''Them Changes'' is an album by American artist
Buddy Miles, released in June 1970. It reached number 8 on the 1970
Jazz Albums chart, number 35 on the
''Billboard'' 200 and number 14 on the 1971
R&B albums charts.
Reception
Writing for
Allmusic, music critic Steve Kurutz called the album "quite simply, one of the great lost treasures of soul inspired rock music... definitely worth the extra effort to try to locate."
Conversely,
Robert Christgau
Robert Thomas Christgau ( ; born April 18, 1942) is an American music journalist and essayist. Among the most well-known and influential music critics, he began his career in the late 1960s as one of the earliest professional rock critics and ...
wrote "His singing is too thin to carry two consecutive cuts, his drumming has to be exploited by subtler musicians, and the title cut is the only decent song he ever wrote."
Track listing
#"Them Changes" (Buddy Miles) – 3:22
#"I Still Love You, Anyway" (
Charlie Karp
Charles Karp (April 13, 1953 – March 10, 2019) was an American musician and Emmy Award-winning documentarian. A former student at Coleytown Middle School and Staples High School, both in Westport, Connecticut, he left school as a senior to pursu ...
) – 4:14
#"Heart's Delight" (Miles) – 4:08
#"Dreams" (
Gregg Allman) – 4:53
#"
Down by the River" (
Neil Young) – 6:22
#"Memphis Train" (
Rufus Thomas
Rufus C. Thomas, Jr. (March 26, 1917 – December 15, 2001) was an American rhythm-and-blues, funk, soul and blues singer, songwriter, dancer, DJ and comic entertainer from Memphis, Tennessee. He recorded for several labels, including Chess Rec ...
) – 2:57
#"Paul B. Allen, Omaha, Nebraska" (Miles) – 5:33
#"Your Feeling Is Mine" (
Otis Redding) – 2:13
Personnel
*
Buddy Miles – vocals, drums, bass, guitar, keyboards, background vocals
*Bob Hogins – keyboards, organ, piano, electric piano, trombone, background vocals
*Charlie Karp – guitar, background vocals
*Andre Lewis – clavinet, organ, piano, background vocals
*Robin McBride – electric harpsichord, keyboards, piano, background vocals
*
Billy Cox – bass, fuzz bass
*
David Hull – bass, background vocals
*
Roland Robinson – bass
*
Marlo Henderson
Marlo Henderson was an American guitarist and saxophonist, who played in mainly blues and R&B genres. As a session musician he played on albums such as '' Off the Wall'' by Michael Jackson, '' Them Changes'' by Buddy Miles, '' Face to Face'' by Ev ...
– guitar, background vocals
*
Jim McCarty – guitar
*Wally Rossunolo – guitar
*Duane Hitchings – organ
*Bob Parkins – organ
*Teddy Blandin – trumpet
*Peter Carter – trumpet
*Tom Hall – trumpet
*James Tatum – tenor saxophone
*Mark Williams – tenor saxophone, background vocals
*Phil Woods – flugelhorn, piano, background vocals
*Toby Wynn – baritone saxophone
*
Lee Allen Lee Allen may refer to:
*Lee Allen (wrestler) (1934–2012), wrestler and coach
* Lee Allen (baseball) (1915–1969), baseball historian
*Lee Allen (musician) (1927–1994), saxophone player
*Lee Allen (artist)
Lee Allen (1910 – May 5, 2006), bor ...
– saxophone
*Bobby Pittman – tenor saxophone, alto saxophone
*Fred Allen – background vocals
Production notes
*
Steve Cropper
Steven Lee Cropper (born October 21, 1941), sometimes known as "The Colonel", is an American guitarist, songwriter and record producer. He is the guitarist of the Stax Records house band, Booker T. & the M.G.'s, which backed artists such as Ot ...
– producer
*
Buddy Miles – producer, arranger
*Robin McBride – producer
*Bob Hogins – arranger
*Charlie Karp – arranger
*Warren Dewey – engineer
*Alan Hendler – engineer
*Fred Breitberg – assistant engineer
*
Bruce Swedien – mixing engineer
*Richard Germinaro – design
*Burnell Caldwell – photography
*John Craig – design consultant
*Dean Rudland – liner notes
*Desmond Strobel – art direction
References
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1970 albums
Buddy Miles albums
Mercury Records albums
Albums produced by Steve Cropper