27/02/2019

Melissa Manchester "Bright Eyes" (1974) -Blue-Eyed Soul-



Label : Bell Records

États-Unis Side 1

01 - Bright Eyes (Melissa Manchester & Adrienne Anderson)
02 - Alone (Melissa Manchester & Adrienne Anderson)
03 - O Heaven (How You've Changed To Me) (Melissa Manchester)
04 - Inclined (Melissa Manchester)
05 - No. 1 (Ahwant Gimmeh) (Melissa Manchester & Adrienne Anderson)

Side 2

01 - Ode To Paul (Melissa Manchester)
02 - I Can't Get Started (Vernon Duke & Ira Gershwin)
03 - He Is The One (Melissa Manchester)
04 - Ruby And The Dancer (Melissa Manchester & Carole Bayer Sager)


Produced by Hank Medress & Dave Appell
Conceived & Arranged by Melissa Manchester & Hank Medress
Strings & Horns Arranged by Chris Dedrick
Creative Assistance : Rick Chertoff
Recording & Mixing Engineer : Billy Radice
Mixing : Hank Medress
Recorded at Le Studio, New York City


Side 1

01 - Bright Eyes

Vocal, Piano : Melissa Manchester
Electric Piano, Saxophone : Stan Schwarz
Trumpet : Chris Dedrick
Guitar : David Wolfert
Bass : Cooker LoPresti
Drums : Kirk Bruner

02 - Alone

Vocal, Piano : Melissa Manchester
Saxophone : Stan Schwarz
Guitar : David Wolfert
Vibes : George Devens
Bass : Richard Davis
Drums : Kirk Bruner

03 - O Heaven (How You've Changed To Me)

Vocal, Piano : Melissa Manchester
Electric Piano : Stan Schwarz
Organ : Don Grolnick, Chris Dedrick
Guitar : David Wolfert
Bass : Cooker LoPresti
Drums : Kirk Bruner
Percussion : George Devens, Hank Medress
Back Up Vocals : Dixie Humingbirds, Leslie Miller, Hilda Harris

04 - Inclined

Vocal, Electric Piano : Melissa Manchester
Recorder : Chris Dedrick

05 - No. 1 (Ahwant Gimmeh)

Vocal, Piano : Melissa Manchester
Clarinet : Chris Dedrick
Flute : Stan Schwartz
Guitar : David Wolfert
Bass : Cooker LoPresti
Drums : Kirk Bruner
Percussion : George Devens, David Wolfert, Rick Chertoff

Side 2

01 - Ode To Paul

Vocal, Electric Piano : Melissa Manchester
Background vocals : Melissa Manchester, Hank Medress
Piccolo : Stan Schwartz
Guitar : David Wolfert
Bass : Cooker LoPresti
Drums : Kirk Bruner
Percussion : Hank Medress, Dave Appell, Cooker LoPresti, Kirk Bruner

02 - I Can't Get Started

Vocals : Cooker LoPresti, Melissa Manchester
Acoustic Guitar : Dave Appell
Bass : Cooker LoPresti
Drums : Kirk Bruner

03 - He Is The One

Vocals : Melissa Manchester
Piano : Stan Schwartz, Melissa Manchester
Guitar : Jerry Friedman
Bass : Cooker LoPresti
Drums : Allan Schwartzberg

04 - Ruby And The Dancer

Vocal, Piano : Melissa Manchester
Guitar : Chris Dedrick, David Wolfert
Bass : Cooker LoPresti