19/11/2022
Bette Midler "Songs For The New Depression" (1976) -Pop / Blue-Eyed Soul-
Label : Atlantic Recording Corporation
01 - Strangers In The Night (Charles Singleton, Eddie Snyder & Bert Kaempfert)
02 - I Don't Want The Night To End (Phoebe Snow)
03 - Mr. Rockefeller (Bette Midler & Jerry Blatt)
04 - Old Cape Cod (Claire Rothrock, Allan Jeffrey & Milt Yakus)
05 - Buckets Of Rain (Bob Dylan)
Side Two
01 - a. Shiver Me Timbers (Tom Waits)
b. Samedi et Vendredi (Bette Middler & Moogy Klingman)
02 - No Jestering (Carlton Malcolm)
03 - Tragedy (Gerald Nelson & Fred Burch)
04 - Marahuana (Arthur Johnson & Sam Coslow)
05 - Let Me Just Follow Behind (Moogy Klingman)
Recorded & Mixed at Secret Sound Studio, New York, N.Y. except where indicated
Recording & Re-mix Engineer : Jack Malken
Assistant Engineer : Bette Midler
Produced by Moogy Klingman for Moogtown Productions
Jack Malken : Production Assistance
Side One
01 - Strangers In The Night
Bass : Gene Santini
Drums : John Siomos
Guitar : David Spinozza
Clavinet : Ralph Schuckett
Percussion : Rubens Bassini
Electric Piano : Moogy Klingman
Background Singers : David Lasley, Lynn Pitney, Arnold McCuller
String Arrangements by Moogy Klingman & Ralph Schuckett
02 - I Don't Want The Night To End
Conga : Norman Pride
Bass : John Siegler
Drums : John Wilcox
Guitar : Todd Rundgren
Electric Piano : Moogy Klingman
Acoustic Piano : Ralph Schuckett
Background Voices : Hamish Stuart, David Lasley, Alan Gorrie
Arranged & Conducted by Moogy Klingman
String Arrangements by Moogy Klingman & Ralph Schuckett
03 - Mr. Rockefeller
Bass : John Siegler
Drums : John Wilcox
Guitar : David Spinozza
Clavinet : Ralph Schuckett
Piano, RMI Computer Keyboard, Mini Korg Synthesizer : Moogy Klingman
Background vocals : Gail Kantor, Erin Dickens, Annie Sutton
Horns : Randy Brecker, Michael Brecker, Barry Rogers
Arranged & Conducted by Moogy Klingman
04 - Old Cape Cod
Acoustic Bass : Milt Hinton
Drums : Ted Sommer
String Section Arranged & Conducted by Arif Mardin
Vocal Arrangement by Marty Nelson
Recorded at Atlantic Recording Studios, New York by Lew Hahn
Re-Mixed by Lew Hahn & Arif Mardin
Produced by Joel Dorn & Bette Midler
05 - Buckets Of Rain
Vocals : Bette Midler & Bob Dylan
Piano & Harmonica : Moogy Klingman
Organ : Ralph Schuckett
Slide Guitar : Dave Webster
Drums : John Wilcox
Engineered by Jack Malkens & Jan Rathbun
Arranged by Moogy Klingman
Side Two
01 - a. Shiver Me Timbers
Banjo & Mandolin : Eric Weissberg
Percussion : Barbara Burton
Harmonicas : Don Brooks
Accordion : Dominick Cortese
Concertina : Boris Matusevitch
Drums : Steve Gadd
Acoustic Bass : John Miller
Fiddle : Kenny Kossack
Background Voices : Bette Midler
Arranged & Conducted by John Lissauer
Arranging Assistance : Moogy Klingman
b. Samedi et Vendredi
Drums & Percussion : Mark Rosengarden
Additional Percussion : Jack Malken
Acoustic Bass : John Miller
Accordion : Sivuca
All Voices : Bette Midler
Arranged & Conducted by Moogy Klingman
02 - No Jestering
Drums : John Wilcox
Bass : John Siegler
Guitars : Todd Rundgren & Jerry Friedman
Percussion : Angel Allende
Organ : Ralph Schuckett
Piano : Moogy Klingman
Background Voices : Bette Midler
Arranged & Conducted by Moogy Klingman
03 - Tragedy
Piano : Moogy Klingman
Saxes & Chimes : John Lissauer
The Golden Strings : David Nadien, Barry Finclair, Raul Poliakin, Tony Posk, Gene Orloff, Harry Lookofsky, Charles McCracken, Jesse Levy
The Choir : Donny Beard, Charlotte Crossley, Leata Galloway, Diane Green, Ben Harney, Rhetta Hughes, Thomas Moore, Sharon Redd, Ramona Stubblefield, Clifford Townsend, Revelation, Rosie, Eric Dickens, Gail Kantor & a host of others
Arranged & Conducted by John Lissauer
04 - Marahuana
Piano : Dick Hyman
Bass : Milt Hinton
Drums & Percussion : Ted Sommer
Percussion : Philip Kraus
Trumpet : Mel Davis
Flute : William Slapin
Violins : Harry Lookofsky, Matthew Raimondi, Emanuel Green
Background Voices : Gotham & Arif Mardin
Arranged & Conducted by Arif Mardin
Recorded at Atlantic Recording Studios by Lew Hahn
Re-mixed by Lew Hahn & Arif Mardin
Produced by Joel Dorn & Bette Midler
05 - Let Me Just Follow Behind
Bass : John Siegler
Drums : John Wilcox
Acoustic Guitar : David Spinozza
Pedal Steel : Rick Derringer
Electric Piano : Ralph Schuckett
Trumpet Solo : Randy Brecker
Background Voices : Todd Rundgren
Sound City Piano, Harmonium, String Ensemble : Moogy Klingman
Arranged & Conducted by Moogy Klingman