Sunday, March 18, 2012

Billy Cobham



Billy Cobham - Spectrum
Atlantic SD 7268 (1973) - US LP
Atlantic Masters 812273 174-2 (2005) - Europe CD reissue with 1 bonus track

Side One

1 - Quadrant 4*
2a - Searching For The Right Door*
2b - Spectrum
3a - Anxiety*
3b - Taurian Matador*

Side Two

4 - Stratus*
5a - To The Women In My Life*
5b - Le Lis
6a - Snoopy’s Search*
6b - Red Baron*

CD reissue bonus track

7 - All 4 One* - out-take

Notes: 1) “Spectrum” is master drummer Billy Cobham's first solo album. It was released in 1973 while Cobham was still a member of Mahavishnu Orchestra along with co-founder John McLaughlin. 2) Above picture and following credits were taken from the 1973 US vinyl pressing. This release originally came in a gatefold sleeve. 3) Album has been reissued on cd various times. 4) Some remastered CD re-releases of “Spectrum” include bonus track “All 4 One”. Lee has explained that this track is a warm-up jam originally intended for engineer Ken Scott to get the right recording sounds. The line-up in “All 4 One” is Cobham, Lee, Tommy Bolin and Jan Hammer, all playing same instruments as on “Stratus”. 5) “Spectrum” has also been released as a DVD-audio outing. At least for the EU release that specific issue would not include bonus track “All 4 One”. 6) According to web sources, some CD releases of “Spectrum” seem to come with recording dates. This is not true for the original vinyl release the following credits were taken from. 7) According to web sources, bonus track “All 4 One” was included in the 2-disc CD anthology “Rudiments”.

Billy Cobham - Percussion (1, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7)
Lee Sklar - Fender Bass (1, 2a, 3a, 3b, 4, 5a, 6a, 6b, 7)*
Ron Carter - Acoustic Bass (2b, 5b)
Tommy Bolin - Guitar (1, 2a, 3a, 3b, 4, 5a, 6a, 6b, 7)
John Tropea - Guitar (5b)
Jan Hammer - Electric Piano (1, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7),
Acoustic Piano (1, 2a, 3a, 3b, 4, 5a, 6a, 7), Moog Synthesizer (1, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7)
Joe Farrell - Flute (2b), Soprano Sax (2b), Alto Sax (5b)
Jimmy Owens - Flugelhorn (2b, 5b), Trumpet (5b)
Ray Barreto - Congas (2b, 5b)

Produced by William E. Cobham Jr. for Bilham Cobly Productions, Inc.

Ken Scott - Recording Engineer, Re-mix Engineer, “All Around Objective Ear”

Recording Studio:
Electric Lady Studios, New York, N.Y.

Re-Mixing Studio:
Trident Studios, London, England

Jeff Snider - Cover Painting
Armen Katchaturian - Backliner Photo
Urve Kuusik - Inside Liner Photo
Stanislaw Zagorski - Album Design

“There is no acoustic piano on “Red Baron”.”.

“Moog synthesizer drum, Moog sample and hold devices were used on drum solos on “Stratus” and “Snoopy’s Search.”.

“What is life but a Spectrum and what is music but life itself. // Billy Cobham Jr.”.

Songwriter:
Billy Cobham (as William E. Cobham Jr.)



“Spectrum” - US LP - crop of inside liner photo



“Spectrum” - US LP - back sleeve



source/pics: my records
CD catalog #: the web

Friday, March 16, 2012

David Sanborn



David Sanborn - Love Songs
Warner Bros. 9 46242-2 (1995) - US CD compilation with one previously unreleased track

1 - All I Need Is You
2 - Straight To The Heart
3 - One In A Million
4 - It’s You
5 - The Seduction (Love Theme from the Paramount Motion Picture “American Gigolo”)
6 - Imogene
7 - You Don’t Know Me
8 - You Are Everything
9 - I Do It For Your Love
10 - When You Smile At Me
11 - Lisa
12 - The Water Is Wide*

Note: This is a 1995 compilation including tracks from some of David Sanborn’s previous recordings. The only previously unreleased track is track 12, which is sung by Linda Ronstadt.

David Sanborn - Alto Saxophone, Fender Rhodes, Percussion
Lee Sklar - Bass (12)*
Marcus Miller - Bass, Fender Rhodes, Electric Guitar, Guitar, Bells, Moog Bass, Keyboards, Drums
Neil Jason - Bass
Steve Gadd - Drums
Omar Hakim - Drums
Buddy Williams - Drums, Percussion
Vinnie Colaiuta - Drums
Rick Marotta - Drums (12)
Michael Sembello - Guitar
Hiram Bullock - Electric Guitar, Percussion
Paul Milton Jackson, Jr. - Guitar
Jeff Mironov - Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar
Eric Gale - Guitar
David Spinozza - Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar
Bob Mann - Guitar (12)
Michael Colina - OBX Synthesizer, Prophet Synthesizer, Piano
Don Freeman - Keyboards, Synthesizer
Bob James - Keyboards, Synthesizers
Paul Shaffer - Fender Rhodes
Don Grolnick - Electric Piano, Piano (12)
Rob Mounsey - Additional Synth
Ricky Peterson - Electric Piano
Richard Tee - Keyboards
Ralph MacDonald (also as Ralph McDonald) - Percussion, Congas
Paulinho Da Costa - Percussion (as Paulinho da Costa)
Lenny Castro - Congas, Percussion
Jody Linscott - Percussion
Ray Bardani - Rhythm Tech Tambourine
Linda Ronstadt - Vocals (12)
Lani Groves - Background Vocal
Diva Gray - Background Vocal
Gordon Grody - Background Vocal
Hamish Stuart - Background Vocal
Bette Sussman - Background Vocal
Naimy Hackett - Background Vocal

Compilation produced by Matt Pierson
Produced by Michael Colina and Ray Bardani (1, 3, 5)
Produced by Robert Margouleff (2)
Produced by Tommy LiPuma (4, 7)
Produced by Marcus Miller (6, 8)
Produced by Phil Ramone (9)
Produced by Marcus Miller, Michael Colina and Ray Bardani (10)
produced by Michael Colina (11)
Produced by Peter Asher and Don Grolnick (12)
John Simon - Executive Producer (5, 11)
Michael Colina - Executive Producer (6)
Ray Bardani - Co-Producer (8)

Marcus Miller - Synth Arrangement (6), Drum Programming (10)
Rob Mounsey - Synth Arrangement (6)
Michael Colina - String Arrangement (11), Orchestra Conductor (12)
Don Grolnick - Arrangement (12)
James Taylor - Arrangement (12)
Jason Miles - Synth Programming (6)

Ray Bardani - Recording Engineer (1, 3, 5, 8, 10, 11), Mixing Engineer (1, 3, 5, 8, 10, 11)
Howard Siegel - Recording Engineer (2), Mixing Engineer (2)
Bill Schnee - Recording Engineer (4, 7), Mixing Engineer (4, 7)
Marti Robertson - Recording Engineer (6)
Michael Hutchinson - Recording Engineer (6)
Phil Ramone - Recording Engineer (9), Mixing Engineer (9)
George Massenburg - Recording Engineer (12), Mixing Engineer (12)
Josh Abbey - Mixing Engineer (6)

Scott Hull - Mastering Engineer

Mastering Studio:
Masterdisk, NYC

Management: Patrick Rains & Associates, Santa Monica, CA

Linda Cobb - Art Direction, Design
Lynn Goldsmith/LGI - Original Photo of David
Hans Neleman - Photo Collage

Tracks 1, 3:
“From “Voyeur” (1981)”.

Track 2:
“From “As We Speak” (1982)”.

Tracks 4, 7:
“From “Double Vision” (1986)”.

Tracks 5, 11:
“From “Hideaway” (1980)”.

Track 6:
“From “A Change Of Heart” (1987)”.

Track 8:
“From “Close-Up” (1988)”.

Track 9:
“From “Sanborn” (1976)”.

Track 10:
“From “Backstreet” (1983)”.

Track 12:
“Previously unreleased domestically (Recorded in 1985)”.

Songwriters:
David Sanborn
Eddy Arnold
Thomas Bell
Linda Creed
Marcus Miller
Giorgio Moroder
Paul Simon
Traditional
Cindy Walker



source/pic: my records

Thursday, March 15, 2012

Jon Gilutin



Jon Gilutin - When The Heart Speaks
Gilatone 84501 13908 (2009) - US CD


1 - Meditation #1
2 - When The Heart Speaks
3 - Wildflower
4 - Whispering Your Name* - featuring David Rice
5 - Para Amar A Una Mujer - featuring Gaby Moreno
6 - Meditation #3
7 - Meditation #4
8 - Peace

Jon Gilutin - Piano, Keyboards
Leland Sklar - Bass (4)*
Rene Camacho - Bass
Mark Goldenberg - Guitar
Mitchell Long - Guitar
Joaquin de los Angeles - Piano
Charlie Bisharat - Violin
Satnam Singh Ramgotra - Tablas
Joey DeLeon - Percussion
David Rice - Vocals
Sharon Robinson - Vocals
Gaby Moreno - Vocals

All music arranged and produced by Jon Gilutin

Jon Gilutin - Engineer
Gustavo Borner - Mixing Engineer, Mastering Engineer

Kami Lerner - Cover Art, CD Design
Jon Gilutin - Back Photo
Frank Masi - Inner Photo

“I am so pleased that you are listening… It took a very long time to finally make this CD. To all of my teachers, friends, family and all the loved ones… Thank you so much for all of your love and support through the years (you know who you all are). To Gustavo for his “sound” guidance and friendship, Kami, my facebook friend… for her wonderful artistic gift and contribution and all of my musician friends who helped me to realize this dream, I thank you all so much! And most of all to Mom… I love you very much and thank you for always being in my corner. // When the heart speaks… Listen”.

“For more info…please go to: // jongilutin.com // myspace.com/jongilutinmusic”.

Songwriters:
Jon Gilutin
Claudia Brant
Ken Edwards
David Rice
Sharon Robinson




source/pic: my records