Thursday, December 28, 2017

Tiny Tim - God Bless Tiny Tim



Tiny Tim - God Bless Tiny Tim
Reprise RS-6292 (1968)

Side One
1. Welcome To My Dream
2. Tip Toe Thru' The Tulips With Me
3. Livin' In The Sunlight, Lovin' In The Moonlight
4. On The Old Front Porch
5. The Viper
6. Stay Down Here Where You Belong
7. Then I'd Be Satisfied With Life
8. Strawberry Tea

Side Two
1. The Other Side
2. Ever Since You Told Me That You Love Me (I'm A Nut)
3. Daddy, Daddy, What Is Heaven Like?
4. The Coming Home Party
5. Fill Your Heart
6. I Got You, Babe
7. This Is All I Ask

Personnel:
Tiny Tim - ukulele, vocals
Jim Gordon - drums
John Guerin - drums
Gene Pello - drums
Joe Porcaro - drums
Larry Knechtel - keyboards
Mike Melvoin - keyboards
Pete Jolly - keyboards
Mike Deasy - guitar
Bill Pitman - guitar
Dennis Budimir - guitar
Herb Ellis - guitar
Louis Morell - guitar
Howard Roberts - guitar
Tommy Tedesco - guitar
Michael Anthony - guitar
Milt Holland - percussion
Victor Feldman - percussion
Emil Richards - percussion
Gary Coleman - percussion
Chuck Berghofer - bass
David Duke - french horn
Tony Terran - trumpet
Jules Chaikin - trumpet
Buddy Childers - trumpet
Richard Leith - trombone
Lew McCreary - trombone
William Byers - trombone
Robert Hardaway - oboe
Gene Cipriani - saxophone
Tom Scott - saxophone
Allan Harshmann - viola
Dan Neufeld - viola
Joseph DiFiore - viola
Leonard Selic - viola
Philip Goldberg - viola
Gerald Vinci - violin
Arnold Belnick - violin
Bernie Kundall - violin
Tibor Zelig - violin
Ambrose Russo - violin
Wilbert Nuttycombe - violin
George Kast - violin
Sam Boghossian - violin
Sid Sharp - violin
Albert Steinberg - violin
Ralph Schaeffer - violin
Henry Ferber - violin
Leonard Malarsky - violin
William Kurasch - violin
Lou Klass - violin
Raymond Kelly - cello
Joseph Saxon - cello
Jesse Ehrlich - cello
Joseph DiTullio - cello
Gayle Levant - harp
Red Rhodes - pedal steel guitar
Frank Marocco - accordion

Doris Troy - Doris Troy


Doris Troy - Doris Troy
Apple Records ST 3371 (1970)

Side One
1. Ain't That Cute
2. Special Care
3. Give Me Back My Dynamite
4. You Tore Me Up Inside
5. Games People Play
6. Gonna Get My Baby Back
7. I've Got To Be Strong

Side Two
1. Hurry
2. So Far
3. Exactly Like You
4. You Give Me Joy Joy
5. Don't Call Me No More
6. Jacob's Ladder

Personnel:
Doris Troy - vocals, piano
George Harrison - guitar
Klaus Voormann - bass
Ringo Starr - drums
Billy Preston - piano, organ, electric piano
Stephen Stills - guitar, piano, vocals
Peter Frampton - guitar
Alan White - drums
Eric Clapton - guitar
Delaney Bramlett - percussion
Bonnie Bramlett - percussion
Leon Russell - piano
Bobby Whitlock - keyboards
Jim Gordon - drums
Rita Coolidge - vocals

Billy Preston - Encouraging Words


Billy Preston - Encouraging Words
Apple Records ST-3370 (1970)

Side One
1. Right Now
2. Little Girl
3. Use What You've Got
4. My Sweet Lord
5. Let The Music Play
6. The Same Thing Again

Side Two
1. I've Got A Feeling
2. Sing One For The Lord
3. When You Are Mine
4. I Don't Want You To Pretend
5. Encouraging Words
6. All Things Must Pass
7. You've Been Acting Strange

Personnel:
Billy Preston - vocals, keyboards, harmonica
George Harrison - guitar, synthesizer, vocals
Eric Clapton - guitar
Delaney Bramlett - guitar, vocals
Carl Radle - bass
Jim Gordon - drums
Klaus Voorman - bass
Ringo Starr - drums
Bobby Keys - saxophone
Jim Price - trumpet, trombone
The Edwin Hawkins Singers - vocals
other personnel unknown

Wichita Fall - Life Is But A Dream


Wichita Fall - Life Is But A Dream
Imperial LP-12417 (1968)

Side One
1. Morning Sun
2. Once In The Morning
3. Sunny Road
4. Going To Ohio
5. Playground
6. Ornamental Sideshow

Side Two
1. Poor Mr. Drake's Afternoon Show
2. Crystal Rain
3. Hectivity
4. Schubert's Theme
5. Night Time Suite
6. Are You Sleeping
7. Life Is But A Dream

Personnel:
Larry Watson - bass
Jim Gordon - drums
Hal Blaine - drums
John Guerin - drums
Len Feigin - drums
Phillip Black - guitar, vocals
David Roush - guitar, vocals
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

Wayne Newton - Pour Me A Little More Wine



Wayne Newton - Pour Me A Little More Wine
Chelsea Records BCL1-0367 (1973)

Side One
1. Pour Me A Little More Wine
2. The Morning After
3. Playground In My Mind
4. Stan & Ollie
5. All That Love Went To Waste
6. Loves Me Like A Rock

Side Two
1. Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose
2. Just Yesterday
3. My Love
4. Fool
5. Here Comes That Feeling Again

Personnel:
Wayne Newton - vocals
Jim Hughart - bass
Max Bennett - bass
Earl Palmer - drums
Hal Blaine - drums
Jim Gordon - drums
Ben Benay - guitar
Dean Parks - guitar
Richard Bennett - guitar
Michael Omartian - keyboards
Mike Melvoin - keyboards
Gary Coleman - percussion
George Bohanon - trombone
Lew McCreary - trombone
Chuck Findlay - trumpet
Jay Daversa - trumpet
Ollie Mitchell - trumpet
Paul Hubinon - trumpet
Dick Hyde - trumpet
Jackie Kelson - woodwinds
Bob Hardaway - woodwinds
Tom Scott - woodwinds

Frank Zappa - Rollo



Frank Zappa - Rollo
Zappa Records - BPR-1230 (2017)

Side One
1. Rollo (recorded 1972)

Side Two
2. Portland Improvisation (recorded 1972)

Personnel:
Frank Zappa - conductor, guitar, vocals
Malcolm McNab - trumpet
Gary Barone - trumpet
Tom Malone - tuba, saxes, piccolo trumpet, trumpet
Earl Dumler - woodwinds
Glenn Ferris - trombone
Bruce Fowler - trombone
Tony Duran - slide guitar
Dave Parlato - bass
Jim Gordon - drums, steel drum

PP Arnold - The Turning Tide



PP Arnold - The Turning Tide
Kundalini Music - KNDLP2 (2017) Side One
1. Medicated Goo (recorded 1970)
2. Born
3. If This Were My World
4. High And Windy Mountain
5. Spinning Wheel
6. Bury me Down By The River
7. Children Of The Last War

Side Two
1. Brand New Day (recorded 1970)
2. The Turning Tide
3. You've Made Me So Very Happy
4. Give A Hand, Take A Hand
5. Happiness
6. You Can't Always Get What You Want (recorded 1970)

Personnel:
PP Arnold - vocals
Rita Coolidge - vocals
Bobby Whitlock - vocals, keyboards
Carl Radle - bass
Jim Gordon - drums
Eric Clapton - guitar
Bobby Keys - saxophone
Jim Price - trumpet
Dave Glover - bass
Roger Pope - drums
Caleb Quaye - piano, guitar, Hammond organ
Doris Troy - vocals
Barry Gibb - vocals

Gary Lewis - Listen!



Gary Lewis - Listen!
Liberty LRP-2534 (1967)

Side One
1. Jill
2. Don't Make Promises
3. She'd Rather Be With Me
4. Look, Here Comes The Sun
5. Happiness
6. Bring The Whole Family

Side Two
1. Reason To Believe
2. New Day
3. Small Talk
4. Angel On The Corner
5. Six O'Clock
6. Young And Carefree

Personnel:
Gary Lewis - vocals
Robert West - bass
Carol Kaye - bass
Lyle Ritz - bass
Ray Pohlman - bass
Toxey Sewell - drums
Al Casey - guitar
David Cohen - guitar
Mike Deasy - guitar
Russ Titelman - guitar
Curry Tjader - percussion
Jim Gordon - percussion
John Baker - percussion
John Clauder - percussion
Don Randi - keyboards
Michael Lang - keyboards
Bud Shank - saxophone
Gene Cipriano - saxophone
Jack Nimitz - saxophone
Jay Migliori - saxophone
John Vidusich - trombone
Louis Blackburn - trombone
Roy Caton - trumpet
Darrel Terwilliger - violin
Emil Briano - violin
Irving Geller - violin
Irving Lipschultz - violin
John Peter DeVoogdt - violin
Joseph Quadri - violin
Norman Botnick - viola