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The Black Keys: Thickfreakness

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On April 8, 2003, “Fat Possum” label released “Thickfreakness”, the second Black Keys (The) studio album. It was recorded in December 2002, at “Studio 45” in Akron, and was produced by Patrick Carney.

Personnel:

  • Dan Auerbach- vocals, guitar, bass, engineer
  • Patrick Carney- drums, percussion, recording, engineer, mixing
  • Joel Garcia – art direction
  • Michael Carney – artwork, design

Track listing:

All tracks by Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney except where noted.

  1. Thickfreakness
  2. Hard Row – lyrics by Dan Auerbach, Chuck Auerbach
  3. Set You Free
  4. Midnight in Her Eyes
  5. Have Love Will Travel – Richard Berry
  6. Hurt Like Mine
  7. Everywhere I Go – Junior Kimbrough
  8. No Trust
  9. If You See Me
  10. Hold Me in Your Arms
  11. I Cry Alone

Blue Image: Open

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In April 1970, “Atco” label released “Open” the second Blues Image album. It was recorded in 1970, at “American recording Co.”, and was produced by Richard Podolor.

Personnel:

  • Mike Pinera – lead vocals, lead guitar
  • Kent Henry– guitars
  • Skip Konte– piano, keyboards
  • Malcolm Jones – bass
  • Manny Bertematti – drums
  • Joe Lala– percussion, backing vocals
  • Bill Cooper – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Mike Pinera, Skip Konte, Malcolm Jones, Manny Bertematti and Joe Lala, except where noted.

  1. Love Is the Answer
  2. Running the Water
  3. Clean Love
  4. La Bamba – traditional
  5. Consuelate
  6. Ride Captain Ride
  7. Pay My Dues
  8. Fugue U
  9. Parchman Farm – Mose Allison
  10. Wrath of Daisey
  11. Take Me

Blodwyn Pig: Getting to This

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In April 1970, “Chrysalis” label released “Getting to This”, the second Blodwyn Pig album. It was recorded in 1970, at “Olympic” and “Trident Studios”, and was produced by Andy Johns.

Personnel:

  • Mick Abrahams– vocals, guitar, seven-string guitar, tenor guitar
  • Graham Waller – piano
  • Andy Pyle– electric bass, six-string bass
  • Ron Berg– drums, tympani
  • Jack Lancaster– flute, violin, electric violin, tenor sax, baritone sax, soprano sax, phoon horn, cornet

Track listing:

  1. Drive Me” – Mick Abrahams
  2. Variations on Nainos – Mick Abrahams
  3. See My Way – Mick Abrahams
  4. Long Bomb Blues – Mick Abrahams
  5. The Squirreling Must Go On – Mick Abrahams, Andy Pyle
  6. San Francisco Sketches – Jack Lancaster
  • Beach Scape
  • Fisherman’s Wharf
  • Telegraph Hill
  • Close the Door, I’m Falling Out of the Room
  1. Worry – Andy Pyle
  2. Toys – Mick Abrahams
  3. To Rassman – Ron Berg
  4. Send Your Son to Die – Mick Abrahams

Randy Newman: 12 Songs

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In April 1970, “Reprise” label released “12 Songs”, the second Randy Newman studio album. It was recorded in 1969, and was produced by Lenny Waronker.

Personnel:

  • Randy Newman – vocals, piano
  • Clarence White– B-Bender electric guitar
  • Ron Elliott– rhythm guitar
  • Ry Cooder– slide guitar
  • Lyle Ritz– double bass
  • Gene Parsons– drums
  • Jim Gordon– drums
  • Roy Harte– percussion
  • Al McKibbon– double bass
  • Milt Holland– percussion
  • Douglas Botnick – engineer
  • Lee Herschberg – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Randy Newman except where noted.

  1. Have You Seen My Baby?
  2. Let’s Burn Down the Cornfield
  3. Mama Told Me Not to Come
  4. Suzanne
  5. Lover’s Prayer
  6. Lucinda
  7. Underneath the Harlem Moon – Mack Gordon, Harry Revel
  8. Yellow Man
  9. Old Kentucky Home
  10. Rosemary
  11. If You Need Oil
  12. Uncle Bob’s Midnight Blues

The Flying Burrito Brothers: Burrito Deluxe

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In March 1970, “A&M” label released “Burrito Deluxe”, the second Flying Burrito Brothers (the) studio album. It was recorded 1969-1970, and was produced by Jim Dickson and Henry Lewy.

Personnel:

  • Gram Parsons— vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboards
  • Chris Hillman— vocals, bass, mandolin
  • Sneaky Pete Kleinow— pedal steel guitar
  • Bernie Leadon— vocals, guitar, dobro
  • Michael Clarke— drums
  • Leon Russell— piano
  • Byron Berline— fiddle
  • Tommy Johnson— tuba
  • Buddy Childers— cornet, flugelhorn
  • Leopoldo C. Carbajal — accordion
  • Frank Blanco — percussion

Track listing:

  1. Lazy Days – Gram Parsons
  2. Image of Me – Harlan Howard, Wayne Kemp
  3. High Fashion Queen – Chris Hillman, Gram Parsons
  4. If You Gotta Go – Bob Dylan
  5. Man in the Fog – Bernie Leadon, Gram Parsons
  6. Father Along – J.R. Baxter, W.B. Stevens
  7. Older Guys – Chris Hillman, Bernie Leadon, Gram Parsons
  8. Cody Cody – Chris Hillman, Bernie Leadon, Gram Parsons
  9. God’s Own Singer – Bernie Leadon
  10. Down in the Churchyard – Chris Hillman, Gram Parsons
  11. Wild Horses – Mick Jagger, Keith Richards

Townes Van Zandt: Our Mother the Mountain

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In April 1969, “Tomato” label released “Our Mother the Mountain”, the second Townes Van Zandt studio album. It was recorded in January 1969 in Los Angele and Nashville, and was produced by Kevin Eggers, Jim Malloy and Jack Clement.

Personnel:

  • Townes Van Zandt: vocals, guitar
  • David Cohen: guitar
  • Jack Clement: guitar
  • Mike Deasy: guitar
  • James Burton: dobro, guitar
  • Don Randi: keyboards
  • Ben Bennay: harmonica
  • Charlie McCoy: bass, guitar, harmonica, organ, recorder
  • Chuck Domanico: bass
  • Lyle Ritz: bass
  • Harvey Newmark: bass
  • John Clauder: drums
  • Donald Frost: drums
  • Jules Jacob: flute
  • Bergen White: string arrangements
  • Milton Glaser – artwork
  • Allen Vogel – photography

Track listing:

  1. Be Here to Love Me
  2. Kathleen
  3. She Came and She Touched Me
  4. Like A Summer Thursday
  5. Our Mother The Mountain
  6. Second Lovers Song
  7. John The Gambler
  8. Tecumseh Valley
  9. Snake Mountain Blues
  10. My Proud Mountains
  11. Why She’s Acting This Way

The Amboy Dukes: Journey to the Center of the Mind

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In March 1968, “Mainstream Records” label released “Journey to the Center of the Mind”, the second  Amboy Dukes (The) album. It was recorded in 1967, and was produced by Bob Shad.

Personnel:

  • John (J.B.) Drake – vocals
  • Ted Nugent– lead guitar
  • Steve Farmer– vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Andy Solomon – vocals, organ, piano
  • Greg Arama – bass
  • Dave Palmer – drums

Track listing:

  1. Mississippi Murderer – Ted Nugent,Steve Farmer
  2. Surrender to Your Kings – Ted Nugent
  3. Flight of the Byrd – Ted Nugent
  4. Scottish Tea – Ted Nugent
  5. Slingshot – Ted Nugent, Steve Farmer
  6. Journey to the Center of the Mind – Ted Nugent, Steve Farmer
  7. Ivory Castles – Steve Farmer
  8. Why Is a Carrot More Orange Than an Orange – Steve Farmer
  9. Missionary Mary – Steve Farmer
  10. Death Is Life – Steve Farmer
  11. Saint Philips Friend – Steve Farmer
  12. I’ll Prove I’m Right – Steve Farmer
  13. Conclusion – Ted Nugent, Steve Farmer

Gordon Lightfoot: The Way I Feel

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In April 1967, “United Artists” label released “The Way I Feel”, the second Gordon Lightfoot studio album. It was recorded in 1966, and was produced by John Court.

Personnel:

  • Gordon Lightfoot – vocals, guitar, piano
  • Red Shea – lead guitar
  • Charlie McCoy- harmonica, belesta, bells
  • John Stockfish – bass
  • Kenneth A. Buttrey – drums, percussion
  • Barry Feinstein – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Gordon Lightfoot.

  1. Walls
  2. If You Got It
  3. Softly
  4. Crossroads
  5. A Minor Ballad
  6. Go-Go Round
  7. Rosanna
  8. Home From the Forest
  9. I’ll Be Alright
  10. Song for a Winter’s Night
  11. Canadian Railroad Trilogy
  12. The Way I Feel

Blues Magoos: Electric Comic Book

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In March 1967, “Mercury” label released “Electric Comic Book”, the second Blues Magoos album. It was recorded in 1967 and was produced by Bob Wyld and Art Polhemus.

Personnel:

  • Ralph Scala – vocals, keyboards
  • Emil “Peppy” Theilhelm – vocals, guitar
  • Mike Esposito – guitar
  • Ron Gilbert – vocals, bass
  • Geoff Daking – drums, percussion

Track listing:

  1. Pipe Dream – Ron Gilbert, Ralph Scala
  2. There’s a Chance We Can Make It – Ron Gilbert, Ralph Scala
  3. Life Is Just a Cher O’Bowlies – Ron Gilbert, Ralph Scala
  4. Gloria – Van Morrison
  5. Intermission – Mike Esposito
  6. Albert Common is Dead – Ron Gilbert, Ralph Scala
  7. Summer Is the Man – Mike Esposito, Ralph Scala
  8. Baby, I Want You – Ron Gilbert, Emil Theilhelm
  9. Let’s Get Together – Jimmy Reed
  10. Take My Love – Ron Gilbert, Ralph Scala
  11. Rush Hour – Geoff Daking, Ron Gilbert, Mike Esposito
  12. That’s All Folks – Ralph Scala, Emil “Peppy” Theilhelm, Ron Gilbert, Mike Esposito and Geoff Daking

Train: Drops of Jupiter

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On March 27, 2001, “Columbia” label released “Drops of Jupiter”, the second Train album. It was recorded 1999-2000, and was produced by Brendan O’Brien. The album was certified 2× Platinum in the US by the “RIAA”, and 2x Platinum in Canada by the “CRIA”.

Personnel:

  • Pat Monahan- lead vocals, percussion, saxophone, trumpet, vibraphone
  • Jimmy Stafford – lead guitar, mandolin, backing vocals
  • Rob Hotchkiss- rhythm guitar, bass, harmonica, backing vocals
  • Charlie Colin – bass, rhythm guitar, backing vocals
  • Scott Underwood- drums, keyboards, percussion, programming
  • Paul Buckmaster- conductor, string arrangements, orchestral arrangements
  • Brendan O’Brien– keyboards
  • David Campbell- string arrangements
  • Carl Gorodetzky – violin, concert master, contractor
  • Suzie Katayama – cello, contractor
  • Chuck Leavell– piano
  • Michael Markman – violin
  • Bob Mason – cello
  • Dan Smith – cello
  • Kris Wilkinson – viola
  • Evan Wilson – viola
  • Fleming McWilliams- backing vocals
  • David Bryant – engineer
  • Steve Churchyard– engineer
  • Nick DiDia– engineer
  • Ryan Williams – engineer
  • Karl Egsieker – engineer assistant
  • Steve Genewick – engineer assistant
  • Brendan O’Brien– mixing
  • Bob Ludwig– mastering
  • Joel Zimmerman – art direction
  • Tony Hernandez – illustrations
  • Ralf Strathmann – photography
  • Erin Haley – production coordination
  • Cheryl Mondello – production coordination

Track listing:

All tracks by Pat Monahan, Jimmy Stafford, Rob Hotchkiss, Charlie Colin and Scott Underwood.

  1. She’s on Fire
  2. I Wish You Would
  3. Drops of Jupiter
  4. It’s About You
  5. Hopeless
  6. Respect
  7. Let it Roll
  8. Something More
  9. Whipping Boy
  10. Getaway
  11. Mississippi