ACT I/SIDE 1 Riders To The Stars [4:48] Why Don't We Live Together [3:45] Looks Like We Made It [4:00] New York City Rhythm [5:12] ACT I/SIDE 2 A Very Strange Medley (V.S.M.) [6:10] Jump Shout Boogie Medley (Jump Shout Boogie/Avenue C/Jumpin' At The Woodside/Cloudburst/Bandstand Boogie) [8:16] This One's For You [4:14] ACT II/SIDE 3 Beautiful Music (Part I) [2:02] Daybreak [4:17] Lay Me Down [4:41] Weekend In New England [4:16] Studio Musician [4:15] ACT II/SIDE 4 Beautiful Music (Part II) [1:15] Could It Be Magic/Mandy [8:00] It's A Miracle [5:14] It's Just Another New Years Eve [4:21] I Write The Songs [4:31] Beautiful Music (Part III) [2:21] _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ This album was produced by Barry Manilow and Ron Dante The recording engineer was Michael Delugg Barrys Band,The City Rhythm Band: Lee Gurst on Drums, Harold "Ricardo" Alexander on Congas, Steven Donaghey on Bass, Keith Loving on Guitar, Alan Axelrod on Keyboards(PLAY THAT THING ALAN) and Barry himself on Piano The orchestra was conducted by Lee Gurst and orchstrations by Gerald Alters His Grils, Lady Flash: Debra Byrd, Reparata and Monica Burruss The Percussion on "V.S.M."where played by Marshall Rosenberg Doing additional Guitar Sid McGinnis The live recording engineer was John Venable Lighting Designer done by Michael-Newton Brown Additional orchestrations by Barry Manilow, Norman Harris, Dick Berkhe, Arif Mardin, Charlie Calello and Joe Renzetti This album was recorded at The Uris Theatre in New York City, except "V.S.M. was recorded at Ravinia Festival in Chicago It was mixed at Media Sound Studios, New York City The location facility: Dale Ashby and Father The photographic supervision is Lee Gurst; Cover Art by Arky & Barrett; Cover Photography: Lara Donin; Inside Photo by Lee Gurst; Back Cover Photos by Lara Donin, Lee Gurst, William Redd, Bob Banks and Mark David Imburgia The design was done by Ron Kellum & Howard Fritzon Art Direction by Bob Heimall The songs for "A Very Strange Medley (V.S.M.)" are Kentucy Fried Chicken State Farm Insurance Stridex Band-Aids Bowlene Dr. Pepper Pepsi McDonalds The CD,Arista A2CD 8049 is missing "Beautiful Music" (Parts I, II and III) and portions of dialogue from the original album, but, they do appear on the Japanese import double-CD This was one of Barrys GREATEST albums it went Quadruple Platinum ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ LP: AL 8500 CS: ATC 8500 CD: A2CD 8049 CD: .........
