Roland Young – art direction
  • Barry Romo – photography

Tracks listing:

All tracks by Joan Baez, except where noted.

  1. Only Heaven Knows
  2. Less Than the Song – Hoyt Axton
  3. A Young Gypsy
  4. Mary Call – Mimi Fariña
  5. Rider, Pass By
  6. Best of Friends – Mimi Fariña
  7. Windrose
  8. Where Are You Now, My Son?”

Alabama: Feels So Right

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In February 1981, “RCA” label released “Feels So Right”, the fifth Alabama album. It was recorded in 1980, at “The Music Mill” in Nashville, and was produced by Larry McBride, Harold Shedd, Randy Owen, Jeff Cook, Teddy Gentry and Mark Herndon. The album was certified 4 x Platinum in the US by the “RIIA”.

Personnel:

  • Randy Owen- lead vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Jeff Cook- lead vocals, lead guitar
  • Teddy Gentry – lead vocals, bass guitar
  • Mark Herndon – drums
  • Jack Eubanks – guitars
  • Billy Reynolds – guitars, backing vocals
  • Leo Jackson – guitar
  • Fred Newell – guitar
  • Willie Rainsford – keyboards
  • David Smith – bass guitar
  • David Humphreys – drums
  • Kristin Wilkinson – string arrangements
  • Jim Cotton, Gene Rice, Harold Shedd – engineer
  • Paul Goldberg, Ben Hall, Joe Mills – engineer assistant
  • Randy Kling – mastering

Track listing:

  1. Feels So Right- Randy Owen
  2. Love in the First Degree – Tim DuBois, Jim Hurt
  3. Burn Georgia Burn – Tim Lewis, Roger Murrah
  4. Ride the Train – Teddy Gentry
  5. Fantasy – Jeff Cook, Teddy Gentry, Randy Owen, Rick Scott
  6. Hollywood – Gary Stewart, Wayne Carson
  7. Old Flame – Donny Lowery, Mac McAnally
  8. Woman Back Home – Donny Lowery
  9. See the Embers, Feel the Flame – Don Cook
  10. I’m Stoned – Randy Owen, Teddy Gentry

The Pointer Sisters: That’s a Plenty

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In February 1974, “Blue Thumb” label released “That’s a Plenty”, the second Pointer Sisters (The) album. It was recorded in 1973, at “Wally Heider Studios” in San Frabcisco; “Quadraphonic Studios” in Nashville, and “Western Recording Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by David Rubinson & Friends, Inc.

Personnel:

  • Anita Pointer, Ruth Pointer, Bonnie Pointer, June Pointer– vocals
  • Bonnie Raitt– slide guitar
  • Weldon Myrick – pedal steel guitar
  • Jack Viertell, Jesse Ed Davis– electric guitar
  • John Shine – guitar
  • Robert Thompson – acoustic guitar
  • Norman Spicher – fiddle
  • David Briggs– piano
  • Tom Salisbury – keyboards, silverton accordion
  • David Grisman– mandolin
  • Herbie Hancock– piano, electric piano, clavinet, arp synthesizer
  • Harry “Sweets” Edison– trumpet
  • Britt Woodman– trombone
  • Jim Rothermel – clarinet
  • Floyd Cooley – tuba
  • Gordon Messick – trombone
  • James Goodwin – trumpet
  • John Neumann – bass
  • Norbert Putnam– bass
  • Paul Jackson– bass
  • Ron McClure– bass
  • Gaylord Birch– drums
  • Ken Buttrey– drums
  • Bill Summers– African talking drum, shekere, congas
  • David Rubinson – arrangements
  • Norman Landsberg, Jeffrey Cohen, Bruce Good – vocal arrangement
  • Tom Salisbury, Jeffrey Cohen, Bruce Good – associate producers
  • Jeremy Zatkin, Fred Catero, David Rubinson – recording
  • George Horn, Phil Brown – mastering
  • Randy Tuten – cover art
  • Herb Greene– art direction, photography

Track listing:

  1. Bangin’ on the Pipes / Steam Heat (Medley) – Bruce Good, Jeffrey Cohen, Richard Adler, Jerry Ross
  2. Salt Peanuts – Bruce Good, Jeffrey Cohen, Dizzy Gillespie, Kenny Clarke
  3. Grinning in Your Face – Son House
  4. Shaky Flat Blues – June Pointer, Anita Pointer, Bonnie Pointer
  5. That’s a Plenty / Surfeit, U.S.A. (Medley) – Ray Gilbert, Lew Pollack/ Good, Cohen
  6. Little Pony – Neal Hefti, Jon Hendricks, Dave Lambert
  7. Fairytale – A.Pointer, B.Pointer
  8. Black Coffee – Paul Francis Webster, Sonny Burke
  9. Love in Them There Hills – Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff, Roland Chambers

Eric Andersen: Blue River

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In February 1972, “Columbia” label released “Blue River”, the ninth Eric Andersen album. It was recorded in 1971, in Nashville, and was produced by Norbert Putnam.

Personnel:

  • Eric Andersen- vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, piano, harmonica, vocals
  • Joni Mitchell- vocals, backing vocals
  • David Bromberg- dobro, acoustic guitar
  • Andy Johnson- acoustic and electric guitar, vibraphone, backing vocals
  • David Briggs- organ, keyboards, celeste
  • Weldon Myrick- steel guitar
  • Glen Spreen- organ, harpsichord, keyboards, woodwinds
  • Eddie Hinton- acoustic guitar, electric guitar
  • Grady Martin- gut string guitar, acoustic guitar
  • Deborah Andersen- piano, backing vocals
  • Kevin Kelly- accordion
  • Farrell Morris- vibraphone, backing vocals
  • Norbert Putnam- bass
  • Mark Sporer- bass
  • Kenneth Buttrey- drums, percussion, tambourine
  • Jim McKevitt- drums
  • Rick Shlosser- drums
  • Jerry Carrigan- percussion
  • Millie Kirkham- backing vocals
  • Sonja Montgomery- backing vocals
  • Laverna Moore- backing vocals
  • Florence Warner- backing vocals
  • Temple Riser- backing vocals
  • The Jordanaires- backing vocals
  • The Holidays- backing vocals
  • Stan Hutto, Glen Kolotkin, Stan Tonkel – recording
  • Jessica Sowin – production manager
  • John Berg – art diredtion
  • Anthony DeCurtis – liner notes
  • Urve Kuusik, Sandy Speiser, Don Nelson – photography

Track listing:

  1. Is It Really Love at All – Eric Andersen
  2. Pearl’s Goodtime Blues – Eric Andersen
  3. Wind and Sand – Eric Andersen
  4. Faithful – Eric Andersen
  5. Blue River – Eric Andersen
  6. Florentine – Eric Andersen
  7. Sheila – Eric Andersen
  8. More Often Than Not – David Wiffen
  9. Round the Bend – Eric Andersen

Joan Baez: Any Day Now

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In December 1968, “Vanguard” label released “Any Day Now”, the tenth Joan Baez  album. The double LP contained exclusively Bob Dylan songs was recorded September in 1968, at “CBS Studios” in Nashville, and was produced by Maynard Solomon.

Personnel:

  • Joan Baez – vocals, guitar
  • Stephen Stills– guitar
  • Harold Rugg – guitar, dobro
  • Grady Martin– guitar
  • Pete Drake– pedal steel guitar
  • Jerry Kennedy– guitar
  • Jerry Reed– guitar
  • Harold Bradley– guitar, dobro
  • Hargus “Pig” Robbins– piano
  • Fred Carter– mandolin
  • Johnny Gimble– fiddle
  • Tommy Jackson– fiddle
  • Buddy Spicher– fiddle
  • Roy Huskey, Jr.– bass
  • Norbert Putnam– bass
  • Kenny Buttrey– drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Bob Dylan, except where noted.

  1. Love Minus Zero/No Limit
  2. North Country Blues
  3. You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere
  4. Drifter’s Escape
  5. I Pity the Poor Immigrant
  6. Tears of Rage – Bob Dylan, Richard Manuel
  7. Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands
  8. Love Is Just a Four-Letter Word
  9. I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine
  10. Walls of Red Wing
  11. Dear Landlord
  12. One Too Many Mornings
  13. I Shall Be Released
  14. Boots of Spanish Leather
  15. Walkin’ Down the Line
  16. Restless Farewell”

 

The Black Keys: El Camino

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On December 6, 2011, “Nonesuch” label released “El Camino”, the seventh Black Keys studio album. It was recorded March – May 2011, at “Easy Eye Sound Studio” in Nashville, and was produced by Brian Burton (Danger Mouse), Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney. At the 55th “Annual Grammy Awards”, The Black Keys won the award for “Best Rock Album”, “Best Rock Performance” and “Best Rock Song” for “Lonely Boy”. The album was certified 2 x Platinum in Australia by “ARIA”; 3 x Platinum in Canada by “Music Canada”; Platinum in France by “SNEP”; Platinum in Ireland by “IRMA”; 2 x Platinum in New Zealand by “RMNZ”; Platinum in UK by “BPI”, and Platinum in the US by the “RIIA”.

Personnel:

  • Dan Auerbach– vocals, guitars
  • Patrick Carney– drums
  • Brian Burton– keyboards
  • Leisa Hans – vocals
  • Heather Rigdon – vocals
  • Ashley Wilcoxson – vocals
  • Kennie Takahashi – engineer
  • Collin Dupuis – engineer assistant
  • Tchad Blake – mixing
  • Tom Elmhirst – mixing
  • Ben Baptie – mixing assistant
  • Brian Lucey – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks written Dan Auerbach, Patrick Carney, and Brian Burton.

  1. Lonely Boy
  2. Dead and Gone
  3. Gold on the Ceiling
  4. Little Black Submarines
  5. Money Maker
  6. Run Right Back
  7. Sister
  8. Hell of a Season
  9. Stop Stop
  10. Nova Baby
  11. Mind Eraser