Famous Blue Raincoat: The Songs of Leonard Cohen

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

Annotation

Personnel

  • Jennifer Warnes – vocals, harmony vocals
  • Leonard Cohen – vocals (on "Joan of Arc"), sketches
  • Roscoe Beck – bass, fretless bass, synthesizer, guitar
  • Larry Brown – tambourine, shakers
  • William D. "Smitty" Smith – synthesizer, Hammond organ
  • Jorge Calderón – bass
  • Lenny Castro – percussion
  • Gary Chang – synthesizer, programming, synthesizer arrangements
  • Vinnie Colaiuta – drums
  • Larry Corbett – cello
  • Russell Ferrante – piano, synthesizer
  • Richard Feves – bass
  • Robben Ford – guitar
  • Van Dyke Parks – synthesizer, accordion, arranger
  • Michael Landau – guitar
  • David Lindley – lap steel guitar
  • Fred Tackett – guitar
  • Stevie Ray Vaughan – guitar
  • Steve Forman – percussion
  • Bill Ginn – synthesizer, piano, percussion, arranger, conductor
  • Kal David – background vocals
  • George Ball – background vocals
  • Terry Evans – background vocals
  • Willie Green, Jr. – background vocals
  • William "Bill" Greene – background vocals
  • Bobby King – background vocals
  • Arnold McCuller – background vocals
  • Joseph Powell – background vocals
  • David Lasley – background vocals
  • Tim Stone – background vocals
  • Greg Prestopino – background vocals
  • Sharon Robinson – background vocals
  • Reverend Dave Boruff – saxophone
  • Paul Ostermayer – tenor saxophone
  • Novi Novog – viola
  • Suzie Katayama – cello
  • Sid Page – violin
  • Barbara Porter – violin

Additional personnel

  • Engineers – Csaba Petocz, Tim Boyle, Steven Strassman, Paul Brown, Larry Brown, Frank Wolf
  • Assistant engineers – Jeff Park, Nyya Lark, Terry Dunavan, Ken Fowler, Dan Reed, Sharon Rice, Garth Richardson, Duane Seykora, Russ Bracher, Joel Stoner
  • Mixing – George Massenburg, Larry Brown, Frank Wolf, Billy Youdelman
  • Programming – Chuck Barth, Todd Yyega
  • Art Direction – Jennifer Warnes, Leslie Wintner
  • Reissue design – Patricia Bukur
Annotation last modified on 2013-11-22 07:21 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼12" Vinyl
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A1First 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
A2Bird 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
3.54:43
A3Famous 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)
3.55:34
A4Joan 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
28:02
B1Ain'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
B2Coming 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
B3Song 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
B4A 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
B5Came 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