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The Yardbirds: Five Live Yardbirds

On December 4, 1964, “Columbia” label released “Five Live Yardbirds”, the debut Yardbirds (The) album. It was recorded in March 1964, at “Marquee Club” in London, and was produced by Giorgio Gomelsky.

Personnel:

  • Keith Relf – lead vocals, harmonica, maracas
  • Eric “Slowhand” Clapton – co-led vocals, lead guitar
  • Chris Dreja – rhythm guitar
  • Paul “Sam” Samwell-Smith – co-lead vocals, bass guitar
  • Jim McCarty – drums
  • Phillip Wood – engineer, sound effects engineer
  • Richard Rosser – photography
  • Giorgio Gomelsky – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Too Much Monkey Business – Chuck Berry
  2. I Got Love If You Want It – James Moore (a.k.a. Slim Harpo)
  3. Smokestack Lightnin’ – Howlin’ Wolf
  4. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl – Don Level, Bob Love
  5. Respectable – O’Kelly Isley, Ronald Isley, Rudolph Isley
  6. Five Long Years – Eddie Boyd
  7. Pretty Girl – Ellas McDaniel (a.k.a. Bo Didley)
  8. Louise – John Lee Hooker
  9. I’m a Man – Ellas McDaniel
  10. Here ‘Tis – Ellas McDaniel

The Isley Brothers: Inside You

On December 1, 1981, “T-Neck” label released “Inside You”, the Isley Brothers (The) album. It was recorded in 1981, in Bearsville, Woodstock, Bew York, and was produced by Ronald Isley, Rudolph Isley, O’Kelly Isley, Ernie Isley, Marvin Isley and Chris Jasper.

Personnel:

  • Ronald Isley – lead vocals
  • Rudolph Isley – backing vocals
  • O’Kelly Isley – backing vocals
  • Ernie Isley – lead and rhythm guitar, drums, percussion
  • Marvin Isley – bass, percussion
  • Chris Jasper – keyboards, percussion, vibes, string and horn arrangements
  • Everett Collins – drums
  • Kevin Jones – congas, percussion
  • Gene Orloff – concertmaster
  • Wayne A. Wofford – alto saxophone
  • Mike Spengler – trumpet
  • Pete Ramaglia – trumpet
  • Gloria Agostini – harp
  • Eve Otto – harp
  • Marilyn Wright – violin
  • Harold Kohon – violin
  • Winteron Garvey – violin
  • Marvin Morgenstern – violin
  • Richard Young – violin
  • Anahid Ajemian – violin
  • Fred Buldrini – violin
  • Guy Lumis – violin 
  • Gerald Tarack – violin 
  • Louann Montesi – violin 
  • Mitsue Takayama – viola 
  • Alfred V. Brown – viola 
  • Julian C. Barber – viola
  • Kermit Moore – cello
  • Jonathan Abramowits – cello
  • Fred Zlotkin – cello 

Track listing:

All tracks by O’Kelly Isley, Rudolph Isley, Ernie Isley, Ronald Isley, Marvin Isley and Chris Jasper, except where noted.

  1. Inside You (Part I & II)
  2. Baby Hold On
  3. Don’t Hold Back Your Love (Part I & II)
  4. First Love – David Townsend
  5. Love Merry-Go-Round
  6. Welcome to My Heart
  7. Love Zone

The Doobie Brothers: Cycles

On May 17, 1989, “Capitol” label released “Cycles”, the tenth Doobie Brothers (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1988, at “The Plant” in Sausalito, California, and was produced by Rodney Mills, Charlie Midnight and Eddie Schwartz.

Personnel:

  • Tom Johnston – lead vocals, guitar
  • Patrick Simmons – lead vocals, guitar
  • Tiran Porter – bass, backing vocals
  • John Hartman – drums, backing vocals
  • Michael Hossack – drums, percussion
  • Bobby LaKind – percussion, backing vocals
  • Bill Payne – keyboards
  • Dave Tyson – keyboards
  • Kim Bullard – keyboards
  • Dale Ockerman – keyboards
  • Phil Aaberg – keyboards
  • Don Frank – electronic drums
  • The Memphis Horns (Wayne Jackson, Andrew Love) – horns
  • Rem Smiers – keytar
  • Bobby La Kind – conductor
  • Brian Wayy – programming, remix
  • Tom Sadzeck, Devon Bernadoni, Jim Gaines, Rodney Mills, Jeffrey Norman – engineer
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Jeffery Fey – design
  • Tommy Steele – art direction
  • Tom Nikosey – logo design
  • Tom Keller – photography

Track listing:

  1. The Doctor – Tom Johnston, Charlie Midnight, Eddie Schwartz
  2. One Chain Don’t Make no Prison – Dennis Lambert, Brian Potter
  3. Take Me to the Highway – Patrick Simmons, Dale Ockerman, Tome Fedele, Charlie Midnight, Eddie Schwartz, Dale Ockerman,
  4. South of the Border – Tom Johnston
  5. Time Is Here and Gone – Bobby La Kind, John Mcfee, Keith Knudsen
  6. Need a Little Taste of Love – Marvin Isley, Ernie Isley, Ronald Isley, O’Kelly Isley, Rudolph Isley, Chris Jasper
  7. I Can Read Your Mind – Patrick Simmons, Dale Ockerman, Chris Thompson
  8. Tonight I’m Coming (Through the Border) – Bobby La Kind, Michael McDonald
  9. Wrong Number – Tom Johnston
  10. Too High a Price – Bobby La Kind, Zeke Zirngeibel, John Herron