Songs for the New Depression

Track listing

Side A

1. "Strangers in the Night" - 3:22
2. "I Don't Want the Night to End" - 3:53
3. "Mr. Rockefeller" - 4:05
4. "Old Cape Cod" - 2:50
5. "Buckets of Rain" - 4:00
6. "Love Says It's Waiting" - 1:41
7. *From The Promise Suite

   Side B

8. "Shiver Me Timbers"/"Samedi et Vendredi" - 6:25
9. "No Jestering" - 3:59
10. "Tragedy" - 3:06
11. "Marahuana" - 2:30
12. "Let Me Just Follow Behind" - 3:36

    Personnel

• Bette Midler – lead vocals, backing vocals tracks B1-2
• Glaswegians Orchestra – arranged and conducted by Arif Mardin
• Dianne Sumler – backing vocals
• Luther Vandross – arranger and backing vocals
• Norman Pride – conga
• John Siegler – bass guitar
• John Wilcox – drums
• Todd Rundgren – guitar, backing vocals
• Moogy Klingman – electric piano, musical arranger, musical conductor, string arrangement, piano, RMI Computer keyboard, Mini Korg synthesizer, arranger and conductor, piano, harmonica and arranger
• Ralph Schuckett – acoustic piano and string arrangement, clavinet, arranging assistance, arranger and conductor, piano, organ, arranger and conductor, piano, Sound City piano, electric piano, organ, harmonium, string ensemble, arranger and conductor
• David Lasley – backing vocals
• David Spinozza – guitar
• Erin Dickins – backing vocals
• Annie Sutton – backing vocals
• Randy Brecker – horns, trumpet solo
• Michael Brecker – horns
• Barry Rogers – horns
• Dick Hyman – piano
• Milt Hinton – acoustic bass, bass guitar
• Teddy Sommer – drums, percussion
• Arif Mardin – arranger and conductor, backing vocals, arranger and conductor
• Marty Nelson – vocal arranger
• Bob Dylan – vocals
• Dave Webster – slide guitar
• Eric Weissberg – banjo and mandolin
• Barbara Burton – percussion
• Don Brooks – harmonica
• Dominic Cortese – accordion
• Boris Matusewitch – concertina
• Steve Gadd – drums
• John Miller – acoustic bass
• Kenny Kosek – fiddle
• John Lissauer – arranger and conductor, saxes, chimes, arranger and conductor
• Mark Rosengarden – drums and percussion
• Jack Malken – additional percussion
• Sivuca – accordion
• Jerry Friedman – guitar
• Angel Allende – percussion
• David Nadien – strings
• Barry Finclair – strings
• Raul Poliakin – strings
• Tony Posk – strings
• Gene Orloff – strings
• Harry Lookofsky – strings
• Charles McCracken – strings
• Jessy Levy – strings
• Donny Beard – backing vocals
• Charlotte Crossley – backing vocals
• Leata Galloway – backing vocals
• Ben Harney – backing vocals
• Rhetta Hughes – backing vocals
• Thomas Moore – backing vocals
• Ula Hedwig – backing vocals
• Sharon Redd – backing vocals
• Ramona Stubblefield – backing vocals
• Clifford Townsend – backing vocals
• Revelation – backing vocals
• Rosie – backing vocals
• Mel Davis – trumpet
• William Siapin – flute
• Harry Lookofsky – violin
• Matthew Raimondi – violin
• Emanuel Green – violin
• Gotham – backing vocals
• Rick Derringer – pedal steel guitar

  Production

• Moogy Klingman – record producer for Moogtown Productions
• Jack Malken – production assistant, recording and remix engineer, engineer
• Bette Midler – assistant engineer, producer
• Deborah Turbville – photography
• Michaele Vollbracht – shopping bag
• Kenn Duncan – poster photos
• Richard Amsel – inner sleeve illustration
• Aaron Russo – management
• Lew Hahn – recording engineer and remix engineer
• Gerry Block – assistant engineer
• Dave Wittman – assistant engineer
• Arif Mardin – record producer
• Ahmet Ertegün – production assistance
• Joel Dorn – producer
• Jan Rathbun – engineer
• Recorded and mixed at Secret Sound Studio, New York, N.Y.
• Track A1 recorded at Electric Lady and Media Sound Studios, New York, N.Y.
• Tracks A4 and B4 recorded at Atlantic Recording Studios, New York by Lew Hahn, remixed by Lew Hahn and Arif Mardin

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