STUCK IN THE VINYL AGAIN - BARRY MANILOW - BARY MANILOW

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Good morning faithful readers and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again. It addition to Friday it is also the 79th Birthday of Brooklyn born singer songwriter, pianist, and producer, Barry Manilow ( Barry Alan Pincus). Happy Birthday Barry ! To get his party started, we spotlight his  sophomore release, Barry Manilow II. The LP was originally released October 1, 1974 on Bell Records. Our copy is a reissue on Arista. The Platinum certified album peaked at #66 in Australia and #9 on the Billboard 200. "Mandy" (#30 New Zealand, #29 Italy, #19 West Germany, #11 UK, #6 Ireland, #4 Australia, #1 Canada Top Singles, Canada Adult Contemporary, US Adult Contemporary, Cash Box, and the Hot 100) and "It's A Miracle" (#15 U.S. Hot Dance/Disco, #12 Hot 100, #10 Cash Box, #2 Canada Adult Contemporary, #1 Canada Top Singles) were released as singles. Ron Dante (of the Archies) and Manilow serve as producers. 

"I Want To Be Somebody's Baby" (Barry Manilow, Enoch Anderson) - 4:18

"Early Morning Strangers" (Barry Manilow, Hal David) - 3:24

"Mandy" (Scott English, Richard Kerr) - 3:32

"The Two of Us" (Barry Manilow, Marty Panzer) - 3:05

"Something's Comin' Up" (Barry Manilow) - 2:51

Side 2

"It's a Miracle" (Barry Manilow, Marty Panzer) - 3:58

"Avenue C" (Buck Clayton, Jon Hendricks, Dave Lambert) - 2:37

"My Baby Loves Me" (Ivy Hunter, Sylvia Moy, William "Mickey" Stevenson) - 3:18

"Sandra" (Barry Manilow, Enoch Anderson) - 4:35

"Home Again" (Barry Manilow, Marty Panzer) - 5:34

Barry Manilow - lead vocals, backing vocals, rhythm arrangements, acoustic piano (1-6, 9, 10)

Don Grolnick - acoustic piano (7)
Ellen Starr - acoustic piano (8)

Jon Stroll - clavinet (1), electric piano (2-6, 8, 9, 10)
John Barranco - guitar (1, 6)
Dick Frank - guitar (1, 6, 8, 9, 10)

Bob Mann - guitar (1, 6, 10)

Charlie Brown - guitar (2, 3, 10)
Stuart Scharf - guitar (2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10)

Sam T. Brown - guitar (7)
Will Lee - bass (1, 2, 3, 5, 6)
Russell George - bass (4, 8, 9, 10)

Bob Cranshaw - bass (7)

Chris Parker - drums (1, 6)
Jimmy Young - drums (2, 3, 5)

Bill Lavorgna - drums (7)
Allan Schwartzberg - drums (8, 9, 10)
Lee Gurst - percussion (1, 6)

Norman Pride - congas (1, 2, 5-8, 10)

George Young - saxophone (2)
Artie Kaplan - saxophone (6)

Stanley Schwartz: saxophone (6)
Jack Cortner - horn and string arrangements
Ron Dante - backing vocals

Melvin Kent - backing vocals (1)

Ken Williams - backing vocals (1)
Charlotte Crossley - backing vocals (6)

Robin Grean - backing vocals (6)
Sharon Redd - backing vocals (6)

Producers: Barry Manilow and Ron Dante

Engineers: Bruce Tergesen, Harry Maslin and Michael DeLugg

Recorded at The Hit Factory and Mediasound Recording Studios (New York City)

Design: The Music Agency

Front Cover Photo: Joel Brodsky

Back Liner Photo: Linda Allen