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Stevie Wonder: Fulfillingness’ First Finale

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On July 22, 1974, “Tamla” label released “Fulfillingness’ First Finale”, the  seventeen Stevie Wonder studio album. It was recorded in 1974, at “Record Plant Studios” and “Westlake Recording Studios” in Los Angeles; “Media Sound” and “Electric Lady Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Stevie Wonder, Robert Margouleff and  Malcolm Cecil. In 1974, the album won three  “Grammy Awards”, including “Album of the Year”; “Best Male Pop Vocal” and “Best Male Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance” (for Boogie On Reggae Woman).

Personnel:

  • Stevie Wonder – lead and backing vocal, Fender Rhodes, Hohner clavinet, Moog bass, piano, hi-hat, cymbals, O.N.T.O. synthesizer, drums, handclaps, percussion
  • Michael Sembello– electric guitar
  • Sneaky Pete Kleinow– pedal steel guitar
  • Michael Sembello – acoustic guitar
  • Reggie McBride – electric bass
  • James Jamerson– acoustic bass
  • Bobbye Hall– congas, bongos
  • Rocky Dzidzornu– congas
  • Robert Margouleff, Malcolm Cecil – synthesizers
  • Bobbye Hall –cuíca
  • Bob and Malcolm – Moog, programming
  • Jim Gilstrap– backing vocals
  • Deniece Williams – backing vocals
  • Paul Anka – backing vocals
  • Syreeta Wright– backing vocal
  • Shirley Brewer – backing vocal
  • Larry “Nastyee” Latimer – backing vocal
  • Minnie Riperton– backing vocal
  • The Jackson 5– backing vocals
  • Lani Groves – backing vocals
  • Shirley Brewer – backing vocals
  • The Persuasions– backing vocals
  • Sergio Mendes – Portuguese lyrics

Track listing:

  1. Smile Please – Stevie Wonder
  2. Heaven Is 10 Zillion Light Years Away – Stevie Wonder
  3. Too Shy to Say – Stevie Wonder
  4. Boogie On Reggae Woman – Stevie Wonder
  5. Creepin’ – Stevie Wonder
  6. You Haven’t Done Nothin – Stevie Wonder
  7. It Ain’t No Use – Stevie Wonder
  8. They Won’t Go When I Go – Stevie Wonder, Yvonne Wright
  9. Bird of Beauty – Stevie Wonder
  10. Please Don’t Go – Stevie Wonder

Eagles: One Of These Nights

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On June 10, 1975, “Asylum” label released “One of These Nights”, the fourth Eagles studio album. It was recorded 1974 – 1975, at “Mac Emmerman’s Criteria Studios” in Miami and “Record Plant Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Bill Szymczyk. The album single, “Lyin’ Eyes” won the award for “Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals”. In 2001, the album was certified 4 x Platinum in the US by the “RIIA”.

Personnel:

  • Don Felder– vocals, guitars, slide guitar, string arrangements
  • Glenn Frey– vocals, guitars, piano, electric piano, harmonium, string arrangements
  • Bernie Leadon– vocals, guitars, banjo, mandolin, pedal steel, string arrangements
  • Randy Meisner– vocals, bass guitar
  • Don Henley– vocals, drums, percussion, tabla, string arrangements
  • Albhy Galuten– synthesizer
  • Jim Ed Norman– piano, orchestrations
  • The Royal Martian Orchestra – strings
  • David Bromberg– fiddles
  • Sid Sharp – concert master
  • Jim Ed Norman – conductor, string arrangements
  • Allan Blazek, Michael Braunstein, Ed Mashal, Bill Szymczyk, Michael Verdick, Don Wood – engineer
  • Gary Burden – design, art direction
  • Norman Seeff, Tom Kelley – photography

Track listing:

  1. One of These Nights – Don Henley, Glenn Frey
  2. Too Many Hands – Randy Meisner, Don Felder
  3. Hollywood Waltz – Bernie Leadon, Tom Leadon, Don Henley, Glenn Frey
  4. Journey of the Sorcerer – Bernie Leadon
  5. Lyin’ Eyes – Don Henley, Glenn Frey
  6. Take It to the Limit – Randy Meisner, Don Henley, Glenn Frey
  7. Visions – Don Felder, Don Henley
  8. After the Thrill Is Gone – Don Henley, Glenn Frey
  9. I Wish You Peace – Patti Davis, Bernie Leadon

Bruce Springsteen: Darkness On The Edge Of Town

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On June 2, 1978, “Columbia” label released “Darkness on the Edge of Town”, the fourth Bruce Springsteen studio album. It was recorded October 1977 – March 1978, at “Record Plant Studios” in New York, and was produced by Bruce Springsteen, Jon Landau, and Steven Van Zandt. In 2003, “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked “Darkness on the Edge of Town” at number 151 on its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of all Time”. The album was certified 3 x Platinum in the US by the “RIIA’.

Personnel:

  • Bruce Springsteen– lead vocals, lead guitar, harmonica
  • Steve Van Zandt– rhythm guitar, backing vocals
  • Roy Bittan– piano, backing vocals
  • Danny Federici– organ, glockenspiel
  • Garry Tallent– bass guitar
  • Max Weinberg– drums
  • Clarence Clemons– saxophone, backing vocals
  • Jimmy Iovine– engineer, mixing
  • Thom Panunzio– engineer assistant
  • Chuck Plotkin– mixing
  • Mike Reese– mastering
  • Frank Stefanko– photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Bruce Springsteen.

  1. Badlands
  2. Adam Raised a Cain
  3. Something in the Night
  4. Candy’s Room
  5. Racing in the Street
  6. The Promised Land
  7. Factory
  8. Streets of Fire
  9. Prove it All Night
  10. Darkness on the Edge of Town

David Bowie: Lodger

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Lodger

On May 18, 1979, “RCA” label released “Lodger”, the thirteenth David Bowie studio album. It was recorded September 1978 – March 1979, at “Mountain Studios” in “Montreux”, “Record Plant Studios” in New York, and was produced by Tony Visconti and David Bowie.

Personnel:

  • David Bowie – lead and backing vocals, piano, guitar, synthesizer, Chamberlin
  • Tony Visconti – guitar, mandolin, bass guitar,  backing vocals, engineer, mixing
  • Brian Eno– synthesizers, ambient drone, prepared piano, cricket menace, guitar treatments, horse trumpet, eroica horn, piano, backing vocals
  • Adrian Belew– guitar, mandolin
  • Carlos Alomar– guitar, drums
  • Dennis Davis– percussion, drums, bass guitar
  • George Murray– bass guitar
  • Sean Mayes– piano
  • Simon House– violin, mandolin
  • Roger Powell– synthesizer
  • Stan Harrison– saxophone
  • David Richards – engineer
  • Rod O’Brien – mixing

Track listing:

All lyrics by David Bowie; all music by David Bowie and Brian Eno, except where noted.

  1. Fantastic Voyage
  2. African Night Flight
  3. Move on – David Bowie
  4. Yassassin – David Bowie
  5. Red Sails
  6. DJ – David Bowie, Brian Eno, Carlos Alomar
  7. Look Back in Anger
  8. Boys Keep Swinging
  9. Repetition – David Bowie
  10. Red Money – David Bowie, Carlos Alomar

Yes: Union

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On April 30, 1991, “Arista” label released “Union”, the thirteenth Yes studio album. It was recorded at “Studio Miraval” in Correns, France; “Studio Guillaume Tell” in Paris; “SARM West Studios” in London; “Record Plant Studios”, “The Jacaranda Room”and “Cherokee Studios” in Los Angeles; “Vision Sound Studios” in New York City; and “Langley Studios” in  Devon, UK, and was produced by Jonathan Elias, Steve Howe, Trevor Rabin, Mark Mancina and Eddie Offord.

Personnel:

  • Jon Anderson– lead vocals
  • Steve Howe– guitar, backing vocals
  • Trevor Rabin– guitar, backing vocals
  • Tony Kaye– keyboards, backing vocals
  • Rick Wakeman– keyboards
  • Chris Squire– bass, backing vocals
  • Bill Bruford– drums
  • Alan White– drums, backing vocals
  • Jonathan Elias– vocals, synthesizer, keyboards
  • Gary Barlough – synthesizer
  • Jerry Bennett – synthesizer, percussion
  • Jim Crichton – synthesizer, keyboards
  • Sherman Foote – synthesizer
  • Brian Foraker – synthesizer
  • Chris Fosdick – synthesizer
  • Rory Kaplan – synthesizer
  • Alex Lasarenko – synthesizer, keyboards
  • Steve Porcaro– synthesizer
  • Tony Levin– bass guitar, Chapman Stick
  • Jimmy Haun– guitar
  • Billy Sherwood – vocals, bass, guitars, keyboards
  • Allan Schwartzberg– percussion
  • Pauline Cheng – Cambodian poetry
  • Gary Falcone – vocals
  • Ian Lloyd– vocals
  • Tommy Funderburk– vocals
  • Michael Sherwood– vocals
  • Danny Vaughn– vocals
  • Deborah Anderson– vocals
  • Roger Dean– design, paintings
  • Jon Anderson – associate production

Track listing:

  1. I Would Have Waited Forever – Jon Anderson, Steve Howe, Jonathan Elias
  2. Shock to the System – Jon Anderson, Steve Howe, Jonathan Elias
  3. Masquerade – Steve Howe
  4. Lift me Up – Trevor Rabin, Chris Squire
  5. Without Hope You Cannot Start the Day – Jon Anderson, Jonathan Elias
  6. Saving My Heart – Trevor Rabin
  7. Miracle of Life – Trevor Rabin, Mark Mancina
  8. Silent Talking – Jon Anderson, Steve Howe, Rick Wakeman, Bill Bruford, Jonathan Elias
  9. The More We Live- Let Go – Chris Squire, Billy Sherwood
  10. Angkor War – Jon Anderson, Rick Wakeman, Jonathan Elias
  11. Dangerous – Jon Anderson, Jonathan Elias
  12. Holding On – Jon Anderson, Jonathan Elias, Steve Howe
  13. Evensong – Tony Levin, Bill Bruford
  14. Take the Water to the Mountain – Jon Anderson

Lynyrd Skynyrd: Second Helping

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Second Helping

On April 15, 1974, “Sounds of the South” label released “Second Helping”, the second Lynyrd Skynyrd album. It was recorded in January 1974, at “Record Plant Studios”, in Los Angeles, except track “Sweet Home Alabama”, recorded in June 1973, at “Studio One” in Doraville, Georgia, and was produced by Al Kooper. In 1987, the album was certified 2x Platinum by the “RIAA”.

Personnel:

  • Ronnie Van Zant– lead vocals
  • Gary Rossington– guitar
  • Allen Collins– guitar
  • Ed King– guitar, bass, backing vocals
  • Al Kooper– piano, backing vocals
  • Billy Powell– keyboards
  • Leon Wilkeson– bass, backing vocals
  • Bob Burns– drums
  • Mike Porter – drums
  • Bobby Keys, Trevor Lawrence and Steve Madaio – horns
  • Merry Clayton,Clydie King, Sherlie Matthews – backing vocals

Track listing:

  1. Sweet Home Alabama – Ed King, Gary Rossington, Ronnie Van Zant
  2. I Need You – Ed King, Gary Rossington, Ronnie Van Zant
  3. Don’t Ask Me No Questions – Gary Rossington, Ronnie Van Zant
  4. Workin’ for MCA – Ed King, Ronnie Van Zant
  5. The Ballad of Curtis Loew – Allen Collins, Ronnie Van Zant
  6. Swamp Music – Ed King, Ronnie Van Zant
  7. The Needle and the Spoon – Allen Collins, Ronnie Van Zant
  8. Call Me the Breeze – J. J. Cale

 

Eagles: On The Border

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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

 

Mountain: Climbing!

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On March 7, 1970, “Windfall” label released “Climbing!”, the first Mountain studio album. It was recorded 1969 -1970, at “Record Plant Studios” in New York, and was produced by Felix Pappalardi.

Personnel:

  • Leslie West– lead and co-lead vocals, guitars
  • Felix Pappalardi–lead and co-lead vocals,  bass, piano, rhythm guitar
  • Corky Laing– drums, percussion
  • Steve Knight– organ, mellotron, handbells
  • Beverly Weinstein – art direction
  • Gail Collins– cover artwork, photography

Track listing:

  1. Mississippi Queen – Corky Laing, Felix Pappalardi, David Rea, Leslie West
  2. Theme for an Imaginary Western- Pete Brown, Jack Bruce
  3. Never in My Life – Gail Collins, Corky Laing, Felix Pappalardi, Leslie West
  4. Silver Paper – Gail Collins, George Gardos, Steve Knight, Corky Laing, Felix Pappalardi, Leslie West
  5. For Yasgur’s Farm – Gail Collins, George Gardos, Corky Laing, Felix Pappalardi, David Rea, Gary Ship
  6. To My Friend – Leslie West
  7. The Laird – Gail Collins, Felix Pappalardi
  8. Sittin’ on a Rainbow – Gail Collins, Corky Laing, Leslie West
  9. Boys in the Band – Gail Collins, Felix Pappalardi

Queen: The Works

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On February 27, 1984, “EMI” label released “The Works”, the eleventh Queen studio album. It was recorded August 1983 – January 1984, at at the “Record Plant Studios” in Los Angeles and “Musicland Studios” in Munich, and was produced by Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor, John Deacon and Reinhold Mack.

Personnel:

  • Freddie Mercury – lead and backing vocals,  piano,  keyboards, sampler
  • Brian May – lead and backing vocals, lead and acoustic guitars
  • Roger Taylor – drums, electronic drums, backing vocals, keyboards, Vocoder, sampler and programming
  • John Deacon – bass guitar, rhythm guitar, backing vocals, keyboards and programming
  • Fred Mandel – keyboards, sampler
  • Reinhold Mack – Fairlight CMI programming
  • Bill Smith – design
  • George Hurrell – photography

Track listing:

  1. Radio Ga Ga – Roger Taylor
  2. Tear it Up – Brian May
  3. It’s a Hard Life – Freddie Mercury
  4. Man on the Prowl – Freddie Mercury
  5. Machines – Brian May, Roger Taylor
  6. I Want to Break Free – John Deacon
  7. Keep Passing the Open Windows – Freddie Mercury
  8. Hammer to Fall – Brian May
  9. Is This the World We Created…? – Freddie Mercury, Brian May

John Lennon: Rock ‘n’ Roll

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On February 17, 1975, “Apple” label released “Rock ‘n’ Roll”, the sixth John Lennon studio album.  It was recorded October 1973 – October 1974, at “A&M Studios” and “Record Plant Studios”, and was produced by Phil Spector and John Lennon.

Personnel:

  • John Lennon – vocals, guitars, arrangements
  • Jesse Ed Davis – guitar
  • Jim Calvert – guitar
  • Eddie Mottau – acoustic guitar
  • José Feliciano – acoustic guitar
  • Michael Hazelwood – acoustic guitar
  • Steve Cropper – guitar
  • Leon Russell – keyboards
  • Ken Ascher – keyboards
  • Klaus Voormann – vocals, bass guitar
  • Jim Keltner – drums
  • Hal Blaine – drums
  • Gary Mallaber – drums
  • Arthur Jenkins – percussion
  • Nino Tempo – saxophone
  • Jeff Barry – horn
  • Barry Mann – horn
  • Bobby Keys – horn
  • Peter Jameson – horn
  • Joseph Temperley – horn
  • Dennis Morouse – horn
  • Frank Vicari – horn
  • Phil Spector – arrangements
  1. Be-Bop-A-Lula – Tex Davis, Gene Vincent
  2. Stand by Me – Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller, Ben E. King
  3. Medley: Rip It Up/Ready Teddy – Robert ‘Bumps’ Blackwell, John Marascalco
  4. You Can’t Catch Me – Chuck Berry
  5. Ain’t That a Shame – Fats Domino, Dave Bartholomew
  6. Do You Wanna Dance? – Bobby Freeman
  7. Sweet Little Sixteen – Chuck Berry
  8. Slippin’ and Slidin – Eddie Bocage, Albert Collins, Richard Wayne Penniman, James H. Smith
  9. Peggy Sue – Jerry Allison, Norman Petty, Buddy Holly
  10. Medley: Bring It On Home to Me/Send Me Some Lovin’ – Sam Cooke, John Marascalco, Leo Price
  11. Bony Moronie – Larry Williams
  12. Ya Ya – Lee Dorsey, Clarence Lewis, Morgan Robinson, Morris Levy
  13. Just Because  – Lloyd Price