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Weather Report: Black Market

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On March 11, 1976, “Columbia” label released “Black Market”, the sixth Weather Report studio album. It was recorded December 1975 – January 1976, at “Devonshire Sound Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Joe Zawinul and Wayne Shorter.

Personnel:

  • Joe Zawinul – Yamaha grand piano, Rhodes electric piano, 2 × ARP 2600, Oberheim polyphonic synthesizer, orchestration
  • Wayne Shorter – Selmer soprano and tenor saxophones, Computone Lyricon
  • Alphonso Johnson – electric bass
  • Jaco Pastorius – electric fretless bass 
  • Narada Michael Walden – drums
  • Chester Thompson – drums
  • Alex Acuña – congas, percussion
  • Don Alias – percussion
  • Ron Malo – engineer
  • Nancy Donald – design
  • David McMacken – illustration
  • Ed Caraeff – photography

Track listing:

  1. Black Market – Joe Zawinul
  2. Cannon Ball – Joe Zawinul
  3. Gibraltar – Joe Zawinul
  4. Elegant People – Wayne Shorter
  5. Three Clowns – Wayne Shorter
  6. Barbary Coast – Jaco Pastorius
  7. Herandu – Alphonso Johnson

Roland Kirk: Introducing Roland Kirk

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In July 1960, “Argo” label released “Introducing Roland Kirk”, the second Roland Kirk studio album. It was recorded in June 1960, in Chicago, Illinois.

Personnel:

  • Roland Kirk – tenor saxophone, manzello, whistle, stritch
  • Ira Sullivan – trumpet, tenor saxophone
  • William Burton – organ, piano
  • Donald Garrett – bass
  • Sonny Brown – drums
  • Ron Malo – engineer
  • Don Bronstein – design
  • Bill Claxton – cover photography
  • Jack Tracy – supervision

Track listing:

All tracks by Roland Kirk, except where noted.

  1. The Call
  2. Soul Station
  3. Our Waltz – David Rose
  4. Our Love Is Here To Stay – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
  5. Spirit Girl
  6. Jack the Ripper – William Burton

Howlin’ Wolf: Same

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On January 11, 1962, “Chess” label released the self-titled, second Howlin’ Wolf album. It is a collection of singles previously released from 1960 through 1962, and was produced by Ralph Bass.

Personnel:

  • Howlin’ Wolf – lead vocals, guitar, harmonica
  • William Johnson – guitar
  • Freddy Robinson – guitar
  • Jimmy Rogers – guitar
  • Otis “Big Smokey” Smothers – guitar
  • Hubert Sumlin – guitar
  • Jody Williams – guitar
  • Henry Gray – piano
  • Johnny Jones – piano
  • Hosea Lee Kennard – piano
  • Lafayette Leake – piano
  • Otis Spann – piano
  • Willie Dixon – vocals, bass
  • Buddy Guy – bass
  • Fred Below – drums
  • Junior Blackman – drums
  • Sam Lay – drums
  • S.P. Leary – drums
  • Sammy Lewis – drums
  • Earl Phillips – drums
  • J. T. Brown – saxophone
  • Donald Hankins – baritone saxophone
  • Arnold Rogers – tenor saxophone
  • Ron Malo – engineer
  • Don S. Bronstein – cover illustration, photography
  • Ralph Bass – sleeve notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Willie Dixon, except where noted.

  1. Shake for Me
  2. The Red Rooster
  3. You’ll Be Mine
  4. Who’s Been Talkin’ – Howlin’ Wolf
  5. Wang Dang Doodle
  6. Little Baby
  7. Spoonful
  8. Going Down Slow – St. Louis Jimmy Oden
  9. Down in the Bottom
  10. Back Door Man
  11. Howlin’ for My Darlin’
  12. Tell Me – Howlin’ Wolf

Etta James: Etta James Sings For Lovers

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On August 24, 1962, “Argo” label released “Etta James Sings for Lovers”, the fourth Etta James studio album. It was recorded in June 1962, and was produced by Leonard Chess and Phil Chess.

Personnel:

  • Etta James – vocal
  • Riley Hampton – arrangements
  • Al Poskonka – arrangements
  • Ron Malo – engineer
  • Don Bronstein – cover
  • Ralph Bass – supervision

Track listing:

  1. Don’t Take Your Love from Me – Henry Nemo
  2. How Do You Speak to an Angel – Bob Hilliard, Jule Styne
  3. Fools Rush In – Johnny Mercer, Rube Bloom
  4. Don’t Blame Me – Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields
  5. Someone to Watch Over Me – Ira Gershwin, George Gershwin
  6. Again – Dorcas Cochran, Lionel Newman
  7. I Want to Be Loved – Savannah Churchill
  8. It Could Happen to You – Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke
  9. These Foolish Things – Eric Maschwitz, Harry Link, Jack Strachey
  10. Prisoner of Love – Clarence Gaskill, Leo Robin, Russ Columbo

Bruford: Gradually Going Tornado

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In February 1980, “Polydor” label released “Gradually Going Tornado”, the fourth Bruford album. It was recorded October – November 1979, at “Surrey Sound Studios” in Surrey, UK, and was produced by Bill Bruford and Ron Malo.

Personnel:

  • Bill Bruford– drums
  • Dave Stewart– keyboards
  • John Clark – guitar
  • Jeff Berlin– vocals, bass
  • Georgie Born– cello
  • Amanda Parsons, Barbara Gaskin– choir
  • Ron Malo – engineer
  • Martin Moss – engineer
  • Pete Buhlman – tape operator
  • Paul Neagu– art direction, design

Track listing:

  1. Age of Information – Bill Bruford, Dave Stewart
  2. Gothic 17 – Bill Bruford, Dave Stewart
  3. Joe Frazier – Jeff Berlin
  4. E.D. – Bill Bruford, Dave Stewart
  5. The Sliding Floor – Jeff Berlin, Bill Bruford, Dave Stewart
  6. Palewell Park – Bill Bruford
  7. Plans for J.D. – Bill Bruford
  8. Land’s End – Dave Stewart

Jerry Garcia: Run For The Roses

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In November 1982, “Arista” label released “Run for the Roses”, the fourth Jerry Garcia solo album. It was recorded September – December 1981, and was produced by Jerry Garcia and John Kahn.

Personnel:

  • Jerry Garcia– vocals, guitar
  • Melvin Seals, Merl Saunders– organ
  • James Warren, Michael O’Martian – piano, clavinet
  • John Kahn– bass, fretless bass, synthesizer, piano, clavinet, guitar
  • Ron Tutt– drums, percussion
  • Michael Neuman – trumpet
  • Liz Stires, Julie Stafford – vocals
  • Betty Cantor-Jackson, Ron Malo – engineer
  • Bob Matthews – mixing
  • George Horn – mastering
  • Victor Moscoso – artwork

Track listing:

  1. Run For The Roses – Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter
  2. I Saw Her Standing There – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
  3. Without Love – Clyde McPhatter
  4. Midnight Getaway – Jerry Garcia, John Kahn, Robert Hunter
  5. Leave The Little Girl Alone – John Kahn, Robert Hunter
  6. Valerie – Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter
  7. Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door – Bob Dylan

John Stewart: The Lonesome Picker Rides Again

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In November 1971, “Warner Bros” label released “The Lonesome Picker Rides Again”, the fourth John Stewart album. It was recorded in 1971, at “Western Recorders” and “Crystal Sound” in Hollywood, except tracks 6 and 7, which were recorded live at “Chuck’s Cellar” in Los Altos, California, on 29 May 1971, and was produced by Michael Stewart.

Personnel:

  • John Stewart– vocals, guitar
  • Fred Carter, Jr.– guitar
  • Buddy Emmons– steel guitar
  • Glen D. Hardin– piano
  • Chris Darrow– banjo, electric dobro
  • Henry Diltz– harmonica
  • Michael Stewart, Jennifer Warnes, Buffy Ford – vocals
  • Peter Asher– vocals
  • Leland Sklar– bass
  • Bryan Garofalo – bass
  • Russ Kunkel– drums
  • King Errisson – conga
  • Jimmie Haskell– orchestration
  • Wally Heider – recording
  • Ron Malo – mixing, production engineer
  • Richard Sanford Orshoff – production engineer
  • David Clarke – art direction
  • Henry Diltz– photography

Track listing:

All tracks by John Stewart.

  1. Just an Old Love Song
  2. The Road Shines Bright
  3. Touch of the Sun
  4. Bolinas
  5. Freeway Pleasure
  6. Wolves in the Kitchen
  7. Little Road and a Stone to Roll
  8. Daydream Believer
  9. Crazy
  10. Wild Horse Road
  11. All the Brave Horses

Chuck Berry: Fresh Berry’s

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In November 1965, “Chess” label released “Fresh Berry’s”, the ninth Chuck Berry studio album. It was recorded in September 1965, at “Ter Mar Recording Studios”  Chicago,  Illinois, and was produced by Leonard Chess and Phil Chess.

Personnel:

  • Chuck Berry – vocals, guitar
  • Mike Bloomfield– guitar
  • Paul Butterfield– harmonica
  • Johnnie Johnson– piano
  • Chuck Bernhard – bass
  • Jaspar Thomas – drums
  • Ron Malo– engineer
  • Don S. Bronstein– cover art

Track listing:

All tracks by Chuck Berry except where noted.

  1. It Wasn’t Me
  2. Run Joe – Louis Jordan, Walter Merrick, Joe Willoughby
  3. Everyday We Rock & Roll
  4. One for My Baby (and One More for the Road) – Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer
  5. Welcome Back Pretty Baby
  6. It’s My Own Business
  7. Right Off Rampart Street
  8. Vaya Con Dios – Buddy Pepper, Carl Hoff, Inez James, Larry Russell
  9. Merrily We Rock & Roll
  10. My Mustang Ford
  11. Ain’t That Just Like a Woman – Claude Demetrius, Fleecie Moore
  12. Wee Hour Blues

Muddy waters: Fathers And Sons

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In August 1969, “Chess” label released “Fathers and Sons”, the seventh Muddy Waters studio album. The album features both studio and live recordings. The studio tracks were recorded in April 21–23, 1969 at “Ter Mar Studios” in Chicago, April 24, 1969 at the “Super Cosmic Joy-Scout Jamboree” in Chicago. Producer on all tracks was Norman Dayron.The cover illustration was by Don Wilson and was based on Michelangelo’s design on the Sistine Chapel.

Personnel:

  • Muddy Waters (McKinley Morganfield) – vocals, guitar
  • Michael Bloomfield– guitar
  • Paul Asbell – rhythm guitar
  • Otis Spann– piano
  • Paul Butterfield– harmonica
  • Jeff Carp – chromatic harmonica
  • Phil Upchurch– bass guitar
  • Donald “Duck” Dunn– bass guitar
  • Sam Lay– drums
  • Buddy Miles– drums
  • Ron Malo– engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by McKinley Morganfield, except where noted.

  1. All Aboard
  2. Mean Disposition
  3. Blow Wind Blow
  4. Can’t Lose What You Ain’t Never Had
  5. Walkin’ Thru The Park
  6. Forty Days and Forty Nights – Bernard Roth
  7. Standin’ Round Crying
  8. I’m Ready – Willie Dixon
  9. Twenty Four Hours – Eddie Boyd
  10. Sugar Sweet – Mel London
  11. Long Distance Call
  12. Baby, Please Don’t Go – Big Joe Williams
  13. Honey Bee
  14. The Same Thing – Willie Dixon
  15. Got My Mojo Working, Part 1 – Preston Foster, McKinley Morganfield
  16. Got My Mojo Working, Part 2 – Preston Foster, McKinley Morganfield