Melissa Manchester - Melissa Manchester (1979) 1/3

Track List: 1-4 1. Pretty Girls (0:00) 2. Fire In The Morning (3:58) 3. Don't Want A Heartache (7:53) 4. When We Loved (11:39) Part 1.    • Melissa Manchester - Melissa Manchester (1...   Part 2.    • Melissa Manchester - Melissa Manchester (1...   Part 3.    • Melissa Manchester - Melissa Manchester (1...   Playlist:    • Melissa Manchester   From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: Melissa Manchester is the eighth album by singer-songwriter Melissa Manchester, released in October 1979 on Arista Records. Although it was reported in August 1979 that Manchester was recording a followup to her 1978 release Don't Cry Out Loud with the title cut's producer Harry Maslin at Cherokee Studios, the tracks on the Melissa Manchester album were all recorded at Web IV Studios in Atlanta in September 1979 with local producer Steve Buckingham, who had had massive success with the first single he'd produced: "I Love the Nightlife" by Alicia Bridges. Buckingham recalls that when the success of the Bridges single failed to secure him offers for further production work, he began cold calling record companies, and that Arista Records was the second label he called. As a result, Buckingham met with Arista president Clive Davis in New York City. After four hours of appraising tracks Davis played for him, Buckingham was told, "If you have a hit song, call us." After Buckingham sent Davis the demo for the song "Fire in the Morning", Davis assigned Buckingham to produce Manchester's eighth album. Following Manchester's 1977 cover album, Singin'..., and the 1978 album, Don't Cry Out Loud, which was mostly original material (despite the Top Ten hit title cut not being written by Manchester), the Melissa Manchester album featured five Manchester originals and five tracks of outside material. The songs written by Manchester included two collaborations with Carole Bayer Sager, who had been Manchester's regular lyricist for over five years: the tracks "It's All in the Sky Above" and "How Does It Feel Right Now". "I Know Your Love Won't Let Me Down" reunited Manchester with lyricist Adrienne Anderson, a regular collaborator in the first phase of Manchester's recording career, while "Lights of Dawn" - written by solely by Manchester - featured a newly written lyric to the tune of a song written and set aside five years before. The Melissa Manchester album also featured Manchester's own version of the Kenny Loggins hit she'd co-written: "Whenever I Call You Friend", which Manchester recorded as a duet with Arnold McCuller. Personnel: Melissa Manchester – lead vocals, additional backing vocals (2, 4, 5, 8), acoustic piano (10) Alan Feingold – keyboards Randy McCormick – keyboards, string arrangements (1) Larry Byrom – guitars Tom Robb – bass Steve Tischer – bass James Stroud – drums, percussion Mickey Buckins – percussion Jay Scott – alto sax solo David Manchester – bassoon (7) Steve Dorff – string arrangements (1, 2, 4) Barry Fasman – string arrangements (3) Gene Page – string arrangements (6, 8) Steve Cagen – string arrangements (7) Sid Sharp – concertmaster (1-4, 6-8) Tower of Power Horns (6) Steve "Doc" Kupka – baritone saxophone Lenny Pickett – alto saxophone, tenor saxophone Emilio Castillo – tenor saxophone Mic Gillette – trombone, trumpet Greg Adams – trumpet, horn arrangements Charles Chalmers – backing vocals Donna Rhodes – backing vocals Sandra Rhodes – backing vocals Paul Davis – backing vocals (2) Arnold McCuller – lead and backing vocals (7) Production: Steve Buckingham – producer Ed Seay – recording, horn recording, string recording Alan Chinowsky – horn recording Alex Kashevaroff – horn recording Tim Boyle – string recording Lenny Roberts – string recording Tommy Cooper – recording assistant, mix assistant Richard Wells – recording assistant, mix assistant Glenn Meadows – mastering at Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee) Kay Steele – cover coordinator John Kosh – art direction, design Steve Schapiro – photography Wayne Massarelli – make-up José Eber – hair stylist