Thursday, July 28, 2022

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

Thursday, June 21, 2018

The Hues Corporation - Rockin' Soul



The Hues Corporation - Rockin' Soul
RCA Victor APL1-0775 (1974)

Side One
1. Rockin' Soul
2. How I Wish We Could Do It Again
3. We're Keepin' Our Business Together
4. Ease On Down The Road
5. I Got Caught Dancing Again

Side Two
1. Love's There
2. Rock The Boat
3. I'll Take A Melody
4. No End In Sight
5. Into My Music

Personnel:
Joe Sample - keyboards
David Hungate - bass
Wilton Felder - bass
Joe Osborn - bass
Ron Tutt - drums
Jim Gordon - drums
Hal Blaine - drums
Larry Carlton - guitar
Louie Shelton - guitar
Al Casey - guitar
Dennis Budimir - guitar
Gary Coleman - percussion
Chino Valdes - congas
Jimmy Getzoff - violin
Sid Sharp - violin
Harry Bluestone - violin
Israel Baker - violin
David Schwartz - violin
Edgar Lustgarten - cello
Paul Hubinon - trumpet
Bud Brisbois - trumpet
Chuck Findley - trumpet
Charles Loper - trombone
Lew McCreary - trombone
William Green - baritone saxophone

Tim Thorney - Thorney's Latest Album



Tim Thorney - Thorney's Latest Album
London Records DL-3017 (1977)

Side One
1. You'd Be Nothing
2. You've Lost That Feeling
3. Here For A While
4. I Will Make It (Somehow)
5. Rock 'N' Roll Star

Side Two
1. Down To The G
2. You Mean So Much To Me
3. Can We Leave it 'Till Tomorrow
4. Bar-Room Scandal
5. We're Gonna Make It

Personnel:
Aileen Murphy - vocals
Bill Wallace - vocals
Burton Cummings - vocals
Charlie Gregoire - vocals
Chuck Stenzguard - vocals
Ellie Dormer - vocals
Julie Opocensky - vocals
Marc LaFrance - vocals
Maureen Murphy - vocals
Michael Rheault - vocals
Randy Strom - vocals
Tony Wackerman - vocals
Ian Gardiner - bass
Timothy King - bass
Craig Mackie - drums
Gary Peterson - drums
Gord Osland - drums
Jim Gordon - drums
Marc LaFrance - drums
Paul O'Neil - guitar
Randy Storm - guitar
Tim Thorney - guitar
Tony Wackerman - guitar
David Parasz - winds
Michael Rheault - keyboards
Chuck Stenzguard - trumpet

Lee Hazlewood - Friday's Child




Lee Hazlewood - Friday's Child
Reprise RS-6163 (1966)


Side One:
1. Friday's Child
2. Hutchinson Jail
3. By The Way
4. Four Kinds Of Lonely
5. Houston
6. Sally Was A Good Girl

Side Two:
1. Since You're Gone
2. A Real Live Fool
3. I'm Blue
4. The Fool
5. That Old Freight Train
6. Me And Charlie

Personnel:
Lee Hazlewood - guitar, vocals
Jim Gordon - drums
James Bond - bass
James Burton - guitar
Arthur Wright - bass
Mike Rubini - piano
Dale Hallcom - bass
Gloria Nitzsche - vocals
Elaine Corlett - vocals
Joey Cooper - vocals

Danny McCulloch - Wings Of A Man



Danny McCulloch - Wings Of A Man
Capitol ST-174 (1969)

Side One
1. Orange And Red Beans
2. Wings Of A Man
3. Glistening Windows
4. My Feathered Friend
5. The Market Crier
6. Close Of Life

Side Two
1. The Lying Fortune Teller
2. Mirror Of The Sky
3. No Face, No Name, No Number
4. Mr. Moon

Personnel:
Danny McCulloch - vocals
Hal Blaine - drums
John Guerin - drums
Jim Gordon - drums
Carol Kaye - bass
Lyle Ritz - bass
Mike Rubini - piano
David Cohen - guitar
Gary Coleman - percussion
Alan Estes - percussion
Gene Estes - percussion
Al Casey - guitar
Mike Deasy - guitar
Don Peake - guitar
Plas Johnson - winds
Gene Cipriano - winds
Vince DeRosa - french horn
Bill Hinshaw - french horn
Art Maebe - french horn
Henry Sigismonti - french horn
Virgil Evans - trumpet
Tony Terran - trumpet

Wednesday, June 20, 2018

Honey Ltd. - Honey Ltd.



Honey Ltd. - Honey Ltd.
LHI Records LHI-12002 (1968)

Side One
1. The Warrior
2. No-You Are
3. I've Got Your Man
4. Sink 'N Honey

Side Two
1. For Your Mind
2. Come Down
3. Louie Louie
4. Tomorrow, Your Heart

Personnel:
Laura Polkinghome - vocals
Marsha Jo Temmer - vocals
Joan Sliwin - vocals
Alexandra Sliwin - vocals
Jim Gordon - drums
John Guerin - drums
Donald Frost - drums
Harvey Newmark - bass
Carol Kaye - bass
Chuck Berghofer - bass
Jimmy Bond - bass
Michael Anthony - unknown
Harvey Newmark - bass
James Burton - guitar
Al Casey - guitar
David Cohen - guitar
Jim Helms - guitar
Ry Cooder - guitar 
Donnie Owens - guitar
Mike Deasy - guitar 
Don Lanier - guitar 
Lou Morell - guitar
Gary Coleman - percussion
Norm Jeffries - percussion
Michael Lang - keyboards
Don Randi - keyboards
Jack Nitzsche - keyboards
Bill Pitman - guitar/bass
Allan Beutlar - trumpet
Ray Caton - trumpet
Jules Chaikin - trumpet
Virgil Evans - trumpet
Plas Johnson - saxophone 
Richard Leith - trombone 
Oliver Mitchell - trumpet 
Morris Repass - trombone


Billy Strange - James Bond Double Feature



Billy Strange - James Bond Double Feature
GNP Crescendo - GNP 2039 (1967)

Side One
1. You Only Live Twice
2. Alfie
3. A Few Dollars More
4. Born Free
5. Georgy Girl
6. Spanish Spy

Side Two
1. Casino Royale
2. A Man & A Woman
3. In Like Flint
4. The Summer Scene
5. Peter Gunn

Personnel:
Billy Strange - guitar
Roy Caton - trumpet
Bob Knight - trombone
Lew McCreary - trombone
Bill Pitman - guitar
Tommy Tedesco - guitar
Leon Russell - piano
Larry Knechtel - bass
Hal Blaine - drums
Julius Wechter - percussion
Steve Douglas - saxophone
Plas Johnson - saxophone
Jay Migliori - saxophone
Virgil Evans - trumpet
Bud Brisbois - trumpet
Tony Terran - trumpet
Ernie Tack - trombone
Dick Nash - trombone
Louis Morell - guitar
Bobby Gibbons - guitar
Carol Kaye - bass
Ollie Mitchell - trumpet
Glen Campbell - guitar
Chuck Berghofer - bass
Norm Jeffries - percussion
Gary Coleman - percussion
Jules Jacob - saxophone
Bob Hardaway - saxophone
Jim Horn - saxophone
Dick Hyde - trombone
Dave Wells - trombone
Vincent Terri - guitar
Don Randi - keyboards
Jim Gordon - drums
Tom Scott - saxophone
Hoyt Bohannon - trombone

Thursday, December 28, 2017

Tiny Tim - God Bless Tiny Tim



Tiny Tim - God Bless Tiny Tim
Reprise RS-6292 (1968)

Side One
1. Welcome To My Dream
2. Tip Toe Thru' The Tulips With Me
3. Livin' In The Sunlight, Lovin' In The Moonlight
4. On The Old Front Porch
5. The Viper
6. Stay Down Here Where You Belong
7. Then I'd Be Satisfied With Life
8. Strawberry Tea

Side Two
1. The Other Side
2. Ever Since You Told Me That You Love Me (I'm A Nut)
3. Daddy, Daddy, What Is Heaven Like?
4. The Coming Home Party
5. Fill Your Heart
6. I Got You, Babe
7. This Is All I Ask

Personnel:
Tiny Tim - ukulele, vocals
Jim Gordon - drums
John Guerin - drums
Gene Pello - drums
Joe Porcaro - drums
Larry Knechtel - keyboards
Mike Melvoin - keyboards
Pete Jolly - keyboards
Mike Deasy - guitar
Bill Pitman - guitar
Dennis Budimir - guitar
Herb Ellis - guitar
Louis Morell - guitar
Howard Roberts - guitar
Tommy Tedesco - guitar
Michael Anthony - guitar
Milt Holland - percussion
Victor Feldman - percussion
Emil Richards - percussion
Gary Coleman - percussion
Chuck Berghofer - bass
David Duke - french horn
Tony Terran - trumpet
Jules Chaikin - trumpet
Buddy Childers - trumpet
Richard Leith - trombone
Lew McCreary - trombone
William Byers - trombone
Robert Hardaway - oboe
Gene Cipriani - saxophone
Tom Scott - saxophone
Allan Harshmann - viola
Dan Neufeld - viola
Joseph DiFiore - viola
Leonard Selic - viola
Philip Goldberg - viola
Gerald Vinci - violin
Arnold Belnick - violin
Bernie Kundall - violin
Tibor Zelig - violin
Ambrose Russo - violin
Wilbert Nuttycombe - violin
George Kast - violin
Sam Boghossian - violin
Sid Sharp - violin
Albert Steinberg - violin
Ralph Schaeffer - violin
Henry Ferber - violin
Leonard Malarsky - violin
William Kurasch - violin
Lou Klass - violin
Raymond Kelly - cello
Joseph Saxon - cello
Jesse Ehrlich - cello
Joseph DiTullio - cello
Gayle Levant - harp
Red Rhodes - pedal steel guitar
Frank Marocco - accordion

Doris Troy - Doris Troy


Doris Troy - Doris Troy
Apple Records ST 3371 (1970)

Side One
1. Ain't That Cute
2. Special Care
3. Give Me Back My Dynamite
4. You Tore Me Up Inside
5. Games People Play
6. Gonna Get My Baby Back
7. I've Got To Be Strong

Side Two
1. Hurry
2. So Far
3. Exactly Like You
4. You Give Me Joy Joy
5. Don't Call Me No More
6. Jacob's Ladder

Personnel:
Doris Troy - vocals, piano
George Harrison - guitar
Klaus Voormann - bass
Ringo Starr - drums
Billy Preston - piano, organ, electric piano
Stephen Stills - guitar, piano, vocals
Peter Frampton - guitar
Alan White - drums
Eric Clapton - guitar
Delaney Bramlett - percussion
Bonnie Bramlett - percussion
Leon Russell - piano
Bobby Whitlock - keyboards
Jim Gordon - drums
Rita Coolidge - vocals

Billy Preston - Encouraging Words


Billy Preston - Encouraging Words
Apple Records ST-3370 (1970)

Side One
1. Right Now
2. Little Girl
3. Use What You've Got
4. My Sweet Lord
5. Let The Music Play
6. The Same Thing Again

Side Two
1. I've Got A Feeling
2. Sing One For The Lord
3. When You Are Mine
4. I Don't Want You To Pretend
5. Encouraging Words
6. All Things Must Pass
7. You've Been Acting Strange

Personnel:
Billy Preston - vocals, keyboards, harmonica
George Harrison - guitar, synthesizer, vocals
Eric Clapton - guitar
Delaney Bramlett - guitar, vocals
Carl Radle - bass
Jim Gordon - drums
Klaus Voorman - bass
Ringo Starr - drums
Bobby Keys - saxophone
Jim Price - trumpet, trombone
The Edwin Hawkins Singers - vocals
other personnel unknown

Wichita Fall - Life Is But A Dream


Wichita Fall - Life Is But A Dream
Imperial LP-12417 (1968)

Side One
1. Morning Sun
2. Once In The Morning
3. Sunny Road
4. Going To Ohio
5. Playground
6. Ornamental Sideshow

Side Two
1. Poor Mr. Drake's Afternoon Show
2. Crystal Rain
3. Hectivity
4. Schubert's Theme
5. Night Time Suite
6. Are You Sleeping
7. Life Is But A Dream

Personnel:
Larry Watson - bass
Jim Gordon - drums
Hal Blaine - drums
John Guerin - drums
Len Feigin - drums
Phillip Black - guitar, vocals
David Roush - guitar, vocals
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

Wayne Newton - Pour Me A Little More Wine



Wayne Newton - Pour Me A Little More Wine
Chelsea Records BCL1-0367 (1973)

Side One
1. Pour Me A Little More Wine
2. The Morning After
3. Playground In My Mind
4. Stan & Ollie
5. All That Love Went To Waste
6. Loves Me Like A Rock

Side Two
1. Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose
2. Just Yesterday
3. My Love
4. Fool
5. Here Comes That Feeling Again

Personnel:
Wayne Newton - vocals
Jim Hughart - bass
Max Bennett - bass
Earl Palmer - drums
Hal Blaine - drums
Jim Gordon - drums
Ben Benay - guitar
Dean Parks - guitar
Richard Bennett - guitar
Michael Omartian - keyboards
Mike Melvoin - keyboards
Gary Coleman - percussion
George Bohanon - trombone
Lew McCreary - trombone
Chuck Findlay - trumpet
Jay Daversa - trumpet
Ollie Mitchell - trumpet
Paul Hubinon - trumpet
Dick Hyde - trumpet
Jackie Kelson - woodwinds
Bob Hardaway - woodwinds
Tom Scott - woodwinds

Frank Zappa - Rollo



Frank Zappa - Rollo
Zappa Records - BPR-1230 (2017)

Side One
1. Rollo (recorded 1972)

Side Two
2. Portland Improvisation (recorded 1972)

Personnel:
Frank Zappa - conductor, guitar, vocals
Malcolm McNab - trumpet
Gary Barone - trumpet
Tom Malone - tuba, saxes, piccolo trumpet, trumpet
Earl Dumler - woodwinds
Glenn Ferris - trombone
Bruce Fowler - trombone
Tony Duran - slide guitar
Dave Parlato - bass
Jim Gordon - drums, steel drum

PP Arnold - The Turning Tide



PP Arnold - The Turning Tide
Kundalini Music - KNDLP2 (2017) Side One
1. Medicated Goo (recorded 1970)
2. Born
3. If This Were My World
4. High And Windy Mountain
5. Spinning Wheel
6. Bury me Down By The River
7. Children Of The Last War

Side Two
1. Brand New Day (recorded 1970)
2. The Turning Tide
3. You've Made Me So Very Happy
4. Give A Hand, Take A Hand
5. Happiness
6. You Can't Always Get What You Want (recorded 1970)

Personnel:
PP Arnold - vocals
Rita Coolidge - vocals
Bobby Whitlock - vocals, keyboards
Carl Radle - bass
Jim Gordon - drums
Eric Clapton - guitar
Bobby Keys - saxophone
Jim Price - trumpet
Dave Glover - bass
Roger Pope - drums
Caleb Quaye - piano, guitar, Hammond organ
Doris Troy - vocals
Barry Gibb - vocals