Showing posts with label 1976. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1976. Show all posts

Sunday, May 22, 2011

St Ives (1976)





St. Ives is a 1976 American action film. Abner Procane, top L.A. burglar, finds that somebody stole his plans for next ambitious heist. He hires Raymond St. Ives, crime books writer, to negotiate the return of those documents.

Directed by: John Lee Thompson
Starring: Charles Bronson, Jacqueline Bisset, John Houseman
Distributed by: Warner Bros





Saturday, April 30, 2011

Paris, France (1976)

 Metro Station Franklin D. Roosevelt


 Place de la Concorde


 Boulevard Saint-Michel


Place Charles de Gaulle-Etoile


Ned Doheny - Hard Candy (1976)





Ned Doheny is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist from Malibu, California who has recorded five albums as well as performing on many albums by other artists including compatriots Don Henley and Glenn Frey of the Eagles, J.D. Souther, Linda Ronstadt, and Jackson Browne (with whom he was once in a band).


Hard Candy was the second solo album by Ned Doheny released in 1976 for Columbia Records. It features his version of "Love of Your Own" (written with Hamish Stuart) which was also recorded with Stuart's Average White Band the same year. It also includes the original version of “Get It Up for Love” which was covered by Táta Vega in 1979. Her version was a Top 20 dance single.


Guitars : Ned Doheny, Ernie Corello, Steve Cropper
Bass : Dennis Parker, Bryan Garofalo, Colin Cameron, Laszlo Wicky, John Heard
Keyboards : David Foster, Jimmy Calire, David Garland, Craig Doerge
Drums : Gary Mallaber, John Guerin
Horns : Tower Of Power Horn Section, Tom Scott, Jim Horn, Chuck Findley, Don Menza
Vibes: Victor Feldman
Percussion : Steve Forman, Victor Feldman
Background vocals : Ned Doheny, Rosemary Butler, Fleming Williams, Brooks Hunnicutt, Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Linda Ronstadt, J.D. Souther, Steve Cropper, Hamish Stuart


Producer: Steve Cropper


Tracklist:


1. Get It Up for Love (Ned Doheny) - 4:44
2. If You Should Fall (Ned Doheny) - 3:36
3. Each Time You Pray (Ned Doheny) - 3:38
4. When Love Hangs in the Balance (Ned Doheny) - 5:12
5. Love of Your Own (Ned Doheny/Hamish Stuart) - 3:46
6. I’ve Got Your Number (Ned Doheny) - 3:14
7. On the Swingshift (Ned Doheny) - 3:03
8. Sing to Me (Ned Doheny) - 3:36
9. Valentine (I Was Wrong About You) (Ned Doheny) - 5:06


Thursday, April 28, 2011

The Fairchild Channel F (1976-1979)

The Fairchild Channel F is a second generation game console released by Fairchild Semiconductor in August 1976. It has the distinction of being the first programmable ROM cartridge-based video game console. It was launched as the Video Entertainment System, or VES, but when Atari released their VCS the next year, Fairchild renamed its machine.





Sunday, March 27, 2011

Sylvia - Sylvia (1976)






Sylvia Robinson is a singer, musician, producer and record label executive. She is the founder of the Hip Hop label Sugar Hill Records. She is responsible of the release of two classics: "The Message" by GrandMaster Flash & Furious Five and "Rapper's Delight" by Sugarhill Gang.

As a solo performer, she released 3 albums for Vibrations Records in the 70s:  "Pillow Talk"(1973),  "Sylvia" (1976) and  "Lay it on Me" (1977).

Tracklist:

1. L.A Sunshine (M. Burton, P. Terry) - 3:40
2. You Sure Love To Ball (M.Gaye) - 5:49
3. He Don't Ever Lose His Groove (W. Hale) - 5:05
4. Next Time That I See You (A.Goodman, H. Ray, S. Robinson, W. Morris) - 4:53
5. Sweet Stuff (A.Goodman, H. Ray, S. Robinson) - 4:24
6. Taxi (J. Alvarez, M. Burton, S. Robinson) - 4:07
7. Mr. Bartender (B. Randle, M. Burton, S. Robinson) - 4:02
8. Standing At The End (M. Burton, P. Terry) - 3:45

Drums: Billy Blum, Clarence Oliver, Nick Remo
Bass: Frank "Sweetstuff" Prescod, Jesus Alvarez, Jonathan Williams
Upright Bass: Al Lukas
Guitar: John Tropea, Billy Jones, Walter Morris
Keyboards: Kenny Guarino, Brian Cuomo, Bernadette Randle, Harry Ray, Larry Fast
Saxophone: Seldon Powell
Congas: Rubens Bassini
Strings: Irving Spice
Backing Vocals: The Ellington Sisters

Artwork: Pierre Laroche.
Producer: Sylvia Robinson, Michael Burton

Recorded at :
House of Music, West Orange, New Jersey.
All Platinum Studios, Englewood, New Jersey.