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Dusty Springfield: Cameo

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On February 10, 1973, “ABC Dunhill Records” label released “Cameo”, the eighth Dusty Springfield studio album. It was recorded July – October 1972, at “ABC Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Steve Barri, Brian Potter and Dennis Lambert.

Personnel:

  • Dusty Springfield – vocals
  • Ben Benay – guitar
  • Larry Carlton – guitar
  • David Cohen – guitar
  • Dennis Lambert – keyboards
  • Michael Lang – keyboards
  • Michael Omartian – keyboards, string, horn and flute arrangements
  • Wilton Felder – bass guitar
  • Carol Kaye – bass guitar
  • Wilton Felder – bass guitar
  • Carol Kaye – bass guitar
  • Hal Blaine – drums
  • Paul Humphrey – drums
  • Brian Potter – percussion
  • Victor Feldman – percussion
  • Clydie King – backing vocals
  • Venetta Fields – backing vocals
  • Sherlie Matthews – backing vocals
  • Myrna Matthews – backing vocals
  • Sid Sharp – concertmaster
  • Jimmie Haskell – string arrangements
  • Ruby Mazur – design
  • Joe Black – project coordinator

Track listing:

All tracks by Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter, except where noted.

  1. Who Gets Your Love
  2. Breakin’ Up a Happy Home
  3. Easy Evil – Alan O’Day
  4. Mama’s Little Girl
  5. The Other Side of Life – David Gates
  6. Comin’ and Goin’
  7. I Just Wanna Be There – Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson
  8. Who Could Be Loving You Other Than Me? – Willie Hutchinson
  9. Tupelo Honey – Van Morrison
  10. Of All the Things
  11. Learn to Say Goodbye” (from the ABC Movie of the Week, Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole) – Hugo Montenegro, Bradford Craig

Jefferson Airplane: Surrealistic Pillow

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On February 1, 1967, “RCA Victor” label released “Surrealistic Pillow”, the second Jefferson Airplane studio album. It was recorded October – November 1966, at “RCA Victor” in Hollywood, and was produced by Rick Jarrard.

Personnel:

  • Grace Slick – lead and co-lead vocals, piano, organ, recorder
  • Marty Balin – lead and co-lead vocals, guitar, design
  • Paul Kantner – lead and co-lead vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Jorma Kaukonen – lead vocals, lead guitar
  • Jack Casady – bass guitar, fuzz bass, rhythm guitar
  • Spencer Dryden – drums, percussion
  • Jerry Garcia – “musical and spiritual advisor”, guitar
  • Herb Greene – photography
  • David Hassinger – engineer

Track listing:

  1. She Has Funny cars – Jorma Kaukonen, Marty Balin
  2. Somebody to Love – Darby Slick
  3. My Best Friend – Skip Spence
  4. Today – Marty Balin, Paul Kantner
  5. Comin’ Back to Me – Marty Balin
  6. 3/5 of a Mile in 10 Seconds – Marty Balin
  7. D.C.B.A. – 25 – Paul Kantner
  8. How Do You Feel – Tom Mastin
  9. Embryone Journey – Jorma Kaukonen
  10. White Rabbit – Grace Slick
  11. Plastic Fantastic Love – Marty Balin

Ramsey Lewis: Funky Serenity

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On January 30, 1973, “Columbia” label released “Funky Serenity”, the 39th Ramsey Lewis album. It was recorded in October 1972, and was produced by Ramsey Lewis.

Personnel:

  • Ramsey Lewis – piano, electric piano, harpsichord
  • Cleveland Eaton – bass, electric bass, percussion
  • Morris Jennings – drums, congas, percussion
  • Ed Green – percussion, violin

Track listing:

All tracks by Cleveland Eaton, Morris Jennings and Ramsey Lewis, except where noted.

  1. Kufanya Mapenzi (Making Love) – Eddie Green
  2. (If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don’t Want to Be Right – Homer Banks, Carl Hampton, Raymond Jackson
  3. What It Is!
  4. My Love for You – Eddie Green
  5. Nights in White Satin – Justin Hayward
  6. Serene Funk
  7. Dreams
  8. Betcha by Golly, Wow – Thom Bell, Linda Creed
  9. Where Is the Love – Ralph MacDonald, William Salter

John Lennon & Yoko Ono: Milk And Honey

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On January 27, 1984, “Polydor” label released “Milk and Honey”, the sixth and final John Lennon and Yoko Ono album (Lennon’s eighth and final album). It was recorded October – November 1979, August – December 1980, and was produced by John Lennon and Yoko Ono.

Personnel:

  • John Lennon – vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards
  • Yoko Ono – vocals, piano
  • Chris Mawson – guitar
  • Earl Slick – guitar
  • Elliott Randall – guitar
  • Steve Love – guitar
  • Hugh McCracken – guitar
  • Paul Griffin – piano
  • George Small – piano
  • Ed Walsh – keyboards
  • Peter Cannarozzi – synthesizer
  • Neil Jason – bass
  • Tony Levin – bass
  • Wayne Pedziwiatr – bass
  • Howard Johnson – baritone saxophone
  • Andy Newmark – drums
  • Allan Schwartzberg – drums
  • Yogi Horton – drums
  • Arthur Jenkins – percussion
  • Jimmy Maelen – percussion
  • Peter Thom – backing vocals
  • Kurt Yaghjian – backing vocals
  • Carlos Alomar – backing vocals
  • Gordon Grody – backing vocals
  • Billy Alessi – backing vocals
  • Bobby Alessi – backing vocals

All tracks by John Lennon, except where noted.

  1. I’m Stepping Out
  2. Sleepless Night – Yoko Ono
  3. I Don’t Want Face It
  4. Don’t Be Scared – Yoko Ono
  5. Nobody Told Me
  6. O’ Sanity – Yoko Ono
  7. Borrowed Time
  8. Your Hands – Yoko Ono
  9. (Forgive Me) My Little Flower Princess
  10. Let Me Count the Ways – Yoko Ono
  11. Crow Old With Me
  12. You’re the One – Yoko Ono

The Ventures: The Ventures In Space

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On January 25, 1964, “Dolton” label released “The Ventures in Space”, the 13th Ventures (The) album. It was recorded in October 1963, and was produced by Robert Reisdorff.

Personnel:

  • Don Wilson – guitar
  • Nokie Edwards – guitar
  • Bob Bogle – bass
  • Mel Taylor – drums
  • Red Rhodes – pedal steel guitar
  • Eddie Brackett – engineer

Track listing:

  1. Out of Limits – Michael Z. Gordon
  2. He Never Came Back – Don Wilson, Mel Taylor, Nokie Edwards, Bob Bogle
  3. Moon Child – Cissy Wechter, Julius Wechter
  4. Fear – Harry Lubin
  5. Exploration in Terror – Don Wilson, Nokie Edwards, Bob Bogle
  6. War of the Satellites – Danny Hamilton
  7. The Bat – Lou Forbes
  8. Penetration – Steve Leonard
  9. Love Goddess of Venus – Don Wilson
  10. Solar Race – Don Wilson, Nokie Edwards, Bob Bogle
  11. The Fourth Dimension – Gary Hodge, Terry Wadsworth
  12. Twilight Zone – Marty Manning

Hermann Szobel: Szobel

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On January 21, 1976, “Arista” label released “Szobel”, the only Hermann Szobel album. It was recorded in October 1975, at “Record Plant Studios” in New York City. 

Personnel:

  • Hermann Szobel – piano
  • Vadim Vyadro – tenor saxophone, flute, clarinet
  • Michael Visceglia – electric bass
  • Bob Goldman – drums
  • David Samuels – vibraphone, marimba, percussion
  • John Struthers, Tom Panunzio – recording

Track listing:

  1. Mr. Softee
  2. The Szuite
  3. Between 7 & 11
  4. Transcendental Floss
  5. New York City, 6 AM

The Master Apprentices: A Toast To Panama Red

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In January 1972, “Regal Zonophone” label released “A Toast to Panama Red”, the fourth Masters Apprentices (The) studio album. It was recorded September – October 1971, at “Abbey Road Studios” and “Air Studios” in London, and was produced by Jeff Jarratt.

Personnel:

  • Jim Keays – lead vocals, effects
  • Doug Ford – acoustic and electric guitars, backing vocals
  • Glenn Wheatley – bass, backing vocals
  • Colin Burgess – drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Andrew Jackman – choir and brass arrangements
  • The Crikey Choir – choir
  • Cahil Gibram – poetry excerpt from – The Prophet
  • Nicky Webb, Peter Bown, Richard Lush – engineer
  • Jim Kayes  – artwork
  • Peter Vernon – photography
  • Vicky Keays – typography

Track listing:

All tracks by Doug Ford and Jim Keays, except where noted.

  1. Answer Lies Beyond
  2. Beneath the Sun – Doug Ford
  3. Games We Play – Part I
  4. Games We Play – Part II
  5. The Lesson So Listen
  6. Love Is
  7. Melodies of St. Kilda
  8. Southern Cross
  9. Thyme to Rhyme

Free: Heartbreaker

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In January 1973, “Island” label released “Heartbreaker”, the sixth and the final Free studio album. It was recorded October – November 1972, at“Island Studios” in London, and was produced by Andy Johns, Paul Rodgers, Simon Kirke, Tetsu Yamauchi and John Bundrick.

Personnel:

  • Paul Rodgers – lead vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, piano
  • Rabbit (John Bundrick) – acoustic and electric pianos, organ, glockenspiel, bcking vocals
  • Tetsu Yamauchi – bass guitar, percussion
  • Simon Kirke – drums, percussion, rhythm guitar, backing vocals
  • Paul Kossoff – guitar
  • Snuffy – guitar
  • Rebop Kwaku Baah – congas 

Track listing:

  1. Wishing Well – Paul Rodgers, Simon Kirke, Tetsu Yamauchi, Paul Kossoff, John Bundrick
  2. Come Together in the Morning Paul Rodgers
  3. Travellin in Style – Paul Rodgers, Simon Kirke, Tetsu Yamauchi, Paul Kossoff, John Bundrick
  4. Heartbreaker – Paul Rodgers
  5. Muddy Water – John Bundrick
  6. Common Mortal Man – John Bundrick
  7. Easy on My Soul – Paul Rodgers
  8. Seven Angels – Paul Rodgers

Lulu: New Routes

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On January 16, 1970, “Atlantic” label released “New Routes”, the fourth Lulu studio album. It was recorded September – October 1969, at “Muscle Shoals Sound Studio” in Sheffield, Alabama, and was produced by Arif Mardin, Tom Dowd and Jerry Wexler.

Personnel:

  • Lulu – vocals
  • Duane Allman – guitar
  • Cornell Dupree, Charlie Freeman, Eddie Hinton – guitar
  • Jim Dickinson – guitar, piano
  • Jimmy Johnson – guitar, engineer
  • Barry Beckett – keyboards
  • Michael Utley – organ
  • David Hood, Tommy McClure – bass guitar
  • Roger Hawkins – drums
  • Martin Greene – engineer
  • Stephen Paley – photography

Track listing:

  1. Marley Purt Drive – Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb
  2. In the Morning – Barry Gibb
  3. People in Love – Eddie Hinton, Grady Smith
  4. After All (I Live My Life) – Jim Doris, Frankie Miller
  5. Feelin’ Alright – Dave Mason
  6. Dirty Old Man – Delaney Bramlett, Mac Davis
  7. Oh Me Oh My (I’m a Fool for You Baby) – Jim Doris
  8. Is That You Love – Jackie Avery, John Farris
  9. Mr. Bojangles – Jerry Jeff Walker
  10. Where’s Eddie – Donnie Fritts, Eddie Hinton
  11. Sweep Around Your Own Back Door – Fran Robins

John Coltrane: Live At Birdland

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On January 9, 1964, “Impulse!” label released “Live at Birdland”, album by John Coltrane (the seventh album for Impulse!). It was recorded March, October and November 1963, at “Birdland” in New York City, “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Thiele.

Personnel:

  • John Coltrane – soprano and tenor saxophone
  • McCoy Tyner – piano
  • Jimmy Garrison – double bass
  • Elvin Jones – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – studio recording

Track listing:

 All tracks by John Coltrane, except where noted.

  1. Afro Blue – Mongo Santamaria
  2. I Want to Talk About You – Billy Eckstine
  3. The Promise
  4. Alabama
  5. Your Lady