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Gram Parsons: Grievous Angel

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In January 1974, “Reprise” label released “Grievous Angel”, the second Gram Parsons solo album. It was compiled from summer 1973 sessions recorded at “Wally Heider Studio 4” in Hollywood, produced by Gram Parsons, and was released four months after his death in September 1973. In 2012, “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked the album at number 425  on its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time.

Personnel:

  • Gram Parsons – lead vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Emmylou Harris – vocals
  • Herb Pedersen – acoustic rhythm guitar, electric rhythm guitar
  • Al Perkins – pedal steel
  • Bernie Leadon – acoustic guitar, electric lead guitar, dobro
  • James Burton – electric lead guitar
  • Byron Berline – fiddle, mandolin
  • Glen D. Hardin – piano, electric piano
  • Emory Gordy, Jr. – bass
  • Ronnie Tutt – drums
  • D. Smart: drums
  • Steve Snyder: vibes
  • Linda Ronstadt: harmony vocal
  • Kim Fowley,Phil Kaufman, Ed Tickner, Jane & Jon Doe: “Background blah-blah”

Track listing:

  1. Return of the Grievous Angel – Gram Parsons, Tom Brown
  2. Hearts on Fire – Walter Egan, Tom Guidera
  3. I Can’t Dance – Tom T. Hall
  4. Brass Buttons – Gram Parsons
  5. $1000 Wedding – Gram Parsons
  6. Medley Live from Northern Quebec:
  • Cash on the Barrelhead – Charlie Louvin,Ira Louvin
  • Hickory Wind – Gram Parsons, Bob Buchanan
  1. Love Hurts – Boudleaux Bryant
  2. Ooh Las Vegas – Gram Parsons,Ric Grech
  3. In My Hour of Darkness – Gram Parsons,Emmylou Harris

Brian Eno: Here Come the Warm Jets

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In January 1974, “Island” label released “Here Come the Warm Jets”, the debut Brian Eno solo album. It was recorded in September 1973, at “Majestic Studios” in London, and was produced by Brian Eno.

Personnel:

  • Eno– vocals, synthesizer, guitar, keyboards, treatments, instrumentation, mixing
  • Chris “Ace” Spedding– guitar
  • Phil Manzanera– guitar
  • Lloyd Watson– slide guitar
  • Robert Fripp– guitar
  • Paul Rudolph– guitar, bass guitar
  • Nick Judd – keyboards
  • Andy Mackay– keyboards, saxophone septet
  • Busta Jones – bass guitar
  • Bill MacCormick– bass guitar
  • John Wetton– bass guitar
  • Chris Thomas– bass guitar, mixing
  • Simon King– percussion
  • Marty Simon – percussion
  • Paul Thompson– percussion
  • Sweetfeed – backing vocals
  • Derek Chandler – recording
  • Denny Bridges – mixing
  • Phil Chapman – mixing
  • Paul Hardiman– mixing
  • Arun Chakraverty – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Brian Eno, except where noted.

  1. Needles in the Camel’s Eye – Brian Eno, Phil Manzanera
  2. The Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch
  3. Baby’s on Fire
  4. Cindy Tells Me – Brian Eno, Phil Manzanera
  5. Driving Me Backwards
  6. On Some Faraway Beach
  7. Blank Frank – Brian Eno, Robert Fripp
  8. Dead Finks Don’t Talk – Paul Thompson, Busta Jones, Nick Judd, Brian Eno
  9. Some of Them Are Old
  10. Here Come the Warm Jets

Little Feat: Same

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In January 1971, “Warner Bros” label released the debut, self-titled Little Feat album. It was recorded August – September 1970, and was produced by Russ Titelman. The cover shows a mural in Venice, California, painted by the L. A. Fine Arts Squad in 1970 – “Venice in the Snow”.

Personnel:

  • Lowell George – lead and backing vocals, lead, rhythm and slide guitars, harmonica
  • Bill Payne – lead and backing vocals, piano, keyboards
  • Roy Estrada- bass, backing vocals
  • Richard Hayward- drums, backing vocals
  • Russ Titelman- percussion, piano, backing vocals
  • Ry Cooder – slide guitar
  • Sneaky Pete Kleinow – pedal steel
  • Kirby Johnson – string and horn arrangements

Track listing:

  1. Snakes on Everything – Bill Payne
  2. Strawberry Flats – Bill Payne, Lowell Georg
  3. Truck Stop Girls – Bill Payne, Lowell George
  4. Brides of Jesus – Bill Payne, Lowell George
  5. Wilin’ – Lowell George
  6. Hamburger Midnight – Lowell George, Roy Estrada
  7. Forty-Four Blues / How Many More Years – Roosevelt Sykes, Chester Burnett
  8. Crack in Your Door – Lowell George
  9. I’ve Been the One – Lowell George
  10. Takin’ My Time – Bill Payne
  11. Crazy Captain Gunboat Willie – Bill Payne, Lowell George

Elvis Presley: Elvis Country

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On January 2, 1971, “RCA” label released “Elvis Country (I’m 10,000 Years Old)”, the eleventh Elvis Presley studio album. It was recorded June – September 1970, at “RCA Studio B” in Nashville, and was produced by Felton Jarvis.

Personnel:

  • Elvis Presley– vocals, guitar
  • James Burton– guitar
  • Chip Young – guitar
  • Eddie Hinton– guitar
  • Harold Bradley– guitar
  • Weldon Myrick – pedal steel guitar
  • Bobby Thompson – banjo
  • Buddy Spicher– fiddle
  • David Briggs– keyboards
  • Norbert Putnam– bass
  • Jerry Carrigan– drums
  • Farrell Morris – percussion
  • The Imperials Quartet– backing vocals
  • The Jordanaires– backing vocals
  • Joe Babcock – backing vocals
  • Millie Kirkham– backing vocals
  • Mary Holladay – backing vocals
  • Ginger Holladay – backing vocals
  • June Page – backing vocals
  • Sonja Montgomery – backing vocals
  • Dolores Edgin – backing vocals
  • Mary Greene – backing vocals
  • Temple Riser – backing vocals
  • Cam Mullins – string arrangements
  • Don Tweedy – string arrangements
  • Bergen White – horn arrangements

Track listing:

  1. Snowbird – Gene MacLellan
  2. Tomorrow Never Comes – Johnny Bond, Ernest Tubb
  3. Little Cabin on the Hill – Bill Monroe, Lester Flatt
  4. Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On – Dave “Curly” Williams, Sunny David
  5. Funny How Time Slips – Willie Nelson
  6. I Really Don’t Want to Know – Howard Barnes, Don Robertson
  7. There Goes My Everything – Dallas Frazier
  8. It’s Your Baby, You Rock It – Shirl Milete, Nora Fowler
  9. The Fool – Naomi Ford, Lee Hazlewood
  10. Faded Love – Bob Wills, Johnnie Lee Wills
  11. I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water – Joe Babcock
  12. Make the World Go Away – Hank Cochran

Steeleye Span: Ten Man Mop or Mr. Reservoir Butler Rides Again

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In December 1971, “Pegasus” label released “Ten Man Mop or Mr. Reservoir Butler Rides Again”, the third Steeleye Span album. It was recorded in September 1971 at “Sound Techniques” in London, and was produced by Sandy Roberton. The album cover photograph was taken c.1900 by John Benjamin Stone.

Personnel:

  • Maddy Prior- vocals, spoons, tabor
  • Tim Hart- vocals, dulcimer, guitars, organ, 5-string banjo, mandolin
  • Peter Knight- vocals, fiddle, tenor banjo, mandolin, timpani
  • Martin Carthy – vocals, guitar, organ
  • Ashley Hutchings- bass

Track listing:

  1. Gower Wassail
  2. Jigs: Paddy Clancey’s Jig/ Willie Clancy’s Fancy
  3. Four Nights Drunk
  4. When I Was On Horseback
  5. Marrowbones
  6. Captain Coulston
  7. Reels: Dowd’s Favourite/ £10 Float/ The Morning Dew
  8. Wee Weaver
  9. Skewball

Eloy: Dawn

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In December 1976, “EMI Electrola” label released “Dawn”, the fifth Eloy studio album. It was recorded August–September, 1976, at “Studios Nedeltschev” in Cologne, Germany, and was produced by Frank Bornemann, Klaus Peter Matziol, Detlev Schmidtchen and Jürgen Rosenthal.

Personnel:

  • Frank Bornemann– lead vocals, guitars, arranger
  • Klaus Peter Matziol – bass, backing vocals, arranger
  • Detlev Schmidtchen – keyboards, synthesizer, Mellotron, mini Moog, Hammond organ, piano, guitars, backing vocals, arranger
  • Jürgen Rosenthal– voices, drums, lyrics, cymbals, glockenspiel, gong, timbales, kettle drum, temple blocks, roto toms, arranger
  • Georgi Nedeitschev – engineer

Track listing:

All music by Eloy. All lyrics by Jürgen Rosenthal.

  1. Awakening
  2. Between the Times
  • Between the Times
  • Memory Flash
  • Appearance of the Voice
  • Return of the Voice
  1. The Sun-Song
  2. The Dance in Doubt and Fear
  3. Lost!? (Introduction)
  4. Lost?? (The Decision)
  5. The Midnight-Fight/The Victory of Mental Force
  6. Gliding Into Light and Knowledge
  7. Le Réveil du Soleil/The Dawn

Vangelis: Heaven and Hell

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In December 1975, “RCA” label released “Heaven and Hell”, the sixth Vangelis studio album. It was recorded in September 1975, at “Nemo Studios” in London, and was produced by Vangelis.

Personnel:

  • Vangelis– synthesizers, grand piano, percussion, arranger
  • Jon Anderson– lead vocals
  • Vana Veroutis – lead vocals
  • English Chamber Choir– choir
  • Guy Protheroe– conductor
  • Alan Lucas – engineer
  • Geoff Halpin – logo design
  • Mike Doud – sleeve concept
  • Paul Wakefield – photographer

Track listing:

All tracks by Vangelis, except where noted.

  1. Heaven and Hell Part I
  2. Bacchanale
  3. Symphony to the Powers B” (Movements 1 and 2)
  4. Movement 3″ (from “Symphony to the Powers B”)
  5. So Long Ago, So Clear – lyrics by Jon Anderson
  6. Heaven and Hell Part II”
  • Intestinal Bat
  • Needles & Bones
  • 12 O’Clock (in two parts)
  • Aries”
  • A Way

Scott Walker: Til the Band Comes

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In December 1970, “Phillips” label released “’Til the Band Comes”, the sixth Scott Walker studio album. It was recorded September – November 1970, at “Philips Studios”, and was produced by John Franz.

Personnel:

  • Scott Walker– vocals
  • Esther Ofarim– vocals
  • Wally Stott– musical director
  • Peter Knight– musical director
  • Peter Olliff – engineer
  • Michael Joseph – photography
  • Ady Semel – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Ady Semel and Scott Walker, except where noted.

  1. Prologue
  2. Little Things (That Keep Us Together)
  3. Joe
  4. Thanks for Chicago Mr. James
  5. Long About Now
  6. Time Operator
  7. Jean the Machine
  8. Cowbells Shakin’
  9. ‘Til the Band Comes In
  10. The War Is Over (Sleepers)
  11. Stormy – Cobb, B. Buie, James R. Cobb
  12. The Hills of Yesterday – Henry Mancini, Paul F. Webster
  13. Reuben James – Harvey, Barry J. Etris
  14. What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life – Bergman, M. Bergman, M. Legrand
  15. It’s Over – Rodgers

The Beach Boys: Wild Honey

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On December 18, 1967, “Capitol” label released “Wild Honey”, the 13th Beach Boys (The) studio album. It was recorded September – November 1967, and was produced by Brian Wilson, Carl Wilson, Dennis Wilson and Mike Love..

Personnel:

  • Brian Wilson– vocals
  • Carl Wilson– vocals
  • Dennis Wilson– vocals
  • Mike Love– vocals
  • Al Jardine– vocals
  • Bruce Johnston– vocals, organ solo, electric bass guitar
  • Jim Lockert – engineer
  • Bill Halverson– engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Brian Wilson and Mike Love, except where noted.

  1. Wild Honey
  2. Aren’t You Glad
  3. I Was Made to Love Her – Cosby, Moy, Hardaway, Wonder
  4. Country All
  5. A Thing or Two
  6. Darlin’
  7. I’d Love Just Once to See You
  8. Here Comes the Night
  9. Let the Wind Blow
  10. How She Boogalooed It – Mike Love, Bruce Johnston, Al Jardine, Carl Wilson
  11. Mama Says

Spirit: The Family That Plays Together

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In December 1968, “Ode Records” label released “The Family That Plays Together”, the second Spirit album. It was recorded March -September, 1968, and was produced by Lou Adler and Bob Irwin.

Personnel:

  • Jay Ferguson- lead vocals, keyboards, percussion
  • Randy California – lead and backing vocals, guitar, bass
  • John Locke– keyboards
  • Mark Andes- bass, backing vocals
  • Ed Cassidy- drums, percussion
  • Marty Paich- horn arrangements, string arrangements
  • Armin Stiener – engineer
  • Adam Block – project director
  • Tom Wilkes – art direction
  • Guy Webster – photography

Track listing:

All songs by Jay Ferguson except where noted.

  1. I Got a Line on You – Randy California
  2. It Shall Be – Randy California, John Locke
  3. Poor Richard
  4. Silky Sam
  5. The Drunkard
  6. Darlin’ If – Randy California
  7. All the Same – Randy California, Ed Cassidy
  8. Jewish – Randy California
  9. Dream within a Dream
  10. She Smiled
  11. Aren’t You Glad
  12. Fog – Randy California, John Locke
  13. So Little To Say
  14. Mellow Fellow – John Lock
  15. Now Or Anywhere
  16. Space Chile – John Locke