On September 26, 1966, “Epic” label released the self-titled, debut Remains (The) album. It was recorded January 1965 – August 1966, and was produced by Ted Cooper, Bob Morgan, Robin McBridge and Billy Sherrill.
Personnel:
Barry Tashian – vocals, guitar
Bill Briggs – keyboards
Vern Miller – bass
Chip Damiani – drums
Track listing:
Heart – Georges Aber, Tony Hatch
Lonely Weekend – Charlie Rich
Don’t Look Back – Billy Vera
Why Do I Cry? – Barry Tashian
Diddy Wah Diddy – Ellas McDaniel, Willy Dixon
You Got a Hard Time Coming – Barry Tashian, Vern Miller
On July 13, 1971, “Motown” label released “The Return of the Magnificent Seven”, the second Supremes (The) and Four Tops collaborative album. It was recorded in 1970, and was produced by Frank Wilson.
Personnel:
Jean Terrell – vocals
Mary Wilson – vocals
Cindy Birdsong – vocals
Levi Stubbs – vocals
Abdul “Duke” Fakir – vocals
Lawrence Payton – vocals
Renaldo “Obie” Benson – vocals
The Funk Brothers – instrumentation
David Van DePitte, Henry Cosby, Paul Riser, Tom Baird – arrangements
Frank Wilson – executive producer
Track listing:
You Gotta Have Love in Your Heart – Nick Zesses, Dino Fekaris
I Wonder Where We’re Going – Tom Baird
Call Me – Tony Hatch
One More Bridge to Cross – Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson
If You Could See Me Now – Janie Bradford, Joe Hinton, Henry Cosby
I’ll Try Not to Cry – Nick Zesses, Dino Fekaris
I’m Glad About It – Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson
Let’s Make Love Now – Nick Zesses, Dino Fekaris
I Can’t Believe You Love Me – Harvey Fuqua, Johnny Bristol
Where Would I Be Without You Baby – Clarence McMurray, Martin Coleman
What Do You Have to Do (To Stay on the Right Side of Love) – Pam Sawyer, Leon Ware
On May 30, 1966, “Reprise” label released “Strangers in the Night”, the 43rd Frank Sinatra album. It was recorded April – May 1966, in Hollywood, and was produced by Jimmy Bowen. At the 1967 “Grammy Awards”, Frank Sinatra won “Record of the Year” and “Best Male Vocal Performance”. Ernie Freeman’s arrangement of the title track won him the “Grammy Award for Best Arrangement Accompanying a Vocalist or Instrumentalist”, and Eddie Brackett and Lee Herschberg’s engineering earned them the “Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical”. The album was certified Platinum in Us by the “RIIA”.
Personnel:
Frank Sinatra – vocals
The Nelson Riddle Orchestra
Nelson Riddle – arranger, conductor
Glen Campbell, Al Viola – guitar
Artie Kane – Hammond B3 organ
Pete Candoli, Don Fagerquist, Cappy Lewis, Ray Triscari – trumpet
Dick Noel, Tommy Pederson, Tom Shepard – trombone
George Roberts – bass trombone
Chuck Gentry, Bill Green, Justin Gordon, Harry Klee, Ronny Lang – saxophone
Vincent DeRosa, Henry Sigismonti, Gale Robinson, Richard Perissi – French horn
Bill Green, Andreas Kostelas – flute
Sidney Sharp, Lennie Malarsky, William Kurasch, Ralph Schaeffer, Israel Baker, Arnold Belnick, Jerome Reisler, Robert Sushe, John De Voogdt, Bernard Kundell, Tibor Zelig, Victor Amo, Alex Beller, Herman Clebanoff, James Getzoff, Anatol Kaminsky, Paul Shure, Gerald Vinci Gerald Vinci, William Weiss, Harry Bluestone – violin
Harry Hyams, Joseph Di Fiore, Darrel Terwilliger, Alex Neiman, Joseph Saxon, Jesse Ehrlich, Emmet Sargeant, Stanley Harris, Paul Robyn, Armand Kaproff – viola
Justin DiTullio, Elizabeth Greenschpoon, Armand Kaproff – vielle
Bill Miller, Michel Rubini – piano
Alvin Casey, William Pitman, Glen Campbell, Tommy Tedesco – guitar
Chuck Berghofer, Ralph Pefla – bass
Hal Blaine, Irving Cottler – drums
Eddie Brackett Jr., Emil Richards – percussion
Ernie Freeman – arrangements
Donnie Lanier, Nelson Riddle – conductor
Track listing:
Strangers in the Night (from the “Universal” picture “A Man Could Get Killed” – Bert Kaempfert, Charles Singleton, Eddie Snyder
Summer Wind – Heinz Meier, Hans Bradtke, Johnny Mercer
All or Nothing at All – Arthur Altman, Jack Lawrence
Call Me – Tony Hatch
You’re Driving Me Crazy – Walter Donaldson
On a Clear Day (You Can See Forever) – Alan Jay Lerner, Burton Lane
My baby Just Cares for Me – Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn
Downtown – Tony Hatch
Yes Sir, That’s My Baby – Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn
The Most Beautiful Girl in the World – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
On April 15, 1965, “Decca” label released the self-titled, debut Marianne Faithfull album. It was recorded 1964 – 1965, at “Lansdowne Studios” and “Decca No. 2 Studio” in London, and was produced by Tony Calder.
Personnel:
Marianne Faithfull – vocals
Mike Leander – arrangements, direction
David Whitaker – arrangements
Jon Mark – arrangements
Peter Hitchcock – engineer
Gus Dudgeon – engineer
David Bailey – photography
Gered Mankowitz – photography
Track listing:
Come and Stay with Me – Jackie DeShannon
If I Never Get to Love You – Burt Bacharach, Hal David
Time Takes Time – Barry Fantoni, Marianne Faithfull
He’ll Come Back to Me – Claude-Henri Vic, Michael Farr, Robert Gall
Down Town – Tony Hatch
Plaisir d’amour – David Whitaker
Can’t You Hear My heartbeat – John Carter, Ken Lewis
As Tears Go By – Andrew Loog Oldham, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards
Paris Bells – Jon Birchell
They Never Will Leave You – André Popp, Jean-Jacques Debout
What Have They Done to the Rain – Malvina Reynolds
In My Time of Sorrow – Jackie DeShannon, Jimmy Page
In April 1969, “Blue Note” label released “Heaven on Earth”, the eight Larry Young album. It was recorded in February 1968, at “Rudy Van Gelder Studios” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.
In December 1966, “Limelight” label released “Soul Español”, the 104th Oscar Peterson album. It was recorded in December 1966, at “Universal Recorders” in Chicago, Illinois, and was produced by Hal Mooney.
Personnel:
Oscar Peterson- piano
Sam Jones- double bass
Louis Hayes- drums
Henley Gibson – conga
Harold Jones- percussion
Marshall Thompson- timbales
Bob Kidder – recording
Jack McMahon – remix
Jim Schubert – design
Stan Malinowski – photography
Morgam Ames – liner notes
Track listing:
Mas que Nada – Jorge Ben Jor
Manhã de Carnaval – Luiz Bonfá, Vinicius de Moraes
Call Me – Tony Hatch
How Insensitive – Vinicius de Moraes, Norman Gimbel, Antonio Carlos Jobim
Carioca – Edward Eliscu, Gus Kahn, Vincent Youmans
Soulville Samba – Oscar Peterson
Amanha – Phil Bodner
Meditation – Norman Gimbel, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Newton Mendonca
In August 1967, “Reprise” label released “The World We Knew”, album by Frank Sinatra. It was recorded in July 1967, in Hollywood, and was produced by Jimmy Bowen and H.B. Barnum.
Personnel:
Frank Sinatra- vocals
Nancy Sinatra- vocal
Billy Strange- vocals, guitars
B. Barnum- piano, arrangements
Ernie Freeman- piano
Gordon Jenkins- arrangements, conductor
Claus Ogerman- arrangements, orchestration
Track listing:
The World We Knew (Over and Over) – Bert Kaempfert, Herbert Rehbein, Carl Sigman
Somethin’ Stupid – Carson Parks
This Is My Love – James Harbert
Born Free – Don Black, John Barry
Don’t Sleep in the Subway – Tony Hatch, Jackie Trent
This Town – Lee Hazlewood
This Is My Song – Charlie Chaplin
You Are There – Harry Sukman, Paul Francis Webster
Drinking Again – Johnny Mercer, Doris Tauber
Some Enchanted Evening – Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II
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