On February 21, 1969, “Apple” label released “Post Card”, the debut Mary Hopkin studio album. It was recorded October – November 1968, at “EMI Studios”, “Trident” and “Morgan” in London, and was produced by Paul McCartney.
Personnel:
Mary Hopkin – lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitar
Paul McCartney – acoustic guitar, bass
Donovan – acoustic guitar
Derek Griffiths – guitar
George Martin – piano
Jim Rodford – bass
Bernie Higginson – drums
Nick Newell – saxophone
Mike Cotton – trumpet
John Beecham – trombone
London Welsh Choir – choir
Richard Hewson – arrangements
Ken Scott – engineer, mixing
Malcolm Toft – engineer
Gordon House – graphics
Linda Eastman – photography
Track listing:
Lord of the Reedy River – Donovan
Happiness Runs (Pebble and the Man) – Donovan
Love Is the Sweetest Thing – Ray Noble
Y Blodyn Gwyn – Richard H. Jones, Edward John Hughes
The Honeymoon Song – William Sansom, Mikis Theodorakis
The Puppy Song – Harry Nilsson
Inchworm – Frank Loesser
Voyage of the Moon – Donovan
Lullaby of the Leaves – Bernice Petkere, Joe Young
Young Love – Ric Cartey, Carole Joyner
Someone to Watch Over Me – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
Prince en Avignon – Jean-Pierre Bourtayre
The Game – George Martin
There’s No Business Like Show Business – Irving Berlin
On February 7, 1975, “Reprise” label released “Pieces of the Sky”, the second Emmylou Harris studio album. It was recorded in 1974, at “Enactron Truck” in Los Angeles, “Track Recorders” in Silver Spring, Maryland, and was produced by Brian Ahem.
Personnel:
Emmylou Harris – vocals, acoustic guitar
Brian Ahern – acoustic guitar, guitar, bass
Bruce Archer – acoustic guitar
Rick Cunha – acoustic guitar, guitar
James Burton – electric guitar, Gut-string guitar, dobro
Amos Garrett – electric guitar
Byron Berline – fiddle, mandolin
Herb Pedersen – acoustic guitar, 12-string guitar, banjo, backing vocals
On February 1, 1971, “Bell” label released “Love’s Lines, Angles and Rhymes”, the sixth 5th Dimension (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1970, at “Wally Heider” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Bones Howe.
Personnel:
Marilyn McCoo – lead and backing vocals
Florence LaRue – lead and backing vocals
Billy Davis Jr. – lead and backing vocals
Lamonte McLemore – backing vocals
Ron Townson – backing vocals
Dennis Budimir, Fred Tackett, Mike Deasy, Michael Anthony – guitar
Jimmy Rowles – piano
Larry Knechtel, Gary Illingworth – keyboards
Joe Osborn, Max Bennett – bass guitar
Hal Blaine – drums
Jack Arnold, Larry Bunker, Victor Feldman – percussion
Jim Horn, Tom Scott, Pete Christlieb, Lanny Morgan – saxophone
Bud Brisbois, Chuck Findley, Oliver Mitchell, Ray Triscari – trumpet
Lew McCreary, Bob Edmondson – trombone
Catherine Gothoffer – harp
The Sid Sharp String Section – strings
Track listing:
Time and Love – Laura Nyro
Love’s Lines, Angles and Rhymes – Dorothea Joyce
What Does It Take – Harvey Fuqua, Johnny Bristol, Vernon Bullock
In December 1967, “Cadet” label released “Take a Bryant Step”, the 19th Ray Bryant album. It was recorded August – November 1967, at “Tel Mar Studios” in Chicago, Illinois, and was produced by Richard Evans.
Personnel:
Ray Bryant – piano, arrangements
The Richard Evans Orchestra
Richard Evans – arrangements
Doug Brand – engineer
Track listing:
To Sir with Love – Mark London. Don Black
Ramblin’ – Ornette Coleman
Natural Woman – Gerry Goffin, Carole King, Jerry Wexler
On November 30, 2009, “Hypertension Music” label released “Life Goes On”, the tenth Gerry Rafferty album, and the last one released in his lifetime. It was recorded in 2009, at“Icon Studios” in East Sussex, England, “Studio Miraval” in France, “Blue Wave Recording Studios” in St. Philip, Barbados, “Parkgate Studios” in Sussex, England, “Chipping Norton Studios” in Oxfordshire, England, “Tye Farm”, “The Hit Factory”, “Skibo Castle” in Dornoch, Sutherland, Scotland, and was produced by Hugh Murphy and Gerry Rafferty.
Personnel:
Gerry Rafferty – lead, harmony and backing vocals, acoustic, electric and high-string guitar, piano, electric piano, organ, synthesizer, programming
On November 3, 1969, “Motown” label released “Four in Blue”, album by The Miracles. It was recorded in 1969, at “Hitsville USA” in Detroit, and was produced by Smokey Robinson.
Personnel:
Smokey Robinson – lead vocals
Claudette Robinson – backing vocals
Pete Moore – backing vocals
Bobby Rogers – backing vocals
Ronnie White – backing vocals
Marv Tarplin – guitar
Track listing:
You Send Me (With Your Good Lovin’) – Al Cleveland, Terry “Buzzy” Johnson, Smokey Robinson
Dreams Dreams – Smokey Robinson, Al Cleveland
Tomorrow Is Another Day – Deke Richards, Beatrice Verdi
Hey Jude – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
California Soul – Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson
A Legend in Its Own Time – Smokey Robinson
You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’ – Barry Mann, Phil Spector, Cynthia Weil
We Can Make It We Can – Nikolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson
When Nobody Cares – Smokey Robinson
Don’t Say You Love Me – Richard Morris
Wish I Knew – Debbie Dean, Deke Richards
My World Is Empty Without You – Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland
In October 1977, “Atlantic” label released “True to Life”, album by Ray Charles. It was recorded in 1977, at “R. P. M. International” in Los Angeles, and was produced by ray Charles.
Personnel:
Ray Charles – vocals, piano, keyboards, arrangements, engineer
Larry Muhoberac, Roger Newman, Sid Feller – arrangements
Bob Gratts – engineer
Robert Gratts – engineer
Track listing:
I Can See Clearly Now – Johnny Nash
The Jealous Kind – Robert Guidry
Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’ – Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers
How Long Has This Been Going On? – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
On October 20, 2023, “Polydor” label released “Hackney Diamonds”, the twenty-fourth Rolling Stones (The) studio album. It was recorded February 2019, 2020, December 2022, January 2023, at “Electric Lady” in New York City, “Henson” in Los Angeles, “The Hit Factory” in New York City, “Metropolis” in London, “Sanctuary” in Nassau, Bahamas, and was produced by Andrew Watt and Don Was.
Personnel:
Mick Jagger – lead and backing vocals, guitar, percussion, harmonica
Keith Richards – lead and backing vocals, guitar, bass guitar
Ronnie Wood – guitar, bass guitar
Charlie Watts – drums
Matt Clifford – keyboards, piano, Wurlitzer electric piano, Rhodes electric piano, organ. Hammond B3 organ
Elton John – piano
Benmont Tench – Hammond organ
Stevie Wonder – piano, Rhodes electric piano, Moog synthesizer
On October 14, 1969, “RCA” label released “Rhymes & Reasons”, the debut John Denver studio album. It was recorded in 1969, at “RCA Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Milton Okun.
Personnel:
John Denver – vocals, guitar, arrangements
Eric Weissberg – banjo, steel guitar
Paul Prestopino – guitar, autoharp, mandolin
Stan Free – organ
Paul Griffin – keyboards
Russ Savakus – bass guitar
Teddy Sommer – drums
Herbie Lovelle – drums
George Marge – baritone saxophone
Marvin Stamm – flute, trumpet
Albert Richmond – French horn
Tommy Goodman – additional instrumentation
Milton Okun – arrangements
Jim Crotty – recording
John Woram – recording
Jean Goldhirsch – assistant producer
Track listing:
The Love of the Common People – John Hurley, Ronnie Wilkins
Catch Another Butterfly – Mike Williams
Daydream – John Denver
The Ballad of Spiro Agnew – Tom Paxton
Circus – Michael Johnson, John Denver, Laurie Kuehn
When I’m Sixty-Four – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
The Ballad of Richard Nixon – Tom Paxton
Rhymes & Reasons – John Denver
Yellow Cat – Steven Fromholz
Leaving on a Jet Plane – John Denver
(You Dun Stomped) My Heart – Mason Williams
My Old Man – Jerry Jeff Walker
I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free – Billy Taylor, Dick Dallas
Today Is the First Day of the Rest of My Life (Sugacity) – Pat Garvey, Victoria Garvey
On October 9, 1969, “A&M” label released “Offering”, the debut Carpenters studio album. It was recorded in 1969, at “A&M Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Jack Daugherty.
Personnel:
Richard Carpenter – lead and backing vocals, piano, Wurlitzer electric piano, harpsichord, remastering
Karen Carpenter – lead and backing vocals, drums, electric bass
Gary Sims – guitar
Joe Osborn – bass
Bob Messenger – bass
Herb Alpert – shakers
Ray Gerhardt – engineer
Bernie Grundman – remastering
Tom Wilkes – art director
Jim McCrary – photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Richard Carpenter and John Bettis, except where noted.
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