HIDEKI WATANABE 26th Jun 2018 | | Vinyl AlbumMuddy Waters - They Call Me Muddy Waters | Produced by Monk Higgins & Ralph Bass
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HIDEKI WATANABE 26th Jun 2018 | | Vinyl AlbumFreddie Robinson - Off The Cuff | Produced by Monk Higgins, Alex Brown, Larry Maxwell, Hi-He-Ho Productions
Arranged & Conducted by Monk Higgins
Vocals Arranged by Alex Brown
MUSICIANS
Guitar, Vocals : Freddy Robinson
Bass : Wilton Felder
Drums : Harold Mason
Keyboards : Joe Sample
Electric Piano : Monk Higgins
Baritone Saxophone : Delbert Hill
Tenor Saxophone : Red Holloway
Trombone : George Bohanon
Trumpet : Oscar Brashear
Strings : Sidney Sharp
Backing Vocals : Alex Brown, Darlene Love, Deborah Lindsey
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HIDEKI WATANABE 26th Jun 2018 | | Vinyl AlbumFreddy Robinson - At The Drive-In | Produced by Monk Higgins & Alex Brown, Hi-He-Ho Productions
Recorded at United Artists Recording Studio
Engineer : Christina Hersch
Arranged by Monk Higgins
MUSICIANS
Vocals, Guitar, Harmonica : Freddy Robinson
Guitar : Al Vescovo
Bass : Wilton Felder
Drums : Harold Mason, Paul Humphrey
Percussion :Paul Humphrey
Congas, Percussion : Bobbie Hall
Piano, Organ : Joe Sample
Organ : Monk Higgins
Vocals : Alex Brown, Clydie King, Vanetta Fields
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HIDEKI WATANABE 26th Jun 2018 | | Vinyl AlbumFreddy Robinson - Hot Fun In The Summertime | Produced by Monk Higgins
Arranged & Conducted by Monk Higgins
MUSICIANS
Freddy Robinson: guitar
Joe Sample: piano
Henry Franklin: acoustic bass
Wilton Felder: electric bass
Paul Humphrey: drums
Al Vescovo: guitar
Bobby Bryant & Freddy Hill: trumpets
Tom Scott: alto sax
Bill Green: sax, poss.
Clydie King, Darlene Love & Edna Wright: vocals
Specialties Unlimited: Backing Vocals
Sid Garp's string section: strings
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HIDEKI WATANABE 26th Jun 2018 | | Vinyl AlbumInspirational Singers - Inspiring | Produced by Monk Higgins & Cash McCall
Recorded at Tel Mar Studios, Chicago, in October, 1967
Arranged by Almond Dawson
Inspirational Singers
Thelma Nelson, Almond Dawson, Eva Hamilton, Alma Peebles, Eva Purnell
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HIDEKI WATANABE 26th Jun 2018 | | Vinyl AlbumEtta James - Call My Name | Produced by Monk Higgins & Ralph Bass
Arranged by Monk Higgins
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HIDEKI WATANABE 25th Jun 2018 | | Vinyl AlbumMonk Higgins And The Specialties - Heavyweight | Producer : Thorn Productions, Larry Maxwell,
Arranged by Monk Higgins
Vocals Arranged by Alex Brown
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HIDEKI WATANABE 25th Jun 2018 | | Vinyl AlbumMonk Higgins - Dance To The Disco Sax Of Monk Higgins | Produced : Thorn Productions by Larry Maxwell
Arranged by Monk Higgins
Recorded at Angel City Sound, Los Angeles, CA.
Engineered by F. Byron Clark
Background Vocals Arranged by Alex Brown
MUSICIANS
Tenor Saxophone, Organ : Monk Higgins
Piano, Electric Piano, Clavinet : Joe Sample
Guitar, Harmonica : Freddie Robinson
Bass : Wilton Felder
Drums : Paul Humphrey
Flute : Jim Horn
Strings Section : Sidney Sharp
Backing Vocals : Alex Brown, Deborah Lindsey, Elaine Cole
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HIDEKI WATANABE 25th Jun 2018 | | Vinyl AlbumMonk Higgins And Alex Brown Featuring Barbara Mason - Sheba, Baby | Produced by Monk Higgins
Executive-Producer : Larry Maxwell
Arranged & Orchestrated by Monk Higgins
MUSICIANS
Tenor Saxophone : Monk Higgins, Fred Jackson
Alto Saxophone : Fred Jackson, Bill Green
Trombone : George Bohanan
Flute : Fred Jackson
Guitar : Al Vescovo, David T. Walker, Freddy Robinson
Bass Guitar : Henry Davis
Drums : Harold Mason
Percussion : Bobbie Hall
Piano, Moog : Larry Nash
Electric Piano, Clarinet : Sonny Burk
Backing Vocals : Alex Brown, Darlene Love, Edna Wright
Strings : Charles Veal String Section
Horns : George Bohannan & Specialities
Solo Vocal : Barbara Mason
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HIDEKI WATANABE 24th Jun 2018 | | Vinyl AlbumMonk Higgins - Mac Arthur Park | Produced by Wally Roker & Associates with Monk Higgins
Recorded at RPM Studios, Los Angeles, CA.
Engineered & Mixed by Frank Clark
Arranged & Conducted by Monk Higgins
Monk Higgins his Tenor Saxophone, Orchestra and Voices
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HIDEKI WATANABE 23rd Jun 2018 | | Vinyl AlbumFreddy Robinson - The Coming Atlantis | A2 : The Coming Atlantis (by Dee Ervin)
[YouTube Video]
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HIDEKI WATANABE 22nd Jun 2018 | | Vinyl AlbumMonk Higgins - Little Mama | Produced by Larry Maxwell, Thorn Productions
Arranged by Monk Higgins
Vocal Arranged by Alex Brown
MUSICIANS
Clarence McDonald : Piano
Joe Sample : Piano, Clavinett, Harpsicord
Wilton Felder : Fender Bass
Paul Humphrey : Drums
Al Vescovo : Guitar
Freddy Robinson : Guitar, Harmonica
Monk Higgins : Tenor Sax, Organ
Specialties Unlimited : Vocal Background
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HIDEKI WATANABE 22nd Jun 2018 | | Vinyl AlbumMonk Higgins Featuring George Bohanon And Sweet Spirit - Piping Hot | Produced by Vee Pea
Vee Pea (=Virginia P. Bland) : wife of Monk Higgins (= Milton Bland)
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HIDEKI WATANABE 21st Jun 2018 | | Vinyl AlbumFreddy Robinson - The Coming Atlantis | Same contents & catalogue # with different title "Black Fox" exists. (see 3rd image)
However, title on record label is "The Coming Atlantis"
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HIDEKI WATANABE 21st Jun 2018 | | Vinyl AlbumFreddy Robinson - The Coming Atlantis | Produced by Monk Higgins & Dee Ervin
Arranged & Conducted by Monk Higgins
MUSICIANS
Guitar : Fred L. Robinson
Fender Bass, Upright Bass : Bob West
Drums : Paul Humphrey
Piano : Joe Sample
Organ : Monk Higgins
Percussion : Dee Ervin
Bongos, Congas : King Errison
Vibraphone : Alan C. Estes
Tenor Saxophone : Plas Johnson
Trumpet : Allen Brisbois
Bass Clarinet, Baritone Saxophone : Ernest Williams
Flute : Allen Butler
Strings : Sid Sharp
Backing Vocals : Adrienne Williams, Alexandra Brown aka Alex Brown, Difosco Ervin aka Dee Ervin, Mamie Galore, Patricia Dunn
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HIDEKI WATANABE 21st Jun 2018 | | Vinyl AlbumBobby Hutton - Piece Of The Action | Produced by Dee Ervin
tracks A4 & A5 : Produced by Clarence Johnson
Arranged by Jerry Long
Rhythm Tracks Arranged by Greg Wright
Strings & Horns Arranged by Art Freeman
MUSICIANS
Guitar : Al Vescovo, Byron Gregory, David T. Walker, Greg Poree, Larry Frazier
Bass : Bernard Reed, Jimmy Smith, Ron Brown
Drums : Ed Greene, John Fox, Paul Humphrey, Terry Thompson
Percussion : Bobbi Porter, Derf, Gary Coleman
Tambourine : Dee Ervin, Stephanie Spruill
Keyboards : Greg Wright, Harold Johnson, Sonny Burke, Vince Willis
Backing Vocals : Andrew Porter, Bettye Jean Plummer, Frankie Karl, Genie Brown, Greg Wright, Harold Johnson, Karen Patterson, Micki Farrow, Olivia Foster, Patricia Hamilton
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HIDEKI WATANABE 20th Jun 2018 | | Vinyl AlbumBlue Mitchell - Bantu Village | Recorded at RPM Studios in May 22 & 23, 1969
Engineer ; Jim Saunders
Arranged & Conducted by Monk Higgins
PERSONNEL
Trumpet – Blue Mitchell, Bobby Bryant
Alto Saxophone, Flute : Bill Green
Tenor Saxophone : Plas Johnson
Trombone : Charles Loper
Flute : Buddy Collette
Guitar : Al Vescovo, Freddie Robinson
Bass : Bob West (tracks: A2, B1, B3), Wilton Felder (tracks: A1, A3, B2, B4)
Drums : John Guerin (tracks: A2, B1, B3), Paul Humphrey (tracks: A1, A3, B2, B4)
Congas : Alan Estes (tracks: A2, B1, B3), King Errisson (tracks: A1, A3, B2, B4)
Percussion, Piano : Dee Ervin, Monk Higgins
Vee Pea : Virginia P. Bland (wife of Monk Higgins aka Milton Bland)
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HIDEKI WATANABE 20th Jun 2018 | | Vinyl AlbumAlex Brown - In Search Of Love | Produced for Sack Productions
Recorded at United Artists Recording Studio and Sound Recorders, Hollywood
Engineered & Mixed by Christine Hertz
Arranged & Conduced by Monk Higgins
MUSICIANS
Lead Vocals : Alex Brown
Piano : Joe Sample
Guitar : Al Vescouva, Freddy Robinson
Bass : Wilton Felder
Drums : Paul Humphrey
Vibraphone, Percussion : Allen Estres
Percussion : Monk Higgins
Flute : Jim Horn
French Horn : Dave Allen Duke
Strings : Sidney Sharp
Backing Vocals : Specialties Unlimited
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HIDEKI WATANABE 20th Jun 2018 | | Vinyl AlbumAlex Brown - In Search Of Love | Re: Track B3 : I'm In Love (by Monk Higgins, Alex Brown) 3:44 (2nd recording Sack Productions)
Correct title and composer: I'm So In Love (by Dee Ervin, Janet Spagg) source BMI Work # 66533
see Tangerine 45 TRC-1001 (Sep. 1969) 2:55 (1st recording Wally Roker & Associates)
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HIDEKI WATANABE 20th Jun 2018 | | Vinyl AlbumStanley Turrentine - Flipped | composer on BMI
A5 : I'll Take You All The Way There (Dee Ervin & Milton Blanton aka Monk Higgins) BMI Work # 643693
B1 : Flipped (Dee Ervin & Art Freeman) BMI Work # 424859
B2 : I'm The One (Dee Ervin & Alex Brown) BMI Work # 667082
B3 : Toe Hold (Dee Ervin & Milton Blanton aka Monk Higgins) BMI Work # 1525687
B4 : I Only Get This Feeling (Dee Ervin) BMI Work # 673808
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HIDEKI WATANABE 20th Jun 2018 | | 12" SingleTony Melendez - And The Walls Came Tumblin Down (Radio Version) | Produced by Jose Silva
Recorded & Mixing at Master Control, Burbank
Recording/Mixing Engineer : Jorge Fonseca (Que Pasa)
Mastered by Michele Stone at Amigo Studios
MUSICIANS
Programmer : Yutaka Yokokura
Keyboards/Arrangements : Kenny O'Brien
Guitar : Jamie Glazer
Backing Vocals : Dee Ervin (tracks: B1. B2), Sally And Tamah Dorsey (tracks: A1, A2), Isela Sotelo (tracks: B1, B2), Jon Michael Bischof (tracks: A1, A2), Kenny O'Brien (tracks: B1. B2), Maria de Rey (tracks: B1, B2)
LSN Records : Latin Sound Network
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HIDEKI WATANABE 19th Jun 2018 | | Vinyl AlbumStanley Turrentine - Flipped | Producers: Staff of Wally Roker and Associates (=Monk Higgins & Dee Ervin)
MUSICIANS
Sax : Stanley Turrentine
Piano : Joann Growler
Guitar : Al Vescovo, Fred Robinson
Bass : Wilton Felder
Drums : Paul Humphrey
Percussion : Victor Feldman
Conga : King Errison
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HIDEKI WATANABE 16th Jun 2018 | | Vinyl AlbumJames Brown - The Original Disco Man | Produced by Brad Shapiro
Rhythm Tracks Recorded at Muscle Shoals Sound Studios, 1000 Alabama Avenue, Sheffield, Alabama (not credited)
Vocals Recorded at Sound Shop, Nashville, Tennessee (not credited)
Rhythm : The Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section (including Randy McCormick : keyboards)
Track A1 : IT'S TOO FUNKY IN HERE
(George Henry Jackson, Brad Shapiro, Walter Shaw & Robert A. Miller) ©1979.6.22
reached US R&B #15 / Dance #65 in May 1979
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HIDEKI WATANABE 12th Jun 2018 | | Vinyl AlbumMonk Higgins - Extra Soul Perception | Produced by Monk Higgins & Dee Ervin of Wally Roker & Associates
Arranged by Monk Higgins
MUSICIANS
Tenor Saxophone, Organ : Monk Higgins
Guitar : Al Vescovo, Arthur Adams, Freddy Robinson
Bass : Bob West, Ron Brown
Drums : John Guerin
Congas : Jerry Williams
Vibraphone, Percussion : Alan Estes
Piano, Percussion : Miles Grayson
Flute : Jim Horn
French Horn : David A. Duke
Trumpet : Thomas Scott
Trumpet, Flugelhorn : William Peterson
Strings : Sid Sharp
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HIDEKI WATANABE 12th Jun 2018 | | Vinyl AlbumGene Harris And His Three Sounds - Elegant Soul | Produced by Monk Higgins & Dee Ervin of Wally Roker & Associates
Recorded at RPM Studios, Los Angeles
Engineed by Frank Clark
Orchestra Arranged & Conducted by Monk Higgins
Gene Harris And His Three Sounds
Gene Harris : Piano
Andy Simpkins : Bass
Carl Burnett : Drums
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B3 : African Sweets (by Dee Ervin)
[YouTube Video]
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HIDEKI WATANABE 11th Jun 2018 | | Vinyl AlbumRuben Romero - Ruben Romero Guitar Album | Produced by Peter Tevis
Recorded At :
– Capitol Studios, Hollywood, Ca
– Elektra Sound Recorders, Los Angeles, Ca
– Widget Studios, Muscle Shoals, Ala.
– Broadway Sound Studios, Sheffield, Ala.
MUSICIANS italic : Muscle Shoals
Guitar : Ruben Romero
Electric Bass : Lenny LeBlanc, Max Bennett
Drums : Hal Blaine, Jimmy Evans
Keyboards, Mellotron, Woodwind : Clayton Ivey
Vocals : Chinin De Triana
Body Percussion : Vincente Romero
MUSCLE SHOALS HORNS
Baritone Saxophone : Ronnie Eades
Tenor Saxophone : Harvey Thompson
Trombone : Charles Rose
Trumpet : Ben Cauley, Harrison Callaway
RRM = Ruben Romero Music (private label)
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HIDEKI WATANABE 9th Jun 2018 | | Vinyl AlbumTribe - Tribal Bumpin' | Produced by Dee Ervin, Earl J. Foster, Jr. (tracks: A2, A3, A6, B1 to B4)
Recorded and Mixed at Angel City Sound.
Engineered by F. Byron Clark
TRIBE
Earl J. Foster, Jr. : Keyboards, Lead Vocals
Robert Apodaca : Bass, Backing Vocals
Benton Miles Little : Drums, Backing Vocals
Edward H. Romias : Guitar, Backing Vocals
Gelon Lau : Electric Violin, Backing Vocals
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HIDEKI WATANABE 9th Jun 2018 | | Vinyl AlbumTribe - Ethnic Stew | Produced by Dee Ervin
Arranged by Dee Ervin (tracks: A2, B1, B3, B4 & B5), Earl Foster (tracks: A1, A3, A4 & A5), Sigidi (tracks: B2)
TRIBE
Earl Jefferson Foster, Jr. : Keyboards, Lead Vocals
Robert Apodaca : Bass, Lead Vocals
Donnie Eubank : Congas, Bongos, Percussion, Lead Vocals
Ben Little : Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals
Eddie Romias : Guitar, Backing Vocals
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HIDEKI WATANABE 8th Jun 2018 | | Vinyl AlbumThe Three Sounds - Soul Symphony | Produced by Staff of Wally Roker & Associates (aka Monk Higgins & Dee Ervin)
Arranged & Conducted by Monk Higgins
Recorded in August 26, 1969.
MUSICIANS
Piano : Gene Harris
Guitar : Freddie Robinson
Bass : Henry Franklin
Drums : Carl Burnett
Percussion : Alan Estes
French Horn : David Duke
Woodwind : Buddy Collette
Vocals : Alex Brown, Clydie King, Mamie Galore
Di Fosco Ervin, Jr., aka Dee Ervin, Big Dee Irwin
Monk Higgins aka Milton Bland
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HIDEKI WATANABE 7th Jun 2018 | | Vinyl AlbumGenie Brown - A Woman Alone | Produced by Dee Ervin
Arranged by Greg Poreé, Gil Askey (tracks: A5, B5)
MUSICIANS
Guitar : Al Peake, Al Vescova, David Cohen, David T. Walker (tracks: A5, B5), Don Peake, John Rowin
Bass : Jimmy Smith, Monty Budwig (tracks: A5, B5), Wayne Douglass
Drums : Gene Pello, Harvey Mason, Paul Humphrey (tracks: A5, B5)
Percussion, Vibraphone : Robert Zimmitti, Harvey Mason
Congas : Harvey Mason, King Errison
Tambourine : Stephanie Spruill (tracks: A5, B5)
Piano : Dee Ervin, Jerry Peters, Joe Sample (tracks: A5, B5)
ARP Synthesizer : Larry Farrow
Horns : Alexander Thomas, Ernest Watts (tracks: A5, B5), Fred Jackson, Grove Mitchell (tracks: A5, B5), Herman Riley, Leslie Drayton, Lew McCreary (tracks: A5, B5), Marion Childers (tracks: A5, B5), Melvin Moore (tracks: A5, B5), Oscar Brashear, Plas Johnson (tracks: A5, B5)
Backing Vocals : Jeannie Wood (tracks: A5, B5), Dee Ervin (tracks: A5, B5), Elaine Hill (tracks: A5, B5), Gary Crowley (tracks: A5, B5), Genie Brown, Leon Kittrell (tracks: A5, B5)
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