Bette Midler - Bette Midler FLAC download

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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 MardinWritten-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
-	2:26
B1a	Optimistic Voices Written-By – E. Y. Harburg*, Harold Arlen, Herbert Stothart, Leo Feist
B1b	Lullaby Of Broadway Written-By – Al Dubin, Harry Warren
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B2	In The Mood Arranged By [Horns] – Arif MardinLyrics By [Additional] – Bette MidlerLyrics By [Additional], Arranged By [Vocals] – Barry ManilowWritten-By – Andy Razaf, Joe Garland	2:37
-	3:22
B3a	Uptown Written-By – Mann And Weil
B3b	Da Doo Run Run Written-By – Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry, Phil Spector
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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.

• Manufactured By – CBS
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Atlantic Recording Corporation
• Copyright (c) – Atlantic Recording Corporation

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, Piano, Arranged By, Conductor, Backing Vocals – Barry Manilow
• Producer, Percussion, Remix – Arif Mardin
• Recorded By – Buzz Richmond, Elliott Sheiner*, Gene Paul, Jimmy Douglass, Robert Warner , Scott Schreckengost
• Recorded By, Remix – Lew Hahn
• Synthesizer – Kenneth Bichel*

Notes

Issued with fold-out poster featuring the cover artwork.
Recorded at Atlantic Recording Studios, New York, NY.
Additional recording at A&R Studios, New York, NY, Atlantic Recording Studios, New York, NY, & Kaye Smith Studios, Seattle, Washington.

B3a. Thomas McKinney credited in error as songwriter, correct songwriters are Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil. Later issues of this release would correct the error.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Side A label): ST-A-13298
• Matrix / Runout (Side B label): ST-A-13249cc

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
SD 7270	Bette Midler	Bette Midler ‎(LP, Album, MS )	Atlantic	SD 7270	US	1973
SD 7270	Bette Midler	Bette Midler ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Atlantic	SD 7270	Canada	1973
82779-2	Bette Midler	Bette Midler ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM)	Atlantic	82779-2	US	1995
40517 (SD 7270)	Bette Midler	Bette Midler ‎(LP, Album)	Atlantic	40517 (SD 7270)	France	1973
SD 7270	Bette Midler	Bette Midler ‎(LP, Album, PR )	Atlantic	SD 7270	US	1973