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Gerry Rafferty: North and South

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In April 1988, “London” label released “North and South”, the sixth Gerry Rafferty studio album. It was recorded in 1988, and was produced by Gerry Rafferty and Hugh Murphy.

Personnel:

  • Gerry Rafferty – vocals, guitar, organ, synthesiser, piano
  • Jerry Donahue– guitar
  • Bryn Haworth– slide guitar
  • Alan Clark– synthesiser, Hammond organ
  • Ken Craddock– synthesiser, Hammond organ
  • Betsy Cook– electric piano
  • Geraint Watkins– accordion
  • Ian Maidman – bass
  • Pete Zorn– bass
  • Mo Foster– bass, fretless bass
  • Arran Ahmun – drums, percussion
  • Morris Pert– percussion
  • Mel Collins– saxophone
  • Andrew White– soprano saxophone
  • William Malone – strings, arranger
  • Davy Spillane– whistle, uilleann pipes
  • Ric Sanders– fiddle
  • Gered Mankowitz– photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Gerry Rafferty

  1. North and South
  2. Moonlight and Gold
  3. Tired of Talking
  4. Hearts Run Dry
  5. A Dangerous Age
  6. Shipyard Town
  7. Winter’s Come
  8. Nothing Ever Happens Down Here
  9. On a Night Like This
  10. Unselfish Love

Split Enz: Corroboree

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In April 1981, “Mushroom” label released “Corroboree” (Waiata), the sixth Split Enz studio album. It was recorded in 1980, at “AAV Studios” in Melbourne, and was produced by David Tickle.

Personnel:

  • Tim Finn– vocals
  • Neil Finn– vocals, guitar
  • Edward Rayner– vocals, keyboards
  • Nigel Griggs– bass
  • Malcolm Green– drums
  • Noel Crombie– percussion
  • Scott (Blackhand) Hemming – engineer assistant

Track listing:

All tracks by Tim Finn, except where noted.

  1. Hard Act to Follow
  2. One Step Ahead – Neil Finn
  3. I Don’t Wanna Dance
  4. Iris – Neil Finn
  5. Wail – Eddie Rayner
  6. Clumsy
  7. History Never Repeats – Neil Finn
  8. Walking Through the Ruins
  9. Ships – Neil Finn
  10. Ghost Girl
  11. Albert of India – Eddie Rayner

Peter Hammill: Over

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In April 1977, “Charisma” label released “Over”, the sixth Peter Hammill studio album. It was recorded June-July 1976, at “Foel Studios” in Llanfair Caereinion, Wales, and was produced by Peter Hammill.

Personnel:

  • Peter Hammill– vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • Nic Potter– bass
  • Guy Evans– drums
  • Graham Smith– violin
  • Michael Brand – orchestra conductor
  • Dave Anderson, Ian Gomm – engineer
  • Pat Moran – engineer
  • Frank Sansom – art direction
  • Sebastian Keep – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Peter Hammill.

  1. Crying Wolf
  2. Autumn
  3. Time Heals
  4. Alice (Letting Go)
  5. This Side Of The Looking Glass
  6. Betrayed
  7. (On Tuesdays She Used To Do) Yoga
  8. Lost And Found

Joe Cocker: Stingray

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In April 1976, “A&M” label released “Stingray”, the sixth Joe Cocker studio album. It was recorded in 1976, and was produced by Rob Fraboni.

Personnel:

  • Joe Cocker – lead vocals
  • Cornell Dupree, Eric Gale, Albert Lee, Eric Clapton- guitar
  • Richard Tee- keyboards, organ
  • Gordon Edwards – bass
  • Steve Gadd- drums, percussion
  • Sam Rivers- soprano saxophone
  • Felix “Flaco” Falcon – percussion, congas
  • Patti Austin, Bonnie Bramlett, Lani Groves, Gwen Guthrie, Phylliss Lindsey, Brenda White, Maxine Willard Waters, Deniece Williams- backing vocals
  • Tyrone Downie, Peter Tosh, Eric Gale, Richard Tee- arrangements
  • Baker Bigsby, Neil Case, Rob Fraboni – engineer
  • Mark Aglietti, Richard Tee – associate producers

Track listing:

  1. The Jealous Kind – Bobby Charles
  2. I Broke Down – Matthew Moore
  3. You Came Along – Bobby Charles
  4. Catfish – Bob Dylan, Jacques Levy
  5. Moon Dew – Matthew Moore
  6. The Man in Me – Bob Dylan
  7. She Is My Lady – George Clinton
  8. Worrier – Matthew Moore
  9. Born Thru Indifference – Joe Cocker, Richard Tee
  10. A Song for You – Leon Russell

 

Nazareth: Hair of the Dog

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In April 1975, “Mooncrest” label released “Hair of the Dog”, the sixth Nazareth studio album. It was recorded 1074-1975, at “Escape Studios” in Kent, “AIR Studios” in London, and was produced by Manny Charlton.

Personnel:

  • Dan McCafferty– lead vocals, talk box
  • Manny Charlton– guitar, synthesizer
  • Pete Agnew– bass, backing vocals
  • Darrell Sweet– drums, backing vocals
  • Max Middleton– piano
  • Simon Phillips- tabla
  • Vicki Brown, Liza Strike, Barry St. John – backing vocals
  • Vicky Silva – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Manny Charlton, Dan McCafferty, Pete Agnew, Darrell Sweet, except where noted.

  1. Hair of the Dog
  2. Miss Misery
  3. Guilty – Randy Newman
  4. Changin’ Times
  5. Beggars Day – Nils Lofgren
  6. Rose in the Heather
  7. Whiskey Drinkin’ Woman
  8. Please Don’t Judas Me
  9. Love Hurts – Boudleaux Bryant

Al Green: Call Me

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In April 1973, “Hi” label released “Call Me”, the sixth Al Green album. It was recorded in 1972, at “Royal Recording Studios” in Memphis, Tennessee, and was produced by Willie Mitchell and Al Green. In 2003, “VH1” TV network ranked it at number 70 on the list of the  “Greatest Albums of All Time”; the same year “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked it at number 289 on its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.

Personnel:

  • Al Green – vocals
  • Mabon “Teenie” Hodges– guitar
  • Archie Turner – piano
  • Charles Hodges – piano, organ
  • Leroy Hodges– bass
  • Howard Grimes– drums
  • Al Jackson Jr.– drums
  • Jack Hale, Sr. – trombone
  • Wayne Jackson– trumpet
  • Ed Logan – tenor saxophone
  • Andrew Love– tenor saxophone
  • James Mitchell – baritone saxophone, horn arrangements
  • The Memphis Strings – strings
  • Charles Chalmers – backing vocals, horn arrangements
  • Donna Rhodes – backing vocals
  • Sandra Rhodes – backing vocals
  • Willie Mitchell– engineer
  • Robert Gordon – liner notes
  • Jim Cummins – photography
  • Bud O’Shea – executive producer
  • Eli Okun – executive producer
  • Cheryl Pawelski– assistant producer
  • Kathy Kinslow – assistant producer
  • Charles Levan – assistant producer
  • Margaret Goldfarb – assistant producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Al Green; except where noted.

  1. Call Me (Come Back Home) – Al Green, Al Jackson, Jr. Willie Mitchell
  2. Have You Been Making Out O.K.
  3. Stand Up
  4. I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry – Hank Williams
  5. Your Love Is Like the Morning Sun
  6. Here I Am (Come and Take Me) – Al Green, Teenie Hodges
  7. Funny How Time Slips Away – Willie Nelson
  8. You Ought to Be With Me – Al Green, Al Jackson, Jr. Willie Mitchell
  9. Jesus Is Waiting

Anne Murray: Annie

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In April 1972, “Capitol” label released “Annie”, the sixth Anne Murray studio album. It was recorded in 1972, at “Eastern Sound” in Toronto, and was produced by Brian Ahern.The album front cover was by Dean Torrence of Jan & Dean Fame.

Personnel:

  • Anne Murray – vocals
  • Brent Titcomb – guitars, engineer
  • Brian Ahern – guitars, arrangements, engineer
  • Bill Speer – piano, keyboards
  • Don Thompson – bass, vibraphone
  • Skip Beckwith – bass
  • Andy Cree – drums
  • Ian Goggin – engineer
  • Mikes Wilkinson – engineer
  • Dean Torrence – design

Track listing:

  1. Robbie’s Song for Jesus – Robbie MacNeill
  2. Falling Into Rhyme – Maribeth Solomon
  3. I Like Your Music – Sonny Curtis
  4. Everything Has Got to Be Free – Bodie Chandler
  5. Drown Me – Peter Cornell
  6. You Can’t Have a Hand on Me – Billy Gale
  7. You Made My Life a Song – Sonny Curtis
  8. You Can’t Go Back – Paul Grady
  9. Beautiful – Carole King
  10. Everything’s Been Changed – Paul Anka

Counting Crows: Underwater Sunshine

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On April 10, 2012, “Cooking Vinyl” label released “Underwater Sunshine (Or What We Did On Our Summer Vacation)”, the sixth Counting Crows studio album. It was recorded April-June 2011, and was produced by Shawn Dealey, Jim Bogios, Dave Bryson, Adam Duritz, Charlie Gillingham, David Immergluck, Millard Powers and Dan Vickrey.

Personnel:

  • Adam Duritz – lead and backing vocals
  • Dave Bryson – acoustic and twelve-string electric guitar, electric guitar, mandolin, banjo
  • David Immergluck – mandolin, acoustic and electric guitar, bass guitar, twelve-string electric guitar; glockenspielon, pedal steel, baritone electric guitar, backing vocals
  • Dan Vickrey – acoustic and electric guitar, banjo; acoustic twelve-string guitar, backing vocals
  • Charlie Gillingham – piano, Hammond B-3, accordion, string  composition, pizzicato strings, doorbell, backing vocals
  • Millard Powers – bass guitar, upright double bass, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
  • Jim Bogios – drums, percussion; tambourine, backing vocals
  • Leanne Zacharias – cello
  • Dave Bryson – additional engineering, mixing
  • Shawn Dealey – recording
  • Brian Deck– mixing
  • Richard Dodd – mastering
  • Brian Dong – recording assistant
  • Robert Hawes – recording assistant
  • Jorge Velasco – recording assistant
  • Josh Rhinehart – package design
  • Ivan Sciberras – cover concept, design

Track listing:

  1. Untitled (Love Song) – Luke MacMaster
  2. Start Again – Norman Blake
  3. Hospital – Coby Brown
  4. Mercy – Kurt Stevenson, Patrick Winningham, Chris Boesel
  5. Meet on the Ledge – Richard Thompson
  6. Like Teenage Gravity – Kasey Anderson
  7. Amie – Craig Fuller
  8. Coming Around – Fran Healy
  9. Ooh La La – Ronnie Lane, Ron Wood
  10. All My Failures -Taylor Goldsmith
  11. Return of the Grievous Angel – Gram Parsons, Thomas Stanley Brown
  12. Four White Stallions – Patrick Winningham, Jeff Trott, Dan Vickrey
  13. Jumping Jesus – Tom Barnes, Jim Gordon
  14. You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere – Bob Dylan
  15. The Ballad of El Goodo – Alex Chilton, Chris Bell

Arlo Guthrie: Hobo’s Lullaby

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In April 1972, “Rising Sun” label released “Hobo’s Lullaby”, the sixth Arlo Guthrie album. It was recorded October-December 1971, and was produced by Lenny Waronker and John Pilla.

Personnel:

  • Arlo Guthrie- vocals, guitar
  • Linda Ronstadt – vocal
  • Ry Cooder – guitar
  • Clarence White – guitar
  • Jim Dickinson – piano
  • Spooner Oldham – keyboards
  • Chris Ethridge – bass
  • Don Landee – engineer
  • Thomas Molesky – design
  • John Pilla – photography

Track listing:

  1. Anytime – Herbert Lawson
  2. City of New Orleans – Steve Goodman
  3. Lightning Bar Blues – Hoyt Axton
  4. Shackles and Chains – Jimmie Davis
  5. 1913 Massacre – Woody Guthrie
  6. Somebody Turned on the Light – Hoyt Axton
  7. Ukulele Lady – Richard A. Whiting, Gus Kahn
  8. When the Ship Comes In – Bob Dylan
  9. Mapleview (20%) Rag – Arlo Guthrie
  10. Days Are Short – Arlo Guthrie
  11. Hobo’s Lullaby – Goebel Reeves

Blue Cheer: Oh! Pleasant Hope

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In April 1971, “Philips” label released “Oh! Pleasant Hope”, the sixth Blue Cheer  album. It was recorded 1970-1971, and was produced by Eric Albronda, Norman Mayell, Gary Yoder, Dickie Peterson and Ralph Burns Kellogg.

Personnel:

  • Gary Yoder – lead vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, harp
  • Ralph Burns Kellogg – organ, piano, synthesizer, bass guitar
  • Dickie Peterson – lead vocals, bass guitar
  • Norman Mayell– guitar, sitar, drums
  • Richard Peddicord – vocals, guitar
  • Jack May – guitar
  • Dehner Patten– guitar
  • Jim Keylor – bass
  • Douglas Killmer– bass
  • Ronald Stallings – saxophone
  • Bob Gurland – mouth trumpet
  • Kent Housman – dobro, backing vocals
  • Cynthia Jobse – harp

Track listing:

  1. Believer – Gary R. Grelecki, Gary Lee Yoder
  2. Money Troubles – Richard Peddicord
  3. Traveling Man – Gary R. Grelecki, Gary Lee Yoder
  4. Oh! Pleasant Hope – Richard Peddicord
  5. I’m the Light – Kent Housman, Norman Mayell
  6. Ecological Blues – Norman Mayell
  7. Lester the Arrester – Ralph Burns Kellogg
  8. Heart Full of Soul – Dickie Peterson