Tuesday, December 20, 2022

Frank Zappa - Waka/Wazoo


 












Frank Zappa - Waka/Wazoo
Zappa Records (2022)

Disc One:
1. Your Mouth
2. Big Swifty
3. Minimal Art
4. Blessed Relief
5. Think It Over
6. For Calvin
7. Waka/Jawaka

Disc Two:
1. Cletus Awreetus-Awrightus
2. Eat That Question
3. Big Swifty
4. For Calvin
5. It Just Might Be A One-Shot Deal
6. Waka/Jawaka
7. Cletus Awreetus-Awrightus
8. Eat That Question

Disc Three:
1. For Love
2. Psychosomatic Dung
3. Uncle Remus
4. Love
5. For Love
6. Psychosomatic Dung
7. Love
8. Approximate
9. Winterland Opening
10. Little Dots

Disc Four:
1. America Drinks
2. Montana
3. Farther O'Blivion
4. Cosmik Debris
5. Chunga's Revenge

Personnel:
Frank Zappa - guitar, vocals
Tony Duran - guitar
George Duke - keyboards, vocals
Sal Marquez - trumpet, vocals
Kris Peterson - vocal
Joel Peskin - saxophone
Mike Altschul - saxophone, flute
Alex Dmochowski - bass
Aynsley Dunbar - drums
Ian Underwood - synthesizer
Malcolm McNabb - trumpet
Tom Malone - tuba
Bruce Fowler - trombone
Glenn Ferris - trombone
Ken Shroyer - trombone
Jay Migliori - flute, saxophone, clarinet
Mike Altschul - woodwinds
Ray Reed - woodwinds
Charles Owens - woodwinds
Joann Caldwell McNab - bassoon
Earle Dumler - oboe
Tom Raney - percussion
Ruth Underwood - percussion
Dave Parlato - bass
Jim Gordon - drums



Merrel Fankhauser - Tampa Run (single)


 











Merrell Fankhauser - Tampa Run
Shamley S-44019 (1969)

Side One:
1. Tampa Run

Side Two:
2. Everybody's Talkin'

Personnel:
Jim Gordon - drums
Carol Kaye - bass
Al Casey - guitar
Larry Knechtel - piano


Thursday, October 6, 2022

Paul Revere & The Raiders - Ups And Downs (single)
















Paul Revere & The Raiders - Ups And Downs
Columbia 4-44018 (1967)

Side One:
1. Ups And Downs

Side Two:
1. Louise

Paul Revere & The Raiders - The Spirit Of '67
















Paul Revere & The Raiders - The Spirit Of '67
Columbia Records CS-9395 (1966)

Side One:
1. Good Thing
2. All About Her
3. In My Community
4. Louise
5. Why? Why? Why?
6. Oh! To Be A Man

Side Two:
1. Hungry
2. Undecided Man
3. Our Candidate
4. 1001 Arabian Nights
5. The Great Airplane Strike

Sunday, October 2, 2022

The Ronettes - I Wish I Never Saw The Sunshine (single)
















The Ronettes - I Wish I Never Saw The Sunshine
Buddah Records BDA-408 (1974-recorded in 1966)

Side One:
1. I Wish I Never Saw The Sunshine

Side Two:
1. I Wish I Never Saw The Sunshine

Personnel:
Earl Palmer - drums
Paulo Alencar - violin
Israel Baker- violin
Harold Battiste - woodwinds
Arnold Belnick - violin
Louis Blackburn - trombone
James Bond - guitar
Frank Capp - percussion
Stella Castellucci - harp
John DeVoogdt - violin
David Duke - french horn
Herb Ellis - guitar
Gene Estes - percussion
Elliott Fisher - violin
Jim Gordon - percussion
Nathan Gershman - cello
Douglas Hatlelid - bass
William Hinshaw - french horn
Bones Howe - percussion
Plas Johnson - woodwinds
Carol Kaye - bass
Barney Kessell - guitar
Bernard Kundell - violin
Michael Lang - keyboards
Joe Lichter - viola
Irving Lipshitz - violin
Jay Migliori - woodwinds
Alexander Neiman - viola
Gareth Nuttycombe - viola
Stanley Plummer - violin
Jerome Reisler - violin
Lyle Ritz - bass
Michel Rubini - keyboards
Gerald Vinci - violin
Tibor Zelig - violin

Soundtrack - A Swingin' Summer













Soundtrack - A Swingin' Summer
Hanna-Barbera Records HLP-8500 (1965)

Side One:
1. The Righteous Bothers - Justine
2. The Swingers - Nitro
3. Carol Connors - Swingin' Summer
4. The Swingers - Out To Lunch
5. Raquel Welch - I'm Ready To Groove
6. The Swingers - Filet Of Soul

Side Two:
1. The Rip Chords - Red Hot Roadster
2. The Swingers - It's Not Unusual
3. The Swingers - You Can't Fight Sidney Hall
4. Donnie Brooks - Penny The Poo
5. The Swingers - Arrow Head Rock
6. The Swingers - Theme From Summer Place

Personnel:
Chuck Berghofer - bass
Ray Johnson - piano
Glen Campbell - guitar
Plas Johnson - woodwinds
Frank Capp - percussion
Tommy Tedesco - guitar
Bill Pitman - guitar
Larry Bunker - drums, percussion
Steve Kreisman - woodwinds
Hal Blaine - drums, percussion
Jim Gordon - percussion
Ray Pohlman - bass
other personnel unknown

Connie Francis - Sings Bacharach, Kaempfert, Last, & Mancini
















Connie Francis - Sings Bacharach, Kaempfert, Last, & Mancini
Polydor  2482-458 (1979)

Side One:
1. No Sun Today
2. After You
3. Days Of Wine And Roses
4. Wives And Lovers
5. Moon River
6. Nothing's New (recorded 1968)

Side Two:
1. What Good Are Tears
2. Strangers In The Night
3. Nothing To Lose (recorded 1968)
4. Magic Moments/Blue On Blue
5. Story Of My Life
6. Grazie A Te

Personnel:
Sid Sharp - violin
Ralph Schaeffer - violin
James Getzoff - violin
Lou Klass - violin
William Kurasch - violin
Arnold Belnick - violin
Tibor Zelig - violin
Stanley Plummer - violin
Bernard Kundell
Israel Baker - violin
Jesse Ehrlich - cello
Ray Kelley - cello
Joseph DiFiore - viola
Harry Hyams - viola
Janice Gower - violin
Louis Sherman - violin
Lincoln Mayorga - keyboards
James Decker - french horn
David Duke - french horn
Richard Hyde - trombone
Nick Bonney - guitar
Louis Morell - guitar
Red Callender - bass
Dennis Budimir - guitar
Jim Gordon - drums
Victor Feldman - percussion
James Zito - trumpet
other personnel unknown

The Astronauts - Travelin' Men
















The Astronauts - Travelin' Men
RCA Victor LPM-3733 (1967)

Side One:
1. In The Midnight Hour
2. She's Just My Style
3. Let's Go Get Stoned
4. Main Street
5. The Birds & The Bees
6. Laugh Laugh

Side Two:
1. Count Me In
2. I Know You Rider
3. In My Car
4. Travelin' Man
5. Out Of Limits
6. Better Things

Personnel:
Leon Russell - keyboards
James Burton - guitar
Chuck Berghofer - bass
Jim Gordon - drums
John Cale - guitar
Snuff Garrett - percussion
Bob Demmon - guitar
Stormy Patterson - guitar
Jim Gallagher - drums
Rich Fifield - guitar

Jackie DeShannon - Me About You
















Jackie DeShannon - Me About You
Imperial LP-12386 (1968)

Side One:
1. Me About You
2. I'm With You
3. I Keep Wanting You
4. Didn't Want To Have To Do It
5. What Ever Happened To Happy
6. Baby Close Its Eyes

Side Two:
1. Music Man
2. The Girl's Song
3. Splendor In The Grass
4. Nobody's Home To Go Home To
5. Nicole
6. High Coin
7. I'll Turn To Stone

Personnel:
Roy Caton - trumpet
Don Randi - keyboards
Ray Pohlman - bass
John Clauder Jr. - drums, percussion
James Bond - guitar
Michael Lang - keyboards
Louis Morell - guitar
Gayle Levant - harp
Russ Titelman - guitar
Jim Gordon - drums, percussion
Norman Jeffries - drums, percussion

Don & The Goodtimes - May My Heart Be Cast Into Stone / Ball Of Fire (single)














Don & The Goodtimes - May My Heart Be Cast Into Stone / Ball Of Fire (single)
Epic 5-10280 (1968)

Side One:
1. May My Heart Be Cast Into Stone

Side Two:
1. Ball Of Fire

Personnel:
Mike Deasy - guitar
Joel Hill - guitar
Drake Levin - guitar
John Ethridge - bass
Larry Knechtel - keyboards
Jim Gordon - drums

Don & The Goodtimes - Bambi (single)
















Don & The Goodtimes - Bambi (single)
Epic 5-10241 (1967)

Side One:
1. Bambi

Side Two:
1. Sally! (Studio A At 6 O'Clock In The Morning)

Personnel:
Mike Deasy - guitar
Joel Hill - guitar
Drake Levin - guitar
John Ethridge - bass
Larry Knechtel - keyboards
Jim Gordon - drums

Jerry Wallace - This One's On The House
















Jerry Wallace - This One's On The House
Liberty LST-7545 (1968)

Side One:
1. This One's On The House
2. A Melody From The Sky
3. A New Sun Risin'
4. Funny How Time Slips Away
5. Dispossessed
6. Primrose Lane

Side Two:
1. Night Life
2. Laura (What's He Got That I Ain't Got)
3. Runaway Bay
4. Paint Yourself A Rainbow
5. This Is Where I Draw The Line

Personnel:
Dave Pell - saxophone
Lincoln Mayorga - keyboards
Lyle Ritz - bass
Jim Gordon - drums
Tibor Zelig - violin
Paulo Alencar - violin
Ray Pohlman - bass
Victor Feldman - percussion
Sid Sharp - violin
Ralph Schaeffer - violin
William Kurasch - violin
Leonard Malarsky - violin
Jesse Ehrlich - cello
Joseph DiTullio - cello
Neil Levang - guitar
Tommy Tedesco - guitar
Plas Johnson - saxophone
other personnel unknown

Dick Clark - Open Letter To The Older Generation (single)
















Dick Clark - Open Letter To The Older Generation
Dunhill D-4112 (1967)

Side One:
1. Open Letter To The Older Generation

Side Two:
2. The Fable Of Fun Country

Personnel:
Dale Anderson - percussion
Dennis Budimir - guitar
Huntington Burdick - french horn
Jim Gordon - drums
George Hyde - french horn
Larry Knechtel - keyboards
Robert Knight - trumpet
Don Lanier - guitar
Lew McCreary - trombone
Mike Melvoin - keyboards
Ollie Mitchell - trumpet
Ray Pohlman - bass
Tony Terran - trumpet
George Tipton

The Sandpipers - Softly


The Sandpipers - Softly
A&M Records SP-4147 (1968)

Side One:
1. Softly
2. Reason To Believe
3. Back On The Street Again
4. Love Is Blue
5. Cancion De Amor (Wanderlove)
6. Quando M'Innamoro

Side Two:
1. Jennifer Juniper
2. All My Loving
3. Ojos De España (Spanish Eyes)
4. To Put Up With You
5. Suzanne
6. Gloria Patri (Gregorian Psalm Tone III)

Personnel:
George Kast - violin
Leonard Malarsky - violin
Erno Neufeld - violin
Nathan Kaproff - violin
Marvin Limonick - violin
Sam Freed - violin
James Getzoff - violin
Ambrose Russo - violin
Alexander Murray - violin
George Berres - violin
Allan Harshman - viola
Robert Ostrowsky - viola
Frederick Seykora - cello
Justin DiTullio - cello
Ron Elliott - guitar
Tommy Tedesco - guitar
Jim Gordon - drums, percussion
Gary Coleman - percussion
Chuck Berghofer - bass
Pete Jolly - piano
Stephen LaFever - bass
Marvin Brown - flugelhorn
other personnel unknown

Bobby Vee - Here Today (single)












Bobby Vee - Here Today/Before You Go
Liberty Records 55921 (1966)

Side One:
1. Here Today

Side Two:
2. Before You Go

Personnel:
Leon Russell - keyboards
Stevan Dweck
Gary Coleman - percussion
Glen Campbell - guitar
Virgil Evans - trumpet
Chuck Berghofer - bass
Lew McCreary - trombone
Ollie Mitchell - trumpet
James McGee - french horn
George Price - french horn
Mike Melvoin - keyboards
Jim Gordon - drums
Roy Caton - trumpet

Steely Dan - Here At The Western World
















Steely Dan - Here At The Western World
ABC Records - Promo (1978)

Side One:
1. Here At The Western World

Side Two:
2. Here At The Western World

Personnel:
Donald Fagen - vocals, keyboards
Walter Becker - guitar
Dean Parks - guitar
Michael Omartian - piano
Chuck Rainey - bass
Jim Gordon - drums
Casey Syszik - vocals
Florence Warner - vocals
Leslie Miller - vocals

The Everly Brothers - Down In The Bottom: The Country Rock Sessions 1966 - 1968


















The Everly Brothers - Down In The Bottom: The Country Rock Sessions 1966 - 1968
RPM Records QRPMT550 (2020)

Disc One:
1. Blueberry Hill
2. I'm Movin' On
3. Devil's Child
4. Trains And Boats And Planes
5. Sea Of Heartbreak
6. Oh, Boy!
7. (I'd Be A) Legend In My Time
8. Let's Go Get Stoned
9. Sticks And Stones
10. The House Of The Rising Sun
11. She Never Smiles Anymore
12. Good Golly Miss Molly
13. Even If I Hold It In My Hand (Hard Luck Story) - Take 2 (Outtake)
14. When Eddy Comes Home
15. Nothing But The Best
16. A Little Bit Of Crazy
17. Bowling Green (Demo)

Disc Two:
1. Bowling Green
2. A Voice Within
3. I Don't Want To Love You
4. It's All Over
5. Deliver Me
6. Talking To The Flowers
7. Mary Jane
8. I'm Finding It Rough
9. Do You
10. Somebody Help Me
11. A Whiter Shade Of Pale
12. Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
13. Love Of The Common People 
14. You're Just What I Was Looking For Today
15. My Elusive Dreams
16. Lord Of The Manor
17. Love With Your Heart
18. Love With Your Heart (version 2)
19. It's My Time 
20. Empty Boxes
21. Milk Train

Disc Three:
1. The Everly Family (1952)
2. Mama Tried
3. Less Of Me
4. T For Texas
5. I Wonder If I Care As Much
6. Ventura Boulevard
7. Shady Grove
8. Illinois
9. Living Too Close To The Ground
10. You Done Me Wrong
11. Turn Around
12. Sing Me Back Home
13. Montage
14. Lady Anne (version 2)
15. Shop Girl
16. Human Race (mix 1)
17. Omaha
18. Mr. Soul (mix 1)
19. Down In The Bottom
20. In The Good Old Days

Lee Hazlewood - 13
















Lee Hazlewood - 13
Viking Records VIF-5003 (1972)

Side One:
1. You Look Like A Lady
2. Tulsa Sunday
3. Ten Or Eleven Towns Ago
4. Toocie And The River

Side Two:
1. She Comes Running
2. Rosacoke Street
3. I Move Around
4. And I Loved You Then
5. Hej, Me I'm Riding

Bonus:
1. Cold Hard Times
2. Drums
3. The Start
4. Suzie

Rick Nelson - Rick's Rarities 1964-1974
















Rick Nelson - Rick's Rarities 1964-1974
Ace Records CDCHD-995 (2004)

1. I've Been Lookin'
2. I Need You
3. Stop The World And Let Me Off
4. Your Kind Of Lovin'
5. Freedom And Liberty
6. Fire Breathin' Dragon
7. Peddler Man
8. Blue Moon Of Kentucky
9. Outside Lookin' In
10. Helpless (without backing vocals)
11. Helpless (with backing vocals)
12. Take A Broken Heart
13. It Doesn't Matter Anymore
14. They Don't Give Medals (To Yesterday's Heroes)
15. Try To See It My Way
16. Freedom And Liberty
17. I'm Called Lonely
18. Moonshine
19. The Lady Came From Baltimore (recorded 1969)
20. I Think It's Going To Rain Today
21. Promises
22. My Bucket's Got A Hole In It (live)
22. California Free

Personnel:
Rick Nelson - vocals
Allen Kemp - guitar
Randy Meisner - bass
Jim Gordon - drums
Don Randi - piano
other personnel unknown