The Manhattan Transfer – Mecca For Moderns / Atlantic Audio CD / 7567-81482-2

Name: The Manhattan Transfer – Mecca For Moderns / Atlantic Audio CD / 7567-81482-2
SKU: 075678148224
Price: 35.91 USD
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UPC 075678148224

Mecca for Moderns is the sixth studio album by The Manhattan Transfer. It was released in 1981 by Atlantic Records.

This album was the highest-charting album to date for the group, peaking on Billboard magazine's Top Pop Catalog Albums chart at No. 22. With this album, the Manhattan Transfer became the first group to win Grammy Awards in both the pop and jazz categories in the same year.

Label:	Atlantic – 7567-81482-2
Format:	CD, Album
Country:	Europe
Released:
Genre:	Jazz, Pop
Style:	Contemporary Jazz, Vocal, Easy Listening

Tracklist:

On The Boulevard

Lyrics By – Marc Jordan

Music By – Jay Graydon, Richard Page

4:09
2		Boy From New York City Written-By – George Davis, John Taylor (9)

3:40
3		(Wanted) Dead Or Alive Lyrics By – Slinger Francisco Music By – Art DeCoteau

3:26
4		Spies In The Night Lyrics By – Alan Paul Music By – Alan Paul, David Foster, Jay Graydon

3:59
5		Smile Again Lyrics By – Alan Paul Music By – Bill Champlin, David Foster, Jay Graydon

4:34
6		Until I Met You (Corner Pocket) Lyrics By – Don Wolf Music By – Freddie Green

5:18
7		(The Word Of) Confirmation Lyrics By – Eddie Jefferson Music By – Charlie Parker

3:15
8		Kafka Music By – Bernard Kafka, Jay Graydon

4:08
9		A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square Written-By – Eric Maschwitz, Manning Sherwin

3:48

Art Direction – Richard De Gussi, Sarah Richardson (4), Steven Arnold
Bass – Abraham Laboriel (tracks: 1 to 8)
Contractor – Frank De Caro
Drums – Mike Baird (tracks: 2), Steve Gadd (tracks: 1, 3 to 8)
Engineer [Assistant] – Bob Bullock, Deborah Thompson
Engineer [Mastering] – Bernie Grundman
Engineer [Recording] – Joseph Bogan
Engineer [Remix] – Jay Graydon
Guitar – Al Viola (tracks: 6), Dean Parks (tracks: 2, 8), Jay Graydon (tracks: 1 to 4, 8), Steve Lukather (tracks: 1, 4, 5)
Keyboards, Synthesizer – David Foster (tracks: 5)
Lyricon, Saxophone – Tom Scott (tracks: 3)
Organ, Synthesizer – Greg Mathieson (tracks: 3)
Percussion – Alex Acuna (tracks: 3)
Piano – David Foster (tracks: 2, 4, 5), Milcho Leviev (tracks: 7, 8), Yaron Gershovsky (tracks: 6, 8)
Piano, Keyboards – Victor Feldman (tracks: 1)
Producer – Jay Graydon
Saxophone – Don Roberts (tracks: 2), Richie Cole (tracks: 7)
Scat – Jon Hendricks (tracks: 7)
Steel Drums, Cowbell – Andy Norell (tracks: 8)
Synthesizer – Jay Graydon (tracks: 1, 3), Mike Boddicker (tracks: 4, 8), Steve George (tracks: 8)
Trumpet – Jerry Hey (tracks: 2)
Vocals – Alan Paul, Cheryl Bentyne, Janis Siegel, Tim Hauser