1980 Bette Midler – Divine Madness
Divine Madness is an album by American singer Bette Midler and the Harlettes, released in 1980. It is a live recording taken from Midler’s Divine Madness concert film, released the same year. The album, however, does not contain any of Midler’s comedy routines and features only her musical performances from the show and it in fact only provides half of the songs that appear in the film. The original live recordings were also to a large extent edited and re-recorded in the studio for the soundtrack album.
Tracks
1 Big Noise From Winnetka (Bob Crosby; Bob Haggart; Gil Rodin; Ray Bauduc) 03:52
2 Paradise (Gil Garfield; Harry Nilsson; Perry Botkin Jr) 04:10
3 Shiver Me Timbers (Tom Waits) 03:58
4 Fire Down Below (Bob Seger) 03:07
5 Stay With Me (George Weiss; Jerry Ragovoy) 06:27
6 My Mother’s Eyes (Tom Jans) 02:27
7 Chapel Of Love / Booge Wooge Bugle Boy (Jeff Berry; Ellie Greenwich; Phil Spector; Don Raye; Hughie Prince) 04:09
8 E Street Shuffle / Summer / Leader Of The Pack (Bruce Springsteen; Bobby Goldsboro; Ellie Greenwich; George Morton; Jeff Barry) 09:46
9 You Can’t Always Get What You Want / I Shall Be Released (Mick Jagger; Keith Richards; Bob Dylan) 05:59
Biography
Musicians
Bass | John Pierce |
Drums | Art Wood |
Guitar | Chas Sandford |
Guitar | Tony Berg |
Keyboards | Joey Carbone |
Keyboards | Randy Kerber |
Synthesizer | Michael Boddicker |
Sax | David Luell |
Trombone | Jon Bonine |
Trumpet | Rich Cooper |
Percussion | Dave Shank |
Background Vocals | Diva Gray |
Background Vocals | Jocelyn Brown |
Background Vocals | Luther Vandross |
Background Vocals | Ula Hedwig |
Background Vocals | Joey Carbone |
Background Vocals | Jon Bonine |
Background Vocals | Randy Kerber |
Background Vocals | Tony Berg |
Vocals | Bette Midler |
Liner Notes
Producer – Dennis Kirk
Engineer – Dennis Kirk
Engineer (Assistant) – David Lerner, James Ledner, Niko Bolas
Mastered By – Bernie Grundman
Mixed At Sunset Sound
Mixed At Record One, Los Angeles
Recorded At Wally Heider Studios
Phonographic Copyright (p) Atlantic Recording Corporation
Copyright (c) Atlantic Recording Corporation