Songs for the New Depression

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

Tracklist

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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. (BMI), 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 (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
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) (Yamaha Music 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 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division) 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 (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., 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 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
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)
composer:
Bob Dylan
publisher:
ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., A Division), 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 (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label), ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division) and 日音 Synch事業部 (NICHION, INC. Synch Division)
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 (Fujipacific Music, Inc.)
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 渡辺音楽出版 (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 (1970s–80s US soul/disco 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 (Gerald Hitt 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 (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., 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 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
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 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., A Division)
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 (NICHION, INC. Synch Division)
43:37

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