Thursday, September 13, 2012

Frank Zappa - Hot Rats








Frank Zappa - Hot Rats
Bizarre Records RS 6356 (1969)








Side One:
1. Peaches En Regalia
2. Willie The Pimp
3. Son Of Mr. Green Genes






Side Two:
1. Little Umbrellas
2. The Gumbo Variations
3. It Must Be A Camel











Personnel:
John Guerin (A2, B1, B3), Paul Humphrey, Ron Selico - Drums
Frank Zappa - Vocals, Guitar, Octave Bass, Percussion, Producer
Max Bennett, Shuggy Otis - Bass
Ian Underwood - Piano, Organ, Flute, Clarinet, Saxophone
Jean-Luc Ponty, Sugar Cane Harris - Violin
Captain Beefheart - Vocals
Lowell George - Guitar





Roger McGuinn - Los Angeles 1973








Roger McGuinn - Los Angeles 1973
Unofficial Release (1973)






Track Listing:
1. Lover Of The Bayou
2. Draggin'
3. Get To You
4. Hanoi Hanna
5. Take A Whiff (On Me)
6. Lost My Drivin' Wheel
7. Sweet Mary
8. Mr. Spaceman
9. So You Want To Be A Rock'N'Roll Star
10. Chestnut Mare










Personnel:
John Guerin - drums
Roger McGuinn - guitar, vocals
David Vaught - bass
Michael Wofford - keyboards





Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Jean-Luc Ponty - King Kong: Jean-Luc Ponty Plays The Music Of Frank Zappa








Jean-Luc Ponty - King Kong: Jean-Luc Ponty Plays The Music Of Frank Zappa
Liberty Records LBS 83375 (1970)







Side One:
1. King Kong
2. Idiot Bastard Son
3. Twenty Small Cigars
4. How Would You Like To Have A Head Like That





Side Two:
1. Music For Electric Violin And Low Budget Orchestra
2, America Drinks And Goes Home










Personnel:
John Guerin (A2, A3, A4, B2), Arthur Dyer Tripp III - drums
Jean-Luc Ponty - violin
Frank Zappa - arranger, guitar
Buell Neidlinger, Wilton Felder - bass
Donald Christlieb - bassonn
Harold Bemko - cello
Ian Underwood - conductor, tenor saxophone
George Duke - electric piano, piano
Gene Cipriano - english horn, oboe
Jonathan Meyer - flute
Arthur Maebe, Vincent DeRosa - french horn
Richard Bock - producer
Ernie Watts - saxophone
Gene Estes - vibraphone
Milton Thomas - viola






Buddy Emmons/Jay Dee Maness/Red Rhodes/Sneaky Pete And Rusty Young - Suite Steel-The Pedal Steel Guitar Album








Buddy Emmons/Jay Dee Maness/Red Rhodes/Sneaky Pete And Rusty Young - Suite Steel-The Pedal Steel Guitar Album
Elektra Records EKS-74072 (1970)








Side One:
1. Buddy Emmons - Down On The Corner
2. Sneaky Pete - Blackbird
3. Rusty Young - Everybody's Talkin'
4. Buddy Emmons - Wichita Lineman
5. J.D. Maness - Muddy Mississippi Line
6. Red Rhodes - Something





Side Two:
1. Rusty Young And Sneaky Pete - Sunshine Of Your Love
2. Buddy Emmons And Sneaky Pete - Yesterday
3. Suite Steel
- a. Buddy Emmons - Turn Any Corner
- b. Buddy Emmons - L'Hiver Sur La Plage
- c. Rusty Young - Prodigal










Personnel:
John Guerin - Drums
Sneaky Pete, Red Rhodes, Buddy Emmons, Jay Dee Maness, Rusty Young - Pedal Steel Guitar
Bob West - Acoustic Bass
Joe Osborn - Bass
Clarence White - Guitar
John Boylan - Piano, Guitar, Producer, Arranger
Jim Yester, Jo Ellen Yester - Guitar





Hammer - Hammer








Hammer - Hammer
San Francisco Records SD 203 (1970)







Side One:
1. Something Easy
2. Hot And Cold
3. Tuane
4. You May Never Wake Up (Apologies To Auden & Frost)
5. Hangover Horns





Side Two:
1. Charity Taylor
2. Sad Song, Happy Song
3. Sweet Sunday Morning
4. Pains And Tears
5. Death To A King










Personnel:
John Guerin (A1 to A5, B2 to B5), Ken Janick - drums
John De Roberts - vocals
Richie McBride - bass
Jack O'Brien - guitar
Norman Landsberg - keyboards
David Rubinson - producer





Victor Feldman - Rockavibabe








Victor Feldman - Rockavibabe
DJM Records DJM 22058 (1974)






Side One:
1. Rockavibabe
2. Your Smile
3. Quietly
4. I Love Lucy Theme





Side Two:
1. Brazilian Fire
2. Minor Catastrophe
3. Crazy Chicken
4. Seven Steps To Heaven










Personnel:
John Guerin - drums
Victor Feldman - piano, vibraphone, percussion, producer
Tom Scott - flute, alto flute, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
Chuck Domanico - bass
Alan Bates, Lincoln Mayorga - producer





The Singers Unlimited - A Special Blend








The Singers Unlimited - A Special Blend
MPS Records DC 227 936 (1976)






Side One:
1. Bye Bye Blues
2. 'Round Midnight
3. Cry Me A River
4. Born To Be Blue
5. I Left My Heart In San Francisco





Side Two:
1. Mood Indigo
2. Gotcha
3. Why Don't You Do Right
4. When I Fall In Love










Personnel:
John Guerin (A1 to A4, B1, B4), Harvey Mason (A5, B2, B3) - Drums
Bonnie Herman, Len Dresslar - Vocals
Gary Foster - Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone
Clare Fischer - Arranger, Conductor, Fender Rhodes
Gene Puerling - Arranger, Producer, Vocals
Bill Perkins - Baritone Saxophone
Jim Hughart - Bass
Don Shelton - Clarinet, Flute, Vocals
Dennis Budimir, John Morrell - Guitar
H.G. Brunner-Schwer - Producer
Peter Christlieb - Tenor Saxophone
Chuck Findley - Trumpet
Victor Feldman - Vibraphone





Sunday, September 9, 2012

The Mystic Moods Orchestra - Emotions








The Mystic Moods Orchestra - Emotions
Philips Records PHS 600-277 (1968)







Side One:
1. Sound Of Silence/Scarborough Fair/Canticle (Medley)
2. Do You Know The Way To San Jose
3. Eleanor Rigby
4. Sunny Goodge Street
5. Trains And Boats And Planes






Side Two:
1. Cloudy
2. Soldier In The Rain
3. Maman
4. Homeward Bound
5. Early Morning Rain
6. Listen To The Warm









Personnel:
John Guerin - Drums
John Andrews Tartaglia - Arranger, Conductor
Steve LaFever - Bass
Erno Neufeld - Concertmaster
Bud Shank, Sheridon Stokes - Flute
Dick Perissi, Vince De Rosa - French Horn
Mike Anthony - Guitar
Dorothy Remsen - Harp, Calliope Organ
Arnold Koblentz - Oboe
Lincoln Mayorga - Novachord Organ, Harpsichord, Clavinet, Piano, Celesta
Ken Watson, Larry Bunker - Percussion
Brad Miller - Producer, Director
Paul Beaver - Moog Synthesizer
Oliver Mitchell, Tony Terran - Trumpet





Blue Mitchell - Bantu Village








Blue Mitchell - Bantu Village
Blue Note Records BST 84324 (1969)








Side One:
1. Hnic
2. Flat Backing
3. Na Ta Ka





Side Two:
1. Heads Down
2. Bantu Village
3. Blue Dashiki
4. Bush Girl









Personnel:
John Guerin, Paul Humphrey - Drums
Blue Mitchell, Bobby Bryant - Trumpet
Bob West, Wilton Felder - Bass
Alan Estes, King Errisson - Congas
Buddy Collette - Flute
Al Vescovo, Freddie Robinson - Guitar
Dee Ervin, Monk Higgins - Percussion, Piano
Bill Green - Alto Saxophone, Flute
Plas Johnson - Tenor Saxophone
Charles Loper - Trombone





Blue Mitchell - Blues' Blues








Blue Mitchell - Blues' Blues
Mainstream Records MRL 374 (1972)







Side One:
1. Casa Blues
2. Just Made Up
3. Blues' Blues




Side Two:
1. Granite & Concrete
2. I Didn't Ask To Be








Personnel:
John Guerin, Ray Pounds - Drums
Blue Mitchell - Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Darrell Clayborn - Bass
Joe Sample - Electric Piano, Acoustic Piano
Freddie Robinson - Guitar
John Mayall - Harmonica
Bob Shad - Producer
Herman Riley - Tenor Saxophone, Flute





James Bond & His Sextet - James Bond Songbook








James Bond & His Sextet - James Bond Songbook
Mirwood Records MWS 7001 (1966)







Side One:
1. Thunderball
2. Casino Royale
3. The Man With The Golden Gun
4. From Russia With Love
5. 007 Theme From Dr. No
6. Moonraker





Side Two:
1. James Bond Theme
2. For Your Eyes Only
3. Goldfinger
4. Live & Let Die
5. Diamonds Are Forever
6. You Only Live Twice









Personnel:
John Guerin - Drums
James "Jimmy" Bond - Bass
Dick Grove - Arranger
Buddy Collette - Flute, Tenor Saxophone
Joe Parnello - Piano
Harold Land - Tenor Saxophone
Bobby Bryant - Trumpet





Peggy Lee - Pass Me By








Peggy Lee - Pass Me By
Capitol Records ST 2320 (1965)







Side One:
1. Sneakin' Up On You
2. Pass Me By
3. I Wanna Be Around
4. Bewitched
5. My Love, Forgive Me (Amore, Scusami)
6. You Always Hurt The One You Love





Side Two:
1. A Hard Day's Night
2. Love
3. Dear Heart
4. Quiet Nights (Corcovado)
5. That's What It Takes









Personnel:
John Guerin - Drums
Peggy Lee - Vocals
Bob Whitlock - Bass
Bill Pitman, Bob Bain, Dennis Budimir, John Pisano - Guitar
Francisco Aguabella - Percussion
Lou Levy - Piano
David Cavanaugh - Producer





Buddy DeFranco & Tommy Gumina Quartet - Pol.Y.Tones








Buddy DeFranco & Tommy Gumina Quartet - Pol.Y.Tones
Mercury Records MG 20833 (1963)







Side One:
1. The Monkey
2. My Ship
3. Gravy Waltz
4. My Man's Gone Now
5. I Remember Bird





Side Two:
1. Bus Driver In The Sky
2. Spring Will Be A Little Late This Year
3. Nica's Dream
4. When I Fall In Love










Personnel:
John Guerin - Drums, Percussion
Buddy DeFranco - Clarinet
Tommy Gumina - Accordion
John Doling - Bass
Jack Tracy - Producer





Buddy DeFranco & Tommy Gumina Quartet - Presenting








Buddy DeFranco & Tommy Gumina Quartet - Presenting
Mercury Records SR 60685 (1961)






Side One:
1. When Lights Are Low
2. Street Of Dreams
3. Runaway
4. Never On Friday
5. Gone With The Wind





Side Two:
1. ´S Wonderful
2. On Green Dolphin Street
3. Scrapple From The Apple
4. Playin´ It Coll
5. You Are Too Beautiful









Personnel:
John Guerin - Drums
Buddy DeFranco - Clarinet
Tommy Gumina - Accordion
Bill Plummer - Bass