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Jackie Wilson And Count Basie: Manufacturers Of Soul

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 In June 1968, “Brunswick” label released “Manufacturers of Soul”, album by Jackie Wilson and Count Basie (the 18th Jackie Wilson album overall). It was recorded in January 1968, in Los Angeles, and was produced by Nat Tarnopol and Teddy Reig.

Personnel:

  • Jackie Wilson – vocals
  • Count Basie – piano
  • Bobby Plater, Marshal Royal – alto saxophone
  • Eric Dixon, Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis – tenor saxophone
  • Charlie Fowlkes – baritone saxophone
  • Al Aarons, Oscar Brashear, Gene Coe, Sonny Cohn – trumpet
  • Richard Boone, Steve Galloway, Grover Mitchell – trombone
  • Bill Hughes – bass trombone
  • Freddie Green – guitar
  • Uncredited – bass
  • Harold Jones – drums
  • Benny Carter – arrangements
  • Decca Photo Studio – photography
  • Hal Buksbaum – photography
  • Teddy Reig – liner notes

Track listing.

  1. Funky Broadway – Lester Christian
  2. For Your Precious Love – Arthur Brooks, Richard Brooks, Jerry Butler
  3. In the Midnight Hour – Steve Cropper, Wilson Pickett
  4. Ode to Billy Joe – Bobbie Gentry
  5. Chain Gang – Sam Cooke
  6. I Was Made to Love Her – Stevie Wonder, Lula Mae Hardaway, Henry Cosby, Sylvia Moy
  7. Uptight (Everything’s Alright) – Stevie Wonder, Henry Cosby, Sylvia Moy
  8. I Never Loved a Woman (The Way I Love You) – Ronnie Shannon
  9. Respect – Otis Redding
  10. Even When You Cry – Quincy Jones, Alan and Marilyn Bergman
  11. My Girl – Smokey Robinson, Ronald White

Otis Rush: Mourning in the Morning

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In August 1969, “Cotillion” label released “Mourning in the Morning”, the second Otis Rush album. It was recorded in 1969, at “FAME Studios” in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, and was produced by Nick Gravenites and Mike Bloomfield.

Personnel:

  • Otis Rush – vocals, guitar
  • Jimmy Johnson – guitar
  • Duane Allman – guitar
  • Barry Beckett – keyboards
  • Mark Naftalin – keyboards
  • Jerry Jemmott – bass
  • Roger Hawkins – drums
  • Aaron Varnell – tenor saxophone
  • Joe Arnold – tenor saxophone
  • Ronald Eades – baritone saxophone
  • Gene “Bowlegs” Miller – trumpet
  • Mickey Buckins – recording
  • Norris McNamara – photography
  • Nick Gravenites – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Me – Mike Bloomfield, Nick Gravenites
  2. Working Man – Mike Bloomfield, Nick Gravenites
  3. You’re Killing My Love – Mike Bloomfield, Nick Gravenites
  4. Feel So Bad – Chuck Willis
  5. Gambler’s Blues – B.B. King, Jules Taub
  6. Baby, I Love You – Ronnie Shannon
  7. My Old Lady – Mike Bloomfield, Nick Gravenites
  8. My Love Will Never Die – Otis Rush
  9. Reap What You Sow – Paul Butterfield, Mike Bloomfield, Nick Gravenites
  10. It Takes Time – Otis Rush
  11. Can’t Wait No Longer – Mike Bloomfield, Nick Gravenites

Aretha Franklin: Aretha Arrives

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On August 4, 1967, “Atlantic” label released “Aretha Arrives”, the eleventh Aretha Franklin studio album. It was recorded in June 1967 at “Atlantic Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Jerry Wexler.

Personnel:

  • Aretha Franklin – lead and background vocals, piano
  • Jimmy Johnson, Joe South– guitar
  • Tommy Cogbill– bass guitar
  • Roger Hawkins– drums
  • Ted Somers – vibraphone
  • Spooner Oldham, Truman Thomas – piano, organ, Fender Rhodes
  • Charles Chalmers, King Curtis– tenor saxophone
  • Tony Studd – bass trombone
  • Melvin Lastie– trumpet
  • Gene Orloff– director of string section
  • The Sweet Inspirations– backing vocals
  • Carolyn Franklin, Erma Franklin– backing vocals

Track listing:

  1. Satisfaction – Mick Jagger, Keith Richards
  2. You Are My Sunshine – Jimmie Davis, Charles Mitchell
  3. Never Let Me Go – Joe Scott
  4. 96 Tears – Rudy Martinez
  5. Prove It – Randy Evretts, Horace Ott
  6. Night Life – Willie Nelson, Walt Breeland,Paul Buskirk
  7. That’s Life – Dean Kay, Kelly Gordon
  8. I Wonder – Cecil Gant, Raymond Leveen
  9. Ain’t Nobody (Gonna Turn Me Around) – Carolyn Franklin
  10. Going Down Slow – Louis Jimmy Oden
  11. Baby, I Love You – Ronnie Shannon

 

James Brown: Plays The Real Things

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On June 1, 1967, “Smash Records” released “James Brown Plays the Real Thing”, the twentieth James Brown studio album. It was recorded in 1967, and was produced by James Brown.

Personnel:

  • James Brown – organ
  • Alfred Ellis – arrangements
  • Three Lions – photography
  • Ron Oberman – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Jimmy Mack – Holland, Dozier, Holland
  2. What Do You Like – Alfred Ellis
  3. PeeWee’s Groove In “D” – Alfred Ellis
  4. Bernadette – Holland, Dozier, Holland
  5. Mercy, Mercy, Mercy – Joe Zawinul
  6. I Never Loved a Man The Way I Love You – Ronnie Shannon
  7. Funky Broadway – Arlester Christian
  8. D Thing – Ted Wright

Aretha Franklin: I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You

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On March 10, 1967, “Atlantic” label released “I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You”, the eleventh Aretha Franklin studio album. It was recorded in January and February, 1967 at “Fame Studio”, “Muscle Shoals” and “Atlantic Recording Studios”, in New York, and was produced by Jerry Wexler.  In 2003, “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked the album at number 83 ranking on its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of all Time”.

Personnel:

  • Aretha Franklin – vocals, piano
  • Jimmy Johnson– guitar
  • Chips Moman– guitar
  • Dewey Oldham– keyboards
  • Tommy Cogbill– bass
  • Gene Chrisman – drums
  • Charles Chalmers– tenor saxophone
  • King Curtis– tenor saxophone
  • Charles Chalmers– tenor saxophone
  • Willie Bridges – baritone saxophone
  • Melvin Lastie – trumpet, cornet
  • Carolyn Franklin– backing vocals
  • Erma Franklin- backing vocals
  • Cissy Houston– backing vocals

Track listing:

  1. Respect – Otis Redding
  2. Drown in My Own Tears – Henry Glover
  3. I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You) – Ronnie Shannon
  4. Soul Serenade – Curtis Ousley, Luther Dixon
  5. Don’t Let Me Lose This Dream – Aretha Franklin, Ted White
  6. Baby, Baby, Baby – Aretha Franklin, Carolyn Franklin
  7. Dr. Feelgood (Love Is a Serious Business – Aretha Franklin, Ted White
  8. Good Times – Sam Cooke
  9. Do Right Woman, Do Right Man – Dan Penn, Chips Moman
  10. Save Me – Curtis Ousley, Aretha Franklin, Carolyn Franklin
  11. A Change Is Gonna Come – Sam Cooke