Wind, Sky and Diamonds

Wind, Sky and Diamonds
Studio album by Gábor Szabó
Released	February 1968
Recorded	September 12–14, 1967
Studio	Western Recorders, Los Angeles, California
Genre	Jazz, crossover jazz
Length	33:45
Label	Impulse!
Producer	Bob Thiele
Gábor Szabó chronology
Light My Fire (1967) Wind, Sky and Diamonds (1968) Bacchanal (1968)

Wind, Sky and Diamonds is an album by Hungarian jazz guitarist Gábor Szabó featuring performances recorded in 1967 for the Impulse! label.

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Track listing

1. "San Franciscan Nights" (Eric Burdon, Vic Briggs, John Weider, Barry Jenkins, Danny McCulloch) – 3:18
2. "A Day in the Life" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 3:20
3. "Twelve Thirty (Young Girls Are Coming to the Canyon)" (John Phillips) – 3:00
4. "To Sir With Love" (Don Black, Mark London) – 2:28
5. "White Rabbit" (Grace Slick) – 2:30
6. "Guantanamera" (Joseíto Fernández) – 3:09
7. "Saigon Bride" (Joan Baez, Nina Duscheck) – 2:10
8. "The End of Life" (John Bahler, Tom Bahler, Gábor Szabó) – 2:55
9. "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 3:44
10. "Are You There?" (Gábor Szabó, Steve Allen) – 3:31
11. "W.C. Fields" (John Bahler, Tom Bahler) – 3:40

• Recorded by Eddie Brackett at Western Recorders in Los Angeles, California on September 12, 1967 (tracks 3 & 5–7), September 13, 1967 (tracks 4, 9 & 10) and September 14, 1967 (tracks 1, 2, 8 & 11)

Personnel

• Gábor Szabó – guitar, recitation
• Mike Melvoin – piano, harpsichord
• Bill Plummer – sitar
• Dennis Budimir, Herb Ellis, Louis Morell, Howard Roberts – guitar
• Carol Kaye (tracks 1-3,5-8 & 11), Ray Pohlman (tracks 4, 9 & 10) – electric bass
• Jimmy Gordon, John Guerin – drums
• Victor Feldman, Emil Richards – percussion
• The California Dreamers: Ron Hicklin, Al Capps, Loren Farber, John Bahler, Tom Bahler, Ian Freebairn-Smith, Sally Stevens, Sue Allen, Jackie Ward – vocals