Showing posts with label Van Dyke Parks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Van Dyke Parks. Show all posts

Monday, March 21, 2011

Van Dyke Parks - Discover America





















Van Dyke Parks - Discover America
Warner Bros. BS-2589 (1972)


Side One
1. Jack Palance
2. Introduction
3. Big Crosby
4. Steelband Music
5. The Four Mills Brothers
6. Be Careful
7. John Johnes
8. FDR In Trinidad
9. Sweet Trinidad


Side Two
1. Occapella
2. Sailin' Shoes
3. Riverboat
4. Ode To Tobago
5. Your Own Comes First
6. G-Man Hoover
7. Stars And Stripes Forever


Personnel:
Van Dyke Parks - keyboards, vocals
Bonnie Douglas - violin
Gary Coleman - percussion
Jesse Ehrlich - cello
Jim Gordon - drums
John Audino - horn
Laurindo Almeida - guitar
Lew McCreary - horn
Lowell George - guitar
Milt Holland - percussion
Tom Scott - saxophone
Al McKibbon - bass
Anne Goodman - cello
Buell Neidlinger - bass
Chuck Berghoffer - bass
Dan Neufeld - violin
Frederick Seykora - cello
Gayle LeVant - harp
Israel Baker - violin
Jay Migliori - reeds
Jeff Reynolds - trumpet
Jerry Kessler - cello
John Bergamo - percussion
Karen Ervin - percussion
Malcolm McNabb - trumpet
Murray Adler - violin
Myra Kestenbaum - viola
Norman Botnick - violin
Paul Shure - violin
Richie Hayward - drums
Roger Bobo - trumpet
Roy Estrada - bass
The Esso Trinidad Steel Band
Tony Terran - trumpet

Sunday, March 6, 2011

Van Dyke Parks - Song Cycle





















Van Dyke Parks - Song Cycle
Warner Bros. WS-1727 (1968)


Side One
1. Vine Street
2. Palm Desert
3. Widow's Walk
4. Laurel Canyon Blvd.
5. The All Golden
6. Van Dyke Parks


Side Two
1. Public Domain
2. Donovan's Colours
3. The Attic
4. Laurel Canyon Blvd.
5. By The People
6. Pot Pourri


Personnel:
Van Dyke Parks - piano, vocals
Ron Elliott - guitar
Nicolai Bolin - balalaika
Vasil Crienica - balalaika
Misha Goodatieff - violin
Virginia Majewski - viola
Trefoni Tizz - strings
Red Rhodes - strings
Gayle Levant - harp
Jim Horn - woodwinds
Ted Nash - woodwinds
Carl Fortina - accordion
Dick Hyde - trombone
Thomas Shepard - brass
George Washington Brown - piano
Jim Gordon - drums
Hal Blaine - drums
Jack Glaser - sound effects
El Supremo - sound effects
Gaile Parks - vocals
Durrie Parks - vocals
Tommy Tedesco - guitar
Tom Scott - saxophone