Platinum & Gold Collection

~ Release by Melissa Manchester (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

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(As of 2023-04-23).

  • South America: 🇫🇰 Falkland Islands (fk)
  • Northern Europe: 🇸🇯 Svalbard and Jan Mayen (sj)
  • Eastern Africa: 🇮🇴 British Indian Ocean Territory (io)
  • Oceania: 🇦🇺 Australia (au) 🇳🇿 New Zealand (nz) 🇨🇨 Cocos (Keeling) Islands (cc) 🇨🇽 Christmas Island (cx) 🇳🇫 Norfolk Island (nf)
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  • Micronesia: 🇰🇮 Kiribati (ki) 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands (mh) 🇳🇷 Nauru (nr) 🇵🇼 Palau (pw)
Annotation last modified on 2023-04-23 23:20 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼Digital Media
#TitleRatingLength
1You Should Hear How She Talks About You
producer:
Arif Mardin
alto saxophone:
Larry Williams (jazz keyboard, sax, flute & clarinet; producer, composer, arranger, and multi‐instrumentalist)
bass guitar [bass]:
Abe Laborielle
drums (drum set):
Jeff Porcaro
guitar:
Steve Lukather (guitarist, vocalist, composer, producer and arranger)
synthesizer:
Robbie Buchanan (Canadian producer)
background vocals:
Ula Hedwig, Will Lee (US jazz/rock bassist) and Millie Whiteside
lead vocals:
Melissa Manchester
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Arista Records, Inc. (manufacturing and distribution company, do not add releases here) (in 1982)
recording of:
You Should Hear How She Talks About You
lyricist:
Dean Pitchford
composer:
Tom Snow (US keyboardist/songwriter)
publisher:
Body Electric Music, Pitchford Music and Snow Music
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label), ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division) and 大洋音楽 (Taiyō Music)
4.54:14
2Midnight Blue
recording engineer:
Bob Schaper
producer:
Vini Poncia
mixer:
Bill Schnee
acoustic guitar and electric guitar:
David Wolfert
bass guitar [bass]:
Cooker LoPresti
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Kirk Bruner
electric piano:
James Newton Howard (American score composer)
piano and lead vocals:
Melissa Manchester
background vocals:
Melissa Manchester and Vini Poncia
strings arranger:
Trevor Lawrence (70s–90s saxophonist & producer, father of Trevor Lawrence Jr.)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Arista Records, Inc. (manufacturing and distribution company, do not add releases here) (in 1975)
mixed at:
Sound Labs in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
Midnight Blue
lyricist:
Carole Bayer Sager
composer:
Melissa Manchester
publisher:
New York Times Music Corp. (publisher) (ended), Rumanian Pickleworks Company (ended), Alley Music Corp., BMG Bumblebee (a BMI‐affiliated publishing entity of BMG Rights Management) and Trio Music Company
sub-publisher:
フジパシフィックミュージック BMG事業部 (Fujipacific Music Inc., BMG Division), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
43:58
3Just You and I
recording engineer and mixer:
Bob Schaper
producer:
Vini Poncia
vocals:
Melissa Manchester
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Arista Records Ltd. (not for release label use!) (in 1976) and Arista Records, Inc. (manufacturing and distribution company, do not add releases here) (in 1976)
produced for:
Richard Perry Productions
mixed at:
Sound Labs, Inc. in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
Just You and I
writer:
Carole Bayer Sager and Melissa Manchester
publisher:
Alley Music Corp., BMG Bumblebee (a BMI‐affiliated publishing entity of BMG Rights Management) and Trio Music Company
sub-publisher:
フジパシフィックミュージック BMG事業部 (Fujipacific Music Inc., BMG Division), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
44:06
4Don’t Cry Out Loud
engineer:
Milt Calise
producer and mixer:
Harry Maslin
bass guitar:
David Hungate
drums (drum set):
Jim Keltner
guitar:
Dennis Budimir and Lee Ritenour
piano:
Bill Payne
lead vocals:
Melissa Manchester
arranger:
Barry Fasman
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Arista Records, Inc. (manufacturing and distribution company, do not add releases here) (in 1978)
produced for:
Melissa Manchester Productions, Inc.
recorded at:
A&M Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
cover recording of:
Don’t Cry Out Loud
lyricist:
Carole Bayer Sager (in 1976)
composer:
Peter Allen (Australian singer‐songwriter) (in 1976)
publisher:
Begonia Melodies Inc., Chappell Music Co. Inc., Chappell Music Ltd., Irving Music (BMI), Rondor Music, Rondor Music (London) Ltd. and Woolnough Music
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.), ヤマハミュージックEH(CM) (Yamaha Music EH(CM)) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
53:52
5Just Too Many People
recording engineer:
Bob Schaper
producer:
Vini Poncia
mixer:
Bill Schnee
acoustic guitar and electric guitar:
David Wolfert
baritone saxophone:
John Rotella (woodwind)
bass guitar [bass]:
Cooker LoPresti
drums (drum set):
Kirk Bruner
electric piano:
James Newton Howard (American score composer)
piano and lead vocals:
Melissa Manchester
tenor saxophone:
Trevor Lawrence (70s–90s saxophonist & producer, father of Trevor Lawrence Jr.)
trombone:
Lew McCreary
trumpet:
Steve Madaio
background vocals:
Melissa Manchester and Vini Poncia
conductor:
Melissa Manchester (strings)
brass [horns] arranger and strings arranger:
Trevor Lawrence (70s–90s saxophonist & producer, father of Trevor Lawrence Jr.)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Arista Records, Inc. (manufacturing and distribution company, do not add releases here) (in 1975)
mixed at:
Sound Labs in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
Just Too Many People
writer:
Melissa Manchester and Vini Poncia
publisher:
BMG Bumblebee (a BMI‐affiliated publishing entity of BMG Rights Management) and EMI Blackwood Music Inc.
53:39
6Better Days
recording engineer and mixer:
Bob Schaper
producer:
Vini Poncia
synthesizer [ARP synthesizer]:
James Newton Howard (American score composer)
vocals:
Melissa Manchester
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Arista Records, Inc. (manufacturing and distribution company, do not add releases here) (in 1976)
produced for:
Richard Perry Productions
mixed at:
Sound Labs, Inc. in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
Better Days (Looks as Though We’re Doing Somethin’ Right)
lyricist:
Carole Bayer Sager
composer:
Melissa Manchester
publisher:
Rumanian Pickleworks Company (ended), BMG Bumblebee (a BMI‐affiliated publishing entity of BMG Rights Management), New York Times Music Corp. (publisher) (in 1977) and Rumanian Pickleworks Music Co. (in 1977)
54:22
7Through the Eyes of Love (theme from the motion picture “ice Castles”)
producer:
Arif Mardin
vocals:
Melissa Manchester
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Arista Records, Inc. (manufacturing and distribution company, do not add releases here) (in 1979)
recording of:
Through the Eyes of Love (Ice Castles, theme)
lyricist:
Carole Bayer Sager
composer:
Marvin Hamlisch
publisher:
EMI Gold Horizon Music Corp. and EMI Golden Torch Music Corp.
part of:
The 52nd Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
4:14
8Nice Girls
assistant engineer:
Robert Feist, John Kovarek and Gary Skardina
engineer:
Jeremy Smith (producer/engineer)
producer:
Arif Mardin
assistant mixer:
Julie Last and Steve Benben
mixer:
Arif Mardin and Michael O’Reilly (engineer)
additional synthesizer:
Pete Cannarozzi
bass guitar [bass]:
Nathan East
drums (drum set):
Carlos Vega
electric piano and synthesizer:
Robbie Buchanan (Canadian producer)
guitar:
Dan Carter (guitarist), Michael Landau and Steve Lukather (guitarist, vocalist, composer, producer and arranger)
tenor saxophone:
Larry Williams (jazz keyboard, sax, flute & clarinet; producer, composer, arranger, and multi‐instrumentalist)
vibraphone:
Arif Mardin
background vocals:
Robin Beck, Eva Haskell, Jude Johnstone, Will Lee (US jazz/rock bassist), Sharon O’Neal and Millie Whiteside
lead vocals:
Melissa Manchester
arranger:
Robbie Buchanan (Canadian producer) and Arif Mardin
recording of:
Nice Girls
writer:
Jan Buckingham, Steve Buckingham (producer) and Mark Gray (US country music artist)
publisher:
Daticabo Publishing Co., Duck Songs (US publisher) and Warner House of Music
3:42
9Whenever I Call You “Friend”
engineer:
Ed Seay
producer:
Steve Buckingham (producer)
bass guitar [bass]:
Tom Robb
drums (drum set):
James Stroud
guitar:
Larry Byrom
keyboard [keyboards]:
Alan Feingold and Randy McCormick (session musician and songwriter)
percussion:
Mickey Buckins (American singer-songwriter, session musician, producer and engineer) and James Stroud
background vocals:
Arnold McCuller
lead vocals:
Melissa Manchester
strings arranger:
Steven Cagan
recording of:
Whenever I Call You “Friend”
lyricist:
Ken Loggins and Melissa Manchester
composer:
Ken Loggins
publisher:
BMG Bumblebee (a BMI‐affiliated publishing entity of BMG Rights Management), Milk Money Music (in 1978) and Rumanian Pickleworks Company (in 1978)
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.), フジパシフィックミュージック BMG事業部 (Fujipacific Music Inc., BMG Division) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
4:47
10No One Can Love You More Than Me
4:17
11Be Somebody
assistant engineer:
Linda Tyler (engineer)
engineer:
Bob Schaper
producer:
Vini Poncia
chimes [bell chimes]:
Kirk Bruner
electric piano:
James Newton Howard (American score composer)
electric sitar:
David Wolfert
tubular bells [orchestra bells]:
Stanley Schwartz
background vocals:
Brie Howard, Joe Bean, Steve Nelson (guitarist) and Vini Poncia
vocals:
Melissa Manchester
strings arranger:
James Newton Howard (American score composer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Arista Records, Inc. (manufacturing and distribution company, do not add releases here) (in 1976)
recorded at and mixed at:
Sound Labs, Inc. in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
Be Somebody
writer:
Melissa Manchester, Vini Poncia and Johnny Vastano
publisher:
BMG Bumblebee (a BMI‐affiliated publishing entity of BMG Rights Management) and EMI Blackwood Music Inc.
3:43
12Stevie’s Wonder
recording engineer:
Bob Schaper
producer:
Vini Poncia
mixer:
Bill Schnee
bass guitar [bass]:
Cooker LoPresti
cuíca, drums (drum set) and percussion:
Kirk Bruner
electric guitar:
David (Soon) Wolfert
electric piano and synthesizer [ARP synthesizer]:
James Newton Howard (American score composer)
piano, background vocals and lead vocals:
Melissa Manchester
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Arista Records, Inc. (manufacturing and distribution company, do not add releases here) (in 1975)
mixed at:
Sound Labs in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
Stevie’s Wonder
lyricist:
Carole Bayer Sager
composer:
Melissa Manchester
publisher:
Alley Music Corp., BMG Bumblebee (a BMI‐affiliated publishing entity of BMG Rights Management) and Trio Music Company
33:37

Credits

Release

phonographic copyright (℗) by:BMG Music (in 2004)
purchase for download:https://music.apple.com/us/album/303079458 [info]
https://play.google.com/store/music/album?id=Bitcai34fn5tamhpkwicelzw7tq [info] (until 2020-10-12)
ASIN:US: B00138H9PC [info]
stream for free:https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_maKWOslDtVnllpXb6xbX7YyDXrx9qsUhU [info]
https://open.spotify.com/album/6X0W0rjvtvkCgg4HkhDaCk [info]
https://www.deezer.com/album/1209253 [info]
streaming page:Amazon Music US [info]
https://music.apple.com/us/album/303079458 [info]
https://tidal.com/album/2861046 [info]
https://us.napster.com/artist/melissa-manchester/album/platinum-and-gold-collection [info] (until 2022-06-08)

Release group

part of:Platinum & Gold Collection (order: 16)