Showing posts with label 1972. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1972. Show all posts

Peter Anders - Peter Anders



Peter Anders - Peter Anders
Family Productions FPS 2705 (1972)


Side One
1. You're Safe Now
2. Let Me Know The Truth
3. She's All Heart
4. My Love Don't Die Easy
5. A Year Ago Today

Side Two
1. Yesterday's Too Many Dreams Away
2. You
3. Till It's All Blown Away
4. On Your Love
5. There Is A Song



Personnel Include:
Peter Anders - vocals, acoustic guitar
Larry Fallon - arrangements, keyboards
Mike Stone - engineer
Gary Kellgren - engineer
Bryan Garofalo - bass
Lee Sklar - bass
Norman Marzano - bass
Wolfgang Melz - bass
Jimmy Miller - drums
Joel Bishop O'Brien - drums
Rhys Clark - drums
Billy Joel -keyboards
Paul Harris - keyboards
Danny Kortchmar - lead guitar
Eric Gale - lead guitar
Jimmy Calvert - lead guitar
Mike Deasy - 12-string guitar
Wesley Whatt - bottle neck guitar
Emil Richards - percussion
Jack Carone, Clydie King, Terry Marzano, Marta Kellgren, Laura Creamer, Maxine Willard - background vocals

Notes:
Recorded at Record Plant, Los Angeles, CA.

Paul Johnson And The Sure Foundation - Ralph Carmichael Presents



Paul Johnson And The Sure Foundation - Ralph Carmichael Presents
Light Records LS-5573 (1972)


Side One
1. Walk This Land
2. It's About Time
3. When Tears Hide Tomorrow
4. The Four spiritual Laws
5. The Valley Of Despair

Side Two
1. There Came A Man
2. There's More
3. His Promise Of Love
4. This Time Of Life
5. No Longer Strangers



Personnel Include:
Paul Johnson - arrangements, composer, conductor, keyboards, lead vocals
Carol Kaye - bass
Michael Omartian - bass, drums, lead vocals
Ron Brown - bass
John Guerin - drums
Dave Williamson - flute
Mike Anthony - guitar
Mike Deasy - guitar
Vern Trost - guitar
Clark Gassman - keyboards
Fred Petry - percussion
Ken Watson - percussion
Bill Cole - producer

Debbie Au - Clay



Debbie Au - Clay
Ranwood Records R-8103 (1972)


Side One
1. The First Day In August
2. Walk On In
3. Country Road
4. There Ain't No Mountain High Enough
5. Ride On
6. Satisfied


Side Two
1. Preacher
2. Birds
3. Nowhere To Run
4. Potter
5. Mississippi Lullabye



Personnel Include:
Debbie Au - vocals, composer
Gerald Pearson - producer
Lex DeAzevedo - producer, keyboards
Carol Kaye - bass
Joe Osborn - bass
David Kemper - drums
Paul Humphrey - drums
Ron Tutt - drums
Mike Deasy - guitar
Ben Benay - guitar
Larry Carlton - guitar

David Clayton-Thomas - David Clayton-Thomas



David Claryton-Thomas
Columbia Records KC 31000 (1972)


Side One
1. Magnificent Sanctuary Band*
2. We're All Meat From The Same Bone
3. Stealin' In The Name Of The Lord
4. Dying To Live
5. Sing A Song*


Side Two
1. She
2. Don't Let It Bring You Down
3. Once Burned*
4. North Beach Racetrack
5. Caress Me Pretty Music



*Personnel Include:
David Clayton-Thomas - lead vocals
Jimmy Haskell - arrangements, conductor
Bobby Colomby - producer
Joel Sill - producer
Joe Osborn - bass
Earl Palmer - drums
Mike Deasy - guitar
David Cohen - guitar
King Errisson - percussion
Larry Knechtel - piano
Johnny Rialto - piccolo flute
Ollie Mitchell - piccolo trumpet, flugelhorn
Sid Sharp Strings
Clydie King, Melissa MacKay, Venetta Fields - backing vocals

Dan Cassidy - Dan Cassidy



Dan Cassidy - Dan Cassidy
Little David Records (1972)


Side One
1. Nothing Can Stop This Dream
2. Wintersong
3. Take The Time
4. James Connally
5. We Are The Children


Side Two
1. 34th St. To L.A.
2. Dopefiend Song
3. We All Once Lived In A Valley
4. Make The Poet King
5. The Irish And Their Gin Mill Gin



Personnel Include:
Dan Cassidy - lead vocals, guitar, composer
Jack Lewis - producer
Monte Kay - producer
Carl Radle - bass
Jerry Scheff - bas
Jim Keltner - drums
Kenny Rankin - guitar
Mike Deasy - lead guitar, dobro, banjo, 12 string, arrangements, co-composer "Nothing Can Stop This Dream"
Larry Knechtel - keyboards
Victor Feldman - keyboards
Gary Coleman - percussion
Bobby Hall - percussion
Jim Horn - saxophone, flute, arrangements
Jackie Kelso - flute 
Kathie Deasy, Mike Deasy, Kenny Rankin, Yvonne Rankin - background vocals

Helen Reddy - I Am Woman




Helen Reddy - I Am Woman
Capitol Records ST-11068 (1972)


Side One
1. Peaceful
2. I Am Woman
3. This Masquerade
4. I Didn't Mean To Love You
5. Where Is My Friend

Side Two
1. And I Love You So
2. What Would They Say
3. Where Is The Love
4. Hit The Road Jack
5. The Last Blues Song



Personnel Include:
I Am Woman:
Helen Reddy - vocals, composer
Ray Burton - composer
Jay Senter - producer
Mike Deasy - guitar, 12-string guitar
Jim Horn - woodwinds, string and horn arrangements
Jim Gordon - drums
Mike Melvoin - piano
Lee Sklar - bass
Dick Hyde - trombone
Don Menza - saxophone
Kathie Deasy, Clydie King, Venetta Fields, Shirley Matthews - backing vocals

Little Richard - Southern Child



Little Richard - Southern Child
Reprise Records (unreleased) (1972)


Side One
1. California (I'm Coming)
2. If You Pick Her Too Hard (She Comes Out Of Tune)
3. Burning Up With Love
4. Ain't No Tellin'
5. Last Year's Race Horse (Can't Run In This Year's Race)

Side Two
1. Southern Child
2. In The Name
3. Over Yonder
4. I Get A Little Lonely
5. Puppy Dog Song



Personnel Include:
Little Richard - vocals, piano, composer
Lee Allen - tenor saxophone
Jim Horn - saxophone
Sneaky Pete Kleinow - pedal steel guitar
Earl Palmer - drums
Mike Deasy - guitars, composer

Notes:

Most of the songs on this album were recorded during the sessions for the previous Little Richard album, Second Coming. But that album did so poorly this album was shelved. There are bootleg copies floating around but the album was never officially released.

The 5th Dimension - Greatest Hits On Earth



The 5th Dimension - Greatest Hits On Earth
Bell Records 1106 (1972)


Side One
1. (Last Night) I Didn't Get To Sleep At All
2. Stoned Soul Picnic
3. One Less Bell To Answer
4. Medley: Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In
5. Wedding Bell Blues


Side Two
1. Save The Country
2. Love's Lines, Angles And Rhymes
3. Puppet Man
4. Up, Up And Away
5. Never My Love
6. Together Let's Find Love


Personnel:
Billy Davis, Jr. - vocals
Florence LaRue - vocals
Marilyn McCoo - vocals
Lamonte McLemore - vocals
Ron Townson - vocals
Mike Deasy - guitar
Dennis Budimir - guitar
Al Casey - guitar
Fred Tackett - guitar
Mike Anthony - guitar
Ray Pohlman - guitar
Tommy Tedesco - guitar
Zavier - guitar
Joe Osborn - bass
Hal Blaine - drums, percussion
Milt Holland - percussion
Larry Knechtel - keyboards
Jimmy Rowles - keyboards
Bones Howe - sounds


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Sam Neely - Loving You Just Crossed My Mind



Sam Neely - Loving You Just Crossed My Mind
Capitol Records ST-11097 (1972)


Side One
1. Loving You Just Crossed My Mind
2. Blue Time
3. Before Your Eyes
4. Jesse California
5. Can't Help Wondering

Side Two
1. Long Road To Texas
2. Molly Bee
3. Cry Me A Song
4. Every Day Is The Same As Today
5. Pray



Personnel Include:
Sam Neely - vocals
Jim Benci - executive producer
Phil Gillin - producer
Rudy Durand - producer, arrangements
Gene Page - arrangements
Jerry Cole - acoustic guitar, steel banjo
Mike Deasy - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, steel guitar
Allan Hunt - lead guitar
Lee Sklar - bass
Wilton Felder - bass
Gene Pello - drums
Jim Horn - flute
Mike Gregory - piano

Cannonball Adderley, Rick Holmes, The Nat Adderley Sextet - Cannonball Adderley Presents Soul Zodiac



Cannonball Adderley, Rick Holmes, The Nat Adderley Sextet - Cannonball Adderley Presents Soul Zodiac
Capitol Records SVBB-11025 (1972)


Side One
1. Introducton
2. Aries
3. Libra
4. Capricorn

Side Two
1. Aquarius
2. Pisces
3. Sagittarius 

Side Three
1. Gemini
2. Leo
3. Virgo
4. Scorpio

Side Four
1. Cancer
2. Taurus



Personnel Include:
Cannonball Adderley - alto & soprano saxophones, producer, composer
David Axelrod - producer
Nat Adderley - cornet, composer
Rick Holmes - narrator, writer, composer
Walter Booker - double bass, guitar, composer
Roy McCurdy - drums, composer
George Duke - Fender Rhodes, composer
Mike Deasy - guitar, composer
Ernie Watts - tenor saxophone, flute, tambourine, composer

Kenny Rankin - Like A Seed



Kenny Rankin - Like A Seed
Little David Records LD 1003 (1972)


Side One
1. Like A Seed
2. Yesterday's Lies
3. Peaceful
4. Sometimes
5. Comin' Down
6. Stringman

Side Two
1. Eartheart
2. Bad Times Make You Strong
3. You Are My Woman
4. I Was Born
5. If I Should Go To Pray



Personnel Include:
Kenny Rankin - composer, guitar, lead vocals, backing vocals
Yvonne Rankin - composer
Don Peake - string arrangements, orchestrated by
Jack Lewis - producer
Monte Kay - producer
Kathie Deasy - backing vocals
Lee Sklar - bass
Max Bennett - bass
Ted Michel - cello
Jim Keltner - drums
John Guerin - drums
Mike Deasy - guitar, saxophone, backing vocals, string arrangements
Gayle Levant - harp
Larry Knechtel - keyboards
Victor Feldman - keyboards
Mel Tax - sweet potato
Gary Coleman - percussion
Jim Horn - saxophones, flute, recorder, horn arrangements
Chanda Rankin, Chris Rankin, Gena Maria Rankin, Yvonne Rankin - choir

LaMont Johnson - Sun, Moon And Stars



LaMont Johnson - Sun, Moon And Stars
Mainstream Records MRL 328 (1972)


Side One
1. M'Bassa
2. Signifyin' Gemini
3. Medusa's Meanderings

Side Two
1. That's Not The Way To Do It, Beverly
2. Europa
3. Andromeda
4. Libra's Longing



Personnel Include:
LaMont Johnson - producer, keyboards, cowbell
Carolyn Judd - producer
Reggie Johnson - bass
Stan Gilbert - bass
Robert "Pondaza" Santiel - congas, bongos
Mel Lee - drums
Ray Pounds - drums, tambourine
Art Johnson - guitar
Mike Deasy - guitar
Charles Owens - saxophones, flute
Yusef Rahman - trombone
Sal Marquez - trumpet, flugelhorn

Richard Harris - The Richard Harris Love Album



Richard Harris - The Richard Harris Love Album
ABC/Dunhill DS-50074 (1972)


Side One
1. Lovers Such As I
2. The First Hymn From Grand Terrace (Part II)
3. If You Must Leave My Life
4. One Of The Nicer Things
5. A Tramp Shining
6. Like Father Like Son

Side Two
1. Didn't We
2. What A Lot Of Flowers
3. MacArthur Park
4. Fill The World With Love



Personnel Include:
Richard Harris - vocals
Jimmy Webb - piano, arrangements, producer
Joe Osborn - bass
Skip Mosher - flute
Mike Deasy - guitar
Tommy Tedesco - guitar
Fred Tackett - guitar
Lance Wakely - guitar
Larry Knechtel - organ, keyboards, harpsichord
Hal Blaine - percussion
Gary Coleman, Milt Holland - timpani
Frank Rossalino, Lou Blackburn - trombone
Bud Brisboy, Fred Tackett, Jules Chaikin - trumpet
Sid Sharp Strings