Melissa Manchester "Re:view" (2024) -Pop Soul-

Label : Thanksgiving Whatever, Inc.

 01 - Whenever I Call You Friend (Kenny Loggins & Melissa Manchester)

02 - Through The Eyes Of Love (Carole Bayer Sager & Marvin Hamlisch)

03 - You Should Hear How She Talks About You (Dean Pitchford & Tom Snow)

04 - Fire In The Morning (Stephen Dorff, Gary Harju & Larry Herbstritt)

05 - Come In From The Rain (Carole Bayer Sager & Melissa Manchester)

06 - Midnight Blue (Carole Bayer Sager & Melissa Manchester)

07 - Confide In Me (Melissa Manchester & Stanley Schwartz)

08 - Just Too Many People (Melissa Manchester & Vini Poncia)

09 - Don't Cry Out Loud (Carole Bayer Sager & Peter Allen)

10 - Just You And I (Melissa Manchester & Carole Bayer Sager)

Executive Producer & Produced by Melissa Manchester

Tracks 01 & 08 : Co-Produced by Stephan Oberhoff

Tracks 01 & 08 : Associate Produced by Johnny Schaeffer

Track 07 : Associate Produced by Susan Holder

Audio Engineering : Stephan Oberhoff, Tim Jaquette, Erick Zobler, Emmanuel Cervantes, Dominic Camardella, Brandon Cortes, Tom Rutledge / Inca-Hoots Productions 

Track 08 Mixed by Stephan Oberhoff at Full Circle Studio, Pasadena, CA

Mastered by Bernie Grundman at Bernie Grundman Mastering, Los Angeles, CA

01 - Whenever I Call You Friend

Featuring Kenny Loggins & Dave Koz

Vocals : Melissa Manchester, Kenny Loggins

Arranged by Melissa Manchester, Stephan Oberhoff, Johnny Schaefer

Saxophone : Dave Koz

Piano : Melissa Manchester

All Other Instruments : Stephan Oberhoff

02 - Through The Eyes Of Love

Vocals : Melissa Manchester

Instrumentals : Tim Jaquette, Emmanuel Cervantes

Recorded at The Citrus College Studios in Glendora, CA

03 - You Should Hear How She Talks About You

Vocals, Keys : Melissa Manchester

Instrumentals : Citrus College Pop Band

Background vocals : Citrus Singers, Melissa Manchester, Garrison Holder, Susan Holder

Saxophone : David Catalan

Synth Strings : Steve Welch

04 - Fire In The Morning

Vocals : Melissa Manchester

Instrumentals : Melissa Manchester, Citrus College Pop Band, Steve Welch

05 - Come In From The Rain

Vocals, Piano : Melissa Manchester

Bassoon : William Wood

Instrumental Arrangement : Peter Hume

06 - Midnight Blue

Featuring Dolly Parton

Vocals : Melissa Manchester, Dolly Parton

Keys : Melissa Manchester

Instrumentals : Tim Jaquette, Emmanuel Cervantes

07 - Confide In Me

Vocals : Melissa Manchester

Saxophone : Stanley Schwartz

Arranged by Melissa Manchester & Stephan Oberhoff

Piano, Guitar, Hand Percussion : Stephan Oberhoff

Violin : Luis Mascaro

Bass : Abraham Laboriel

Drums : Lucio Vieira

08 - Just Too Many People

Arranged & Orchestrated by Melissa Manchester, Stephan Oberhoff, Johnny Schaefer

Vocals, Piano : Melissa Manchester

Keyboards, Synthesizers, Drums, Bass, Percussion, Electric Guitars, B3 Organ : Stephan Oberhoff

Horn Arrangement : David Catalan

Horns : Citrus College Pop Band

09 - Don't Cry Out Loud

Vocals, Keys : Melissa Manchester

Instrumentals : Tim Jaquette, Emmanuel Cervantes

10 - Just You And I

Featuring Gerald Albright

Vocals : Melissa Manchester, Citrus Singers, Susan Holder

Instrumentals : Melissa Manchester, Citrus College Pop Band, Steve Welch

Saxophone : Gerald Albright

Melissa Manchester "Live '77" (2022) -Soft Rock / Blue-Eyed Soul / Westcoast Rock-

Label : Real Gone Music

 DISC ONE

01 - Let Me Serenade You (John Finley)

02 - Party Music (Melissa Manchester & David Wolfert)

03 - Happy Endings (Melissa Manchester)

04 - Midnight Blue (Melissa Manchester & Carole Bayer Sager)

05 - Be Somebody (Melissa Manchester, Vini Poncia & John Vastano)

06 - This Lady’s Not Home (Melissa Manchester & Carole Bayer Sager)

07 - We’ve Got Time (Melissa Manchester & Carole Bayer Sager)

08 - Good News (Melissa Manchester & Carole Bayer Sager)

09 - I Wanna Be Where You Are (Arthur Ross & Leon Ware)

10 - Monkey See, Monkey Do (Michael Franks)

11 - Rescue Me (Raynard Miner & Carl William Smith)

12 - Hi-Heel Sneakers (Robert Higginbotham)

DISC TWO

01 - Caravan (Melissa Manchester)

02 - Be Happy Now (Melissa Manchester & Carole Bayer Sager)

03 - Better Days / Come In From The Rain (Melissa Manchester & Carole Bayer Sager)

04 - O Heaven (How You’ve Changed Me) (Melissa Manchester)

05 - A Love Of Your Own (Ned Doheny & Hamish Syuart)

06 - If It Feels Good (Let It Ride) (Melissa Manchester & Carole Bayer Sager)

07 - Just You And I (Melissa Manchester & Carole Bayer Sager)

08 - Easy (Melissa Manchester & Carole Bayer Sager)

09 - No One’s Ever Seen This Side Of Me (Melissa Manchester)

All Songs Recorded Love at The Great Southern Music Hall in Gainesville, Florida at the first & second shows on October 30, 1977

All Selections are previously unreleased

Melissa Manchester : Piano / Lead vocals

Tom Saviano : Saxophone / Keyboard / Musical Director

John Hunt : Guitar

Bill Bodine : Bass

Art Rodriguez : Drums

Lenny Castro : Percussion

Charles Otwell : Keyboard

Richard Felts : Trumpet

Original Recordings Produced by Melissa Manchester & Ron Hitchcock

Engineered by Ron Hitchcock

This release Produced by Jeff James, Joe Marchese & George Solomon

Executive Producer : Gordon Anderson

Mastered by Mike Milchner at SonicVision

Melissa Manchester "Melissa Manchester" (2007) -Blue-Eyed Soul / Westcoast Pop-

Label : Wounded Bird Records (WOU 506)

 01 - Pretty Girls (Lisa Del Bello)

02 - Fire In The Morning (Steve Dorff, Larry Herbstritt & Gary Harju)

03 - Don't Want A Heartache (Jason Darrow & Gerard Cohen)

04 - When We Loved (Mickey Buckins & Randy McCormick)

05 - It's All In The Sky Above (Carole Bayer Sager & Melissa Manchester)

06 - How Does It Feel Right Now (Carole Bayer Sager & Melissa Manchester)

07 - Whenever I Call You Friend (Melissa Manchester & Kenny Loggins)

08 - Holdin' On The Lovin' (Melissa Manchester, Allee Willis & Deniece Williams)

09 - I Know Your Love Won't Let Me Down (Melissa Manchester & Adrienne Anderson)

10 - Lights Of Dawn (Melissa Manchester)

Bonus Tracks

11 - We Had This Time (Larry Weiss & Melissa Manchester)

12 - Nice Girls (Jan & Steve Buckingham, Mark Gray)

13 - O Heaven (How You've Changed Me) (Melissa Manchester)

Produced by Steve Buckingham

The Rhythm Section :

James Stroud : Drums, Percussion

Tom Robb : Bass

Randy McCormick : Keyboards

Larry Byrom : Guitar

Alan Feingold : Keyboards

Mickey Buckins : Percussion

Also :

Jay Scott : Alto Sax Solo

Steve Tischer : Bass

David Manchester : Bassoon ("When We Loved")

Melissa Manchester : Piano ("Lights Of Dawn")

Horns by Tower Of Power

Horn Section

Emilio Castillo : Tenor Sax

Lenny Pickett : Tenor & Alto Sax

Steve Kupka : Baritone Sax

Greg Adams : Trumpet

Mic Gillette : Trumpet, Trombone

Background vocals

Rhodes, Chalmers, Rhodes

Arnold McCuller ("Whenever I Call You Friend")

Paul Davis ("Fire In The Morning")

Melissa Manchester (Additional Background vocals on "Fire In The Morning", "It's All In The Sky Above", "When We Loved", "Holdin' On The Lovin'")

"Pretty Girls" 

Strings Arranged by Steve Dorff & Randy McCormick

"When We Loved", "Fire In The Morning" 

Strings Arranged by Steve Dorff

"When We Loved"

Bassoon by David Manchester

"Holdin' On The Lovin'", "How Does It Feel Right Now"

Strings Arranged by Gene Page

Horns Arranged by Greg Adams

"Whenever I Call You Friend"

Strings Arranged by Steve Cagan

"Don't Want A Heartache"

Strings Arranged by Barry Fasman

Concertmaster : Sid Sharp

Strings Recorded at Britannia Studio & Sound City, Los Angeles

Lenny Roberts, Tim Boyle, Ed Seay : Engineers

Horns Recorded at The Record Plant, Sausalito

Alan Chinowsky, Ed Seay, Alex Kashevaroff : Engineers

"Lights Of Dawn" Recorded at Davlen Studios, Los Angeles

Jeff Borgeson, Ed Seay : Engineers

Recorded & Mixed at :

Web IV Studio - Atlanta

Ed Seay : Engineer

Tommy Cooper, Richard Wells : Assistants

Mastered at Masterfonics, Nashville by Glenn Meadows

Melissa Manchester "Don't Cry Out Loud" (2007) -Smooth Soul / Westcoast Soul-

Label : Wounded Bird Records (WOU 4186)

 01 - Shine Like You Should (Melissa Manchester)

02 - Caravan (Melissa Manchester)
03 - Don't Cry Out Loud (Peter Allen & Carole Bayer Sager)
04 - Almost Everything (Melissa Manchester & Leon Ware)
05 - Bad Weather (Stevie Wonder & Ira Tucker Jr.)
06 - Through The Eyes Of Grace (Melissa Manchester)

07 - To Make You Smile Again (Melissa Manchester & Carole Bayer Sager)
08 - Such A Morning (Melissa Manchester & Steven Cagan)
09 - Knowin' My Love's Alive (Leon Ware & Melissa Manchester)
10 - Singin' From My Soul (Melissa Manchester & Adrienne Anderson)

Bonus Tracks

11 - Through The Eyes Of Love (Marvin Hamlisch & Carole Bayer Sager)

12 - My Boyfriend's Back / Runaway My Boyfriend's Back (Bob Feldman, Gerald Goldstein & Richard Gottchrer) / (Max Crook & Del Shannon)

Produced by Leon Ware for Melissa Manchester Productions, Inc.
"Don't Cry Out Loud"Produced by Harry Maslin
Production Coordination & Tour Manager : Pam Bishop
Assistant Production Coordinator : Marsha Kleinbar
Musical Coordinator : Carol Cassano
Concert Master : Harry Bluestone
Orchestra Manager : Frank DeCaro
Recorded at A&M Studios
Engineer : Milt Calise (2nd : Chuck Travers)
Village Recorders Engineer : Gary Starr (2nd : Carla Frederick & Nick Van Maart)
"Through The Eye Of Grace" Recorded at Music Grinder
Engineers : Gary Skarvina (2nd : Robert Feist)
"Don't Cry Out Loud" Recorded at Allen Zentz
Engineers : Steve Waldman & Harry Maslin (2nd : Steve Couger & Rick Ash)
Mixing Engineer : Phil Schier at Record Plant (2nd Engineer : Ron Alvaro) & at Kendun Recorders (2nd : Jackson Schwartz)
Mastering & Editing by Joe Hansh at Kendun Recorders


01 - Shine Like You Should

Electric Guitar : David T. Walker
Bass : Chuck Rainey
Drums & Electric Drum : James Gadson
Electric Piano : Greg Phillinganes
Acoustic Piano : Richard Tee
Percussion : Lenny Castro
Background vocals : Melissa Manchester, Leon Ware
Rhythm & Horn Arrangements : Tom Saviano
String Arrangement : Gene Page

02 - Caravan

Electric Guitar : David T. Walker
Guitar : Lee Ritenour
Bass : Chuck Rainey
Drums & Electric Drum : James Gadson
Electric Piano : Greg Phillinganes
Acoustic Piano : Melissa Manchester
Percussion : Lenny Castro
Background vocals : Melissa Manchester, Leon Ware
Gypsy Violin Solo : Harry Bluestone
Rhythm Arrangement : Tom Saviano
String & Woodwind Arrangement : David Blumberg

03 - Don't Cry Out Loud

Guitar : Dennis Budimir & Lee Ritenour
Bass : David Hungate
Drums : Jim Keltner
Piano : Bill Payne
Arranged by Barry Fasman

04 - Almost Everything

Electric Guitar : David T. Walker
Guitar : Lee Ritenour
Bass : Chuck Rainey
Drums : James Gadson
Electric Piano : Greg Phillinganes
Acoustic Piano : Richard Tee
Percussion : Lenny Castro
Background vocals : Melissa Manchester, Leon Ware
Rhythm & Horn Arrangements : Tom Saviano
String Arrangement : Gene Page 

05 - Bad Weather

Electric Guitar : David T. Walker
Guitar : Lee Ritenour
Bass : Chuck Rainey
Drums : James Gadson
Electric Piano : Greg Phillinganes
Acoustic Piano : Richard Tee
Percussion : Lenny Castro
Synthesizer : Sonny Burke
Background vocals : Melissa Manchester, Leon Ware, Claudia Cagan
Synthesizer : Michael Boddicker
Horn Arrangement : Tom Saviano
Trumpet : Chuck Findley, Steve Madaio
Trombone : Dick 'Slyde' Hyde, Lew McCreary
Alto & Tenor Sax : Tom Saviano
Baritone & Tenor Sax : David Lewel
Tenor Sax : Mike Carnahan

06 - Through The Eyes Of Grace

Acoustic Piano : Melissa Manchester
String Arrangement : David Blumberg 

07 - To Make You Smile Again

Electric Guitar : David T. Walker
Bass : Chuck Rainey
Drums : James Gadson
Acoustic Piano : Richard Tee
Electric Piano : Greg Phillinganes
Percussion : Lenny Castro
Rhythm Arrangement : Tom Saviano, Leon Ware
String Arrangement : Gene Page
Harmonica : Tommy Morgan

08 - Such A Morning

Guitar : Lee Ritenour
Drums & Electric Drums : Art Rodriguez
Electric Piano : Greg Phillinganes
Bass : Chuck Rainey
Formula Sound String Equalizer : Michael Boddicker
Percussion & Little Birdies : Lenny Castro
Rhythm Arrangement : Tom Saviano 

09 - Knowin' My Love's Alive

Electric Guitar : David T. Walker
Guitar : Lee Ritenour
Bass : Chuck Rainey
Drums : James Gadson
Acoustic Piano : Richard Tee
Electric Piano : Greg Phillinganes
Percussion : Lenny Castro
Background vocals : James Gadson, Melissa Manchester, Leon Ware
Rhythm Arrangement : David Blumberg, Leon Ware
String & Woodwind Arrangements : David Blumberg

10 - Singin' From My Soul

Electric Guitar : David T. Walker
Guitar : Jay Graydon
Bass : Chuck Rainey
Drums : Ed Greene
Electric Piano : Greg Phillinganes
Acoustic Piano : Richard Tee, Melissa Manchester
Percussion : Lenny Castro
Background vocals : Melissa Manchester
Rhythm Arrangement : Tom Saviano
String Arrangement : Gene Page

11 - Through The Eyes Of Love

12 - My Boyfriend's Back / Runaway My Boyfriend's Back

13 - Runaway

/

Melissa Manchester "Singin'..." (2007) -Westcoast Rock-

Label : Wounded Bird (WOU 4136)

 01 - Sad Eyes*° (David Spinozza)

02 - I Wanna Be Where You Are**° (Leon Ware & Arthur Ross)
03 - A Love Of Your Own°° (Ned Doheny & Hamish Stuart)
04 - No One's Ever Seen This Side Of Me**° (Melissa Manchester)
05 - You Make It Easy**°° (James Taylor)
06 - Stand*° (Sylvester Stone)

07 - My Love Is All I Know*° (Wendy Waldman)
08 - Time**° (Robert Marshall & John Miles)
09 - Let Me Serenade You*° (John Finley)
10 - The Warmth Of The Sun**°° (Brian Wilson & Mike Love)

Bonus Tracks 

11 - Come In From The Rain (Alternate Version) (Melissa Manchester & Carole Bayer Sager)

12 - Long Goodbyes (Melissa Manchester)

13 - My Boyfriend's Back (Extended 12" Version) (Bob Feldman, Gerald Goldstein, Richard Gottehrer, Del Shannon, Max Crook)

Musicians :
Guitars : David Spinozza, Jeff Mironov°, Sid McGinnis°°
Bass : Will Lee*, Tony Levin**
Drums : Steve Gadd
Keyboards : Don Grolnick
Percussion : Lenny Castro
Oberheim Synthesizer : James Newton Howard ("Sad Eyes", "You Make It Easy" & "My Love Is All I Know")
Strings Arranged & Conducted by James Newton Howard ("Sad Eyes", "Time")

Concertmaster : Sid Sharp

Horns Arranged & Conducted by Tom Saviano ("Stand, "A Love Of Your Own")
Tenor Saxophone : Tom Saviano, Stanley Schwartz (Solo, "The Warmth Of The Sun")
Trumpet : Rich Felts (Flugel Horn Solo on "My Love Is All I Know")

Baritone Saxophone : Andrew MacKintosh
Trombone : George Bohannon
Woodwinds Arranged by Tom Saviano ("My Love Is All I Know" & "I Wanna Be Where You Are")
Flutes : Tom Saviano, Leo Worth Potts, Michael P. Carnahan
Backing vocals : Melissa Manchester, Wendy Haas, Brie Howard, Vini Poncia, Claudia Cagan, Gail Kantor, The Faragher Brothers

Produced by Vini Poncia for Mad Vincent Productions

Engineer : Bobby Schaper

Production Co-ordinator : Anne Streer

Recorded at A&R Recording, 7th Avenue, New York City (Basic Tracks)

2nd Engineer : Tom Bush

Additional Recording at Sound Labs Inc., Hollywood, CA

Mixed at Producer's Workshop, Hollywood, CA

2nd Engineer : Galen Senogles

Mastered at The Mastering Lab, Hollywood, CA by Ron Hitchcock

Melissa Manchester "Mathematics: The MCA Years" (2018) -High Tech AOR / SynthPop-

Label : Real Gone Music

 CD1: The Original Album

01 - Victims Of The Modern Heart° (Tom Snow & Roy Freeland)
02 - Mathematics* (Brock Walsh & Melissa Manchester)
03 - Energy°° (George Michael Elian, Janis K. Tunnell & Chip Halstead)
04 - Shocked* (Brock Walsh & Robbie Nevil)
05 - All Tied Up* (Brock Walsh & Robbie Nevil)
06 - The Dream° (Brock Walsh, Melissa Manchester & Bill Livsey)

07 - Restless Love* (Brock Walsh, Melissa Manchester & Robbie Nevil)
08 - Thunder In The Night** (Martin Page & Diane Warren)
09 - Night Creatures° (Martin Page & Jon Lind)
10 - Just One Lifetime° (Melissa Manchester & Tom Snow)

CD2: Bonus Tracks

01 - Water From The Moon (Previously Unreleased)

02 - Skin On Skin (Previously Unreleased)

03 - Just One Star Beyond (Previously Unreleased) (Craig Safan, Mark Mueller & Melissa Manchester)

04 - So Full Of Yourself (Non-LP B-side)

05 - Just One Lifetime (Single Edit)

06 - Mathematics (Dance Mix)

07 - Mathematics (Dub Version)

08 - Energy (Power Mix)

09 - Energy (Dub Version)

10 - Main Title: The Promise (I'll Never Say Goodbye)

11 - Remembrance Montage / The Promise (I'll Never Say Goodbye) / Ben's Drive

12 - The Promise Kept / End Title: The Promise (I'll Never Say Goodbye) 

13 - The Music Of Goodbye (Love Theme From 'Out Of Africa) (John Barry & Marilyn Bergman)


CD1: The Original Album

°Produced by George Duke for George Duke Enterprises, Inc.

Recording & Remix Engineer : Tommy Vicari
All Songs Recorded at Le Gonks Studio - Mitch Gibson, Assistant Engineer
Drums for "The Dream", "Just One Lifetime" & "Night Creatures" Recorded at The Complex
String Arrangement on "Just One Lifetime" by George Del Barrio ; Recorded at Oceanway Studio - Judy Clapp, Assistant Engineer
All Arrangements by George Duke except Rhythm Arrangements on "Victims Of The Modern Heart" by Tom Snow & George Duke
Mixed at Lionshare Studio - Tom Fouce, Assistant Engineer
All Vocal Arrangements by Melissa Manchester
Production Assistant : Alice Murrell
Technical Assistant : Brent Averill 

"Victims Of The Modern Heart"
DX-7, Memory Moog & Prophet V : George Duke
Guitar : Paul Jackson Jr.
Percussion : Paulinho Da Costa

"The Dream"
Drums : John 'JR' Robinson
Synclavier 11, Memory Moog, Bass Yamaha PF15 & Prophet V : George Duke
Guitar : Paul Jackson Jr.
Guitar Solo : Steve Lukather
All Vocals : Melissa Manchester

"Night Creatures"
Lead & Background vocals : Melissa Manchester
Drums : John 'JR' Robinson
Synclavier 11 & Memory Moog Bass : George Duke
Guitar : Paul Jackson Jr.
Percussion : Paulinho Da Costa
Background vocals : Lynn Davis, Marcy Levy, Petsye Powell, Carl Carwell, George Duke
"Just One Lifetime"
Drums : John 'JR' Robinson
Bass : Freddie Washington
Acoustic Piano, DX-7, Synclavier 11 & Prophet V : George Duke
Guitar Solo : Michael Sembello
String Arranger & Conductor : George Del Barrio
Violin : Paul Shure, Brenton Banks, Arnold Beinick, Stuart Canin, Bonnie Douglas, Assa Drori, Dave Frisina, Ed Green, Reg Hill, Alex Horvath, Karen Jones, Irma Neumann
Viola : Janet Lakatos, Rollice Dale, Roland Kato, Virginia Majewski
Cello : Doug Davis, Ron Cooper, Ray Kelley, Earl Madison
Harp : Dorothy Remsen

*Executive Producer : Quincy Jones for Quincy Jones Productions

Produced & Arranged by Brock Walsh for Quincy Jones Productions
Associate Producer & Arrangements by Robbie Nevil
Recorded by Francis Buckley
Recorded at Ground Control, Santa Monica, California, January, 1985
Mixed by Scott Singer & Francis Buckley
Mixed at Sound Castle, Los Angeles, California, February, 1985
Additional Engineering by Paul Ratajzak & Scott Singer
Assistant Engineers : Bino Espinoza, Paul Eriksen & Elmer Flores
Production Coordination : Jolie Levine 

"Mathematics"
Guitar & Drum Programming : Robbie Nevil
Bass & Synthesizer : Greg Phillinganes
Synthesizer : Tommy Faragher
Synthesizer & Saxophone : Larry Williams
Trumpet : Jerry Hey
Trumpet, Piccolo & Flugelhorn : Gary Grant
Trombone : Bill Reichenbach
Saxophone Solo : Dan Pelfrey
Synthesizer & Drums : Brock Walsh
Horns Arranged by Jerry Hey
Background vocals : Maxine Willard Waters, Julia Tillman Waters, Brock Walsh

"Shocked"
Drums : Brock Walsh
Synthesizers : Tommy Faragher
Guitar & Drum Programming : Robbie Nevil
Background vocals : Robbie Nevil, Brock Walsh

"All Tied Up"
Drums : Brock Walsh
Guitar & Drum Programming : Robbie Nevil
Synthesizer : Tommy Faragher
Trumpet : Jerry Hey, Gary Grant
Saxophone : Larry Williams
Trombone : Bill Reichenbach
Background vocals : Maxine Willard Waters, Julia Tillman Waters, Brock Walsh
Horns Arranged by Jerry Hey

"Restless Love"
Guitar & Drum Programming : Robbie Nevil
Synthesizer & String Arrangement : John Van Tongeren
Synthesizers : Tommy Faragher
Synthesizers & Drums : Brock Walsh
Background vocals : Andraé Crouch, Tata Vega, Jean Johnson, Rose Banks, Maxi Anderson, Robbie Nevil
Background Vocal Arrangements : Andraé Crouch

°°Produced by Trevor Veitch
Arranged by Greg Mathieson
Recorded by Don Murray
Recorded at Sunset Sound Factory & Starlight Studio
Mixed by David Leonard at Capitol Studios & Sunset Sound

"Energy"
Drums : Carlos Vega
Bass : Abraham Laboriel
Keyboards & Synthesizers : Greg Mathieson, Richard Gibbs
Guitars : Lee Ritenour, Michael Landau, Trevor Veitch
Background vocals : Richard Page, Steve George

**Produced by Robbie Buchanan for Robbie Buchanan, Inc.

Recorded & Mixed by Jack Joseph Puig
Assisted by Steve Ford, Dan Garcia, Jim Cassell & Steve MacMillan
Recorded at Oceanway, Bill Schnee Studio & Mama Jo's Oceanway Recording 

"Thunder In The Night"
Drum Programming : Martin Page, Robbie Buchanan
Keyboards : Robbie Buchanan
Guitars : Dann Huff
Background vocals : Tom Kelly, Tommy Funderburk

CD2: Bonus Tracks

01 - Water From The Moon 

Previously Unreleased

02 - Skin On Skin

Previously Unreleased

03 - Just One Star Beyond 

Previously Unreleased

04 - So Full Of Yourself 

Non-LP B-side

MCA single MCA-52575, 1985

05 - Just One Lifetime 

Single Edit

MCA single MCA-52688, 1985

06 - Mathematics 

Dance Mix

MCA 12-inch single MCA-23554, 1985

07 - Mathematics 

Dub Version

MCA 12-inch single MCA-23554, 1985

08 - Energy 

Power Mix

MCA 12-inch single MCA-23563, 1985

09 - Energy 

Dub Version

MCA 12-inch single MCA-23563, 1985

10 - Main Title: The Promise (I'll Never Say Goodbye)

The Promise: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, MCA LP 3082, 1979

11 - Remembrance Montage / The Promise (I'll Never Say Goodbye) / Ben's Drive

MCA LP 3082, 1979

12 - The Promise Kept / End Title: The Promise (I'll Never Say Goodbye)

MCA LP 3082, 1979

13 - The Music Of Goodbye 

Love Theme From 'Out Of Africa

With Al Jarreau

MCA single MCA-52784, 1986

Melissa Manchester & Al Jarreau "The Music Of Goodbye" (1986) -Soft Rock-

Label : MCA Records

 A-Side

01 - The Music Of Goodbye (Love Theme From 'Out Of Africa') (John Barry & Marilyn Bergman)

B-Side

01 - Have You Got A Story For Me? (John Barry)

From the Motion Picture Soundtrack 'Out Of Africa' (1986)

A-Side

01 - The Music Of Goodbye (Love Theme From 'Out Of Africa')

Produced & Arranged by Robbie Buchanan

Engineered & Mixed by Jack Joseph Puig

Executive Producer : Alan Bergman

B-Side

01 - Have You Got A Story For Me?

/

Tast Yamashita And Melissa Manchester "Stand In The Light" (1996) -Soft Rock-

Label : Moon Records

01 - 愛の灯(ともしび)～スタンド・イン・ザ・ライト (Stand In The Light) (Ginger Kunita, Tatsuro Yamashita & Melissa Manchester)

02 - こぬか雨 (Live Version) (Tatsuro Yamashita & Ginji Ito)

03 - 愛の灯〜スタンド・イン・ザ・ライト（オリジナル・カラオケ）

04 - 愛の灯〜スタンド・イン・ザ・ライト（オリジナル・カラオケ〜Duet With Tats）

Tatsuro Yamashita with Melissa Manchester

Produced & Arranged by Tatsuro Yamashita

Track 1 : Fuji TV - 'Music Campaign Song' 

Track 2 : Live at Nakano Sun Plaza on 2nd May 1994

Lead & Backing vocals, Programming, Electric & Acoustic Guitars, Electric Sitar, Keyboards, Percussion : Tatsuro Yamashita 

Acoustic Piano : Hiroyuki Namba 

Synthesizer : Shigeaki Hashimoto 

Lead & Backing Vocals : Melissa Manchester

Martin Mull "I'm Everyone I've Ever Loved" (1977) -Pop Rock / Easy Listening-

Label : ABC Records

 Side A

01 - Playtentype Shows Martin Where It's At

02 - Martin Touches The President's Very Desk

03 - Honor Roll (Martin Mull & Eddie Wise)

04 - Now Martin Suggests Where He's At

05 - They Never Met (Martin Mull)

06 - I'm Everyone I've Ever Loved (Martin Mull)

07 - Martin Reveals Where He's At

08 - Get Up, Get Down (Martin Mull & Eddie Wise)

09 - Martin Goes And Does Where It's At

10 - Bombed Anyway (Martin Mull)

11 - The Truth

Side B

01 - It's Showtime, Folks

02 - Artist Relations (Or Don't Write Me At Home) (Martin Mull)

03 - It's Meantime, Folks

04 - The Humming Song (Martin Mull)

05 - It's Folktime, Folks

06 - Men (Martin Mull & Steve Martin)

07 - It's Downtime, Folks

08 - The Boogie Man (Martin Mull & Eddie Wise)

09 - Buy Me A Drink (Martin Mull)

10 - Michelle (John Lennon & Paul McCartney)

Produced by Michael Cuscuna

Executive Producer : Mark Meyerson

Recorded at Sound Ideas, New York City & ABC Recording Studios, Hollywood

Mixed by Bill Wolff

Recording during August, September & November, 1976 at :

Sound Ideas, New York City

Engineers : Neil Ceppos, George Klabin

Assistant Engineer : Kathy Dennis

ABC Recording Studios, Hollywood

Engineers : Howard Gale, Barney Perkins, Bill Wolf & Reggie Dozier

Mixed at ABC Recording Studios, Hollywood

Remix Engineer : Bill Wolff

Assistant Engineer : Howard Gale

Side A

01 - Playtentype Shows Martin Where It's At

02 - Martin Touches The President's Very Desk

/

03 - Honor Roll

Martin Mull : Lead vocal, Tambourine

Richard Tee : Piano, Organ

Chuck Rainey : Electric Bass

Tasha Thomas & Friends : Background vocals

04 - Now Martin Suggests Where He's At

/

05 - They Never Met

Martin Mull : Lead vocal

Melissa Manchester : Second Vocal

Steve Khan : Acoustic Guitar

Eddie Wise : Piano

Ron Carter : Acoustic Bass

Michael Carvin : Drums

Joe Newman : Muted Trumpet

Frank Foster, Frank Strozier & Seldon Powell : Saxophones

Wayman Reid & Janice Robinson : Brass

Horns Arranged by Frank Foster

06 - I'm Everyone I've Ever Loved

Martin Mull : Lead vocal

Amos Garrett : First Guitar, Background vocals

Bryan Cummings : Second Guitar, Background vocals, Cornet, Tenor Saxophones

Bill Payne : Piano

Hank DeVito : Pedal Steel Guitar

Freebo : Bass, Background vocals

Richard Adelman : Drums

The Pink Spots : Background vocals

07 - Martin Reveals Where He's At

/

08 - Get Up, Get Down

Martin Mull : Lead vocal

Leon Pendarvis : Piano

Steve Khan & Jeff Mironov : Electric Guitars

Anthony Jackson : Electric Bass

Chris Parker : Drums

Bryan Cummings : Tenor Saxophone

Erroll 'Crusher' Bennett : Percussion

Tasha Thomas & Friends : Background vocals

Al Brown : Horns & Strings Concert Master

Arranged by Leon Pendarvis

09 - Martin Goes And Does Where It's At

/

10 - Bombed Anyway

Martin Mull : Vocal

Steve Khan : Electric Guitar

Eddie Wise : Piano

Richard Tee : Organ

Ron Carter : Acoustic Bass

Michael Carvin : Drums

Frank Foster, Frank Strozier & Seldon Powell : Saxophones

Joe Newman, Waymand Reid & Janice Robinson : Brass

Horns Arranged by Frank Foster

11 - The Truth

/

Side B

01 - It's Showtime, Folks

Colin Bailey : Tympani

02 - Artist Relations (Or Don't Write Me At Home)

Martin Mull : Lead vocal, Background vocals

Amos Garrett : First Guitar

Bryan Cummings : Second Guitar, Background vocals, Cornet & Tenor Saxophone

Bill Payne : Piano

Freebo : Fretless Electric Bass

Richard Adelman : Drums

03 - It's Meantime, Folks

/

04 - The Humming Song

Martin Mull : Lead vocal

David Wolfert : All Guitars, Electric Piano

Chuck Domanico : Acoustic Bass

Colin Bailey : Drums

Kristin Johnson / Martin Mull : Harmony Vocal

05 - It's Folktime, Folks

David Wolfert : Acoustic Guitar

06 - Men

Martin Mull : Lead vocal

Peter Barnes, Ted Newbury, Michael Morgan, Freebo, Larry Brezner, David Wolfert & Conan Berkeley : Vocal Chorus

07 - It's Downtime, Folks

/

08 - The Boogie Man

Martin Mull : Lead vocal

Leon Pendarvis : Piano

Steve Khan & Jeff Mironov : Guitars

Anthony Jackson : Electric Bass

Chris Parker : Drums

Vini Poncia, Joe Bean, Bruce Sudano & Ed Hokenson : Background vocal

Al Brown : Horns Strings Concert Master

Arranged by Leon Pendarvis

Background Vocals Arranged by Vini Poncia

09 - Buy Me A Drink

Martin Mull : Vocal, Lead & Rhythm Guitars

Mike Mainieri : Vibes

Ron Carter : Acoustic Bass

Michael Carvin : Drums

10 - Michelle

Amos Garrett : Vocal & Guitar

Melissa Manchester "I Wanna Be Where You Are" (1977) -Westcoast Rock-

Label : Arista Records

 Side One

01 - I Wanna Be Where You Are**° (Leon Ware & Arthur Ross)

Side Two

01 - No One's Ever Seen This Side Of Me**° (Melissa Manchester)

From the Album 'Singin'...' (1977)

Produced by Vini Poncia for Mad Vincent Productions

Musicians :
Guitars : Jeff Mironov
Bass : Tony Levin
Drums : Steve Gadd
Keyboards : Don Grolnick
Percussion : Lenny Castro

Tenor Saxophone : Tom Saviano, Stanley Schwartz
Trumpet : Rich Felts

Baritone Saxophone : Andrew MacKintosh
Trombone : George Bohannon
Woodwinds Arranged by Tom Saviano ("I Wanna Be Where You Are")
Flutes : Tom Saviano, Leo Worth Potts, Michael P. Carnahan
Backing vocals : Melissa Manchester, Wendy Haas, Brie Howard, Vini Poncia, Claudia Cagan, Gail Kantor, The Faragher Brothers

Melissa Manchester "City Nights" (1983) -High Tech AOR-

Label : Arista Records

 Side 1

01 - City Nights (George D. Kieffer, Michael Belotti, Ross Sandy Longo, Arif Mardin & Melissa Manchester)

Side 2

01 - White Rose (Melissa Manchester & Kevin DeRemer)

From the Album 'Emergency' (1983)

Produced by Arif Mardin

Side 1

01 - City Nights

Robbie Buchanan : Linn Drum Machine & Programming, Vocoder, Jupiter, Mini Moog Bass & Fairlight Synthesizer
Craig Siegel : Fairlight programming
Dann Huff : Guitars
Marcy Levy, David Lasley, Jason Scheff : Background vocals
Jerry Hey : Trumpet
Larry Williams, Gary Herbig : Saxophones
Arranged by Arif Mardin, Robbie Buchanan
Horns arranged by Larry Williams

Side 2

01 - White Rose

Robbie Buchanan : Electric & Acoustic Pianos
Dean Parks : Acoustic Guitar
Nathan East : Bass
Carlos Vega : Drums
George Marge : Recorder
Rhythm arranged by Robbie Buchanan
Strings arranged by Arif Mardin

Melissa Manchester "Monkey See, Monkey Do" (1976) -Westcoast Rock-

Label : Arista Records

 A

01 - Monkey See, Monkey Do (Michael Franks)

B

01 - So's My Old Man (Melissa Manchester)

From the Album 'Help Is On The Way' (1976)

Produced by Vini Poncia

Musicians :

Melissa Manchester : Lead vocals, Backing vocals, Acoustic Piano, Electric Piano

Cooker Lo Presti : Bass

David Wolfert : Guitars

Kirk Bruner : Drums

Stanley Schwartz : Acoustic Piano, Electric Piano, Clavinet, Tenor Sax 

Lenny Castro : Percussion

Guests :

Steven Gagan : Orchestral Arranger / Conductor ("So's My Old Man")

Tom Saviano : Horn Arrangement ("Monkey See, Monkey Do")

Gary Coleman : Vibes ("So's My Old Man")

Additional Horns :

Rich Felts, Andrew MacKintosh, Doug Wintz, Tom Saviano ("Monkey See, Monkey Do")

Bill Petersen, Steve Madaio, Dick 'Slyde' Hyde, Lew McCreary, Dick Nash ("So's My Old Man")

Melissa Manchester "Nice Girls" (1983) -Westcoast Pop-

Label : Arista Records

 Side 1

01 - Nice Girls

Side 2

01 - Hey Ricky (You're A Low-Down Heel) (Melissa Manchester & Bernie Taupin)

Side 1

01 - Nice Girls

From the Album 'Greatest Hits' (1983)

Produced by Harry Maslin

Electric Piano & All Synthesizers : Robbie Buchanan
Bass : Nathan East
Drums : Carlos Vega
Guitar : Steve Lukather, Dan Carter & Michael Landau
Tenor Sax : Larry Williams
Additional Synthesizers : Pete Cannarozzi
Vibraphone : Arif Mardin
Background vocals : Eva Haskell, Jude Johnstone, Robin Beck, Millie Whiteside, Sharon O'Neal & Will Lee

Side 2

01 - Hey Ricky (You're A Low-Down Heel)

From the Album 'Hey Ricky' (1982)

Produced by Arif Mardin

Jeff Porcaro : Drums
Abraham Laboriel : Bass
Michael Landau : Guitar 
Robbie Buchanan : Piano & All Synthesizers
Larry Williams : Tenor Sax & Additional Synthesizer
Background vocals : Robin Beck, Will Lee, Millie Whiteside

Melissa Manchester "Pretty Girls" (1979) -Blue-Eyed Soul-

Label : Arista Records

 Side 1

01 - Pretty Girls (Lisa Del Bello)

Side 2

01 - It's All In The Sky Above (Carole Bayer Sager & Melissa Manchester)

From The Album 'Melissa Manchester' (1979)

Produced by Steve Buckingham

The Rhythm Section :

James Stroud : Drums, Percussion

Tom Robb : Bass

Randy McCormick : Keyboards

Larry Byrom : Guitar

Alan Feingold : Keyboards

Mickey Buckins : Percussion

Also :

Jay Scott : Alto Sax Solo

Steve Tischer : Bass

Horns by Tower Of Power

Horn Section

Emilio Castillo : Tenor Sax

Lenny Pickett : Tenor & Alto Sax

Steve Kupka : Baritone Sax

Greg Adams : Trumpet

Mic Gillette : Trumpet, Trombone

Background vocals

Rhodes, Chalmers, Rhodes

Melissa Manchester (Additional Background vocals on "It's All In The Sky Above")

"Pretty Girls" 

Strings Arranged by Steve Dorff & Randy McCormick

Melissa Manchester "Through The Eyes Of Love - The Complete Arista 7" Singles" (2017) -Westcoast Rock / High Tech AOR / Blue-Eyed Soul-

Label : Real Gone Music / Arista Records LLC / Sony Music Entertainment

 DISC ONE

01 - Midnight Blue (Melissa Manchester & Carole Bayer Sager)

02 - I Got Eyes (Melissa Manchester)

03 - Just Too Many People (Melissa Manchester & Vini Poncia)

04 - This Lady's Not Home (Melissa Manchester & Carole Bayer Sager)

05 - Just You And I (Melissa Manchester & Carole Bayer Sager)

06 - My Sweet Thing (Melissa Manchester & David Wolfert)

07 - Better Days (Melissa Manchester & Carole Bayer Sager)

08 - Sing, Sing, Sing (Melissa Manchester)

09 - Rescue Me (Carl Smith & Raynard Miner)

10 - Happy Endings (Melissa Manchester)

11 - Monkey See, Monkey Do (Michael Franks)

12 - So's My Old Man (Melissa Manchester)

13 - Be Somebody (Vini Poncia, John Vastano & Melissa Manchester)

14 - Dirty Work (Walter Becker & Donald Fagen)

15 - I Wanna Be Where You Are (Leon Ware & Arthur Ross)

16 - No One's Ever Seen This Side Of Me (Melissa Manchester)

17 - Don't Cry Out Loud (Peter Allen & Carole Bayer Sager)

18 - We Had This Time (Larry Weiss & Melissa Manchester)

19 - Theme From 'Ice Castles' (Through The Eyes Of Love) (Marvin Hamlisch & Melissa Manchester)

20 - Such A Morning (Melissa Manchester & Steve Cagna)

21 - Pretty Girls (Lisa Dal Bello)

22 - Fire In The Morning (Steve Dorff, Larry Herbstritt & Gary Harju)

DISC TWO

01 - It's All In The Sky Above (Melissa Manchester & Carole Bayer Sager)

02 - Lights Of Dawn (Melissa Manchester)

03 - If This Is Love (Kerry Chater & Robbie Patton)

04 - Talk (Melissa Manchester & Allee Willis)

05 - Without You (Peter Ham, Thomas Evans, Michael Gibbins, J.C. Molland & William Collins)

06 - Boys In The Backroom (Melissa Manchester)

07 - Lovers After All (Melissa Manchester & Leon Ware)

08 - Happier Than I've Ever Been (Melissa Manchester)

09 - Race To The End (Theme From 'Chariots Of Fire') (Vangelis & Jon Anderson)

10 - Long Goodbyes (Melissa Manchester)

11 - You Should Hear How She Talks About You (Tom Snow & Dean Pitchford)

12 - Hey Ricky (You're A Low-down Heel) (Melissa Manchester & Bernie Taupin)

13 - Come In From The Rain (Melissa Manchester & Carole Bayer Sager)

14 - Nice Girls (Jan & Steve Buckingham, Mark Gray)

15 - My Boyfriend's Back (Bob Feldman, Jerry Goldstein & Richard Gottehrer)

16 - Looking For The Perfect Ahh (Melissa Manchester, Robbie Buchanan & Carole Bayer Sager)

17 - No One Can Love You More Than Me (Terry Britten & Bill Livsey)

18 - White Rose (Bernie Taupin, Kevin DeRemer & Melissa Manchester)

19 - I Don't Care What The People Say (Tom Snow)

20 - Emergency (Melissa Manchester & Adrienne Anderson)

Bonus Track

21 - You Should Hear How She Talks About You (Tom Snow & Dean Pitchford) (Special Extended Version)

Compilation Produced & Annoted by Joe Marchese

Sony Producer : Jeff James

Executive Producer : Gordon Anderson

Remastered by Mike Piacentini at Battery Studios, NYC

DISC ONE

01 - Midnight Blue

#6 Pop / #1 AC

02 - I Got Eyes

Tracks 01-02 Produced by Vini Poncia

Executive Producer : Richard Perry

From Arista Single AS 0116, rel. 5/75

03 - Just Too Many People

#30 Pop / #2 AC

04 - This Lady's Not Home

Tracks 03-04 Produced by Vini Poncia

Executive Producer : Richard Perry

From Arista Single AS 0146, rel. 8/75

05 - Just You And I

#27 Pop / #3 AC

06 - My Sweet Thing

Tracks 05-06 Produced by Vini Poncia for Richard Perry Productions

From Arista Single AS 0168, rel. 1/76

07 - Better Days

#71 Pop / #9 AC

08 - Sing, Sing, Sing

Tracks 07-08 Produced by Vini Poncia for Richard Perry Productions

From Arista Single AS 0183, rel. 4/76

09 - Rescue Me

#78 Pop

10 - Happy Endings

#33 AC

Tracks 09-10 Produced by Vini Poncia for Richard Perry Productions

From Arista Single AS 0196, rel. 7/76

11 - Monkey See, Monkey Do

12 - So's My Old Man

Tracks 11-12 Produced by Vini Poncia

From Arista Single AS 0218, rel. 12/76

13 - Be Somebody

14 - Dirty Work

Tracks 13-14 Produced by Vini Poncia

From Arista Single AS 0237, rel. 1977

15 - I Wanna Be Where You Are

16 - No One's Ever Seen This Side Of Me

Tracks 15-16 Produced by Vini Poncia for Mad Vincent Productions

From Arista Single AS 0267, rel. 9/77

17 - Don't Cry Out Loud

#10 Pop / #9 AC

18 - We Had This Time

Track 17 Produced by Harry Maslin

Track 18 Produced by Leon Ware

From Arista Single AS 0373, rel. 11/78

19 - Theme From 'Ice Castles' (Through The Eyes Of Love)

#76 Pop / #13 AC

20 - Such A Morning

Track 19 Produced by Arif Mardin

Track 20 Produced by Leon Ware

From Arista Single AS 0405, rel. 4/79

21 - Pretty Girls

#39 Pop / #26 AC

22 - Fire In The Morning

#32 Pop / #8 AC

Tracks 21-22 Produced by Steve Buckingham

Track 21 Strings Arranged by Randy McCormick & Steve Dorff

Track 21 From Arista Single AS 0456, rel. 9/79

Track 22 From Arista Single AS 0485, rel. 2/80

DISC TWO

01 - It's All In The Sky Above

02 - Lights Of Dawn

Tracks 01-02 Produced by Steve Buckingham

Track 01 From Arista Single AS 0456, rel. 9/79

Track 02 From Arista Single AS 0485, rel. 2/80

03 - If This Is Love

#102 Pop / 19 AC

04 - Talk

Tracks 03-04 Produced by Steve Buckingham

From Arista Single AS 0551, rel. 8/80

05 - Without You

06 - Boys In The Backroom

Tracks 05-06 Produced by Steve Buckingham

From Arista Single AS 0579, Rel. 1980

07 - Lovers After All

Melissa Manchester & Peabo Bryson

#54 Pop / #25 AC

08 - Happier Than I've Ever Been

Tracks 07-08  Produced by Steve Buckingham

From Arista Single AS 0587, Rel. 2/81

09 - Race To The End (Theme From 'Chariots Of Fire')

10 - Long Goodbyes

Track 09 Produced & Arranged by Arif Mardin

Track 10 Produced by Arif Mardin

Tracks 09-10 From Arista Single AS 0657, rel. 2/82

11 - You Should Hear How She Talks About You

#5 Pop / #10 AC / #8 Dance

Track 11 Produced by Arif Mardin

From Arista Single AS 0676, rel. 5/82

12 - Hey Ricky (You're A Low-down Heel)

13 - Come In From The Rain

Tracks 12-13 Produced by Arif Mardin

From Arista Single AS 1028, rel. 1982

14 - Nice Girls

#42 Pop / #22 AC

Track 14 Produced by Arif Mardin

From Arista Single AS 1045, rel. 1/83

15 - My Boyfriend's Back

16 - Looking For The Perfect Ahh

Tracks 15-16 Produced by Arif Mardin

From Arista Single AS 1-9014, rel. 6/83

17 - No One Can Love You More Than Me

#78 Pop / 34 AC

18 - White Rose

Tracks 17-18 Produced by Arif Mardin

From Arista Single AS 1-9087, rel. 9/83

19 - I Don't Care What The People Say

20 - Emergency

Tracks 19-20 Produced by Arif Mardin

From Arista Single AS 1-9162, rel. 3/84

21 - You Should Hear How She Talks About You 

Special Extended Version

Track 21 Produced by Arif Mardin

From Arista Single SP 141, rel. 1982

Collin Raye "Counting Sheep" (2000) -Children' Music / Pop Rock-

Label : Sony Music Entertainment

 01 - Counting Sheep (Robert Ellis Orrall)

02 - I'm Gonna Love You (Robert Ellis Orrall)

03 - Blackbird (John Lennon & Paul McCartney)

04 - A Mother And Father's Prayer (Karen Taylor-Good & Melissa Manchester)

05 - When You Wish Upon A Star (Ned Washington & Leigh Harline)

06 - Cool Cat (Collin Raye & John Hobbs)

07 - Too Ra Loo Ra Loo Ral (An Irish Lullaby) (Traditional)

08 - Hearts Are For When You Want To Love Someone (K. L. Gordon & Larry Paxton)

09 - The Dream Song (Karen Taylor-Good & Jason Blume)

10 - When You Say Your Prayers (Karen Taylor-Good & Jason Blume)

11 - Stay Awake (Richard M. Sherman & Robert B. Sherman)

Produced by John Hobbs

Credits for :

"Counting Sheep", "I'm Gonna Love You", "When You Wish Upon A Star", "The Dream Song", "When You Say Your Prayers"

Acoustic Guitar : Tom Hemby

Mandolin, Electric Guitar : Steve Gibson

Bass : Joe Chemay

Piano : John Hobbs

Piano, Keyboards, Organ : Steve Nathan

Percussion, Drums : Paul Leim

Recorded & Mixed by Ben Fowler at The Tracking Room, Nashville, Tennessee

Tracks & Overdubs Assisted by Jason Penske

Overdubs Recorded at Studio Six & Emerald 'B', Nashville, Tennessee

Assisted by Allen Ditto

Credits for :

"Blackbird", "A Mother And Father's Prayer"

With Melissa Manchester on "A Mother And Father's Prayer"

Acoustic Guitar : Dean Parks

Electric Guitar : John Jorgenson

Bass : Leland 'Lee' Sklar

Keyboards & Organ : Jim Cox

Hammond B-3, Keyboards, Piano : John Hobbs

Drums : John 'JR" Robinson

Recorded by Ben Fowler at Sony Studios, Santa Monica, California

Assisted by Jennifer Knott

Overdubs Recorded by Ben Fowler at Emerald Sound Studios, Nashville, Tennessee

Assisted by Allen Ditto

Mixed by Ben Fowler at The Tracking Room, Nashville, Tennessee

Assisted by Allen Ditto

Credits for :

"Too Ra Loo Ra Loo Ral (An Irish Lullaby)", "Cool Cat", "Hearts Are For When You Want To Love Someone"

Acoustic Guitar : Biff Watson

Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin, Dulcimer, Ukulele, Clarinet & Tin Whistle : John Jorgenson

Bass : Joe Chemay

Upright Bass on "Cool Cat" : Larry Paxton

Keyboards, Organ : Steve Nathan

Piano : John Hobbs

Percussion & Drums : Paul Leim

Credits for :

"Stay Awake"

Piano & Synthesizers : John Hobbs

Recorded & Mixed by Ed Seay at Emerald Sound Studios, Nashville, Tennessee

Assisted by John Saylor

Overdubs Recorded by Ed Seay at Emerald Sound Studios, Nashville, Tennessee

Background vocals : Wes Hightower, Dennis Wilson, Liana Manis & Joe Chemay

Mastering by Denny Purcell at Georgetown Masters, Nashville, Tennessee

Assisted by Jonathan Russell

Digital Editing : Eric Conn & Carlos Grier

Production Coordination : Kimberly Bianco

Original Motion Picture Soundtrack "Thief Of Hearts" (1984) -Soft Rock / Various

Label : Casablanca Record And FilmWorks

 1

01 - Thief Of Hearts (Keith Forsey, Melissa Manchester & Giorgio Moroder)

02 - Love In The Shadows (Elizabeth Daily & Harold Faltermeyer)

03 - Stolen Secrets (Harold Faltermeyer)

04 - Tear Me Up (Darwun Hastings & Richard Kozinski)

05 - Love Theme From Thief Of Hearts (Instrumental) (Harold Faltermeyer)

2

01 - Just Imagine (Way Beyond Fear) (Keith Forsey & Harold Faltermeyer)

02 - Passion Play (Annabella Lewin & Harold Faltermeyer)

03 - Thief Of Hearts (Instrumental) (Harold Faltermeyer)

04 - Collage (Instrumental) (Harold Faltermeyer)

05 - Final Confrontation (Harold Faltermeyer)

All Songs Produced by Harold Faltermeyer except "Thief Of Hearts" Produced by Giorgio Moroder & Harold Faltermeyer & "Tear Me Up" Produced by Darwun & Richard Kozinski

Associate Producer : Gabe Veltri & Doug Perry

Album Supervisor : Russ Regan

Album Coordinator : Shannon Pasternak

Keyboards & Synthesizer Programming by Harold Faltermeyer

Fairlight Programming by Gary Chang

Additional Programming by Bob Badami, Brian Reeves

Guitars by Richie Zito

Background vocals by Beth Andersen, Joe Esposito, Gary Falcone, Donna Fein, Richard Page, Joe Pizzulo & Andrea Robinson

Album Engineered by Brian Reeves

Mixed by Brian Reeves & Harold Faltermeyer

Music Editor : Bob Badami

Album Production Coordinators : Laurie Howard & George Naschke

Mastered by Brian Gardner at Bernie Grundman Mastering

1

01 - Thief Of Hearts

Performed by Melissa Manchester

02 - Love In The Shadows

Performed by Elizabeth Daily

03 - Stolen Secrets

Performed by Harold Faltermeyer

04 - Tear Me Up

Performed by Darwun

05 - Love Theme From Thief Of Hearts 

Instrumental

Performed by Harold Faltermeyer

2

01 - Just Imagine (Way Beyond Fear)

Performed by Beth Andersen & Joe Esposito

02 - Passion Play

Performed by Annabella

03 - Thief Of Hearts

Instrumental

Performed by Harold Faltermeyer

04 - Collage

Instrumental

Performed by Harold Faltermeyer

05 - Final Confrontation

Instrumental

Performed by Harold Faltermeyer

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

Label : Arista Records

 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