Valdy "Hot Rocks" (1978) -Folk Rock / Country Rock-

Label : A&M Records

 1

01 - Country John* (Allen Toussaint)

02 - Everything Keeps On Changing**/° (Valdy)

03 - Sister I Love You** (Valdy)

04 - Saints & Angels°° (Valdy)

05 - Body Talk (Valdy)

2

01 - Hot Rocks** (Valdy)

02 - Loser's Game (Valdy)

03 - I Think This Guy Loves You (Valdy)

04 - Dat Dere°° (Oscar Brown Jr. & Bobby Timmins)

05 - Chocolate Goodnight (Valdy)

Valdemar Horsdal : Guitars, Vocals

Teddy Irwin : Guitars

Proud Pork

John Blakeley : Guitars

Phil Aaberg : Guitars

Maurice Cridlin : Bass

Scott Matthews : Drums & Percussion

Sweet Tooth

Janet Morrison, Jeanette Sartain, Pamela Moore : Vocals

Amos Garrett* : Guitars

Jim Horn** : Alto & Flute

Scott Free : Pedal Steel

Nicky Hopkins° : Piano

Robin Sylvester : Fretless Bass

Mel Martin (of Listen) : Baritone, Tenor, Alto, Flutes, Clarinets, Horn Arrangements

Fred Berry : Trumpet & Flugelhorn

Julian Priester : Trombone

Bob Ferreira : Tenor

Tom Rutley : String Bass & Tuba

Eddie Moore°° : Drums

Engineer : Robin Sylvester

Assisting Engineer : Chris Minto

Mastering : Bob Ludwig (Master Disk)

Recorded & Mixed at The Automatt, San Francisco

Produced by Elliot Mazer for Warped Recordings Inc.

Valdy And The Hometown Band "Valdy And The Hometown Band" (1976) -Country Rock / Folk Rock-

Label : A&M Records

 1

01 - Come On My Canada* (Valdy)

02 - Yes I Can (Anyway You Want Me) (Bob Ruzicka)

03 - Cold Water Castle (Valdy)

04 - Old Home Place (Dean Webb & Mitch Jayne)

05 - Me And Martin Growin' Old (Gary Fjellgaard)

06 - Weather'd Hands (Valdy)

2

01 - Peter And Lou* (Craig Wood)

02 - Everyone Of Them Has Known The Sea* (Valdy)

03 - Blister* (Valdy)

04 - Hometown Band (Bruce Miller)

05 - Sometimes I Can't Believe* (Doug McArthur)

06 - Allons mon Canada* (Instrumental) (Valdy)

Produced by Claire Lawrence 

Managed by Cliff Jones

Valdy : Lead vocals & Acoustic Guitar

Geoff Eyre : Drums, Percussion & Background vocals

Shari Ulrich : Violin & Background vocals

Claire Lawrence : Saxophone & Flute

*Jerry Scheff : Bass

Doug Edwards : Bass

Eddie Patterson : Electric Guitar

Dave Sinclair : Acoustic 6 & 12 String Guitar

Craig Wood : Banjo & Mandolin

Recorded at Little Mountain Sound, Vancouver, Canada

Engineers : Dave Slagter

Assisted by Mark McNair

Mastering : Bernie Grundman, A&M Mastering

Valdy "Country Man" (1972) -Country Rock / Folk Rock-

Label : Haida Records

 Side 1

01 - Country Man (Valdy)

02 - Place At The Table (Valdy)

03 - A Good Song (Valdy)

04 - MM-MM-MM-MM (Valdy)

05 - Rainmaker (Nilsson & Martin)

Side 2

01 - Rock 'N' Roll Song (Valdy)

02 - Hello Mr. Record Man (Valdy)

03 - See How The Years Have Gone By (Valdy)

04 - Goin Down Slow (Bruce Cockburn)

05 - Bruce And The Green Stock (Valdy)

06 - Goin To The Country (Bruce Cockburn)

07 - Country Man (Valdy)

Recorded & A&M Studios, Hollywood, Calif., July 1972

Valdy : Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Piano

Jim Gordon : Drums

Max Bennett : Bass

Brett Wade : Acoustic Electric Guitar

Claire Lawrence : Organ, Flute

Produced by Claire Lawrence

Arranged by Claire Lawrence / Valdy

Engineers : Tommy Vicari, Rick Potter, Norm Kinney

Valdy "Landscapes" (1973) -Folk Rock-

Label : Haida Records

 Side 1

01 - Landscapes (Valdy)

02 - Gypsy Ways (Valdy)

03 - Java Jeff (Valdy)

04 - Christian Life (Valdy)

05 - Passin' Through (Richard Blakeslee)

06 - Truckers Song (Valdy)

Side 2

01 - Roads Of Anger (Bob Lind)

02 - Simple Life (Ode To L.A.) (Valdy & Max Bennett)

03 - Bitter Green (Gordon Lightfoot)

04 - City Musician (Valdy)

05 - Arnolds Cove (Valdy)

06 - Whirl And Twirl And Swirl (Valdy)

String Arrangement on "Whirl And Twirl And Swirl" by Valdy, "Bitter Green" by Claire Lawrence

Recorded &t A&M Studios & The Sound Factory, Hollywood, Calif.

Producer : Claire Lawrence

Mixing : Sound Labs, Hollywood

Engineer : Norm Kinney (with help from Tommy Vicari, Linda Tyler, Milt Calice, Dave Ikeland & Steve Waldman, John Arrias (Sound Factory)

Mastering : Bernie Grundman

Side 1

01 - Landscapes

Vocals & Acoustic Guitar : Valdy

Drums : Ron Tutt

Percussion : John Guerin

Bass : Max Bennett

Electric Guitar : Larry Carlton

Electric Piano : Joe Sample

Background vocals : Valdy, Claire Lawrence

02 - Gypsy Ways

Vocals & Acoustic Guitar : Valdy

Drums & Percussion : John  Guerin

Bass : Max Bennett

Electric Guitar & Mandolin : Larry Carlton

Soprano Sax : Claire Lawrence

Background vocals : Valdy, Claire Lawrence

03 - Java Jeff

Vocals & Acoustic Guitar : Valdy

Drums & Percussion : John  Guerin

Bass : Max Bennett

Electric Piano : Joe Sample

Soprano Sax & Organ : Claire Lawrence

04 - Christian Life

Vocals & Acoustic Guitar : Valdy

Drums : Ron Tutt

Percussion : John Guerin

Bass : Max Bennett

Acoustic Guitar : Larry Carlton

Electric Piano : Joe Sample

05 - Passin' Through

Vocals & Acoustic Guitar : Valdy

Backup Vocals : Clydie King, Sherlie Matthews, Marty McCall

Drums : Ron Tutt

Percussion : John Guerin

Bass : Max Bennett

Acoustic 6, 12 String Electric Guitar : Larry Carlton

Electric Piano : Joe Sample

06 - Truckers Song

Vocals & Acoustic Guitar : Valdy

Drums & Percussion : John  Guerin

Bass : Max Bennett

6, 12 String Electric Guitar : Larry Carlton

Side 2

01 - Roads Of Anger

Vocals & Acoustic Guitar : Valdy

Backup Vocals : Clydie King, Sherlie Matthews, Marty McCall

Drums & Percussion : John  Guerin

Bass : Max Bennett

Electric Guitar : Larry Carlton

Electric Piano : Joe Sample

Organ : Claire Lawrence

02 - Simple Life (Ode To L.A.)

Vocals & Acoustic Guitar : Valdy

Backup Vocals : Claire Lawrence, Kathy Stack

Drums : Jim Keltner

Bass : Max Bennett

Electric Guitar : Ben Benay

Organ : Claire Lawrence

03 - Bitter Green

Vocals & Acoustic Guitar : Valdy

Drums & Percussion : John Guerin

Bass : Max Bennett

Acoustic Guitar : Larry Carlton

Acoustic Piano : Joe Sample

Strings : David Campbell (Viola), Gordon Marron (Violin), Sheldon Sandu (Violin), Dennis Karmazyn (Cello)

04 - City Musician

Vocals & Acoustic Guitar : Valdy

Drums : John Guerin

Bass : Max Bennett

Acoustic Guitar : Larry Carlton

Acoustic Piano : Joe Sample

05 - Arnolds Cove

Vocals & Acoustic Guitar : Valdy

Drums : Ron Tutt

Bass : Max Bennett

Electric 6 String, Acoustic 12 String Guitar : Larry Carlton

Acoustic Piano : Joe Sample

Flute : Claire Lawrence

06 - Whirl And Twirl And Swirl

Vocals & Acoustic Guitar : Valdy

Acoustic 12 String Guitar : Larry Carlton

Electric Piano : Joe Sample

Strings : David Campbell (Viola), Gordon Marron (Violin), Sheldon Sandu (Violin), Dennis Karmazyn (Cello)

Valdy "See How The Years Have Gone By" (1975) -Folk Rock / Country Rock-

Label : A&M Records

 1

01 - Landscapes (Valdy)

02 - Truckers Song (Valdy)

03 - Hello Mr. Record Man (Valdy)

04 - Place At The Table (Valdy)

05 - Country Man (Valdy)

06 - Bruce And The Green Stock* (Valdy)

2

01 - See How The Years Have Gone By (Valdy)

02 - Whirl And Swirl And Twirl (Valdy)

03 - Rock N' Roll Song (Valdy)

04 - (A Good Song) Just A Man* (Valdy)

05 - Java Jeff (Valdy)

06 - Simple Life (Ode To L.A.) (Max Bennett)

Jim Keltner : Drums

Jerry Scheff : String & Electric Bass

William 'Smitty' Smith : Piano, Fender Rhodes, Clavinet & B3

Fred Tackett : Acoustic Guitar & Mandolin

Jerry McGee : Electric Guitar & Dobro

Jim Horn : Flute & Recorder

Eleanor Slatkin : Cello

Alan Munde : Banjo

David Paich : Harpsichord, Clavinet & Harmonium

Special thanks : John Sebastian, Jesse Ed Davis, Richard Greene, Klaus Voorman, Jay Dee Maness, Dallas Taylor, Bobbye Hall, Steve & Ed, Brett Wade, Claire Lawrence, Jim Gordon, Max Bennett

Produced by Paul A. Rothchild

Engineer : Ray Gerhardt, A&M Studios, Hollywood, California

Mix Engineer : Fritz Richmond, Elektra / Asylum, Los Angeles, California

*Arranged by David Paich