In February 1960, “RCA Victor” label released “East Meets West”, the second Ahmed Abdul-Malik studio album. It was recorded in 1959, at “Webster Hall” in New York City, and was produced by Lee Schapiro.
In January 1969, “RCA Victor” label released “Nina Simone and Piano!”, the 20th Nina Simone album. It was recorded September – October 1968, at “RCA Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Stroud Productions.
Personnel:
Nina Simone – vocals, piano, arrangements
Ray Hall – engineer
Joseph Dylewski – photography
Track listing:
Seems I’m Never Tired Lovin’ You – Carolyn Franklin
It’s Nobody Fault but Mine – Nina Simone
I Think It’s Going to Rain Today – Randy Newman
Everyone’s Gone to the Moon – Jonathan King
Compensation – Paul Laurence Dunbar, Nina Simone
Who Am I – Leonard Bernstein
Another Spring – Angelo Badalamenti, Joh Clifford
The Human Touch – Charles Reuben
I Get Along Without You Very Well (Except Sometimes) – Hoagy Carmichael
The Desperate Ones – Eric Blau, Gérard Jouannest, Mort Shuman
In January 1959, “RCA Victor” label released “The Music from Peter Gunn”, the fourth Henry Mancini album. It was recorded August – September 1958, at “Radio Recorders” in Hollywood, and was produced by Simon Rady. In 1998, the album was inducted into the “Grammy Hall of Fame”.
Personnel:
Pete Candoli, Ray Linn, Frank Beach, Uan Rasey, Conrad Gozzo – trumpet
Dick Nash, Jimmy Priddy, Milt Bernhart, Karl DeKarske – trombone
John Graas, Vincent DeRosa, Richard Perissi, John Cave – French horn
Ted Nash, Plas Johnson, Ronny Lang, Paul Horn, Gene Cipriano – reeds
John Williams – piano
Bob Bain, Al Hendrickson – guitar
Victor Feldman, Larry Bunker – vibraphone
Rolly Bundock – bass
Shelly Manne, Alvin Stoller, Jack Sperling – drums
In December 1976, “RCA Victor” label released “Los Delirios Del Mariscal”, the second Crucis album. It was recorded in October 1976, at “RCA Studios”, and was produced by Jorge Alvarez.
Personnel:
Pino Marrone – guitar, arrangements
Anibal Karpel – piano, organ, electric piano, synthesizer, arrangements
On October 30, 1957, “RCA Victor” label released “Jailhouse Rock”, an EP by Elvis Presley, featuring songs from the movie of the same name. It was recorded April – May 1957, at “Radio Recorders” in Hollywood, and was produced by Jeffrey Alexander.
Personnel:
Elvis Presley – vocals, acoustic rhythm guitar, electric bass
Scotty Moore – electric lead guitar
Bill Black – double bass, electric bass
D. J. Fontana – drums
The Jordanaires
Gordon Stoker – backing vocals
Neal Matthews – backing vocals
Hoyt Hawkins – backing vocals
Hugh Jarrett – backing vocals
Dudley Brooks – piano
Thorne Nogar – engineer
Fred Mulculpin – engineer
Mike Stoller – piano, production assistant
Jerry Leiber – production assistant
Track listing:
Jailhouse Rock – Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
Young and Beautiful – Aaron Schroeder, Abner Silver
I Want to Be Free – Jerry Leiber, Ben Weisman
Don’t Leave Me Mow (movie version) – Aaron Schroeder, Ben Weisman
(You’re So Square) Baby I Don’t Care – Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
In August 1963, “RCA Victor” label released “Night Beat”, the tenth Sam Cooke studio album. It was recorded in February 1963, at “RCA Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Hugo & Luigi.
Personnel:
Sam Cooke – vocals, arrangements
René Hall – guitar, conducting
Clifton White, Barney Kessel – guitar
Ray Johnson – piano
Billy Preston – organ
Cliff Hils – bass guitar
Sharky Hall – drums, tambourin
Hal Blaine – drums
Dave Hassinger – recording
Track listing:
Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen – traditional
Lost and Lookin’ – James W. Alexander, Lowell Jordan
Mean Old World – Sam Cooke
Please Don’t Drive Me Away – Charles Brown, Jesse Ervin
I Lost Everything – Ella Tate
Get Yourself Another Fool – Ernest Monroe Tucker, Frank A. Haywood
Little Red Rooster – Willie Dixon
Laughin’ and Clownin’ – Sam Cooke
Trouble Blues – Charles Brown
You Gotta Move – traditional
Fool’s Paradise – Johnny Fuller, Robert Geddins, David Avid
On June 30, 1969, “RCA Victor” label released “Always, Always”, the third Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton album. It was recorded December 1968 – April 1969, at “RCA Studio B” in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by Bob Ferguson.
Personnel:
Dolly Parton – lead vocals
Porter Wagoner – lead vocals
Wayne Moss – guitar
Lloyd Green – steel guitar
George McCormick – rhythm guitar, liner notes
Jerry Stembridge – electric guitar
Buck Trent – banjo, liner notes
David Briggs – piano
Hargus Robbins – piano
Roy M. Huskey, Jr. – bass
Bobby Dyson – bass
Jerry Carrigan – drums
Glenn Baxter – trumpet
Bill McElhiney – trumpet
Jean Alrshuler – harp
Mack Magaha – fiddle, liner notes
Joseph Babcock – backing vocals
Anita Carter – backing vocals
Dolores Edgin – backing vocals
June Evelyn Page – backing vocals
Hurshel Wiginton – backing vocals
Al Pachucki – recording
Roy M. Shockley – recording technician
Little Jack Little – liner notes
Speck Rhodes – liner notes
Don Warden – liner notes
Track listing:
Milwaukee, Here I Come – Lee Fikes
Yours Love – Harlan Howard
I Don’t Believe You’ve Met My Baby – Autry Inman
Malena – Dolly Parton
The House Where Love Lives – Leona Reese
Why Don’t You Haul Off & Love Me – Wayne Raney, Lonnie Glosson
Always, Always – Joyce McCord
There Never Was a Time – Myra Smith, Margaret Lewis
In June 1956, “RCA Victor” label released “That Old Feeling”, album by Al Cohn and His Orchestra (the fifth Al Cohn album overall). It was recorded in May 1955, at “Webster Hall” in New York City, and was produced by Jack Lewis.
Personnel:
Al Cohn – tenor saxophone
Joe Newman – trumpet
Hank Jones – piano
Freddie Green – guitar
Milt Hinton – bass
Osie Johnson – drums
Gene Orloff – concertmaster, violin
Fred Buldrini, Max Hollander, Harry Katzman, Leo Kruczek, Milton Lomask, Harry Lookofsky, Harry Melnikoff, Seymour Miroff, Julius Schnachter, Paul Winter – violin
Bernie Greenhouse, George Ricci, Lucien Schmidt, Morris Stonzek – viola
Manny Albam, Ralph Burns, Al Cohn, Ernie Wilkins – arrangements
Track listing:
That Old Feeling – Sammy Fain, Lew Brown
Gone With The Wind – Allie Wrubel, Herb Magidson
Sweet and Lovely – Gus Arnheim, Harry Tobias, Jules LeMare
Soft as Spring – Alec Wilder
I’ll Take Romance – Ben Oakland, Oscar Hammerstein II
On June 4, 1963, “RCA Victor” label released “Uniquely Mancini: The Big Band Sound of Henry Mancini”, album by Henry Mancini and His Orchestra. It was recorded in 1963, at “RCA Victor’s Music Center of the World”, and was produced by Joe Reisman.
Personnel:
Conrad Gozzo (lead), Frank Beach, Ray Triscari, Pete Candoli (soloist), Conte Candoli (soloist), Don Fagerquist (flugelhorn soloist) – trumpet
Dick Nash (soloist), Jimmy Priddy, John Halliburton, George Roberts (bass trombone) – trombone
Vincent DeRosa (soloist), Richard Perissi, John Cave, Art Maebe – French horn
Ted Nash (alto saxophone and alto flute solo), Ronny Lang (alto flute soloist), Harry Klee, Gene Cipriano, Plas Johnson (tenor saxophone soloist) – woodwind
Bob Bain – guitar
Larry Bunker – vibraphone, marimba
Rolly Bundock – bass
Jack Sperling – drums
Bobby Helfer – orchestra manager
Track listing:
Green Onions – Booker T. Jones, Steve Cropper, Al Jackson Jr., Lewie Steinberg
Stairway to the Stars – Mitchell Parish, Matty Malneck, Frank Signorelli
Night Train – Oscar Washington, Lewis Simpkins, Jimmy Forrest
Lullaby of Birdland – George Shearing, B.Y. Forster
Chelsea Bridge – Billy Strayhorn
C Jam Blues – Duke Ellington
Banzai Pipeline – Henry Mancini
Rhapsody in Blue – George Gershwin
Cheers! – Henry Mancini
Lonesome – Henry Mancini
The Hot Canary – Paul Nero
Moonlight Serenade – Mitchell Parish, Glenn Miller
In May 1971, “RCA Victor” label released “Nevada Fighter”, the third Michael Nesmith album. It was recorded October 1970 – January 1971, and was produced by Michael Nesmith.
Personnel:
The First National Band:
Michael Nesmith – vocals, guitar
Red Rhodes – pedal steel guitar
John London – bass guitar
John Ware – drums
Al Casey – guitar
James Burton – guitar
Glen Hardin – keyboards
Michael Cohen – keyboards
Joe Osborn – bass guitar
Max Bennett – bass guitar
Ron Tutt – drums
Track listing:
All tracks by Michael Nesmith, except where noted.
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