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Solomon Burke: Rock’N’Soul

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In July 1964, “Atlantic” label released “Rock ‘N Soul”, the fifth Solomon Burke album. It was recorded in 1963, and was produced by Bert Berns.

Personnel:

  • Solomon Burke – vocals
  • Phil Ichle – engineer
  • Tom Dowd – engineer
  • Malcolm Walker – cover design
  • Jerry Wexler – production supervision

Personnel:

  1. Goodbye Baby (Baby Goodbye) – Wes Farrell, Bert Russell
  2. Cry to Me – Bert Russell
  3. Won’t You Give Him (One More Chance) – Joseph Martin, Winfield Scott
  4. If You Need Me – Robert Bateman, Wilson Pickett, Sonny Sanders
  5. Hard, Ain’t It Hard – Woody Guthrie
  6. Can’t Nobody Love You – James Mitchell
  7. Just Out of Reach – Virgil Stewart
  8. You’re Good for Me – Don Covay, Horace Ott
  9. You Can’t Love Them All – Bert Berns, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller, Nugetre
  10. Someone to Love Me – Sonny Burke
  11. Beautiful Brown Eyes – Sonny Burke, Bert Russell
  12. He’ll Have to Go – Audrey Allison, Joe Allison

The Chi-Lites: Like Your Lovin’

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In December 1970,”Brunswick” label released  “Like Your Lovin’ (Do You Like Mine?)”, the second Chi-Lites (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1070, and was produced by Eugene Record.

Personnel:

  • Eugene Record – vocals, arranger
  • Marshall Thompson – vocals
  • Robert “Squirrel” Lester – vocals
  • Creadel “Red” Jones – vocals
  • Sonny Sanders – arranger
  • The Peoples’ Paraphernalia – arranger
  • Willie Henderson – director

Track listing:

All tracks by Eugene Record, except where noted.

  1. Are You My Woman? (Tell Me So)
  2. Troubles A’ Comin
  3. 24 Hours of Sadness – Eugene Record, Carl Davis
  4. The Twelfth of Never – Jerry Livingston, Paul Francis Webster
  5. Let Me Be the Man My Daddy Was – Eugene Record, Barbara Acklin
  6. I Like Your Lovin’ (Do You Like Mine) – Eugene Record, Sandy Wilburn
  7. I’m Gonna Make You Love Me – Ken Gamble, Jerry Ross, Jerry Williams
  8. Give It Away – Eugene Record, Carl Davis
  9. My Whole World Ended – Johnny Bristol, Harvey Fuqua, Pamela Joan Sawyer, Jimmy Roach
  10. You’re No Longer Part of My Heart

Aretha Franklin: Hey Now Hey

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On June 25, 1973, “Atlantic” label released “Hey Now Hey (The Other Side of the Sky)”, the nineteenth Aretha Franklin studio album. It was recorded April – August 1972, at “Record Plant” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Quincy Jones and Aretha Franklin.

Personnel:

  • Aretha Franklin – lead vocals, acoustic piano solo
  • Spooner Oldham– keyboards
  • Billy Preston– acoustic piano solo
  • Jimmy Johnson– guitar
  • Tommy Cogbill– bass guitar
  • Jerry Jemmott– bass guitar
  • Roger Hawkins– drums
  • Richie Pratt– drums
  • Phil Woods– alto saxophone
  • Joe Farrell– tenor sax solo, flute solo
  • Willie Bridges – saxophone
  • Charles Chalmers– saxophone
  • Andrew Love– saxophone
  • Floyd Newman– saxophone
  • Wayne Jackson– trumpet
  • Phil Schier – recording
  • Gene Paul, Quincy Jones, Phil Schier – remixing
  • Ken Cunningham – design
  • Jim Dunn – design, cover illustration

Track listing:

  1. Hey Now Hey (The Other Side of the Sky) – Aretha Franklin
  2. Somewhere – Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim
  3. So Swell When You’re Well – James Booker, Aretha Franklin
  4. Angel – Carolyn Franklin, Sonny Sanders
  5. Sister from Texas – Aretha Franklin
  6. Mister Spain – Carolyn Plummer
  7. That’s The Way I Feel About Cha – Bobby Womack, Jim Grisby, Joe Hicks
  8. Moody’s Mood – James Moody, Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields
  9. Just Right Tonight – Aretha Franklin, Avery Parrish, Buddy Feyne, Quincy Jones, Robert Bruce

Chi-Lites: Give It Away

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In August 1969, “Brunswick” label released “Give It Away”, the debut Chi-Lites album. It was recorded in 1969, and was produced by Carl Davis, Eugene Record and Gerald Sims.

Personnel:

  • Eugene Record, Marshall Thompson, Robert “Squirrel” Lester, Creadel “Red” Jones– vocals
  • Sonny Sanders – arrangements
  • Willie Henderson– director

Track listing:

  1. Give It Away – Eugene Record, Carl Davis
  2. Let Me Be the Man My Daddy Was – Eugene Record, Barbara Acklin
  3. My Whole World Ended – Johnny Bristol, Harvey Fuqua, Pamela Joan Sawyer, Jimmy Roach
  4. I Heard It Through the Grapevine – Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong
  5. What Do I Wish For – Eugene Record, Carl Davis
  6. That’s My Baby for You – Eugene Record, Carl Davis
  7. I’m Gonna Make You Love Me – Kenneth Gamble, Jerry Ross, Jerry Williams
  8. You’re No Longer Part of My Heart – Eugene Record
  9. 24 Hours of Sadness – Eugene Record, Carl Davis
  10. To Change My Love – Eugene Record
  11. The Twelfth of Never – Jerry Livingston, Paul Francis Webster

The Chilites: (For God’s Sake) Give More Power To The People

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In July 1971, “Brunswick” label released “(For God’s Sake) Give More Power to the People”, the third Chilites (The) studio album. It was recorded 1970 – 1971, and was produced by Eugene Record.

Personnel:

  • Marshall Thompson – vocals
  • Robert “Squirrel” Lester – vocals
  • Creadel “Red” Jones – vocals
  • Eugene Record – vocals, arranger
  • Thomas “Tom Tom” Washington, Sonny Sanders– arranger
  • Bruce Swedien– engineer
  • Willie Henderson, Quinton Joseph – director

Track listing:

  1. Yes I’m Ready (If I Don’t Get To Go) – Eugene Record, Revé Gipson
  2. We Are Neighbors – Eugene Record, Quinton Joseph
  3. I Want to Pay You Back (For Loving Me) – Eugene Record
  4. Have You Seen Her – Eugene Record, Barbara Acklin
  5. (For God’s Sake) Give More Power to the People – Eugene Record
  6. Love Uprising – Eugene Record
  7. Troubles a’ Comin’ – Eugene Record
  8. You Got Me Walkin’ – Eugene Record
  9. What Do I Wish For – Eugene Record, Carl Davis