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Magic Sam: Live At The Avant Garde

On November 18, 2013, “Delmark” label released “Live at the Avant Garde”, the eleventh Magic Sam (Samuel Gene Maghett) album. It was recorded in June 1968, at “The Avant Garde” in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and was produced by Jim Charne and Robert G. Koester.

Personnel:

  • Magic Sam − vocals, guitar
  • Robert “Big Mojo” Elem – bass
  • Bob Richey – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Samuel Maghett (Magic Sam) except where noted

  1. San-Ho-Zay – Freddie King, Sonny Thompson
  2. Don´t Want No Woman – Don Robey
  3. I Need You So Bad – B.B. King, Sam Ling
  4. Feelin´ Good – Herman Parker
  5. It´s All Your Fault Baby – Lowell Fulson
  6. You Belong to Me
  7. Bad Luck Blues
  8. Come On in This House – Amos Blakemore
  9. Hoochie Coochie Man – Willie Dixon
  10. Still a Fool – Muddy Waters
  11. That´s All I Need
  12. All Your Love (I Miss Loving) – Otis Rush
  13. That´s All Right – Jimmy Rogers
  14. Lookin’ Good
  15. Everynight and Everyday – Jimmy McCracklin
  16. Hully Gully Twist – B.B. King, Joe Josea

B. B. King: Live In Cook County Jail

In January 1971, “ABC” label release “Live in Cook County Jail”, album by B.B. King. It was recorded in September 1970, at “Cook County Jail” in Chicago, and was produced by Bill Szymczyk.

Personnel:

  • B.B. King – vocals, guitar
  • Ron Levy – piano
  • Booker Walker – alto saxophone
  • Louis Hubert – tenor saxophone
  • John Browning – trumpet
  • Wilbert Freeman – bass
  • Sonny Freeman – drums
  • Aaron Baron – engineer
  • Woody Woodward – art direction
  • Chester Sheard – photography
  • Geoffrey Harding – inner liner photography

Track listing:

  1. Introduction
  2. Everyday I Have the Blues – Memphis Slim
  3. How Blue Can You Get – Jane Feather
  4. Worry, Worry, Worry – Davis Plumber, Jules Taub
  5. Medley: 3 O’ Clock Blues, Darlin You Know I Love You – Jules Taub, B. B. King
  6. Sweet Sixteen – Ahmet Ertegun
  7. The Thrill Is Gone – B. B. King
  8. Please Accept My Love – B. B. King, Sam Ling

Bob Seger And The Silver Bullet Band: Night Moves

On October 22, 1976, “Capitol” label released “Night Moves”, album by Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band (the ninth Bob Seger studio album). It was recorded in 1976, at “Muscle Shoals” in Sheffield, Alabama, “Pampa” in Warren, Michigan, “Nimbus Nine” in Toronto, and was produced by Bob Seger, Punch Andrews, Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section and Jack Richardson.

Personnel:

  • Bob Seger – vocals, guitar
  • Drew Abbott – guitar, backing vocals
  • Robyn Robbins – piano, organ
  • Alto Reed – alto, tenor and baritone saxophone, flute
  • Chris Campbell – bass, backing vocals
  • Charlie Allen Martin – drums, tambourine, maracas, backing vocals
  • Pete Carr – lead, rhythm and acoustic guitar
  • Jimmy Johnson – rhythm guitar
  • Joe Miquelon – guitar
  • Doug Riley – piano, organ
  • Barry Beckett – piano, organ, ARP synthesizer, clavinet, melodica
  • David Hood – bass
  • Roger Hawkins – drums, tambourine, maracas, congas, timpani
  • Jerry Luck – accordion
  • Sharon Lee Williams – backing vocals
  • Rhonda Silver – backing vocals
  • Laurel Ward – backing vocals
  • Jim Bruzzese – recording, mixing
  • Brian Christian – recording
  • Jerry Masters – recording
  • Steve Melton – recording
  • Greg Miller – recording
  • Wally Traugott – mastering
  • Tom Bert – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Bob Seger, except where noted.

  1. Rock and Roll Never Forgets
  2. Night Moves
  3. The Fire Down Below
  4. Sunburst
  5. Sunspot Baby
  6. Mainstreet
  7. Come to Poppa – Earl Randle, Willie Mitchell
  8. Ship of Fools
  9. Mary Lou – Young Jessie, Sam Ling

Gene Clark: Two Sides to Every Story

In February 1977, “RSO” label released “Two Sides to Every Story”, the sixth Gene Clark album. It was recorded in 1976, at “Fidelity Recording Studio” in Hollywood, and was produced by Thomas Jefferson Kaye.

Personnel:

  • Gene Clark – vocals, guitar
  • Mike Utley – keyboards
  • Jerry McGee – guitar
  • Al Perkins – guitar
  • Jeff Baxter – guitar
  • Doug Dillard – banjo
  • Byron Berline – fiddle
  • Jim Fielder – bass
  • Sammy Creason – drums
  • David Campbell – string arrangements
  • John Hartford – backing vocals
  • Emmylou Harris – backing vocals
  • Steven Soles – backing vocals
  • Thomas Jefferson Kaye – backing vocals
  • Daniel Moore – backing vocals
  • Matthew Moore – backing vocals
  • Pepper Watkins – backing vocals
  • Joel Soifer – engineer
  • Ed Caraeff – art direction, photography
  • David Larkham – design
  • Gary Legon – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Gene Clark, except where noted.

  1. Home Run King
  2. Lonely Saturday
  3. In the Pines – traditional, arranged by Gene Clark
  4. Kansas City Southern
  5. Give My Love to Marie – James Talley
  6. Sister Moon
  7. Marylou – Obie Jessie, Sam Ling
  8. Hear the Wind
  9. Past Addresses
  10. Silent Crusade

B. B. King: Completely Well

On December 5, 1969, “Blues Way” label released “Completely Well”, the 17th B.B. King album. It was recorded in June 1969, at “The Hit Factory” in New York City, and was produced by Bill Szymczyk.

Personnel:

  • B.B. King – vocals, lead guitar
  • Hugh McCracken – rhythm guitar
  • Paul Harris – organ, acoustic and Fender Rhodes electric piano
  • Jerry Jemmott – bass
  • Herbie Lovelle – drums
  • Bert “Super Charts” DeCoteaux – string and horn arrangements

Track listing:

  1. So Excited – B.B. King, Gerald Jemmott
  2. No Good – Ferdinand Washington, B.B. King
  3. You’re Losin’ Me – Ferdinand Washington, B.B. King
  4. What Happened – B.B. King
  5. Confessin’ the Blues – Jay McShann, Walter Brown
  6. Key to My Kingdom – Maxwell Davis, Joe Josea, Claude Baum
  7. Cryin’ Won’t Help You Now – Sam Ling, Jules Taub
  8. You’re Mean – B.B. King, Gerald Jemmott, Hugh McCracken, Paul Harris, Herbie Lovelle
  9. The Thrill Is Gone – Rick Darnell, Roy Hawkins

Steve Miller Band: The Joker

In October 1973, “Capitol” label released “The Joker”, the eighth Steve Miller Band album. It was recorded in 1973, and was produced by Steve Miller. The album was certified Platinum in US by the “RIIA”.

Personnel:

  • Steve Miller– vocals, guitar, harmonica
  • “Sneaky” Pete Kleinow– pedal steel guitar
  • Dick Thompson – organ, clavinet
  • Gerald Johnson – vocals, bass guitar
  • Lonnie Turner – bass guitar
  • John King – drums
  • John Van Hamersveld, Norman Seeff– design
  • Norman Seeff – photography

Track listing:

  1. Sugar Babe – Steve Miller
  2. Mary Lou – Obie Jessie, Sam Ling
  3. Shu Ba Da Du Ma Ma Ma Ma – Steve Miller
  4. Your Cash Ain’t Nothin’ but Trash – Chuck Calhoun
  5. The Joker – Steve Miller, Eddie Curtis, Ahmet Ertegün
  6. The Lovin’ Cup – Steve Miller
  7. Come On in My Kitchen ( recorded live at the Tower Theater, Philadelphia) – Robert Johnson
  8. Evil (live) – Steve Miller
  9. Something to Believe In – Steve Miller