Famous Blue Raincoat: The Songs of Leonard Cohen

~ Release by Jennifer Warnes (see all versions of this release, 17 available)

Tracklist

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1First We Take Manhattan
engineer:
Billy Youdelman
producer:
C. Roscoe Beck and Jennifer Warnes
mixer:
Frank Wolf (engineer at Skyline Recording)
bass:
Roscoe Beck
drums (drum set):
Vinnie Colaiuta (drummer)
guitar:
Roscoe Beck, Robben Ford (blues, jazz & rock guitarist and songwriter) and Stevie Ray Vaughan
percussion:
Lenny Castro
synthesizer:
Russell Ferrante (keyboardist)
vocals:
Jennifer Warnes
recording of:
First We Take Manhattan
lyricist and composer:
Leonard Cohen (Canadian singer‐songwriter and poet)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020) and Stranger Music Inc.
4.53:47
2Bird on a Wire
engineer:
Billy Youdelman
producer:
C. Roscoe Beck and Jennifer Warnes
mixer:
George Massenburg
bass:
Jorge Calderón
drums (drum set):
Vinnie Colaiuta (drummer)
guitar:
Robben Ford (blues, jazz & rock guitarist and songwriter)
percussion:
Lenny Castro
saxophone:
Rev. Dave Boruff
shakers:
Larry Brown (US producer, engineer, drummer and percussionist)
synthesizer:
Bill Ginn and William D. “Smitty” Smith (organist/keyboardist)
background vocals:
Kal David, Willie Greene, Jr. and Jennifer Warnes
vocals:
Jennifer Warnes
cover recording of:
Bird on the Wire
lyricist and composer:
Leonard Cohen (Canadian singer‐songwriter and poet)
publisher:
Chrysalis Music Australia, Mushroom Music Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020) and Sony/ATV Songs LLC
3.54:42
3Famous Blue Raincoat
engineer:
Billy Youdelman
producer:
C. Roscoe Beck and Jennifer Warnes
mixer:
George Massenburg
piano:
Bill Ginn
tenor saxophone:
Paul Ostermayer (saxophonist, flutist)
violin:
Sid Page
vocals:
Jennifer Warnes
cover recording of:
Famous Blue Raincoat
lyricist and composer:
Leonard Cohen (Canadian singer‐songwriter and poet)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020)
3.55:33
4Joan of Arc
engineer:
Billy Youdelman
producer:
C. Roscoe Beck and Jennifer Warnes
mixer:
Larry Brown (US producer, engineer, drummer and percussionist)
additional synthesizer, bass and guitar:
Roscoe Beck
drums (drum set):
Vinnie Colaiuta (drummer)
synthesizer:
Russell Ferrante (keyboardist)
tambourine:
Larry Brown (US producer, engineer, drummer and percussionist)
guest vocals:
Leonard Cohen (Canadian singer‐songwriter and poet)
vocals:
Jennifer Warnes
cover recording of:
Joan of Arc (in 1986)
lyricist and composer:
Leonard Cohen (Canadian singer‐songwriter and poet)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Songs LLC
27:58
5Ain't No Cure for Love
recording engineer:
Csaba Petocz and Frank Wolf (engineer at Skyline Recording)
engineer:
Billy Youdelman
producer:
C. Roscoe Beck and Jennifer Warnes
mixer:
Frank Wolf (engineer at Skyline Recording)
drums (drum set):
Vinnie Colaiuta (drummer)
guitar:
Michael Landau
percussion:
Steve Forman (US percussionist)
synthesizer:
Bill Payne
vocals:
Jennifer Warnes
recording of:
Ain’t No Cure for Love
lyricist and composer:
Leonard Cohen (Canadian singer‐songwriter and poet)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Songs LLC
33:22
6Coming Back to You
engineer:
Billy Youdelman
producer:
C. Roscoe Beck and Jennifer Warnes
mixer:
Frank Wolf (engineer at Skyline Recording)
bass:
Jorge Calderón
drums (drum set):
Vinnie Colaiuta (drummer)
guitar:
Fred Tackett
Hammond organ:
William D. “Smitty” Smith (organist/keyboardist)
lap steel guitar:
David Lindley
piano:
Bill Ginn
synthesizer:
Russell Ferrante (keyboardist)
background vocals:
Terry Evans, Willie Greene, Jr. and Bobby King (American gospel‐style, R&B and soul singer)
vocals:
Jennifer Warnes
cover recording of:
Coming Back to You
lyricist and composer:
Leonard Cohen (Canadian singer‐songwriter and poet)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Songs LLC
13:44
7Song of Bernadette
additional recording engineer:
Larry Brown (US producer, engineer, drummer and percussionist), Tom Boyle (band from Getxo, Spain) and Frank Wolf (engineer at Skyline Recording)
recording engineer:
Bill Youdelman and Steven Strassman
engineer:
Billy Youdelman
producer:
C. Roscoe Beck and Jennifer Warnes
mixer:
Henry Lewy and Frank Wolf (engineer at Skyline Recording)
bass:
Roscoe Beck
piano:
Bill Ginn
violin:
Sid Page
vocals:
Jennifer Warnes
recording of:
Song of Bernadette
writer:
Leonard Cohen (Canadian singer‐songwriter and poet), Bill Elliott (keyboardist/composer) and Jennifer Warnes
publisher:
Sony/ATV Songs LLC and Warnes Music
43:55
8A Singer Must Die
engineer:
Billy Youdelman
producer:
C. Roscoe Beck and Jennifer Warnes
mixer:
Frank Wolf (engineer at Skyline Recording)
percussion:
Bill Ginn
lead vocals:
Jennifer Warnes
vocals:
George Ball, Kal David, Willie Greene, Jr., David Lasley, Arnold McCuller, Josef Powell, Greg Prestopino, Sharon Robinson (singer songwriter) and Tim Stone
cover recording of:
A Singer Must Die
lyricist and composer:
Leonard Cohen (Canadian singer‐songwriter and poet)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Songs LLC and Stranger Music Inc.
24:53
9Came So Far for Beauty
engineer:
Billy Youdelman
producer:
C. Roscoe Beck and Jennifer Warnes
mixer:
Frank Wolf (engineer at Skyline Recording)
bass:
Roscoe Beck
piano:
Bill Ginn
vocals:
Jennifer Warnes
cover recording of:
Came So Far for Beauty
lyricist and composer:
Leonard Cohen (Canadian singer‐songwriter and poet) and John Lissauer
23:38

Credits

Release

art direction:Jennifer Warnes
Leslie Wintner (design)
photography:Betsy Annas
illustration:Harry Bowers
design:Leslie Wintner (design)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/8531992 [info]

Release group

tribute to:Leonard Cohen (Canadian singer‐songwriter and poet)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/master/104357 [info]
Wikidata:Q15128528 [info]