In February 1974, “Dunhill” label released “Living and Dying in ¾ Time”, the fourth Jimmy Buffett studio album. It was recorded in October 1973, at “Woodland Sound Studio” in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by Don Gant.
Personnel:
Jimmy Buffett – lead vocals, acoustic guitar
Lanny Fiel – acoustic, electric and slide guitar
Reggie Young – electric guitar
Doyle Grisham – pedal steel guitar
Mike Utley – keyboards
Greg “Fingers” Taylor – harmonica
Tommy Cogbill – bass
Sammy Creason – drums
Ferrell Morris – congas, vibes
Billy Puett – horns
Don Gant, Buzz Cason, Bergen White – backing vocals
On October 14, 1969, “RCA Victor” label released “From Memphis to Vegas / From Vegas to Memphis”, the eleventh studio and the second live Elvis Presley album. It was released as a double album: the first album, titled In “Person at the International Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada”, contains the live recordings of Presley’s hits recorded at the International Hotel in Winchester, Nevada; the second album, titled “Back in Memphis”, contains entirely new material recorded at “American Sound Studio” in Memphis. The live album was produced by Felton Jarvis, and the studio album was produced by Chips Moman.
Personnel:
Elvis in Person at the International Hotel
Elvis Presley – lead and overdubbed backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitar
Bobby Morris and his Orchestra – orchestra
James Burton – lead guitar
John Wilkinson − rhythm guitar
Charlie Hodge − acoustic rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Larry Muhoberac − keyboards
Jerry Scheff – bass
Ronnie Tutt − drums
Millie Kirkham − backing vocals
The Imperials − backing vocals
The Sweet Inspirations − backing vocals
Back in Memphis
Elvis Presley − vocals, guitar, piano
Reggie Young − electric guitar
Bobby Wood − piano
Bobby Emmons − organ
Ed Kollis − harmonica
Tommy Cogbill, Mike Leech – bass
Gene Chrisman – drums
Andrew Love, Jackie Thomas, Glen Spreen, J.P. Luper − saxophone
Wayne Jackson, Dick Steff, R. F. Taylor − trumpet
Ed Logan, Jack Hale, Gerald Richardson − trombone
Tony Cason, Joe D’Gerolamo − French horn
Glen Spreen − strings and horn arrangements
Joe Babcock, Dolores Edgin, Mary Greene, Charlie Hodge, Ginger Holladay, Mary Holladay, Millie Kirkham, Ronnie Milsap, Sonja Montgomery, June Page, Susan Pilkington, Sandy Posey, Donna Thatcher, Hurschel Wiginton − backing vocals
Track listing:
Elvis in Person at the International Hotel
Blue Suede Shoes – Carl Perkins
Johnny B. Good – Chuck Berry
All Shook Up – Otis Blackwell, Elvis Presley
Are You Lonesome Tonight – Lou Handman, Roy Turk
Hound Dog – Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
I Can’t Stop Loving You – Don Gibson
My Babe – Willie Dixon
Mystery Train/Tiger Man – Junior Parker, Sam Phillips, Joe Hill Louis, Sam Burns
Words – Robin Gibb, Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb
In the Ghetto – Mac Davis
Suspicious Minds – Mark James
Can’t Help Falling in Love – George Weiss, Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore
Back in Memphis
Inherit the Wind – Eddie Rabbitt
This Is the Story – Chris Arnold, David Martin, Geoff Morrow
Stranger in My Own Home Town – Percy Mayfield
A little Bit of Green – Chris Arnold, David Martin, Geoff Morrow
And the Grass Won’t Pay You No Mind – Neil Diamond
On March 20, 1974, “RCA” label released “Good Times”, the twentieth Elvis Presley studio album. It was recorded July – December 1973, and was produced by Felton Jarvis.
Personnel:
Elvis Presley – lead vocals
James Burton – lead guitar
Charlie Hodge – acoustic rhythm guitar
Reggie Young – guitar
Johnny Christopher – guitar
Dennis Linde – guitar
Bobby Wood – piano
Per Erik “Pete” Hallin – piano
Bobby Emmons – Hammond organ
David Briggs – Hammond organ
Tommy Cogbill – bass guitar
Norbert Putnam – bass guitar
Ron Tutt – drums
Jerry Carrigan – drums
Joe Esposito – percussion
Mary and Ginger Holliday – backing vocals
Kathy Westmoreland – backing vocals
J. D. Sumner & The Stamps, Voice – backing vocals
Mike Leech – strings and horn arrangements
Glen Spreen – strings arrangements
Al Pachucki, Dick Baxter, Mickey Crofford, Mike Moran – engineer
Track listing:
Take Good Care of Her – Arthur Kent, Edward C. Warren
Loving Arms – Tom Jans
I Got a Feelin’ in My Body – Deenis Linde
If That Isn’t Love – Dottie Rambo
She Wears My Ring – Felice Bryant, Boudleaux Bryant
I’ve Got a Thing About You Baby – Tony Joe White
My Boy – Bill Martin, Phil Coulter, Jean-Pierre Bourtayre, Claude François
Spanish Eyes – Bert Keampfert, Eddie Snyder, Charles Singleton
In November 1976, “Monument Records” label released “Regeneration”, the twentieth Roy Orbison album. It was recorded January – August 1976, and was produced by Fred Foster.
Personnel:
Roy Orbison – vocals
Grady Martin, John Christopher, Reggie Young, Steve Gibson – guitar
Bobby Emmons, Bobby Wood, Shane Keister – keyboards
Tommy Cogbill – bass guitar
Gene Chrisman, Jerry Carrigan – drums
Farrell Morris – percussion
Charles Rose, Harrison Calloway, Harvey Thompson, Billy Puett, Dennis Good, George Tidwell – horns
Bergen White, Buzz Cason, Dennis Linde, Diane Tidwell, Ginger Holladay, Janie Fricke, Laverna Moore, Lisa Silver, Sheri Kramer, The Cherry Sisters, Tom Brannon – backing vocals
Brenton Banks, Byron Bach, Carl Gorodetzky, Christian Teal, Gary Vanosdale, George Binkley, Lennie Haight, Martha McCrory, Martin Katahn, Marvin Chantry, Pam Sixfin, Roy Christensen, Sheldon Kurland, Stephanie Woolf, Steven Smith, Virginia Christensen – strings
Bill Justis – arranger
Bergen White – arranger
Track listing:
I’m a Southern Man – Tony Joe White
No Chain at All – Bob Morrison
Old Love Song – Bob Morrison, Alice Kiester
Can’t Wait – Alan Rush, Dennis Linde
Born to Love Me – Bob Morrison
Blues in My Mind – Fred Rose
Something They Can’t Take Away – Kris Kristofferson
In November 1972, “Monument Records” label released “Jesus Was a Capricorn”, the fourth Kris Kristofferson album. It was recorded in 1972, at “Quadraphonic Sound Studios” and “Monument Recording Studios” in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by Fred Foster.
Personnel:
Kris Kristofferson – vocals, guitar
Rita Coolidge – backing vocals
Chip Young, Dennis Linde, Fred Carter Jr., Grady Martin, Jerry Shook, Jimmy Colvard, John Buck Wilkin, Johnny Christopher, Mac Gayden, Stephen Bruton – guitar
“Uncle Josh” Graves – slide dobro
Weldon Myrick – steel guitar
Bobby Emmons, Bobby Wood, David Briggs, John Harris, Mike Utley – piano, electric piano, organ
Brenton Banks, Byron Bach, Carl Gorodetzky, David Darling, George Binkley, Lillian Hunt, Sheldon Kurland, Steven Smith – strings
Bill Justis – string arrangements
Norbert Putnam, Tommy Cogbill – bass guitar
Andrew Newmark, Kenny Buttrey – drums
Alan Rush, Benny Whitehead, Billy Swan, Larry Gatlin, Randy Cullers, The Bergenaires, The Joint Venture, The Jordanaires – backing vocals
Track listing:
All tracks by Kris Kristofferson except where noted.
Jesus Was a Capricorn (Owed to John Prine)
Nobody Wins
It Sure Was (Love)
Enough for You
Help Me – Larry Gatlin
Jesse Younger
Give It Time to Be Tender – Kris Kristofferson, Donnie Fritts
Out of Mind, Out of Sight – Kris Kristofferson, Stephen Bruton
On April 4, 1969, “Uni” label released “Brother Love’s Travelling Salvation Show”, the fourth Neil Diamond album. It was recorded in 1968, and was produced by Tom Catalano, Chips Moman, Tommy Cogbill and Neil Diamond.
In August 1966, “Atlantic” label released “The Exciting Wilson Pickett”, the third Wilson Pickett album. It was recorded May 1965 – May 1966, in Memphis, Tennessee, and Muscle Shoals, Alabama, and was produced by Jerry Wexler, Steve Cropper, Jim Stewart, Rick Hall, and Tom Dowd.
Personnel:
Wilson Pickett– vocals
Steve Cropper, Jimmy Johnson, Chips Moman– guitar
Joe Hall, Isaac Hayes, Spooner Oldham– keyboards, piano
Tommy Cogbill, Donald Dunn– bass guitar
Roger Hawkins, Al Jackson Jr.– drums
Wayne Jackson, Gene “Bowlegs” Miller– trumpet
Charles “Packy” Axton, Andrew Love, Charles Chalmers– tenor saxophone
Floyd Newman – baritone saxophone
Steve Cropper – supervisor
Tom Dowd– engineer, supervisor
Rick Hall – engineer, supervisor
Jim Stewart– engineer, supervisor
Haig Adishian – design
Bob Rolontz– liner notes
Scott Galloway – liner notes
Nick Samardge – photography
Jerry Wexler– supervisor
Track listing:
Land of 1000 Dances – Chris Kenner
Something You Got – Chris Kenner
634-5789 (Soulsville, U.S.A.) – Steve Cropper, Eddie Floyd
Barefootin’ – Robert Parker
Mercy Mercy – Don Covay, Ronald Dean Miller
You’re So Fine – Lance Finney, Willie Schofield, Bob West
In the Midnight Hour – Steve Cropper, Wilson Pickett
Ninety-nine and a Half (Won’t Do) – Steve Cropper, Eddie Floyd, Wilson Pickett
On August 4, 1967, “Atlantic” label released “Aretha Arrives”, the eleventh Aretha Franklin studio album. It was recorded in June 1967 at “Atlantic Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Jerry Wexler.
Personnel:
Aretha Franklin – lead and background vocals, piano
Jimmy Johnson, Joe South– guitar
Tommy Cogbill– bass guitar
Roger Hawkins– drums
Ted Somers – vibraphone
Spooner Oldham, Truman Thomas – piano, organ, Fender Rhodes
Charles Chalmers, King Curtis– tenor saxophone
Tony Studd – bass trombone
Melvin Lastie– trumpet
Gene Orloff– director of string section
The Sweet Inspirations– backing vocals
Carolyn Franklin, Erma Franklin– backing vocals
Track listing:
Satisfaction – Mick Jagger, Keith Richards
You Are My Sunshine – Jimmie Davis, Charles Mitchell
Never Let Me Go – Joe Scott
96 Tears – Rudy Martinez
Prove It – Randy Evretts, Horace Ott
Night Life – Willie Nelson, Walt Breeland,Paul Buskirk
That’s Life – Dean Kay, Kelly Gordon
I Wonder – Cecil Gant, Raymond Leveen
Ain’t Nobody (Gonna Turn Me Around) – Carolyn Franklin
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:
Hey Now Hey (The Other Side of the Sky) – Aretha Franklin
Somewhere – Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim
So Swell When You’re Well – James Booker, Aretha Franklin
Angel – Carolyn Franklin, Sonny Sanders
Sister from Texas – Aretha Franklin
Mister Spain – Carolyn Plummer
That’s The Way I Feel About Cha – Bobby Womack, Jim Grisby, Joe Hicks
Moody’s Mood – James Moody, Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields
Just Right Tonight – Aretha Franklin, Avery Parrish, Buddy Feyne, Quincy Jones, Robert Bruce
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