Performer: Melissa Manchester
Title: Melissa
Country: US
Catalog Number: AL 4031
Label: Arista
Released: 1975
Style: Ballad, Soft Rock, Chanson, Funk, Vocal
Rating: 4.0
Votes: 031
1 | We've Got TimeAcoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar – David WolfertBacking Vocals – Vini PonciaBass – Cooker Lo PrestiDrums – Kirk BrunerElectric Piano – James Newton HowardPiano – Melissa Manchester | 4:24 |
2 | This Lady's Not Home TodayArranged By [Strings], Soprano Saxophone – Trevor LawrenceBass – Cooker Lo PrestiCongas – King ErrissonDrums – Kirk BrunerElectric Guitar – David WolfertElectric Piano – Melissa ManchesterOrgan – James Newton Howard | 4:33 |
3 | It's Gonna Be AlrightArranged By [Horns], Saxophone [Baritone, Tenor] – Trevor LawrenceBass – Cooker Lo PrestiClavinet – James Newton HowardCongas – King ErrissonCowbell – Don Diego GojuDrums – Kirk BrunerGuitar – David WolfertPiano – Melissa ManchesterTenor Saxophone – Gene DinwiddieTrumpet – Steve Madaio | 3:34 |
4 | Party MusicBacking Vocals – The RhinestonesBass – Cooker Lo PrestiCongas – King ErrissonDrums, Percussion – Kirk BrunerElectric Guitar – David WolfertElectric Piano, Clavinet, Synthesizer [Arp] – James Newton HowardPiano – Melissa Manchester | 3:29 |
5 | I Don't Want To Hear It AnymoreArranged By [Strings], Alto Saxophone – Trevor LawrencePiano – Melissa Manchester | 5:05 |
6 | Love Havin' You AroundArranged By [Horns], Saxophone [Baritone, Tenor] – Trevor LawrenceBacking Vocals – Arnold McCuller, David LasleyBass – Cooker Lo PrestiClavinet – Melissa ManchesterDrums, Talking Drum – Kirk BrunerElectric Guitar – David WolfertPiano, Organ – James Newton HowardTenor Saxophone – Gene DinwiddieTrumpet – Steve Madaio | 4:40 |
7 | Midnight BlueAcoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar – David WolfertArranged By [Strings] – Trevor LawrenceBacking Vocals – Vini PonciaBass – Cooker Lo PrestiDrums – Kirk BrunerElectric Piano – James Newton HowardPiano – Melissa Manchester | 3:55 |
8 | Just Too Many PeopleArranged By [Horns, Strings], Tenor Saxophone – Trevor LawrenceBacking Vocals – Vini PonciaBaritone Saxophone – John RotellaBass – Cooker Lo PrestiDrums – Kirk BrunerElectric Guitar – David WolfertElectric Piano – James Newton HowardPiano – Melissa ManchesterTrombone – Lou McCrearyTrumpet – Steve Madaio | 3:38 |
9 | Stevie's WonderBass – Cooker Lo PrestiDrums, Cuica, Percussion – Kirk BrunerElectric Guitar – David WolfertElectric Piano – James Newton HowardPiano – Melissa Manchester | 3:35 |
10 | I Got EyesAcoustic Guitar – David WolfertBacking Vocals – Brie Howard, Kirk Bruner, Vini PonciaBass – Cooker Lo PrestiElectric Piano – Melissa ManchesterKeyboards [Celeste], Synthesizer [Arp] – James Newton HowardPercussion – Morton K. Salt | 2:45 |
Category | Artist | Title (Format) | Label | Category | Country | Year |
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AQ 4031 | Melissa Manchester | Melissa (LP, Album, Quad) | Arista | AQ 4031 | US | 1975 |
AL 4031 | Melissa Manchester | Melissa (LP, Album) | Arista | AL 4031 | US | 1975 |
A 4031, AB 4031 | Melissa Manchester | Melissa (LP, Album, RE) | Arista, Arista | A 4031, AB 4031 | US | 1976 |
AL 4031 | Melissa Manchester | Melissa (LP, Album, Gat) | Arista | AL 4031 | Australia | 1975 |
SICP 3152 | Melissa Manchester | Melissa (CD, Album, Ltd, RE, RM) | Arista | SICP 3152 | Japan | 2011 |
Recorded At Sunset Sound, Los Angeles, California
And A&R, New York. Disc Cutting The Mastering Lab
Label rear cover variant by Arista
Allentown Record Co. Inc. pressing denoted by "AL" in runouts