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Little Feat: Sallin’ Shoes

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In May 1972, “Warner Bros” label released “Sailin’ Shoes”, the second Little Feat studio album.It was recorded in 1971, at “Amigo Studios”, “Sunset Studios”, “TTG Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Ted Templeman.

Personnel:

  • Lowell George – lead and backing vocals, guitar, harmonica, baritone saxophone, drum machine
  • Sneaky Pete Kleinow- pedal steel guitar
  • Ron Elliott- rhythm guitar
  • Bill Payne – lead and backing vocals, Hammond organ, Wurlitzer electric piano, piano, accordion
  • Roy Estrada- bass, backing vocals
  • Richie Hayward- drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Milt Holland- percussion
  • Debbie Lindsey – backing vocals
  • Neon Park – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Lowell George, except where noted.

  1. Easy to Slip – Lowell George, Fred Martin
  2. Cold, Cold, Cold
  3. Trouble
  4. Tripe Face Boogie – Richie Hayward, Bill Payne
  5. Willin’
  6. A Apolitical Blues
  7. Sailin’ Shoes
  8. Teenage Nervous Breakdown
  9. Got No Shadow – Bill Payne
  10. Cat Fever – Bill Payne
  11. Texas Rose Café

Bob Weir: Ace

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In May 1972, “Warner Bros” label released “Ace” the first Bob Weir solo album. It was recorded January-March 1972, and was produced by Donna Jean Godchaux.

Personnel:

  • Bob Weir– lead vocals, acoustic and electric guitars
  • Jerry Garcia– lead guitar, pedal steel guitar, backing vocals
  • Keith Godchaux– piano, organ
  • Phil Lesh– bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Dave Torbert– bass guitar
  • Bill Kreutzmann– drums, percussion
  • Ed Bogus – string arrangement
  • Snooky Flowers, Luis Gasca and The Space Rangers – horns
  • Donna Jean Godchaux– backing vocals

Track listing:

  1. Greatest Story Ever Told – Bob Weir, Robert Hunter
  2. Black-Throated Wind – Bob Weir, John Perry Barlow
  3. Walk in the Sunshine – Bob Weir, John Perry Barlow
  4. Playing in the Band – Bob Weir, Robert Hunter
  5. Looks Like Rain – Bob Weir, John Perry Barlow
  6. Mexicali Blues – Bob Weir, John Perry Barlow
  7. One More Saturday Night – Bob Weir
  8. Cassidy – Bob Weir, John Perry Barlow

Enemy: Music for the People

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On April 27, 2009, “Warner Bros” label released “Music for the People”, the second Enemy studio album. It was recorded in 2008, and was produced by Mike Crossey and Jim Anderson.

Personnel:

  • Tom Clarke– lead vocals, guitar, piano, strings
  • Andy Hopkins – vocals, bass guitar
  • Liam Watts – drums
  • Tom Boddy – keyboards
  • Cat Parker – violin
  • Fran Grime – violin
  • Marianne Haynes – violin
  • Rosie Langley – violin
  • Amy Wilson – viola
  • Polly Wiltshire – viola
  • Dirty Pretty Strings – strings
  • Amy Langley – cello
  • Harriet Wiltshire – cello
  • Emma Skip – additional vocals
  • Mike Crossey – engineer, mixing
  • Jim Anderson – engineer
  • Liam Farrell – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Tom Clarke, Andy Hopkins and Liam Watts.

  1. Elephant Song
  2. No Time for Tears
  3. 51st State
  4. Sing When You’re in Love
  5. Last Goodbye
  6. Nation Of Checkout Girls
  7. Be Somebody
  8. Don’t Break the Red Tape
  9. Keep Losing
  10. Silver Spoon

Van Morrison: A Period of Transition

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In April 1977, “Warner Bros” label released “A Period of Transition”, the ninth Van Morrison studio album. It was recorded 1976 – 1977, and was produced by Van Morrison and Dr.John. The album cover photographs were by Ken Mcgowan.

Personnel:

  • Van Morrison –vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, harmonica, cover concept
  • Marlo Henderson– guitar
  • Mac Rebennack (Dr. John)– piano, electric piano, guitar
  • Reggie McBride– bass
  • Ollie E. Brown– drums, percussion
  • Jerry Jumonville –alto and tenor saxophones
  • Joel Peskin –baritone saxophone
  • Mark Underwood –trumpet
  • Robbie Montgomery, Roger Kennerly-Saint, Gregory Wright, Carlena Williams, Paulette Parker, Candy Nash, Toni McVey, Gary Garrett and Joe Powell –backing vocals
  • Gary Ladinsky – engineer
  • Mike Beiriger, Richard Kaplan, Bart Johnson, Mick Glossop – engineer assistant
  • Mike Doud-AGI Hollywood – art direction, design
  • Ken McGowan – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Van Morrison except where noted.

  1. You Gotta Make It Through the World
  2. It Fills You Up
  3. The Eternal Kansas City
  4. Joyous Sound
  5. Flamingos Fly
  6. Heavy Connection
  7. Cold Wind in August

 

 

Seals and Croft: Diamond Girl

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In April 1973, “Warner Bros” label released “Diamond Girl“, the fifth Seals and Crofts studio album. It was recorded in 1973, and was produced by Louie Shelton.

Personnel:

  • Jim Seals – vocals, guitar, alto saxophone, violin
  • Dash Crofts – vocals, mandolins, Fender Rhodes electric piano
  • Louie Shelton – guitar
  • David Paich– organ, piano
  • Bobby Lichtig – bass, flute
  • Wilton Felder– bass
  • Jim Gordon – drums
  • John Guerin – drums
  • Harvey Mason – drums
  • Jeff Porcaro – drums
  • Bobbye Hall – percussion
  • England Dan, John Ford Coley – backing vocals
  • David Hassinger– engineer
  • Steve Waldman – second engineer
  • Joseph Bogan – engineer assistant

Track listing:

All tracks by Jim Seals and Dash Crofts, except where noted..

  1. Diamond Girl
  2. Ruby Jean and Billie Lee
  3. Intone My Servant
  4. We May Never Pass This Way (Again)
  5. Nine Houses
  6. Standin’ on a Mountain Top – Jim Seals
  7. It’s Gonna Come Down on You
  8. Jessica
  9. Dust on My Saddle – Jim Seals
  10. Wisdom

Arlo Guthrie: Last of the Brooklyn Cowboys

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In April 1973, “Warner Bros” label released “Last of the Brooklyn Cowboys”, the seventh Arlo Guthrie album. It was recorded in 1973, and was produced by Lenny Waronker and John Pilla.

Personnel:

  • Arlo Guthrie – vocals, guitar, banjo, piano, harmonica
  • Ry Cooder– guitar
  • Jesse Ed Davis– guitar
  • Bob Morris – guitar
  • John Pilla – guitar
  • Clarence White– guitar
  • Grady Martin– guitar
  • Buddy Alan – guitar
  • Jerry Brightman– steel guitar
  • Don Rich – guitar, fiddle
  • Doug Dillard– banjo
  • Jim Shaw – organ, piano
  • Stan Free– piano, harpsichord
  • Jim Gordon– piano
  • Mike Utley– organ
  • Nick DeCaro – accordion
  • Thad Maxwell – bass
  • Chuck Rainey– bass
  • Leland Sklar– bass
  • Bob Arkin – bass
  • Bob Glaub– bass
  • Doyle Curtsinger – bass, mandolin
  • Ed Shaughnessy– drums, tabla
  • Gene Parsons– drums
  • Richard Hayward– drums
  • Jerry Wiggins – drums
  • Jim Keltner– drums
  • Buddy Collette– clarinet
  • Gene Coe – horn
  • George Bohanon– horn
  • Dick Hyde – horn
  • Richard Hyde– trombone
  • Ernie Watts– flute
  • William Green – oboe
  • Donald Christlieb – woodwind
  • Kevin Burke– fiddle
  • Gib Guilbeau – fiddle
  • Jessica Smith – vocals
  • Jesse Smith – backing vocals
  • Clydie King– backing vocals
  • Robert Tebow – backing vocals
  • Thurl Ravenscroft– backing vocals
  • Venetta Fields– backing vocals
  • Gene Merlino – backing vocals
  • Barry Feldman – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Arlo Guthrie, except where noted

  1. Farrell O’Gara – traditional
  2. Gypsy Davy – traditional, Woody Guthrie
  3. This Troubled Mind of Mine – Ernest Tubb, Johnny Tyler
  4. Week on the Rag
  5. Miss the Mississippi and You – Bill Halley
  6. Lovesick Blues – Irving Mills, Cliff Friend
  7. Uncle Jeff
  8. Gates of Eden – Bob Dylan
  9. Last Train
  10. Cowboy Song
  11. Sailor’s Bonnett – traditional
  12. Cooper’s Lament
  13. Ramblin’ ‘Round – Woody Guthrie

Arthur Alexander: Same

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In April 1972, “Warner Bros” label released the second, self-titled Arthur Alexander album. It was recorded in 1972, and was produced by Tommy  Cogbill.

Personnel:

  • Arthur Alexander– vocals
  • Johnny Christopher – guitar
  • Eddie Hinton- guitar
  • Reggie Young- guitar
  • Bobby Wood – piano
  • Thomas Cain – piano
  • Shane Keister- keyboards
  • Bobby Emmons – keyboards
  • Mike Leech – bass
  • Tommy Cogbill- bass
  • Kenny Malone- drums
  • Hayword Bishop – drums
  • Gene Chrisman – drums

Track listing:

  1. I’m Comin’ Home – Dennis Linde
  2. It Hurts to Want It So Bad – Steve Smith, Tim Smith, Charles Veldman
  3. Go on Home Girl – Arthur Alexander
  4. In the Middle of It All – Arthur Alexander
  5. Burning Love – Arthur Alexander, Dennis Linde
  6. Rainbow Road – Donnie Fritts, Dan Penn
  7. Love’s Where Life Begins – Arthur Alexander, Dale Ward
  8. Down the Back Roads – Jackie Cook, Steve Cropper, Mary V. Williams
  9. Call Me Honey – Dennis Linde
  10. Come Along With Me – Arthur Alexander, Donnie Fritts
  11. Call Me in Tahiti – Dennis Linde
  12. Thank God He Came – Arthur Alexander, Donnie Fritts

The Doobie Brothers: Same

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In April 1971, “Warner Bros” label released the debut, self-titled Doobie Brothers (The) album. It was recorded November-December 1970, at “Pacific Recording Studios” in San Mateo, California, and was produced by Lenny Waronker and Ted Templeman.

Personnel:

  • Tom Johnston – vocals, guitar, harmonica, piano, harp
  • Patrick Simmons – vocals, guitar
  • Dave Shogren – vocals, bass guitar, organ, keyboards
  • John Hartman– drums
  • Patrick Simmons, Tom Johnston, Patrick Simons, Dave Shogren, John Hartman – arrangers
  • Marty Cohn – engineer
  • Lee Herschberg – mastering
  • Ed Thrasher – art direction
  • Jim Marshall – photography
  • Marty Cohn, Paul Curcio – executive producer

Track listing:

  1. Nobody – Tom Johnston
  2. Slippery St. Paul – Patrick Simmons
  3. Greenwood Creek – Tom Johnston
  4. It Won’t Be Right – Tom Johnston, Patrick Simmons
  5. Travelin’ Man – Tom Johnston
  6. Feelin’ Down Farther – Tom Johnston
  7. The Master – Tom Johnston
  8. Growin’ a Little Each Day – Tom Johnston
  9. Beehive State – Randy Newman
  10. Closer Every Day – Patrick Simmons
  11. Chicago – trad., arr. by Patrick Simmons

The Flaming Lips: At War with the Mystics

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On April 3, 2006, “Warner Bros” label released “At War with the Mystics”, the eleventh Flaming Lips studio album. It was recorded June 2004-January 2006, at “Tarbox Road Studios” in Cassadaga, New York, and was produced by Dave Fridmann, Scott Booker, Wayne Coyne, Steven Drozd and Michael Ivins.  In 2006 the album won “Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance” and “Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical”.

Personnel:

  • Wayne Coyne – vocals, guitar, bass, mixing
  • Steven Drozd – vocals, guitars, keyboards, drums, mixing
  • Michael Ivins – vocals, bass, mixing, additional engineering
  • Greg Kurstin – various instruments, backing vocals
  • Kliph Scurlock– drums, percussion
  • Dave Fridmann – programming, engineer, mixing,  mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Wayne Coyne, Steven Drozd and Michael Ivins.

  1. The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song (With All Your Power)
  2. Free Radicals (A Hallucination of the Christmas Skeleton Pleading with a Suicide Bomber)
  3. The Sound of Failure / It’s Dark… Is It Always This Dark??
  4. My Cosmic Autumn Rebellion (The Inner Life as Blazing Shield of Defiance and Optimism as Celestial Spear of Action)
  5. Vein of Stars
  6. The Wizard Turns On… The Giant Silver Flashlight and Puts on His Werewolf Moccasins
  7. It Overtakes Me / The Stars Are So Big… I Am So Small… Do I Stand a Chance?
  8. Ambulance Driver
  9. Haven’t Got a Clue
  10. The W.A.N.D. (The Will Always Negates Defeat)
  11. Pompeii am Götterdämmerung
  12. Goin’ On

The Flaming Lips: The Terror

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On April 1, 2013, “Warner Bros” label released “The Terror”, the thirteenth Flaming Lips (The) studio album. It was recorded February–April 2012 at “Tarbox Road Studios” in Cassadaga, and “Pink Floor Studios” in Oklahoma City, and was produced by Wayne Coyne, Michael Ivins, Steven Drozd, Kliph Scurlock, Derek Brown, Dave Fridmann and Scott  Booker.

Personnel:

  • Wayne Coyne– vocals, guitar, synthesizers
  • Derek Brown – guitar, keyboards
  • Steven Drozd– vocals, guitar, keyboards, synthesizers, drums
  • Michael Ivins– bass guitar, keyboards
  • Kliph Scurlock– drums, percussion
  • Phantogram– additional vocals
  • Dave Fridmann– recording, mixing, mastering
  • Michael Ivins – additional engineering
  • Mack Hawkins – additional engineering, recording, mixing
  • George Salisbury – layout, design

Track listing:

All tracks by Wayne Coyne, Michael Ivins, Steven Drozd, Kliph Scurlock and Derek Brown.

  1. .The Sun is Rising
  2. Be Free A Way
  3. Try to Explain
  4. You Lust
  5. The Terror
  6. You Are Alone
  7. Butterfly, How Long It Takes to Die
  8. Turning Violet
  9. Always There..in Our Heads