Hirth Martinez "Big Bright Street" (1977) -Soft Rock-

Label : Warner Bros. Records

 Side One

01 - Nothin' Iz New (Hirth Martinez)
02 - Love Song (Hirth Martinez)
03 - Big Bright Street (Hirth Martinez)
04 - The Star (Hirth Martinez)
05 - The Mothman Samba (Hirth Martinez)
06 - The Moone Toone (Hirth Martinez)

Side Two

01 - The Driver (Hirth Martinez)
02 - Cold And Silver Moment (Hirth Martinez)

03 - Valley Of The Music (Hirth Martinez)
04 - The Circle Song (Hirth Martinez)
05 - Only In America (Hirth Martinez)


Produced & Arranged by John Simon
Another Sundown Productions

Musicians
Hirth Martinez : Guitar, Vocals
John Simon : Keyboards
Billy Darnell : Electric Guitar
John Guerin, Steve Gadd, Jim Keltner : Drums
Max Bennett, Ron Carter, Bob Crenshaw, Chuck Domanico : Bass

Plus
Holly Penfield, Keith Kregar : Background vocals
Michael De Temple : Mandolin & Guitar
Garth Hudson : Accordion
Rubens Bassini : Percussion
And More... see inside

Engineers : Tony May, New York / Ed Anderson, Los Angeles
Also : Geoff Daking, Ed Lever, Neil Ceppos, Ken Deane & Bill Whitman
Production Co-ordinator : Ben J. Adams

Violins : Harry Lookofsky, Max Pollikoff, Charles Libove, Harry Cykman, La Mar Alsop, Guy Lumia, Peter Dimitriades, Richard Sortomme, Louis Gabowitz, Leo Kahan, Joe Malin & Robert Rozek
Violas : Harold Coletta, Al Brown & Frederick Buldrini
Celli : Charles McCracken, Jesse Levy & Seymour Barab
Trumpets : Mel Davis & Randy Brecker
Trombones : Wayne Andre & Dave Bargeron
Woodwinds : George Marge & Romeo Penque
French Horns : Jimmy Buffington & Brooks Tillotson


Side One

01 - Nothin' Iz New

Drums : Herb Lovelle
Bass : Jerry Jemmott
Acoustic Guitar : Hirth Martinez
Keyboards & Percussion : John Simon
Electric Guitar : Billy Darnell
Background vocals : Erin Dickens, JoAnn Vent, Annie Sutton, Gwynne Michaels, Hirtz Martinez, Billy Darnell & John Simon
Bass Vocals : Milt Grayson
Plus
Piano, Organ, Percussion, Vocal Arrangements : Mac Rebennack
Rhythm Guitar : Greg Leroy
Percussion : Billy Darnell
Bass Vocal Cuncocktoid by Cris Huss

02 - Love Song

Drums : Steve Gadd
Bass : Bob Cranshaw
Acoustic Guitar : Hirth Martinez
Keyboards & Percussion : John Simon
Electric Guitar : Billy Darnell
Background vocals : Hilda Harris, Maeretha Stewart & Debbie McDuffie
Plus
Percussion : Rubens Bassini
Scat Solo : Holly Penfield

03 - Big Bright Street

Drums : Jim Keltner
Bass : Chuck Domanico
Acoustic Guitar : Hirth Martinez
Keyboards & Percussion : John Simon
Electric Guitar : Billy Darnell
Background vocals : Debbie McDuffie, Maeretha Stewart
Plus
Accordion : Garth Hudson
Mandolin : Michael DeTemple
Tabla : Bill Ruyle

04 - The Star

Drums : John Guerin
Bass : John Siegler
Acoustic Guitar : Hirth Martinez
Keyboards & Percussion : John Simon
Electric Guitar : Billy Darnell
Background vocals : John Simon, Keith Kreger

05 - The Mothman Samba

Drums : Steve Gadd
Bass : Ron Carter
Acoustic Guitar : Hirth Martinez
Keyboards & Percussion : John Simon
Electric Guitar : Billy Darnell
Background vocals : Maeretha Stewart, Hilda Harris & Debbie McDuffie
Plus
Guitar Solo : Hirth Martinez
Percussion : Rubens Bassini

06 - The Moone Toone

Drums : Jim Keltner & Chris Parker
Bass : Chuck Domanico
Acoustic Guitar : Hirth Martinez
Keyboards & Percussion : John Simon
Electric Guitar : Billy Darnell
Background vocals : Keith Kreger
Plus
Additional Guitars : Michael DeTemple, Vinnie Bell

Side Two

01 - The Driver

Drums : John Guerin
Bass : Max Bennett
Acoustic Guitar : Hirth Martinez
Keyboards & Percussion : John Simon
Electric Guitar : Billy Darnell

02 - Cold And Silver Moment

Drums : Steve Gadd
Bass : Ron Carter
Acoustic Guitar : Hirth Martinez
Keyboards & Percussion : John Simon
Electric Guitar : Billy Darnell
Background vocals : Maeretha Stewart, Holly Penfield, Hilda Harris, Debbie McDuffie, George James, Jim Cummings, Rags Maturani & John Simon
Plus
Percussion : Rubens Bassini
Flute : Romeo Penque
Viola : Harold Coletta

03 - Valley Of The Music

Drums : John Guerin
Bass : Max Bennett
Acoustic Guitar : Hirth Martinez
Keyboards & Percussion : John Simon
Electric Guitar : Billy Darnell
Plus
Electric Guitar Solos, Gibson Super 400 : Billy Darnell
Gibson ES 335 : Hirtz Martinez

04 - The Circle Song

Drums : John Guerin
Bass : Max Bennett
Acoustic Guitar : Hirth Martinez
Keyboards & Percussion : John Simon
Electric Guitar : Billy Darnell
Background vocals : Hirt Martinez, John Simon

05 - Only In America

Drums : Steve Gadd
Bass : Bob Cranshaw
Acoustic Guitar : Hirth Martinez
Keyboards & Percussion : John Simon
Electric Guitar : Billy Darnell
Plus
Sax Solo : George Marge

Various Artists "Too Slow To Disco 4" (2022) -Westcoast Rock-

Label : How Do You Are? Recordings

01 - Mystery Girl (Dominic Bugatti & Frank Musker)

02 - Fall In Love In Outer Space (Jeff Wollman)

03 - You're So Beautiful Tonight (Kenny Nolan)

04 - Now That I Need You (Peter Skellen)

05 - Generalities (Marc Jordan)

06 - Stay (Severin Browne)

07 - Stay The Night (Jimmy & Tommy Faragher)

08 - Groovy Times (Alan Price)

09 - Open Up (James Felix)

10 - Altogether Alone (S. Martinez)

11 - Tell Me The Reasons Why (Max Leake)

12 - Music In Me (Stephen Encinas)

13 - Can't Get You Out Of My Life (Eric Andersen)

14 - Beautiful News (Jimmy Spheeris)

15 - Magic Song (Heikki Sarmanto & Aina Swan Cutler)

16 - Nothin' To It (Marlon McClain)

Compiled by DJ Supermarkt / Mellow Mafia

01 - Mystery Girl

The Dukes

1982, From The Album "THE DUKES" (Atlantic Recording Corporation)

02 - Fall In Love In Outer Space

Prime Time Band

1985, From The S/T 7 Inch Single (Private Press)

Produced by Prime Time Band

Lead vocal by Tom Marken

03 - You're So Beautiful Tonight

Kenny Nolan

Produced by Kenny Nolan & Juergen Koppers

1979, From The Album "NIGHT MIRACLES" (Casablanca Records)

04 - Now That I Need You

Peter Skellern

Produced by Geoffrey Haslam / Peter Skellern

1977, From The Album "KISSING IN THE CACTUS" (Mercury Records)

05 - Generalities

Marc Jordan

Arranged by Michael Omartian, Marc Jordan & Jay Graydon

1979, From The Album "BLUE DESERT" (Warner Bros. Records)

06 - Stay

Severin Browne

Produced by Larry Murray

1973, From The Album "SEVERIN BROWNE" (Motown Record Company)

07 - Stay The Night

The Faragher Brothers

Produced by Vini Poncia

1978, From The Album "OPEN YOUR EYES" (Polydor Records)

08 - Groovy Times

Alan Price

Produced by Bones Howe

Additional Production 1980 by Dayton Howe

1980, From The Album "RISING SUN" (Jet Records)

09 - Open Up

James Felix

Produced by James Felix

1980, From The Album "WHITE AS SNOW" (Light Records)

10 - Altogether Alone

Hirth Martinez

1975, From The Album "HIRTH FROM EARTH" (Warner Bros. Records)

11 - Tell Me The Reasons Why

Max Leake

Produced by Max Leake & Mike Hurzon

1984, From The Album "BUNS IN THE SUN" (Visionary / Private Press)

12 - Music In Me

Stephen Encinas

Produced by Stephen Encinas

1979, From The 7 Inch "ROCK-A-BYE BABY LOVE" (Kalinda Records)

13 - Can't Get You Out Of My Life

Eric Andersen

Produced by Tom Sellers

1975, From The Album "BE TRUE TO YOU" (Arista Records)

14 - Beautiful News

Jimmie Spheeris

Produced by Felix Cavaliere

1973, From The Album "THE ORIGINAL TAP DANCE KID" (Columbia)

15 - Magic Song

Jeannine Otis & Heikki Sarmanto

Arranged by Eero Koivistoinen

1980, From The Album "MAGIC SONG" 

16 - Nothin' To It

Pleasure

1979, From The Album "FUTURE NOW" 

Valerie Carter "The Lost Tapes Vol 2" (2022) -Westcoast Rock-

Label : Cava? Records

01 - Day After Day (John O'Neil & Deena Shoshkes)

02 - Two Sides (To Every Situation) (E.A. Poe)

03 - I'm In Love With You (Larry John McNally)

04 - Indivisible (Larry John McNally & Jon Lind)

05 - Feeling So Fine (Hirth Martinez)

06 - Dove (Tom Kell)

07 - Texas When The Sun Goes Down (Will Jennings)

08 - Why Do All The Good Times Go Away? (Will Jennings & Nicholas Peyrac)

09 - Your Christmas Day (Laura Allan)

10 - Falling Down On You (Donald Markowitz, J. Henderson & David Vanacore)

11 - Close Your Eyes (Tricia Tunstall & Donald Johnston)

12 - Cook With Honey (Valerie Carter)

Produced by Kathy Kurasch for Cowboy Angel Records

Executive Producer : Jan Carter

Additional Engineering : Kathy Kurasch

Mastered by Peter Doell

01 - Day After Day

With Jackson Browne

Produced by Mike Visceglia

Engineered by Rob Friedman

Vocals : Valerie Carter, Jackson Browne

Drums : Doug Yowell

Bass : Mike Visceglia

Guitars : Mark Shulman

Keyboards : Seth Farber

Acoustic Guitar : Jon Fried

02 - Two Sides (To Every Situation)

From Al Kooper's Championship Wrestling

1982 Sony Music Entertainment

Produced by Bill Szymczyk

Vocals : Valerie Carter

Backing vocals : Jim Gistrap, The Waters Family

Bass : Neil Stubenhaus

Drums : Ed Greene

Fender Rhodes : Jim Ehinger

Horns : Tower Of Power

Organ, Clavinet, Soloist : Al Kooper

Percussion : Steve Forman

Rhythm Guitar : Elliot Randall, Jeff 'Skunk' Baxter

03 - I'm In Love With You

Produced by Larry John McNally & Jon Lind

Vocals : Valerie Carter

Drums : James Gadson

Guitars : Ray Parker Jr., Buzz Feiten

Piano : Clydene Jackson

04 - Indivisible

Produced by Larry John McNally & Jon Lind

Vocals : Valerie Carter, Jon Lind, Larry John McNally

Drums : James Gadson

Guitars : Ray Parker Jr., Buzz Feiten

Piano : Clydene Jackson

05 - Feeling So Fine

With Hirth Martinez

Produced by Yoshi Nagato

Dreamsville Records, April 2001

Engineered by Hank Linderman

Recorded at Parsons Green, Culver City, CA 2/10/2000

Vocals : Hirth Martinez, Valerie Carter

Guitars, Bass, Percussion : Hirth Martinez

Accordian : Van Dyke Parks

06 - Dove

With Tom Kell

Produced by Jeffrey Cox

Vocals : Tom Kell, Valerie Carter

Guitars : Tom Kell

07 - Texas When The Sun Goes Down

Produced by Will Jennings

Vocals : Valerie Carter

08 - Why Do All The Good Times Go Away?

Produced by Will Jennings

Vocals : Valerie Carter

09 - Your Christmas Day

Vocals : Valerie Carter

10 - Falling Down On You

Vocals : Valerie Carter & Kate Markowitz

Keyboards : David Vanacore

Guitars & Bass : Donald Markowitz

11 - Close Your Eyes

Produced by Russell Grimaldi & Lackerschmid/Johnston Productions

Vocals : Valerie Carter

Piano : Donald Johnson

Vibraphone : Wolfgang Lackerschmid

12 - Cook With Honey 

With Howdy Moon

Produced by Michael Jackson

Vocals : Valerie Carter

Acoustic Guitar : Dennis Budimir, Jon Lind

Strings Arranged by David Paich

Bass : David Parlato

Drums : Gary Mallaber

Organ : Mike Utley

Percussion : Milt Holland

Piano : Bill Payne

Hirth Martinez with Valerie Carter "Feeling So Fine" (2000) -Folk Rock / Soft Rock-

Label : TYO Productions Inc. / Dreamsville Records

01 - Feeling So Fine (Hirth Martinez)
02 - 5/4 Samba (Hirth Martinez)
03 - Slowly (Hirth Martinez)
04 - Feeling So Fine (Instrumental) (Hirth Martinez)


01 - Feeling So Fine

Hirth Martinez : Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Percussion
Valerie Carter : Harmony Vocal
Van Dyke Parks : Accordion
Produced by Yoshi Nagato
Engineered & Co-Produced by Hank Linderman
Recorded February 10/14 2000 at Parsons Green, Culver City, California

02 - 5/4 Samba

Hirth Martinez : Guitar, Vocal
Diego Urcola : Trumpet
Bob Magnuson : Clarinet, Bass Clarinet
Cornelius Bumpus : Tenor Sax
Garth Hudson : Accordion
John Simon : Harmonium
Lincoln Goines  Bass
Vanderlei Pereira : Drums
Produced by John Simon
Engineered by Noah Evans
Recorded August, 1998 at Sear Sound, NYC? New York

03 - Slowly

Hirth Martinez : Guitar, Vocal
Recorded Live April 22, 1999 at On Air East, Tokyo, Japan
Produced by Yoshi Nagato

04 - Feeling So Fine

Instrumental

Hirth Martinez "I Love To Play For You - Live In Japan" (2002) -Folk Rock-

 Label : Dreamsville Records

01 - Alarming The Stillness (Hirth Martinez)
02 - Somewhere In The Power Of Her Love (Hirth Martinez)
03 - The Circle Song (Hirth Martinez)
04 - Breaking My Heart (Joe Liggins)
05 - Altogether Alone (Hirth Martinez)
06 - The Girl (Hirth Martinez)
07 - The Mothman Samba (Hirth Martinez)
08 - 5/4 Samba (Hirth Martinez)
09 - Slowly (Hirth Martinez)
10 - Daydream (John Sebastian)
11 - I'm Not Like I Was Before (Hirth Martinez)
12 - It (Hirth Martinez)
13 - These Days (Hirth Martinez)
14 - Busy Man (Hirth Martinez)
15 - Down Along The Cove (Bob Dylan)
16 - Bye, Bye Black Bird (Mort Dixon & Ray Henderson)
17 - The Little Angel (Sing With Me) (Hirth Martinez)
18 - Feeling So Fine (Hirth Martinez)


Produced by Yoshi Nagato for Believe In Magic Inc.
Recorded Live April 21/22, 1999 at On Air East, Tokyo
Project Assistance : Sakae Yoshimoto & Sawako Matsura for Believe In Magic Inc.
Live Recording : Kaz Yamano (BST)
House Sound : Masa Kato & Miho Yamamoto
Mastering : Yoei Hashimoto (Tokyo CD Center)

Musicians :
Hirth Martinez : Vocal & Guitar
John Simon : Piano on Tracks 13 & 14, Piano & Vocal on Tracks 15 & 16
John Hall : Guitar & Vocal on Tracks 15 & 16

New Studio Recordings
"The Little Angel (Sing With Me)" & "Feeling So Fine"
Hirth Martinez : Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Keyboard & Percussion
Valerie Carter : Harmony Vocal
Van Dyke Parks : Accordion

Produced by Yoshi Nagato
Co-Produced & Engineered by Hank Linderman
Recorded February 10/14, 2000 at Parsons Green, Culver City, California