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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

Three Dog Night: It Ain’t Easy

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On March 31, 1970, “Dunhill” label released “It Ain’t Easy”, the fourth Three Dog Night studio album. It was recorded 1969 – 1970, at “American Recording Co.” in Studio City, California, and was produced by Richard Podolor.

Personnel:

  • Cory Wells – lead and backing vocals, arrangements
  • Chuck Negron – lead and backing vocals, arrangements
  • Danny Hutton – lead and backing vocals, arrangements
  • Mike Allsup – guitar, arrangements
  • Jimmy Greenspoon – keyboards, arrangements
  • Joe Schermie – bass guitar
  • Floyd Sneed – drums
  • Bill Cooper – engineer
  • Cal Schenkel – design
  • Ed Caraeff – photography

Track listing:

  1. Woman – Andy Fraser, Paul Rodgers
  2. Cowboy – Randy Newman
  3. It Ain’t Easy – Ron Davies
  4. Out in the Country – Roger Nichols, Paul Williams
  5. Good Feeling (1957) – Alan Brackett, John Merrill
  6. Rock and Roll Widow – Danny Hutton, Chuck Negron, Cory Wells, Mike Allsup, Jimmy Greenspoon, Joe Schermie, Floyd Sneed
  7. Mama Told Me (Not to Come) – Randy Newman
  8. Your Song – Elton John, Bernie Taupin
  9. Good Time Living – Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil

Marianne Faithfull: Easy Come Easy Go

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On November 10, 2008, “Naïve Records” label released “Easy Come, Easy Go”, the 18th Marianne Faithfull album. It was recorded in 2008, “Sear Sound Studio” in New York City, and was produced by Hal Willner.

Personnel:

  • Marianne Faithfull – vocals
  • Barry Reynolds – guitars
  • Marc Ribot – acoustic and electric guitars
  • Keith Richards – vocals, guitar
  • Sean Lennon – vocals, guitars
  •  Gil Goldstein – piano, accordion, arrangements, string direction
  • Brian Mitchell – piano
  • Steve Weisberg – piano, electric piano, celesta, arrangements, conducting
  • Rob Burger – piano, organ
  • Greg Cohen – bass
  • Jim White – drums
  • Joey Baron – drums
  • Art Baron – bass recorder, trombone
  • Doug Wieselman – clarinet, bass clarinet, baritone saxophone
  • Ken Peplowski – bass clarinet
  • Marty Ehrlich – bass clarinet, alto saxophone
  • Lenny Pickett – bass clarinet, tenor saxophone, sarrusophone, double bass
  • Steven Bernstein – glockenspiel, mellophone, alto brass, trumpet
  • Maxin Moston, Rob Moose – violin
  • Warren Ellis – violin, electric violin
  • Michael Nicholas – viola
  • Jane Scarpantoni – cello
  • Chan Marshall – vocals
  • Nick Cave – vocals
  • Antony Hegarty – vocals
  • Rufus Wainwright – vocals
  • Jarvis Cocker – vocals
  • Kate & Anna McGarrigle – backing vocals
  • Cat Power – backing vocals
  • Jean-Baptiste Mondino– art direction, photography

Track listing:

  1. Down from Dover – Dolly Parton
  2. Hold On, Hold On – Neko Case
  3. Solitude – Duke Ellington
  4. The Crane Wife 3 – The Decemberists
  5. Easy Come, Easy Go – Bessie Smith
  6. Children of Stone – Espers
  7. How Many Worlds – Brian Eno
  8. In Germany Before the War – Randy Newman
  9. Ooh Baby Baby – Smokey Robinson
  10. Sing Me Back Home – Merle Haggard
  11. Salvation – Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
  12. Black Coffee – Sarah Vaughan
  13. The Phoenix – Judee Sill
  14. Dear God Please Help Me – Morrissey
  15. Kimbie – Jackson C. Frank
  16. Many a Mile to Freedom – Traffic
  17. Somewhere (A Place for Us) – Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim
  18. Flandyke Shore – traditional

Harper Bizarre: Feelin’ Groovy

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In April 1967, “Warner Bros” label released “Feelin’ Groovy”, the debut Harpers Bizarre album. It was recorded in 1967, and was produced by Lenny Waronker.

Personnel:

  • Dickie Scoppettone – vocals, guitar
  • Ted Templeman – vocals, guitar
  • Eddie James – guitar
  • Dick Yount – vocals, bass
  • John Petersen – drums 
  • Randy Newman – piano
  • Van Dyke Parks – piano
  • Leon Russell – arrangements
  • Randy Newman – arrangements
  • Perry Botkin Jr. – arrangements
  • Ron Elliott – arrangements
  • Lee Herschberg – engineer
  • Ed Thrasher – art direction
  • Jim Marshall – photography
  • Stan Cornyn – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Come to the Sunshine – Van Dyke Parks
  2. Happy Talk – Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II
  3. Come Love – Alan Bergman, Larry Marks, Marilyn Keith
  4. Raspberry Rug – Leon Russell
  5. 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy) – Paul Simon
  6. The Debutante’s Ball – Randy Newman
  7. Happy Land – Randy Newman
  8. Peter and the Wolf – Sergei Prokofieff, Robert Durand
  9. I Can Hear the Darkness – Donna Washburn, Leon Russell
  10. Simon Smith and the Amazing Dancing Bear – Randy Newman

Patrice Jégou: If It Ain’t Love

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On March 22, 2019, “Prairie Star Records” label released “If It Ain’t Love”, the second Patrice Jégou studio album. It was recorded in 2018, and was produced by David Paich, Yinka Oyelese, Mike Lang, Mark Kibble and Jorge Calandrelli.

Personnel:

  • Patrice Jegou – vocals
  • Mark Kibble – vocals, percussion
  • Alvin Chea – vocals
  • Take 6 – vocals
  • Ramón Stagnaro – guitar, acoustic guitar
  • Larry Koonse – acoustic guitar, guitar
  • Michael Thompson – electric guitar
  • Dean Parks – guitar
  • Yaron Gershovsky – piano
  • Mike Lang – piano, Rhodes
  • Greg Phillinganes – keyboards
  • David Lang – Wurlitzer
  • David Paich – Hammond B-3, piano
  • The Clayton – Hamilton Orchestra
  • Sam Levine – alto saxophone
  • Tom Scott – tenor saxophone
  • Doug Moffet – tenor and baritone saxophone
  • Gilbert Castellanos – trumpet
  • Steve Patrick, Mike Barry – trumpet
  • Roy Agee – trombone
  • Kevin Axt – bass
  • Abraham Laboirel, Sr. – bass
  • Boris Kozlov – bass
  • Cliff Almond – drums
  • Steve Ferrone – drums
  • John “J.R.” Robinson – drums
  • Ray Brinker – drums
  • Luis Conte – percussion
  • Lenny Castro – percussion
  • Bill Cantos, Kurt Lykes, Jamie McCrary, Jason Morales, Melodye Perry, Alfie Silas. Tiffany Smith, Tata Vega – choir

Track listing:

  1. Lover Come Back to Me – Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg
  2. Jersey Bounce – Tiny Bradshaw, Buddy Feyne, Eddie Johnson, Bobby Plater
  3. Baubles, Bangles and beads – George Forest, Robert Wright
  4. Yes We Can, Can – Allen Toussaint
  5. I’m So Glad I’m Standing Here Today – Will Jennings, Joe Sample
  6. Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams – Harry Barris, Ted Koehler, Billy Moll
  7. If It Ain’t Love – Andy Razaf, Donald Redman, Thaomas Fats Waller
  8. Estate (Summer) – Bruno Brighetti, Bruno Martino
  9. Lover Come Back to Me – Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg
  10. Waltz for Debby – Bill Evans, Gene Lees
  11. Losing You – Randy Newman
  12. Just Squeeze Me – Duke Ellington, Lee Gaines
  13. Where Do You Start – Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Johnny Mandel
  14. Remembrances – Peter Getz, Brian Hobbs, Mike Lang
  15. Please Send Me Someone to Love – Percy Mayfield
  16. It Might be You – Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Dave Grusin

Hard Working Americans: Same

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On January 21, 2014, “Thirty Tigers” and “Melvin Records” labels released the self-titled, debut Hard Working Americans studio album. It was recorded in 2013, at “TRI Studios” in San Rafael, California, and was produced by Dave Schools and Todd Snider.

Personnel:

  • Todd Snider – vocals
  • Neal Casal – vocals, guitar
  • Chad Staehly – keyboards
  • Dave Schools – bass
  • Duane Trucks – drums
  • John Keane – vocals, banjo, guitar
  • John Popper – harmonica
  • Jason Crosby – piano, fiddle

Track listing:

  1. Blackland Farmer – Frankie Miller
  2. Another Train – Will Kimbrough, Gwil Owen
  3. Down to the Well – Kevin Gordon, Colin Linden
  4. The Mountain Song – Chad Jeffers, Kieran Kane, Sean Locke
  5. Stomp and Holler – Hayes Carll
  6. Straight to Hell – Kevin Kinney
  7. Welfare Music – Brian Henneman, S. Taylor
  8. Mr. President Have Pity on the Working Man – Randy Newman
  9. Run a Mile – Don Herron, Chuck Mead
  10. I Don’t Have a Gun – Will Kimbrough, Tommy Womack
  11. Wrecking Ball – David Rawlings, Gillian Welch

The Everly Brothers: Roots

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In December 1968, “Warner Bros” label released “Roots”, the 16th Everly Brothers (The) album. It was recorded August – October 1968, and was produced by Lenny Waronker.

Personnel:

  • Don Everly – vocals, guitar
  • Phil Everly – vocals, guitar
  • Perry Botkin, Jr. – arrangements
  • Nick DeCaro – string arrangements
  • Ron Elliott – arrangements
  • John Neil – engineer
  • Mike Shields – engineer
  • Lee Herschberg – engineer, mastering
  • Dave Schultz – mastering
  • Ed Thrasher – art direction
  • Frank Bez – photography
  • Richie Unterberger – liner notes
  • Andrew Wickham – liner notes, concept
  • Lenny Waronker – concept

Track listing:

  1. The Introduction: The Everly Family (1952)
  2. Mama Tried – Merle Haggard
  3. Less of Me – Glen Campbell
  4. T for Texas – Jimmie Rodgers
  5. I Wonder If I Care as Much – Don Everly, Phil Everly
  6. Ventura Boulevard – Ron Elliott
  7. Shady Grove – P. O. Wandz, Jacquie Ertel, Venetia Everly
  8. Illinois – Randy Newman
  9. Living Too Close to the Ground – Terry Slater
  10. You Done Me Wrong – George Jones, Ray Price
  11. Turn Around – Ron Elliott
  12. Sing Me Back Home – Merle Haggard
  13. Montage: The Everly Family (1952) / Shady Grove / Kentucky – Terry Slater, Karl Davis

Jamie Cullum: Interlude

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On October 6, 2014, “Island” label released “Interlude”, the seventh Jamie Cullum album. It was recorded in 2014, and was produced by Benedic Lamdin.

Personnel:

  • Jamie Cullum – vocal, piano, organ, photography
  • Gregory Porter – vocal
  • Laura Mvula – vocal
  • Rob Updegraff – guitar
  • Ross Stanley – piano
  • Rian Vosloo – bass, arranger
  • Tim Giles – drums, arranger
  • Tom Richards – saxophone, reeds, arrangements
  • Tomas Challenger – tenor saxophone
  • Edgar Jones – tenor saxophone, reeds
  • Fulvio Sigurta – trumpet
  • Mike Lovett – trumpet
  • Rory Simmons – trumpet, arranger
  • Percy Pursglove – trumpet
  • Neil Sidwell, Nichol Thomson, Natalie Wilts, Trevor Mires – trombone
  • James Allsopp – clarinet, reeds
  • Howard McGill – clarinet
  • Aisha Orazbeveva, Emma Smith – violin
  • Vince Sipprell – viola
  • Lucy Railton – cello
  • Amy Stanford, Anna Giddey, Kit Massey, Mary Martin, Natalie Rozario, Paloma Deike, Rachel Steadman, Ruth Elder – strings
  • Benedic Lamdin – engineer, mixing
  • Alex Bonney – engineer assistant
  • Vlado Meller – mastering
  • Jeremy Lubsey – mastering assistant
  • Matk James – artwork, design
  • Michael Agel, Andrew Corrigan – photography

Track listing:

  1. Interlude – Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli, Raymond Leven
  2. Don’t You Know – Ray Charles
  3. The Seer’s Tower – Sufjan Stevens
  4. Walkin’ – Richard Carpenter
  5. Good Morning Heartache – Dan Fisher, Ervin Drake, Irene Higginbotham
  6. Sack O’Woe – Jon Hendricks, Julian “Cannonball” Adderley
  7. Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood – Bennie Benjamin, Gloria Caldwell, Sol Marcus
  8. My One and Only Love – Guy B. Wood, Robert Mellin
  9. Lovesick Blues – Cliff Friend, Irving Mills
  10. Losing You – Randy Newman
  11. Out of This World – Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer
  12. Make Someone Happy – Adolph Green, Betty Comden, Jule Styne

Randy Newman: Bad Love

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On June 1, 1999, “Dreamworks” label released “Bad Love”, the ninth Randy Newman studio album. It was recorded 1997 – 1999, at “Sunset Sound”, “Sound Factory”, “Capitol” in Hollywood, and was produced by Mitchell Froom and Tchad Blake.

Personnel:

  • Randy Newman – vocals, piano, arranger, conductor
  • Steve Donnelly – guitar
  • Greg Leisz – pedal steel guitar
  • Mitchell Froom – keyboards
  • Greg Cohen – bass
  • Pete Thomas – drums
  • Brandon Fields – saxophone
  • Martin Krystall – saxophone
  • Jack Nimitz – saxophone
  • Brian Scanlon – saxophone
  • Tom Scott – saxophone
  • Stu Blumberg – trumpet
  • Oscar Brashear – trumpet
  • Bruce Fowler – trombone
  • George Thatcher – trombone
  • James Self – tuba
  • Carmen Carter, Donna Davidson, Linda Harmon, Scottie Haskell, Luana Jackman, Teresa James, Melissa Mackay, Kate Markowitz, Bobbi Page, Sally Stevens-Eskew, Carmen Twillie, Terry Wood, Herb Pedersen – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Randy Newman.

  1. My Country
  2. Shame
  3. I’m Dead (But I Don’t Know It)
  4. Every Time It Rains
  5. The Great Nations of Europe
  6. The One You Love
  7. The World Isn’t Fair
  8. Big Hat, No Cattle
  9. Better Off Dead
  10. I Miss You
  11. Going Home
  12. I Want Everyone to Like Me

Harpers Bizarre: Anything Goes

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In December 1967, “Warner Bros” label released “Anything Goes”, the second Harpers Bizarre album. It was recorded in 1967, and was produced by Lenny Waronker.

Personnel:

  • Eddie James – guitar
  • Dick Scoppettone – vocals, guitar, bass, vocal arrangements
  • Dick Yount – vocals, bass
  • Ted Templeman – vocals, guitar, drums, vocal arrangements
  • John Petersen – vocals, drums, percussion
  • Jack Glaser – sound effects
  • Ami Hadini, Eddie Brackett, Joe Sidore, Lee Herschberg, Mike Sheilds – engineer
  • Lee Herschberg – editing
  • Ed Thrasher – art direction
  • Stan Cornyn – sleeve notes

Track listing:

  1. (Intro) This Is Only the Beginning – Ted Koehler, Harold Arlen
  2. Anything Goes – Cole Porter
  3. Two Little Babes in the Wood – Cole Porter
  4. The Biggest Night of Her Life – Randy Newman
  5. Pocketful of Miracles – Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen
  6. Snow – Randy Newman
  7. Chattanooga Choo Choo – Mack Gordon, Harry Warren
  8. Hey You in the Crowd – Dick Scoppettone, Ted Templeman
  9. Louisiana Man – Doug Kershaw
  10. Milord – Georges Moustaki, Marguerite Monnot
  11. Virginia City – Dick Scoppettone, Ted Templeman
  12. Jessie – Mike Gordon, Jimmy Griffin
  13. You Need a Change – David Blue
  14. High Coin – Van Dyke Parks