Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Amanda Marshall

Latest post update: December 2015. Please do check out the section on Amanda Marshall’s alternate single edits, right at the bottom of post... Cheers!



Amanda Marshall - Amanda Marshall
 Epic EK 67562 (1995) - Canada CD


1 - Let It Rain*
2 - Birmingham*
3 - Fall From Grace*
4 - Dark Horse*
5 - Beautiful Goodbye*
6 - Sitting On Top Of The World*
7 - Last Exit To Eden*
8 - Trust Me (This Is Love)*
9 - Let’s Get Lost*
10 - Promises*


Notes: 1) CD album does not come with track-by-track musician credits. While Lee and Kenny Aronoff are the only rhythm section players on the selections, it was not possible to indicate precisely on which tracks Mr. Aronoff plays percussion. 2) The Amanda Marshall compilation “Intermission - The Singles Collection” released in 2003 on Columbia CK 81018 (see picture below) includes two previously unreleased tracks, “Cross My Heart” and “Until We Fall In”. Please note that Lee is not a player on any of these two songs. 3) All of the singles taken from this eponymous Amanda Marshall CD album and later available on “Intermission” (tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) have been included on that anthology in their CD album versions.

Amanda Marshall - Vocals, Background Vocals
Leland Sklar - Bass (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)*
Kenny Aronoff - Drums (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10), Percussion
Tommy Byrnes - Electric Guitars
David Wipper - Acoustic Guitars, Mandolin
Tim Pierce - Additional Acoustic Guitar, Additional Electric Guitars
Bob Mann - Acoustic Guitar
David Tyson - Keyboards, Additional Background Vocals
Tom “T-Bone” Wolk - Accordion (as T-Bone Wolk)
Peter Kent - Violin
Erica Duke-Kirkpatrick - Cello
Louis Taylor - Soprano Saxophone
Diana DeWitt - Additional Background Vocals

Produced by David Tyson

David Tyson - Programming

Michael Lattanzi - Engineer, Mixing Engineer (5, 7, 8, 10)
Michael Brauer - Mixing Engineer (1, 2, 4, 6, 9)
Chris Lord-Alge - Mixing Engineer (3)
Howard Willing - Assistant Engineer (House Of Blues Studios)
Brian Young - Assistant Engineer (Pacific Studios)
Buck Dawit - Assistant Mixing Engineer (1, 2, 4, 6, 9)
Steve Gallagher - Assistant Mixing Engineer (3)

Recording Studios:
Zi Studios (New York)
Lavender Cottage
House Of Blues Studios
Pacific Studios
Sony Music Studios - Toronto

Mixing Studios:
Zi Studios (New York) (5, 7, 8, 10)
Sony Studios (1, 2, 4, 6, 9)
Image Recording Studio (LA) (3)

Scott Hull - Mastering Engineer

Mastering Studio:
Masterdisk (New York)

Tony De Franco - Production Assistant
Management: Forte Records & Productions

Craig Samuel - Photography
Nuala Productions Inc. - Design, Layout

“Thank You: // Rick Camilleri, Mike Roth, Tonni Mayurama, Richard Zuckerman; all others at Sony Music Canada too numerous to mention, Tom Stephen, Dawna Zeeman. // To Christopher, Dean and every musician, writer and technician who lent their time and talent to the making of this record, thank you. // Thank you Mom & Dad - true believers from start to finish. // RM - Now and always, thanks for putting up with me.”.

“For more information connect with Sony Online at http://www.sony.com”.

Songwriters:
Amanda Marshall
Kim Bullard
John Capek
Kristen Hall
Marc Jordan
Dean McTaggart
Gerald O’Brien
David Tyson
Christopher Ward




“Intermission - The Singles Collection” - Canada CD - front inlay



source/pics: my records

Alternate Single Edits

The following is a section about Ms. Marshall’s alternate single edits from her first CD album. As always, only one instance per edit was taken into account. While same edit might have been released in a number of different packaging combinations, we are primarily concerned with the edit in and of itself. 



“Let It Rain” - 1-track EU promo CD single - front cover



“Let It Rain” - 1-track EU promo CD single - disc screen print

Amanda Marshall
Let It Rain
Epic SAMPCD 3189 (1996) - EU promo CD single - 1-track

1 - Let It Rain* - edit (3:53)

Notes: 1) This is a promo CD single by Amanda Marshall released in 1996. 2) Song was taken from the album “Amanda Marshall” (see entry above). Please refer to that album’s entry for more detailed musician credits. 3) Track on this release has been edited down to 3:53 minutes from the original 4:32 minutes of the CD album version. Edited out parts are the guitar solo that in the album version follows immediately after the bridge, and the repetition of same bridge right after the (now missing) solo. 4) Alternate catalog # of promo CD single is 11-003189-17.

Amanda Marshall - Vocals
Leland Sklar - Bass (1)*
Kenny Aronoff - Drums (1)

Produced by David Tyson

“special version of track taken from the Epic release: “Amanda Marshall” ”.

Songwriter:
Kristen Hall



“Let It Rain” - 1-track EU promo CD single - rear cover



source/pics: my records



“Birmingham” - 2-track Canada promo CD single - front inlay card



“Birmingham” - 2-track Canada promo CD single - disc screen print

Amanda Marshall
Birmingham/Birmingham
Epic ESK 7667 (1996) - Canada promo CD single - 2-track

1 - Birmingham* - radio edit (4:09)
2 - Birmingham* - album version (5:21)

Notes: 1) This is a promo CD single by Amanda Marshall released in 1996. 2) Songs were taken from the album “Amanda Marshall” (see entry above). Please refer to that album’s entry for more detailed musician credits. 3) The radio edit of “Birmingham” on this release has been edited down to 4:09 minutes from the original 5:21 minutes of the CD album version. Only edited part is vamp on coda which starts fading out at 4.00. 4) Track 2 is same edit as on CD album.

Amanda Marshall - Vocals
Leland Sklar - Bass (1, 2)*
Kenny Aronoff - Drums (1, 2)

Produced by David Tyson

“Special versions taken from the forthcoming Epic release: “Amanda Marshall” 67562”.

http://www.sony.com

Songwriters:
Dean McTaggart
Gerald O’Brien
David Tyson



“Birmingham” - 2-track Canada promo CD single - rear inlay card



source/pics: my records



“Fall From Grace” - 3-track AUS CD single - front inlay fold



“Fall From Grace” - 3-track AUS CD single - disc screen print 

Amanda Marshall 
Fall From Grace/Let’s Get Lost/Last Exit To Eden 
Epic 664231 2 (1996) - AUS CD single - 3-track 

1 - Fall From Grace* - edit (3:50) 
2 - Let’s Get Lost* - (4:13) 
3 - Last Exit To Eden* - (5:23) 

Notes: 1) This is a CD single by Amanda Marshall released in 1996. 2) Songs were taken from the album “Amanda Marshall” (see entry above). Please refer to that album’s entry for more detailed musician credits. 3) The version of “Fall From Grace” on this release has been edited down to 3:50 minutes from the original 4:20 minutes of the CD album version. Only edited part is te vamp on coda which fades out completely after 10 bars instead of 19. 4) Tracks 3 and 4 are same edits as on CD album.

Amanda Marshall - Vocals
Leland Sklar - Bass (1, 2, 3)* 
Kenny Aronoff - Drums (1, 2, 3)

Produced by David Tyson

“All Songs Feature On The Epic Album “Amanda Marshall” 483791.”.

Songwriters: 
Amanda Marshall 
Kim Bullard 
Marc Jordan (as Mark Jordon) 
Dean McTaggart (as Dean McTaggert) 
David Tyson 
Christopher Ward



“Fall From Grace” - 3-track AUS CD single - inner inlay fold 



source/pics: my records



“Beautiful Goodbye” - 1-track EU promo CD single - front cover



“Beautiful Goodbye” - 1-track EU promo CD single - disc screen print

Amanda Marshall
Beautiful Goodbye
Epic XPCD 2051 (1996) - EU promo CD single - 1-track

1 - Beautiful Goodbye* - radio edit (4:39)

Notes: 1) This is a promo CD single by Amanda Marshall released in 1996. 2) Song was taken from the album “Amanda Marshall” (see entry above). Please refer to that album’s entry for more detailed musician credits. 3) The version of “Beautiful Goodbye” on this release has been edited down to 4:39 minutes from the original 5:17 minutes of the CD album version. Parts edited out are 14 seconds of synth pad, 4 bars out of the 8 from the initial piano licks and 4 bars out of the 8 from the subsequent bass/keyboards groove. All of the above editing pertains exclusively to the intro of the song. 4) Mixing credits for this version differ from respective credits on CD album and are attributed to Michael Brauer at Sony Studios, NY, whereas original CD album credits mention Michael Lattanzi as the mixing engineer and Zi Studios (New York) as the mixing location. 5) Year of issue is indicated as 1995 on disc and 1996 on cover.

Amanda Marshall - Vocals
Leland Sklar - Bass (1)*
Kenny Aronoff - Drums (1)

Produced by David Tyson

Michael Brauer - Mixing Engineer

Mixing Studio:
Sony Studios, NY

“Special version adapted from the forthcoming Epic release “Amanda Marshall””.

Songwriters:
David Tyson
Christopher Ward



“Beautiful Goodbye” - 1-track EU promo CD single - rear cover



source/pics: my records



“Dark Horse” - 4-track EU CD single - front inlay fold



“Dark Horse” - 4-track EU CD single - disc screen print

Amanda Marshall
Dark Horse/Let It Rain/Birmingham/This Could Take All Night
Epic 664769 2 (1997) - EU CD single - 4-track

1 - Dark Horse* - edit (4:29)
2 - Let It Rain - live (6:12)
3 - Birmingham - live (7:76)
4 - This Could Take All Night (3:07)

Notes: 1) This is a CD single by Amanda Marshall released in 1997. 2) Track 1 was taken from the album “Amanda Marshall” (see entry above). Please refer to that album’s entry for more detailed musician credits. 3) The version of “Dark Horse” on this release has been edited down to 4:29 minutes from the original 5:38 minutes of the CD album version. Parts edited out are 8 inner bars from the initial 16-bar piano-solo cadenza and 8 inner bars from the immediately subsequent fully arranged 16-bar instrumental intro. Moreover, this version ends on a fade out which is completed after 9 bars of the instrumental outro while CD album version goes on about 53 seconds longer with some vocal vamps on the protracted instrumental fade out. 5) No musician credits are available for tracks 2, 3 and 4.

Amanda Marshall - Vocals
Leland Sklar - Bass (1)*
Kenny Aronoff - Drums (1)

Produced by David Tyson (1)
Produced by Melodeum Productions for Sony Music Canada (2, 3)
Produced by Marc Tanner and Don Was (4)

Michael Lattanzi - Engineer (1)
Doug McClement - Mixing Engineer (2, 3)
Bill Drescher - Mixing Engineer (4)

Track 1:
“Special version adapted from the Epic album “Amanda Marshall””.

Tracks 2, 3:
“Recorded live at The Spectrum, Montreal, Canada”.

Track 4:
“Taken from the Epic Soundtrack album “Tin Cup””.

Songwriters:
Amanda Marshall
Stephen H. Dorff (as S. Dorff)
Kristen Hall
Dean McTaggart (as D. McTaggert)
Gerald O’Brien
Linda Thompson
David Tyson



“Dark Horse” - 4-track EU CD single - inner inlay fold



source/pics: my records

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