Songs for the New Depression

~ Release by Bette Midler (see all versions of this release, 10 available)

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
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1Strangers in the Night
recording engineer and mixer:
Jack Malken
assistant engineer:
Bette Midler
producer:
Moogy Klingman (American musician and songwriter)
bass guitar [bass]:
Gene Santini
clavinet:
Ralph Schuckett (keyboard, composer, producer)
drums (drum set):
John Siomos
electric piano:
Moogy Klingman (American musician and songwriter)
guitar:
David Spinozza
percussion:
Rubens Bassini
background vocals:
David Lasley, Arnold McCuller and Lynn Pitney
lead vocals:
Bette Midler
conductor:
Moogy Klingman (American musician and songwriter)
strings arranger:
Moogy Klingman (American musician and songwriter) and Ralph Schuckett (keyboard, composer, producer)
arranger:
Moogy Klingman (American musician and songwriter)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Atlantic Recording Corporation (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor within the US) (in 1976)
produced for:
Moogtown Productions
recorded at and mixed at:
Secret Sound Studio (New York) in New York, New York, United States
cover recording of:
Strangers in the Night
lyricist:
Charles Singleton (composer/lyricist) and Eddie Snyder
composer:
Bert Kaempfert (German orchestra leader, producer and songwriter)
publisher:
Champion Music, Champion Music Corp., EMI Music Publishing Germany (GmbH & Co. KG), Roosevelt Music Co., Inc., Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI), Songs of Universal, Inc., Universal‐MCA Music Publishing (US), Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!), Universal/MCA Music Publishing GmbH, シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部
43:23
2I Don’t Want the Night to End
recording engineer and mixer:
Jack Malken
assistant engineer:
Bette Midler
producer:
Moogy Klingman (American musician and songwriter)
bass guitar [bass]:
John Siegler
congas:
Norman Pride
drums (drum set):
John Wilcox
electric piano:
Moogy Klingman (American musician and songwriter)
guitar:
Todd Rundgren
piano [acoustic piano]:
Ralph Schuckett (keyboard, composer, producer)
background vocals:
Alan Gorrie, David Lasley and Hamish Stuart (Scottish guitarist, bassist, singer composer & producer)
lead vocals:
Bette Midler
conductor:
Moogy Klingman (American musician and songwriter)
strings arranger:
Moogy Klingman (American musician and songwriter) and Ralph Schuckett (keyboard, composer, producer)
arranger:
Moogy Klingman (American musician and songwriter)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Atlantic Recording Corporation (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor within the US) (in 1976)
produced for:
Moogtown Productions
recorded at and mixed at:
Secret Sound Studio (New York) in New York, New York, United States
cover recording of:
I Don’t Want the Night to End
lyricist and composer:
Phoebe Snow
publisher:
Almo Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP), ヤマハミュージックEH(CM), ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 and Tarka Music (in 1973)
43:54
3Mr. Rockefeller
recording engineer and mixer:
Jack Malken
assistant engineer:
Bette Midler
producer:
Moogy Klingman (American musician and songwriter)
bass guitar [bass]:
John Siegler
brass [horns]:
Michael Brecker (American jazz saxophonist, multi-instrumentalist and composer), Randy Brecker and Barry Rogers
clavinet:
Ralph Schuckett (keyboard, composer, producer)
drums (drum set):
John Wilcox
guitar:
David Spinozza
keyboard [RMI Computer keyboard], piano and synthesizer [mini Korg synthesizer]:
Moogy Klingman (American musician and songwriter)
background vocals:
Erin Dickens, Gail Kantor and Annie Sutton
lead vocals:
Bette Midler
conductor:
Moogy Klingman (American musician and songwriter)
arranger:
Moogy Klingman (American musician and songwriter)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Atlantic Recording Corporation (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor within the US) (in 1976)
produced for:
Moogtown Productions
recorded at and mixed at:
Secret Sound Studio (New York) in New York, New York, United States
recording of:
Mr. Rockefeller
writer:
Jerry Blatt (songwriter) and Bette Midler
publisher:
Divine’s Music Ltd.
34:06
4Old Cape Cod
recording engineer:
Lew Hahn
producer:
Joel Dorn and Bette Midler
double bass [acoustic bass]:
Milt Hinton
drums (drum set):
Ted Sommer
vocals:
Bette Midler
conductor:
Arif Mardin
remixer:
Lew Hahn and Arif Mardin
strings [string section] arranger:
Arif Mardin
vocals arranger:
Marty Nelson
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Atlantic Recording Corporation (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor within the US) (in 1976)
recorded at:
Atlantic Recording Studios (1841 Broadway, New York, 1957–1991) in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
cover recording of:
Old Cape Cod
writer:
Irwin Pincus (also known as "Allan Jeffrey"), Claire Rothrock and Milton Yakus
publisher:
George Pincus & Sons Music Corp., ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
32:51
5Buckets of Rain
recording engineer and mixer:
Jack Malken
assistant engineer:
Bette Midler
engineer:
Jack Malken and Jan Rathbun
producer:
Moogy Klingman (American musician and songwriter)
bass guitar [bass]:
John Siegler
drums (drum set):
John Wilcox
harmonica and piano:
Moogy Klingman (American musician and songwriter)
organ:
Ralph Schuckett (keyboard, composer, producer)
slide guitar:
Dave Webster (guitarist)
vocals:
Bob Dylan and Bette Midler
arranger:
Moogy Klingman (American musician and songwriter)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Atlantic Recording Corporation (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor within the US) (in 1976)
produced for:
Moogtown Productions
recorded at and mixed at:
Secret Sound Studio (New York) in New York, New York, United States
recording of:
Buckets of Rain
lyricist:
Bob Dylan (in 1974) and Bette Midler (in 1974)
composer:
Bette Midler (in 1974)
publisher:
ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部, Ram’s Horn Music (from 1974 until 2002) and Special Rider Music (from 2002 to present)
44:00
6Love Says It’s Waiting
recording engineer and mixer:
Jack Malken
assistant engineer:
Bette Midler
producer:
Moogy Klingman (American musician and songwriter)
lead vocals:
Bette Midler
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Atlantic Recording Corporation (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor within the US) (in 1976)
produced for:
Moogtown Productions
recorded at and mixed at:
Secret Sound Studio (New York) in New York, New York, United States
recording of:
Love Says It’s Waiting
lyricist and composer:
Nick Holmes (crooner, songwriter)
publisher:
Alpha–Omega Music, Pantry Music Company and Tin Pan Tunes
41:41
7Shiver Me Timbers / Samedi et vendredi
recording engineer and mixer:
Jack Malken
assistant engineer:
Bette Midler
producer:
Moogy Klingman (American musician and songwriter)
accordion:
Dominick Cortese and Sivuca
additional percussion:
Jack Malken
banjo and mandolin:
Eric Weissberg
concertina:
Boris Matusevitch
double bass [acoustic bass]:
John Miller (bassist and music contractor/coordinator)
drums (drum set):
Steve Gadd (drummer) and Mark Rosengarden
harmonica:
Don Brooks
percussion:
Barbara Burton (percussionist) and Mark Rosengarden
violin [fiddle]:
Kenny Kossack
background vocals and lead vocals:
Bette Midler
conductor:
John Lissauer and Moogy Klingman (American musician and songwriter)
additional arranger:
Moogy Klingman (American musician and songwriter)
arranger:
John Lissauer and Moogy Klingman (American musician and songwriter)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Atlantic Recording Corporation (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor within the US) (in 1976)
produced for:
Moogtown Productions
recorded at and mixed at:
Secret Sound Studio (New York) in New York, New York, United States
medley including a recording of:
Samedi et vendredi
writer:
Mark “Moogy” Klingman (American musician and songwriter) and Bette Midler
publisher:
Divine’s Music Ltd., Moogy Music, The Estate of Mark Klingman, ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company – do not use as release label), ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 and 日音 Synch事業部
medley including a cover recording of:
Shiver Me Timbers
lyricist and composer:
Tom Waits
publisher:
Fifth Floor Music, Inc. and フジパシフィックミュージック
46:25
8No Jestering
recording engineer and mixer:
Jack Malken
assistant engineer:
Bette Midler
producer:
Moogy Klingman (American musician and songwriter)
bass guitar [bass]:
John Siegler
drums (drum set):
John Wilcox
guitar:
Jerry Friedman (guitar, session musician) and Todd Rundgren
percussion:
Angel Allende
piano:
Moogy Klingman (American musician and songwriter)
background vocals and lead vocals:
Bette Midler
conductor:
Moogy Klingman (American musician and songwriter)
arranger:
Moogy Klingman (American musician and songwriter)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Atlantic Recording Corporation (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor within the US) (in 1976)
produced for:
Moogtown Productions
recorded at and mixed at:
Secret Sound Studio (New York) in New York, New York, United States
recording of:
No Jestering
lyricist:
Carl Malcolm
composer:
Clive Chin (reggae producer)
publisher:
A Malcolm Music, Greensleeves Publishing Ltd., Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc. (song publisher, never a release label) and Watanabe Music Publishing Co., Ltd. (Japanese publisher, 1962–present)
43:59
9Tragedy
recording engineer and mixer:
Jack Malken
assistant engineer:
Bette Midler
producer:
Moogy Klingman (American musician and songwriter)
chimes and saxophone [saxes]:
John Lissauer
piano:
Moogy Klingman (American musician and songwriter)
strings [The Golden Strings]:
Barry Finclair, Jesse Levy, Harry Lookofsky, Charles McCracken (cellist), David Nadien, Gene Orloff, Tony Posk and Raul Poliakin
choir vocals [The Choir]:
Donny Beard, Charlotte Crossley, Erin Dickens, Leata Galloway, Diane Green, Ben Harney (actor), Rhetta Hughes (US soul singer), Gail Kantor, Thomas Moore (vocalist), Sharon Redd, Revelation (70’s soul band), Rosie (soul/pop/disco trio), Ramona Stubblefield and Clifford Townsend (bass-baritone)
lead vocals:
Bette Midler
conductor:
John Lissauer
arranger:
John Lissauer
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Atlantic Recording Corporation (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor within the US) (in 1976)
produced for:
Moogtown Productions
recorded at and mixed at:
Secret Sound Studio (New York) in New York, New York, United States
cover recording of:
Tragedy
writer:
Fred Burch and Gerald Nelson
publisher:
Burlington Music Co., Ltd., Embassy Music Corporation, Wren Music Co., ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
43:06
10Marahuana
recording engineer:
Lew Hahn
assistant engineer:
Bette Midler
producer:
Joel Dorn and Bette Midler
double bass [bass]:
Milt Hinton
drums (drum set):
Ted Sommer
flute:
William Slapin
percussion:
Philip Kraus and Ted Sommer
piano:
Dick Hyman (jazz pianist)
trumpet:
Mel Davis (US jazz trumpeter)
violin:
Emanuel Green, Harry Lookofsky and Matthew Raimondi
background vocals:
Gotham (1970s/80s cabaret trio) and Arif Mardin
lead vocals:
Bette Midler
remixer:
Lew Hahn and Arif Mardin
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Atlantic Recording Corporation (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor within the US) (in 1976)
recorded at:
Atlantic Recording Studios (1841 Broadway, New York, 1957–1991) in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
cover recording of:
Marahuana
lyricist:
Sam Coslow
composer:
Arthur Johnston (American composer and songwriter)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Harmony and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部
42:30
11Let Me Just Follow Behind
recording engineer and mixer:
Jack Malken
assistant engineer:
Bette Midler
producer:
Moogy Klingman (American musician and songwriter)
acoustic guitar:
David Spinozza
bass guitar [bass]:
John Siegler
drums (drum set):
John Wilcox
electric piano:
Ralph Schuckett (keyboard, composer, producer)
harmonium, piano [Sound City piano] and synthesizer [ARP String Ensemble]:
Moogy Klingman (American musician and songwriter)
pedal steel guitar:
Rick Derringer
solo trumpet:
Randy Brecker
background vocals:
Todd Rundgren
lead vocals:
Bette Midler
conductor:
Moogy Klingman (American musician and songwriter)
arranger:
Moogy Klingman (American musician and songwriter)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Atlantic Recording Corporation (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor within the US) (in 1976)
produced for:
Moogtown Productions
recorded at and mixed at:
Secret Sound Studio (New York) in New York, New York, United States
recording of:
Let Me Just Follow Behind
lyricist and composer:
Mark “Moogy” Klingman (American musician and songwriter)
publisher:
Moogy Music, The Estate of Mark Klingman and 日音 Synch事業部
43:37

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