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Eddie Floyd: Knock On Wood

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On January 26, 1967, “Stax” label released “Knock on Wood”, the debut Eddie Floyd studio album. It was recorded July – December 1966, at “Stax Recording Studios” in Memphis, Tennessee, and was produced by Jim Stewart.

Personnel:

  • Eddie Floyd – vocals
  • Steve Cropper – guitar
  • Booker T. Jones – piano, organ
  • Isaac Hayes – piano
  • Donald “Duck” Dunn – bass guitar
  • Al Jackson Jr. – drums
  • Andrew Love – tenor saxophone
  • Floyd Newman – baritone saxophone
  • Wayne Jackson – trumpet

Track listing:

  1. Knock on Wood – Steve Cropper, Eddie Floyd
  2. Something You Got – Chris Kenner, Fats Domino
  3. But It’s Alright – J.J. Jackson, Pierre Tubbs
  4. I Stand Accused – Billy Butler, Jerry Butler
  5. If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody – Rudy Clark
  6. I Don’t Want to Cry – Luther Dixon, Chuck Jackson
  7. Raise Your Hand – Steve Cropper, Eddie Floyd, Alvertis Isbell
  8. Got to Make a Comeback – Eddie Floyd, Joe Shamwell
  9. 634-5789 – Steve Cropper, Eddie Floyd
  10. I’ve Just Been Feeling Bad – Steve Cropper, Eddie Floyd
  11. High-Heel Sneakers – Robert Higginbotham
  12. Warm and Tender Love – Bobby Robinson

Etta James: Queen Of Soul

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On December 5, 1964, “Argo” label released “Queen of Soul”, the fifth Etta James studio album. It was recorded in 1964, and was produced by Leonard Chess.

Personnel:

  • Etta James – vocal
  • Riley Hampton – arranger
  • Bert Keyes – arranger
  • Cliff Parman – arranger
  • Al Pokonka – arranger
  • Phil Wright – arranger

Track listing:

  1. Bobby Is His Name – Etta James, Ed Townsend
  2. I Wish Someone Would Care – Irma Thomas
  3. That Man Belongs Back Here with Me – Angela Riela, Clint Ballard Jr.
  4. Somewhere Out There – Billy Davis, Carl Smith, Wilfred McKinley
  5. Breaking Point – Maurice McAlister
  6. Flight 101 – Cathy Lynn, Robert Higginbotham
  7. Loving You More Every Day – Ronnie Mitchell
  8. Do Right – Fred Johnson, Leroy Kirkland, Pearl Woods
  9. I Worry ‘Bout You – Norman Mapp
  10. Mello Fellow – Ed Townsend

The McCoys: Hang On Sloopy

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In November 1965, “Bang” label released “Hang on Sloopy”, the debut McCoys (The) album. It was recorded in 1965, and was produced by Bob Feldman, Jerry Goldstein and Richard Gottehrer.

Personnel:

  • Richard Zehringer (later Rick Derringer) – lead vocal, guitar
  • Dennis Kelly – bass
  • Randy Z (Randy Zehringer) – drums
  • Bassett Hand – arrangements, conductor
  • Eddie Smith, Gordy Clark, Stanley Weiss- engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Bob Feldman, Jerry Goldstein and Richard Gottehrer, except where noted.

  1. Meet the McCoys
  2. Hang On Sloopy – Wes Farrell, Bert Russell
  3. Fever – Eddie Cooley, John Davenport
  4. Sorrow
  5. If You Tell a Lie
  6. I Don’t Mind – James Brown
  7. Stubborn Kind of Fellow – Marvin Gaye, William “Mickey” Stevenson, George Gordy
  8. I Can’t Help Fallin’ In Love – Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore, George David Weiss
  9. All I Really Want to Do – Bob Dylan
  10. Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag – James Brown
  11. I Can’t Explain It
  12. High Heel Sneakers – Robert Higginbotham
  13. Stormy Monday Blues – Aaron Walker

Blue Mitchell: Down With It!

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In April 1966, “Blue Note” label released “Down with It!”, the eleventh Blue Mitchell album. It was recorded in July 1965, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Blue Mitchell – trumpet
  • Junior Cook – tenor saxophone
  • Chick Corea – piano
  • Gene Taylor – bass
  • Al Foster – drums

Personnel:

  1. Hi-Heel Sneakers – Robert Higginbotham
  2. Perception – Chick Corea, Blue Mitchell
  3. Alone, Alone, and Alone – Terumasa Hino
  4. March on Selma – Blue Mitchell
  5. One Shirt – William Boone
  6. Samba de Stacy – William Boone

Ry Cooder: Same

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In December 1970, “Reprise” label released the self – titled, debut Ry Cooder album. It was recorded in 1970, and was produced by Van Dyke Parks and Lenny Waronker.

Personnel:

  • Ry Cooder– vocals, guitar, mandolin, bass guitar
  • Van Dyke Parks– piano, arranger
  • Chris Ethridge – bass guitar
  • Richie Hayward – drums guitar
  • Roy Estrada – bass guitar
  • Max Bennett – bass guitar
  • Milt Holland – drums, percussion
  • John Barbata – drums
  • Bobby Bruce – violin
  • Gloria Jones- backing vocals
  • Judy Betz – production assistant
  • Lee Herschberg – engineer, mixing
  • Doug Botnick – engineer
  • Thaddeus James Lowe – engineer
  • Rudy Hill – engineer
  • Bob Kovach – engineer
  • Kirby Johnson – conductor, orchestrator
  • Airstream– photograph of the 1937 trailer pictured on the front of the album sleeve
  • Frank Bez – photograph of the Airstream trailer
  • Susan Titelman – Ry Cooder photograph on the back of the album sleeve
  • Ed Thrasher- art direction

Track listing:

  1. Alimony – Brenda Jones, Welton Young, Robert Higginbotham
  2. France Chance – Joe Callicott
  3. One Meat Ball – Louis Singer, Hy Zaret
  4. Do Re Mi – Woody Guthrie
  5. My Old Kentucky Home (Turpentine & Dandelion Wine) – Randy Newman
  6. How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live? – Alfred Reed
  7. Available Space – Ry Cooder
  8. Pigmeat – Huddie Ledbetter
  9. Police Dog Blues – Arthur Blake
  10. Goin’ to Brownsville – John Estes
  11. Dark Is the Night – Blind Willie Johnson

The Everly Brothers: Beat & Soul

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In August 1965, “Warner Bros” label released “Beat & Soul”, the eleventh Everly Brothers (The) album. It was recorded in June 1965, and was produced by Dick Glasser.

Personnel:

  • Don Everly – vocals, guitar
  • Phil Everly – vocals, guitar
  • James Burton – guitar
  • Glen Campbell = guitar
  • Sonny Curtis– guitar
  • Leon Russell – piano
  • Billy Preston– piano
  • Larry Knechtel– bass
  • Jim Gordon– drums

Track listing:

  1. Love Is Strange – Mickey Baker, Sylvia Robinson, Ellas McDaniel
  2. Money – Janie Bradford, Berry Gordy
  3. What Am I Living For? – Art Harris, Fred Jay
  4. Hi-Heel Sneakers – Robert Higginbotham
  5. C. Rider – Gertrude “Ma” Rainey
  6. Lonely Avenue – Doc Pomus
  7. Man With Money – Don Everly, Phil Everly
  8. People Get Ready – Curtis Mayfield
  9. My Babe – Willie Dixon
  10. Walking the Dog – Rufus Thomas
  11. I Almost Lost My Mind – Ivory Joe Hunter
  12. The Girl Can’t Help It – Bobby Troup