26/02/2024

Melissa Manchester "Help Is On The Way" (1976) -Westcoast Rock-



Label : Arista Records


États-Unis Side One

01 - Talkin' To Myself (Melissa Manchester)
02 - Be Somebody (Vini Poncia, John Vastano & Melissa Manchester)
03 - A Fool In Love (Frankie Miller & Andy Fraser)
04 - Headlines (Melissa Manchester)
05 - Help Is On The Way (Melissa Manchester & Carole Bayer Sager)

Side Two

01 - Monkey See, Monkey Do (Michael Franks)
02 - Dirty Work (Walter Becker & Donal Fagen)
03 - So's My Old Man (Melissa Manchester)
04 - There's More Where That Came From (Melissa Manchester & Carole Bayer Sager)
05 - Singing From My Soul (Melissa Manchester & Adrienne Anderson)


Musicians :
Melissa Manchester : Lead vocals, Backing vocals, Acoustic Piano, Electric Piano
Cooker Lo Presti : Bass, Backing vocals ("Talkin' To Myself", "A Fool In Love")
David Wolfert : Guitars, Electric Sitar ("Be Somebody"), Horn Arrangement ("A Fool In Love")
Kirk Bruner : Drums, Bell Chimes ("Be Somebody"), Trombone ("Headlines"), Backing vocals ("There's More Where That Came From", "A Fool In Love")
Stanley Schwartz : Acoustic Piano, Electric Piano, Clavinet, Calliope ("Headlines"), Orchestra Bells ("Be Somebody"), Soprano Sax ("Talkin' To Myself"), Tenor Sax ("A Fool In Love", "Monkey See, Monkey Do"), Harpsichord ("Singing From My Soul")
Lenny Castro : Percussion, Backing vocals ("There's More Where That Came From", "Dirty Work", "A Fool In Love")

Guests :
James Newton Howard : String Arranger / Conductor ("Be Somebody", "Dirty Work", "There's More Where That Came From", "Help Is On The Way"), Electric Piano ("Be Somebody")
John Vastano : Electric Guitar, Backing vocals ("A Fool In Love")
Joe Bean, Brie Howard, Steve Nelson, Vini Poncia : Backing vocals ("Be Somebody")
All-City Chorus (Sundray Tucker, Charity McCrary, Theresa Hendricks, Betty Jones, Linda McCrary, Jan E. Jones, Brenda L. Gooch) : Backing vocals ("Help Is On The Way")
Steven Gagan : Orchestral Arranger / Conductor ("Singing From My Soul", "So's My Old Man")
Tom Saviano : Horn Arrangement ("Monkey See, Monkey Do")
Gary Coleman : Vibes ("So's My Old Man")
Sid Sharp : Concertmaster

Additional Horns :
Rich Felts, Andrew MacKintosh, Doug Wintz, Tom Saviano ("Monkey See, Monkey Do", "A Fool In Love")
Rich Felts, Tom Saviano ("Headlines")
Bill Petersen, Steve Madaio, Dick 'Slyde' Hyde, Lew McCreary, Dick Nash ("So's My Old Man")

Produced by Vini Poncia
Engineer : Bob Schaper
Production Coordinator : Ann Street 
Recorded in Hollywood at Sound Labs, Inc.
Assistant Engineer : Linda Tyler
And The Burbank Studios, Burbank ("Singing From My Soul")
Mixed at Sound Labs, Inc.
Mastered at The Mastering Lab / Ron Hitchcock