Herbie Hancock records ‘Crossings,’ the second album of his Mwandishi period in February (1972)
Herbie Hancock‘s ‘Crossings’ is his tenth (and second in his Mwandishi period) album recorded in February 1972 and released in May 1972 By Warner Bros.
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Herbie Hancock‘s ‘Crossings’ is his tenth (and second in his Mwandishi period) album recorded in February 1972 and released in May 1972 By Warner Bros.
Allman Brothers Band’s ‘Eat a Peach’ is their third studio album (the last with Duane Allman) produced by Tom Dowd and released on February 12, 1972
Jimmy Smith‘s ‘Root Down’ is a live album recorded on February 8, 1972 at The Bombay Bicycle Club in Los Angeles and released the same year by Verve.
Neil Young‘s ‘Harvest’ is his fourth album, featuring James Taylor, Linda Ronstadt, David Crosby, Graham Nash and Stephen Stills as guests and released on February 1, 1972 by Reprise.
Al Green‘s ‘Let’s Stay Together’ is an album produced By Willie Mitchell and released on January 31, 1972 by HI
Michael Jackson‘s ‘Got to Be There’ is his solo debut album produced By Hal Davis & Willie Hutch and released on January 24, 1972 by Motown.
Aretha Franklin‘s ‘Young, Gifted and Black’ is an album (its title being borrowed from the Nina Simone song ‘To Be Young, Gifted and Black) released on January 24, 1972 by Atlantic.
Archie Shepp‘s ‘Attica Blues’ is an album (in direct reference to the Attica Prison riots) recorded on January 24–26, 1972 at A&R Recording, NYC and released the same year by Impulse!
‘Jackson Browne‘ is his eponymous debut album produced by Richard Sanford Orshoff and released in January 1972 by Asylum.
‘Blue Öyster Cult‘ is their eponymous debut studio album released on January 16, 1972 by Columbia.
‘Paul Simon‘ feat. ‘Mother and Child Reunion’ is his eponymous second studio album as a solo artist co-produced with Roy Halee and released on January 14, 1972 by Columbia.
Aretha Franklin‘s ‘Amazing Grace’ is a live album (& the biggest selling live gospel album of all time) recorded on January 13 & 14, 1972 and released on June 01, 1972 by Atlantic.
Weather Report‘s ‘Live in Tokyo’ is their third (and first live) album recorded on January 13, 1972 at Shibuya Kokaido Hall and released the same year by Columbia.
Ry Cooder‘s ‘Into the Purple Valley’ is his second studio album released in January 1972 by Reprise.
The Beach Boys‘ ‘Holland’ feat. ‘Sail On, Sailor’ is their nineteenth studio album, so titled since it was recorded mostly in the Netherlands during the summer 1972 and released on January 8, 1973 by Reprise.
Bruce Springsteen‘s ‘Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.’ is his debut studio album produced cheaply during summer 1972 and released on January 5, 1973 by Columbia Records
Grover Washington, Jr’s ‘Inner City Blues’ is his debut album produced By Creed Taylor and released on January 3, 1972 by Kudu Records.
McCoy Tyner‘s ‘Sahara’ is an album recorded in January 1972 with Sonny Fortune, Calvin Hill & Alphonse Mouzon and released in July 1972 by Milestone.
Stanley Clarke‘s ‘Children of Forever’ is his debut album produced by Chick Corea, recorded on December 26 & 27, 1972 with Chick Corea, Lenny White, Pat Martino, Dee Dee Bridgewater and more and released in June,1973 by Polydor.
Milt Jackson‘s ‘Goodbye’ is an album recorded on December 12, 1972 and December, 1973 with various top class musicians and released in 1974 By Cti.