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Wes Montgomery: Boss Guitar

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In July 1963, “Riverside” label released “Boss Guitar”, the eight Wes Montgomery album. It was recorded in April 1963, at “Plaza Sound Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Orrin Keepnews.

Personnel:

  • Wes Montgomery – guitar
  • Melvin Rhyne – organ
  • Jimmy Cobb – drums
  • Ray Fowler – engineer

Personnel:

  1. Besame Mucho – Consuelo Velázquez, Sunny Skylar
  2. Dearly Beloved – Jerome Kern, Johnny Mercer
  3. Days of Wine and Roses – Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer
  4. The Trick Bag – Wes Montgomery
  5. Canadian Sunset – Eddie Heywood, Norman Gimbel
  6. Fried Pies – Wes Montgomery
  7. The Breeze and I – Ernesto Lecuona, Al Stillman
  8. For Heaven’s Sake – Elise Bretton, Sherman Edwards, Donald Meyer

Ray Charles: Ingredients in Recipe for Soul

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In July 1963, “ABC” label released “Ingredients in a Recipe for Soul”, the 19th Ray Charles album. It was recorded in 1963, in Hollywood and New York City, and was produced by Sid Feller.

Personnel:

  • Ray Charles – vocals, piano
  • Jack Halloran Singers
  • Benny Carter – arrangements
  • Sid Feller – arrangements
  • Marty Paich – arrangements
  • Johnny Parker – arrangements
  • Bill Putnam – engineer
  • Bob Arnold – engineer
  • Frank Gauna – cover design
  • Joe Lebow – liner design
  • Howard Moorehead – photography
  • Natt Hale – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Busted – Harlan Howard
  2. Where Can I Go? – Leo Fuld, Sigmunt Berland, Sonny Miller
  3. Born to Be Blue – Mel Tormé, Robert Wells
  4. That Lucky Old Sun – Beasley Smith, Haven Gillespie
  5. Ol’ Man River – Oscar Hammerstein, Jerome Kern
  6. In the Evening (When the Sun Goes Down) – Leroy Carr
  7. A Stranger in Town – Mel Tormé
  8. Ol’ Man Time – Cliff Friend
  9. Over the Rainbow – Harold Arlen, E.Y. Harburg
  10. You’ll Never Walk Alone – Oscar Hammerstein, Richard Rodgers

Bobby Hutcherson: Now!

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In June 1970, “Blue Note” label released “Now!”, the eleventh Bobby Hutcherson album. It was recorded October – November 1969, at “A&R Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Duke Pearson.

Personnel:

  • Bobby Hutcherson – vibraphone, marimba, vibes
  • Harold Land – tenor saxophone
  • Kenny Barron – piano
  • Stanley Cowell – piano, electric piano
  • Wally Richardson – guitar
  • Herbie Lewis – bass
  • Joe Chambers – drums
  • Candido Camero – congas
  • Gene McDaniels- lead vocals
  • Hilda Harris, Albertine M. Robinson, Ellen Gilbert, Christine Spencer, Maeretha Stewart – backing vocal

Track listing:

  1. Slow Change – Bobby Hutcherson, Gene McDaniels
  2. Hello to the Wind – Joe Chambers, Gene McDaniels
  3. Now – Bobby Hutcherson, Gene McDaniels
  4. The Creators – Herbie Lewis
  5. Black Heroes – Harold Land

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

Yusef Lateef: The Three Faces of Yusuf Lateef

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In June 1960, “Riverside” label released “The Three Faces of Yusef Lateef”, the 13th Yusef Lateef album. It was recorded in May 1960, in New York City, and was produced by Orin Keepnews.

Personnel:

  • Yusef Lateef – tenor saxophone, oboe, flute
  • Hugh Lawson – piano, celeste
  • Ron Carter – cello
  • Herman Wright – bass
  • Lex Humphries – drums, timpani

Track listing:

All tracks by Yusef Lateef except where noted.

  1. Goin’ Home – Antonín Dvořák, William Arms Fisher
  2. I’m Just a Lucky So-and-So – Duke Ellington, Mack David
  3. Quarantine – Abe Woodley
  4. From Within
  5. Salt Water Blues
  6. Lateef Minor 7th – Joe Zawinul
  7. Adoration
  8. Ma (He’s Making Eyes at Me) – Sidney Clare, Con Conrad

Kenny Dorham & Cannonball Adderley: Blue Spring

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In June 1959, “Riverside” label released ”Blue Spring”, album by Kenny Dorham and Cannonball Adderley. It was recorded January – February 1959, in New York City, and was produced by Orrin Keepnews.

Personnel:

  • Kenny Dorham – trumpet
  • Cannonball Adderley – alto saxophone
  • David Amram – French horn
  • Cecil Payne – baritone saxophone
  • Cedar Walton – piano
  • Paul Chambers – bass
  • Jimmy Cobb – drums 
  • Philly Joe Jones – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Kenny Dorham except where noted.

  1. Blue Spring
  2. It Might as Well Be Spring – Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers
  3. Poetic Spring
  4. Spring Is Here – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
  5. Spring Cannon
  6. Passion Spring

Sonny Rollins: Freedom Suite

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In June 1958, “Riverside” label released “Freedom Suite”, the 16th Sonny Rollins album. It was recorded February – March 1958, at “WOR Recording Studio” in New York City, and was produced by Orin Keepnews and Bill Grauer.

Personnel:

  • Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
  • Oscar Pettiford – bass
  • Max Roach – drums
  • Sam Morse – engineer
  • Paul Bacon – design
  • Paul Weller – photography
  • Orin Keepnews – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. The Freedom Suite – Sonny Rollins
  2. Someday I’ll Find You – Noël Coward
  3. Will You Still Be Mine? – Tom Adair, Matt Dennis
  4. Till There Was You – Meredith Willson
  5. Shadow Waltz – Al Dubin, Harry Warren

Belle and Sebastian: Storutelling

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On June 3, 2002, “Jeepster” label released “Storytelling”, the fifth Belle and Sebastian studio album. It was recorded in 2001, at “Water Music” and “Magic Studios” in New York City, “Ca Va Studios” in Glasgow, and was produced by Tony Doogan.   

Personnel:

  • Gary Grochla – double bass
  • Roy Hunter – double bass
  • Kenneth Broom – saxophone
  • Jenny Divers – tenor saxophone
  • Ronan Breslin – bass trombone
  • Andrea Kuypers – flute
  • Alastair Savage – violin
  • Cheryl Crockett – violin
  • Dervilagh Cooper – violin
  • Gillian Risi – violin
  • Liza Webb – violin
  • Mary Ward – violin
  • Murray Fergusson – violin
  • George Cuthbertson – viola
  • Jacqui Penfold – viola
  • Joel Hunter – viola
  • Jacqui Sharples – cello
  • Susan Dance – cello
  • Catriona MacKay – harp
  • Geoff Allen – engineer
  • Dave Paterson – engineer
  • Michael Bannister, Willie Deans – engineer assistant
  • Juan Garcia – engineer assistant
  • Tom Unish – engineer assistant
  • Frank Arkwright – mastering
  • Robin Rankin – editing
  • Tony Doogan – editing
  • Divine Inc. – design

Track listing:

  1. Fiction
  2. Freak
  3. Dialogue: Conan, Early Letterman
  4. Fuck This Shit
  5. Night Walk
  6. Dialogue: Jersey’s Where It’s At
  7. Black and White Unite
  8. Consuelo
  9. Dialogue: Toby
  10. Storytelling
  11. Dialogue: Class Rank
  12. I Don’t Want to Play Football
  13. Consuelo Leaving
  14. Wandering Alone
  15. Dialogue: Mandingo Cliché
  16. Scooby Driver
  17. Fiction Reprise
  18. Big Joh Shaft

New York Dolls: Too Much Too Soon

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On May 10, 1974, “Mercury” label released “Too Much Too Soon”, the second New York Dolls album. It was recorded in 1974 at “A&R Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Shadow Morton.

Personnel:

  • David Johansen – vocals, gong
  • Sylvain Sylvain – vocals, guitar, piano
  • Johnny Thunders – vocals, guitar
  • Arthur “Killer” Kane – bass
  • Jerry Nolan – drums, percussion
  • Dixon Van Winkle – engineer
  • Dennis Druzbik – engineer
  • Gilbert Kong – mastering
  • Album Graphics – graphic supervision
  • Hans G. Lehmann – photography
  • Pieter Mazel – photography
  • Bob Gruen – photography

Track listing:

  1. Babylon – David Johansen, Johnny Thunders
  2. Stranded in the Jungle – James Johnson, Ernestine Smith
  3. Who Are the Mystery Girls? – David Johansen, Johnny Thunders
  4. (There’s Gonna Be A) Showdown – Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff
  5. It’s Too Late – David Johansen, Johnny Thunders
  6. Puss ’n’ Boots – David Johansen, Sylvain Sylvain
  7. Chatterbox – Johnny Thunders
  8. Bad Detective – Keni St. Lewis
  9. Don’t Start Me Talkin’ – Sonny Boy Williamson
  10. Human Being – David Johansen, Johnny Thunders

The Cribs: In the Belly of the Brazen Bull

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On May 7, 2012, “Wichita Recordings” label released “In the Belly of the Brazen Bull”, the fifth Cribs (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2011, at “Tarbox Road” in New York City, “Abbey Road” in London, “Electrical Audio” in Chicago, and was produced by Dave Fridmann, Steve Albini, Ryan Jarman, Gary Jarman and Ross Jarman.

Personnel:

  • Ryan Jarman – vocals, guitar
  • Gary Jarman – vocals, bass guitar
  • Ross Jarman – percussion
  • Dave Fridmann – Mellotron, Omnichord
  • Rodrigo Etguello – violin
  • Tristan Beck – cello
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Nick Scott – artwork, layout

Track listing:

All tracks by Ryan Jarman, Gary Jarman and Ross Jarman.

  1. Glitters Like Gold
  2. Come On, Be a No One
  3. Jaded Youth
  4. Anna
  5. Confident Man
  6. Uptight
  7. Chi-Town
  8. Pure O
  9. Back to the Bolthole
  10. I Should Have Helped
  11. Stalagmites
  12. Like a Gift Giver
  13. Butterflies
  14. Arena Rock Encore with Full Cast