On November 3, 1971, “Columbia” label released “The Inner Mounting Flame”, the debut Mahavishnu Orchestra studio album. It was recorded in August 1971, at “CBS Studios” in New York City, and was produced by John McLaughlin.
In February 1968, “Columbia” label released the self-titled, debut Taj Mahal album. It was recorded in August 1967, and was produced by Bob Irwin and David Rubinson.
Personnel:
Taj Mahal – vocals, harmonica, slide guitar
Jesse Ed Davis – lead and slide guitar
Ry Cooder – rhythm guitar, mandolin
Bill Boatman – rhythm guitar
James Thomas – bass
Gary Gilmore – bass
Sanford Konikoff – drums
Chuck “Brother” Blackwell – drums
Raphael Valentin, Roy Halee – engineer
Ron Coro – design
Guy Webster – photography
Track listing:
Leaving Trunk – Sleepy John Estes
Statesboro Blues – Blind Willie McTell, arranged by Taj Mahal
Checkin’ Up on My Baby – Sonny Boy Williamson II
Everybody’s Got to Change Sometime – Sleepy John Estes
EZ Rider – arranged by Taj Mahal
Dust My Broom – Robert Johnson
Diving Duck Blues – Sleepy John Estes
The Celebrated Walkin’ Blues – arranged by Taj Mahal
In September 1969, “Columbia” label released “You Never Know Who Your Friends Are”, the second Al Kooper studio album. It was recorded in 1969, and was produced by Al Kooper.
Personnel:
Al Kooper – vocals, piano, organ, guitar, ondioline, arrangements
The Al Kooper Big Band under the direction of Charlie Calello
Ralph Casale, Stu Scharf, Eric Gale – guitar
Ernie Hayes, Paul Griffin, Frank Owens – piano, organ
Walter Sears – Moog synthesizer
Chuck Rainey, Jerry Jemmott, John Miller – electric bass
Bernard Purdie, Al Rogers – drums
George Young, Sol Schlinger, Seldon Powell, Joe Farrell – saxophone
Bernie Glow, Ernie Royal, Marvin Stamm – trumpet
Ray Desio, Jimmy Knepper, Bill Watrous, Tony Studd – trombone
Hilda Harris, Connie Zimet, Albertine Robinson, Lois Winter, Michael Gately, Lou Christie, Robert John, Charlie Calello – backing vocals
Glen Kolotkin, Roy Segal, Stan Tonkel – engineer
Ron Coro – cover art direction, design
Track listing:
All tracks by Al Kooper, except where noted.
Magic in My Socks
Lucille
Too Busy Thinkin’ ’bout My Baby – Norman Whitfield, Janie Bradford
First Time Around
Loretta (Union Turnpike Eulogy)
Blues, Part IV
You Never Know Who Your Friends Are
The Great American Marriage / Nothing
I Don’t Know Why I Love You – Lula Mae Hardaway, Don Hunter, Paul Riser, Stevie Wonder
On June 13, 1979, “Elektra” label released “Candy-O”, the second Cars (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1979, at “Cherokee” in Hollywood, and was produced by Ray Thomas Baker.
On January 24, 1972, “Columbia” label released the self-titled, second Paul Simon album. It was recorded January – March 1971, at “CBS Studios” in san Francisco, “CBS Studios” in Los Angeles, “CBS Studios” in New York City, “Western Recorders” in Los Angeles, “Dynamic Sound Studios”, “Kingston Studio CBE” in Paris, and was produced by Paul Simon and Roy Halee.
Personnel:
Paul Simon – vocals, acoustic guitar, percussion, arranger
Stéphane Grappelli – violin
Lynford “Hux” Brown – lead guitar
David Spinozza – acoustic guitar
Wallace Wilson – rhythm guitar
Stefan Grossman – bottleneck guitar
Jerry Hahn – electric guitar
Neville Hinds – Hammond organ
Larry Knechtel – piano, Wurlitzer electric piano, harmonium, Hammond organ
Charlie McCoy – bass harmonica
Jackie Jackson – bass guitar
Joe Osborn – bass guitar
Ron Carter – double bass
Russell George – bass guitar
Hal Blaine – drums
Winston Grennan – drums
Denzil Laing – percussion
Victor Montanez – congas
Airto Moreira – percussion
Fred Lipsius – alto saxophone
John Schroer – tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone
Steven Turre – trombone
Los Incas – flute, charango, percussion
Mike Mainieri – vibes
Cissy Houston, Von Eva Sims, Renelle Stafford and Deirdre Tuck – backing vocals
In October 1973, “Columbia” label released “Full Sail”, the third Loggins and Messina album. It was recorded in 1973, at “Wally Heider Studios” Hollywood, and was produced by Jim Messina.
In September 1975, “Full Moon” label released “Captured Angel”, the third Dan Fogelberg album. It was recorded in 1975, at “Golden Voice Studios” in South Pekin, “Caribou Ranch” in Nederland, “Record Plant” in Los Angeles, “Record Plant” in Sausalito, .and was produced by Dan Fogelberg.
Personnel:
Dan Fogelberg – lead and backing vocals, banjo, bass guitar, guitar, harmonica, percussion, keyboards, ARP synthesizer, cover artwork
Al Perkins– pedal steel guitar
Norbert Putnam– bass
Russ Kunkel– drums, percussion
David Lindley– fiddle
Hot Damn Brothers – backing vocals
D. Souther– backing vocals
Glen Spreen – string arrangements
Tom Byler, Jeff Guercio, Terry Jamison, Gary Ladinsky and John Stronach – engineer
In August 1975, “Columbia” label released “So Fine”, the fifth Loggins and Messina studio album. It was recorded in 1975, at Jim Messina’s ranch in Ojai, California, and was produced by Jim Messina.
On November 13, 1977, “Warner Bros” label released “Death of a Ladies’ Man”, the fifth Leonard Cohen studio album. It was recorded June – July 1977, and was produced by Phil Spector.
Personnel:
Leonard Cohen – vocals
Phil Spector– guitar, keyboards, background vocals, vocal arrangement, rhythm arrangements
Art Blaine – guitar
Jesse Ed Davis– guitar
David Isaac – guitar
Art Munson– guitar
David Kessel – guitar, backing vocals
Al Perkins– pedal steel, slide guitar
Sneaky Pete Kleinow– guitar, pedal steel, slide guitar
Dan Kessel – organ, synthesizer, guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
Michael Lang – keyboards
Tom Hensley – keyboards
Bill Mays – keyboards
Don Randi– keyboards
Pete Jolly– keyboards
Barry Goldberg – keyboards
Bob Robitaille – synthesizer, assistant engineer, synthesizer programming
Devra Robitaille – synthesizer
Ray Neapolitan – electric and upright bass
Ray Pohlman – bass, guitar
Jim Keltner– drums
Hal Blaine– drums
Terry Gibbs– percussion, vibraphone
Gene Estes – percussion
Robert Zimmitti – percussion
Emil Radocchia – percussion
Don Menza– flute, saxophone, wind, horn arrangements
Jay Migliori – saxophone
Steve Douglas– flute, saxophone, wind
Conte Candoli– trumpet
Charles Loper – trombone
Jack Redmond – trombone
Bobby Bruce – fiddle, violin
Brenda Bryant – backing vocals
Ronee Blakley– backing vocals
Billy Diez – backing vocals
Oma Drake – backing vocals
Bob Dylan– backing vocals
Venetta Fields– backing vocals
Gerald Garrett – backing vocals
Allen Ginsberg– backing vocals
Clydie King– backing vocals
Sherlie Matthews– backging vocals
Bill Thedford , Julia Tillman Waters, Oren Waters, Lorna Willard – backing vocals
Nino Tempo– arrangements
Larry Levine– engineer
Bruce Gold – engineer, engineer assistant
Stan Ross – engineer, assistant
John Cabalka – art direction
Bill Naegels – design
Ron Coro – design
Track listing:
All lyrics by Leonard Cohen, all music by Phil Spector.
On January 20, 1975, “Columbia” label released “Blood on the Tracks”, the fifteenth Bob Dylan studio album. It was recorded in September 1974, at ”A & R Recording “in New York, and December, 1974, at “Sound 80” in Minneapolis, and was produced by Bob Dylan. In 2003, magazine “Rolling Stone” ranked the album at number 16, on its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of all Time”, and in 2004, it was placed at number 5 on “Pitchfork Media’s” list of the “Top 100 Albums of the 70s”. “Blood on the Tracks” was certified 2 x Platinum in the US by “RIAA”.
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