Showing posts with label 1978. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1978. Show all posts

Sunday, October 2, 2022

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

Monday, August 8, 2022

Debby Boone - Midstream
















Debby Boone - Midstream
Warner Bros. BSK-3130 (1978)

Side One:
1. God Knows
2. What Becomes Of My World
3. Another Goodbye
4. Don't You Love Me Anymore
5. On, No, Not My Baby
6. I'd Rather Leave While I'm In Love

Side Two:
1. When You're Loved
2. California
3. When It's Over
4. Come Share My Love
5. It Was Such A Good Day
6. If Ever I See You Again

Thursday, July 6, 2017

Disco J.J.S. - Love Is V.S.O.P. American


Disco J.J.S. - Love Is V.S.O.P. American
Eastworld Records EWR-20550 (1978)

Side One
1. Love Is V.S.O.P. American

Side Two
2. Hey! Mr. Disco Star

Personnel:
Leland Sklar - bass
Jim Gordon - drums
Fred Tackett - guitar
Tim May - guitar
Bill Cuomo - guitar
Ernie Watts - tenor saxophone
Jim Haas - vocals
Jon Joyce - vocals
Shelby Flint - vocals
Stan Farber - vocals

Tuesday, November 1, 2016

Il Était Une Fois - Pomme





















Il Était Une Fois - Pomme
Pathé Records - 2C 068-14553 (1978)

Side One
1. Pomme
2. Elle, Delta
3. Moi, Si J'Etais Toi
4. Mes Aventures
5. Tant De Choses

Side Two
1. Le Droit De Rêver
2. Mon Coeur
3. Il A Bon Goût
4. Et Les Deux, Pourquoi Pas?
5. Rock And Escrock

Personnel:
Klaus Voorman - bass
Jim Gordon - drums, percussion
Amos Garrett - guitar
Bill Payne - piano, hammond organ, oberheim

Brothers By Choice - Brothers By Choice





















Brothers By Choice - Brothers By Choice
Ala Records 1983 (1978)

Side One
1. She Puts The Ease Back Into Easy (Part 1)
2. Baby, You Really Got Me Going
3. Girl I Need You Too
4. Young, Single And Free

Side Two
1. Take A Little More
2. I've Got What You Need
3. She Puts The Ease Back Into Easy (Part 2)
4. You Keep My Love Alive

Personnel:
Scotty Harris - drums
Jim Gordon - drums
Harry Fields - bass
Clay Drayton - bass, guitar
Quipman Dennis - horns
Chuck Findley - trumpet
Ron Starr - horns
John Barns - keyboards
Pat Gammon - keyboards
David T. Walker - guitar
Chuck Higgins - vocals
Patty Brooks - vocals
Petsy Powell - vocals

Sunday, March 31, 2013

Ben E. King - Let Me Live In Your Life





















Ben E. King - Let Me Live In Your Life
Atlantic Records SD-19200 (1978)

Side One
1. Tippin'
2. Wonder Woman
3. Let Me Live In Your Life
4. I See The Light
5. Fly Away (To My Wonderland)

Side Two
1. Dark Storm On The Horizon
2. Family Jewels
3. Sweet Rhapsody
4. Spoiled
5. Fifty Years

Personnel:
Ben E. King - vocals
Christine Wiltshire - vocals
Helen Duncan - vocals
Phyllis Duncan - vocals
Gena Tharps - vocals
Gwen Owen - vocals
Brenda Jones - vocals
Shirley Jones - vocals
Valorie Jones - vocals
Charles Chalmers - vocals
Donna Rhodes - vocals
Sandra Rhodes - vocals
Roberta Moore - vocals
Julia Waters - vocals
Luther Waters - vocals
Maxine Waters - vocals
Oren Waters - vocals
James Jamerson - bass
Norbert Sloley - bass
Scott Edwards - bass
Bill Murphy - bass
Wilton Felder - bass
Eddie "Bongo" Brown - bongos, congas
James Gadson - drums
Jim Gordon - drums
Melvin Robertson - drums
Richard Taninbaum - drums
Bobby Manuel - guitar
Jay Graydon - guitar
Jimmy McGhee - guitar
Ken Mazur - guitar
Lee Ritenour - guitar
Stan Lucas - guitar
Jimmy Joy - keyboards
John Barns - keyboards
Leroy Burgess - keyboards
Patrick Adams - keyboards
Gary Coleman - percussion
Michael Lewis - percussion
The Memphis Symphony Orchestra

Maffitt & Davies - October In Oxnard



















Maffitt & Davies - October In Oxnard
MAL Records - ANV 1003 (1978)

Side One
1. October In Oxnard
2. Tribute To Hank Williams
3. Conversation
4. Ballad Of Dan Moody
5. Alberta Wind
6. Bittersweet

Side Two
1. Louise
2. Buckdancers Choice
3. Wisconsin
4. Angeline
5. Mendecino Lady
6. Brother John

Personnel:
Clark Maffitt - vocals, guitar
Brian Davies - vocals, guitar, banjo
David Jackson - bass
Jeff Gilkinson - cello, banjo, harmonica
Jim Gordon - drums
Matthew Betton - drums
Gary Clontz - guitar
Red Young - keyboards
Bob Applebaum - mandolin
Red Rhodes - pedal steel guitar
Frank Marocco - accordion







Tuesday, April 5, 2011

The Manhattan Transfer - Pastiche





















The Manhattan Transfer - Pastiche
Atlantic Records SD-19163 (1978)


Side One
1. Four Brothers
2. A Gal In Calico
3. Love For Sale
4. Je Voulais (Te Dire Que Je T'Attends)
5. On A Little Street In Singapore
6. In A Mellow Tone


Side Two
1. Walk In Love
2. Who, What, When, Where, Why
3. It's Not The Spotlight
4. Pieces Of Dreams
5. Where Did Our Love Go


Personnel:
Alan Paul - vocals
Janis Siegel - vocals
Laurel Massé - vocals
Tim Hauser - vocals
Art Rodriguez - drums
Jon Mayer - piano
Al Cohn - saxophone
Jimmy Giuffre - saxophone
Lee Konitz - saxophone
Lew DelGatto - saxophone
David Taylor - trombone
Hurbie Green - trombone
Wayne Andre - trombone
Alan Rubin - trumpet
Marky Markowitz - trumpet
Marvin Stamm - trumpet
Randy Brecker - trumpet
Stu Woods - bass
Steve Gadd - drums
Dick Frank - guitar
Tommy Vig - percussion
Buddy Emmons - pedal steel guitar
David Banks - vocals
Jim Gordon - drums
Hubert Hester - fiddle
Johnny Gimble - fiddle
Shorty Lavender - fiddle
Pete Wade - guitar
Charlie McCoy - harmonica
John Barnes - piano
Don Menza - reeds
Jay Migliori - reeds
Joe Roccisano - reeds
Pete Christlieb - reeds
Willie Schwartz - reeds
Garnett Brown - trombone
Jack Redmond - trombone 
Vince Fanuele - trombone
Britt Woodman - trombone
Larry Emerine - percussion
David Wallace - keyboards
Steve Schaeffer - drums
Mike Boddiker - synthesizer
Dave Frishberg - piano
Jeanne Ashby - harp
Mike Melvoin - keyboards
Bobbye Hall - percussion
Scott Edwards - bass
Jeff Porcaro - drums
Ben Benay - guitar
Jay Graydon - guitar
Victor Feldman - percussion
David Foster - piano
Michael Omartian - synthesizer
Ira Newborn - guitar
Donald "Duck" Dunn - bass
Willie Hall - drums
Steve Cropper - guitar
Booker T. Jones - organ, piano
Richard Tee - piano
Tom Hensley - piano
Michael Schnoebelen - bass
Peter Johnson - drums
Wayne Johnson - guitar
David Wallace - piano
Don Roberts - baritone saxophone
Andy Muson - bass

Neil Sedaka - All You Need Is The Music



















Neil Sedaka - All You Need Is The Music
Elektra 6E-161 (1978)

Side One
1. All You Need Is The Music
2. Candy Kisses
3. Should’ve Never Let Her Go
4. Sad, Sad Story
5. Tillie The Twirler


Side Two
1. Love Keeps Getting Stronger Every Day
2. Born To Be Bad
3. What A Surprise
4. You Can Hear The Love
5. City Boy


Personnel:
Neil Sedaka - vocals, keyboards
Leland Sklar - bass
Jim Gordon - drums
Lee Ritenour - guitar
Thom Rotella - guitar
Artie Butler - keyboards
Gayle Levant - harp
Tommy Morgan - harmonica
Walt Johnson - trumpet
Paul Salvo - trumpet
Bill Peterson - trumpet
Lew McCreary - trombone
Gene Cipriano - reeds
Terry Harrington - reeds
Henry Sigismonti - french horn
Marilyn Robinson - french horn
Alan Estes - percussion
Dara Sedaka - vocals
Sherlie Matthews - vocals
Patricia Henderson - vocals
Julia Tillman Waters - vocals

Mary Macgregor - ...In Your Eyes





















Mary Macgregor - ...In Your Eyes
Ariola America SW50025 (1978)


Side One
1. Memories
2. Alone Too Long
3. If You Ever Believed
4. Satisfied
5. In Your Eyes

Side Two
1. Hold Tight
2. Just The Way You Are
3. Don’t Let Me Be Lonely Tonight
4. Seashells On The Windows, Candles And A Magic Stone
5. I’ve Never Been To Me

Mary Macgregor - vocals
Leland Sklar - bass 
Mike Porcaro - bass
Reinie Press - bass
Bobby Martone - bass
Jeff Porcaro - drums
Jim Gordon - drums
Ed Greene - drums
Wilbert Dugas - drums
Jay Graydon - guitar
Fred Tackett - guitar
Ben Benay - guitar
Thom Rotella - guitar
Lee Ritenour - guitar
Doug MacLeod - guitar
John J. Barnes, Jr. - piano
Artie Butler - keyboards
Michael A. Lang - keyboards
David Foster - keyboards
Harold T.J. Smith - keyboards
Tabatt Laven - banjo
Bud Shank - saxophone
James Atkinson - horns
Ernest S. Carlson - horns
Buddy Childers - horns
Gene Cipriano - horns
John Ellis - horns
Jerry Hey - trumpet
Dick Hyde - trombone
Steve Madaio - horns
Richard L. Noel - horns
William B. Peterson - horns
Gale Robinson - horns
Sheridon Stokes  - horns
Ernie Watts - saxophone
Robert Yeager - horns
Murray Adler - strings
Israel Baker - strings
Arnola Belnick - strings
Samuel Boghossian - strings
Isabelle Daskoff - strings
Harold J. Dicterow - strings
Arni Egilsson - strings
Jesse Ehrlich - strings
Henry Ferber - strings
Ronald Folsom - strings
James Getzoff - strings
Harris Goldman - strings
Pamela Goldsmith - strings
Jack Gootkin - strings
Debbie Grossman - strings
Allan Harshman - strings
Armand Kaproff - strings
Dennis Karmazyn - strings
Richard S. Kaufman - strings
Raymond J. Kelley - strings
Jerome A. Kessler - strings
Myra S. Kestenbaum - strings
Mark G. Kovacs - strings
Bernard Kundell - strings
William Kurasch - strings
Marvin Limonick - strings
Joy Lyle - strings
Peter A. Mercurio - strings
David Montago - strings
Michael Nowak - strings
Jay A. Rosen - strings
Nathan Ross - strings
Henry L. Roth - strings
David Schwartz - strings
Sid Sharp - strings
Daniel Shindaryov - strings
Harry L. Shultz - strings
Linn Subotnick - strings
Ilkka Talvi - strings
Hershel Wise - strings
Tibor Zelig - strings
Shari Zippert - strings
Joe Ghiglia - hambone
Victor Feldman - percussion
Alan Estes - percussion
Alexandra Brown - vocals
Stephanie Spruill - vocals
Ann White - vocals

Monday, April 4, 2011

David Gates - Goodbye Girl






















David Gates - Goodbye Girl
Elektra Records 6E-148 (1978)

Side One
1. Goodbye Girl
2. Took The Last Train
3. Overnight Sensation
4. California Lady
5. Ann
6. Drifter

Side Two
1. He Don't Know How To Love You
2. Clouds Suite
3. Lorilee
4. Part-Time Love
5. Sunday Rider
6. Never Let Her Go

Personnel:
David Gates - vocals, guitar
Larry Knechtel - keybaords, bass
Mike Botts - drums
Dean Parks - guitar
Jim Horn - saxophone
Dan Dugmore - guitar
David Lindley - fiddle
Russ Kunkel - drums
Jim Gordon - drums
John Guerin - drums
Larry Carlton - guitar

Dan Hill - Frozen In The Night





















Dan Hill - Frozen In The Night
20th Century Fox Records T-558 (1978)

Side One
1. Frozen In The Night
2. All I See Is Your Face
3. No One Taught Me How To Lie
4. (Why Did You Have To Go And) Pick On Me
5. Friends
6. Let The Last Song Last Forever

Side Two
1. When The Hurt Comes
2. Dark Side Of Atlanta
3. Indian Woman
4. Till The Day I Die
5. Your Only Friend

Personnel:
Dan Hill - guitar, vocals
John Tropea - guitar
Arlen Roth - guitar
Leah Kunkel - vocals
Barry Mann - piano
Brian Russell - sitar
Doug Riley - keyboards
Don Potter - guitar
Jim Gordon - drums
Jorn Andersen - drums
Richard Homme - bass
Bob Mann - guitar
Matthew McCauley - synthesizer
Ben Mink - mandolin
Fred Mollin - guitar, percussion, vocals
Bobby Ogdin - organ, piano
Dennis Pendrith - bass
Tom Szczesniak - bass
Russ Hartenberger - drums, percussion
Larrie Londin - drums