1983 Barry Manilow – Greatest Hits Vol. II

Arif Mardin, Barry Manilow, Carlos Vega, Dann Huff, Davey Johnstone, David Foster, Dennis Belfield, Leland Sklar, Michael Boddicker, Mike Baird, Neil Stubenhaus, Paul Jackson Jr, Tom Kelly, Tommy Funderburk

Greatest Hits Vol. II is the thirteenth album released by singer-songwriter Barry Manilow in 1983. In Britain, Manilow’s first Greatest Hits album had been issued as Manilow Magic, thus this second volume was issued there as A Touch More Magic.

Note: only the previously unreleased songs are discussed here.

Tracks

1 Ships (Ian Hunter) 04:02
2 Some Kind Of Friend (Barry Manilow; Adrienne Anderson) 04:04
3 I Made It Through The Rain (Gerard Kenny; Barry Manilow; Bruce Sussman; Drey Sheppard; Jack Feldman) 04:26
4 Read’em And Weep (Jim Steinman) 05:27
5 Put A Quarter In The Jukebox (Barry Manilow) 03:27
6 Somewhere Down The Road (Tom Snow; Cynthia Weil) 04:00
7 One Voice (Barry Manilow) 03:02
8 The Old Songs (Buddy Kaye; David Pomeranz) 04:36
9 Let’s Hang On (Bob Crewe; Denny Randell; Sandy Linzer) 03:10
10 Memory (Andrew Lloyd Webber; Thomas Stearns Eliot; Trevor Nunn) 04:58
11 You’re Lookin’ Hot Tonight (Barry Manilow) 03:54

Biography

Barry Manilow

Musicians

4 Read’em And Weep

Bass	Dee Murray
Drums	Nigel Olsson
Guitar	Davey Johnstone
Piano	Sterling Smith
Synthesizer	Roger Powell
Percussion	Jim Maelen
Background Vocals	Eric Troyer
Background Vocals	Holly Sherwood
Background Vocals	Rory Dodd
Vocals	Barry Manilow

5 Put A Quarter In The Jukebox

Bass	Neil Stubenhaus
Drums	Carlos Vega
Drums (programming)	Reek Havoc
Guitar	Dann Huff
Piano	Barry Manilow
Synthesizers	David Foster
Synthesizer (Additional)	Bob Christianson
Tambourine	Joe Mardin
Background Vocals	Jon Joyce
Background Vocals	Tom Kelly
Background Vocals	Tommy Funderburk
Vocals	Barry Manilow
Vocals	Ronnie Milsap

11 You’re Lookin’ Hot Tonight

Bass	Dennis Belfield
Bass	Leland Sklar
Drums	Carlos Vega
Drums	Mike Baird
Guitar	Paul Jackson Jr
Synthesizer	Michael Boddicker
Vocals	Barry Manilow

Liner Notes

Producer – Barry Manilow
Producer – Ron Dante (Tracks 1, 3, 7)
Producer – Jim Steinman (Tracks 4)
Producer – Arif Mardin (Tracks 5)
Producer – Jack White (Tracks 11)
Co-producer – John Jansen (Track 4)
Arranged By – Jim Steinman (Track 4)
Arranged By – Arif Mardin, Barry Manilow (Track 5)
Concertmaster – Gene Orloff (Track 5)
Engineer – Arthur Payson, Greg Edward, Janfred Arendsen (Track 4)
Engineer – Dan Nash, Terry Christian (Track 5)
Mastered By – Greg Calbi (Track 4)
Mixed By – Jim Steinman, John Jansen, Neil Dorfsman (Track 4)
Mixed By – Michael O’Reilly (Track 5)
Mixed By – Jürgen Koppers (Track 11)
Recorded By – Jeremy Smith, Michael O’Reilly (Track 5)
Recorded By – Humberto Gatica (Track 11)

Art Direction – Ria Lewerke
Photography – Jay Thompson

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