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Charlie Haden’s Liberation Music Orchestra: The Montreal Tapes: Liberation Music Orchestra

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In April 1999, “Verve” label released “The Montreal Tapes: Liberation Music Orchestra”. a live album by Charlie Haden’s Liberation Music Orchestra. It was recorded in 1989 at the “Montreal International Jazz Festival”, and was produced by Ruth Cameron.

Personnel:

  • Charlie Haden – bass
  • Ken McIntyre – alto saxophone
  • Ernie Watts, Joe Lovano – tenor saxophone
  • Stanton Davis, Tom Harrell – trumpet
  • Ray Anderson – trombone
  • Sharon Freeman – French horn
  • Joe Daley – tuba
  • Mick Goodrick – guitar
  • Geri Allen – piano
  • Paul Motian – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Charlie Haden, except as noted.

  1. La Pasionaria
  2. Silence
  3. Sandino
  4. We Shall Overcome – Guy Carawan, Frank Hamilton, Zilphia Horton, Pete Seeger

The Four Seasons: Born To Wander

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On February 7, 1064, “Philips” label released “Born to Wander”, the fifth 4 Seasons (The) album. It was recorded in 1963, at “Stea Philips Studios” in New York, and was produced by Bob Crewe.

Personnel:

  • Frankie Valli (Francesco Stephen Castelluccio) – vocals
  • Gaetano “Tommy” DeVito – vocals, lead guitar
  • Bob Gaudio – vocals, piano, keyboards
  • Nick Massi (Nicholas E. Macioci) – vocal, bass, vocal arrangements
  • Charles Calello – arrangements, conductor
  • Gordon Clark – engineer
  • Pete Mayers – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Born to Wander – Al Peterson
  2. Don’t Cry, Elena – Bob Gaudio
  3. Where Have All the Flowers Gone – Pete Seeger
  4. Cry Myself to Sleep – Bob Crewe, Bob Gaudio
  5. A Ballad for Our Time – Lou Stallman, Sid Jacobson
  6. Silence Is Golden – Bob Crewe, Bob Gaudio
  7. New Town – Phil Ochs
  8. Golden Ribbon – Bob Gaudio
  9. Little Pony (Get Along) – Bob Gaudio, Nick Massi
  10. No Surfin Today – Bob Crewe, Bob Gaudio
  11. Searching Wind – Bob Crewe, Bob Gaudio
  12. Millie – Bob Gaudio

The Kingston Trio: The Kingston Trio (Nick, Bob, John)

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On December 7, 1964, “Decca” label released “The Kingston Trio (Nick Bob, John)”, the 15th Kingston Trio (The) album. It was recorded in 1964, and was produced by Frank Werber.

Personnel:

  • Bob Shane – vocals, guitar
  • Nick Reynolds – vocals, tenor guitar
  • John Stewart – vocals, banjo, guitar
  • Dean Reilly – bass
  • Bob Norberg – engineer

 Track listing:

  1. Midnight Special – Lead Belly
  2. Love’s Been Good to Me – Rod McKuen
  3. Poverty Hill – Fred Hellerman, Fran Minkoff
  4. Someday Soon – Ian Tyson
  5. Gotta Travel On – Paul Clayton, Larry Ehrlich, Ronnie Gilbert, Lee Hays, Fred Hellerman, Dave Lazar, Pete Seeger
  6. Hope You Understand – John Stewart
  7. Little Play Soldiers – Martin Cooper
  8. Love Comes a Trickling Down – Jonathan Harris
  9. My Ramblin’ Boy – Tom Paxton
  10. More Poems – Mason Williams
  11. Farewell (Fare Thee Well) – Bob Dylan
  12. I’m Going Home – Fred Geis

Don McLean: Homeless Brother

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In October 1974, “United Artists” label released “Homeless Brother”, the fifth Don McLean studio album. It was recorded in 1974, at “Regent Sound Studios” in New York City, “Clack Studios”, and was produced by Joel Dorn.

Personnel:

  • Don McLean – vocals, acoustic guitar, banjo
  • Hugh McCracken – guitars
  • David Spinozza – guitars
  • Arthur Jenkins, Jr. – keyboards
  • Richard Tee – keyboards
  • Willie Weeks – bass guitar
  • George Duvivier – bass
  • Andrew Smith – drums
  • David Carey – percussion
  • Ralph MacDonald – percussion
  • Willis Jackson – tenor saxophone
  • Charlie Fowlkes – baritone saxophone
  • Yusef Lateef – flute
  • Joe Wilder, Garnett Brown, Wally King, James Buffington, Jonathan Dorn, Billy Slapin, Seldon Powell, George Barrow, Charles Williams, Dany Moore, Peter Gordon, Ray Alonge, George Marge, Brooks Tillotson – horns
  • William Eaton – arrangements, conductor
  • Alfred Brown, Selwart Clarke, Emanuel Vardi, Sanford Allen, Joseph Malignaggi, Avram Weiss, Diana Halprin, Charles Libove, Harry Cykman, Emanuel Green, Harry Lookofsky, Matthew Raimondi, Kermit Moore, Charles McCracken, Max Ellen, Max Pollikoff, Gene Orloff, David Nadien, Kathryn Kienke, Julius Schachter, Harold Kohon, Julius Held, Guy Lumia – strings
  • Gerry Teifer – whistling
  • The Persuasions – backing vocals
  • Pete Seeger – backing vocals
  • Kenny Vance, Cissy Houston, Renelle Stafford, Ned Albright, Steven Soles, Deidre Tuck, Linda November, Joel Dorn, Helene Miles, Arlene Martell, Marlene VerPlanck, Norma Holes – backing vocals
  • Bob Liftin – recording, remix
  • Joe Ferla – additional recording
  • Marcote – cover painting

Track listing:

All tracks by Don McLean, except where noted.

  1. Winter Has Me in Its Grip
  2. La La Love You
  3. Homeless Brother
  4. Sunshine Life for Me (Sail Away Raymond) – George Harrison
  5. The Legend of Andrew McCrew
  6. Wonderful Baby
  7. You Have Lived
  8. Great Big Man
  9. Tangled (Like a Spider in Her Hair)
  10. Crying in the Chapel – Artie Glenn
  11. Did You Know

Cher: All I Really Want To Do

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On August 16, 1965, “Imperial” label released “All I Really Want to Do”, the debut Cher studio album. It was recorded in 1965, at “Gold Star” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Sonny Bono.

Personnel:

  • Cher – lead vocals
  • Monte Dunn – guitar
  • Jeff Kaplan – guitar
  • Barney Kessel – guitar
  • Steve Mann – guitar
  • Donald Peake – guitar
  • Mike Post – guitar
  • Randy Sterling – guitar
  • Harold Battiste – piano
  • Michel Rubini – keyboards
  • Bill Marx – accordion, keyboards
  • René Hall – bass guitar
  • Cliff Hills – bass guitar
  • Mel Pollan – bass guitar
  • Lyle Ritz – bass guitar
  • Frank Capp – drums
  • Sharkey Hall – drums
  • Jessie Sailes – drums
  • Frank DeVito – percussion
  • Gene Estes – percussion
  • Brian Stone – percussion
  • Julius Wechter – percussion
  • Harold Battiste – arrangements

Track listing:

  1. All I Really Want to Do – Bob Dylan
  2. I Go to Sleep – Ray Davies
  3. Needles and Pins – Sonny Bono, Jack Nitzsche
  4. Don’t Think Twice – Bob Dylan
  5. He Think I Still Care – Dickey Lee Lipscomb
  6. Dream Baby – Sonny Bono
  7. The Bells of Rhymney – Idris Davies, Pete Seeger
  8. Gir Don’t Come – Chris Andrews
  9. See See Rider – traditional, arranged by Sonny Bono, Charles Greene, Robert Stone
  10. Come and Stay with Me – Jackie DeShannon
  11. Cry Myself to Sleep – Mike Gordon
  12. Blowin’ in the Wind – Bob Dylan

Peter, Paul And Mary: Same

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In May 1962, “Warner Bros” label released the self-titled, debut Peter, Paul and Mary album. It was recorded in 1962, and was produced by Albert Grossman. In 1963 “Grammy Awards”, the recording of “If I Had a Hammer” won the “Best Folk Recording and Best Performance by a Vocal Group Grammies”.

Personnel:

  • Peter Yarrow – vocals, guitar, arrangements
  • Paul Stookey – vocals, guitar, arrangements
  • Mary Travers – vocals
  • Bill Schwartau – recording
  • Milton Glaser – design
  • Bernard Cole – cover photography
  • Milton Okun – musical director

Track listing:

All tracks are traditional American folk songs, except where noted.

  1. Early in the Morning – Noel “Paul” Stookey
  2. 500 Miles – Hedy West
  3. Sorrow
  4. This Train
  5. Bamboo – Dave Van Ronk
  6. It’s Raining
  7. If I Had My Way – Rev. Gary Davis
  8. Cruel War – Peter Yarrow, Noel Stookey
  9. Lemon Tree – Will Holt
  10. If I Had a Hammer – Pete Seeger, Lee Hays
  11. Autumn to May – Peter Yarrow, Noel Stookey
  12. Where Have All the Flowers Gone? – Pete Seeger

Joan Baez: One Day at a Time

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In January 1970, “Vanguard” label released “One Day at a Time”, the 13th Joan Baez album. It was recorded in October 1969, at “Bradleys’ Barn” in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, and was produced by Maynard Solomon.

Personnel:

  • Joan Baez – vocals, guitar
  • Jeffrey Shurtleff – vocal
  • Hargus “Pig” Robbins – piano
  • Pete Drake – pedal steel guitar
  • Tommy Jackson – fiddle
  • Jerry Shook – guitar
  • Jerry Reed – guitar
  • Harold Bradley – guitar
  • Harold Rugg – steel guitar, dobro
  • Grady Martin – guitar, dobro, sitar
  • Roy Huskey, Jr. – bass guitar

Track listing:

  1. Sweet Sir Galahad – Joan Baez
  2. No Expectations – Mick Jagger, Keith Richards
  3. Long Black Veil – Marijohn Wilkin, Danny Dill
  4. Ghetto – Homer Banks, Bonnie Bramlett, Bettye Crutcher
  5. Carry It On – Pete Seeger, Gil Turner
  6. Take Me Back to the Sweet Sunny South – traditional
  7. Seven Bridges Road – Steve Young
  8. Jolie Blonde – traditional
  9. Joe Hill – Alfred Hayes, Earl Robinson
  10. A Song for David – Joan Baez
  11. (I Live) One Day at a Time – Willie Nelson

The Peddlers: Birthday

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In December 1969, “CBS” label released “Birthday”, the third Peddlers (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1969, at “IBC Studios” in London, and was produced by Cyril Smith.

Personnel:

  • Roy Phillips – vocals, acoustic guitar, organ, piano, arranger
  • Tab Martin – electric bass, arranger
  • Trevor Morais – percussion, arranger
  • Ted Sharp – engineer
  • Andy Johns – engineer
  • Mike Claydon – engineer
  • John Hays – design
  • Terence Donovan – cover artwork, photography
  • Chris Hopper – inner photography

Track listing:

  1. Where Have All the Flowers Gone – Pete Seeger
  2. Little Red Rooster – Willie Dixon
  3. Southern Woman – Roy Philips
  4. By the Time I Get to Phoenix – Jimmy Webb
  5. Girlie P.S. I Love You Girlie – Roy Philips
  6. Day In Day Out – Johnny Mercer, Rube Bloom
  7. City Living – Anthony Richard
  8. Lockshen Pudding – Roy Philips, Tab Martin, Trevor Morais
  9. Birth – Roy Philips

Pete Seeger: Circles & Seasons

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In July 1979, “Warner Bros” label released “Circles & Seasons”, the 49th Pete Seeger album. It was recorded in 1979, and was produced by Fred Hellerman.

Personnel:

  • Pete Seeger – lead vocals, guitar, banjo, maracas, slapstick, recording
  • Fred Hellerman – guitar, bass, keyboards, glockenspiel, xylophone, percussion, background vocals
  • John Cutrone – drums, bongos
  • Robert Fortunato – brass
  • Ronnie Gilbert – vocals
  • Ron Bacchiochi – mixing
  • George Whiteman – art direction
  • Emilio Rodriquez – photography
  • John Pilla – photography
  • Harold Leventhal – project coordinator

Track listing:

  1. Garbage
  2. Sailing Down This Golden River
  3. Mexican Blues
  4. The Photographers
  5. I’m Gonna Be an Engineer
  6. Seneca Canoe Song
  7. Maple Syrup Time
  8. Viva La Quince Brigada
  9. As the Sun Rose
  10. Sour Cream
  11. Tarantella
  12. Golden Song
  13. Harry Sims
  14. Allelulia / Joy Upon This Earth

Leo Kotke and Mike Gordon: Sixty Six Steps

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On August 23, 2005, “RCA Victor” label released “Sixty Six Steps”, the second Leo Kottke and Mike Gordon studio album. It was recorded in 2005 and was produced by David Z.

Personnel:

  • Leo Kottke – vocals, guitar
  • Mike Gordon – vocals, bass, guitar
  • Neil Symonette – drums, percussion

Track listing:

  1. Living In The Country – Pete Seeger
  2. The Grid – Mike Gordon
  3. Oh Well – Peter Green
  4. Rings – Alex Harvey, Eddie Reeves
  5. Cherry County – Leo Kottke
  6. Sweet Emotion – Tom Hamilton, Steven Tyler
  7. The Stolen Quiet – Mike Gordon
  8. Balloon – Leo Kottke
  9. Over The Dam – Mike Gordon, Joseph Linitz
  10. Can’t Hang – Mike Gordon
  11. From Spink to Correctionville – Leo Kottke
  12. Ya Mar – Cyril Ferguson
  13. Twice – Leo Kottke
  14. Invisible – Mike Gordon, Joseph Linitz