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The Ventures: Walk, Don’t Run Vol. 2

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In August 1964, “Dolton” label released “Walk, Don’t Run, Vol. 2”, the 16th Ventures (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1964, and was produced by Dick Glasser.

Personnel:

  • Don Wilson – guitar
  • Nokie Edwards – guitar
  • Bob Bogle – bass
  • Mel Taylor – drums
  • “Lanky” Linstrot – engineer
  • Eddie Brackett – engineer
  • Jim Lockert – engineer
  • Henry Lewy – engineer

Track listing:

  • House of the Rising Sun – traditional
  • Diamond Head – Danny Hamilton
  • Night Train – Jimmy Forrest
  • Peach Fuzz – Don Wilson, Nokie Edwards, Bob Bogle, Mel Taylor
  • Rap City – Johannes Brahms, arranged by Don Wilson, Nokie Edwards, Bob Bogle, Mel Taylor
  • Blue Star – Edward Heyman, Victor Young
  • Walk, Don’t Run ’64 – Johnny Smith
  • Night Walk – Don Wilson, Nokie Edwards, Bob Bogle, Mel Taylor
  • One Mint Julep – Rudy Toombs
  • Pedal Pusher – Don Wilson, Nokie Edwards, Bob Bogle, Mel Taylor
  • The Creeper – Don Wilson, Nokie Edwards, Bob Bogle, Mel Taylor
  • Stranger on the Shore – Acker Bilk, Robert Mellin

Arthur Blythe: Exhale

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On June 17, 2003, “Savant” label released “Exhale”, the final Arthur Blythe album. It was recorded in October 2002, at “Tedesco Studio” in Paramus, New Jersey, and was produced by Cecil Brooks III.

Personnel:

  • Arthur Blythe – alto saxophone
  • Bob Stewart – tuba
  • John Hicks – piano, organ
  • Cecil Brooks III – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Arthur Blythe except where noted

  1. Cousin Mary – John Coltrane
  2. Come Sunday – Duke Ellington
  3. Exhaust Suite: Nonette – Bob Stewart
  4. Exhaust Suite: Surrender
  5. Exhaust Suite: LC
  6. Exhaust Suite: Phase Two
  7. Night Train – Jimmy Forrest, Oscar Washington
  8. 7/4 Thang
  9. Equinox – John Coltrane
  10. Just Friends – John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis
  11. CJ – Bob Stewart
  12. All Blues – Miles Davis
  13. Straighten Up and Fly Right – Nat King Cole, Irving Mills
  14. Exhale

Christian McBride: Gettin’ to It

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In January 1995, “Verve” label released “Gettin’ to It”, the debut Christian McBride studio album. It was recorded August – September 1994, at “Clinton Recording Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Richard Seidel and Don Sickler.

Personnel:

  • Christian McBride – bass
  • Roy Hargrove – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Joshua Redman – tenor saxophone
  • Steve Turre – trombone
  • Cyrus Chestnut – piano
  • Lewis Nash – drums
  • Ray Brown, Milt Hinton – bass
  • Jim Anderson – recording

Track listing:

All tracks by Christian McBride, except where noted.

  1. In a Hurry
  2. The Shade of the Cedar Tree
  3. Too Close for Comfort – Jerry Bock, George David Weiss, Larry Holofcener
  4. Sitting on a Cloud
  5. Splanky – Frank Perkins, Mitchell Parish
  6. Black Moon
  7. King Freddie of Hubbard
  8. Night Train – Jimmy Forest, Lewis Simpkins, Oscar Washington

Paul Revere & The Raiders: Just Like us

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On January 3, 1966, “Columbia” label released “Just Like Us!” the fourth Paul Revere & the Raiders studio album. It was recorded in 1965, and was produced by Terry Melcher.

Personnel:

  • Paul Revere – organ
  • Mark Lindsay– vocals, saxophone
  • Drake Levin– guitar
  • Philip “Fang” Volk– bass
  • Mike “Smitty” Smith – drums

Track listing:

  1. Steppin’ Out – Mark Lindsay, Paul Revere
  2. Doggone – Marvin Tarplin, Smokey Robinson, Warren Moore
  3. Out of Sight – Ted Wright
  4. Baby, Please Don’t Go – Big Joe Williams
  5. I Know – Barbara George
  6. Night Train – Jimmy Forrest, Lewis P. Simpkins, Oscar Washington
  7. Just Like Me – Richard Dey, Roger Hart
  8. Catch the Wind – Donovan Leitch
  9. (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction – Mick Jagger, Keith Richards
  10. I’m Crying – Alan Price, Eric Burdon
  11. New Orleans – Frank Guida, Joseph Royster
  12. Action – Steve Venet, Tommy Boyce

Visage: The Anvil

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In March 1982, “Polydor” label released “The Anvil”, the second Visage studio album. It was recorded in 1981, at “Mayfair Studios” in London, and was produced by Midge Ure, Steve Strange, Dave Formula, Billy Currie and Rusty Egan. The album’s front cover photograph was taken by Helmut Newton.

Personnel:

  • Steve Strange– lead vocals
  • Midge Ure– guitars, synthesizer, backing vocals
  • Dave Formula– synthesizer
  • Billy Currie– electric violin, synthesizer
  • Barry Adamson– bass
  • Rusty Egan– drums, electronic drums, backing vocals
  • Gary Barnacle– saxophone
  • Perri Lister– backing vocals
  • Lorraine Whitmarsh – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Billy Currie, Rusty Egan, Dave Formula, Steve Strange and Midge Ure.

  1. The Damned Don’t Cry
  2. Anvil (Night Club School)
  3. Move Up
  4. Night Train
  5. The Horseman
  6. Look What They’ve Done
  7. Again We Love
  8. Wild Life
  9. Whispers

Rickie Lee Jones: Same

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On February 28, 1979, “Warner Bros” released the self-titled, debut Rickie Lee Jones album. It  was recorded in 1978, at “Warner Bros. Recording Studios” and “The Burbank Studios”, and was produced by Lenny Waronker  and  Russ Titelman. In 1980, the album won Rickie Lee Jones “Grammy” for “Best New Artist.”

Personnel:

  • Rickie Lee Jones – vocals, guitar, keyboards, bass, drums, percussion, horn arrangements
  • Fred Tackett- guitar, mandolin
  • Buzz Feiten- guitar
  • Michael McDonald- vocals
  • Randy Kerber- keyboards
  • Neil Larsen – keyboards
  • Dr. John- keyboards
  • Ralph Grierson – keyboards
  • Michael Boddicker- synthesizer
  • Randy Newman- synthesizer
  • Nick DeCaro – accordion, orchestral arrangements
  • Red Callender- bass
  • Willie Weeks- bass
  • Steve Gadd- drums
  • Andy Newmark- drums
  • Jeff Porcaro- drums
  • Mark Stevens – drums, percussion
  • Victor Feldman- percussion, drums, keyboards
  • Tom Scott- horns
  • Ernie Watts- horns
  • Chuck Findley- horns
  • Johnny Mandel- orchestral arrangements
  • Arno Lucas- backing vocals
  • Leslie Smith – backing vocals
  • Joe Turano – backing vocals
  • Matthew Weiner- backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Rickie Lee Jones, except where noted.

  1. Chuck E.’s in Love
  2. On Saturday Afternoons in 1963
  3. Night Train
  4. Young Blood
  5. Easy Money
  6. The Last Chance Texaco
  7. Danny’s All-Star Joint
  8. Coolsville
  9. Weasel and the White Boys Cool – Rickie Lee Jones, Alfred Johnson
  10. Company – Rickie Lee Jones, Alfred Johnson
  11. After Hours (Twelve Bars Past Goodnight)

 

James Brown: I Got You (I Feel Good)

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On January 1, 1966, “King” label released “I Got You (I Feel Good”, the  thirteenth James Brown studio album.

Personnel:

  • James Brown – vocal
  • Bobby Bennett – vocal
  • Bobby Byrd – vocal
  • Lloyd Stallworth – vocal
  • The Famous Flames – vocal group

Track listing:

  1. I Got You (I Feel Good) – James Brown
  2. Lost Someone – James Brown, Bobby Byrd, Lloyd Stallworth
  3. Night Train – Jimmy Forest, Lewis Simpkins, Oscar Washington
  4. You’ve Got the Power – James Brown, John Terry
  5. Love Don’t Love Nobody – Roy Brown
  6. Think – Ja,es Brown, Lowman Pauling
  7. Good Good Lovin’ – James Brown, Albert Shubert
  8. I Can’t Help It (I Just Do-Do-Do) – James Brown
  9. I’ve Got Money – James Brown
  10. Three Hearts In a Tangle – Ray Starr, Sonny Thompson
  11. Suds – Nat Kendrick
  12. Dancin’ Little Thing – Hank Ballard, James Brown

Steve Winwood: Arc of a Diver

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On December 31, 1980, “Island” label released “Arc of a Diver”, the second Steve Winwood studio album. It was recorded in 1980 at the “Netherturkdonic Studios” in Gloucestershire, and was produced by Steve Winwood.

Personnel:

  • Steve Winwood– lead and backing vocals,, acoustic and electric guitars, mandolin, bass, drums, percussion, drum machines, keyboards, synthesizers, organ
  • Tony Wright – cover artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Steve Winwood and Will Jennings except where noted.

  1. While You See a Chance
  2. Arc of a Diver – Steve Winwood, Vivian Stanshall
  3. Second-Hand Woman – Steve Winwood, George Fleming
  4. Slowdown Sundown
  5. Spanish Dancer
  6. Night Train
  7. Dust – Steve Winwood, George Fleming