Thursday, July 28, 2022

Claire Lawrence - Leaving You Free









Claire Lawrence - Leaving You Free
Haida HL-5103 (1973)

Side One
1. Hungry For The Good
2. Leaving You Free
3. Village In The Green
4. Long Long Time

Side Two
1. Country Mover
2. Rain, Trane And Afterwards

Personnel:
Jim Gordon - drums
Claire Lawrence - vocals, saxophone, flute, harmonica
Max Bennett - bass
Brett Wade - guitar
Dean Parks - guitar
Larry Carlton - guitar
Clarence McDonald - piano
Ron Tutt - drums
Louie Shelton - guitar
Kathy Stack - vocals
Nathaniel Rosen - cello
David Campbell - viola
Gordon Maron - violin
Sheldon Sanov - violin



Peter Foldy - Roxanne/Funny (single)



Peter Foldy - Roxanne/Funny
Capitol 72775 (1976)

Side One
1. Roxanne

Side Two
2. Funny

Personnel:
Jim Gordon - drums
Wilton Felder - bass
Larry Carlton - guitar
David Foster - keyboards
David Paich - keyboards
Diane Brooks - background vocals

Jerry Goldsmith - Players
















Jerry Goldsmith - Players
Film Score (1979)
Released on Intrada Records (2010)

1. Players
2. Unhappy Woman
3. New Freedom
4. Night Meeting
5. A New Life
6. The Pleasure Circuit
7. The Bedroom (revised)
8. Solitary Guitar
9. Love Theme (demo)
10. The Promise (revised)
11. Travel Time
12. Winning Streak
13. Which One
14. The Boat
15. A Final Decision
16. The Bedroom (original)
17. The Promise (original)
18. 10M5 Fanfare (with slate & compliment)

Personnel:
David Young - bass
Jim Hackmann - bass
James Hughart - bass
John Hornschuch - bass
Mike Rubin - bass
Milton Nadel - bass
Milton Kestenbaum - bass
Morty Corb - bass
Peter Mercurio - bass
David Riddles - bassoon
Fowler Friedlander - bassoon
Jack Marsh - bassoon
Norman Herzberg - bassoon
Alex Rubinstein - cello
Ann Goodman - cello
Charlotte Harris - cello
Christine Ermacoff - cello
Dana Rees - cello
Edgar Lustgarten - cello
Eleanor Slatkin - cello
Gloria Strassner - cello
Harry Shlutz - cello
Igor Horoshevsky - cello
Jacqueline Lustgarten - cello
Richard Walsh - cello
Kathleen Lustgarten - cello
Mary C. Lane - cello
Ray Kramer - cello
Raymond Kelly - cello
Robert Martin - cello
Ronald A. Leonard - cello
Selene Hurford - cello
Abe Most - clarinet
Dominick Fera - clarinet
Gary Gray - clarinet
John Neufeld - clarinet
Roy D'Antonio - clarinet
Alvin Stoller - percussion
Robert Zimmitti - percussion
Carl Rigoli - percussion
Carlos Vega - percussion
Emil Richards - percussion
Jim Gordon - percussion
Joe Porcaro - percussion
Larry Bunker - percussion
Jerome Richardson - flute
Louise DiTullio-Dissman - flute
Sheridon Stokes - flute
Susan Fries - flute
Alton Hendrickson - guitar
Dennis Budimir - guitar
George Doering - guitar
Thom Rotella - guitar
Tommy Tedesco - guitar
Catherine Gotthoffer - harp
Jo Ann Neill - harp
Alan Robinson - french horn
Arthur Maebe - french horn
James Decker - french horn
Marilyn Robinson - french horn
Richard Perissi - french horn
Robert Henderson - french horn
Todd Miller - french horn
David Wheatley - keyboards
Ian Fraser - keyboards
Ian Underwood - keyboards
John Berkman - keyboards
Michael Lang - keyboards
Peter Jolly - keyboards
Peter Wolf - keyboards
Arnold Koblentz - oboe
Robert Steen - oboe
William Criss - oboe
Dick Nash - trombone
Hoyt Bohannon - trombone
Lloyd Ulyate - trombone
Phil Teele - trombone
William Booth - trombone
Buddy Childers - trumpet
Cappy Lewis - trumpet
Graham Young - trumpet
Jay Daversa - trumpet
Nelson Hatt - trumpet
Warren Luerning - trumpet
Archie Levin - viola
Barbara Simons - viola
Denyse Buffum - viola
Harry Rumpler - viola
Leonard Selic - viola
Linn Subotnick - viola
Meyer Bello - viola
Pamela Goldsmith - viola
Patricia Mathews - viola
Robert Ostrowsky - viola
Sven Reher - viola
Anton Sen - violin
Arnold Belnick - violin
Bernard Kundell - violin
Bonnie Douglas - violin
Connie Kupka - violin
Daniel Shindaryov - violin
David Newman - violin
Debbie Sue Grossman - violin
Dorothy Wade - violin
Erica Sharp - violin
Ezra Kliger - violin
Frank Foster - violin
Harold Wolf - violin
Harris Goldman - violin
Henry Ferber - violin
Hrach Yacoubian - violin
Ilkka Talvi - violin
Israel Baker - violin
Jennifer Small - violin
Jerry Reisler - violin
Judith Aller-Talvi - violin
Karen Jones - violin
Kathleen Lenski - violin
Kurt Dieterle - violin
Lya Stern - violin
Mari Tsumara - violin
Marshall Sosson - violin
Mary Lundquist - violin
Nathan Ross - violin
Norman Carr - violin
Paul Shure - violin
Reg Hill - violin
Ronald Folsom - violin
Spiro Stamos - violin
Thelma Beach - violin
William Hymanson - violin


















Johnny Rivers - California Rain










Johnny Rivers - California Rain
Soul City SCR-1008 (1976) 
(released 2021)

1. All I Need
2. I Go To Pieces
3. Part Time Love
4. Skateboard Johnny
5. Love's Made A Fool Of You
6. Sail On
7. City Of Lost Angels
8. San Pedro's Children
9. Sweet Dolores
10. If Love Must Go
11. Spare Me A Little

Personnel:
Joe Osborn - bass
Scott Edwards - bass
Wilton Felder - bass
Ed Greene - drums
Hal Blaine - drums, percussion
Jim Gordon - drums
Dean Parks - guitar
Hadley Hockensmith - guitar
Larry Carlton - guitar
Herb Pedersen - vocals
Julia Waters - vocals
Keith Allison - vocals
Mark Bookin - vocals
Maxine Waters - vocals
Michael Georgiades - vocals
Chuck Findley - trumpet
Jackie Kelso - woodwinds
Jim Horn - woodwinds
Joe Sample - keyboards
Larry Knechtel - keyboards
Michael Omartian - keyboards
Gary Coleman - percussion
Johnny Rivers - vocals, guitar

Gary Puckett - The Gary Puckett Album












Gary Puckett - The Gary Puckett Album
Reprise RS-6402 (1970)

Side One
1. Gentle Woman
2. Shimmering Eyes
3. Feeling Bad
4. Delta Lady
5. Angelica

Side Two
1. Do You Really Have A Heart
2. Hello Morning
3. I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself
4. All That Matters
5. Keep The Customer Satisfied
6. If We Only Have Love

Personnel:
Erno Neufeld - violin
Ollie Mitchell - trumpet
John Audino - trumpet
Tony Terran - trumpet
Carol Kaye - bass
William Green - saxophone
Jim Gordon - drums
David Cohen - guitar
Larry Muhoberak - keyboards
Louie Shelton - guitar
Kenny Shroyer - trombone
Dick Nash - trombone
Wilbert Nuttycombe - violin
Marvin Kimonick - violin
Jerome Reisler - violin
Marshall Sosson - violin
Arnold Belnick - violin
Paul Shure - violin
Gerald Vinci - violin
Lou Haderman - violin
Gareth Nuttycombe - viola
Allan Harshman - viola
Ronny Lang - saxophone
Gene Cipriano - woodwinds
Gary Coleman - percussion
other personnel unknown

Gordon Lightfoot - Sit Down Young Stranger
















Gordon Lightfoot - Sit Down Young Stranger
RCA Victor LSP-4313 (1970)


Side One

1. Minstrel Of The Dawn
2. Me & Bobby McGee
3. Approaching Lavender
4. Saturday Clothes
5. Cobwebs & Dust
6. Poor Little Allison

Side Two
1. Sit Down Young Stranger
2. If You Could Read My Mind
3. Baby It's Alright
4. You Love's Return
5. The Pony Man

Personnel:
Jim Gordon - percussion
Ry Cooder - guitar, mandolin
John Sebastian - autoharp, guitar, harmonica
Van Dyke Parks - harmonium
Rick Haynes - bass
Gordon Lightfoot - guitar, vocals
Red Shea - guitar



The Friends Of Distinction - Real Friends
















The Friends Of Distinction - Real Friends
RCA Victor LSP-4313 (1970)


Side One
1. Love Or Let Me Be Lonely
2. Lady Mae
3. It Don't Matter To Me
4. My Mind Is A Camera
5. Out In The Country

Side Two
1. Any Way You Want Me
2. Crazy Mary
3. Just A Little Lovin'
4. Long Time Comin' My Way
5. On & On

Personnel:
Jim Gordon - drums, percussion
Ray Cork - keyboards
Joe Sample - organ, piano
David Cohen - guitar
Louie Shelton - guitar
Max Bennett - bass
Henry Cain - organ
John Arnold - percussion
King Errison - percussion
Jerry Peters - piano
Gary Coleman - percussion
Howard Roberts - guitar



Mark Eric - A Midsummer's Day Dream

 










Mark Eric - A Midsummer's Day Dream
Revue RS-7210 (1969)

Side One
1. California Home
2. Move With The Dawn
3. Laura's Changing
4. Where Do The Girls Of Summer Go?
5. I'd Like To Talk To You
6. Take Me With You

Side Two
1. Night Of The Lions
2. Don't Cry Over Me
3. We Live So Fast
4. Sad Is The Way That I Feel
5. Just Passing By
6. Lynn's Baby

Bonus Tracks
1. Place For The Summer
2. Build Your Own Dreams
3. Hey, In The Water
4. No Days, No Nights
5. Goin' Native
6. Naked Lady
7. Summer Goes This Way
8. Night Of The Lions (mono)
9. Don't Cry Over Me (mono)
10. California Home (mono)
11. Where Do All The Girls Of Summer Go (mono)
12. Western Airlines Commercial
13. Continental Airlines Commercial
14. United Airlines Commercial
15. Build Your Own Dreams (sessions)
16. Sail Away Boy


Personnel:
Jim Gordon - drums
Chuck Berghofer - bass
Lloyd Lunham - bass
Lyle Ritz - bass
Wayne Songer - brass
Anne Goodman - cello
Toxey French - drums
Alan Robinson - french horn
Arthur Maebe - french horn
Henry Sigismonti - french horn
William Binshaw - french horn
Ben Benay - guitar
David Cohen - guitar
Don Peake - guitar
James Burton - guitar
Waddy Wachtel - guitar
Gayle Levant - harp
Michael Lang - piano
Michel Rubini - piano, keyboards
Gary Coleman - percussion
Gene Estes - percussion
Samuel Boghossian - viola
Harry Bluestone - violin
Leonard Malarsky - violin
Marshall Sosson - violin

Linda Ronstadt - Hand Sown...Home Grown

 










Linda Ronstadt - Hand Sown...Home Grown
Capitol ST-208 (1969)

Side One
1. Baby You've Been On My Mind
2. Silver Threads And Golden Needles
3. Bet No One Ever Hurt This Bad
4. A Number And A Name
5. The Only Mama That'll Walk The Line
6. The Long Way Around

Side Two
1. Break On My Mind
2. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
3. It's About Time
4. We Need A Lot More Of Jesus (And A Lot Less Rock 'N' Roll)
5. The Dolphins

Personnel:
Linda Ronstadt - vocals, percussion
Ken Edwards - guitar
Pete Childs - guitar
Bob Kimmel - guitar
Cyrus Faryar - guitar, bouzouki, vocals
John T. Forsha - guitar
Jimmy Bond - bass
Billy Mundi - drums
Jim Gordon - drums
Clarence White - guitar
Red Rhodes - pedal steel guitar
Gretchen Jacome - vocals
Michael Ronstadt - vocals
Pete Ronstadt - vocals
Arthur Wright - bass
John Barbata - drums
Earl Ball - piano
Chip Douglas - vocals, bass
Joel Scott Hill - vocals
Doug Dillard - violin
Larry Knechtel - piano
Paul Humphrey - drums



October Country - October Country

 










October Country - October Country
Epic BN-26381 (1968)

Side One
1. October Country
2. Painted Sky
3. Little Boy Smiling
4. She's Been Away
5. Good To Be Round
6. I Wish I Was A Fire

Side Two
1. Cowboys And Indians
2. I Just Don't Know
3. End Of The Line
4. My Girlfriend Is A Witch
5. Caryle's Theme


Personnel:
Jim Gordon - drums
Bob Wian - bass
Marty Arsenault - guitar
Jimmy Greenspoon - keyboards, vocals
Michael Lloyd - vocals, guitar, keyboards
Eddie Beram - drums
Bruce Wayne - guitar
Caryle De Franca - vocals
Joe De France - vocals

Wednesday, July 27, 2022

Hearts And Flowers - Of Horses - Kids - And Forgotten Women

 











Hearts And Flowers - Of Horses - Kids - And Forgotten Women
Capitol ST-2868 (1968)

Side One
1. Now Is The Time For Hearts And Flowers
2. Highway In The Wind
3. Second-Hand Sundown Queen
4. She Sang Hymns Out Of Tune
5. Ode To A Tin Angel

Side Two
1. When I Was A Cowboy
2. Legend Of Ol' Tenbrookes
3. Colour Your Daytime
4. Two Little Boys
5. Extra, Extra/Rock And Roll Gypsies/Extra Extra

Personnel:
David Dawson - autoharp, vocals
Al Capps - vocals
Bob Zwirn - vocals
Ian Freebairn-Smith - vocals
John Bahler - vocals
Mitch Gordon - vocals
Ron Hicklin - vocals
Stan Farber - vocals
Tom Bahler - vocals
Jimmy Bond - bass
Lyle Ritz - bass
Jesse Ehrlich - cello
Joseph DiTullio - cello
Ed Thigpen - drums
Jim Gordon - drums
Milt Holland - percussion
Don Randi - keyboards
Bernie Leadon - guitar, vocals
Larry Murray - vocals, guitar
Bobby Helfer - trumpet
Bud Brisbois - trumpet
Tony Terran - trumpet
Harry Hyams - viola
Joseph DiFiore - viola
Leonard Selic - viola
Alexander Murray - violin
Dave Burk - violin
George Kast - violin
James Getzoff - violin
Jerome Reisler - violin
Leonard Malarsky - violin
Nathan Kaproff - violin
Ralph Schaeffer - violin
Sid Sharp - violin
Tibor Zelig - violin
Bill Kurasch - violin

The New Wave - The New Wave

The New Wave - The New Wave
Canturbury CLPM-1501 (1967)

Side One
1. Little Dreams
2. Shadows Of Good Bye
3. The Evening Mist - A Mourning Dew
4. Autrefois (J'ai Aimé Une Femme)
5. In A Lonely Towne

Side Two
1. The Shade Of The Sun
2. Walkin' On Down The Street
3. Once
4. Live For Today
5. Not From You
6. Where Do We Go From Here

Personnel:
Jim Gordon - drums
Carol Kaye - bass
Reid King - vocals
Thom Andriola - vocals
Van Dyke Parks - keyboards

The Garden Club - Little Girl Lost-And-Found/I Must Love Her (single)

 









The Garden Club - Little Girl Lost-And-Found/I Must Love Her
A&M Records 848 (1967)


Side One
1. Little Girl Lost-And-Found

Side Two
1. I Must Love Her

Personnel:
Jim Gordon - drums
Jimmy Bond - bass
Charles Chiarenza - guitar
Josh Walsh - guitar
Tommy Tedesco - guitar
Roger Kellaway - keyboards
Tandyn Almer - keyboards
Ruthann Friedman - vocals

The Beau Brummels - Lower Level/Magic Hollow (single)

 


The Beau Brummels - Lower Level/Magic Hollow
Warner Bros. 7079 (1967)

Side One
1. Lower Level

Side Two
1. Magic Hollow


Personnel:
Jim Gordon - drums
Ron Meagher - bass
Ron Elliott - guitar
Sal Valentino - vocals