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Songs For The New Depression

Bette Midler

Initial release : 1976

Atlantic 18155

Bob Dylan contributes vocals on the cover of the Dylan song Buckets Of Rain.

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album cover

Tracks

  • Strangers in the Night (Kaempfert/Singleton/Snyder)
  • I Don't Want the Night to End (Snow)
  • Mr. Rockefeller (Blatt/Midler)
  • Old Cape Cod (Jeffrey/Rothrock/Yakus)
  • Buckets of Rain (Dylan)
  • Love Says It's Waiting (Holmes)
  • Shiver Me Timbers/Samedi et Vendredi (Klingman/Midler/Watts)
  • No Jestering (Malcolm)
  • Tragedy (Burch/Nelson)
  • Marajuana (Coslow/Johnston)
  • Let Me Just Follow Behind (Klingman)
Musicians

Musicians include;

  • Bette Midler - vocals
  • Michael Brecker - saxophone
  • Randy Brecker - trumpet
  • Rick Derringer - pedal steel
  • Bob Dylan - vocals
  • Steve Gadd - drums
  • Milt Hinton - bass
  • Dick Hyman - piano
  • Mark Klingman - keyboards
  • Todd Rundgren - guitar, vocals
  • Luther Vandross - vocals
  • Eric Weissberg - banjo, mandolin
Credits

  • Producer - Moogy Klingman
  • Production assistant, recording engineer, re-mix engineer - Jack Malken
  • Assistant engineer - Bette Midler
  • Photography - Deborah Turbville
  • Shopping bag - Michaele Vollbracht
  • Poster photos - Kenn Duncan
  • Inner sleeve illustration - Richard Amsel
Related releases

Bucket Of Rain was subsequently included on a UK single and a Bette Midler compilation;

  • The Best Of Bette, Bette Midler, 1977
  • Buckets Of Rain / La Vie En Rose, Bette Midler, 1977

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