Bette Midler – Bette Midler

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Label:	Atlantic – K 40517
Format:	Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
Country:	Italy
Released:	1973
Genre:	Pop
Style:	Vocal

Tracklist

A1	Skylark Written-By – Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Mercer	3:02
A2	Drinking Again Written-By – Doris Tauber, Johnny Mercer	2:46
A3	Breaking Up Somebody's Home Arranged By [Horns] – Arif Mardin Written-By – Denise LaSalle	3:47
A4	Surabaya Johnny Written-By – Bertolt Brecht, Herbert Hartig, Kurt Weill	4:52
A5	I Shall Be Released Written-By – Bob Dylan	4:55
B1	Optimistic Voices Written-By – E. Y. Harburg*, Harold Arlen, Herbert Stothart, Leo Feist
B1a	Lullaby Of Broadway Written-By – Al Dubin, Harry Warren (2)
B2	In The Mood Arranged By [Horns] – Arif Mardin Lyrics By [Additional] – Bette Midler Lyrics By [Additional], Arranged By [Vocals] – Barry Manilow Written-By – Andy Razaf, Joe Garland	2:37
B3	Uptown Written-By – Barry Mann & Cynthia Weill*	3:22
B3a	Don't Say Nothin' Bad (About My Baby) Written-By – Gerry Goffin & Carole King*
B3b	Da Doo Run Run Written-By – Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry, Phil Spector
B4	Twisted Written-By – Wardell Gray	2:23
B5	Higher And Higher (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Written-By – Carl W. Smith, Gary Lee Jackson, Raynard Miner	4:08

Companies, etc.

Distributed By – Dischi Ricordi S.p.A.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Atlantic Recording
Copyright © – Atlantic Recording

Credits

Backing Vocals – Ann S. Clark, Charlotte Crosley*, Gale Kantor*, Merle Miller, Myrna Smith, Robin Grean, Sharon Redd, Shirley Brewer, Sylvia Shemwell, Tasha Thomas
Bass – Chuck Rainey, Milt Hinton, Stu Woods, Will Lee, Bill Salter*
Concertmaster – Gene Orloff
Cover – Richard Amsel
Design – Loring Eutemey
Drums – Bernard Purdie, Grady Tate, Rick Morotta*, Steven Gadd*
Drums, Percussion – Luther Rix
Guitar – Cornell Dupree, David Spinozza, Frank Vento, Hugh McCracken
Keyboards – Don Grolnick, Ken Ascher, Pat Rebillot
Mastered By – Dennis King, George Piros
Percussion – Ralph MacDonald
Photography By [Back Cover] – Lee Gurst
Producer, Percussion, Mixed By [Re-mixed By] – Arif Mardin
Producer, Percussion, Piano, Arranged By, Conductor, Backing Vocals – Barry Manilow
Recorded By – Buzz Richmond, Elliott Sheiner*, Gene Paul, Jimmy Douglass, Robert Warner (2), Scott Schreckengost
Recorded By, Mixed By [Re-mixed By] – Lew Hahn
Synthesizer – Kenneth Bichel*

Notes

℗ © 1973 Atlantic Recording Corporation.

There are several versions of this album, with label typeface and also matrix variations.

B3. Thomas McKinney credited in error as songwriter on sleeve, correct songwriters are credited on label.
B3a. Song title appears on label but does not appear on sleeve.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Matrix / Runout (Etching side A): ST A 732989 20/11/73
Matrix / Runout (Etching side B): ST A 732989 20/11/73
Rights Society: SIAE
Rights Society: BMI
Rights Society: ASCAP

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	Bette Midler (LP, Album)	Atlantic, Atlantic	SD 7270, SD7270	Australia	1973
New Submission	Bette Midler (LP, Album)	Atlantic	K 40517	UK	1973
Recently Edited	Bette Midler (LP, Album, Repress, Sonic Recording Products Press)	Atlantic	SD 7270	US	1973
Recently Edited	Bette Midler (LP, Album, Stereo)	Atlantic	SD 7270	Canada	1973
New Submission	Bette Midler (LP, Album)	Atlantic, Atlantic	ATL 40 517, SD 7270	Germany	1973