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Eagles: On The Border

The_Eagles_-_On_the_Border

On March 22, 1974,”Asylum” label released “On the Border”, the third Eagles studio album. It was recorded at “Record Plant Studios” in Los Angeles, and “Olympic Studios” in London, and was produced by Bill Szymczyk and Glyn Johns. “On the Border” is the first Eagles album to be released in Quadraphonic sound.

Personnel:

  • Don Felder– lead and slide guitar
  • Glenn Frey– vocals, guitars, slide guitar, piano
  • Don Henley– vocals, drums
  • Bernie Leadon– vocals, guitars, banjo, pedal steel guitar
  • Randy Meisner– vocals, bass guitar
  • Al Perkins– pedal steel guitar
  • Bill Szymczyk– engineer
  • Glyn Johns– engineer
  • Rod Thear, Gary Ladinsky, Allan Blazek – engineer
  • Beatian Yazz – painting
  • Gary Burden – art direction, design
  • Henry Diltz– photography
  • Rick Griffin– lettering

Track listing:

  1. Already Gone – Jack Tempchin, Robb Strandlund
  2. You Never Cry Like a Lover – D. Souther, Don Henley
  3. Midnight Flyer – Paul Craft
  4. My Man – Bernie Leadon
  5. On the Border – Don Henley, Bernie Leadon, Glenn Frey
  6. James Dean – Jackson Browne, Glenn Frey, J.S. Souther, Don Henley
  7. Ol’ ’55” – Tom Waits
  8. Is It True? – Randy Meisner
  9. Good Day in Hell – Don Henley, Glenn Frey
  10. Best of My Love – Don Henley, Glenn Frey, J.D. Souther

 

The Eagles: Hotel California

Hotel California

On December 8, 1976, “Asylum” label released “Hotel California”, the fifth Eagles (The) studio album. It was recorded March – October 1976, at the “Criteria Studios”, in Miami and “Record Plant Studios”, in Los Angeles, and was produced by Bill Szymczyk.  The album won two “Grammy Awards” for the songs “New Kid in Town” and for “Hotel California”. Magazine “Rolling Stone” ranked “Hotel California” at number 37 on it‍ ’​‍s list of “The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time”, and ranked the song “Hotel California” at number 49 on it’s list of “The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time”.

Personnel:

  • Don Felder– vocals, guitars, pedal steel guitar
  • Glenn Frey – vocals, guitars, piano, clavinet, synthesizer
  • Don Henley – vocals, drums, percussion, synthesizer, art direction
  • Randy Meisner– vocals, bass guitar, guitarrón
  • Joe Walsh – vocals, guitars, slide guitar, piano, organ, synthesizer
  • Jim Ed Norman– string arrangements, conductor
  • John Kosh – art direction, design
  • David Alexander – photography

Track listing:

  1. Hotel California – Don Felder, Don Henley, Glenn Frey
  2. New Kid in Town – Don Henley, Glenn Frey, J.D. Souther
  3. Life in the Fast Lane – Don Henley, Glenn Frey, Joe Walsh
  4. Wasted Time – Don Henley, Glenn Frey
  5. Wasted Time (Reprise) – Don Henley, Glenn Frey, Jim Ed Norman
  6. Victim of Love – Don Felder, Don Henley, Glenn Frey, J.D. Souther
  7. Pretty Maids All in a Row – Joe Walsh, Joe Vitale
  8. Try and Love Again – Randy Meisner
  9. The Last Resort – Don Henley, Glenn Frey