In April 1970, “Reprise” label released “Sit Down Young Stranger”, the fifth Gordon Lightfoot album. It was recorded in 1970, and was produced by Lenny Waronker and Joseph Wissert.
Personnel:
Gordon Lightfoot – vocals, guitar, piano
Red Shea – guitar
Rick Haynes – bass
Ry Cooder – slide guitar, mandolin
Van Dyke Parks – harmonium
John Sebastian – electric guitar, autoharp, harmonica
Nick DeCaro – string arrangements
Randy Newman – string arrangement
Kris Kristofferson – harmony vocals
Gary Brandt, Lee Herschberg – engineer
Barry Feinstein, Tom Wilkes – design, photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Gordon Lightfoot, except where noted.
Minstrel of the Dawn
Me and Bobby McGee – Kris Kristofferson, Fred Foster
On September 28, 2004, “Nonesuch” label released “Brian Wilson Presents Smile”, the fifth Brian Wilson studio album. It was recorded April – July 2004, at “Sunset Sound Recorders”, “Your Place or Mine Recording” in California, and was produced by Brian Wilson.
On August 3, 1992, “Brother Records” label released “Summer in Paradise”, the twenty-seventh Beach Boys (The) studio album. It was recorded July 1991 – May 1992, and was produced by Terry Melcher, Gary Griffin and Lanny Cardola.
Personnel:
Al Jardine – vocals
Carl Wilson – vocals
Mike Love – vocals, executive producer
Bruce Johnston – vocals; keyboards
Adrian Baker – vocals
Roger McGuinn – vocals
Craig Fall – guitars, mandolin, keyboard bass
Danny Kortchmar – guitars
John Weston – pedal steel guitar
Terry Melcher – vocals, keyboards
Keith Wechsler – keyboards, drums, keyboard programming, engineer, mixing
Gary Griffin – accordion
Van Dyke Parks – accordion, keyboards
Rod Clark – bass guitar
Ken Mary – drums
Sammy Merendino – drums
John Stamos – vocals, drums
Sal Marullo – congas
Joel Peskin – saxophones
Richard Titus – keyboard programming, second engineer
Adam Jardine – harmony and backing vocals
Kevin Elson – engineer
Mike Mierua – engineer
Track listing:
Hot Fun in the Summertime – Sylvester Stewart
Surfin’ – Brian Wilson, Mike Love
Summer of Love – Mike Love, Terry Melcher
Island Fever – Mike Love, Terry Melcher
Still Surfin’ – Mike Love, Terry Melcher
Slow Summer Dancin’ (One Summer Night) – Bruce Johnston, Danny Webb
Strange Things Happen – Mike Love, Terry Melcher
Remember (Walking in the Sand) – George Morton
Lahaina Aloha – Mike Love, Terry Melcher
Under the Boardwalk – Artie Resnick, Kenny Young
Summer in Paradise – Mike Love, Terry Melcher, Craig Fall
On June 2, 2023, “BMG” label released “Folkocracy”, the eleventh Rufus Wainwright album. It was recorded 2022 – 2023, and was produced by Mitchell Froom.
Personnel:
Rufus Wainwright – vocals, guitar, piano
Val McCallum – guitar
Madison Cunningham – guitar
Blake Mills – guitar
Greg Leisz – lap steel guitar, guitar, mandolin
Patrick Sauber – banjo
Chaim Tannenbaum – banjo
Richard Parks – mandolin
Steve Amedée – tambourine
Patrick Warren – organ
Van Dyke Parks – piano, accordion
Jacob Mann – piano
Mitchell Froom – harpsichord, Mellotron, piano, electric piano
Anna McGarrigle – accordion
David Piltch – bass
Pete Thomas – drums
Ted Poor – percussion
Andrew Bird – violin
Madison Cunningham
John Legend
Susanna Hoffs
Nicole Scherzinger
Van Dyke Parks
Chris Stills
Brandi Carlile
Anna McGarrigle
Chaim Tannenbaum
Lily Lanken
Martha Wainwright
Lucy Wainwright Roche
Anohni
David Byrne
Chaka Khan
Andrew Bird
Chris Stills
Sheryl Crow
Rob Moose – strings, arrangement
David Boucher – engineer, mixing
Bob Ludwig – mastering
Track listing:
Alone – Edwan MacColl
Heading for Home – Peggy Seeger
Twelve-Thirty (Young Girls Are Coming to the Canyon) – John E. A Phillips
Down in the Willow Garden – Charlie Monroe
Shenandoah – traditional
Nacht und Träume – Franz Schubert, Matthäus von Collin
Harvest – Neil Young
Going to a Town – Rufus Wainwright
High on a Rocky Ledge – Louis Hardin
Kaulana Nā Pua – Ellen Keho’ohiwaokalani Wright Prendergast
On October 18, 1994, “Atlantic” label released “Loose”, the third Victoria Williams studio album. It was recorded in 1994, at “American Recording Studios” in Woodland Hills, California, and was produced by Paul Fox.
Personnel:
Victoria Williams – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, piano, dulcimer
Peter Buck – electric guitar, sitar
Greg Leisz – acoustic and electric guitar, pedal steel guitar, mandolin, dulcimer
Mark Olson – vocals, acoustic guitar
Andrew Williams – acoustic guitar, piano, organ, backing vocals
In April 1967, “Warner Bros” label released “Feelin’ Groovy”, the debut Harpers Bizarre album. It was recorded in 1967, and was produced by Lenny Waronker.
Personnel:
Dickie Scoppettone – vocals, guitar
Ted Templeman – vocals, guitar
Eddie James – guitar
Dick Yount – vocals, bass
John Petersen – drums
Randy Newman – piano
Van Dyke Parks – piano
Leon Russell – arrangements
Randy Newman – arrangements
Perry Botkin Jr. – arrangements
Ron Elliott – arrangements
Lee Herschberg – engineer
Ed Thrasher – art direction
Jim Marshall – photography
Stan Cornyn – liner notes
Track listing:
Come to the Sunshine – Van Dyke Parks
Happy Talk – Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II
Come Love – Alan Bergman, Larry Marks, Marilyn Keith
Raspberry Rug – Leon Russell
59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy) – Paul Simon
The Debutante’s Ball – Randy Newman
Happy Land – Randy Newman
Peter and the Wolf – Sergei Prokofieff, Robert Durand
I Can Hear the Darkness – Donna Washburn, Leon Russell
Simon Smith and the Amazing Dancing Bear – Randy Newman
On September 13, 2004, “Virgin” label released “Let’s Bottle Bohemia”, the second Thrills (The) album. It was recorded 2003 – 2004, and was produced by Dave Sardy.
Personnel:
Conor Deasy – vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica
Daniel Ryan – guitar, banjo, bass, backing vocals
Padraic McMaon – guitar, bass, backing vocals
Kevin Horan – piano, organ, backing vocals
Ben Carrigan – drums, percussion
Peter Buck – guitar, mandolin
Van Dyke Parks – accordion, strings arrangements, conductor
Greg Gordon – engineer
Warren Huart – editing
Dave Sardy – mixing
Stephen Marcussen – mastering
Ross Garfield – technician
Track listing:
Tell Me Something I Don’t Know
Whatever Happened to Corey Haim?
Faded Beauty Queens
Saturday Night
Not for All the Love in the World
Our Wasted Lives
You Can’t Fool Old Friends with Limousines
Found My Rosebud
The Curse of Comfort
The Irish Keep Gate-crashing / A City of Long Nights (hidden track)
On January 30, 2012, “Hip-O” and “UM” labels released “Ringo 2012”, the 17th Ringo Starr studio album. It was recorded in 2011, at “Roccabella West” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Bruce Sugar and Ringo Starr.
Personnel:
Ringo Starr (Richard Starkey) – lead and backing vocals, drums, percussion, keyboards, guitar, mixing
In December 1967, “Warner Bros” label released “Anything Goes”, the second Harpers Bizarre album. It was recorded in 1967, and was produced by Lenny Waronker.
Personnel:
Eddie James – guitar
Dick Scoppettone – vocals, guitar, bass, vocal arrangements
In November 1987, “Warner Bros” label released “Get Rhythm”, the eleventh Ry Cooder album. It was recorded in 1987, at “Ocean Way Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Ry Cooder.
Personnel:
Ry Cooder – vocals, guitar, arrangements
Van Dyke Parks – keyboards
Flaco Jiménez – accordion
Steve Douglas – saxophone
Jorge Calderón – bass guitar
Buell Neidlinger – acoustic bass
Jim Keltner – drums
Miguel Cruz – percussion
Bobby King, Terry Evans, Arnold McCuller, Willie Greene, Jr. – backing vocals
Larry Blackmon – backing vocals
Harry Dean Stanton – backing vocals
Ed Cherney – recording
Steven M. Martin – art direction
Kalan Brunink – black velvet painting
Track listing:
Get Rhythm – Johnny Cash
Low Commotion – Ry Cooder, Jim Keltner
Going Back to Okinawa – Ry Cooder
Thirteen Question Method – Chuck Berry
Women Will Rule the World – Raymond Quevedo
All Shook Up – Elvis Presley, Otis Blackwell
I Can Tell by the Way You Smell – Walter Davis
Across the Borderline – Ry Cooder, Jim Dickinson, John Hiatt
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