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STEPHEN STILLS / Stephen Stills
Atlantic SD 7202 (S)
POP
Originally reviewed for week ending 12/5/70
Singer-songwriter-guitarist Steve Stills is one of the most complex
talents in
rock today, bursting with soul and depth and a genius for absorbing
influences
and surpassing them through his own powerful creativity. A solo
step away
from CSN&Y, Stills draws a crowd of all-stars (Booker T. Jones,
Eric Clapton,
Jimi Hendrix), and via brilliant arrangements, takes rock to new
and musical
heights on "Love the One You're With," "Go Back Home" and "Cherokee."
01. Love The One You're With
02. Do For The Others
03. Church (Part Of Someone)
04. Old Times Good Times
05. Go Back Home
06. Sit Yourself Down
07. To A Flame
08. Black Queen
09. Cherokee
10. We Are Not Helpless
NOTES
Date: 1970
Length: 38:59 minutes
Label: WEA/ATLANTIC
Genre: ROCK
Category: Rock/Pop
CREDITS
THE PLAYERS:
John Barbata: Drums
Eric Clapton: Guitar
Priscilla Coolidge: Vocals
Rita Coolidge: Vocals
David Crosby: Vocals
Cass Elliot: Vocals
Sidney George: Alto Flute,
Richard Hayward: Drums
Jimi Hendrix: Guitar
Conrad Isadore: Drums
Booker T. Jones: Keyboards, Organ, Vocals
Priscilla Jones: Vocals
Claudia Lanier: Vocals
Shirley Matthews: Vocals
Graham Nash: Vocals
Judith Powell: Vocals
Calvin "Fuzzy" Samuels: Bass, Vocals
John Sebastian: Vocals
Larry Steele: Vocals
Stephen Stills: Bass, Drums (Steel), Guitar, Keyboards, Organ,
Percussion, Vocals
Liza Strike: Vocals
Dallas Taylor: Drums
Jeff Whittaker: Congas
Tony Wilson: Vocals
Production Credits
Bill Halverson: Producer
Andy Johns: Engineer
Stephen Stills: Producer
Jeff Whittaker: Conductor
Art Direction: Gary Burden
Photography:
Front Cover Henry Diltz
Back Cover: Gary Burden
Dedicated to James Marshall Hendrix
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STEPHEN STILLS 2 / Stephen Stills 2
Atlantic SD 7206
POP
Originally reviewed for week ending 7/17/71
Stills has outdone himself with his second LP. His spectacular
vocal style
coupled with outstanding lyrics and music make this a must for
every pop
music fan. Best cuts include "Change Partners," "Marianne," and
"Word
Game." This LP is destined for the number one spot on every chart
in the
nation.
01. Change Partners
02. Nothin' To Do But Today
03. Fishes And Scorpions
04. Sugar Babe
05. Know You Got To Run
06. Open Secret
07. Relaxing Town
08. Singin' Call
09. Ecology Song
10. Word Game
11. Marianne
12. Bluebird Revisited
NOTES
Date: 1971
Length: 43:02 minutes
Label: WEA/ATLANTIC
Genre: ROCK
Category: Rock/Pop
CREDITS
THE PLAYERS:
Eric Clapton: Guitar
David Crosby: Vocals
Henry Diltz: Vocals
Mac Rebennack aka Dr. John: Keyboards
Rocky Dijon: Percussion
Fearless Freddy: Vocals
Sidney George: Tenor Sax
Paul Harris: Keyboards
Jack Helm: Trombone
Roger Hopps: Trumpet
Conrad Isadore: Drums
Wayne Jackson: Trumpet
Gaspar Lawrawal: Percussion
Nils Lofgren: Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals
Ed Logan: Tenor Sax
Andrew Love: Tenor Sax
James Mitchell: Baritone Sax
Floyd Newman: Baritone Sax
Billy Preston: Keyboards
Calvin "Fuzzy" Samuels: Bass, Vocals
Stephen Stills: Bass, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals
Dallas Taylor: Drums
Production Credits
Bill Halverson: Engineer
Art Direction and Design: Gary Burden
Photography: Henry Diltz
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STEPHEN STILLS / Manassas
Atlantic SD 2-903
POP
Originally reviewed for week ending 4/29/72
Stephen Stills offers his new group and loads of class material
in this
two-record package. Dallas Taylor, drums, and Chris Hillman, guitar,
are old
standby sidemen of Stephen's, while Al Perkins (steel guitar),
Paul Harris
(organ & piano), Joe Lala (congas & percussion) and Calvin (Fuzzy)
Samuels
(bass) are the other major members of the unit. The material ranges
from the
country tinged "Fallen Eagle" to "Song of Love," a good pop bet.
Original release date: 1972
Label: Atlantic
Guest Artists: Byron Berline; Chris Hillman; Bill Wyman
Studio
Catalog#: 82808
Distributor: WEA
Song Of Love
Rock & Roll Crazies / Cuban Bluegrass
Jet Set (Sigh)
Anyway
Both Of Us (Bound To Lose)
Fallen Eagle
Jesus Gave Love Away For Free
Colorado
So Begins The Task
Hide It So Deep
Don't Look At My Shadow
It Doesn't Matter
Johnny's Garden
Bound To Fall
How Far
Move Around
Love Gangster, The
What To Do
Right Now
The Treasure
Blues Man
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THE PLAYERS:
Stephen Stills: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards, Drums
Chris Hillman: Guitar, Mandolin, Background Vocals
Al Perkins: Guitar, Steel Guitar, Background Vocals
Byron Berline: Fiddle
Sidney George: Harmonica
Paul Harris, Jerry Aiello: Piano, Organ, Keyboards
Roger Bush: Acoustic Bass
Calvin "Fuzzy" Samuels: Bass, Vocals
Bill Wyman: Bass
Dallas Taylor: Drums
Joe Lala: Congas, Timbales, Percussion
Malcom Cecil: Synthesizer Programming
Producers: Chris Hillman, Dallas Taylor, Stephen Stills.
Recorded at Criteria Sound Studios, Miami, Florida.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
Cover design: Stephen Stills - Ira H. Wexler
Photography: Ira H. Wexler
Design and Photography © 1972 Gold Hill Enterprises, Inc.
In tribute to: Jimi Hendrix-Al Wilson-Duane Allman.
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STEPHEN STILLS / Stills
Columbia PC 33575
NO GENRE
Originally reviewed for week ending 6/21/75
Billboard's advance test pressing didn't include the information
of exactly
which tracks Crosby & Nash sat in on. But they're present all
right. And Stills'
Columbia debut sounds quite like the best of C-S-N-&-Y as well
as like the best of
Stills' previous solo LPs. That certainly ain't bad. In fact,
it's like having
C,S,N&Y back in full flower. Best cuts: "Turn Back The Pages,"
"First Things
First," "In The Way," "To Mama...", "New Mama." Dealers: Another
superstar
release to pick up your summer.
Original release date: 1975
Label: Columbia
Guest Artists: David Crosby; Graham Nash; Ringo Starr
Catalog#: 33575
Distributor: Sony
01. Turn Back The Pages
02. My Favorite Changes
03. My Angel
04. In The Way
05. Love Story
06. To Mama From Christopher And The Old Man
07. First Things First
08. New Mama
09. As I Come Of Age
10. Shuffle Just As Bad
11. Cold Cold World
12. Myth Of Sisyphus
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Additional Notes:
THE PLAYERS:
Stephen Stills: Vocals, guitar, piano, organ, Clavinet, bass,
percussion
Claudia Lanier, Betty White, David Crosby, Graham Nash: Vocals
Donnie Dacus, George Terry, Rick Roberts: Guitar, background vocals
Jerry Aeillo: Keyboards
Kenny Passarelli" Bass, background vocals
Leland Sklar: Bass
Russ Kunkel, Jimmy Fox, "English Richie", Dallas Taylor, Conrad
Isidore, Tubby Ziegler, Ringo Starr:
drums
Joe Lala: Percussion
Marcie Levy, Peggy Clinger, Danny Hutton: Background vocals
Producers: Bill Halverson, Ron Albert, Howie Albert, Stephen Stills.
Engineers: Ron Albert, Howie Albert, Stephen Stills.
Front cover photo: Joel Bernstein
Back cover photo: Bill Ray
Design: John Berg, Andy Engel
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STEPHEN STILLS / Live
Atlantic SD 18156
POP
Originally reviewed for week ending 12/13/75
Although this album was recorded more than 20 months ago, it is
still a very
good indication of Stills in concert. The band consists of guitarist
Donnie
Dacus, percussionist Joe Lala, keyboardist Jerry Aiello, drummer
Russ Kunkel
and bassist Kenny Passarelli, and they are only featured on one
side entitled the
"Electric Side." The other side is the "Acoustic Side" and it
showcases the great
acoustic picking of Stills. As for the material, it runs the gamut
of his long and
glorious career from his early folk days to his Buffalo Springfield
work to his
own Mannassas, and even has one song penned by Joe Walsh. The
performance
is especially good on several and the Stills magic is evident
throughout. Best
cuts: "Wooden Ships," "Four Days Gone," "Special Care," "Change
Partners,"
"Everybody's Talking At Me," "4 plus 20." Dealers: Just let people
know that
this LP is available for Christmas shopping.
01. Wooden Ships
02. Four Days Gone
03. Jet Set (Sigh)/Rocky Mountain Way/Jet Set (Sigh)
04. Special Care
05. Change Partners
06. Crossroads/You Can't Catch Me
07. Everybody's Talkin' At Me
08. 4 + 20
09. Word Game
NOTES
Date: 1975
Length: 34:55 minutes
Label: WEA/ATLANTIC
Genre: ROCK
Category: Rock/Pop
CREDITS
THE PLAYERS
Jerry Aiello: Keyboards
Donnie Dacus: Guitar, Vocals
Russ Kunkel: Drums
Joe Lala: Percussion
Kenny Passarelli: Bass, Vocals
Stephen Stills: Bass, Guitars (electric and acoustic), Keyboards,
Vocals
Production Credits
Tom Dowd: Editing, Mixing
Joe Gastwirt: Digital Remastering
Bill Halverson: Engineer
Michael John Bowen: Cover Concept and Design,
Stephen Sanders: Photography
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STEPHEN STILLS / Illegal Stills
Columbia PC 34148
POP
Originally reviewed for week ending 5/8/76
Typically laid back Stills with usual better than average songs
and instrumental
work from Donnie Dacus, George Perry, Joe Vitale, Tubby Ziegler
and several
others. Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman (Flo & Eddie) join in on
vocals. For
Stills fans, LP is exactly what they will expect. The only criticism
might be that
the artist doesn't really seem to get above a fixed energy level
until near the end
of side two, when he swings into a Latin-flavored cut and several
easy rockers.
Stills is strong on the more uptempo cuts and should do more.
Best cuts:
"Midnight In Paris," "Stateline Blues," "No Me Nieges," "Ring
Of Love,"
"Circlin'." Dealers: Stills a consistently major artist.
01. Buyin' Time
02. Midnight In Paris
03. Different Tongues
04. Soldier
05. The Loner
06. Stateline Blues
07. Closer To You
08. No Me Niegas
09. Ring Of Love
10. Circlin'
NOTES
Date: 1976
Length: 35:25 minutes
Label: SONY MUSIC
Genre: ROCK
Category: Rock/Pop
CREDITS
THE PLAYERS:
Jerry Aiello: Keyboards
Donnie Dacus: Guitar, Vocals
Howard Kaylan: Vocals
Joe Lala: Percussion
George Perry: Bass
Stephen Stills: Bass, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals
George Terry: Guitar
Joe Vitale: Drums
Mark Volman: Vocals
Tubby Zeigler: Drums
Ronald "Tubby" Ziegler: Drums
Production Credits
Howard Albert: Engineer
Ron Albert: Engineer
Don Gehman: Engineer, Mixing
Alex Sadkin: Mastering, Mixing
John Berg: Cover Concept and Design
Gerard Huerta: Artwork and Design
Don Hunstein: Cover Photograph
Tom Zimmhoff: Photo of Stephen Stills
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STEPHEN STILLS / Best Of...
Atlantic SD18201
POP
Originally reviewed for week ending 12/18/76
Despite its claim as a "best of" collection, Stills' most powerful
and lasting
work, composed during his Buffalo Springfield and CSN&Y days is
absent.
Instead this is a "best of" Stills with Manassas and on his own
with many of the
songs lacking the substance and force that characterized his earlier
tunes. Best
cuts: "Love The One You're With," "Change Partners," "Sit Yourself
Down."
"Johnny's Garden."
Songlist:
01. Love the One You're With
02. It Doesn't Matter
03. We Are Not Helpless
04. Marianne
05. Bound to Fall
06. Isn't It About Time
SIDE 2
07. Change Partners
08. Go Back Home
09. Johnny's Garden
10.
a) Rock & Roll Crazies
b) Cuban Bluegrass
11. Sit Yourself Down
Album Coordinator: John David Kalodner
Mastered at Atlantic Recording Studios: New York, NY
Mastering Engineer: George Piros
Photography: David Gahr
Art Director: Bob Defrin
Eric Clapton courtesy of Robert Stigwood Organization .
John Sebastian courtesy of Reprise Records.
Booker T. Jones courtesy of Stax Records.
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STEPHEN STILLS / Thoroughfare Gap
Producer(s): Stephen Stills, Ron & Howard Albert
Columbia JC35380
POP
Originally reviewed for week ending 10/21/78
Stills emerges from a two-year hiatus (excepting a "best of ..."
reprise) with a
vital, energetic 10-cut effort which subtly combines a disco beat
and his rock
guitar on some uptempo numbers. ("You Can't Dance Alone," "We
Will Go
On"). But the showpieces remain, as always, Stills' evocative
lyrics and vocal
style, shown best on "Thoroughfare Gap," "Beaucoup Yumbo" and
"Can't Get
No Booty." Surprise cuts are the best to date of Greg Allman's
"Midnite Rider"
and the eternal "Not Fade Away." Backing Stills' usual guitar,
bass, drum,
synthesizer lineup are horns and strings on the discotized cuts.
Best cuts:"Thoroughfare Gap,"
"Beaucoup Yumbo," "Midnite Rider," "Can't Get No Booty." Dealers:
Stills fans have been
waiting long for this one.
Songlist:
01. You Can't Dance Alone
02. Thoroughfare Gap
03. We Will Go On
04. Beaucoup Yumbo
05. What's the Game
SIDE 2
06. Midnite Rider
07. Woman Lleva
08. Lowdown
09. Not Fade Away
10. Can't Get No Booty
THE PLAYERS:
Joe Vitale: Drums, Vocals
George "Chocolate" Perry: Bass, Vocals
Stephen Stills: Guitar, Vocals, Horns and Strings. Moog, Organ,
Bass, Piano
Gerry Tolman: Guitar
Mike Finnigan: Piano, Organ, Vocals
Dave Mason: Vocals
Mike Lewis: Horns and Strings
Joe Lala: Percussion
Richard O'Connell: Drums
Gerald Johnson: Bass
George Terry: Guitar
Alby Galuten: Piano
Kitty Pritiken: Vocals
Brooks Hunicutt: Vocals
Verna Richardson: Vocals
Lisa Roberts: Vocals
Danny Kortchmar: Guitar, Percussion
Joey Mercia: Guitar
Andy Gibb: Vocals
John Sambatero: Vocals
Album Design: Stephen Stills and John Berg
Photography: Jim McCrary
Produced by: Stephen Stills, Ron & Howard Albert for Fat Albert
Productions
Recorded at: Criteria Studios-Miami, FL, The Record Plant-Los
Angeles, CA and The Record Plant-Sausalito, CA.
Engineers: Ron Albert & Howard Albert, Michael Braunstein, Steve
Gursky.
Mastered at Criteria Studios
Andy Gibb appears courtesy of RSO Records.
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STEPHEN STILLS / Right By You
Producer(s): Ron Albert, Howard Albert, Stephen Stills
Atlantic 80177
POP Originally reviewed for week ending 8/12/84
The early '80s rebound of Crosby, Stills & Nash is mirrored in
this new Stills
solo work, which hews closer to the trio's own records than the
guitarist,
songwriter and singer's uneven '70s outings. Graham Nash, Mike
Finnigan,
Jimmy Page and other rock veterans are on hand to back Stills'
most consistent
yet varied performances in some time, which should enhance its
potential for
softer rock and pop fans.
Right By You
38 Minutes 34 Seconds, Atlantic, 1984
Performer: Stills, Stephen
Guest Artist: Graham Nash / Jimmy Page
Engineer: Ron Albert / Howard Albert
01. 50/50
02. Stranger
03. Flaming Heart
04. Love Again
05. No Problem
06. Can't Let Go
07. Grey To Green
08. Only Love Can Break Your Heart
09. No Hiding Place
10. Right By You
THE PLAYERS:
Stephen Stills: |Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Drums, Keyboards, Percussion
Bernie Leadon: Guitar, vocals
Jimmy Page: Guitar
Chris Hillman: Mandolin, Vocals
Tony Concepcion, Al Degooyer: Trumpet
George Cricker: Trombone
Mike Finnigan: Keyboards, Vocals
Kim Bullard, Lawrence Dermer: Keyboards
Gerry Scheff, George "Chocolate" Perry: Bass
Joe Galdo, Joe Lala: Drums, Percussion
Graham Nash, John Sambatoro, Herb Pederson: Background Vocals
Producers: Stephen Stills, Ron Albert, Howard Albert, Steve Alaimo.
Art Direction: Larry "Rocky" Williams
Cover Design & Original Painting: Larry Williams and Alton Kelly
This work is dedicated in fond memory of Felix Pappalardi, Marvin
Gaye, Dennis Wilson, and JC Agajanian.
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