Jimmy Johnson Discography

To sample Lynyrd Skynyrd's true roots, the 1998 collection SKYNYRD'S FIRST goes back even further than their official debut release, 1973's PRONOUNCED LEH-NERD SKIN-NERD. Comprised of 17 tracks, SKYNYRD'S FIRST showcases early demos and outtakes that the band recorded prior ...

Carnie and Wendy Wilson, formerly of pop combo Wilson-Phillips, deliver corny sugarplums on Hey Santa. Except for the co-penned title track (with guest vocal appearance from uncle Carl Wilson), it's all standard material ranging from "Little Drummer Boy" to "Jingle ...

Digitally remastered by Doug Schwartz (Audio Mechanics, Los Angeles, California). Hip-O made a natural choice for this repackaging of two Millie Jackson LPs: her love-triangle classic Caught Up from 1974, and its follow-up, Still Caught Up, from 1975. Sounding better than ...

All songs written or co-written by David Benoit except "Cast Your Fate To The Wind" (Vince Guaraldi/Carel Werber), "Letter To Evan" (Bill Evans) and "Linus And Lucy" (Vince Guaraldi). During his years with the GRP label, pianist David Benoit became very ...

Collection is a rather unusual CD sampler in that the dozen selections by keyboardist Keiko Matsui are drawn from just two releases: Northern Lights and No Borders. As it turned out, those were Matsui's only MCA sets, and they led ...

Recorded live at Hibiya Park, Tokyo, Japan on July 20 & 29, 1975. Includes liner notes by Steve Tomashefsky. This album, recorded live in Japan in 1975, features legendary Chicago axe-slinger Otis Rush in top form. While the personnel, which includes ...

Recorded in Memphis, Tennessee and Muscle Shoals, Alabama in 1965 and 1966. Originally relased on Atlantic (8129). Includes liner notes by A. Scott Galloway. Let's be frank--Wilson Pickett's voice could strip the chrome off a Buick. Gritty, raw, and capable of ...

Track Listing: Undecided; Body and Soul; Flirt; Soldier in the Rain; Hummin'; Brown Ballad; You're My Blues Machine; Bluesette; Big Bossa; Tenor Madness; Nocturne; Vai Passar; Killer Joe; Peacocks, The; C to G Jam Blues; For My Lady;

Includes liner notes by David Nathan and original release liner notes by Jon Landau. Aretha's Franklin's position as soul music's premier female vocalist was consolidated by this album. Her strident reading of Don Covay's 'Chain Of Fools' set the tone for ...

Track Listing: DISC 1: I Dreamed Heaven Was Like This; Heaven Is My Home; Love of God, The; Out on a Hill; Until Then; When The Gates Swing Open; Never, Never; Rome; Dance What You Wanna; Baby, We've Got Love; ...

Digitally remastered by M.C. Rather (Custom Mastering, Nashville, Tennessee). Although it isn't billed as such, this is a compilation of some of the best tracks from Bland's first two '80s albums for Malaco fleshed out with remakes of some of his ...

An artist well-defined by her hit singles, Olivia Newton-John has had a stylistically varied career, as is illustrated on Back to Basics: The Essential Collection 1971-1992, a set that ranges from her teary ballad "I Honestly Love You" to that ...

Photographer: Tom Joynt. Personnel: Dorothy Moore (vocals, background vocals); Jimmy Johnson , Duncan Cameron, Bernard Jenkins, Michael Toles (guitar); Stuart MacDonald , David Chappell, Jorge Orbon, Geremy Miller, Phil Tempkins, John DiPuccio, Deena Osofsky, Roslind Lang, Debra Spring (strings); Mike Haynes ...

MEMPHIS MONDAY MORNING was nominated for the 2000 Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album. Released in 1998, this was Bobby Bland's 10th album for the Jackson, Mississippi-based Malaco Records. Bland is heard here in his late sixties. His voice had ...

The label- and era-spanning anthology THE DEFINITIVE BUDDY GUY lives up to its title, painting as spot-on a portrait of the legendary Chicago blues axeman as one could ever want in a single disc. It includes both his soul-on-fire slow-blues ...

Fueled by more impressive material from the pens of Jackson, Johnson, and LaSalle, Hill was in an amazing groove during the years prior to his untimely demise, and the crack Malaco house band was certainly up to the task. Just ...

Dianne Reeves represents a multitude of styles and approaches, ranging from pop to R&B to straight jazz. The Best of Dianne Reeves provides the listener with a generous collection that emphasizes these opposites. "Better Days" from Dianne Reeves, along with ...

Engineers include: Jerry Masters, Wolf Stephenson, Kent Bruce. Personnel: Prophet of Pain, Shampon, Marcus "Red Dogg" (rap vocals); Jimmy Johnson , Bernard Jenkins, Will McFarlane (guitar); Doug Moffet, Jim Horn, Tom "Bones" Malone, Charles Rose, Harvey Thompson, Jim Williamson, Steve Patrick ...

From his emergence in the 1950s, the multi-instrumentalist Yusef Lateef has been a kindhearted warrior on the cutting edge of jazz. With his ahead-of-its-time inclusive attitude towards music in general, he was able to absorb multicultural influences long before it ...

Don Nix may not be a household name, but for serious fans of 1960s and 1970s music, he is an important figure: as a multi-instrumentalist, arranger, and producer. He also looms large in his home town of Memphis' musical history. ...

When Maurice Starr uncovered the talents of a Roxbury vocal group in the early '80s, he envisioned a second Jackson 5. That was the direction he took New Edition in its early days, and this album includes such overt Jackson ...

Recorded from 1984 to 1994 during Luther's self-imposed exile years in Paris. 11 tracks, many previously unreleased, including 'Slippin' Away', 'I Know', 'Perfume & Grime' & 'Love Is Free'. Includes the bonus track 'I Know'. Ruf Records. 2002. In many cases, ...

The title is a bit of a misnomer--this album, originally released in 1969, should have been called "Aretha's Jazz" or "The Queen of Soul Swings." Aretha's powerful, authoritative singing is consistent with her best '60s & early '70s work, but ...

Recording information: Cincinnati, OH (01/14/1954-12/??/1960); Los Angeles, CA (01/14/1954-12/??/1960); Washington DC (01/14/1954-12/??/1960). Personnel: Hank Ballard (vocals); Sonny Woods (bass voice); J.C. Davis (guitar, tenor saxophone); Porter, Arthur, Cal Green (guitar); Robert Darby, Henry Moore, Ray Felder, Arnett Cobb, Sil Austin, Louis ...

Allan Holdsworth's guitar prowess is well known in music circles, but he remains something less than a household name. His large and sometimes uneven discography has floated in and out of print, making it difficult for curious listeners to know ...