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Mose Allison: Ramblin’ With Mose

In February 1962, “Prestige” label released “Ramblin’ with Mose”, the fourth Mose Allison album. It was recorded in April 1958, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Weinstock.

Personnel:

  • Mose Allison – vocals, piano
  • Addison Farmer – bass
  • Ronnie Free – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
  • Joe Goldberg – liner notes
  • Esmond Edwards – supervision

Track listing:

All tracks by Mose Allison, except where noted.

  1. I Got a Right to Cry – Joe Liggins
  2. Old Devil Moon – Burton Lane, Yip Harburg
  3. The Minstrels
  4. You Belong to Me – Pee Wee King, Chilton Price, Redd Stewart
  5. Stranger in Paradise – Robert Wright, George Forrest
  6. The Kissin’ Bug – Bill Eisenhauer, Diane Lampert, Horace Linsley
  7. Ramble
  8. Saritha
  9. Old Man John
  10. Ingenue

Leonard Cohen: Dear Heather

On October 26, 2004, “Columbia” label released “Dear Heather” the eleventh  Leonard Cohen studio album. It was recorded 1979, 1985, 2002 – 2004, and was produced by Leanne Ungar, Sharon Robinson, Anjani Thomas, Henry Lewy and Leonard Cohen.

Personnel:

  • Leonard Cohen – vocals, guitar, Jew’s harp
  • Mitch Watkins – guitar
  • Ron Getman – steel guitar
  • John Bilezikjian– oud
  • Bill Ginn – piano
  • Anjani Thomas– piano, vocals, backing vocals
  • Garth Hudson– accordion
  • Sharon Robinson– vocals, arrangements
  • Stan Sargeant – bass
  • Roscoe Beck– bass
  • John Crowder – bass
  • Richard Crooks – drums
  • Johnny Friday – drums
  • Bob Sheppard– tenor saxophone
  • Sarah Kramer – trumpet
  • Raffi Hakopian – violin

Track listing:

All tracks by Leonard Cohen, except where noted.

  1. Go No More A-Roving – lyrics by Lord Byron, poem So, We’ll Go No More a Roving
  2. Because Of
  3. The Letters – Leonard Cohen, Sharon Robinson
  4. Undertow
  5. Morning Glory
  6. On That Day – Leonard Cohen, Anjani Thomas
  7. Villanellefor Our Time – lyrics by  R. Scott
  8. There for You – Leonard Cohen, Sharon Robinson
  9. Dear Heather
  10. Nightingale – Leonard Cohen, Anjani Thomas
  11. To a Teacher
  12. The Faith – music based on a Quebec folk song,  Un Canadien errant
  13. Tennessee Waltz – Redd Stewart, Pee Wee King, additional verse by Leonard Cohen

 

Otis Redding: Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul

On October 15, 1966, “Stax” label released “Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul”, the fifth Otis Redding studio album, and his last studio album released before his death. It was recorded May – September 1966, and was produced by Jim Stewart, Booker T. & the MG’s, Isaac Hayes and David Porter.

Personnel:

  • Otis Redding – vocals
  • Steve Cropper– guitar
  • Booker T. Jones, Isaac Hayes- keyboards, piano, organ
  • Donald Dunn– bass guitar
  • Al Jackson Jr.– drums
  • Gil Caple, Andrew Love, Joe Arnold – tenor saxophone
  • Floyd Newman– baritone saxophone
  • Wayne Jackson, Sammy Coleman, Gene “Bowlegs” Miller– trumpet

Track listing:

  1. Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song) – Steve Cropper, Otis Redding
  2. I’m Sick Y’all – Steve Cropper, David Porter, Otis Redding
  3. Tennessee Waltz – Pee Wee King, Redd Stewart
  4. Sweet Lorene – Isaac Hayes, Alvertis Isbell, Otis Redding
  5. Try a Little Tenderness – Jimmy Campbell, Reginald Connelly, Harry M. Woods
  6. Day Tripper – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
  7. My Lover’s Prayer – Otis Redding
  8. She Put the Hurt on Me – Otis Redding
  9. Ton of Joy – Otis Redding
  10. You’re Still My Baby – Chuck Willis
  11. Hawg for You – Otis Redding
  12. Love Have Mercy – Isaac Hayes, David Porter

Michael Nesmith: Tantamount to Treason Volume 1

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In February 1972, “RCA” label released “Tantamount to Treason Volume 1”, the fourth Michael Nesmith solo album. It was recorded in 1971, and was produced by Michael Nesmith.

Personnel:

  • Michael Nesmith – vocals, six and 12-string electric and acoustic guitars
  • J. “Red” Rhodes- pedal steel guitar
  • Michael Cohen – keyboards, Moog synthesizer
  • Johnny Meeks – bass
  • Jack Ranelli – drums
  • José Feliciano– congas
  • Peter Abbot – engineer
  • Acy Lehman – art direction
  • Wilson McLean – artwork
  • Frank Mulvey – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Michael Nesmith except where noted.

  1. Mama Rocker
  2. Lazy Lady
  3. You Are My One
  4. In the Afternoon
  5. Highway 99 With Melange – Michael Cohen
  6. Wax Minute – Richard Stekol
  7. Bonaparte’s Retreat – Pee Wee King, Redd Stewart
  8. Talking to the Wall – Bill Chadwick
  9. She Thinks I Still Care – Dickey Lee, Steve Duffy