- Songs for the New Depression
Infobox Album |
Name = Songs for the New Depression
Type =album
Artist =Bette Midler
Cover size =
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Released = January 8, 1976
Recorded = 1972-1976
Genre =Vocal
Length = 38:47
Label =Atlantic Records SD 18155
Producer =Bette Midler ,Joel Dorn ,Ahmet Ertegün , Mark "Moogy" Klingman, Jack Malken (Producer & Engineer)
Reviews =Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:kpfyxqe5ldhe]Robert Christgau (C+) [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Bette+Midler]
Chronology =
Last album = "Bette Midler"
(1973)
This album = "Songs for the New Depression"
(1976)
Next album = "Live at Last"
(1977)Songs for the New Depression is the third studio album by American female vocalist
Bette Midler , released in early 1976 on theAtlantic Records label.
The album which saw Midler making her debut as a composer ("Mr. Rockefeller" and the French language "Samedi et Vendredi"), as well as co-producer and sound engineer features contributions from musicians as diverse as soul singerLuther Vandross ,Todd Rundgren and Brazilian jazz accodionistSivuca . "Songs for the New Depression" includes Midler's version ofTom Waits ' "Shiver Me Timbers", a duet withBob Dylan , "Buckets of Rain", and opens with her discofied take onFrank Sinatra 's standard "Strangers in the Night" which became a #7 hit on the US dance charts. Two of the tracks, "Old Cape Cod" and "Marahuana", were originally recorded during the sessions for 1972 debut album "The Divine Miss M " but remixed three years later by producers Lew Hahn and Arif Mardin for "Songs for the New Depression". The album peaked at #27 on theBillboard album chart.The album was digitally remastered and reissued on CD by
Atlantic Records /Warner Music in 1995 but with no bonus tracks.Track listing
ide A
#"
Strangers in the Night " (Bert Kaempfert , Charles Singleton, Eddie Snyder) - 3:22
#"I Don't Want the Night to End" (Phoebe Snow ) - 3:53
#"Mr. Rockefeller" (Jerry Blatt, Bette Midler) - 4:05
#"Old Cape Cod" (Claire Rothrock, Allan Jeffrey, Milt Yakus) - 2:50
#"Buckets of Rain " (Bob Dylan ) - 4:00
#"Love Says It's Waiting" (Nick Holmes) - 1:41
#* From "The Promise Suite"ide B
#"
Shiver Me Timbers "/"Samedi et Vendredi" (Tom Waits )/(Bette Midler, Moogy Klingman) - 6:25
#"No Jestering" (Carlton Malcolm) - 3:59
#"Tragedy" (Gerald Nelson, Fred Burch) - 3:06
#"Marahuana" (Arthur Jonston, Sam Coslow) - 2:30
#"Let Me Just Follow Behind" (Moogy Klingman) - 3:36Personnel
*
Bette Midler -lead vocals all tracks, backing vocals tracks B1, B2
* Glaswegians Orchestra arranged & conducted byArif Mardin track A1
* Dianne Sumler - backing vocals track A1
*Luther Vandross - backing vocals track A1
* Norman Pride -conga track A2
* John Siegler -bass guitar tracks A2, A3, A5, B2, B5
* John Wilcox - drums tracks A2, A3, A5, B2, B5
*Todd Rundgren -guitar tracks A2, B2, background vocals track B5
* Moogy Klingman -electric piano ,musical arranger ,musical conductor , string arrangement track A2,piano , RMI Computer keyboard, MiniKorg synthesizer , arranger & conductor track A3, piano,harmonica & arranger track A5
* Ralph Schuckett -acoustic piano track A2,clavinet track A3, arranging assistance, arranger & conductor track B1, piano, arranger & conductor track B2, piano track B3, Sound City piano, harmonium, string ensemble, arranger & conductor track B5
* David Lasley - background vocals track A2
* Ralph Schuckett - string arrangement track A2, organ track A5
*David Spinozza - guitar tracks A3, B5
* Gail Kantor - background vocals, track A3
* Erin Dickens - background vocals, track A3
* Annie Sutton - background vocals, track A3
*Randy Brecker - horns, track A3, trumpet solo track B5
*Michael Brecker - horns, track A3
* Barry Rogers - horns, track A3
*Dick Hyman - piano, tracks A4, B4
* Milt Hinton -acoustic bass track A4, bass track B4
* Ted Sommer - drums, tracks A4, B4, percussion track B4
*Arif Mardin - arranger & conductor, track A4, backing vocals, arranger & conductor track B4
* Marty Nelson - vocal arranger, track A4
*Bob Dylan - vocal, track A5
* Dave Webster -slide guitar , track A5
*Eric Weissberg -banjo ] &mandolin track B1
* Barbara Burton - percussion track B1
* Don Brooks - harmonicas track B1
* Dominick Cortese -accordion track B1
* Boris Matusevitch -concertina track B1
*Steve Gadd - drums track B1
* John Miller - acoustic bass track B1
* Kenny Kossack - fiddle track B1
* John Lissauer - arranger & conductor track B1, saxes,chimes , arranger & conductor track B3
* Mark Rosengarden - drums & percussion track B1
* Jack Malken - additional percussion track B1
* John Miller - acoustic bass track B1
*Sivuca - accordion track B1
* Jerry Friedman - guitar track B2
* Angel Allende - percussion track B2
* Ralph Schuckett - organ track B2, electric piano track B5
* David Nadien - strings track B3
* Barry Finclair - strings track B3
* Raul Poliakin - strings track B3
* Tony Posk - strings track B3
* Gene Orloff - strings track B3
* Harry Lookofsky - strings track B3
* Charles McCracken - strings track B3
* Jessy Levy - strings track B3
* Donny Beard - background vocals track B3
* Charlotte Crossley - background vocals track B3
* Leata Galloway - background vocals track B3
* Diane Green - background vocals track B3
* Ben Harney - background vocals track B3
* Rhetta Hughes - background vocals track B3
* Thomas Moore - background vocals track B3
*Sharon Redd - background vocals track B3
* Ramona Stubblefield - background vocals track B3
* Clifford Townsend - background vocals track B3
* Revelation - background vocals track B3
* Rosie - background vocals track B3
* Erin Dickens - background vocals track B3
* Gail Kantor - background vocals track B3
* a host of others - background vocals track B3
* Mel Davis -trumpet track B4
* William Siapin -flute track B4
* Harry Lookofsky -violin track B4
* Matthew Raimondi - violin track B4
* Emanuel Green - violin track B4
* Gotham - backing vocals track B4
*Rick Derringer - pedal steel guitar track B5Production
* Moogy Klingman -
record producer for Moogtown Productions
* Jack Malken - production assistant
* Recorded and mixed at Secret Sound Studio, New York, N.Y.
* Jack Malken - recording and re-mix engineer
* Bette Midler - assistant engineer
* Deborah Turbville - photography
* Michaele Vollbracht - shopping bag
* Kenn Duncan - poster photos
* Richard Amsel - inner sleeve illustration
* Aaron Russo - management
* Track A1 recorded at Electric Lady & Media Sound Studios, New York, N.Y.
* Lew Hahn -recording engineer & re-mix engineer track A1
* Gerry Block - assistant engineer track A1
* Dave Wittman - assistant engineer track A1
* Arif Mardin -record producer track A1
*Ahmet Ertegun - production assistance track A1
* Tracks A4 & B4 recorded at Atlantic Recording Studios, New York by Lew Hahn. Re-mixed by Lew Hahn & Arif Mardin.
* Joel Dorn - producer tracks A4, B4
* Bette Midler - producer tracks A4, B4
* Jack Malken - engineer track A5
* Jan Rathbun - engineer track A5
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