Tag Archives: Vanguard

Larry Coryell: Offering

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In August 1972, “Vanguard” label released “Offering”, the seventh Larry Coryell album. It was recorded in January 1972, at “Vanguard 23rd Street Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Daniel Weiss.

Personnel:

  • Larry Coryell – guitar
  • Jeff Zaraya – engineer
  • Steve Marcus – soprano sax
  • Mike Mandel – electric piano
  • Mervin Bronson – bass
  • Harry Wilkinson – drums
  • Jules Halfant – art direction
  • France Ing – cover photo
  • John Jonas Gruen – back cover photo

Track listing:

All tracks by Larry Coryell, except where noted

  1. Foreplay
  2. Ruminations – Doug Davis
  3. Scotland I
  4. Offering – Harry C. Wilkinson
  5. The Mediation of November 8th
  6. Beggar’s Chant – Doug Davis

Oregon: Distant Hills

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In February 1974, “Vanguard” label released “Distant Hills”, the third Oregon studio album. It was recorded in July 1973, at “23rd Street Studio” in New York City, and was produced by ralph Towner, Glen Moore, Colin Walcott and Paul McCandless.

Personnel:

  • Ralph Towner – guitar, piano, mellophone, trumpet
  • Glen Moore – bass, electric bass, piano, flute, violin
  • Collin Walcott – guitar, sitar, tambura, table, clarinet, drums, piano, marimba, congas
  • Paul McCandless – English horn, oboe
  • Jeff Zaraya – engineer, mixing
  • Leanne Harrison – painting, calligraphy
  • Monica Mosley – photography

Track listing:

  1. Aurora – Ralph Towner
  2. Dark Spirit – Ralph Towner
  3. Mi Chinita – Colin Walcott, Glen Moore, Paul McCandless, Ralph Towner
  4. Distant Hills – Ralph Towner
  5. Canyon Song – Ralph Towner
  6. Song for a Friend – Ralph Towner
  7. Confession – Colin Walcott, Glen Moore, Paul McCandless, Ralph Towner

Ran Blake: Ran Blake Plays Solo Piano

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On May 1, 1965, “ESP-Disk” label released “Ran Blake Plays Solo Piano”, the second Ran Blake album. It was recorded in May 1965, at “Bell Sound Studios” in New York City.

Personnel:

  • Ran Blake – piano
  • Art Crist – engineer
  • Paul Frick – art direction
  • Saul Stollman – design
  • George Klabin – photography
  • Gunther Schuller – liner notes
  • Bob Marius – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Vanguard – Ran Blake
  2. Stratusphunk – George Russell
  3. Sleepy Time Gal – Ange Lorenzo, Joseph Alden, Raymond Egan, Richard Whiting
  4. On Green Dolphin Street – Bronislav Kaper, Ned Washington
  5. Eric – Ran Blake
  6. There’ll Be Some Changes Made – Billy Higgins, W. Benton Overstreet
  7. Good Morning Heartache – Dan Fisher, Ervin Drake, Irene Higginbotham
  8. Sister Tee – Ran Blake
  9. Lonely Woman – Ornette Coleman
  10. Birmingham U.S.A. – Ran Blake

Buffy Sainte-Marie: She Used to Wanna Be a Balerina

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In March 1971, “Vanguard” label released “She Used to Wanna Be a Ballerina” the seventh Buffy Sainte-Marie album. It was recorded in 1970, and was produced by Jack Nitzsche and Buffy Sainte-Marie.

Personnel:

  • Buffy Sainte-Marie – vocals
  • Jesse Ed Davis – guitar
  • Neil Young – guitar 
  • Ry Cooder – guitar
  • Jack Nitzsche – piano
  • Merry Clayton – backing vocals
  • Gayle Levant – harp
  • Crazy Horse

Track listing:

All tracks by Buffy Sainte-Marie, except where noted.

  1. Rollin’ Mill Man – Gerry Goffin, Russ Titelman
  2. Smack Water Jack – Gerry Goffin, Carole King
  3. Sweet September Morning
  4. She Used to Wanna Be a Ballerina
  5. Bells – Leonard Cohen
  6. Helpless – Neil Young
  7. Moratorium
  8. The Surfer – Buffy Sainte-Marie, Ariel Gonzales, Carlos Pardeiro
  9. Song of the French Partisan – Anna Marly, Hy Zaret
  10. Soldier Blue
  11. Now You’ve Been Gone for a Long Time

Barenaked Ladies: Fake Nudes

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On November 17, 2017, “Vanguard” label released “Fake Nudes”, the 16th Barenaked Ladies album. It was recorded January – February 2017, at “Noble Street Studios” in Toronto, and was produced by Gavin Brown.

Personnel:

  • Ed Robertson – lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitars
  • Kevin Hearn – lead and backing vocals, piano, synthesizers, keyboards, acoustic and electric guitars
  • Jim Creeggan – lead and backing vocals, bass
  • Tyler Stewart – drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Bill Dillon – additional guitars
  • Steve Berlin – saxophone
  • Michael Ray – trumpet
  • Jim Cuddy – additional vocals
  • Alan Doyle – additional vocals
  • Tanya Tagaq – additional vocals
  • Patrick Hearn – spoken word
  • Lenny DeRose – recording
  • David Mohacsi – additional engineering, Pro Tools engineer
  • Alex Krotz – additional engineering, engineer assistant
  • Ryan Thiessen, Shaddy Roman, Christian Fedel – digital edoting
  • Howie Beck – mixing
  • Stewart Whitmore, Stephen Marcussen – mastering
  • Antoine Moonen – package design
  • Matt Barnes – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Kevin Hearn, except where noted.

  1. Canada Dry – Ed Robertson, Kevin Griffin
  2. Bringing It Home – Ed Robertson, Kevin Griffin
  3. Invisible Fence
  4. Lookin Up’ – Ed Robertson, Kevin Griffin
  5. Sunshine – Ed Robertson, Kevin Griffin, Sam Hollander
  6. Dusty Rooms
  7. We Took the Night – Jim Creeggan
  8. Navigate – Ed Robertson, Kevin Griffin
  9. Flying Dreams
  10. Nobody Better – Ed Robertson, Kevin Griffin
  11. Bag of Bones
  12. You + Me vs. the World – Ed Robertson
  13. 20 / 20 Hindsight
  14. The Township of King

Joan Baez: Joan Baez Vol 2

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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.

Personnel:

  • Joan Baez – vocals, guitar
  • The Greenbriar Boys – vocals, accompaniment

Track listing:

All tracks traditional, except where noted.

  1. Wagoner’s Lad
  2. The Trees They Do Grow High
  3. Lily of the West
  4. Silkie (Child no. 113)
  5. Engine 143
  6. Once I Knew a Pretty Girl
  7. Lonesome Road
  8. Banks of the Ohio
  9. Pal of Mine
  10. Barbara Allen (Child no. 84)
  11. The Cherry Tree Carol (Child no. 54)
  12. Old Blue
  13. Railroad Boy
  14. Plaisir d’Amour – Jean-Paul-Égide Martini

Clifford Jordan: Masters from Different Worlds

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On March 1, 1994, “Mapleshade” label released “Masters from Different Worlds”, the 32nd Clifford Jordan album. It was recorded in December 1989, at “Mapleshade Studios” in Upper Marlboro, MD, and was produced by Fred Kaplan and Pierre Sprey.

Personnel:

  • Clifford Jordan – soprano and tenor saxophone
  • Ran Blake – piano
  • Julian Priester – trombone
  • Windmill Saxophone Quartet:
  • Jesse Meman – alto saxophone
  • Tom Monroe, Ken Plant – tenor saxophone
  • Clayton Englar – baritone saxophone
  • Steve Williams – drums
  • Alfredo Mojica – congas
  • Claudia Polley – vocals
  • Daniel Vong – art direction
  • Michael Wilderman – photography

Track listing:

  1. Something to Live For – Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn
  2. A Touch of Evil – Ran Blake
  3. Arline – Ran Blake
  4. Laura – David Raksin, Johnny Mercer
  5. Short Life of Barbara Monk – Ran Blake
  6. Vanguard – Ran Blake
  7. Julia – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
  8. Wives and Lovers – Burt Bacharach, Hal David
  9. Doug’s Prelude – Clifford Jordan
  10. Mood Indigo – Duke Ellington, Barney Bigard, Irving Mills

Joan Baez: One Day at a Time

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In January 1970, “Vanguard” label released “One Day at a Time”, the 13th Joan Baez album. It was recorded in October 1969, at “Bradleys’ Barn” in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, and was produced by Maynard Solomon.

Personnel:

  • Joan Baez – vocals, guitar
  • Jeffrey Shurtleff – vocal
  • Hargus “Pig” Robbins – piano
  • Pete Drake – pedal steel guitar
  • Tommy Jackson – fiddle
  • Jerry Shook – guitar
  • Jerry Reed – guitar
  • Harold Bradley – guitar
  • Harold Rugg – steel guitar, dobro
  • Grady Martin – guitar, dobro, sitar
  • Roy Huskey, Jr. – bass guitar

Track listing:

  1. Sweet Sir Galahad – Joan Baez
  2. No Expectations – Mick Jagger, Keith Richards
  3. Long Black Veil – Marijohn Wilkin, Danny Dill
  4. Ghetto – Homer Banks, Bonnie Bramlett, Bettye Crutcher
  5. Carry It On – Pete Seeger, Gil Turner
  6. Take Me Back to the Sweet Sunny South – traditional
  7. Seven Bridges Road – Steve Young
  8. Jolie Blonde – traditional
  9. Joe Hill – Alfred Hayes, Earl Robinson
  10. A Song for David – Joan Baez
  11. (I Live) One Day at a Time – Willie Nelson

Linda Ronstadt & Ann Savoy: Adieu False Heart

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On July 25, 2006, “Vanguard” label released “Adieu False Heart”, album by Linda Ronstadt and Ann Savoy. It was recorded in 2006, at “Dirk Powell’s Cypress House Studio” in Louisiana, “The Sausalito Plant” in Sausalito, and in Nashville, and was produced by Steve Buckingham.

Personnel:

  • Linda Ronstadt – lead and harmony vocals
  • Ann Savoy – lead and harmony vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Dirk Powell – fretless banjo, upright bass, accordion
  • Sam Broussard – acoustic guitar
  • Buddy Miller – acoustic guitar
  • Bryan Sutton – acoustic guitar
  • Joel Savoy – acoustic guitar, lead guitar, fiddle
  • Chas Justus – acoustic guitar
  • Sam Bush – mandolin
  • Bryon House – upright bass
  • Eric Frey – upright bass
  • Kristin Wilkinson – viola and string arrangements
  • John Catchings – cello
  • Andrea Zonn – resophonic viola, viola. Violin
  • Stuart Duncan – fiddle
  • David Schnaufer – bowed dulcimer, dulcimer
  • Tim Lauer – accordion
  • Kevin Wimmer – fiddle
  • Christine Balfa – triangle
  • Gary Paczosa – engineer, mixing

Track listing:

  1. Opening
  2. Adieu False Heart – Arthur Smith
  3. I Can’t Get Over You – Julie Miller
  4. Marie Mouri – David Greely
  5. King of Bohemia – Richard Thompson
  6. Plus Tu Tournes – Michel Hindenoch
  7. Go Away from My Window – John Jacob Niles
  8. Burns’ Supper – Richard Thompson
  9. The One I Love Is Gone – Bill Monroe
  10. Interlude
  11. Rattle My Cage – Chas Justus
  12. Parlez-Moi D’Amour – Jean Lenoir
  13. Too Old to Die Young – Scott Dooley, John Hadley, Kevin Welch
  14. Interlude
  15. Walk Away Renée – Michael Brown, Bob Calilli, Tony Sansone
  16. Closing

Switchfoot: Where the Light Shines Through

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On July 8, 2016, “Vanguard” label released “Where the Light Shines Through”, the tenth Switchfoot studio album. It was recorded 2015 – 2016, at “Spot X Studio” in San Diego, California, and was produced by John Fields, Tim Foreman, Jon Foreman, Chad Butler, Jerome Fontamillas and Drew Shirley.

  • Jon Foreman – lead vocals, guitar
  • Jerome Fontamillas – keyboards, guitar
  • Drew Shirley – guitar
  • Tim Foreman – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Chad Butler – drums, percussion
  • Boaz Roberts – guitar
  • Robert Randolph − pedal steel
  • Lecrae – vocals
  • Eric Owyoung – strings
  • Keith Tutt II − cello section
  • John Painter – horns
  • Sam Dark – oboe
  • Lenny Skolnik − additional production
  • Joseph Barba − additional production
  • Tanner Sparks – engineering, mixing
  • Paul David Hager – mixing

Track listing:

  1. Holy Water – Jon Foreman
  2. Float – Tim Foreman
  3. Where the Light Shines Through – Jon Foreman, Tim Foreman
  4. I Won’t Let You Go – Jon Foreman, Tim Foreman
  5. If the House Burns Down Tonight – Jon Foreman, Tim Foreman, Mike Elizondo
  6. The Day That I Found Gold – Jim Foreman, Tim Foreman
  7. Shake This Feeling – Jon Foreman, Tim Foreman
  8. Bull in a Chins Shop – Jon Foreman, Tim Foreman, Mike Elizondo
  9. Live It Well – Jon Foreman, Tim Foreman
  10. Looking for America – Jon Foreman, Tim Foreman, Lecrae
  11. Healer of Souls – Jon Foreman, Tim Foreman
  12. Hope Is the Anthem – Jon Foreman