Del Shannon - Total Commitment

Del Shannon - Total Commitment
Liberty Records LRP-3479 (1966)

Side One:
1. Under My Thumb
2. Red Rubber Ball
3. She Was Mine
4. Where Were You When I Needed You
5. The Joker Went Wild
6. The Pied Piper

Side Two:
1. Sunny
2. Show Me
3. Time Won't Let Me
4. What Makes You Run
5. I Can't Be True
6. Summer In The City

Personnel:
Del Shannon - vocals, guitar
James Burton - guitar
Dennis Budimir - guitar
Al Casey - guitar
Bill Pitman - guitar
Larry Knechtel - bass, piano
Ray Pohlman - bass
Bob West - bass
Chuck Blackwell - drums
Jerry Williams - drums
Jim Gordon - drums
Gary Coleman - percussion
Victor Feldman - percussion
Frank DeVito - percussion
Leon Russell - piano
Don Randi - piano
Plas Johnson - saxophone
Jim Horn - saxophone
Bud Shank - saxophone
Billie Barnum - vocals
Jean King - vocals
Judie Lawler - vocals
Steve Monahan - vocals

Harpers Bizarre - The Secret Life Of Harpers Bizarre

Harpers Bizarre - The Secret Life Of Harpers Bizarre
Warner Bros. W-1739 (1968)

Side One
1. Look To The Rainbow
2. Battle Of New Orleans
3. When I Was A Cowboy
4. Interlude
5. Sentimental Journey
6. Las Mananitas
7. Medley: Bye, Bye, Bye/Vine Street
8. Me, Japanese Boy
9. Interlude

Side Two
1. I'll Build A Stairway To Paradise
2. Green Apple Tree
3. Sit Down, You're Rocking The Boat
4. Interlude
5. I Love You, Mama
6. Funny How Love Can Be
7. Mad
8. Look To The Rainbow
9. The Drifter
10. Reprise

Bonus Tracks (on CD reissue)
1. Both Sides Now
2. Small Talk

Personnel:

Jim Gordon - drums

Lyle Ritz - bass

Van Dyke Parks - keyboards

other personnel unknown

Bobby Darin - Inside Out

Bobby Darin - Inside Out
Atlantic Records SD-8142 (1967)

Side One
1. The Lady Came From Baltimore
2. Darling Be Home Soon
3. Bes' Friends
4. I Am
5. About You
6. I Think It's Gonna Rain Today

Side Two
1. Whatever Happened To Happy
2. Black Sheep Boy
3. Hello Sunshine
4. Lady Fingers
5. Back Street Girl

Personnel:
Bobby Darin - vocals
Don Peake - guitar
Jim Gordon - drums, percussion
Jim Horn - woodwinds
Plas Johnson - woodwinds
Gene Estes - percussion
Al Casey - guitar
Peter Christ - oboe
Gary Klein - saxophone
Alexander Neiman 
Fred Seykora - cello
Jerome Reisler - violin
Jack Shulman - violin
Michel Rubini - keyboards
Don Bagley - bass
Gary Coleman - percussion
David Cohen - guitar
Mike Deasy - guitar

The Everly Brothers - Ain't That Lovin' You Baby/Hello Amy (single)

The Everly Brothers - Ain't That Lovin' You Baby/Hello Amy
Warner Bros. WB-129 (1964)

Side One
1. Ain't That Lovin' You Baby

Side Two
1. Hello Amy

Personnel:
Don Everly - vocals, guitar
Phil Everly - vocals, guitar
Billy Strange - guitar
James Burton - guitar
Jim Gordon - drums
Ray Johnson - piano
Ray Pohlman - bass
Bert Dodson - bass
Tommy Allsup - guitar

Jerry Inman - Lennon McCartney Country Style

Jerry Inman - Lennon McCartney Country Style
Columbia Records  CS-9593 (1968)

Side One

1. From Me To You

2. A Hard Day’s Night

3. Yesterday

4. I’ve Just Seen A Face

5. And I Love Her

6. I Don’t Want To Spoil The Party

Side Two

1. Help !

2. Here There And Everywhere

3. I'll Cry Instead

4. Baby's In Black

5. We Can Work It Out

Personnel:

Jerry Inman - vocals

Dick Burns - bass

Jim Gordon - drums

Glen Campbell - guitar

Glen D. Hardin - piano

James Burton - guitar

Carl West - pedal steel guitar

Midnight String Quartet - Spanish Rhapsodies For Young Lovers

Midnight String Quartet - Spanish Rhapsodies For Young Lovers
Viva Records V-6004 (1967)

Side One:
1. The Lonely Bull
2. Meditation
3. La Paloma
4. Maria Elena
5. Guantanamera
6. Summer Samba

Side Two:
1. El Relicario
2. Our Day Will Come
3. Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars
4. The Girl From Ipanema
5. Cuando Calienta El Sol (Love Me With All Your Heart)
6. Spanish Eyes

Personnel:
Ron Folsom - violin
Jay Rosen - violin
Jerry Epstein - viola
Ryan Selberg - cello
Glen Hardin - piano, guitar
Michel Rubini - harpsichord
Lyle Workman - bass
Jim Gordon - drums

Midnight String Quartet - Rhapsodies For Young Lovers

Midnight String Quartet - Rhapsodies For Young Lovers
Viva Records VS-6001 (1966)

Side One:
1. Strangers In The Night
2. The Shadow Of Your Smile
3. You Don't Have To Say You Love Me
4. Blue Star
5. A Lover's Concerto
6. Lara's Theme From "Doctor Zhivago"

Side Two:
1. Yesterday
2. What Now My Love
3. Moonlight Sonata
4. Tonight's Dream
5. My Heart's Symphony

Personnel:
Ron Folsom - violin
Jay Rosen - violin
Jerry Epstein - viola
Ryan Selberg - cello
Leon Russell - piano
Jim Gordon - drums
Michel Rubini - harpsichord
Lyle Workman - bass

Pachuco - Pachuco

Pachuco - Pachuco
Eagle Record Company LPS-3132 (1974)

Side One
1. Sangria
2. Funky Flamenco
3. Bugaloo Sonata
4. Pavane
5. Maleguena

Side Two
1. Pachuco
2. John's Wedding
3. Gypsy Blues
4. Minuet In C
5. Zambra

Personnel:
Ruben Romero - guitar
Vincente Romero - percussion
Chinin De Triana - vocals
Max Bennett - bass
Lenny La Blanc - bass
Jim Gordon - drums
Hal Blaine - drums
Jimmy Evans - drums
Clayton Ivey - keyboards
Ben Cauley - trumpet
Harrison Callaway - trumpet
Charles Rose - trombone
Ronnie Eades - baritone saxophone
Harvey Thompson - tenor saxophone

John Phillips - Jack Of Diamonds

John Phillips - Jack Of Diamonds
Varèse Sarabande VSD-6819 (2007)

1. Devil's On The Loose
2. Mister Blue
3. Black Broadway
4. Chinatown
5. Too Bad
6. Marooned (Double Parked)
7. Jack Of Diamonds (Me And My Uncle)
8. Revolution On Vacation
9. Campy California (Aerospace)
10. Cup Of Tea (Skyjacked)
11. Yesterday I Left The Earth
12. Stepping To The Stars/Penthouse Of Your Mind
13. Flawless Space 
14. Last Of The Unnatural Acts
15. First And Last Thing You Do (Holland Tunnel)
16. Fantastic Four
17. Honeymoon (No Dough)
18. Me And My Uncle

Personnel:
John Phillips - vocals, guitar, keyboards
James Hughart - bass
Joe Osborn - bass
Tony Newton - bass
Ed Greene - drums
Hal Blaine - drums
Jim Gordon - drums
David T. Walker - guitar
Don Peake - guitar
Eric Hord - guitar
Larry Carlton - guitar
Louie Shelton - guitar
William Richardson - guitar
Peter Ivers - harmonica
Joe Sample - keyboards
Kathleen Vantrease - keyboards
Van Dyke Parks - keyboards
Alan Estes - percussion
Bobbye Hall - percussion
Gary Coleman - percussion
Bobby Keys - saxophone
Jim Horn - saxophone
Wilton Felder - saxophone
Red Rhodes - pedal steel guitar
Bill Cleary - vocals
Cass Elliot - vocals
Denny Dohery - vocals
Michelle Phillips - vocals
Terry Melcher - vocals

Anna Black - Thinking About My Man

Anna Black - Thinking About My Man
Epic Records BN-26444 (1969)

Side One
1. St. James Infirmary Blues
2. This Train
3. Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child
4. Little Bitty Bullfrog
5. Market Man

Side Two
1. Thinkin' About My Man
2. Devil Man
3. 40 Years Sufferin'
4. Hound Dog
5. Death Bed Blues

Personnel:
Anna Black - vocals
Jerry Scheff - bass
Jim Gordon - drums
David Cohen - guitar
James Burton - guitar
Larry Knechtel - piano
Bill Byers - trombone
Dick Noel - trombone
Kenny Shroyer - trombone
Lou Blackburn - trombone
Mike Wimberly - trombone
Milt Bernhart - trombone
Bobby Bryant - trumpet
Marion Childers - trumpet
Harry Edison - trumpet
Larry McGuire - trumpet
Stanley Fishelson - trumpet
John Johnson - tuba

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

Cliff DeYoung - Cliff DeYoung

Cliff DeYoung - Cliff DeYoung
MCA Records MCA432 (1973)

Side One
1. If I Could Put You In My Song
2. She Bent Me Straight Again
3. You Will Never Know
4. And You'll Be My Lady
5. Winter Flower

Side Two
1. Sunday Sunrise
2. Lines
3. If You Love Me Tonight
4. For Baby
5. Song Of Woe

Personnel:
Cliff DeYoung - vocals
Joe Osborn - bass
Jim Gordon - drums
Ben Benay - guitar
Dennis Budimir - guitar
Victor Feldman - percussion
Larry Muhoberac - piano

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

The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band - Vol. 3: A Child's Guide To Good & Evil

The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band - Vol. 3: A Child's Guide To Good & Evil
Reprise Records RS-5106 (1968)

Side One
1. Eighteen Is Over The Hill
2. In The Country
3. Ritual #1
4. Our Drummer Always Plays In The Nude
5. As The World Rises And Falls
6. Until The Poorest People Have Money To Spend

Side Two
1. Watch Yourself
2. A Child's Guide To Good And Evil
3. Ritual #2
4. A Child Of A Few Hours Is Burning To Death
5. As Kind As Summer
6. Anniversary Of World War III

Personnel:
Bob Markley - vocals
Shaun Harris - vocals, bass
Ron Morgan - guitar
Jim Gordon - drums

Mariya Takeuchi - Love Songs

Mariya Takeuchi - Love Songs
RCA RVL-8047 (1980)

Side One
1. Fly Away
2. Sayonara No Yoake
3. Jikiarashi
4. Zouge Kaigan
5. Gosenshi

Side Two
1. Lonely Wind
2. Koi No Owarini
3. Matteiruwa
4. September
5. Fushinga Peach Pie
6. Little Lullaby

Personnel:
Mariya Takeuchi - vocals
David Boruff - alto saxophone
Gene Merlino - vocals
Michael Redman - vocals
Stan Faber - vocals
Leland Sklar - bass
Russ Kunkel - drums
Carmen Mosier - guitar
Tim May - guitar
David Benoit - keyboards
Rodney Rozzelle - percussion
Jerry Scheff - bass
Jim Gordon - drums
Chuck Findley - flugelhorn
Paul Jackson - guitar
Larry Knechtel - keyboards
Michael Boddicker - keyboards
Frank Marocco - accordion

J.J. Light - Heya!

J.J. Light - Heya!
1969

1. Na Ru Ka
2. Silently Sleeping
3. Follow Me Girl
4. It's Wednesday
5. Until It Snows
6. Electric Land Band, The
7. Hello, Hello, Hello
8. Heya
9. While the World Turns to Stone
10. Henry Glover
11. Hey Yo Hanna Wa
12. Indian Disneyland
13. Gallup, New Mexico
14. On the Road Now
15. Low Rider Rule
16. Running Bear
17. Rose Marie
18. A Thousand Years Old
19. Love Is Not a Game
20. Power to the People
21. Kent State Massacre
22. Christine
23. Don't We All Get Lonely Sometimes?
24. Have You Seen My Baby?
25. Stuck in Prison
26. Heya

Personnel:
Jim Stallings - vocals, bass, guitar
Gary Rowles - guitar
Ron Morgan - guitar
Larry Knechtel - piano, organ
Joe Osborne - bass
Jim Gordon - drums
Earl Palmer - drums

Crosby, Stills & Nash - Crosby, Stills & Nash

Crosby, Stills & Nash - Crosby, Stills & Nash
Atlantic Records SD-8229 (1969)

Side One
1. Suite: Judy Blue Eyes
2. Marrakesh Express
3. Guinnevere
4. You Don't Have To Cry
5. Pre-Road Downs

Side Two
1. Wooden Ships
2. Lady Of The Island
3. Helplessly Hoping
4. Long Time Gone
5. 49 Bye-Byes

Personnel:
David Crosby - guitar, vocals
Stephen Stills - guitar, bass, organ, piano, percussion, vocals
Graham Nash - vocals, percussion, guitar
Dallas Taylor - drums, percussion
Jim Gordon - drums
Cass Elliot - vocals

The Surf Symphony - Song Of Summer

The Surf Symphony - Song Of Summer
Capitol Records ST-329 (1969)

Side One
1. The Last Thrill
2. Sandcastles At Sunset
3. Get Back
4. Warmth Of The Sun
5. Green Water Sails

Side Two
1. Theme From "A Summer Place"
2. The Promise Of Rain
3. My Cherie Amour
4. That Bluebird Of Summer
5. Night Of The Lions

Personnel:
Mike Deasy - guitar
Ben Benay - guitar
Vic Briggs - guitar
Ray Pohlman - bass
Lyle Ritz - bass
Michel Rubini - keyboards
John Myles - keyboards
Jim Horn - woodwinds
Jules Jacob - woodwinds
Gary Coleman - percussion
Jim Gordon - drums
Lou McCreary - trombone
Dick Hyde - trombone
Virgil Evans - trumpet
Ollie Mitchell - trumpe
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

Michael Jarrett - We're All Goin' Down Together

Michael Jarrett - We're All Goin' Down Together
Playboy Records PB-104 (1972)

Side One
1. I'm Leavin'
2. Goin' Down
3. It's All Uncertain
4. The Road
5. Sunday In L.A.

Side Two
1. Go Where You Go
2. I Think You're Gonna Make It
3. All Goin' Down Together
4. Sweet Emily
5. On My Way Tomorrow

Personnel:
Michael Jarrett - vocals, guitar, keyboards
Jim Gordon - drums
Max Bennett - bass
Joe Sample - keyboards

Louie Shelton - guitar

Larry Carlton - guitar
Buddy Emmons - pedal steel guitar
Gary Coleman - percussion

Michel Berger - Beauséjour

Michel Berger - Beauséjour
Warner Bros. 56785 (1980)

Side One
1. La Groupie Du Pianiste
2. Y A Vraiment Qu'l'amour Qui Vaille La Peine
3. C'est Pour Quelqu'un
4. Celui Qui Chante
5. Tout Est Possible

Side Two
1. Attendre
2. Quelques Mots D'Amour
3. Jouer Du Banjo
4. La Fille Des Annés 2000
5. C'est Difficile D'Être Un Homme Aussi

Personnel:
Michel Berger - piano, vocals
Paul Stallworth - bass
Jim Keltner - drums
Paulinho De Costa - percussion
Danny Kortchmar - guitar
Ben Benay - guitar
Neil Larsen - keyboards
Lyle Harper - bass
Simon Phillips - drums
Jim Gordon - drums
Mike Baird - drums
Alan Schwartzberg - drums
Rick Schlosser - drums
Neil Stubenhaus - bass
Pascal Arroyo - bass
Lenny Castro - percussion
Rubens Bassini - percussion
GIlles Perrin - percussion
Jacky Tricoire - guitar
Steve Lukather - guitar
Dean Parks - guitar
John Tropea - guitar
Elliot Randall - guitar
Michael Landau - guitar
Bill Payne - keyboards
Paul Griffin - keyboards
Babou - vocals
Daniel Balavoine - vocals
The Brothers Costa - vocals
Claude Puterflam - vocals
Laurel Masse - vocals
Michel Bernholc - piano
Georges Rodi - keyboards
Tom Saviano - saxophone
Gary Herbig - saxophone
David Luell -saxophone
Steve Madaio - trumpet
Gary Grant - trumpet
Dick Hyde- trombone
Christian Guizien - trombone
Herb Pedersen - banjo