In August 1975, “ABC / Blue Thumb” label released “Chain Reaction”, the eight Crusaders (The) album. It was recorded in 1975, at “Wally Heider Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Stewart Levine, Joe Sample, Larry Carlton, Wilton Felder, Stix Hooper and Wayne Henderson.
Personnel:
Joe Sample – keyboards, Fender Rhodes, clavinet, synthesizers
Larry Carlton – guitars
Wayne Henderson – trombone, brass
Wilton Felder – bass, saxophones
Stix Hooper – drums, percussion
Rik Pekkonen – engineer
The Mastering Lab – mastering
Ed Scarisbrick – illustration
Ron Slenzak – photography
Track listing:
Creole – Wilton Felder
Chain Reaction – Joe Sample
I Felt the Love – Stix Hooper
Mellow Out – Larry Carlton
Rainbow Visions – Wayne Henderson
Hallucinate – Joe Sample
Give It Up – Joe Sample
Hot’s It – Joe Sample
Sugar Cane – Wayne Henderson
Soul Caravan – Stix Hooper, Joe Sample, Larry Carlton, Wayne Henderson, Wilton Felder
In August 1973, “MPS Records” label released “The Inner Source”, the third George Duke album. It was recorded in 1971, at “Wally Heider Studios” in San Francisco, and was produced by Baldhard G. Falk.
Personnel:
George Duke – piano, electric piano, keyboards, trombone, conductor
John Heard – bass, electric bass
Dick Berg – drums, percussion
Armando Peroza – congas
Jerome Richardson – soprano and tenor saxophone, flute
In May 1973, “Grunt / RCA” label released “Baron von Tollbooth & the Chrome Nun”, Paul Kantner, Grace Slick and David Freiberg studio album. It was recorded November – December 1972, at “Wally Heider Studios” in San Francisco, and was produced by Paul Kantner, Grace Slick and David Frieberg.
Personnel:
Paul Kantner – vocals, rhythm guitar, glass harmonica
Grace Slick – vocals, piano
David Freiberg – vocals, piano, keyboards
Jerry Garcia – guitar, steel guitar, banjo
Craig Chaquico – lead guitar
Jorma Kaukonen – lead guitar
Jack Traylor – vocals, acoustic guitar
Papa John Creach – electric violin
David Crosby – vocals
The Pointer Sisters – vocals
Chris Ethridge – bass
Jack Casady – bass
John Barbata – drums, percussion
Mickey Hart – gongs, water phones
Bob Matthews – recording, mixing
Betty Cantor – recording, mixing
Jim Gaines – recording
Al Schmitt – mixing
Daggett – equipment head
Pacific Eye & Ear – album design
Drew Struzan, Bill Garland – illustrations
Jim Marshall – eye photography
Track listing:
Ballad of the Chrome Nun – lyrics by Grace Slick, music by David Freiberg
Fat – Grace Slick
Flowers of the Night – Jack Taylor
Walkin’ – lyrics by Paul Kantner, Grace Slick, music by Paul Kantner
Your Mind Has Left Your Body – Paul Kantner
Across the Board – Grace Slick
Harp Tree Lament – Robert Hunter, David Freiberg
White Boy (Transcaucasian Airmachine Blues) – Paul Kantner
Fishman – Grace Slick
Sketches of China – lyrics by Paul Kantner, Grace Slick, music by Paul Kantner
On September 28, 1976, “Columbia” label released “Spirit”, the seventh Earth, Wind & Fire studio album. It was recorded in 1976, at “Burbank Studios” in Burbank, California, “Hollywood Sound Recorders” and “Wally Heider Studios” in Los Angeles, “Westlake Audio” in Hollywood, and was produced by Maurice White and Charles Stepney. The album was certified 2 x Platinum in the US by the “RIAA”.
Personnel:
Maurice White – vocals, drums, kalimba, timbales, mixing
Al McKay – guitar, percussion
Johnny Graham – guitar
Larry Dunn – piano, keyboards, organ, Moog synthesizer
Jerry Peters – piano, keyboards
Verdine White – vocals, bass, percussion
Fred White – drums, percussion
Ralph Johnson – drums, percussion
Philip Bailey – vocals, congas, percussion
Harvey Mason – percussion
Andrew Woolfolk – saxophone, percussion
Don Myrick – saxophone
Oscar Brashear – trumpet
Charles Findley – trumpet
Michael Harris – trumpet
Steve Madaio – trumpet
George Bohanon – trombone
Louis Satterfield – trombone
Charles Loper – trombone
Lew McCreary – bass trombone
David Duke – Frech horn
Arthur Maebe – French horn
Sidney Muldrow – French horn
Marilyn Robinson – French horn
Tommy Johnson – tuba
Charles Veal – concertmaster
Asa Drori, Winterton Garvey, Harris Goldman, Carl LaMagna, Joy Lyle, Sandy Seemore, Haim Shtrum, Ken Yerke – violin
Marilyn Baker, David Campbell, Denyse Buffum, Rollice Dale, James Dunham, Paul Polivnick, Lynn Subotnick, Barbara Thomason – viola
Ronald Cooper, Marie Fera, Dennis Karmazyn, Harry Shlutz – cello
Dorothy Ashby – harp
Jerry Peters, Charles Stepney, Tom Tom 84 – arrangements
George Massenburg – engineer, remix
Paul Klingberg, Leo Sacks – mixing
Track listing:
Getaway –Peter Cor, Bernard “Beloyd” Taylor
On Your Face – Charles Stepney, Maurice White, Philip Bailey
Imagination – Charles Stepney, Maurice White, Philip Bailey
Spirit – Larry Dunn, Maurice White
Saturday Night – Al McKay, Maurice White, Philip Bailey
Earth, Wind & Fire – Skip Scarborough, Maurice White
In March 1973, “Polydor” label released “Be What You Want To”, the ninth Link Wray album. It was recorded in 1972, at “Wally Heider Studios” in San Francsico, and was produced by Thomas Jefferson Kaye.
Personnel:
Link Wray – lead vocals, electric guitar
Jerry Garcia – guitar, pedal steel
Bobby Black – steel guitar
David Bromberg – acoustic and electric guitar
Chris Michie – acoustic and electric guitar, backing vocals
Peter Kaukonen – electric guitar
John McFee – electric guitar
Greg Douglass – slide guitar
Commander Cody – piano, keyboards
Tom Salisbury – organ, piano, clavinet, backing vocals, horn and string arrangements
Paul Barlow – bass
Kip Maercklein – bass
Rick Shlosser – drums
Lance Dickerson – drums
Andy Stein – fiddle
Jules Broussard – alto and tenor saxophone
Jack Schroer – baritone saxophone
Tom Harrell – trumpet
Jules Rowell – valve trombone
Nathan Rubin – violin
Teresa Adams – cello
Bruce Steinberg – harmonica
David Coffin, Henry Coleman, Keith Crossan, Frank Demme, Diane Earl, Robert Frost, Zeller Hurd, Carl Johnson, Thomas Jefferson Kaye, Greg Kenney, Barbara Mauritz, Dorothy Morrison, Ralph Payne – backing vocals
Mallory Earl, Don Ososke – engineer
Mallory Earl – mixing
Bruce Steinberg – art direction, design, photography
In November 1975, “Grunt” label released “Yellow Fever”, the sixth Hot Tuna album. It was recorded June – August 1975, at “Wally Heider Studios” in San Francisco, and was produced by Mallory Earl, Jorma kaukonen, Jack Casady and Bob Steeler.
Personnel:
Jorma Kaukonen – vocals, guitars
Jack Casady – bass
Bob Steeler – drums
John Sherman – 2nd guitar
Nick Buck – synthesizer
Mallory Earl – engineer
Steve Malcolm – engineer assistant
Rick Collins – mastering
Acy Lehman – art direction
Gribbitt – design
Mick Haggerty – illustration
Pat Leraci – production coordinator
Track listing:
Baby What You Want Me to Do – Jimmy Reed
Hot Jelly Roll Blues – George Carter
Free Rein – Jorma Kaukonen, Paul Ziegler
Sunrise Dance with the Devil – Jorma Kaukonen
Song for Fire Maiden – Jorma Kaukonen, Greg Douglass
Bar Room Crystal Ball – Jorma Kaukonen
Half/Time Saturation – Jorma Kaukonen, Jack Casady, Bob Steeler
On October 27, 1975, “Casablanca” label released the self-titled, debut Angel album. It was recorded in 1975, at “Wally Heider Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Derel Lawrence and Big Jim Sullivan.
Personnel:
Frank DiMino – lead vocals, arrangements
Punky Meadows – lead and acoustic guitars, arrangements
On October 11, 1976, “Grunt” label released “Hoppkorv”, the seventh Hot Tuna album. It was recorded in July 1976, at “Wally Heider Studios” in San Francisco, and was produced by Harry Maslin.
Personnel:
Jorma Kaukonen – vocals, guitar
Jack Casady – bass
Bob Steeler – drums, percussion
John Sherman – 2nd guitar
Nick Buck – keyboards
Karen Tobin – backing vocals
Harry Maslin – engineer
Allen Sudduth – engineer assistant
David Gertz – mixing assistant
Rick Collins – mastering
Acy Lehman – art direction
Jerry Leiberwitz – sleeve painting
Gribbitt (Tim Bryant) – design
Chris Whorf – design
Roger Rossmeyer – cover and liner photography
Michael Casady, Ron Dudley – equipment
Pat Leraci – production coordinator
Track listing:
All tracks by Jorma Kaukonen, except where noted.
Santa Claus Retreat
Watch the North Wind Rise
It’s So Easy – Buddy Holly, Norman Petty
Bowlegged Woman, Knock-Kneed Man – Bobby Rush, Calvin Carter
In November 1970, “RCA Victor” label released “Blows Against the Empire”, the debut Paul Kantner album. It was released under the name Paul Kantner and Jefferson Starship, and was the first album to use the “Starship” moniker. It was recorded in 1970, at “Pacific High” and “Wally Heider Studios” in San Francisco, and was produced by Paul Kantner,
Personnel:
Paul Kantner – vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, banjo, bass machine, design
Grace Slick – vocals, piano
Jerry Garcia – vocals, banjo, lead guitar, pedal steel guitar, sound effects
David Crosby – lead and backing vocals, guitar, engineer
Peter Kaukonen – lead guitar
Jack Casady – bass
Harvey Brooks – bass
Joey Covington – vocals, drums, congas
Bill Kreutzmann – drums
Graham Nash – congas, sound effects, backing vocals, engineer
Mickey Hart – vocals, percussion, sound effects
David Freiberg – backing vocals
Phill Sawyer – sound effects
Allen Zentz, Pat Leraci, Phill Sawyer, Bob Shoemaker – engineer
CCCP – cover
Patti Landres – books
Jim Goldberg – space, design
Tony Nagamuma – title
Track listing:
Mau Mau (Amerikon) – Paul Kantner, Grace Slick, Joey Covington
The Baby Tree – Rosalie Sorrels
Let’s Go Together – Paul Kantner
A Child Is Coming – Paul Kantner, Grace Slick, David Crosby
Sunrise – Grace Slick
Hijack – Paul Kantner, Grace Slick, Marty Balin, Gary Blackman
Home – Paul Kantner, Phil Sawyer, Graham Nash
Have You Seen the Stars Tonight? – Paul Kantner, David Crosby
XM – Paul Kantner, Phil Sawyer, Jerry Garcia, Mickey Hart
Starship – Paul Kantner, Grace Slick. Marty Balin, Gary Blackman
On August 25, 1981, “Columbia” label released “Scissors Cut”, the fifth Art Garfunkel studio album. It was recorded October 1980 – May 1981, at “Media Sound” in New York City, “Wally Heider Studios” in Los Angeles, “Criteria Studios” in Miami, and was produced by Roy Halle, Art Garfunkel and Mike Batt.
Personnel:
Art Garfunkel – vocals
Pete Carr, Dean Parks, Michael Staton, Graham Lyle, Chris Spedding – guitar
Paul Simon, Andrew Gold – guitar, backing vocals
Jeffrey Staton – guitar, backing vocals
John Jarvis – piano
Jimmy Webb, Larry Knechtel – keyboards
Rob Mounsey, Michael Boddicker – synthesizer
Joe Osborn, Tony Levin, Scott Chambers – bass guitar
Rick Shlosser, Rick Marotta – drums
Ray Cooper, Errol “Crusher” Bennett – percussion
Tommy Vig – vibraphone, backing vocals
Lew Soloff – flugelhorn, trumpet
Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone
David Campbell – strings
Del Newman – strings
Roland Harker – lute
Teo Macero – conductor
Lisa Garber, Leah Kunkel – backing vocals
Eugene Orloff – concertmaster
Roy Halee – engineer
Terry Rosiello – mixing
Greg Calbi – mastering
John Berg – design
Anthony Loew – artwork
Track listing:
A Heart in New York – Benny Gallagher, Graham Lyle
Scissors Cut – Jimmy Webb
Up in the World – Clifford T. Ward
Hang On In – Norman Sallitt
So Easy to Begin – Jules Shear
Bright Eyes – Mike Batt
Can’t Turn My Heart Away – John Jarvis, Eric Kaz
The French Waltz – Adam Mitchell
In Cars – Jimmy Webb
That’s All I’ve Got to Say (Theme from The Last Unicorn) – Jimmy Webb
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