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The Youngbloods: Ride The Wind

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In July 1971, “Warner Bros” label released “Ride the Wind”, the fifth Youngbloods (The) album. It was recorded in November 1969, in New York City, and was produced by Charlie Daniels.

Personnel:

  • Lowell “Banana” Levinger – guitar, piano
  • Jesse Colin Young – bass, rhythm guitar, kazoo
  • Drums – Joe Bauer
  • Richie Schmidt – recording
  • Paul Heald – design
  • Sydney Wasserbach – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Jesse Colin Young, except where noted.

  1. Ride the Wind
  2. Sugar Babe
  3. Sunlight
  4. The Dolphin – Fred Neil
  5. Get Together – Chet Powers, Dino Valenti
  6. Beautiful

The Youngbloods: Elephant Mountains

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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.

  1. Darkness, Darkness
  2. Smug
  3. On Sir Francis Drake – Lowell Levinger
  4. Sunlight
  5. Double Sunlight – Lowell Levinger, Jesse Colin Young, Joe Bauer
  6. Beautiful
  7. Turn It Over – Lowell Levinger, Jesse Colin Young, Joe Bauer
  8. Rain Song (Don’t Let the Rain Bring You Down) – Jerry Corbitt, Felix Pappalardi, Gail Collins
  9. Trillium – Lowell Levinger, Jesse Colin Young, Joe Bauer
  10. Quicksand
  11. Black Mountain Breakdown – Lowell Levinger, Jesse Colin Young, Joe Bauer
  12. Sham
  13. Ride the Wind – Jesse Colin Young