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Mike Harrison: Smokestack Lightning

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In November 1972, “Island” label released “Smokestack Lightning”, the second Mike Harrison studio album. It was recorded in 1972, at “Muscle Shoals Sound Studio” in Sheffield, Alabama, and was produced by Chris Blackwell and Mike Harrison.

Personnel:

  • Mike Harrison – vocals, harmonica
  • Pete Carr – guitar
  • Jimmy Johnson – guitar
  • Wayne Perkins – slide guitar
  • Luther Grosvenor – acoustic guitar
  • Barry Beckett – keyboards
  • Clayton Ivey – keyboards
  • David Hood – bass
  • Roger Hawkins – drums
  • Harvey Thompson – tenor saxophone
  • Ronald Eades – baritone saxophone
  • Harrison Calloway – trumpet
  • Mike Stacey – trumpet
  • Charles Rose – trombone

Track listing:

  1. Tears – Jimmy Stevens
  2. Paid My Dues – Jimmy Stevens
  3. What a Price – Murphy Maddux, Jack Jessup, Fats Domino
  4. Wanna Be Free – Joe Tex
  5. Turning Over – Mike Harrison, Luther Grosvenor
  6. Smokestack Lightning – Chester Burnett

Cowboy: 5’ll Getcha Ten

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In October 1971, “Capricorn” label released “5’ll Getcha Ten”, the second Cowboy studio album. It was recorded in 1971, at “Capricorn’s Studio” in Macon and “Muscle Shoals Sound Studios” in Sheffield, Alabama, and was produced by Johnny Sandlin.

Personnel:

  • Scott Boyer – lead vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, violin
  • Tommy Talton – lead vocals, acoustic guitar, lead guitar
  • Pete Kowalke – vocals, acoustic guitar, lead guitar, drums
  • Bill Pillmore – vocals, piano, acoustic guitar, fiddle
  • George Clark – bass guitar
  • Tom Wynn – drums, percussion
  • Chuck Leavell — piano
  • Duane Allman — dobro, electric guitar
  • Johnny Sandlin – recording, remixing
  • Steve Smith – recording
  • George Marino – mastering
  • Frank Fenter – executive supervision
  • B.T. Brandhorst – artwork
  • Jimm Roberts – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Tommy Talton, except where noted.

  1. She Carries a Child – Scott Boyer
  2. Hey There Babe
  3. 5’ll Getcha Ten
  4. The Wonder – John McKenze
  5. Shoestrings – Scott Boyer, Bill Pillmore
  6. Lookin’ for You – Scott Boyer
  7. Seven Four Tune – Bill Pillmore
  8. Right on Friend – Scott Boyer
  9. All My Friends – Scott Boyer
  10. Innocence Song – Scott Boyer, Bill Pillmore
  11. Please Be with Me – Scott Boyer
  12. What I Want Is You – Pater Kowalke

65daysofstatic: One Time For All

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On October 24, 2005, “Monotreme” label released “One Time for All Time”, the second 65daysofstatic studio album. It was recorded in 2005, at 2Fly Studios” in Sheffield, England, and was produced by Alan Smyth.

Personnel:

  • Joe Fro (Joe Shrewsbury)
  • Paul Wolinski
  • Rob Jones
  • Simon Wright
  • Alan ‘Destroying The Fabric Of The Earth’ Smyth – recording

Track listing:

  1. Drove Through Ghosts to Get Here
  2. Await Rescue
  3. 23kid
  4. Welcome to the Times
  5. Mean Low Water
  6. Climbing on Roofs (DeSperate Edit)
  7. The Big Afraid
  8. 65 Doesn’t Understand You
  9. Radio Protector

Blackfoot: No Reservations

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On September 19, 1975, “Antilles” label released “No Reservations”, the debut Blackfoot studio album. It was recorded in 1975, at “Muscle Shoals Studio” in Sheffield, Alabama, and was produced by Jimmy Johnson and David Hood.

Personnel:

  • Rickey Medlocke – lead vocals, rhythm, lead and acoustic guitars, dobro, mandolin
  • Charlie Hargrett – acoustic, lead and rhythm guitar
  • Greg T. Walker – bass guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Jakson Spires – drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Shorty Medlocke – lead vocals, banjo, acoustic guitar
  • Barbara Wyrick, Laura Struzick, Suzy Storm – backing vocals
  • Barry Beckett – keyboards overdubs
  • Roger Hawkins – percussion overdubs
  • George Marino – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Jakson Spires, except where noted. 

  1. Railroad Man – Shorty Medlocke
  2. Indian World
  3. Stars
  4. Not Another Maker
  5. Born to Rock & Roll
  6. Take a Train
  7. Big Wheels
  8. I Stand Alone
  9. Railroad Man – Shorty Medlocke

Richard Hawley: Hollow Meadows

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On September 11, 2015, “Parlaphone” label released “Hollow Meadows”, the eighth Richard Hawley album. It was recorded in 2015, at “Yellow Arch Studios” in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, “Disgracelands” and “MU Studios” in Sheffield, England, and was produced by Shez Sheridan and Richard Hawley.

Personnel:

  • Richard Hawley – vocals, guitars, lyre, harmonic mesmerizer], Lord Ting’s patent randomizer
  • Colin Elliot – bass guitar, percussion, piano, theremin, Moog synthesizer, Hammond organ, mellotron, Fender Rhodes, celesta, glockenspiel, harpsichord, cello, harmonium, SWFC Key Ring, harmony vocals
  • Shez Sheridan – organ, guitars, mandola, autoharp, lyre, vibraphone, harmony vocals, Dr Zoks Chaosometer
  • Jon Trier – piano, keyboards
  • Martin Simpson – banjo, Bown Weissenborn slide guitar
  • Jarvis Cocker – Rheem Kee Super Bass
  • Dean Beresford – drums, maracas
  • Martin Smith – tom tom
  • Nancy Kerr – viola, fiddle
  • Liz Hanks – cello
  • The Hicks St. Chip Chop Singers (Bryan Day, Colin Elliot, Nancy Kerr, Rebecca Lucy Taylor, Sally Doherty, Shez Sheridan) – vocals
  • Shez Sheridan – recording
  • Martin Gregory Smith – recording, mixing
  • Colin Elliot – recording, mixing
  • Ben Zushi-Rhodes – mixing assistant
  • Duncan Cowell – mastering
  • Noel Summerville – lacquer cut
  • Nick Phillips – artwork, design
  • Chris Saunders – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Richard Hawley, except where noted.

  1. I Still Want You – Richard Hawley, Shez Sheridan
  2. The World Looks Down
  3. Which Way
  4. Serenade of Blue
  5. Long Time Down
  6. Nothing Like a Friend
  7. Sometimes I Feel
  8. Tuesday pm
  9. Welcome the Sun
  10. Heart of Oak
  11. What Love Means – Richard Hawley, Shez Sheridan

Cher: 3614 Jackson Highway

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On June 20, 1969, “ATCO” label released “3614 Jackson Highway”, the sixth Cher album. It was recorded in 1969, at “Muscle Shoals Sound Studios” in Sheffield, Alabama, and was produced by Jerry Wexler, Stan Vincent, Tom Dowd and Arif Mardin.

Personnel:

  • Cher – lead vocals
  • Jimmy Johnson – rhythm guitar
  • Eddie Hinton – lead guitar
  • Barry Beckett – keyboards
  • David Hood – bass guitar
  • Roger Hawkins – drums
  • Jeanie Greene, Donna Jean Godchaux (née Thatcher), Mary Holladay, Sue Pilkington – backing vocals
  • Greg Poree – arrangements assistance
  • Bryan Lasley – art direction
  • Patrick Pending – art direction
  • Stephen Paley – photography

Track listing:

  1. For What It’s Worth – Stephen Stills
  2. (Just Enough to Keep Me) Hangin’ On – Buddy Mize, Ira Allen
  3. (Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay – Steve Cropper, Otis Redding
  4. Tonight I’ll Be Staying Here with You – Bob Dylan
  5. I Threw It All Away – Bob Dylan
  6. I Walk on Guided Splinters – Dr. John Creaux
  7. Lay, Baby, Lay – Bob Dylan
  8. Please Don’t Tell Me – Carroll W. Quillen, Grady Smith
  9. Cry Like a Baby – Spooner Oldham, Dan Penn
  10. Do Right Woman, Do Right Man – Chips Moman
  11. Save the Children – Eddie Hinton

Jason Isbell: Jason Isbell And The 400 Units

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On February 17, 2009, “Lightning Rod” label released “Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit”, the second Jason Isbell album. It was recorded in 2008, at “Fame” in Muscle Shoals, “The Nutthouse” in Sheffield, “The Echo Lab” in Denton, and was produced by Matt Pence, Jason Isbell, Browan Lollar, Derry deBorja and Jimbo Hart.

Personnel:

  • Jason Isbell – vocals, guitars
  • Browan Lollar – guitars, cover, disc illustration
  • Derry deBorja – keyboards
  • Jimbo Hart – bass guitar
  • Matt Pence – drums, mixing
  • Harvey Thompson – horns
  • Vinny Ciesielski – horns
  • Charles Rose – horns, horns arrangements
  • Jimmy Nutt – engineer
  • Ben Tanner – engineer assistant
  • Dixon Keel – engineer assistant
  • Glenn Schick – mastering
  • Marc Harkness – design
  • Allison V. Smith – photography

Track listing:

  1. Seven Mile Island
  2. Sunstroke
  3. Good
  4. Cigarettes and Wine
  5. However Long
  6. Coda
  7. The Blue
  8. No Choice in the Matter
  9. Soldiers Get Strange
  10. Streetlights
  11. The Last Song I Will Write

Lulu: New Routes

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On January 16, 1970, “Atlantic” label released “New Routes”, the fourth Lulu studio album. It was recorded September – October 1969, at “Muscle Shoals Sound Studio” in Sheffield, Alabama, and was produced by Arif Mardin, Tom Dowd and Jerry Wexler.

Personnel:

  • Lulu – vocals
  • Duane Allman – guitar
  • Cornell Dupree, Charlie Freeman, Eddie Hinton – guitar
  • Jim Dickinson – guitar, piano
  • Jimmy Johnson – guitar, engineer
  • Barry Beckett – keyboards
  • Michael Utley – organ
  • David Hood, Tommy McClure – bass guitar
  • Roger Hawkins – drums
  • Martin Greene – engineer
  • Stephen Paley – photography

Track listing:

  1. Marley Purt Drive – Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb
  2. In the Morning – Barry Gibb
  3. People in Love – Eddie Hinton, Grady Smith
  4. After All (I Live My Life) – Jim Doris, Frankie Miller
  5. Feelin’ Alright – Dave Mason
  6. Dirty Old Man – Delaney Bramlett, Mac Davis
  7. Oh Me Oh My (I’m a Fool for You Baby) – Jim Doris
  8. Is That You Love – Jackie Avery, John Farris
  9. Mr. Bojangles – Jerry Jeff Walker
  10. Where’s Eddie – Donnie Fritts, Eddie Hinton
  11. Sweep Around Your Own Back Door – Fran Robins

Bob Seger And The Silver Bullet Band: Night Moves

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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

Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show: Pleasure And Pain

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On October 6, 1978, “Capitol” label released “Pleasure and Pain”, the seventh Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show studio album. It was recorded in 1978, at “Muscle Shoals Sound Studio” in Sheffield, Alabama, and was produced by Rob Haffkine.

Personnel:

  • Ray Sawyer – lead vocals
  • Dennis Locorriere – lead vocals, lead guitar, bass, harmonica
  • Rik Elswit – vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Billy Francis – keyboards, backing vocals
  • Jance Garfat – bass
  • John Wolters – vocals, drums, percussion
  • Bob “Willard” Henke – vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • Marilyn Martin – backing vocals
  • Nancy Nash – backing vocals
  • Michael Kanarek – artwork

Track listing:

  1. Sharing the Night Together – Ava Aldridge, Eddie Struzick
  2. Sweetest of All – Shel Silverstein
  3. Storms Never Last – Jessi Colter
  4. I Don’t Want to Be Alone Tonight – Shel Silverstein
  5. Knowing She’s There – Shel Silverstein, Dennis Locorriere
  6. Clyde – J. J. Cale
  7. When You’re in Love with a Beautiful Woman – Even Stevens
  8. Dooley Jones – Hazel Smith, Walter Carter
  9. I Gave Her Comfort – Shel Silverstein, Dennis Locorriere
  10. You Make My Pants Want to Get up and Dance – Sam Weedman