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Randy Newman: Born Again

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In August 1979, “Warner Bros” label released “Born Again”, the sixth Randy Newman album. It was recorded in 1979, at “Warner Brothers Recording Studios”; “A&M Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Lenny Waronker and Russ Titelman.

Personnel:

  • Randy Newman– vocals, piano, Fender Rhodes
  • Waddy Wachtel, Buzzy Feiten– guitar
  • Michael Boddicker– synthesizer
  • David Shields, Willie Weeks– bass
  • Andy Newmark– drums
  • Victor Feldman– Fender Rhodes, drums, percussion
  • Lenny Castro, Carlos Vega – percussion
  • Chuck Findley– horns
  • Tom Scott– horns
  • Stephen Bishop, Valerie Carter, Arno Lucas– backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Randy Newman.

  1. It’s Money That I Love
  2. The Story of a Rock and Roll Band
  3. Pretty Boy
  4. Sheep
  5. Ghosts
  6. They Just Got Married
  7. Spies
  8. The Girls in My Life (Part One)
  9. Half a Man
  10. William Brown
  11. Pants

Arlo Guthrie: Amigo

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In August 1976, “Reprise” label released “Amigo”, the seventh Arlo Guthrie album. It was recorded in 1976, and was produced by John Pilla and Lenny Waronker.

Personnel:

  • Arlo Guthrie– vocals, guitar
  • Linda Ronstadt– vocals
  • Bill Green – guitar
  • Waddy Wachtel– guitar
  • Jai Winding – keyboards
  • Leah Kunkel – vocals, keyboards, electric piano
  • Bob Glaub– bass
  • Dan Velika – bass
  • Rick Jaeger – drums
  • Milt Holland– percussion
  • Russ Kunkel– percussion, drums
  • Nick DeCaro – strings, accordion
  • Gayle LeVant – harp, harmonica
  • Lloyd Cliff, Donn Landee – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Arlo Guthrie; except where noted.

  1. Guabi Guabi
  2. Darkest Hour
  3. Massachusetts
  4. Victor Jara
  5. Patriots’ Dream
  6. Grocery Blues
  7. Walking Song – Leah Kunkel
  8. My Love
  9. Manzanillo Bay – Rob “Rabbit” Mackay
  10. Ocean Crossing
  11. Connection – Mick Jagger, Keith Richards

Don Henley: I Can’t Stand Still

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On August 9, 1982, “Asylum”label released “I Can’t Stand Still”, the debut Don Henley solo studio album. It was recorded 1981 – 1982, and was produced byDon Henley and Greg Ladanyi.

Personnel:

  • Don Henley– lead and backing vocals, drums, keyboards, gut string guitar
  • Danny “Kootch” Kortchmar– synthesizer, bass, guitar, electric guitar, rhythm guitar, keyboards, Synclavier  baritone guitar, backing vocals
  • Steve Lukather– guitar
  • Waddy Wachtel – electric guitar
  • Joe Walsh– electric guitar
  • D. Souther– acoustic guitar, gut string guitar, backing vocals
  • Louise Goffin– gut string guitar, backing vocals
  • Max Gronenthal– gut string guitar, backing vocals
  • Maren Jensen – gut string guitar, backing vocals
  • Benmont Tench– keyboards
  • Andrew Gold– keyboards
  • Garth Hudson– synthesizer
  • Steve Porcaro– synthesizer
  • Kenny Edwards– bass, guitar, electric guitar
  • Timothy B. Schmit– bass guitar, gut string guitar, backing vocals
  • Bob Glaub– bass
  • Leland Sklar– bass
  • Ian Wallace, Mark Williams– drums
  • Russ Kunkel– drums
  • Jeff Porcaro– drums, maracas
  • Ras Baboo – percussion, timbales
  • Steve Foreman – percussion
  • Derek Bell– harp
  • George Gruel – backing vocals
  • Paddy Moloney– whistle, Uilleann pipes
  • Bill Withers, Warren Zevon– backing vocals
  • Greg Ladanyi – engineer, mixing

Track listing:

All tracks by Don Henley and Danny Kortchmar, except where noted.

  1. I Can’t Stand Still
  2. You Better Hang Up – Danny Kortchmar
  3. Long Way Home
  4. Nobody’s Business – Don Henley, Bob Seger, D. Souther
  5. Talking to the Moon – Don Henley, D. Souther
  6. Dirty Laundry
  7. Johnny Can’t Read
  8. Them and Us
  9. La Eile – Paddy Moloney
  10. Lilah
  11. The Unclouded Day – Josiah K. Alwood, J.F. Kinsey

Jon Bon Jovi: Blaze Of Glory

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On August 7, 1990, “Mercury” label released “Blaze of Glory”, the debut Jon Bon Jovi studio album. It includes songs from and inspired by the movie Young Guns II. It was recorded April – June 1990, and was produced by Jon Bon Jovi and Danny Kortchmar.

Personnel:

  • Jon Bon Jovi – lead and backing vocals, guitars, piano, harmonica
  • Jeff Beck– electric guitar
  • Robbin Crosby– guitar
  • Danny Kortchmar– guitar
  • Aldo Nova– guitars, keyboards, piano, tambourine
  • Waddy Wachtel– guitar, slide guitar
  • Little Richard– piano, vocals
  • Elton John– piano, backing vocals
  • Benmont Tench– organ, piano
  • Phil Parlapiano – accordion
  • Bob Glaub, Randy Jackson– bass
  • Kenny Aronoff– drums, percussion
  • Dale Lavi, The Runners – hand claps
  • Lou Diamond Phillips– vocals
  • Myrna Matthews, Camilla Lento – backing vocals
  • Julia Waters, Maxine Waters – backing vocals
  • Alan Silvestri– arranger
  • Brian Scheuble, Ron Jacobs – engineer
  • Brian Scheuble, Rob Jacobs – engineer
  • JD Dworkow – production coordinator

Track listing:

All tracks by Jon Bon Jovi, except where noted.

  1. Billy Get Your Guns
  2. Miracle
  3. Blaze of Glory
  4. Blood Money
  5. Santa Fe
  6. Justice in the Barrel
  7. Never Say Die
  8. You Really Got Me Now
  9. Bang a Drum
  10. Dyin’ Ain’t Much of a Livin’
  11. Guano City – Alan Silvestri

James Taylor: In The Pocket

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In June 1976, “Warner Bros” label released “In the Pocket”, the seventh James Taylor studio album. It was recorded 1975 – 1976, at “Warner Bros. Recording Studios” in Hollywood, “The Burbank Studios” in Burbank, and was produced by Russ Titelman and Lenny Waronker.

Personnel:

  • James Taylor – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar
  • Stevie Wonder- vocals, harmonica
  • David Crosby- vocals
  • Art Garfunkel- vocals
  • Graham Nash- vocals
  • Bonnie Raitt- vocals
  • Carter Robertson – vocals
  • Linda Ronstadt- vocals
  • Carly Simon – vocals
  • Alex Taylor – vocals
  • Waddy Wachtel – electric guitar, acoustic guitar
  • Danny Kortchmar – electric guitar, mandolin
  • Herb Pedersen – vocals, banjo
  • David Grisman- mandolin, mandocello
  • David Lindley- dobro
  • Malcolm Cecil- Moog synthesizer
  • Clarence McDonald- Hammond organ, piano, Moog synthesizer, Fender Rhodes electric piano, horn organ
  • Nick DeCaro – voice, organ, horn organ,  accordion, ARP String Ensemble synthesizer, string and horn arrangements,
  • Craig Doerge- keyboards
  • Red Callender- double bass, tuba
  • Lee Sklar- bass
  • Willie Weeks- bass
  • Jim Keltner- drums
  • Russ Kunkel- drums, percussion
  • Victor Feldman- percussion, marimba, bass marimba, vibraphone, orchestra bells
  • Bobbye Hall- bongos, shaker, triangle
  • Milt Holland- chimes, wind chimes
  • Kenny Watson – cimbalom
  • Ernie Watts- saxophone
  • Michael Brecker- saxophone
  • George Bohanon- trombone
  • Oscar Brashear- trumpet
  • Steve Madaio – trumpet
  • Gayle Levant – harp

Track listing:

All tracks by James Taylor except where noted.

  1. Shower the People
  2. A Junkie’s Lament
  3. Money Machine
  4. Slow Burning Love
  5. Everybody Has the Blues
  6. Daddy’s All Gone
  7. Woman’s Gotta Have It – Bobby Womack, Darryl Carter, Linda Cooke Womack
  8. Captain Jim’s Drunken Dream
  9. Don’t Be Sad ‘Cause Your Sun Is Down – James Taylor, Stevie Wonder
  10. Nothing Like a Hundred Miles
  11. Family Man
  12. Golden Moments

 

James Taylor: Flag

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In May 1979, “Columbia” label released “Flag”, the ninth James Taylor studio album. It was recorded January-March 1979, and was produced by Peter Asher.

Personnel:

  • James Taylor — vocals, guitar
  • Peter Asher— vocals, timbales
  • Graham Nash— vocals
  • Carly Simon— vocals
  • David Spinozza— guitar, strings
  • Waddy Wachtel— acoustic, electric and slide guitar
  • Dan Dugmore— pedal steel guitar
  • Danny Kortchmar— guitar
  • Don Grolnick— keyboards
  • Ralph Schuckett— keyboards
  • Leland Sklar— bass
  • Russ Kunkel— drums, percussion
  • Steve Forman — percussion
  • David Sanborn— saxophone
  • Louise Schulmann — viola
  • Jesse Levy — cello
  • Arif Mardin— strings
  • Arnold McCuller— backing vocals
  • Alex Taylor— backing vocals
  • David Lasley— backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by James Taylor except where noted.

  1. Company Man Johnnie Comes Back
  2. Day Tripper – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
  3. I Will Not Lie for You
  4. Brother Trucker
  5. Is That the Way You Look?
  6. S.U.R. (S.U.C.S.I.M.I.M.)
  7. Rainy Day Man – James Taylor, Zach Wiesner
  8. Millworker
  9. Up on the Roof – Gerry Goffin, Carole King
  10. Chanson Française
  11. Sleep Come Free Me

Stevie Nicks: In Your Dreams

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On May 3, 2011, “Reprise” label released “In Your Dreams”, the seventh Stevie Nicks studio album. It was recorded February-December 2010, in Los Angeles, and was produced by Mike Campbell, David A. Stewart and Glen Ballard.

Personnel:

  • Stevie Nicks: vocals, keyboards, percussion
  • Lindsey Buckingham: guitar, backing vocals
  • Glen Ballard: guitars, keyboards, piano
  • Dave Stewart: guitars, vocals
  • Tom Bukovac: guitar
  • Rob Cavallo: guitar
  • Neale Heywood: guitar
  • Waddy Wachtel: guitar
  • Greg Leisz: mandolin
  • Mike Campbell: guitar, bass, keyboards, drums, percussion
  • Ned Douglas: keyboards
  • Ricky Peterson: Hammond organ, piano
  • Mike Rojas: Hammond organ, piano
  • Zac Rae: Hammond organ
  • Mike Rowe: keyboards, Hammond organ
  • Mike Bradford: bass
  • Simon Smith: bass
  • Michael Rhodes: bass
  • Al Ortiz: bass
  • Mick Fleetwood- drums
  • Chad Cromwell: drums
  • Steve Ferrone: drums
  • Blair Sinta: drums
  • Scott Campbell: drum programming, additional percussion
  • Lenny Castro: percussion
  • Mike Fasano: percussion
  • Ann Marie Calhoun: violin
  • Torrey DeVitto: violin
  • Sharon Celani – backing vocals
  • Lori Nicks: backing vocals
  • Scott Campbell, Ned Douglas, Karen Johnston, Mike Linett, John McBride – engineer
  • Marcus Johnson, Shin Miyazawa, Chris Owens – recording assistant
  • Chris Lord-Alge; assisted by Keith Armstrong, Nik Karpin, Andrew Schubert, Brad Townsend – mixing
  • Ted Jensen – mastering

Track listing:

  1. Secret Love – Stevie Nicks
  2. For What It’s Worth – Stevie Nicks, Dave Stewart
  3. In Your Dreams – Stevie Nicks, Dave Stewart
  4. Wide Sargasso Sea – Stevie Nicks, Dave Stewart
  5. New Orleans – Stevie Nicks, Neale Heywood
  6. Moonlight (A Vampire’s Dream) – Stevie Nicks
  7. Annabel Lee – Stevie Nicks, Edgar Allan Poe, Waddy Wachtel
  8. Soldier’s Angel – Stevie Nicks
  9. Everybody Loves You – Stevie Nicks, Dave Stewart
  10. Ghosts Are Gone – Stevie Nicks, Dave Stewart
  11. You May Be The One – Stevie Nicks, Dave Stewart
  12. Italian Summer – Stevie Nicks, Dave Stewart
  13. Cheaper Than Free – Stevie Nicks, Dave Stewart

Randy Newman: Little Criminals

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On September 23, 1977, “Warner Bros” label released “Little Criminals”, the fifth  Randy Newman album. It was recorded July–September 1977, at “Warner Bros. Recording Studios” in North Hollywood, and “The Burbank Studios”, and was produced by Lenny Waronker and Russ Titelman.

Personnel:

  • Randy Newman- vocals, keyboards, synthesizer, piano
  • Joe Walsh – guitar, slide guitar
  • Waddy Wachtel, Glenn Frey – guitar
  • Ry Cooder – mandolin
  • Ralph Grierson – piano
  • Mike Boddicker- additional synthesizer, synthesizer programming
  • Klaus Voormann – bass
  • Willie Weeks – bass
  • Andy Newmark, Rick Marotta, Jim Keltner – drums
  • Milt Holland – congas
  • Jim Keltner -temple blocks
  • The Eagles, Glenn Frey, D. Souther, Tim Schmit – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Randy Newman.

  1. Short People
  2. You Can’t Fool the Fatman
  3. Little Criminals
  4. Texas Girl at the Funeral of Her Father
  5. Jolly Coppers on Parade
  6. In Germany Before the War
  7. Sigmund Freud’s Impersonation of Albert Einsteinin America
  8. Baltimore
  9. I’ll Be Home
  10. Rider in the Rain
  11. Kathleen (Catholicism Made Easier)
  12. Old Man on the Farm

Keith Richards: Crosseyed Heart

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On September 18, 2015, “Republic Records” label released “Crosseyed Heart”, the third Keith Richards solo album. It was recorded in 2015, and was produced by Keith Richards and Steve Jordan.

Personnel:

  • Keith Richards– lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, bass guitar, piano, keyboards, Wurlitzer, Farfisa organ, electric sitar, tiple
  • Waddy Wachtel– lead, acoustic and slide guitar, backing vocals
  • Larry Campbell – pedal steel, violin, fiddle
  • Pierre DeBeauport – acoustic guitar
  • Ivan Neville– keyboards, Hammond organ, backing vocals, Wurlitzer
  • Charles Hodges – piano, Hammond organ, backing vocals
  • Spooner Oldham – Hammond organ
  • Pino Palladino- bass guitar
  • Paul Nowinski – bass guitar, viola, gamba
  • Steve Jordan– drums, percussion, vibes, backing vocals
  • Bobby Keys- saxophone
  • Charles Dougherty – tenor saxophone
  • Lannie McMillan – tenor saxophone
  • Jim Horn – baritone saxophone
  • Kevin Batchelor – trumpet
  • Ben Cauley – trumpet
  • Jack Hale – trombone
  • Clifton Anderson – trombone
  • Norah Jones– duet vocals
  • Babi Floyd – backing vocals
  • Sarah Dash– backing vocals
  • Bernard Fowler– backing vocals
  • Meegan Voss – backing vocals
  • Aaron Neville- backing vocals
  • Harlem Gospel Choir – backing vocals
  • Blondie Chaplin – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Keith Richards and Steve Jordan, except where noted..

  1. Crosseyed Heart – Keith Richards
  2. Heartstopper
  3. Amnesia
  4. Robbed Blind – Keith Richards
  5. Trouble
  6. Love Overdue – Gregory Isaacs
  7. Nothing On Me
  8. Suspicious – Keith Richards
  9. Blues In the Morning
  10. Something For Nothing
  11. Illusion – Keith Richards, Steve Jordan, Norah Jones
  12. Just a Gift
  13. Goodnight Irene – Huddie Ledbetter, Alan Lomax
  14. Substantial Damage
  15. Lover’s Plea – Keith Richards, Steve Jordan, David Porter