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Paul McCartney & Wings: Band On The Run

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On November 30, 1973, “Apple” label released “Band on the Run”, the third Paul McCartney and Wings studio album, It was recorded August – October 1973, at “EMI” and “ARC” in Lagos, Nigeria, “AIR” and “Kingsway Recorders” in London, and was produced by Paul McCartney. In 2000, “Q” magazine placed “Band on the Run” at number 75 in its list of the “100 Greatest British Albums Ever”. In 2012, it was voted 418th on Rolling Stone’s list of “The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.In 2013, it was inducted into the “Grammy Hall of Fame”.

Personnel:

  • Paul McCartney – lead and backing vocals, bass, acoustic and electric guitars, piano, keyboards, drums, percussion
  • Linda McCartney – harmony and backing vocals, organ, keyboards, percussion
  • Denny Laine – harmony and backing vocals, co-lead vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, percussion
  • Howie Casey – saxophone
  • Ginger Baker – percussion
  • Remi Kabaka – percussion
  • Ian Horne, Trevor Jones – backing vocals
  • 3 uncredited session musicians – saxophones
  • Tony Visconti – orchestrations
  • Geoff Emerick – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Paul and Linda McCartney, except where noted.

  1. Band on the Run
  2. Jet
  3. Bluebird
  4. Mrs. Vandebilt
  5. Let Me Roll It
  6. Mamunia
  7. No Words – Paul McCartney, Denny Laine
  8. Picasso’s Last Words (Drink to Me)
  9. Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five

Ringo Starr: Ringo

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On November 2, 1973, “Apple” label released “Ringo”, the third Ringo Starr studio album. It was recorded March – July 1973, at “Apple” and “EMI” in London, “Sunset Sound”, “A&M”, “Burbank”, “Sound Lab”, “Producers Workshop” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Richard Perry.

Personnel:

  • Ringo Starr – lead vocals, drums, percussion
  • George Harrison – acoustic and electric guitar, backing vocals
  • Vini Poncia – acoustic and electric guitar, percussion, backing vocals
  • Jimmy Calvert – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Steve Cropper – electric guitar
  • Robbie Robertson – electric guitar
  • Marc Bolan – guitar
  • Levon Helm – mandolin
  • David Bromberg – banjo, fiddle
  • James Booker – piano
  • Nicky Hopkins – piano
  • Tom Hensley – piano
  • Paul McCartney – “kazoo” vocal solo, piano, synthesizer, backing vocals, flute and strings arrangements
  • John Lennon – piano, backing vocals
  • Billy Preston – organ, piano
  • Garth Hudson – accordion
  • Klaus Voormann – bass guitar
  • Rick Danko – fiddle
  • Jim Keltner – drums
  • Milt Holland – percussion, marimba
  • Lon & Derrek Van Eaton – percussion
  • Tom Scott – horns, arrangements
  • Chuck Findley – horns
  • Bobby Keys – saxophone
  • Linda McCartney – backing vocals
  • Harry Nilsson – backing vocals
  • Martha Reeves – backing vocals
  • Merry Clayton – backing vocals
  • Richard Perry – backing vocals

Track listing:

  1. I’m the Greatest – John Lennon
  2. Have You Seen My Baby – Randy Newman
  3. Photograph – Richard Starkey, George Harrison
  4. Sunshine Life for Me (Sail Away Raymond) – George Harrison
  5. You’re Sixteen – Bob Sherman, Dick Sherman
  6. Oh My My – Richard Starkey, Vini Poncia
  7. Step Lightly – Graham Starkey
  8. Six O’Clock – Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney
  9. Devil Woman – Graham Starkey, Vini Poncia
  10. You and Me (Babe) – George Harrison, Mal Evans

Paul McCartney: Chaos And Creation In The Backyard

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On September 12, 2005, “Parlaphone” label released “Chaos and Creation in the Backyard”, the thirteenth Paul McCartney studio album. It was recorded September 2023 – April 2005, at “RAL” and “AIR” in London, “Ocean Way” in Hollywood, and was produced by Nigel Godrich.

Personnel:

  • Paul McCartney – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, classical guitar, 12 string guitar, tambourine on snare, piano, electric piano, B 3 organ, Moog synthesizer, autoharp, Baldwin spinet, bass guitar, cello, drums, drum machine, flugelhorn, violin, gong, güiro, harmonium, acoustic guitar loops, maracas, melodica, recorders, tubular bells, triangle, toy glockenspiel, percussion, vibrachimes, woodblock, art direction
  • Jason Falkner – electric guitar, classical guitar
  • Rusty Anderson – acoustic guitar
  • Brian Ray – acoustic guitar
  • Nigel Godrich – piano and Epiphone acoustic guitar loops
  • Pedro Eustache – duduk
  • James Gadson – drums
  • Joey Waronker – bass drum, bongos, shaker
  • Abe Laboriel Jr. – percussion, block, tambourine
  • The Los Angeles Music Players – strings
  • Millennia Ensemble – strings, brass instrument
  • Joby Talbot – string and brass arrangements, conducting
  • David Campbell – string arrangement
  • Dan Grech-Marguerat – production assistant
  • Darrell Thorp – engineer
  • Alan Yoshida – mastering
  • Stylorouge London – art direction
  • Mike McCartney – cover
  • Brian Clarke – inlay
  • Bill Bernstein – back cover

Track listing:

All tracks by Paul McCartney.

  1. Fine Line
  2. How Kind of You
  3. Jenny Wren
  4. At the mercy
  5. Friends to Go
  6. English Tea
  7. Too Much Rain
  8. A Certain Softness
  9. Riding to Vanity Fair
  10. Follow Me
  11. Promise to You Girl
  12. This Never Happened Before
  13. Anyway
  14. I’ve Only Got Two Hands (unlisted instrumental)

Pat Metheny: MoonDial

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On July 26, 2024, “BMG” and “Modern” labels released “MoonDial”, the 55th Pat Metheny album. It was recorded in 2024, at “High Rocks”, and was produced by Pat Metheny:

Personnel:

  • Pat Metheny – custom built baritone guitar

Track listing:

All tracks by Pat Metheny, except where noted.

  1. MoonDial
  2. La Crosse
  3. You’re Everything – lyrics by Neville Potter, music by Chick Corea
  4. Here, There and Everywhere – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
  5. We Can’t See It, But It’s There
  6. Falcon Love
  7. Everything Happens to Me / Somewhere – lyrics by Tom Adair, Stephen Sondheim, music by Matt Dennis, Leonard Bernstein
  8. Londonderry Air – traditional
  9. This Belongs to You
  10. Shōga
  11. My Love and I – lyrics by Johnny Mercer, music by David Raskin
  12. Angel Eyes – lyrics by Earl K. Brent, Matt Dennis
  13. MoonDial – epilogue

The Buddy Rich Orchestra: Big Swing Face

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In June 1967, “Pacific Jazz” label released “Big Swing Face”, live album by the Buddy Rich Big Band (the 21st Buddy Rich album overall). It was recorded February – March 1967, at “Chez Club” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Richard Bock.

Personnel:

  • Buddy Rich – drums
  • Quinn Davis – alto saxophone
  • Ernie Watts – alto saxophone, flute
  • Jay Corre, Robert Keller – tenor saxophone, flute
  • Marty Flax – baritone saxophone
  • Bobby Shew, Yoshito Murakami, Charles Findley, John Scottile – trumpet
  • Jim Trimble, John Boice – trombone
  • Bill Wimberly – bass trombone
  • Richie Resnicoff – guitar
  • Ray Starling – piano
  • James Gannon – double bass
  • Cathy Rich – vocals
  • Shorty Rogers – arrangement

Track listing:

  1. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
  2. Big Swing Face – Bill Potts
  3. Monitor Theme – Bernie Baum, Bill Giant, Florence Kaye
  4. Wack Wack – Isaac “Redd” Holt, Donald Storball, Hysear Don Walker, Jimmy Young
  5. Love for Sale – Cole Porter
  6. Mexicali Nose – Harry Betts
  7. Willowcrest – Bob Florence
  8. The Beat Goes On – Sonny Bono
  9. Bugle Call Rag – Billy Meyers, Jack Pettis, Elmer Schoebel

Aretha Franklin: Live At Fillmore West

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On May 19, 1971, “Atlantic” label released “Aretha Live at Fillmore West”, the third Aretha Franklin studio album. It was recorded in March 1971, at “Filmore West Concert Hall”, in San Francsico, and was produced by Jerry Wexler.

Personnel:

  • Aretha Franklin – vocals, Fender Rhodes
  • Cornell Dupree – guitar
  • Truman Thomas – piano
  • Ray Charles – piano
  • Billy Preston – organ
  • Jerry Jemmott – bass
  • Bernard Purdie – drums
  • Pancho Morales – congas
  • King Curtis – saxophone, orchestra leader
  • Memphis Horns – horns
  • Brenda Bryant, Margaret Branch, Pat Smith – backing vocals
  • Arif Mardin – horn arrangements
  • Larry Wilcox – horn arrangements
  • Tom Dowd – horn arrangements

Track listing:

  1. Respect – Otis Redding
  2. Love the One Youy’re With – Stephen Stills
  3. Bridge Over Troubled Water – Paul Simon
  4. Eleanor Rigby – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
  5. Make It with You – David Gates
  6. Don’t Play That Song – Ahmet Ertegun, Betty Nelson
  7. Dr. Feelgood – Aretha Franklin
  8. Spirit in the Dark – Aretha Franklin
  9. Spirit in the Dark (reprise with Ray Charles) – Aretha Franklin
  10. Reach Out and Touch – Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson

The Black Keys: The Big Come Up

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May 14, 2002, “Alive” label released “The Big Come Up”, the debut Black Keys (The) studio album. It was recorded January – March 2002, at “Synth Etiquette Analog Sound” in Akron, Ohio, and was produced by Patrick Carney.

Personnel:

  • Dan Auerbach – vocals, electric and slide guitar, 12 string guitar, bass
  • Patrick Carney – drums, tambourine, maracas, beats, sampler
  • Gabe Fulvimar – Moog bass 
  • Dave Schultz – mastering
  • Patrick Boissel – design
  • Michael Carney – design, photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney, except where noted.

  1. Busted – R. I. Burnside
  2. Do the Rump – Junior Kimbrough
  3. I’ll Be Your Man
  4. Countdown
  5. The Breaks
  6. Run Me Down
  7. Leavin’ Trunk – traditional
  8. Heavy Soul
  9. She Said, She Said – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
  10. Them Eyes
  11. Yearnin’
  12. Brooklyn Bound
  13. 240 Years Before Your Time

The Beatles: Live At The Hollywood Bowl

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On May 4, 1977, “Capitol” label released “The Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl”, live album by the Beatles. It was recorded in August 1964, August 1965, at “Hollywood Bowl” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Voyle Gilmore.

Personnel:

  • John Lennon – lead and backing vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Paul McCartney – lead and backing vocals, bass guitar
  • George Harrison – lead and backing vocals, lead guitar
  • Ringo Starr – lead vocal, drums
  • George Martin – sequencing, mixing

Track listing:

All tracks by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, except where noted.

  1. Twist and Shout – Phil Medley, Bert Russell
  2. She’s a Woman
  3. Dizzy Miss Lizzy – Larry Williams
  4. Ticket to Ride
  5. Can’t Buy Me Love
  6. Things We Said Today
  7. Roll Over Beethoven – Chuck Berry
  8. Boys – Luther Dixon, Wes Farrell
  9. A Hard Day’s Night
  10. Help!
  11. All My Loving
  12. She Loves You
  13. Long Tall Sally – Enotris Johnson, Richard Penniman, Robert Blackwell

Sarah Vaughn: Songs Of The Beatles

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On April 9, 1981, “Atlantic” label released “Songs of the Beatles”, the 45th Sarah Vaughan album. It was recorded in 1977, and was produced by Marty Paich and David Paich.

Personnel:

  • Sarah Vaughan – vocals
  • Lee Ritenour, Dean Parks, Louie Shelton – guitar
  • Michael Lang – keyboards
  • Marty Paich, David Paich – keyboards, arranger
  • Steve Porcaro – synthesizer
  • Toots Thielemans – harmonica
  • David Hungate – bass guitar
  • Bob Magnusson – string bass
  • Jeff Porcaro – percussion, drums
  • Bobbye Hall, Joe Porcaro, Steve Forman – percussion
  • Jon Smith – tenor saxophone
  • Marcos Valle – vocals
  • Bill Thedford, Perry Morgan, Jim Gilstrap – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by John Lennon and Paul McCartney,  except where noted.

  1. Get Back
  2. And I Love Her
  3. Eleanor Rigby
  4. The Fool on the Hill
  5. You Never Give Me Your Money
  6. Come Together
  7. I Want You (She’s So Heavy)
  8. Blackbird
  9. Something – George Harrison
  10. Here, There and Everywhere
  11. The Long and Winding Road
  12. Yesterday
  13. Hey Jude