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Johnny Cash: Rockabilly Blues

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On October 22, 1980, “Columbia” label released “Rockabilly Blues”, the 42nd Johnny Cash album. It was recorded in 1980, at “Quadrafonic Sound” in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by Earl Poole Ball, Jack Clement and Nick Lowe.

Personnel:

  • Johnny Cash – vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Bob Wootton, Pete Wade, Cliff Parker – electric guitar
  • Martin Belmont, Jerry Hensley, Jack Routh, Marty Stuart, Eddy Shaver – guitar
  • Jack Clement – dobro, acoustic guitar, producer
  • Dave Kirby – acoustic guitar, guitar
  • Jerry Hensley – electric, acoustic and rhythm guitar, dobro, harmony vocals
  • Billy Joe Shaver – guitar, gut-string guitar
  • Philip Donnelly – guitar
  • Bobby Thompson – acoustic guitar, banjo
  • Dave Edmunds – guitar, engineer
  • Earl Poole Ball – acoustic and electric piano
  • Shane Keister – Moog synthesizer, Prophet 5 synthesizer
  • Terry McMillan – harmonica
  • Floyd Chance – upright bass
  • Daniel Sarenana, John Willis – brass
  • Joe Allen, Joe Osborn – electric bass
  • Nick Lowe – electric bass
  • W.S. Holland, Jerry Carrigan, Larrie Londin, Kenny Malone, Pete Thomas – drums
  • Don Sheffield, George Cunningham – trumpet
  • Irv Kane, Rex Peer – trombone
  • June Carter Cash – additional vocals
  • Charles Cochran – horn arrangement
  • Gene Eichelberger – engineer
  • Curt Allen – engineer
  • Dave Edmunds – engineer
  • Willie Pevear, Barbara Cline – engineer assistant
  • Leonard Kamsler – front cover photography
  • Kajetan Koci – project coordinator

Track listing:

  1. Cold Lonesome Morning – J. R. Cash
  2. Without Love – Nick Lowe
  3. W-O-M-A-N – J.R. Cash
  4. The Cowboy Who Started the Fight – Billy Joe Shaver
  5. The Twentieth Century Is Almost Over – Steve Goodman, John Prine
  6. Rockabilly Blues (Texas 1955) – J.R. Cash
  7. The Last Time – Kris Kristofferson
  8. She’s a Go-er – J.R. Cash
  9. It Ain’t Nothing New Babe – Billy Joe Shaver
  10. One Way Rider – Rodney Crowell

John Anderson: Same

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On July 1, 1980, “Warner Bros” label released the self-titled, debut John Anderson studio album. It was recorded in 1980, and was produced by Norro Wilson.

Personnel:

  • John Anderson – lead and backing vocals
  • Tommy Allsup – acoustic guitar
  • Reggie Young – electric guitar
  • Phil Baugh – electric guitar
  • Ray Edenton – electric guitar
  • Pete Drake – steel guitar
  • Billy Sanford – electric guitar
  • Pete Wade – electric guitar
  • Bobby Wood – piano
  • David Briggs – piano
  • Hargus “Pig” Robbins – piano
  • Terry McMillan – harmonica
  • Bob Moore – upright bass
  • Henry Strzelecki – bass guitar
  • Harold Bradley – six string bass guitar
  • Tommy Cogbill – bass guitar
  • Ralph Gallant (Larrie Londin) – drums
  • Kenny Malone – drums
  • Tommy Jackson – fiddle

Track listing:

  1. Havin’ Hard Times – John Anderson, Lionel Delmore
  2. Something Borrowed, Something Blue – Wayland Holyfield, Norro Wilson
  3. Shoot Low, Sheriff – John Anderson, Lionel Delmore
  4. The Girl at the End of the Bar – John Anderson, Lionel Delmore
  5. Low Dog Blues – John Anderson, Lionel Delmore
  6. 1959 – Garry Gentry
  7. She Just Started Liking Cheatin’ Songs – Kent Robbins
  8. The Arms of a Fool – Ronal McCown
  9. It Looks Like the Party Is Over – John Anderson, Lionel Delmore
  10. If There Were No Memories – Ronal McCown
  11. Your Lying Blue Eyes – Ken McDuffie
  12. You’re Right, I’m Wrong, I’m Sorry – John Anderson, Betty Gallup, Ervan James Parker

Michael McDonald: Take It To Heart

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On May 15, 1990, “Reprise” label released “Take It to Heart”, the third Michael McDonald studio album. It was recorded in 1989, at “A&M” in Hollywood, “Can-Am” in Tarzana, “Smoketree Ranch” in Chatworth, “One on One” in Hollywood, “Axis” in New York City, and was produced by Ted Templeman, Michael McDonald, Don Was, David Gamson and Gardner Cole.

Personnel:

  • Michael McDonald – lead and backing vocals, keyboards, synthesizer programming and sequencing
  • Peter Leinheiser – synthesizer programming and sequencing, guitars
  • Michael Hanna – keyboards, synthesizer programming and sequencing
  • John Tesh – synthesizer programming and sequencing
  • Don Was – synthesizer programming and sequencing
  • Michael Mason – synthesizer programming and sequencing
  • Gardner Cole – synthesizer programming and sequencing
  • David Gamson – synthesizer programming and sequencing
  • Bernie Chiaravalle – guitars, sitar
  • Michael Landau – guitars 
  • Charles Frichtel – bass
  • Abraham Laboriel – bass, acoustic guitar
  • George Perilli – drums
  • Jeff Porcaro – drums, percussion, African log drum
  • Debra Dobkin – congas
  • Paulinho da Costa – percussion
  • Terry McMillan – percussion, backing vocals
  • Vince Denham – saxophone and solo
  • Kirk Whalum – saxophone
  • Stan Getz – saxophone
  • Paul Riser – string arrangements
  • Brian McKnight – backing vocals
  • Chuck Sabatino – backing vocals
  • Sweet Pea Atkinson – backing vocals
  • Harry Bowens – backing vocals
  • David Lasley – backing vocals
  • Kathy Walker – backing vocals
  • Amy Holland – backing vocals
  • David Pack – backing vocals
  • Maureen McDonald – backing vocals
  • Ed Cherney, Jeff Hendricksen, Ross Pallone, Bob Schaper – engineer
  • Ed Goodreau, Bob Schaper, Brian Schuble – additional engineering
  • Elaine Anderson, Michael Douglass, Lori Fumar, John Jackson, Rob Jaczko, Calvin Loser, Michael Mason, Eric Rudd, Scott Symington, Michael Tacci, Toby Wright – engineer assistant
  • Shep Pettibone – remix
  • George Marino – mastering
  • Martyn Atkins – art direction
  • Andy Earl – photography
  • Joan Parker – production coordinator

Track listing:

  1. All We Got – Peter Leinheiser, Michael McDonald
  2. Get the World Started – Michael McDonald, David Pack
  3. Love Can Break Your Heart – Paul Carrack, Michael McDonald
  4. Take it to the Heart – Michael McDonald, Diane Warren
  5. Tear It Up – Gardner Cole, Seth Swirsky
  6. Lonely Talk – Michael McDonald, Chuck Sabatino
  7. Searchin’ for Understanding – Darrell Brown, Michael McDonald
  8. Homeboy – Michael McDonald, Ed Sanford
  9. No Amount of Reason – Michael McDonald, George Hawkins
  10. One Step Away – Chris Thompson, Tom Whitlock
  11. You Show Me – Harry Garfield, Michael McDonald

Etta James: Love’s Been Rough On Me

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On April 29, 1997, “Private Music” label released “Love’s Been Rough on Me”, the twentieth Etta James studio album. It was recorded in 1997, and was produced by Barry Beckett.

Personnel:

  • Etta James – lead vocals
  • Don Potter – acoustic guitar
  • Paul Franklin – steel guitar
  • Brent Rowan – electric guitar
  • Josh Sklair – electric guitar
  • Dann Huff – electric guitar
  • Steve Nathan – keyboards
  • Barry Beckett – keyboards
  • Michael Rhodes – bass guitar
  • Eddie Bayers – drums
  • Terry McMillan – percussion
  • Jim Horn – saxophone
  • Sam Levine – saxophone
  • Joe McGlohon – saxophone
  • Mike Haynes – trumpet
  • Chris McDonald – trombone
  • Vicki Hampton – backing vocals
  • Yvonne Hodges – backing vocals
  • Donna McElroy – backing vocals
  • Louis Dean Nunley – backing vocals
  • John Wesley Ryles – backing vocals
  • Dennis Wilson – backing vocals
  • Curtis Young – backing vocals

Track listing:

  1. The Rock – Russell Smith, Jim Varsos
  2. Cry Like a Rainy Day – Greg Barnhill, Kenny Greenberg
  3. Love’s Been Rough on Me – Gretchen Peters
  4. Love It or Leave It Alone – Kara Cody, Will Jennings, John Keller
  5. Don’t Touch Me – Hank Cochran
  6. Hold Me – Graham Lyle, Troy Seals
  7. If I Had Any Pride Left at All – John Greenbaum, Seals, Eddie Setser
  8. I Can Give You Everything – Al Anderson, Terry Anderson
  9. I’ve Been Loving You Too Long – Jerry Butler, Otis Redding
  10. Done in the Dark – Josh Sklair, Etta James

Shania Twain: The Woman In Me

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On February 7, 1995, “Polygram” label released “The Woman in Me”, the second Shania Twain studio album. It was recorded 1994 – 1995, at “Sound Stage Studio”, “Battery Studios”, “Javelina Recording Studios” and “Recording Arts” in Nashville, “A.R.P. Track Productions” in St. Anne Des Lacs, Quebec, Canada, and was produced by Robert John “Mutt” Lange. In December 2000, the album was certified 12× Platinum by the RIAA in USA. In 2006, “The Woman in Me” was ranked number 8 on CMT’s list of “40 Greatest Albums in Country Music”.

Personnel:

  • Shania Twain – lead and backing vocals, claps, footsteps
  • Dann Huff – tic tac bass, lead guitar, electric guitar, slide guitar, guitar textures, wa-wa guitar (Sic), jangle guitar, claps
  • Paul Franklin – pedal steel guitar, Pedabro
  • Larry Byrom – acoustic guitar, electric rhythm guitar
  • Brent Mason – lead guitar, electric guitar, six-string bass guitar
  • Billy Crain – slide guitar
  • John Hughey – pedal steel guitar
  • Brent Rowan – electric guitar textures
  • Sam Bush – mandolin
  • John Barlow Jarvis – piano, Wurlitzer electric piano
  • Hargus “Pig” Robbins – piano
  • David Hungate – bass guitar, fretless bass, double bass
  • Paul Leim – drums, percussion, tambourine, shaker, door slam
  • Terry McMillan – percussion, cowbell, harmonica, boot stomps
  • Joe Spivey – fiddle
  • Glen Duncan – fiddle
  • Rob Hajacos – fiddle
  • Nashville String Machine – string section
  • Ronn Huff – string arrangements
  • Nick Keca – claps
  • Robert John “Mutt” Lange – backing vocals, claps
  • Warren Peterson – engineer
  • Simon Pressey – engineer
  • Ron “Snake” Reynolds – engineer
  • Nick Keca – engineer
  • Lee Groitzsch – overdub engineer
  • Brian Tankersly – overdub engineer
  • Craig White – engineer assistant
  • Robert Charles – overdub engineer assistant
  • Wayne Morgan – overdub engineer assistant

Track listing:

 All tracks by Shania Twain and Robert John Lange, except where noted

  1. Home Ain’t Where His Heart Is (Anymore)
  2. Any Man of Mine
  3. Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?
  4. (If You’re Not in It for Love) I’m Outta Here!
  5. The Woman in Me (Needs the Man in You)
  6. Is There Life After Love?
  7. If It Don’t Take Two
  8. You Win My Love – Robert John Lange
  9. Raining on Our Love
  10. Leaving Is the Only Way Out – Shania Twain
  11. No One Needs to Know
  12. God Bless the Child

Johnny Cash: The Baron

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On June 1, 1981, “Columbia” label released “The Baron”, the 66th Johnny Cash album. It was recorded in in September 1980 and March 1981, at “CBS Studios” in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by Billy Sherrill.

Personnel:

  • Johnny Cash – vocals, guitar
  • Pete Wade, Phil Baugh, Terry Jacks, Billy Sanford, Pete Bordonali – guitar
  • Marty Stuart – guitar, fiddle, arrangements
  • Pete Drake, Weldon Myrick – steel guitar
  • Hargus “Pig” Robbins, Bobby Wood – piano
  • Bobby Emmons – keyboards
  • Terry McMillan, Charlie McCoy – harmonica
  • Bob Wray – bass
  • Jerry Carrigan, Kenny Malone, Jerry Kroon – drums
  • Lea Jane Berinati, Millie Forrest, Janie Fricke, The Jordanaires, Millie Kirkham, Louis Nunely, Gordon Stocker, Hurshel Wiginton – backing vocals
  • Bill McElhiney – string arrangements
  • Ron Reynolds – engineer
  • Bill Johnson – design
  • Slick Lawson – photography

Track listing:

  1. The Baron – Paul Richey, Billy Sherrill, Jerry Taylor
  2. Mobile Bay – David Kirby, Curly Putman
  3. (I Learned) The Hard Way – Jerry Lynn Lansdowne
  4. Celling, Four Walls and a Floor – Tom T. Hall
  5. Hey, Hey, Train – Marty Stuart
  6. The Reverend Mr. Black / Lonesome Valley (Medley) – Jerry Lieber, Mike Stoller, Billy Ed Wheeler, Jed Peters
  7. The Blues Keep Getting Bluer – Ron Reynolds
  8. Chattanooga City Limit Sign – Robert Rhett Drawdy
  9. Thanks to You – Jerry Lynn Lansdowne
  10. Greatest Love Affair – Mack David, Billy Sherrill

Shania Twain: Same

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On April 20, 1993, “Polygram,” and “Mercury” label released the self-titled, debut Shania Twain studio album. It was recorded 1992 – 1993, and was produced by Harold Shedd and Norro Wilson.

Personnel:

  • Shania Twain – lead and backing vocals
  • Mark Casstevens, Allen Frank Estes, Chris Leuzinger, Billy Joe Walker Jr., John Willis – acoustic guitar
  • Steve Gibson, Billy Joe Walker Jr., Reggie Young – electric guitar
  • Sonny Garrish – steel guitar
  • Costo Davis – synthesizer
  • David Briggs, Costo Davis, Gary Prim – keyboards
  • Terry McMillan, Kirk “Jelly Roll” Johnson – harmonica
  • Mike Brignardello, Glenn Worf – bass
  • Paul Leim, Larrie Londin – drums
  • Terry McMillan – percussion
  • Anthony Martin, John Wesley Ryles, Ronny Scaife, Cindy Richardson Walker, Dennis Wilson, Curtis Young – backing vocals
  • Jim Cotton, Todd Culross, Graeme Smith, Joe Scaife – engineer, mixing
  • Marty Williams – mastering

Track listing:

  1. What Made You Say That – Tony Haselden, Stan Munsey
  2. You Lay a Whole Lot of Love on Me – Hank Beach, Forest Borders II
  3. Dance with the One That Brought You – Sam Hogin, Gretchen Peters
  4. Still Under the Weather – Skip Ewing, L.E. White, Michael White
  5. Good Ain’t Gonna Getcha for That – Eillen Twain, Kent Robbins
  6. Got a Hold on Me – Rachel Newman
  7. There Goes the Neighborhood – Tommy Dodson, Bill C. Graham, Alan Laney
  8. Forget Me – Stephony Smith
  9. When He leaves You – Mike Reid, Kent Robbins
  10. Crime of the Century – Richard Fagan, Ralph Murphy

David Gates: Love Is Always Seventeen

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On September 6, 1994, “Discovery” label released “Love Is Always Seventeen”, the sixth David Gates album. It was recorded in 1994, and was produced by David Gates.

Personnel:

  • David Gates – vocals, acoustic guitar, arranger
  • Larry Knetchel – piano
  • Matt Rollings – keyboards
  • Steve Nathan – keyboards
  • Brent Mason – electric guitar
  • Lee Roy Parnell – slide guitar
  • Paul Franklin – steel guitar
  • Terry McMillan – harmonica
  • Rob Hajacos – fiddle
  • Jerry Douglas – dobro
  • Michael Haynes – flugelhorn
  • Glenn Worf – bass
  • Michael Rhodes – bass
  • Eddie Bayers – drums
  • Paul Leim – drums
  • Billy Dean, Victoria Shaw, W.O. Smith Music School Singers – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by David Gates.

  1. Avenue of Love
  2. Love Is Always Seventeen
  3. Ordinary Man
  4. I Will Wait for You
  5. Save This Dance for Me
  6. No Secrets in a Small Town
  7. Heart, It’s All Over
  8. I Don’t Want to Share Your Love
  9. I Can’t Find the Words to Say Goodbye
  10. Dear World
  11. Thankin’ You Sweet Baby James

Johnny Cash: I Would Like to See You Again

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In April 1978, “Columbia” label released “I Would Like to See You Again”, the 57th Johnny Cash album. It was recorded July 1976 – October 1977, at “Sound Spectrum Recording, Inc”, and was produced by Larry Butler, Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings.

Personnel:

  • Johnny Cash – vocals, guitar
  • Waylon Jennings – vocals
  • Bob Wootton, Jerry Hensley, Jack Routh, Jimmy Capps, Jerry Shook, Pete Wade – guitar
  • Ralph Mooney- steel guitar
  • Larry McCoy, Cliff Robertson, Earl Poole Ball – piano
  • Terry McMillan- harmonica
  • Marshall Grant, Gordon Payne – bass
  • WS Holland- drums
  • Richard Morris – percussion
  • The Jordanaires- vocals
  • John Carter Cash- question on Who’s Gene Autry?
  • Roger Tucker, Billy Sherrill – engineer
  • Alexander Agor – photography
  • June Carter – photography
  • Larry Butler – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. I Would Like to See You Again – Larry T. Atwood, Charlie Craig
  2. Lately – Johnny Cash
  3. I Wish I Was Crazy Again – Bob McDil
  4. Who’s Gene Autry? – Jonny Cash
  5. Hurt So Bad – Johnny Cash
  6. I Don’t Think I Could Take You Back Again – Earl Ball, Jr., Jo-El Sonnier
  7. Abner Brown – Johnny Cash
  8. After Taxes – Jerry Leiber, Billy Edd Wheeler
  9. There Ain’t No Good Chain Gang – Hal Bynum, Dave Kirby
  10. That’s the Way It Is – Roger Bowling, Larry Butler
  11. I’m Alright Now – Jerry Hensley

Johnny Cash: Out Among The Stars

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On March 25, 2014, “Legacy Recordings” label released “Out Among the Stars” the posthumous Johnny Cash studio album. The album materials come from the lost 1980s sessions with producer Billy Sherrill, shelved by “Columbia Records”, and discovered and compiled by Cash’s son John Carter Cash in 2012. The materials were recorded 1981-1984, at “Columbia Studios” in Nashville, Tennessee, and “1111 Sound Studios” in Los Angeles, and were produced by Billy Sherrill, John Carter Cash and Steve Berkowitz.

Personnel:

  • Johnny Cash – vocals, guitar
  • June Carter Cash– duet
  • Waylon Jennings– duet
  • Pete Bordonali – guitar
  • Jerry Carrigan – guitar
  • Jerry Kennedy– guitar
  • Billy Sanford – guitar
  • Dale Sellers – guitar
  • Robert Wray – guitar
  • Pete Drake– steel guitar
  • Weldon Myrick – steel guitar
  • Buddy Miller– guitar
  • Pat McLaughlin – guitar
  • Bryan Sutton– acoustic guitar, banjo
  • Marty Stuart – guitar, mandolin
  • Marty Stuart– guitar, mandolin
  • Sam Bush– mandolin
  • Tony Harrell – keyboards
  • Hargus “Pig” Robbins– piano
  • Bobby Wood – piano
  • Terry McMillan– harmonica
  • Mark Fain – upright bass
  • Henry Strzelecki – bass guitar
  • John C. Williams – bass guitar
  • Kenny Malone– drums
  • Rick Lonow – percussion
  • Niko Bolas– percussion
  • Blade – percussion
  • Laura Cash – fiddle
  • Jerry Douglas– Dobro
  • Minnie Pearl– vocals
  • Carlene Carter– backing vocals
  • Cash Cabin Vocal Group” and the full student body of Sumner Academy of Gallatin, Tennessee – additional vocals
  • Chuck Turner – engineer
  • Nathan Yarborough – additional mixing
  • Niko Bolas – mixing
  • Joseph M. Palmaccio– mastering
  • Lou Robin – executive production

Track listing:

  1. Out Among the Stars – Adam Mitchell
  2. Baby Ride Easy – Richard Dobson
  3. She Used to Love Me a Lot – Kye Fleming, Dennis Morgan, Charles Quillen
  4. After All – Charles Cochran, Sandy Mason
  5. I’m Movin’ On – Hank Snow
  6. If I Told You Who It Was – Bobby Braddock, Curly Putman
  7. Call Your Mother – Johnny Cash
  8. I Drove Her Out of My Mind – Gary Gentry, Hillman Hall
  9. Tennessee – Rick Scott
  10. Rock and Roll Shoes – Paul Kennerley, Graham Lyle
  11. Don’t You Think It’s Come Our Time – Tommy Collins
  12. I Came to Believe – Johnny Cash
  13. She Used to Love Me a Lot (JC/ECVersion) – Kye Fleming, Dennis Morgan, Charles Quillen