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Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby and Fred Waring’s Pennsylvanians: America, I Hear You Singing

In April 1964, “Reprise” label released “America, I Hear You Singing”, album Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby and Fred Waring’s Pennsylvanians. It was recorded January – February 1964, in Los Angeles, and was produced by Sonny Burke.

Personnel:

  • Frank Sinatra – vocals
  • Bing Crosby – vocals
  • Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians – vocals
  • Tom Scott – arrangements
  • Dick Reynolds – arrangements
  • Jack Halloran – arrangements
  • Nelson Riddle – arrangements
  • Roy Ringwald – arrangements
  • Hawley Ades – arrangements
  • Harry Simeone – arrangements

Track listing:

  1. America, I Hear You Singing – Tom Scott
  2. This Is a Great Country – Irving Berlin
  3. The House I Live In – Lewis Allan, Earl Robinson
  4. The Hills of Home – Floride Calhoun, Oscar Fox
  5. This Land Is Your Land – Woody Guthrie
  6. Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor – Emma Lazarus, Irving Berlin
  7. You’re a Lucky Fellow, Mr. Smith – Francis Burke, Hughie Prince, Don Raye
  8. A Home in the Meadow – Robert Emmett Dolan, Sammy Cahn
  9. Early American – Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen
  10. You Never Had It So Good – Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen
  11. Let Us Break Bread Together – traditional
  12. The Stars and Stripes Forever – John Philip Sousa

Maynard Ferguson: The New Sounds Of Maynard Ferguson

In April 1963, “Cameo” label released “The New Sounds of Maynard Ferguson”, the 21st Maynard Ferguson album. It was recorded in March 1963, at “Fine Recording Studio” in New York City, and was produced by Dave Edelman.

Personnel:

  • Maynard Ferguson – trumpet, valve trombone, French horn
  • Lanny Morgan – alto saxophone
  • Willie Maiden, Frank Vicari – tenor saxophone
  • Ronnie Cuber – baritone saxophone
  • Dusan Goykovitch, Nat Pavone, Rick Kiefer – trumpet
  • Don Doane, Kenny Rupp – trombone
  • Mike Abene – piano
  • Linc Milliman – bass
  • Rufus Jones – drums
  • Mike Abene, Willie Maiden, Don Sebesky – arrangements

Track listing:

  1. Take the “A” Train – Billy Strayhorn
  2. Bossa Nova de Funk – Willie Maiden
  3. Gravy Waltz – Steve Allen, Ray Brown
  4. Cherokee (Indian Love Song) – Ray Noble
  5. I’m Getting Sentimental Over You – George Bassman, Ned Washington
  6. One O’Clock Jump – Count Basie
  7. At the Sound of the Trumpet – Maynard Ferguson, Willi Maiden
  8. Maine Bone – Mike Abene
  9. Watermelon Man – Herbie Hancock
  10. Danny Boy – traditional

Nikola Dimushevski: Music For…

On April 8, 1993, “Aura Records” label released “Music For…”, the second Nikola Dimushevski studio album. It was recorded 1984 – 1993, in Skopje, Macedonia, and was produced by Nikola Dimushevski.

Personnel:

  • Nikola Dimushevski – vocals, piano, keyboards, acoustic bass, drums, percussion, arrangements, design
  • Angele Dimovski – kaval
  • Zoran Jovanovich – Lima – clarinet, saxophone

Track listing:

All tracks by Nikola Dimushevski, except where noted.

  1. Stone Bridge
  2. Friendship
  3. Siljan the Stork
  4. Midnight 7/4
  5. Land Under the Sun – traditional
  6. Bakhe
  7. Peacock
  8. Piece of Summer
  9. Poetry of the Lake
  10. Divan
  11. Sufi Dance

The Blues Project: Live at the Cafe Au Go Go

In March 1966, “Verve / Folkways” labels, released “Live at the Cafe Au Go Go”, the debut Blues Project (The) album. It was recorded in November 1965, at the “Cafe Au Go Go” in New York City, during the Blues Bag four-day concert, and January 1966, at the same venue, and was produced by Jerry Schoenbaum.

Personnel:

  • Tommy Flanders – vocals
  • Danny Kalb – vocals, lead guitar
  • Steve Katz – vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Al Kooper – vocals, organ
  • Andy Kulberg – bass
  • Roy Blumenfeld – drums
  • Val Valentin – engineer
  • Charles Stewart – cover photo
  • Jerry Schoenbaum – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Goin’ Down Louisiana – Muddy Waters
  2. You Go, I’ll Go with You – Willie Dixon
  3. Catch the Wind – Donovan
  4. I Want to Be Your Driver – Chuck Berry
  5. Alberta – traditional
  6. The Way My Baby Walks – Andy Kulberg
  7. Violets of Dawn – Eric Andersen
  8. Back Door Man – Willie Dixon
  9. Jelly Jelly Blues – Billy Eckstine, Earl Hines
  10. Spoonful – Willie Dixon
  11. Who Do You Love? – Ellas McDaniel

Donovan: Sixty Four

In February 2004, “Donovan Discs” label released “Sixty Four”, the 21st Donovan studio album. It is composed of demo tracks recorded by Donovan in 1964, and was produced by Terry Kennedy, and compiled by Rod Callan.

Personnel:

  • Donovan Leitch – vocals, guitar, harmonica
  • Brian Locking – bass
  • Dave Mills – kazoo
  • Bobby Boughton – remastering
  • Ian Griffiths – design
  • Kenneth Morgan – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Donovan Leitch, except where noted.

  1. Crazy ‘Bout a Woman – Jesse Fuller
  2. Talkin’ Pop Star Blues
  3. Dirty Old Town – Ewan MacColl
  4. Keep on Truckin’ – traditional, arranged by Donovan Leitch
  5. Co’dine – Buffy Sainte-Marie
  6. London Town – Tim Hardin
  7. Isle of Sadness
  8. Darkness of My Night
  9. Freedom Road

Loudon Wainwright III: Album II

In February 1971, “Atlantic” label released “Album II”, the second Loudon Wainwright III studio album. It was recorded in 1970, at “Intermedia Sounds” in Boston, Massachusetts, and was produced by Loudon Wainwright III and Milton Kramer.

Personnel:

  • Loudon Wainwright III – vocals, guitar
  • Kate McGarrigle – vocals
  • Saul Broudy – harmonica
  • Michael Leary – engineer
  • Peter Hujar – cover photography
  • Milton Kramer, Andrew Wainwright – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Loudon Wainwright III, except where noted.

  1. Me and My Friend the Cat
  2. Motel Blues
  3. Nice Jewish Girl
  4. Be Careful, There’s a Baby in the House
  5. I Know I’m Unhappy/Suicide Song/Glenville Reel
  6. Saw Your Name in the Paper
  7. Samson and the Warden
  8. Plane; Too
  9. Cook That Dinner, Dora
  10. Old Friend
  11. Old Paint – traditional, arranged by Loudon Wainwright III

Lucinda Williams: The Ghosts of Highway 20

On February 5, 2016, “Highway 20” label released “The Ghosts of Highway 20”, the 12th Lucinda Williams studio album. It was recorded in 2015, and was produced by Greg Liesz, Tom Overby and Lucinda Williams.

Personnel:

  • Lucinda Williams – lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitar
  • Bill Frisell – electric guitar
  • Greg Leisz – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
  • Val McCallum – electric guitar
  • David Sutton – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Carlton “Santa” Davis – drums
  • Butch Norton – drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Ras Michael – hand drums, backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Lucinda Williams, except where noted.

  1. Dust – Miller Williams, Lucinda Williams
  2. House of Earth – Woody Guthrie
  3. I Know All About It
  4. Place in My Heart
  5. Death Came
  6. Doors of Heaven
  7. Louisiana Story
  8. Ghosts of Highway 20
  9. Bitter Memory
  10. Factory – Bruce Springsteen
  11. Can’t Close the Door on Love
  12. If My Love Could Kill
  13. If There’s a Heaven
  14. Faith & Grace – traditional

Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds: Murder Ballads

On February 5, 1996, “Mute” label released “Murder Ballads”, the ninth Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds studio album. It was recorded 1993 – 1885, and Victor Van Vugt, Tony Cohen, Nick Cave, Blixa Bargeld,Martin P. Casey, Conway Savage, Jim Sclavunos and Thomas Wydler.

Personnel:

  • Nick Cave – vocals, piano, organ, Hammond organ, gun shots, string arrangements
  • Blixa Bargeld – vocals, screams, guitar
  • Conway Savage – piano, piano, backing vocals
  • Martyn P. Casey – bass
  • Mick Harvey – drums, guitar, acoustic guitar, organ, wind organ, bass, Hammond organ, space belt, percussion, backing vocals, string arrangements
  • Jim Sclavunos – drums, percussion, bells, tambourine
  • Thomas Wydler – vocals, maracas, drums, tambourine
  • Hugo Race – guitar
  • Brian Hooper – bass
  • Terry Edwards – horns
  • Warren Ellis – accordion, violin
  • Jen Anderson – violin
  • Sue Simpson – violin
  • Kerran Coulter – viola
  • Helen Mountfort – cello
  • PJ Harvey – vocals
  • Kylie Minogue – vocals
  • Anita Lane – crying, vocals
  • Shane MacGowan – vocals
  • Geraldine Johnston – additional vocals
  • LizKatharine Blake – additional vocals
  • Corcoran – additional vocals
  • Marielle Del Conte – additional vocals

The Moron Tabernacle Choir

  • Nick Cave
  • Martyn P. Casey
  • Conway Savage
  • Thomas Wydler
  • Warren Ellis
  • Brian Hooper
  • Spencer P. Jones
  • Dave Graney
  • Katharine Blake
  • Clare Moore
  • Rowland S. Howard
  • James Johnston
  • Ian Johnston
  • Geraldine Johnston
  • Astrid Munday

Track listing:

All tracks by Nick Cave, except where noted.

  1. Song of Joy
  2. Stager Lee – traditional, Nick Cave
  3. Henry Lee – traditional, Nick Cave
  4. Lovely Creature – Blixa Bargeld, Martin P. Casey
  5. Where the Wild Roses Grow
  6. The Curse of Millhaven
  7. The Kindness of Strangers
  8. Crow Jane – Martin P. Casey, Nick Cave
  9. O’Malley’s Bar
  10. Death Is Not the End – Bob Dylan

Yusef Lateef: Hush ‘N’ Thunder

In January 1973, “Atlantic” label released “Hush ‘N’ Thunder”, the 31st Yusef Lateef album. It was recorded May – September 1972, at “Regent Sound Studios” and “Atlantic Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Joel Dorn.

Personnel:

  • Yusef Lateef – tenor saxophone, flute, shannai
  • Kenny Barron – piano, electric piano
  • Ray Bryant – piano
  • Al White – organ 
  • Cornell Dupree, Keith Loving, David Spinozza – guitar
  • Bob Cunningham, Bill Salter – bass
  • Gordon Edwards – electric bass
  • Albert Heath – drums
  • Kermit Moore – cello
  • The J.C. White Singers – vocals
  • Monroe “Bones” Constantino – vocals

Track listing:

  1. Come Sunday – Duke Ellington
  2. The Hump – Kenny Barron
  3. Opus Part I / Opus Part II – Kenny Barron
  4. This Old Building – Rev. Cleophus Robinson
  5. Prayer – Kenny Barron
  6. Sunset – Kenny Barron
  7. His Eye Is on the Sparrow – traditional
  8. Destination Paradise – Yusef Lateef

Nina Simone: Nina Simone At The Village Gate

On January 15, 1952, “Colpix” label released “Nina Simone at the Village Gate”, the sixth Nina Simone album. It was recorded in March 1961, at “The Village Gate” in Greenwich Village in New York, and was produced by Cal Lampey.

Personnel:

  • Nina Simone – vocals, piano
  • Al Schackman – guitar
  • Chris White – bass
  • Bobby Hamilton – drums
  • Richard Alderson – recording

Track listing:

  1. Just in Time – Adolph Gree, Betty Comden, Jule Styne
  2. He Was Too Good to Me – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
  3. House of the Rising Sun – Josh White, Libby Reynolds Holmes, Nicholas Ray
  4. Bye Bye Blackbird – Mort Dixon, Ray Henderson
  5. Brown Baby – Oscar Brown
  6. Zungo – Babatunde Olatunji
  7. If He Changed My Name – Robert MacGinsey
  8. Children Go Where I Send You – traditional, arranged by Nina Simone