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Art Farmer: The Aztec Suite

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In December 1959, “United Artists” label released “The Aztec Suite”, the twelve Art Farmer album. It was recorded in November 1959, at “Webster Hall” in New York City, and was produced by Jack Lewis.

Personnel:

  • Art Farmer – trumpet 
  • Zoot Sims, Seldon Powell – tenor saxophone
  • Bernie Glow, Nick Travis – trumpet
  • Jimmy Cleveland, Frank Rehak – trombone
  • Jim Buffington – French horn
  • Hank Jones – piano
  • Addison Farmer – bass
  • Charlie Persip – drums
  • José Mangual – percussion
  • Chico O’Farrill – arrangements
  • Harris Lewine – design
  • Ken Braren – design
  • Paul Bacon – design

Track listing:

  1. The Aztec Suite – Chico O’Farrill
  2. Heat Wave – Irving Berlin
  3. Deliro – Felipe Domínguez
  4. Woody ‘N You – Dizzy Gillespie
  5. Drume Negrita – Eliseo Grenet
  6. Alone Together – Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz

Electric Light Orchestra: Face The Music

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On September 1, 1975, “United Artists” label released “Face the Music”, the fifth Electric Light Orchestra studio album. It was recorded May – June 1975, at “Musicland Studios” in Munich, “De Lane Lea Studios” in London, and was produced by Jeff Lynne.

Personnel:

  • Jeff Lynne – lead vocals, guitars, orchestral and choral arrangements
  • Richard Tandy – piano, clavinet, Moog, Wurlitzer electric piano, tack piano, guitar, orchestral and choral arrangements
  • Kelly Groucutt – lead, co-lead and backing vocals, bass
  • Bev Bevan – drums, percussion, spoken intro, backing vocals
  • Mik Kaminski – violin
  • Hugh McDowell – cello
  • Melvyn Gale – cello
  • Ellie Greenwich, Susan Collins, Nancy O’Neill, Margaret Raymond – vocals
  • Louis Clark – orchestral and choral arrangements, orchestra conductor
  • Mack – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Jeff Lynne.

  1. Fire on High
  2. Waterfall
  3. Evil Woman
  4. Nightrider
  5. Poker
  6. Strange Magic
  7. Down Home Town
  8. One Summer Dream

Ike Turner: Bad Dreams

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In July 1973, “United Artists” label released “Bad Dreams”, the seventh Ike Turner album. It was recorded in March 1973, at “Bolic Sound” in Inglewood, California, and was produced by Ike Turner, Soko Richardson and Warren Dawson.

Personnel:

  • Ike Turner – guitar, arrangements, engineer
  • Barry Keene, John Mills – engineer
  • Mike Salisbury – illustration, design
  • W.T. Vinson – cover illustration

Track listing:

All tracks by Ike Turner except where noted.

  1. These Dreams
  2. That’s How Much I Love You – Eddy Arnold, Wally Fowler, Graydon J. Hall
  3. One Nite Stand
  4. Don’t Hold Your Breath
  5. (You Can Have) The City
  6. Flockin’ with You
  7. Take a Walk with Me
  8. Later for Your Baby – Eddie “Guitar Slim” Jones
  9. Rats
  10. I Love the Way You Love – Berry Gordy, Mikaljon (Mike Ossman, Al Abrams, John “Jun” O’den)

The Isley Brothers: Twisting and Shouting

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On July 25, 1963, “United Artists” label released “Twisting and Shouting”, the third Isley Brothers (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1963, at “Bell Sound” in New York City, and was produced by Bert Bernes.

Personnel:

  • Ronald Isley – lead vocals
  • O’Kelly Isley, Jr. – backing vocals
  • Rudolph Isley – backing vocals
  • Alan Lorber – conductor 
  • Garry Sherman – conductor

Tracking listing:

All tracks by Rudolp Isley, O’ Kelly Isley and Ronald Isley, except where noted.

  1. Surf and Shout – Phil Medley, Ruth Batchelor
  2. Please, Please, Please – James Brown, Johnny Terry
  3. She’s the One
  4. Tango
  5. What’cha Gonna Do
  6. Stagger Lee – Lloyd Price, Harold Logan
  7. You’ll Never Leave Him – Bert Russell
  8. Let’s Go, Let’s Go, Let’s Go – Hank Ballard
  9. She’s Gone
  10. Shake It with Me Baby
  11. Long Tall Sally – Enotris Johnson
  12. Do the Twist – Dale Hawkins

The Spencer Davis Group: With Their New Faces On

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In April 1968, “United Artists” label released “With Their New Face On”, the fourth Spencer Davis Group (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1967, and was produced by Mike Hurst, Spencer Davis and Eddie Hardin.

Personnel:

  1. Phil Sawyer – lead and co-lead vocals, lead guitar
  2. Ray Fenwick – lead vocals, lead guitar
  3. Eddie Hardin – lead vocals, keyboards
  4. Spencer Davis – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
  5. Charlie McCracken – bass, backing vocals
  6. Pete York – drums, percussion

Track listings:

All tracks by Spencer Davis and Eddie Hardin except where noted.

  1. With His New Face On
  2. Mr. Second Class
  3. Alec in Transit Land – Spencer Davis, Eddie Hardin, Kirk Duncan, Pete York
  4. Sanity Inspector
  5. Feel Your Way
  6. Morning Sun – Spencer Davis, Eddie Hardin, Kirk Duncan, Nicky James
  7. Moonshine – Spencer Davis, Eddie Hardin, Pete York
  8. Don’t Want You No More
  9. Time Seller
  10. Stop Me, I’m Falling

Groundhogs: Who Will Save the World? The Mighty Groundhogs

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In March 1972, “United Artists” label released “Who Will Save the World? The Mighty Groundhogs”, the fifth Groundhogs album. It was recorded in January 1972, “De Lane Lea Studios” in London, and was produced by Tony McPhee.

Personnel:

  • Tony McPhee – vocals, guitars, mellotron, harmonium
  • Peter Cruikshank – bass
  • Ken Pustelnik – drums
  • Martin Birch, Louis Austin – engineer
  • Neal Adams – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Tony McPhee, except where noted.

  1. Is Not Room Enough
  2. Wages of Peace
  3. Body in Mind
  4. Music is the Food of Thought
  5. Bog Roll Blues
  6. Death of the Sun
  7. Amazing Grace – traditional
  8. The Grey Maze 

The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band: All the Good Times

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In January 1972, “United Artists” label released “All the Good Times”, the sixth Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (The) album. It was recorded in 1971, and was produced by William E. McEuen.

Personnel:

  • Jeff Hanna – vocals, arranger, arranger
  • Jimmie Fadden – vocals, guitar, harmonica, drums, arranger
  • John McEuen – vocals, guitar, steel guitar, arranger
  • Les Thompson – vocals, bass, guitar, arranger
  • Jim Ibbotson – vocals, drums, guitar, keyboards
  • Randy Scruggs – acoustic guitar
  • Norman Blake – dobro
  • Ellis Padgett – acoustic bass

Track listing:

  1. Sixteen Tracks – Jeff Hanna, Jim Ibbotson
  2. Fish Song – Jimmie Fadden
  3. Jambalaya (On the Bayou) – Hank Williams
  4. Down in Texas – Eddie Hinton
  5. Creepin’ Round Your Back Door – Jimmie Fadden
  6. Daisy – Jim Ibbotson
  7. Slim Carter – Kenny O’Dell
  8. Hoping to Say – David Hanna
  9. Baltimore – Jim Ibbotson
  10. Jamaica Say You Will – Jackson Browne
  11. Do You Feel It Too – Richie Furay
  12. Civil War Trilogy – Walter McEuen
  13. Diggy Liggy Lo – J.D. Miller

Bobby Womack: Communication

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On September 15, 1971, “United Artists” label released “Communication”, the third Bobby Womack studio album. It was recorded in 1971, at “United Artists Recording Studio” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Bobby Womack.

Personnel:

  • Bobby Womack – vocals, guitar, organ, string and horn arrangements
  • Barry Beckett – piano, clavichord, harpsichord, electric piano, Moog synthesizer
  • Jimmy Johnson, Tippy Armstrong – guitar
  • Truman Thomas, Clayton Ivey – keyboards
  • David Hood – bass
  • Roger Hawkins – drums, percussion
  • Ronnie Eades – baritone saxophone
  • Harvey Thompson – tenor saxophone
  • Harrison Calloway – trumpet
  • Dale Quillen – trombone
  • Friendly Womack, Jr., Curtis Womack, Harry Womack, Cecil Womack, Patrice Holloway, Pam Grier, Janice Singleton – backing vocals
  • René Hall – string arrangements
  • John Van Hamersveld – art direction
  • Norman Seeff – photography

Track listing:

  1. Communication – Bobby Womack
  2. Come l’ amore – Bob Hillard, Leon Ware
  3. Fire and Rain – James Taylor
  4. (If You Don’t Want My Love) Give It Back – Bobby Womack
  5. Medley: Monologue / (They Long to Be) Close to You – Burt Bacharach, Hal David
  6. Everything is Beautiful – Ray Stevens
  7. That’s the Way I Feel About You – Jimmy Grisby, Joe Hicks, Bobby Womack
  8. Yield Not to Temptation – Horatio Palmer

Bobby Womack: Facts of Life

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On June 8, 1973, “United Artists” label released “Facts of Life”, the fifth Bobby Womack studio album. It was recorded in 1973, and was produced by Bobby Womack.

Personnel:

  • Bobby Womack – vocals, guitar, string and horn arrangements
  • Dave Turner, Jimmy Johnson, Pete Carr – guitar
  • Barry Beckett, Clayton Ivey – keyboards
  • David Hood, Jerry Masters – bass
  • Roger Hawkins – drums
  • Jerry Masters, Kerry McNab, Christina Hersch, Steve Melton – engineer
  • Mike Salisbury – art direction, design
  • Philip Hays – illustration

Track listing:

  1. Nobody Wants You When You’re Down and Out – James Cox
  2. I’m Through Trying to Prove My Love to You – Bobby Womack
  3. If You Can’t Give Her Love – Clayton Ivey, Phillip Mitchell
  4. That’s Heaven to Me – Sam Cooke
  5. Medley: Holdin’ on to My baby’s Love / Nobody – Bobby Womack, George Jackson, Raymond Moore
  6. Medley: Fact of Life/He’ll Be There When the Sun Goes Down – Bobby Womack
  7. Can’t Stop a Man in Love – George Soulé, Terry Woodford
  8. The Look of Love – Burt Bacharach, Hal David
  9. Natural Man – Carole King, Gerry Goffin, Jerry Wexler
  10. All Along the Watchtower – Bob Dylan

Duke Ellington: Money Jungle

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In February 1963, “United Artists” label released “Money Jungle”, Duke Ellington studio album. It was recorded in September 1962, at “Sound Makers Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Alan Douglas.

Personnel:

  • Duke Ellington – piano
  • Charles Mingus – double bass
  • Max Roach – drums

 Track listing:

All tracks by Duke Ellington, except where noted.

  1. Money Jungle
  2. Fleurette Africane (African Flower)
  3. Very Special
  4. Warm Valley
  5. Wig Wise
  6. Caravan – music by Juan Tizol and Duke Ellington, lyrics by Irving Mills
  7. Solitude – music by Duke Ellington, lyrics by Eddie DeLange and Irving Mills