An Introduction to Leonard Cohen

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Annotation

2 × CD, Limited Edition, Compilation, Partially Unofficial

Annotation last modified on 2018-10-26 15:14 UTC.

Tracklist

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▼ CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1Suzanne
producer:
John Simon (US producer, arranger, composer, songwriter and musician)
lead vocals:
Leonard Cohen
conductor:
John Simon (US producer, arranger, composer, songwriter and musician)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP) (in 1967)
part of:
The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 284)
recording of:
Suzanne (English original song by Leonard Cohen) (in 1967)
lyricist:
Leonard Cohen (in 1966)
composer:
Leonard Cohen
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing, LLC (1995–2020)
4.23:50
2Sisters of Mercy
producer:
John Simon (US producer, arranger, composer, songwriter and musician)
lead vocals:
Leonard Cohen
conductor:
John Simon (US producer, arranger, composer, songwriter and musician)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP) (in 1967)
recording of:
Sisters of Mercy (in 1967)
lyricist and composer:
Leonard Cohen
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing, LLC (1995–2020)
4.43:35
3One of Us Cannot Be Wrong
producer:
John Simon (US producer, arranger, composer, songwriter and musician)
lead vocals:
Leonard Cohen
conductor:
John Simon (US producer, arranger, composer, songwriter and musician)
recording of:
One of Us Cannot Be Wrong (in 1967)
lyricist and composer:
Leonard Cohen
publisher:
Sony/ATV Songs LLC and Stranger Music Inc. (in 1967)
54:27
4The Old Revolution
engineer:
Ed Hudson (engineer) and Neil Wilburn
producer:
Bob Johnston (US record producer and early rockebilly singer)
lead vocals:
Leonard Cohen
recording of:
The Old Revolution (in 1968)
lyricist and composer:
Leonard Cohen
publisher:
Sony/ATV Songs LLC
4.654:47
5Seems So Long Ago, Nancy
engineer:
Ed Hudson (engineer) and Neil Wilburn
producer:
Bob Johnston (US record producer and early rockebilly singer)
lead vocals:
Leonard Cohen
recording of:
Seems So Long Ago, Nancy (in 1968)
lyricist and composer:
Leonard Cohen
4.353:40
6Bird on the Wire
engineer:
Ed Hudson (engineer) and Neil Wilburn
producer:
Bob Johnston (US record producer and early rockebilly singer)
lead vocals:
Leonard Cohen
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP) (in 2007)
recording of:
Bird on the Wire (in 1968)
lyricist and composer:
Leonard Cohen
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing, LLC (1995–2020)
4.53:27
7Joan of Arc
engineer:
Robin Geoffrey Cable, Ed Hudson (engineer) and Neil Wilburn
producer:
Bob Johnston (US record producer and early rockebilly singer)
lead vocals:
Leonard Cohen
arranger:
Paul Buckmaster
recording of:
Joan of Arc (in 1970)
lyricist and composer:
Leonard Cohen
publisher:
Sony/ATV Songs LLC
4.16:23
8Famous Blue Raincoat
engineer:
Robin Geoffrey Cable, Ed Hudson (engineer) and Neil Wilburn
producer:
Bob Johnston (US record producer and early rockebilly singer)
lead vocals:
Leonard Cohen
arranger:
Paul Buckmaster
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP) (in 1970)
recording of:
Famous Blue Raincoat (in 1970)
lyricist and composer:
Leonard Cohen
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing, LLC (1995–2020)
4.15:09
9Diamonds in the Mine
engineer:
Robin Geoffrey Cable, Ed Hudson (engineer) and Neil Wilburn
producer:
Bob Johnston (US record producer and early rockebilly singer)
lead vocals:
Leonard Cohen
arranger:
Paul Buckmaster
recording of:
Diamonds in the Mine (in 1970)
lyricist and composer:
Leonard Cohen
publisher:
Sony/ATV Songs LLC
33:50
10Chelsea Hotel #2
assistant engineer:
Leanne Ungar
engineer:
Frank Laico and Rick Rowe
producer:
Leonard Cohen and John Lissauer
mixer:
Rick Rowe
lead vocals:
Leonard Cohen
arranger:
John Lissauer
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP) (in 1974)
recording of:
Chelsea Hotel #2 (in 1974)
lyricist and composer:
Leonard Cohen
publisher:
404 Trinity 3ntertainment, GOOD58, Universal Müzik Group (has logo with just “Universal Music Group”) and Sony/ATV Music Publishing, LLC (1995–2020) (until 2020)
4.353:07
11I Tried to Leave You
recording of:
I Tried to Leave You
lyricist and composer:
Leonard Cohen
publisher:
Sony/ATV Songs LLC
2:43
12Who by Fire
assistant engineer:
Leanne Ungar
engineer:
Frank Laico and Rick Rowe
producer:
Leonard Cohen and John Lissauer
mixer:
Rick Rowe
lead vocals:
Leonard Cohen
arranger:
John Lissauer
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP) (in 1974)
recording of:
Who by Fire (in 1974)
lyricist and composer:
Leonard Cohen
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing, LLC (1995–2020)
4.352:35
13Iodine
assistant engineer:
Bruce Gold (Engineer), Bob Robitaille and Stan Ross (recording engineer, mixer & producer)
engineer:
Larry Levine
producer:
Phil Spector
background vocals:
Ronee Blakley
lead vocals:
Leonard Cohen
horn arranger:
Don Menza
percussion arranger:
Nino Tempo
arranger:
Nino Tempo
vocals arranger:
Phil Spector
recording of:
Iodine
lyricist:
Leonard Cohen
composer:
Leonard Cohen and Phil Spector
publisher:
ABKCO Music, Inc. (this is a music publisher; for release labels, please use “ABKCO”), Mother Bertha Music Inc. and Sony/ATV Songs LLC
55:05
▼ CD 2
#TitleRatingLength
1The Smokey Life
assistant recording engineer and assistant mixer:
Skip Cottrell, Derek Dunan and Greg Falken
recording engineer and mixer:
Henry Lewy
mastering:
Bernie Grundman
producer:
Leonard Cohen and Henry Lewy
acoustic guitar:
Leonard Cohen
cor anglais:
Earle Dumler (multi-instrumentalist)
electric piano:
Bill Ginn
membranophone:
Steve Meador (American drummer)
lead vocals:
Leonard Cohen and Jennifer Warnes
conductor:
Jeremy Lubbock
strings arranger:
Jeremy Lubbock
arranger:
Jennifer Warnes
recording of:
The Smokey Life
lyricist and composer:
Leonard Cohen
publisher:
Sony/ATV Songs LLC
45:21
2Dance Me to the End of Love
additional recording engineer:
John Smith (US recording engineer)
recording engineer and mixer:
Leanne Ungar
assistant engineer:
Lee Friedman
producer:
John Lissauer
lead vocals:
Leonard Cohen
vocals:
Jennifer Warnes
arranger:
John Lissauer
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP) (in 1984)
recorded at:
Quadrasonic Sound in New York, New York, United States
recording of:
Dance Me to the End of Love
lyricist and composer:
Leonard Cohen
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing, LLC (1995–2020)
4.654:40
3Hallelujah
additional recording engineer:
John Smith (US recording engineer)
recording engineer and mixer:
Leanne Ungar
assistant engineer:
Lee Friedman
producer:
John Lissauer
lead vocals:
Leonard Cohen
vocals:
Jennifer Warnes
arranger:
John Lissauer
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP) (in 1984)
recorded at:
Quadrasonic Sound in New York, New York, United States
part of:
Helsingin Sanomat: 100 maailman parasta laulua (2022-1-15) (number: 38) and The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 74)
recording of:
Hallelujah (in 1984)
lyricist and composer:
Leonard Cohen
publisher:
Bad Monk Publishing, SM Publishing Argentina S.R.L., Sony/ATV Music LLC, Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing, LLC (1995–2020), Sony/ATV Songs LLC and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部
sub-publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing (Hong Kong)
4.154:38
4If It Be Your Will
additional recording engineer:
John Smith (US recording engineer)
recording engineer and mixer:
Leanne Ungar
assistant engineer:
Lee Friedman
producer:
John Lissauer
lead vocals:
Leonard Cohen
vocals:
Jennifer Warnes
arranger:
John Lissauer
recorded at:
Quadrasonic Sound in New York, New York, United States
recording of:
If It Be Your Will
lyricist and composer:
Leonard Cohen
publisher:
Sony/ATV Songs LLC
3.53:44
5I’m Your Man
recording engineer:
Roger Guérin and Leanne Ungar
miscellaneous support:
Roscoe Beck
producer:
Leonard Cohen and Michel Robidoux
mixer:
Fred Echelard and Leanne Ungar
additional drums (drum set):
Michel Robidoux
drums (drum set):
Tom Brechtlein
keyboard and lead vocals:
Leonard Cohen
background vocals:
Anjani Thomas
performer:
Leonard Cohen
arranger:
Leonard Cohen
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP) (in 1988)
recording of:
I’m Your Man (in 1987)
lyricist and composer:
Leonard Cohen
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing, LLC (1995–2020)
44:28
6Take This Waltz
recording engineer:
Kevin Beauchamp (engineer; producer), Jean-Jacques Peruchon and Leanne Ungar
producer:
Roscoe Beck, Leonard Cohen and Jean-Michel Reusser
mixer:
Leanne Ungar and Frank Wolf (engineer at Skyline Recording)
violin:
Raffi Hakopian
background vocals:
Mayel Assouly, Evelyne Hebey, Elisabeth Valletti and Jennifer Warnes
lead vocals:
Leonard Cohen
performer:
Jean-Philippe Rykiel
arranger:
Jean-Philippe Rykiel
recording of:
Take This Waltz (in 1987)
lyricist:
Federico García Lorca (Spanish poet, playwright and composer)
composer and translator:
Leonard Cohen
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (1989-07-24–present) and Sony/ATV Songs LLC
is based on:
Pequeño vals vienés (Original poem)
translated version of:
Pequeño vals vienés
46:00
7Tower of Song
recording engineer:
François Deschamps (recording engineer), Ian Terry (Canadian engineer & producer) and Leanne Ungar
producer:
Leonard Cohen
mixer:
Fred Echelard and Leanne Ungar
background vocals:
Jennifer Warnes
lead vocals:
Leonard Cohen
performer:
Leonard Cohen
arranger:
Leonard Cohen
recording of:
Tower of Song (in 1987)
lyricist and composer:
Leonard Cohen
publisher:
Sony/ATV Songs LLC (from 1988 to present)
45:40
8Light as the Breeze
programming:
Bill Ginn
synclavier programming:
Steve Croes and Bill Ginn
engineer and mixer:
Leanne Ungar
producer:
Leonard Cohen and Bill Ginn
acoustic guitar and electric guitar:
Bob Metzger
saxophone and violin:
Leonard Cohen and Bob Furgo (violinist)
background vocals:
Jennifer Warnes
lead vocals:
Leonard Cohen
performer:
Bill Ginn
background vocals arranger:
Jennifer Warnes
recording of:
Light as the Breeze (in 1992)
lyricist and composer:
Leonard Cohen
publisher:
Sony/ATV Songs LLC (in 1993)
3.257:20
9The Gypsy’s Wife (live)
vocals:
Leonard Cohen
live recording of:
The Gypsy’s Wife (in 1979-12)
lyricist and composer:
Leonard Cohen
5:23
10That Don’t Make It Junk
programming and producer:
Sharon Robinson (singer songwriter)
engineer:
Leanne Ungar
mixer:
Leonard Cohen, Sharon Robinson (singer songwriter) and Leanne Ungar
vocals:
Leonard Cohen and Sharon Robinson (singer songwriter)
performer:
Sharon Robinson (singer songwriter)
arranger:
Sharon Robinson (singer songwriter)
recording of:
That Don’t Make It Junk
lyricist and composer:
Leonard Cohen and Sharon Robinson (singer songwriter)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Songs LLC
3.754:28