In September 1965, “RCA Victor” label released “Glad to Be Unhappy”, the seventh Paul Desmond album. It was recorded in 1963 at “Webster Hall” in New York City, July, August and September 1964, at “RCA Studio A” in New York City, and was produced by George Avakian.
In September 1964, “RCA Victor” label released “Now’s the Time”, the 23rd Sonny Rollins album. It was recorded January, February and April 1964, in New York City, and was produced by George Avakian.
Personnel:
Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
Herbie Hancock – piano
Thad Jones – cornet
Ron Carter – bass
Bob Cranshaw – bass
Roy McCurdy – drums
Track listing:
Now’s the Time – Charlie Parker
Blue ‘n’ Boogie – Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli
On August 10, 1965, “RCA Victor” label released “Elvis for Everyone!”, the eighth Elvis Presley studio album. Recording sessions took place over a ten-year span at “Sun Studio” in Memphis, “RCA Studio B” in Nashville, Tennessee, and “Radio Recorders” in Hollywood, California, and was produced by Sam Phillips, Steve Sholes, Chet Atkins, Elvis Presley, Urban Thielmann, Hans Salter and George Stoll.
Personnel:
Elvis Presley – vocals, guitar
Scotty Moore – rhythm and lead guitar
Tiny Timbrell – guitar
Howard Roberts – guitar
Hank Garland – guitar
Neal Matthews Jr. – guitar
Chet Atkins – overdubbed guitar
Harold Bradley – guitar
Grady Martin – guitar
Billy Strange – guitar
Jerry Kennedy – guitar
Dudley Brooks – piano
Floyd Cramer – piano
Jimmie Haskell – accordion
Gordon Stoker – accordion
Bill Black – double bass
Meyer Rubin – double bass
Bob Moore – double bass
D. J. Fontana – drums
Bernie Mattinson – drums
Buddy Harman – drums
Boots Randolph – saxophone, clarinet
The Jordanaires – backing vocals
Millie Kirkham – backing vocals
Track listing:
Your Cheatin’ Heart – Hank Williams
Summer Kisses, Winter Tears – Fred Wise, Ben Weisman, Jack Lloyd
Finders keepers, Losers Weepers – Dory Jones, Ollies Jones
In My Way – Fred Wise, Ben Weisman
Tomorrow Night – Sam Coslow, Wilhelm Grosz
Memphis Tennessee – Chuck Berry
For the Millionth and the Last Time – Roy C. Bennett, Sid Tepper
Forget Me Never – Fred Wise, Ben Weisman
Sound Advice – Bernie Baum, Bill Giant, Florence Kaye
Santa Lucia – traditional, arranged by Elvis Presley
I Met Her Tody – Hal Blair, Don Robertson
When It Rains, It Really Pours – William R. Emerson
In June 1966, “RCA Victor” label released “Easy Living”, the ninth Paul Desmond album. It was recorded June 1963, September 1964, June 1965, in New York City, and was produced by George Avakian.
Personnel:
Paul Desmond – alto saxophone
Jim Hall – guitar
Gene Cherico, Percy Heath, Eugene Wright – bass
Connie Kay – drums
Track listing:
All tracks by Paul Desmond except where noted.
When Joanna Loved Me – Robert Wells, Jack Segal
That Old Feeling – Sammy Fain, Lew Brown
Polka Dots and Moonbeams – Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke
Here’s That Rainy Day – Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke
Easy Living – Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin
I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face – Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner
Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
In June 1968, “RCA Victor” label released “Feliciano!”, the eight José Feliciano album. It was recorded November 1967 – January 1968, at “RCA Music Venter of the World” in Hollywood, and was produced by Rick Jarrard.
Personnel:
José Feliciano – vocals, classical guitar, arrangements
Ray Brown – double bass
Milt Holland – percussion, drums
Jim Horn – flute, recorder
Uncredited – organ
George Tipton – orchestration, strings and woodwind arrangements
Perry Botkin Jr. – arrangements
Dick Bogert – recording
George Bartell – illustration
Track listing:
California Dreamin’ – John Phillips, Michelle Phillips
Light My Fire – Robbie Krieger, Jim Morrison, Ray Manzarek, John Densmore
Don’t Let the Sun Catch You Crying – Gerry Marsden
In My Life – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
And I Love Her – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
Nena Na Na – Jorge Ben
Always Something There to Remind Me – Burt Bacharach, Hal David
Just a Little Bit of Rain – Fred Neil
Sunny – Bobby Hebb
Here, There and Everywhere – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
In May 1968, “Bluebird/RCA” label released “…And His Mother Called Him Bill”, the 58th Duke Ellington album. It was recorded August – November 1967, at “Coast Recorders” in San Francisco, “RCA Victor” in New York City, and was produced by Steve Backer and Brad McCuen. In 1968, it won the “Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album”.
Personnel:
Duke Ellington – piano
Mercer Ellington – trumpet
Cat Anderson – trumpet
Herbie Jones – trumpet
Cootie Williams – trumpet
Clark Terry – flugelhorn
Lawrence Brown – trombone
Buster Cooper – trombone
Chuck Connors – bass trombone
John Sanders – valve trombone
Johnny Hodges – alto saxophone
Russell Procope – clarinet, alto saxophone
Jimmy Hamilton – clarinet, tenor saxophone
Paul Gonsalves – tenor saxophone
Harry Carney – baritone saxophone
Aaron Bell – double bass
Jeff Castleman – double bass
Steve Little – drums
Sam Woodyard – drums
Track listing:
All tracks by Billy Strayhorn, except where noted.
In April 1962, “RCA Victor” label released “The Bridge”, the 20th Sonny Rollins album. It was recorded January – February 1962, at “RCA Victor” in New York City, and was produced by Bob Prince.
Personnel:
Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
Jim Hall – guitar
Bob Cranshaw – bass
Ben Riley – drums
Harry “H.T.” Saunders – drums
Ray Hall – engineer
Chuck Stewart – cover photography
George Avakian – liner notes
Track listing:
Without a Song – Edward Eliscu, Billy Rose, Vincent Youmans
Where Are You? – Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh
John S. – Sonny Rollins
The Bridge – Sonny Rollins
God Bless the Child – Arthur Herzog Jr., Billie Holiday
On March 8, 1965, “Capitol” label released “The Beach Boys Today!” the eighth Beach Boys (The) studio album. It was recorded in June 1964 – January 1965, at “RCA Victor” in Hollywood, and was produced by Brian Wilson.
Personnel:
Al Jardine – lead, harmony and backing vocals, electric rhythm guitar, bass guitar
Mike Love – lead, harmony and backing vocals, spoken word
Brian Wilson – lead, harmony and backing vocals, spoken word, four and six-string bass guitar, grand, upright and tack piano, Baldwin harpsichord, Farfisa and Hammond organ, conductor, mixing
Carl Wilson – harmony and backing vocals, spoken word, lead, rhythm and 12-string guitar, six-string bass guitar
Dennis Wilson – lead, harmony, backing, and double-tracked vocals (11), spoken word, drums, percussion, hi-hat, tambourine, tom-tom
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
