Famous Blue Raincoat: The Songs of Leonard Cohen (Initial 1986 release)

~ Release by Jennifer Warnes (see all versions of this release, 17 available)

Annotation

1986 Initial Release

Annotation last modified on 2020-01-06 10:38 UTC.

Tracklist

▼CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1First We Take Manhattan
engineer:
Billy Youdelman
producer:
C. Roscoe Beck and Jennifer Warnes
mixer:
Frank Wolf (engineer at Skyline Recording)
bass:
Roscoe Beck
drums (drum set):
Vinnie Colaiuta (drummer)
guitar:
Roscoe Beck, Robben Ford (blues, jazz & rock guitarist and songwriter) and Stevie Ray Vaughan
percussion:
Lenny Castro
synthesizer:
Russell Ferrante
vocals:
Jennifer Warnes
recording of:
First We Take Manhattan
lyricist and composer:
Leonard Cohen
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing, LLC (1995–2020)
Jennifer Warnes53:47
2Bird on a Wire
engineer:
Billy Youdelman
producer:
C. Roscoe Beck and Jennifer Warnes
mixer:
George Massenburg
bass:
Jorge Calderón
drums (drum set):
Vinnie Colaiuta (drummer)
guitar:
Robben Ford (blues, jazz & rock guitarist and songwriter)
percussion:
Lenny Castro
saxophone:
Rev. Dave Boruff
shakers:
Larry Brown
synthesizer:
Bill Ginn and William D. “Smitty” Smith (organist/keyboardist)
background vocals:
Kal David, Willie Greene, Jr. and Jennifer Warnes
vocals:
Jennifer Warnes
cover recording of:
Bird on the Wire
lyricist and composer:
Leonard Cohen
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing, LLC (1995–2020)
Jennifer Warnes34:42
3Famous Blue Raincoat
engineer:
Billy Youdelman
producer:
C. Roscoe Beck and Jennifer Warnes
mixer:
George Massenburg
piano:
Bill Ginn
tenor saxophone:
Paul Ostermayer (saxophonist, flutist)
violin:
Sid Page
vocals:
Jennifer Warnes
cover recording of:
Famous Blue Raincoat
lyricist and composer:
Leonard Cohen
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing, LLC (1995–2020)
Jennifer Warnes35:33
4Joan of Arc
engineer:
Billy Youdelman
producer:
C. Roscoe Beck and Jennifer Warnes
mixer:
Larry Brown
additional synthesizer, bass and guitar:
Roscoe Beck
drums (drum set):
Vinnie Colaiuta (drummer)
synthesizer:
Russell Ferrante
tambourine:
Larry Brown
guest vocals:
Leonard Cohen
vocals:
Jennifer Warnes
cover recording of:
Joan of Arc (in 1986)
lyricist and composer:
Leonard Cohen
publisher:
Sony/ATV Songs LLC
Jennifer Warnes (with guest vocal by Leonard Cohen)28:02
5Came So Far for Beauty
engineer:
Billy Youdelman
producer:
C. Roscoe Beck and Jennifer Warnes
mixer:
Frank Wolf (engineer at Skyline Recording)
bass:
Roscoe Beck
piano:
Bill Ginn
vocals:
Jennifer Warnes
cover recording of:
Came So Far for Beauty
lyricist and composer:
Leonard Cohen and John Lissauer
Jennifer Warnes23:40
6Ain’t No Cure for Love
recording engineer:
Csaba Petocz and Frank Wolf (engineer at Skyline Recording)
engineer:
Billy Youdelman
producer:
C. Roscoe Beck and Jennifer Warnes
mixer:
Frank Wolf (engineer at Skyline Recording)
drums (drum set):
Vinnie Colaiuta (drummer)
guitar:
Michael Landau
percussion:
Steve Forman (US percussionist)
synthesizer:
Bill Payne
vocals:
Jennifer Warnes
recording of:
Ain’t No Cure for Love
lyricist and composer:
Leonard Cohen
publisher:
Sony/ATV Songs LLC
Jennifer Warnes33:22
7Coming Back to You
engineer:
Billy Youdelman
producer:
C. Roscoe Beck and Jennifer Warnes
mixer:
Frank Wolf (engineer at Skyline Recording)
bass:
Jorge Calderón
drums (drum set):
Vinnie Colaiuta (drummer)
guitar:
Fred Tackett
Hammond organ:
William D. “Smitty” Smith (organist/keyboardist)
lap steel guitar:
David Lindley
piano:
Bill Ginn
synthesizer:
Russell Ferrante
background vocals:
Terry Evans, Willie Greene, Jr. and Bobby King
vocals:
Jennifer Warnes
cover recording of:
Coming Back to You
lyricist and composer:
Leonard Cohen
publisher:
Sony/ATV Songs LLC
Jennifer Warnes13:44
8Song of Bernadette
additional recording engineer:
Larry Brown, Tom Boyle (band from Getxo, Spain) and Frank Wolf (engineer at Skyline Recording)
recording engineer:
Bill Youdelman and Steven Strassman
engineer:
Billy Youdelman
producer:
C. Roscoe Beck and Jennifer Warnes
mixer:
Henry Lewy and Frank Wolf (engineer at Skyline Recording)
bass:
Roscoe Beck
piano:
Bill Ginn
violin:
Sid Page
vocals:
Jennifer Warnes
recording of:
Song of Bernadette
writer:
Leonard Cohen, Bill Elliott (keyboardist/composer) and Jennifer Warnes
publisher:
Sony/ATV Songs LLC and Warnes Music
Jennifer Warnes43:55
9A Singer Must Die
engineer:
Billy Youdelman
producer:
C. Roscoe Beck and Jennifer Warnes
mixer:
Frank Wolf (engineer at Skyline Recording)
percussion:
Bill Ginn
lead vocals:
Jennifer Warnes
vocals:
George Ball, Kal David, Willie Greene, Jr., David Lasley, Arnold McCuller, Josef Powell, Greg Prestopino, Sharon Robinson (singer songwriter) and Tim Stone
cover recording of:
A Singer Must Die
lyricist and composer:
Leonard Cohen
publisher:
Sony/ATV Songs LLC
Jennifer Warnes24:51