Welcome to Blues & Soul, the blog dedicated to collections of blues, soul, R&B, funk, blue beat and ska vinyl records
from the 60s and 70s. Whether you are a passionate collector, a lover of the history of Black American music or just curious to discover rare gems, you are in the right place.
ke & Tina Turner's Festival of Live Performances is a live album released by Kent Records in January 1970. It was recorded during their stint at Kent in the mid-1960s.
Recorded c. 1964-1965
tracklist:
A1 A Fool In Love 2:29 A2 He's Mine 3:45 A3 Stop The Wedding Please, Please, Please 8:33 A4 If I Can't Be First 2:29 B1 My Man 3:32 B2 You Don't Love Me No More 3:23 B3 It's Gonna Work Out Fine 2:32 B4 If I Only Had You 1:47 B5 I Can't Stop Loving You 3:30 B6 Treat Me Right 3:21
Art Direction – Tom Burgess Bass – Ray Brown Drums – Mickey Roker Piano – Gene Harris Producer – Bennett Rubin, Ray Brown Tenor Saxophone – Stanley Turrentine
Recorded live at the Blue Note, New York City November / December 1985 Engineer [1st Assistant] – David Baker Engineer [2nd Assistandt] – Jon Bobenko Engineer [Recording] – Jim Anderson Producer – Bennett Rubin, Ray Brown
tracklist:
A1 Gene's Lament Written-By – Ray Brown 9:18 A2 Misty Written-By – Erroll Garner 5:31 A3 Uptown Sop Written-By – Ray Brown 8:39 B1 Things Ain't What They Used To Be Written-By – Mercer Ellington, Ted Persons 8:02 B2 Yours Is My Heart Alone Written-By – Franz Lehar* 7:12 B3 Battle Hymn Of The Republic Written-By – Julia Ward Howe 8:15
Nasty! is an album by jazz organist Johnny "Hammond" Smith recorded for the Prestige label in 1968. The album is notable as the first recording featuring guitarist John Abercrombie.
credits:
Drums – Grady Tate Guitar – John Abercrombie Organ – Johnny "Hammond" Smith Tenor Saxophone – Houston Person
Recorded June 18, 1968 Town Sound Studios Recorded By – Orville O'Brien Producer – Cal Lampley
tracklist:
All compositions by Johnny "Hammond" Smith except where noted:
A1 If I Were A Bell 8:33 written by Frank Loesser A2 Song For My Father 7:10 Written by Horace Silver A3 Speak Low 9:30 written by Ogden Nash, Kurt Weill B1 Unchained Melody 3:44 wrutten by Alex North, Hy Zaret B2 Nasty 9:00 B3 Four Bowls Of Soul 7:08
Mose Davis - keyboards Leroy Emmanuel - guitar Demo Cates - alto saxophone Jim White - tenor saxophone Raoul Keith Mangrum - drums
Recorded at – Tera Shirma Studios Producer – Richard "Popcorn" Wylie Recorded By – Russ Terrana
track list
A1 It's A Man's, Man's, Man's World Written-By – Betty Jean Newsom*, James Brown 3:59 A2 Simple Song Written-By – Sylvester Stewart 3:00 A3 Hey Jude Written-By – John Lennon & Paul McCartney* 3:35 A4 The Bite Written-By – Mose Davis 2:47 A5 Soulful Strut Written-By – Eugene Record, William Sanders* 2:28 B1 Dirty Red Written-By – Leroy Emanuel* 2:17 B2 Who's Making Love Written-By – Betty Crutcher*, Donald Davis*, Homer Banks, Raymond Jackson 2:20 B3 Scrambled Eggs Written-By – Mose Davis 2:31 B4 The Other Thing Written-By – Mose Davis 2:39 B5 Girl From Kenya Written-By – Popcorn Wylie*, Tony Hester 2:57 B6 Jan Jan Written-By – Mose Davis 2:15
Baritone Saxophone – Jewell Grant (pistes : B6) Bass – Chuck Hamilton (pistes : B6) Drums – Jesse Sailes* (pistes : B6), Odie Payne (pistes : A1 to A3, A5, A6, B1) Piano – Ike Turner (pistes : B3, B4), Johnny Jones* (pistes : A1 to A3, A5, A6, B1), Willard McDaniel (pistes : B6) Producer [Original Recordings] – Joe Bihari Reissue Producer – Bruce Bromberg, Frank Scott (3) Tenor Saxophone – J.T. Brown (pistes : A1 to A3, A5, A6, B1), Maxwell Davis (pistes : B6) Trumpet – James Parr (pistes : B6) Written-By – James*, Josea*, Taub*, Ling*
Producer [Original Recordings] – Joe Bihari Reissue Producer – Bruce Bromberg, Frank Scott
A2, A5 and A6 recorded in Chicago, 1952 B3 and B4 recorded in Canton, Mississippi, 1953 or 1954 A1, A3 and B1 recorded Chicago, April 1, 1956 B2 probably recorded in Chicago, date unkown
Reggie Young : guitar Mike Leech : bass Gene Chrisman : drums Spooner Oldham : piano Bobby Emmins : organ Eight Strings : strings on (I'm Sorry)
HORNS on (Cheater Man) Ben Couley : trumpet Fred Ford : tenor sax Charlie Chalmers : tenor sax Jimmy Mitchell : baritone sax
Recording Session Produced by Chips Moman & Dan Penn Recorded in Memphis on April, 2, 1967 (Cheater Man) and May, 22, 1967 (I'm Sorry) Arranged by Tommy Cogbill
A Cheater Man Written-By – Dan Penn, Spooner Oldham 2:20 B I'm Sorry Written-By – Dub Alberton, Ronnie Self 2:28
Arranged By – Jimmy Wisner (pistes : B5), Oliver Nelson (pistes : A1, A3, A5, A6, B2, B4, B6), Ray Ellis (pistes : A2, A4, B1, B3,)
Engineer – Tom Dowd
recording sessions:
Ernie Royal, trumpet; Phil Bodner, bass clarinet; Arnold Eidus, Emanuel Green, Julius Held, Joseph Malignaggi, Gene Orloff, Julius Schachter, Sol Shapiro, violin; Harry Azen, Al Brown, Dave Markowitz, viola; Peter Makas, Harvey Shapiro, cello; George Devens, vibes; Paul Griffin, piano; Leonard Pogan, Bill Suyker, guitar; Richard Davis, bass; Al Gorgoni, electric bass; Gary Chester, drums; Dom Um Romao, percussion; Esther Phillips, vocal; Ray Ellis, arranger, director. NYC, December 2, 1965 9637 I Could Have Told You So 9638 He Touched Me 9639 You Can't Go Home Again 9640 The Shadow Of Your Smile
Bernie Glow, Jimmy Maxwell, Ernie Royal, Snooky Young, trumpet; Jimmy Cleveland, Quentin Jackson, Tony Studd, Kai Winding, trombone; Jerry Dodgion, alto sax, flute; Phil Woods, alto sax, clarinet; Romeo Penque, tenor sax, flute; Bob Ashton, tenor sax, clarinet; Danny Bank, baritone sax; Paul Griffin, piano; Leonard Pogan, guitar; George Duvivier, bass; Grady Tate, drums; Esther Phillips, vocal; Oliver Nelson, arranger, director. NYC, December 22, 1965 9699 The Party's Over 9700 A Taste Of Honey 9701 It's All Right With Me 9702 Just Say Goodbye
Art Kaplan, sax, flute; Paul Griffin, piano; Al Chernet, Art Ryerson, mandolin; Eric Gale, Leonard Pogan, guitar; Everett Barksdale, Charles Macey, guitar, mandolin; Bob Bushnell, electric bass; Herbie Lovelle, drums; George Devens, percussion; Esther Phillips, vocal; Jimmy Wisner, arranger, director. NYC, January 5, 1966 9794 As Tears Go By
Bernie Glow, Thad Jones, Ernie Royal, Snooky Young, trumpet; Wayne Andre, Jimmy Cleveland, Quentin Jackson, J.J. Johnson, trombone; Jerry Dodgion, Phil Woods, flute, clarinet, alto sax; Bob Ashton, Jerome Richardson, flute, clarinet, tenor sax; Danny Bank, baritone sax; Paul Griffin, piano; Leonard Pogan, guitar; Bob Cranshaw, bass; Grady Tate, drums; Esther Phillips, vocal; Oliver Nelson, arranger, director. NYC, January 24, 1966 9871 Every Time We Say Goodbye 9872 Let There Be Love 9873 Crazy He Calls Me
trackslist:
A1 It's All Right With Me 2:01 A2 The Shadow Of Your Smile 2:04 A3 Crazy He Calls Me 3:36 A4 He Touched Me 2:42 A5 A Taste Of Honey 2:10 A6 Let There Be Love 2:02 B1 You Can't Go Home Again 2:36 B2 Just Say Goodbye 2:16 B3 I Could Have Told You So 2:40 B4 Every Time We Say Goodbye 3:04 B5 As Tears Go By 2:41 B6 The Party's Over 2:04
(tracks: B1, B6), Ivy Jo Hunter (tracks: B5), Johnny Bristol
(tracks: B1, B6), Norman Whitfield (tracks: A1, A4 to A6, B3, B4)
Vocals – Gladys Knight
tracks list:
A1 Cloud Nine Written-By – B. Strong*, N. Whitfield* A2 Runnin' Out Written-By – N.Ashford, V.Simpson* A3 Didn't You Know (You'd Have To Cry Sometime) Written-By – N.Ashford, V.Simpson* A4 (I Know) I'm Losing You Written-By – C. Grant*, E. Holland*, N. Whitfield* A5 The Nitty Gritty Written-By – Lincoln Chase A6 Ain't No Sun Since You've Been Gone Written-By – C. Grant*, N. Whitfield*, S. Moy* B1 All I Could Do Was Cry Written-By – B. Gordy, Jr.*, B. Davis*, G. Gordy* B2 Keep An Eye Written-By – N.Ashford, V.Simpson* B3 Got Myself A Good Man Written-By – B. Strong*, N. Whitfield* B4 It's Summer Written-By – B. Strong*, N. Whitfield* B5 The Stranger Written-By – Ivy Hunter* B6 I Want Him To Say It Again Written-By – M. Knight*, G. Knight*,
You're All I Need is the second studio album by soul musicians Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell, released in August 1968 on Motown-subsidiary label Tamla Records.
credits:
Lead (and additional background) vocals by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell Background vocals by Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson, The Originals, The Andantes and The Spinners Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers
Producer Harvey Fuqua Johnny Bristol Ashford & Simpson Robert Gordy
Released: August 1968 Recorded: 1966–1967
tracks list:
A1 Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing 2:12 A2 Keep On Lovin' Me Honey 2:28 A3 You're All I Need To Get By 2:47 A4 Baby Don'tcha Worry 2:50 A5 You Ain't Livin' Till You're Lovin' 2:45 A6 Give In, You Just Can't Win 2:45 B1 When Love Comes Knocking At My Heart 2:27 B2 Come On And See Me 2:26 B3 I Can't Help But Love You 2:45 B4 That's How It Is (Since You've Been Gone) 2:58 B5 I'll Never Stop Loving You Baby 2:59 B6 Memory Chest 2:52
