Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Barbara Keith



Barbara Keith - Barbara Keith
Reprise MS 2087 (1972) - US LP

Side One

1 - All Along The Watchtower*
2 - Rolling Water*
3 - The Bramble And The Rose
4 - Burn The Midnight Oil No More*
5 - Free The People*

Side Two

6 - Detroit Or Buffalo*
7 - The Road I Took To You*
8 - Shining All Along*
9 - Rainy Nights Are All The Same*
10 - A Stone’s Throw Away

Notes: 1) Album was reissued in 2004 as CD on Water Records water 127. 2) Above picture and following credits were taken from the 2004 CD reissue. 3) 2004 CD reissue comes with additional artwork in the form of pictures and memorabilia, but no credits for original artwork, recording locations nor original master engineering are indicated. Whether these credits were included in original LP release is unbeknownst to me. 4) 2004 CD reissue includes both a complete quoting and a picture reprint of the biographical promo wrap/insert that came with original Reprise LP. This inclusion is indicated as “Notes taken from the original 1971 LP promo insert.”. However, after a bit of web research about Reprise catalog numeration, it does appear that original LP was released not in 1971 but in 1972. 5) Although not indicated as such, it does seem that on track 9 Lee plays upright bass. 6) On track 2, the line-up playing with Ms. Keith - who is on vocals and acoustic guitar - is indeed The Section.

Barbara Keith - Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Guitar, Piano
Leland Sklar - Bass (1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)*
Emory Gordy, Jr. - Bass
Max Bennett - Bass
Jim Keltner - Drums (1, 5, 8)
Russ Kunkel - Drums (2)
Dennis St. John - Drums
Ron Tutt - Drums (6)
Jim Gordon - Drums
John Brennan - Acoustic Guitar, Guitar
David Cohen - Electric Guitar
Tony Peluso - Electric Guitar
Danny Kortchmar - Electric Guitar (as Danny Kootch)
Lowell George - Bottleneck Guitar, Electric Guitars
Richard Bennett - Pedal Steel
“Sneaky” Pete Kleinow - Pedal Steel (as Sneaky Pete Kleinow)
Craig Doerge - Piano
Spooner Oldham - Electric Piano, Piano
Clarence MacDonald - Piano
Mike Utley - Organ (as Michael Utley)
Milt Holland - Percussion (5, 8)

Produced by Larry Marks
An Artisan Lodge Production

Nick DeCaro - String Quartet Arrangement (4)

Ray Gerhardt (as Ray Gernhardt) - Engineer, Remixing Engineer
Tommy Vicari - Engineer, Remixing Engineer
Henry Lewy - Engineer
Rudy Hill - Engineer
Lee Herschberg - Engineer
Gary Hobish - Remastering Engineer

Produced for reissue by Pat Thomas

Patrick Roques - Reissue Design

“Additional photographs and memorabilia courtesy of Barbara Keith”.

Songwriters:
Barbara Keith
Bob Dylan
Doug Tibbles



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US LP catalog #: the web

Singles

This and the next two paragraphs are all about unverified data so please take it with the benefit of doubt. According to web sources, the singles released out of Barbara Keith’s second LP were mainly “Free The People” and “All Along The Watchtower”. Following info were sometimes supported by photographic evidence found on online auction sales pages.

“Free The People” was announced as a single release on Billboard magazine on January 13, 1973 (see here). B-side and a ‘valid’ catalog # are undisclosed, but it might be the same release coming with “Rainy Nights Are All The Same” as b-side that surfaced on some online shops and was suddenly no longer available as soon as further inquiries about it were made. I do not know if the latter was for real or just some kind of hoax, nor what type of mixes/edits (if ever) we are talking about.

“All Along The Watchtower” was apparently released for the US market in 1973 on Reprise with “The Bramble And The Rose” as a b-side, and in the same year as a stereo/mono-mixes promo with “Watchtower” on both sides. I found only one catalog # for both releases and no pictorial data, so this also is vaguely suspicious. What seems to be more certain is the existence of a 1973 French release on Reprise with “Watchtower” as a-side and “Free The People” as b-side. There are numerous different pictures of this French release on the web. Still, no indication about whether content might or not be inclusive of edit versions.

Back to ‘things-as-they-are’ now with the following single on A&M. It is the one Barbara Keith single in my possession, and it comes with no credits except for producer and singer-songwriter. Content was not taken from Ms. Keith’s LP on Reprise but it has one composition in common with that release, and the producer is the same (Larry Marks). Please read more about it below.




“Free The People/The Rainmaker” - US 7” vinyl promo single - a-side



“Free The People/The Rainmaker” - US 7” vinyl promo single - b-side

Barbara Keith
Free The People/The Rainmaker
A&M 1191 (1970) - US 7” vinyl promo single


a-side

1 - Free The People

b-side

2 - The Rainmaker

Notes: 1) This is a promo single by Barbara Keith released in 1970. Alternate catalog #s are 1976 for the a-side and 1977 for the b-side. 2) This version of “Free The People” is not the one included in Ms. Keith’s eponymous Reprise LP (see above). 3) “The Rainmaker” is a composition that was not included in either of Ms. Keith’s two solo albums. 4) Judging from other A&M singles catalog #s, and from the relative ad on Billboard magazine (see point 9), record should be datable to September, 1970. 5) Lacquer #s are 82099 and 82099-X. 6) Single was produced by Larry Marks, apparently (my inference) in between Ms. Keith’s first solo LP on Verve Forecast, produced by Peter Asher in 1969, and her subsequent solo release on Reprise, produced by Mr. Marks himself (see above). While no credits are available for the players on either side, I thought inclusion would be meaningful on account of production continuity with the album Lee plays bass on. 7) Both tracks are mono mixes. 8) No bass player is featured on b-side. 9) The ad repro at the bottom of post was taken from the “Barbara Keith” Reprise album CD reissue on Water Records. From a web research through past issues of Billboard magazine it appears that its caption has been altered so as not to show label and catalog # of release. As you can see from the original ad here, the single it refers to is indeed the one on A&M 1191 (thus, not the album version). The date for this issue of Billboard magazine is 26 September, 1970.

Barbara Keith - Vocals

Produced by Larry Marks

Songwriter:
Barbara Keith




“Free The People” - US 7” vinyl single - altered Billboard ad reproduction from CD reissue (see link in above notes for original)



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Harriet Schock - Albums

Latest post update: December 2015. For the Harriet Schock mono mixes with Lee on bass you may check out the following link:

Harriet Schock - Singles

Thanks!




Harriet Schock - Hollywood Town
20th Century T-437 (1974) - US LP

Side One

1 - Hollywood Town*
2 - Standin’ In The Way Of The Music
3 - You Took The Words Out Of My Mouth*
4 - Straight Man*
5 - That’s The Way It Is With You*

Side Two

6 - Ain’t No Way To Treat A Lady*
7 - Hold Me*
8 - The Day*
9 - Let ’Em Love*
10 - Could It Be*

Notes: 1) “Hollywood Town” is singer-songwriter’s Harriet Schock debut LP. 2) An original Schock composition from this LP, “Ain’t No Way to Treat A Lady”, became a huge US top ten hit for singer Helen Reddy in 1975 (#8 on the Billboard Hot 100, #5 on the Cash Box Top 100 Singles chart, #1 on the Billboard Easy Listening charts), charting as well in New Zealand and Australia. An early cover version also exists, done by american group LAX (see pictures at the bottom of entry). The song has since become a classic and has been covered by many other artists worldwide. 3) Ms. Shock’s own performance of “Ain’t No Way to Treat A Lady” on the “Hollywood Town” album was released as the second single from the LP. There appear to be two versions of this cut at two different speeds. Ms. Shock was so kind as to provide some info about this in an email exchange of a few days ago (April 2014). Here is her recollection of the story: “Regarding the speeding up of the single, that was quite a heartbreaking story. There was a music director who was going to play my version of “Ain’t No Way to Treat A Lady” on a top 40 station here in L.A. in the Seventies, when my album came out. “Hollywood Town” was the first single, and “Ain’t No Way to Treat A Lady” was the second single. He wanted it faster, so Russ Regan (head of 20th Century Records) recalled the record, sped it up and reissued it. This music director had a fight with the program director and quit the Friday before the Monday that station was going to start playing my record. There was a second top forty station poised to go on it when the L.A. station did. We lost both stations when the music director from L.A. quit. The promotion staff of 20th Century Records, now scattered around the country in other jobs, is still talking about how close we came. Later on, Helen Reddy heard my version on the radio, because it did get some airplay, and the rest is history.”. My heartfelt thanks go to Harriet Schock for the above. You may visit her website at www.harrietschock.com .

Harriet Schock - Vocals, Pianos, Keyboards
Leland Sklar - Bass (1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)*
Jerry Cole - Bass, Guitar
Ron Tutt - Drums (1, 2, 3, 5)
Russ Kunkel - Drums (4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
Larry Carlton - Guitars
Ron Elliott - Guitar (also as Ron Elliot)
David Carr - Moog, Organ
Robert W. Chadwick - Piano
Gary Coleman - Percussion (3, 4, 5, 6, 9)
Kathleen Vance - Good Vibes
Gloria L. Clark - Good Vibes
Jane Gordon - Good Vibes
Richard Atlas - Good Vibes
Lezlie Atlas - Good Vibes
Gerry Hallford - Good Vibes
Lenny Klein - Good Vibes
Peggy Frantz - Good Vibes
Eileen McFarland - Good Vibes
Shirley Nickel - Good Vibes
Alan O’Day - Good Vibes
Molly-Ann Leikin - Good Vibes
Peter S. Pasternak, Esq. - Good Vibes
Peter Burke - Good Vibes
Paul Baratta - Good Vibes
Jason Singer - Good Vibes
Bob Bell - Good Vibes
John Allison - Good Vibes
Allegra Amtmanis - Good Vibes
Cassandra Hynds - Good Vibes
Rosemerry Aquayo - Good Vibes
Joan Howard - Good Vibes
Randy Paquette - Good Vibes
John Wood - Good Vibes
Chris Crosby - Good Vibes
Brendan T. Maloney - Good Vibes
Nancy Greene - Good Vibes
Michael Hirsch - Good Vibes
Brian Higgins - Good Vibes
Sherlie Matthews - Background Vocal (as Shirlie Matthews)
Clydie King - Background Vocal
Marti McCall - Background Vocal

Produced by Roger Gordon

Nick DeCaro - String Arrangements (1, 3, 4, 6, 10)
David Carr - String Arrangements (2, 5, 7, 8)

Eirik Wangberg - Recording Engineer (as Erik the Norwegian)
Armin Steiner - Mixing Engineer

Recording Studio:
Sound Recorders

Mixing Studio:
Sound Labs

Michael Paladin - Photography (as Mike Paladin)
Jack L. Levy - Cover Design

“To Russ Regan, the man who made it all possible, my warmest thanks. // My appreciation to Jack Gold and Peter Burke. // Special thanks to Danny Davis. // And Roger Gordon, what can I say?”.

“This album is dedicated to Arthur and Elizabeth Schock.”.

Songwriter:
Harriet Schock



Helen Reddy - “No Way To Treat A Lady” - US LP - front sleeve



LAX - “Ain’t No Way to Treat A Lady” - US 7” vinyl promo single - stereo version



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Harriet Schock - She’s Low Clouds
20th Century T-460 (1974) - US LP

Side One

1 - Go On And Go*
2 - Come Inside, Cowboy*
3 - She’s Low Clouds
4 - You
5 - Play It Again*

Side Two

6 - My Heart*
7 - Brooklyn Can Hear You Braggin’*
8 - Mama
9 - I Want Your Time*
10 - Songs Are The Children*

Note: Although not mentioned anywhere in the record credits, given the identity of the players (Cole, Tutt, Chadwick, Carlton, Carr, King & McCall) in the overall context of the project, track 8 appears to be a holdover from the “Hollywood Town” sessions.

Harriet Schock - Vocals, Electric Piano, Piano
Leland Sklar - Bass (1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10)*
Don Whaley - Bass
Jerry Cole - Bass
Gary Mallaber - Drums (1, 6, 9)
John Guerin - Drums (2, 5, 7, 10)
Tris Imboden - Drums, Conga
Ron Tutt - Drums
Richard Bennett - Guitars, Dobro
Steven Gibson - Guitar
Larry Carlton - Guitar
Craig Doerge - Piano, Electric Piano
Steve Wood - Electric Piano, Organ
Robert W. Chadwick - Piano
David Carr - Organ
Gene Cipriano - Clarinet
Jesse Ehrlich - Cello
Gary Coleman - Percussion (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
Sherlie Matthews - Background Vocals
Lisa Roberts - Background Vocal
Myrna Matthews - Background Vocal
Clydie King - Background Vocal
Marti McCall - Background Vocal

Produced by Roger Gordon

Glen Spreen - Arrangements (1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10), String Arrangement (4)

Armin Steiner - Recording Engineer (Sound Labs), Mixing Engineer
Michael Lietz (as Mic Lietz) - Recording Engineer (Sound Labs)
Eirik Wangberg (as Erik the Norwegian) - Recording Engineer (Sound Recorders)

Recording Studios:
Sound Labs
Sound Recorders

Doug Sax - Mastering Engineer

Mastering Studio:
Mastering Lab

Jack L. Levy - Art Direction
Eddie Douglas - Cover Design, Insert Photography & Design
Michael Paladin - Photography
Larry Vigon - Type Design

Songwriter:
Harriet Schock



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Harriet Schock - You Don’t Know What You’re In For
20th Century T-499 (1976) - US LP

Side One

1 - You’re A Man (And I Need You)
2 - We’re Better Friends*
3 - He’s So Macho
4 - Somebody Else
5 - I Could’ve Said It All

Side Two

6 - Let Me Out! Let Me Go!*
7 - Nobody Stole Your Lady
8 - Keep Drivin’ James
9 - Southern Belle*
10 - You Don’t Know What You’re In For

Notes: 1) Although not mentioned anywhere in the record notes, track 8 appears to be inspired by or somehow dedicated to James Taylor. 2) The original recording and remixing credits for tracks 6 and 10 appear to have been typoed during transcription and are as follows: “Recorded at The Sound Factory, Hollywood. // David Hassinger: Engineer. Remixed at // Recorded at ABC Recording Studios, Los Angeles. // Barney Perkins: Engineer.”.

Harriet Schock - Vocals, Background Vocalist
Leland Sklar - Bass (2, 6, 9)*
Henry Davis - Bass
Wilton Felder - Bass
Don Whaley - Bass, Background Vocalist
Scott Edwards - Bass
Tris Imboden - Drums
Harvey Mason - Drums (2)
Ed Greene - Drums (3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
Jay Lacy - Guitar
Ray Parker - Guitar
Lee Ritenour - Guitar
Dean Parks - Guitar
David Carr - Electric Piano
Robert W. Chadwick - Acoustic Piano
Thomas Hensley - Piano, Electric Piano
Sylvester L. Rivers, Jr. - Arp (as Sylvester Rivers)
Michel Rubini - Arp
Clark Spangler - Arp
Tom Scott - Flute
Bobbye Hall Porter (as Bobbye Hall) - Congas (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10), Conga (9)
Gary Coleman - Percussion (6, 7, 9)
Marcia Waldorf - Background Vocalist
Marti McCall - Background Vocalist
Jackie Ward - Background Vocalist
Carolyn Willis - Background Vocalist
Randy Edelman - Background Vocalist
Edna Wright - Background Vocalist

Produced by Gene Page and Billy Page

Gene Page - Arrangements
Harriet Schock - Background Vocals Arrangements (1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
Harry Bluestone - Concertmaster
Clark Spangler - Arp Programmer

Barney Perkins - Engineer (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8), Remixing Engineer (6, 10)
Dave Hassinger (as David Hassinger) - Engineer (6, 7, 9, 10)

Recording Studios:
ABC Recording Studios, Los Angeles (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8)
The Sound Factory, Hollywood (6, 7, 9, 10)

Remixing Studio:
ABC Recording Studios, Los Angeles (6, 10)

Mike Reese - Mastering Engineer

Mastering Studio:
The Mastering Lab, Hollywood

Olivia Page - Production Co-ordinator
George Annis - Music Preparation
Management: George “Bullets” Durgom

Ethan Russell - Photography
Vigon/Nahas/Vigon (as Vignon, Nahas, Vignon) - Cover Design

“My warmest thanks to Russ Regan, Bullets Durgom, Gene Page, Billy Page, Olivia Page, Peter Burke, Terry Wright, Jim Golden, Dan Weiner, Fred Bohlander, Danny Davis, Marcia Waldorf, Robert Yost, Jim Bonura, Gary Krupp, Nancy Greene, Gerry Halford, Elizabeth Schock, Sandra Killough and Earnestine Jefferson. // And, as always, I’d like to give credit to my father who, through direct inspiration or at least genetic preparation, is responsible for all my songs. // HS”.

Songwriter:
Harriet Schock



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Harriet Schock - Singles

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Harriet Schock - Albums



“Hollywood Town” - US 7” vinyl promo single - stereo mix



“Hollywood Town” - US 7” vinyl promo single - mono mix

Harriet Schock
Hollywood Town/Hollywood Town
20th Century TC-2093 (1974) - US 7” vinyl promo single

stereo side

1 - Hollywood Town* - stereo mix

mono side

2 - Hollywood Town* - mono mix

Notes: 1) This is a promo single by Harriet Schock released in 1974. Additional catalog #s are M-2093-AS for the stereo mix and M-2093-AM for the mono mix. 2) Song was taken from the album “Hollywood Town” (see post here). Please refer to that album’s entry for detailed musician credits.

Harriet Schock - Vocals
Leland Sklar - Bass (1, 2)*

Produced by Roger Gordon

Nick DeCaro - String Arrangement

Intro Time: 0:06
Total Time: 2:52

“From the 20th Century Album “Hollywood Town” T-437”.

Songwriter:
Harriet Schock



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“Ain’t No Way To Treat A Lady” - US 7” vinyl promo single - mono mix



“Hold Me” - US 7” vinyl promo single - mono mix

Harriet Schock
Ain’t No Way To Treat A Lady/Hold Me
20th Century TC-2112 (1974) - US 7” vinyl promo single

A-side

1 - Ain‘t No Way To Treat A Lady* - mono mix

B-side

2 - Hold Me* - mono mix

Notes: 1) This is a promo single by Harriet Schock released in 1974. Additional catalog #s are M-2112-AM for the A-side and M-2112-BM for the B-side. 2) Both songs were taken from the album “Hollywood Town” (see post here). Please refer to that album’s entry for detailed musician credits. 3) There appear to be two versions of “Ain’t No Way to Treat A Lady” released at two different speeds. You may read more about this in the entry for the album “Hollywood Town”.

Harriet Schock - Vocals
Leland Sklar - Bass (1, 2)*

Produced by Roger Gordon (1, 2)

Nick DeCaro - String Arrangement (1)
David Carr - String Arrangement (2)

Intro Time: 0:12 (1)
Total Time: 3:15 (1)
Intro Time: 0:15 (2)
Total Time: 3:13 (2)

“From the 20th Century Album “Hollywood Town” T-437”.

Songwriter:
Harriet Schock



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“Southern Belle” - US 7” vinyl promo single - stereo mix



“Southern Belle” - US 7” vinyl promo single - mono mix

Harriet Schock
Southern Belle/Southern Belle
20th Century TC-2235 (1975) - US 7” vinyl promo single

stereo side

1 - Southern Belle* - stereo mix

mono side

2 - Southern Belle* - mono mix

Notes: 1) This is a promo single by Harriet Schock released in 1975. Additional catalog #s are M-2235-AS for the stereo mix and M-2235-AM for the mono mix. 2) Song was later included in the album “You Don‘t Know What You’re In For” (see post here). Please refer to that album’s entry for detailed musician credits.

Harriet Schock - Vocals
Leland Sklar - Bass (1, 2)*

Produced by Gene Page & Billy Page
Russ Regan - Executive Producer

Gene Page - Arrangement, Conduction
Dave Hassinger - Engineer

Intro Time: 0:06
Total Time: 3:10

Songwriter:
Harriet Schock



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“Let Me Out! Let Me Go!” - US 7” vinyl promo single - stereo mix



“Let Me Out! Let Me Go!” - US 7” vinyl promo single - mono mix

Harriet Schock
Let Me Out! Let Me Go!/Let Me Out! Let Me Go!
20th Century TC-2303 (1976) - US 7” vinyl promo single

stereo side

1 - Let Me Out! Let Me Go!* - stereo mix

mono side

2 - Let Me Out! Let Me Go!* - mono mix

Notes: 1) This is a promo single by Harriet Schock released in 1976. Additional catalog #s are M-2303-AS for the stereo mix and M-2303-AM for the mono mix. 2) Song was taken from the album “You Don‘t Know What You’re In For” (see post here). Please refer to that album’s entry for detailed musician credits.

Harriet Schock - Vocals
Leland Sklar - Bass (1, 2)*

Produced by Gene Page & Billy Page

Gene Page - Arrangement

Nick DeCaro - String Arrangement

Intro Time: :10
Total Time: 3:33

“From the 20th Century Album “You Don‘t Know What You’re In For” T-499”.

Songwriter:
Harriet Schock



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