In September 1961, “Vanguard” label released “Joan Baez Vol. 2”, the second Joan Baez studio album. It was recorded in 1961, at “Vanguard Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Maynard Solomon.
In September 1964, “MGM” label released the self-titled, debut Animals (The) album. It was recorded January – July 1964, and was produced by Mickie Most.
Personnel:
Eric Burdon – vocals
Hilton Valentine – guitar, backing vocals
Alan Price – organ, vibraphone, guitar, bass guitar, backing vocals
Chas Chandler – bass guitar, backing vocals
John Steel – drums
Val Valentin – engineer
Track listing:
The House of the Rising Sun – traditional, arranged by Alan Price
The Girl Can’t Help It – Bobby Troup
Blue Feeling – Jimmy Henshaw
Baby Let Me Take You Home – Wes Farrell, Bert Russell
The Right Time – Lew Herman
Talkin’ Bout You – Ray Charles
Around and Around – Chuck Berry
I’m in Love Again – Dave Bartholomew, Fats Domino
Gonna Send You Back to Walker – Johnnie Mae Matthews
On August 21, 2020, “Cooking Vinyl” label released “Good Luck, Seeker”, the fourteenth Waterboys (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2020, and was produced by Puck Fingers and Brother Paul.
Personnel:
Mike Scott – vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards, bass, archeology
Paul Brown – Hammond organ, piano, keyboards, archeology, programming
Steve Wickham – acoustic and electronic fiddle
Aongus Ralston – bass
Ralph Salmins – drums, percussion
Gavin Ralston – sonic guitar
James Hallawell – organ, keyboards, sonics, backing vocals, additional production
Peadar O’Riada – organ, tin whistle
David Hood – bass
Mark Smith – bass
Jeremy Stacey – drums
Justin Hallawell – distant drums
Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band, The Unthanks – horns, sonics
Jess Kavanagh, Zeenie Summers – backing vocals
Blaine Harrison – backing vocals
Irakli Gabriel – street voice
Chris O’Brien – additional engineering
Dave Montuy – additional engineering
Tim Martin, Jack Power – additional engineering
John Cornfield – additional engineering
Lester Salmins – drum recording
Don Jackson – mastering
Puck Fingers, Brother Paul – mixing
Bob Clearmountain – mixing
B.C. Nowlin – cover painting (Taoseno Sky, oil on canvas)
Mike Scott – front cover concept, design, photography
Ian Ross – design
Pixabay, Creative Commons, Engin Akyurt – photography
Track listing:
The Soul Singer – Mike Scott
(You’ve Got To) Kiss a Frog or Two – Mike Scott, Paul Brown
Low Down in the Brown – traditional
Dennis Hopper – Mike Scott, Paul Brown
Freak Street – Mike Scott
Sticky Fingers – Mike Scott, James Hallawell
Why Should I Love You – Kate Bush
The Golden Work – Mike Scott, Aongus Ralston, Charles Williams
My Wanderings in the Weary Land – Mike Scott, Anthony Thistlethwaite, Jim Keltner
Postcard from the Celtic Dreamtime – Mike Scott, James Hallawell
Good Luckm Seeker – Mike Scott, Adrian McNally, Rachel Unthank, Becky Unthank, Niopha Keegan, Chris Price, Sandy Smith, Dion Fortune
Beauty in Repetition – Mike Scott, Anthony Thistlethwaite, Jim Keltner
Everchanging – Mike Scott, Anthony Thistlethwaite, Jim Keltner
On August 18, 2017, “Nuclear Blast” label released “Evocation II: Pantheon”, the seventh Eluveitie studio album. It was recorded March – April 2017, at “New Sound Studio” in Freinbach in Switzerland, “Republica Studios” in Lubrza, Poland, and was produced by Chrigel Glanzmann and Tommy Vetterli.
On July 30, 2002, “Savant” label released “Focus”, the 21st Arthur Blythe album. It was recorded in April 2002, at “Tedesco Studio” in Paramus, New Jersey, and was produced by Cecil Brooks III.
Personnel:
Arthur Blythe – alto saxophone
Gust William Tsilis – marimba
Bob Stewart – tuba
Cecil Brooks III – drums
Track listing:
All tracks by Arthur Blythe except where noted.
Opus
Children’s Song aka That Old Man – Thelonious Monk
C.C. Rider – traditional
Once Again
My Son Ra
Hip Toe
Night Song
Bubbles
Stuffy Turkey – Thelonious Monk
Night Creeper
In a Sentimental Mood – Duke Ellington, Manny Kurtz, Irving Mills
In June 1967, “Hit-Tin” label released “We Are Paintermen”, the debut Creation (The) studio album. It was recorded May – June 1967, at “IBC”, “Olympic”, “Pye Studios”, and was produced by Shel Talmy.
Personnel:
Kenny Pickett – lead vocals
Eddie Phillips – lead and backing vocals, guitar
Bob Garner – lead vocals, bass guitar, backing vocals
Kim Gardner – bass guitar, backing vocals
Jack Jones – drums
Nicky Hopkins – piano, tack piano, organ
Steve Aldo – backing vocals
Track listing:
All tracks by Eddie Phillips and Kenny Pickett except where noted.
In April 1974, “Transatlantic” label released “Midnight Mushrumps”, the second Gryphon album. It was recorded in 1973, at “Chipping Norton Recording Studios” in Chipping Norton, England, and was produced by Graeme Taylor, Richard Harvey, Philip Nestor, Brian Gulland and Dave Oberlé.
Personnel:
Graeme Taylor – vocals, acoustic, semi acoustic, classical, twelve string and electric guitars
Richard Harvey – vocals, recorder, crumhorn, harmonium, organ, grand piano, harpsichord, electric piano, toy piano, glockenspiel, mandolin
Brian Gulland – vocals, keyboards, bassoon, crumhorn, recorder
Philip Nestor – vocals, bass guitars
Dave Oberlé – lead vocals, drums, timpani, percussion
Dave Grinsted – engineer
Ann Sullivan – art direction
Richard Rockwood – design
Clive Boursnell – photography
Track listing:
Midnight Mushrumps – Richard Harvey
The Ploughboy’s Dream – traditional
The Last Flash of Geberdine Taylor – Graeme Taylor
Gulland Rock – Brian Gulland
Dubbel Dutch – Graeme Taylor
Ethelion – Graeme Taylor, Richard Harvey, Philip Nestor, Brian Gulland, Dave Oberlé.
In March 1965, “Columbia” label released “The Sound of 65”, the debut Graham Bond Organisation (The) album. It was recorded in 1965, and was produced by Robert Stigwood.
Personnel:
Graham Bond – vocals, Hammond organ, Mellotron, alto saxophone
Dick Heckstall-Smith – tenor saxophone
Jack Bruce – electric and acoustic basses, vocals, harmonica
Ginger Baker – drums
Track listing:
Hoochie Koochie Man – Willie Dixon
Baby Make Love to Me – Janet Godfrey, John Group
Neighbour, Neighbour – Alton Joseph Valier
Early in the Morning – traditional, arranged by John Group
Spanish Blues – Graham Bond
Oh Baby – Graham Bond
Little Girl – Graham Bond
I Want You – Graham Bond
Wade in the Water – traditional, arranged by John Group, Paul Getty
In March 1963, “Prestige” label released “When There Are Grey Skies”, the 31st Red Garland album. It was recorded in October 1962, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Ozzie Cadena.
Personnel:
Red Garland – piano
Wendell Marshall – double bass
Charlie Persip – drums
Track listing:
Sonny Boy – Lew Brown, Buddy De Sylva, Ray Henderson
My Honey’s Lovin’ Arms – Joseph Meyer, Herman Ruby
St. James Infirmary – Joe Primrose (Irving Mills)
I Ain’t Got Nobody – Roger Graham, Spencer Williams
Baby Won’t You Please Come Home – Charles Warfield, Clarence Williams
In March 1959, “Prestige” label released “Soul”, the 20th Coleman Hawkins album. It was recorded in November 1958, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Esmond Edwards.
Personnel:
Coleman Hawkins – tenor saxophone
Ray Bryant – piano
Kenny Burrell – guitar
Wendell Marshall – bass
Osie Johnson – drums
Track listing:
All tracks by Coleman Hawkins except where noted.
Soul Blues
I Hadn’t Anyone till You – Ray Noble
Groovin’ – Kenny Burrell
Greensleeves – traditional
Sunday Mornin – Kenny Burrell
Until the Real Thing Comes Along – Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin, L. E. Freeman, Mann Holiner, Alberta Nichols
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