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Frank Sinatra: Strangers In The Night

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:

  1. Strangers in the Night (from the “Universal” picture “A Man Could Get Killed” – Bert Kaempfert, Charles Singleton, Eddie Snyder
  2. Summer Wind – Heinz Meier, Hans Bradtke, Johnny Mercer
  3. All or Nothing at All – Arthur Altman, Jack Lawrence
  4. Call Me – Tony Hatch
  5. You’re Driving Me Crazy – Walter Donaldson
  6. On a Clear Day (You Can See Forever) – Alan Jay Lerner, Burton Lane
  7. My baby Just Cares for Me – Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn
  8. Downtown – Tony Hatch
  9. Yes Sir, That’s My Baby – Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn
  10. The Most Beautiful Girl in the World – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart

Duane Allman & Gregg Allman: Duane & Gregg Allman

In May 1972, “Bold Records” label released “Duane & Gregg Allman” album by Duane Allman and Gregg Allman. It was recorded in September 1968, at “TK Studios” in Hialeah, US, and was produced by Steve Alaimo.

Personnel:

  • Duane Allman – lead guitar
  • Gregg Allman – lead vocals, organ
  • Scott Boyer – vocals, acoustic guitar
  • David Brown – bass
  • Butch Trucks – drums, percussion
  • Steve Alaimo – engineer
  • Drago Fernandez – design

Track listing:

  1. Morning Dew – Tim Rose, Bonnie Dobson
  2. God Rest His Soul – Gregg Allman
  3. Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out – Jimmy Cox
  4. Down in Texas – Eddie Hinton, Marlon Greene
  5. Melissa – Gregg Allman, Steve Alaimo
  6. I’ll Change for You – David Brown
  7. Back Down Home with You – David Brown
  8. Well I Know Too Well – Steve Alaimo
  9. In The Morning When I’m Real – Robert Pucetti

Chris Stapleton: From A Room: Volume 1

On May 5, 2017, “Mercury Nashville” label released “From A Room: Volume 1”, the second Chris Stapleton studio album. It was recorded 2016 – 2017, at “RCA Studio A” in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by Dave Cobb and Chris Stapleton. In May 2018, the album was certified Platinum by the “RIAA” in the US, and won “Best Country Album” at the 60th “Grammy Awards”.

Personnel:

  • Chris Stapleton – lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitar
  • Dave Cobb – acoustic guitar, percussion
  • Robby Turner – pedal steel guitar
  • Morgane Stapleton – tambourine, backing vocals
  • Michael Webb – B-3 organ, piano, Wurlitzer
  • Mickey Raphael – harmonica
  • J.T. Cure – bass guitar, upright bass
  • Derek Mixon – drums, percussion
  • Vance Powell – engineer, mixing
  • Gena Johnson – engineer assistant
  • Pete Lyman – mastering
  • Mary Hooper – design
  • Rachel Urquhart – illustrations

Track listing:

All tracks by Chris Stapleton and Mike Henderson, except where noted.

  1. Broken Halos
  2. Last Thing I Needed, First Thing This Morning – Gary P. Nunn, Donna Sioux Farar
  3. Second One to Know
  4. Up to No Good Livin’ – Chris Stapleton, Casey Beathard
  5. Either Way – Chris Stapleton, Tim James, Kendell Marvel
  6. I Was Wrong – Chris Stapleton, Craig Wiseman
  7. Without Your Love
  8. Them Stems – Chris Stapleton, Jimmy Alan Stewart, Shawn Camp
  9. Death Row

Band Of Horses: Everything All The Time

On March 21, 2006, “Sub Pop” label released “Everything All the Time”, the debut Band of Horses studio album. It was recorded in 2006, at “Avast Studios” in Seattle, US, and was produced by Phil Ek, Ben Bridwell, Mat Brooke, Chris Early and Tim Meinig

Personnel:

  • Ben Bridwell – vocals, electric guitar, pedal steel, bass, piano
  • Mat Brooke – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, banjo, e-bow
  • Chris Early – bass guitar
  • Tim Meinig – drums
  • Sera Cahoone – drums
  • Cristopher Wilson – artwork, photography
  • Jeff Kleinsmith – design
  • Dusty Summers – design

Track listing:

All lyrics by Ben Bridwell except where noted, all music by Ben Bridwell, Mat Brooke, Chris Early and Tim Meinig.

  1. The First Song
  2. Wicked Gil
  3. Our Swords
  4. The Funeral
  5. Part One
  6. The Great Salt Lake
  7. Weed Party
  8. I Go to the Barn Because I Like The – lyrics by Mat Brooke
  9. Monsters
  10. St. Augustine – lyrics by Mat Brooke

Waylon Jennings: Waylon At JD’s

In December 1964, “Sound Limited” label released “Waylon at JD’s”, the debut Waylon Jennings studio album. It was recorded in 1964, at “Arizona Recorder” in Phoenix, US, and was produced by Jim Musil and Waylon Jennings.

Personnel:

  • Waylon Jennings – lead vocals, lead guitar
  • Jerry Gropp – vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Paul Foster – vocals, bass guitar
  • Richie Albright – drums
  • Jim Musil – arrangements
  • Jack Miller – engineer

Track listing:

  1. Crying – Roy Orbison, Joe Melson
  2. Sally Was a Good Old Girl – Harlan Howard
  3. Burning Memories – Mel Tillis, Wayne Walker
  4. Big Mamou – Link Davis
  5. Money (That’s What I Want) – Janie Bradford, Berry Gordy
  6. Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right – Bob Dylan
  7. Dream Baby – Cindy Walker
  8. It’s So Easy – Buddy Holly, Norman Petty
  9. Lorena – Charlie Williams
  10. Love’s Gonna Live Here – Buck Owens
  11. Abilene – Les Brown, Bob Gibson, John D. Loudermilk
  12. White Lightning – J.P. Richardson

Shania Twain: Up!

On November 19, 2002, “Mercury Nashville” label released “Up!”, the fourth Shania Twain studio album. It was recorded in 2002, and was produced by Robert John “Mutt” Lange and Simon & Diamond Duggal. In 2005, the album was certified 11 x Platinum by “RIAA” in US.

Personnel:

  • Shania Twain – lead and backing vocals
  • Brent Mason – electric guitar
  • Michael Thompson – electric guitar, slide guitar
  • John Willis – banjo, bouzouki, acoustic guitar, mandolin
  • Diamond Duggal – bouzouki, coral sitar, bass guitar, synthesizer guitar, keyboards, mandolin, percussion
  • Paul Franklin – pedal steel guitar
  • Cory Churko – slide guitar
  • Sunil Das – sitar
  • Simon Duggal – bass guitar, darbouka, dholak, keyboards, percussion, tabla, drum programming
  • Paul Leim – drums
  • Rakesh Chaurasia – flute
  • Jonathan Yudkin – violin, cello, mandolin
  • Jatinder Thakur – violin
  • The Irish Film Orchestra – strings
  • Chintoo Singh – rabab
  • Sanjay Vyas – table
  • Robert John “Mutt” Lange – backing vocals
  • Mauro Pagini – backing vocals
  • Gavin Greenaway – string arrangements
  • Kevin Churko – programming

Track listing:

All tracks by Shania Twain and Robert John “Mutt” Lange.

  1. Up!
  2. I’m Gonna Getcha Good
  3. She’s Not Just a Pretty Face
  4. Juanita
  5. Forever and for Always
  6. Ain’t No Particular Way
  7. It Only Hurts When I’m Breathing
  8. Nah!
  9. (Wanna Get to Know You) That Good!
  10. C’est la vie
  11. I’m Jealous
  12. Ka-Ching
  13. Thank You Baby! (For Makin’ Someday Come So Soon)
  14. Waiter! Bring Me Water!
  15. What a Way to Wanna Be
  16. I Ain’t Goin’ Down
  17. I’m Not in the Mood (To Say No)!
  18. In My Car (I’ll Be the Driver)
  19. When You Kiss Me

Trapt: Same

On November 5, 2002, “Warner Bros” label released the self-titled, second Trapt studio album. It was recorded in 2002, at “Warehouse Studios” in Vancouver, Canada, and was produced by GG Garth, Warren Riker and Anthony “Fu” Valcic. In 2003, the album was certified Platinum in US by “RIAA”.

Personnel:

  • Chris Taylor Brown – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Simon Ormandy – lead guitar
  • Pete Charell – bass
  • Aaron “Monty” Montgomery – drums
  • Louis Leggieri – rhythm guitar
  • Joe Boyajian – didgeridoo 

Track listing:

  1. Headstrong
  2. Made of Glass
  3. Hollowman
  4. These Walls
  5. Still Frame
  6. Echo
  7. The Game
  8. When All Is Said and Done
  9. Enigma
  10. Stories
  11. New Beginning

Al Jarreau: Breakin’ Away

On June 30, 1981, “Warner Bros” label released “Breakin’ Away”, the fifth Al Jarreau album. It was recorded in 1981, at “Dawnbreaker Studios” in San Francisco, and was produced by Jay Graydon. The album was certified Platinum in US by the RIAA.

Personnel:

  • Al Jarreau – lead and backing vocals, vocals and rhythm arrangements
  • Steve Lukather – electric guitar
  • Dean Parks – electric guitar
  • Jay Graydon – electric guitar, synthesizer programming, vocals and rhythm arrangements
  • George Duke – Fender Rhodes
  • Milcho Leviev – acoustic piano, rhythm arrangements
  • Tom Canning – acoustic piano, Fender Rhodes, synthesizers, vocals and rhythm arrangements
  • David Foster – acoustic piano, Fender Rhodes, synthesizers, string arrangements
  • Michael Omartian – synthesizers, Fender Rhodes
  • Michael Boddicker – synthesizers, synthesizer programming
  • J. Peter Robinson – synthesizers
  • Larry Williams – synthesizer solo
  • Abraham Laboriel – bass guitar
  • Neil Stubenhaus – bass guitar
  • Steve Gadd – drums
  • Jeff Porcaro – drums
  • Bob Zimmitti – percussion
  • Lon Price – alto saxophone
  • Tom Scott – horns
  • Bill Reichenbach Jr. – trombone
  • Jerry Hey – flugelhorn, trumpet, horn arrangements
  • Chuck Findley – trumpet
  • Richard Page – backing vocals
  • Steve George – backing vocals
  • Bill Champlin – backing vocals
  • Billy Byers – string arrangements
  • Frank DeCaro – album music contractor and string contractor
  • Joe Bogan – engineer
  • Debbie Thompson – second engineer
  • Mikey Davis, Csaba Petocz – second engineer
  • Larry Brown – recording
  • Humberto Gatica – strings recording
  • Jay Graydon – mixing
  • Bernie Grundman – mastering
  • Christine Sauers – art direction, design
  • Susan Jarreau – photography
  • Tom Canning – associate producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Tom Canning, Jay Graydon and Al Jarreau, except where noted.

  1. Closer to Your Love
  2. My Old Friend – Steve George, John Lang, Richard Page
  3. We’re in This Love Together – Roger Murrah, Keith Stegall
  4. Easy
  5. Our Love
  6. Breakin’ Away
  7. Roof Garden
  8. (Round, Round, Round) Blue Rondo a la Turk – Dave Brubeck
  9. Teach Me Tonight – Sammy Cahn, Gene De Paul

Scorpions: Blackout

On March 29, 1982, “Harvest” label released “Blackout”, the eighth Scorpions studio album. It was recorded November 1981 – January 1982, at “Villa San Pecaire” in Saint Jacques, France, “Dierks Studios” in Stommeln, Germany, and was produced by Dieter Dierks. In 2017, “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked “Blackout” and number 73, on its list of “The 100 Greatest Metal Albums Of All Time”. The album was certified Platinum in US by the “RIAA”.

Personnel:

  • Klaus Meine – lead vocals
  • Rudolf Schenker – rhythm guitars, 6 & 12-string acoustic guitars, lead guitars, backing vocals
  • Matthias Jabs – lead guitars, rhythm guitars, 12-string acoustic guitars, backing vocals
  • Francis Buchholz – bass, backing vocals
  • Herman Rarebell – drums, backing vocals
  • Don Dokken – backing vocals
  • Dieter Dierks – engineer
  • Gerd Rautenbach – mixing
  • Bob Ludwig, Howie Weinberg – mastering 

Track listing:

All music by Rudolf Schenker, all lyrics as noted.

  1. Blackout – lyrics by Klaus Meine, Herman Rarebell, Sonja Kittelsen
  2. Can’t Live Without You – lyrics by Klaus Meine
  3. No One Like You – lyrics by Klaus Meine
  4. You Give Me All I Need – lyrics by Herman Rarebell
  5. Now – lyrics by Klaus Meine, Herman Rarebell
  6. Dynamite – lyrics by Klaus Meine, Herman Rarebell
  7. Arizona – lyrics by Herman Rarebell
  8. China White – lyrics by Klaus Meine
  9. When the Smoke Is Going Down – lyrics by Klaus Meine

The Dave Clark Five: Coast to Coast

In December 1964, “Epic” label released “Coast to Coast”, the fourth US Dave Clark Five (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1964, and was produced by Adrian Clark.

Personnel:

  • Lenny Davidson – guitars, backing and harmony vocals
  • Mike Smith – lead vocals, keyboards
  • Rick Huxley – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Dave Clark – drums, backing vocals
  • Denis Payton – saxophone, backing vocals

Track listing:

  1. Any Way You Want It – Ron Ryan
  2. Give Me Love – Dave Clark, Denny Payton
  3. I Can’t Stand It – Dave Clark, Lenny Davidson
  4. I’m Left Without You – Dave Clark, Denny Payton
  5. Everybody Knows – Dave Clark, Lenny Davidson
  6. Crying Over You – Dave Clark, Lenny Davidson
  7. Say You Want Me – Dave Clark, Lenny Davidson
  8. When – Dave Clark, Lenny Davidson
  9. Don’t You Know – Dave Clark, Denny Payton
  10. To Me – Dave Clark, Denny Payton
  11. It’s Not True – Dave Clark, Mike Smith