Jim Gordon Discography

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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