In March 1969, “RCA Victor” label released “Just to Satisfy You”, the eleventh Waylon Jennings album. It was recorded in 1968, at “RCA Victor Studios” in Nashville, and was produced by Chet Atkins.
On February 27, 1967, “RCA Victor” label released “How Great Thou Art”, the eighth Elvis Presley studio album. It was recorded October 1960 – May 1966, at “RCA Studio B” in Nashville, and was produced by Felton Jarvis. The album won “Grammy Award” for “Best Sacred Performance”.
Personnel:
Elvis Presley – vocals
The Jordanaires – vocals
The Imperials – vocals
Millie Kirkham – vocals
Dolores Edgin – vocals
June Page – vocals
Scotty Moore – guitar
Chip Young – guitar
Charlie McCoy – guitar, bass, harmonica
Pete Drake – pedal steel guitar
Floyd Cramer – piano
David Briggs – piano, organ
Henry Slaughter – piano, organ
Boots Randolph – saxophone
Rufus Long – saxophone
Bob Moore – double bass
Henry Strzelecki – double bass
D. J. Fontana – drums, tambourine
Buddy Harman – drums, timpani
Track listing:
How Great Thou Art – Stuart K. Hine
In the Garden – C. Austin Miles
Somebody Bigger Than You and I – Hy Heath, Sonny Burke, Johnny Lange
Farther Along – traditional, arranged by Elvis Presley
Stand by Me – traditional, arranged by Elvis Presley
Without Him – Mylon LeFevre
So High – traditional, arranged by Elvis Presley
Where Could I Go but to the Lord – James B. Coats
By and By – traditional, arranged by Elvis Presley
If the Lord Wasn’t Walking by My Side – Henry Slaughter
In February 1968, “RCA Victor” label released “Hangin’ On”, the eight Waylon Jennings album. It was recorded in 1967, at “RCA Victor Studios” in Nashville, and was produced by Chet Atkins.
Personnel:
Waylon Jennings – vocal, guitar
Jerry Gropp – guitar
Richie Albright – drums
Al Pachucki – engineer
Bill Vandevort – engineer
Jim Malloy – engineer
Skeeter Davis – liner notes
Track listing:
Hangin’ On – Ira Allen, Buddy Mize
Julie – Waylon Jennings
The Crowd – Roy Orbison, Joe Melson
Let Me Talk to You – Danny Dill, Don Davis
Woman, Don’t You Ever Laugh at Me – Bobby Bare
The Chokin’ Kind – Harlan Howard
Gentle on My Mind – John Hartford
Right Before My Eyes – Don Bowmann, Waylon Jennings
Lock, Stock and Teardrops – Roger Miler
I Fall in Love So Easily – Glenn Martin, Billy Swan
Looking at a Heart That Needs a Home – Harlan Howard
On October 14, 1969, “RCA Victor” label released “From Memphis to Vegas / From Vegas to Memphis”, the eleventh studio and the second live Elvis Presley album. It was released as a double album: the first album, titled In “Person at the International Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada”, contains the live recordings of Presley’s hits recorded at the International Hotel in Winchester, Nevada; the second album, titled “Back in Memphis”, contains entirely new material recorded at “American Sound Studio” in Memphis. The live album was produced by Felton Jarvis, and the studio album was produced by Chips Moman.
Personnel:
Elvis in Person at the International Hotel
Elvis Presley – lead and overdubbed backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitar
Bobby Morris and his Orchestra – orchestra
James Burton – lead guitar
John Wilkinson − rhythm guitar
Charlie Hodge − acoustic rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Larry Muhoberac − keyboards
Jerry Scheff – bass
Ronnie Tutt − drums
Millie Kirkham − backing vocals
The Imperials − backing vocals
The Sweet Inspirations − backing vocals
Back in Memphis
Elvis Presley − vocals, guitar, piano
Reggie Young − electric guitar
Bobby Wood − piano
Bobby Emmons − organ
Ed Kollis − harmonica
Tommy Cogbill, Mike Leech – bass
Gene Chrisman – drums
Andrew Love, Jackie Thomas, Glen Spreen, J.P. Luper − saxophone
Wayne Jackson, Dick Steff, R. F. Taylor − trumpet
Ed Logan, Jack Hale, Gerald Richardson − trombone
Tony Cason, Joe D’Gerolamo − French horn
Glen Spreen − strings and horn arrangements
Joe Babcock, Dolores Edgin, Mary Greene, Charlie Hodge, Ginger Holladay, Mary Holladay, Millie Kirkham, Ronnie Milsap, Sonja Montgomery, June Page, Susan Pilkington, Sandy Posey, Donna Thatcher, Hurschel Wiginton − backing vocals
Track listing:
Elvis in Person at the International Hotel
Blue Suede Shoes – Carl Perkins
Johnny B. Good – Chuck Berry
All Shook Up – Otis Blackwell, Elvis Presley
Are You Lonesome Tonight – Lou Handman, Roy Turk
Hound Dog – Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
I Can’t Stop Loving You – Don Gibson
My Babe – Willie Dixon
Mystery Train/Tiger Man – Junior Parker, Sam Phillips, Joe Hill Louis, Sam Burns
Words – Robin Gibb, Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb
In the Ghetto – Mac Davis
Suspicious Minds – Mark James
Can’t Help Falling in Love – George Weiss, Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore
Back in Memphis
Inherit the Wind – Eddie Rabbitt
This Is the Story – Chris Arnold, David Martin, Geoff Morrow
Stranger in My Own Home Town – Percy Mayfield
A little Bit of Green – Chris Arnold, David Martin, Geoff Morrow
And the Grass Won’t Pay You No Mind – Neil Diamond
In June 1971, “RCA Victor” label released “First Pull Up, Then Pull Down”, the second Hot Tuna album. It was recorded in April 1971 at “Chateau Liberte” in Los Gatos, California, and was produced by Jorma Kaukonen.
Personnel:
Jorma Kaukonen – vocals, guitar
Papa John Creach – electric violin
Jack Casady – bass
Sammy Piazza – drums
Will Scarlett – harmonica
Pat “Maurice” Leraci – master of the machines
Allen Zentz – engineer
Margareta Kaukonen – drawings
Mike Frankel – interior photography
Jack Casady – pin-up photography
Track listing:
John’s Other – Papa John Creach
Candy Man – Rev. Gary Davis
Been So Long – Jorma Kakukonen
Want You to Know – Bo Carter
Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning – Rev. Gary Davis
Never Happen No More – Blind Blake
Come Back Baby – traditional, arranged by Jorma Kaukonen
On June 8, 2004, “RCA Victor” label released “Blues to the Bone”, the twenty-seventh Etta James studio album. It was recorded in 2004, and was produced by Etta James, Donto James, Josh Sklar and Sametto James. In 2005, “Blues to the Bone” won “Grammy Award” for “Best Traditional Blues Album”.
Personnel:
Etta James – vocals
Josh Sklair – guitar, dobro, arrangements
Bobby Murray – guitars
Brian Ray – guitar, slide guitar
Mike Finnigan – piano
John “Juke” Logan – harmonica
Sametto James – bass
Donto Metto James – drums
Track listing:
I Got My Mojo Working – Preston Foster
Don’t Start Me to Talking – Sonny Boy Williamson II
In May 1970, “RCA Victor” label released the self-titled, debut Hot Tuna album. It was recorded in September 1969, at “New Orleans House” in Berkeley, and was produced by Al Schmitt.
Personnel:
Jorma Kaukonen – vocals, acoustic guitar
Will Scarlett – harmonica
Jack Casady – bass guitar
Allen Zentz – engineer
Pat Leraci – master of the machines
Margareta Kaukonen – painting
Gut – art direction
Mike Frankel – photography
Track listing:
Hesitation Blues – traditional, arranged by Jorma Kaukonen, Jack Casady
How Long Blues – Leroy Carr
Uncle Sam Blues – traditional, arranged by Jorma Kaukonen, Jack Casady
Don’t You Leave Me Here – Jelly Roll Morton
Death Don’t Have No Mercy – Reverent Gary Davis
Know Your Rider – traditional, arranged by Jorma Kaukonen, Jack Casady
In April 1969, “RCA Victor” label released “Elephant Mountain”, the third Youngbloods (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1968, at “RCA’s Music Center of the World” in Hollywood, and was produced by Charlie Daniels, Bob Cullen, Jesse Colin Young, Lowell Levinger and Joe Bauer.
Personnel:
Jesse Colin Young – lead vocals, acoustic guitar
Lowell Levinger – guitar, electric piano, backing vocals
Joe Bauer – drums
David Lindley – fiddle
Plas Johnson – tenor saxophone
Joe Clayton – trumpet
Victor Feldman – vibraphone
Richie Schmidt – engineer
Hank Cicalo – engineer
Mickey Crofford – engineer
Track listing:
All tracks by Jesse Colin Young, except where noted.
Darkness, Darkness
Smug
On Sir Francis Drake – Lowell Levinger
Sunlight
Double Sunlight – Lowell Levinger, Jesse Colin Young, Joe Bauer
Beautiful
Turn It Over – Lowell Levinger, Jesse Colin Young, Joe Bauer
Rain Song (Don’t Let the Rain Bring You Down) – Jerry Corbitt, Felix Pappalardi, Gail Collins
Trillium – Lowell Levinger, Jesse Colin Young, Joe Bauer
Quicksand
Black Mountain Breakdown – Lowell Levinger, Jesse Colin Young, Joe Bauer
On March 14, 2006, “RCA Victor” label released “All the Way”, the 28th Etta James album. It was recorded in 2005, and was produced by Sametto James, Donto James and Joshua Sklair.
Personnel:
Etta James – lead and backing vocals, executive producer
Joshua Sklair – acoustic and electric guitar, backing vocals, recording, mastering, music director
Bobby Murray – electric guitar
David K. Mathews – keyboards, strings
Sametto James – acoustic and electric bass, backing vocals, recording
Donto James – drums, percussion, backing vocals, recording
Ronnie Buttacavoli – trumpet, flugelhorn
Randy Williams – backing vocals
Tamara Oliver – backing vocals
Ed Cherney – mixing, mastering
Anthony Montes De Oca – photography
Lithofayne Pridgeon – liner notes
Track listing:
All the Way – Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen
Stop On By – Thomas Truman, Bobby Womack
Strung Out – Johnny Watson
Somewhere – Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim
Holding Back the Years – Michael James Hucknall, Neil Moss
Imagine – John Lennon
I Believe I Can Fly – R. Kelly
It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World – James Brown, Betty Newsome
Purple Rain – Prince
What’s Going On – Renaldo Benson, Al Cleveland, Marvin Gaye
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