The Essential Dan Fogelberg

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Copyright: This compilation ℗ 2014 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment

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Tracklist

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1▼Digital Media
#TitleRatingLength
1Phoenix
engineer:
Jeff Guercio and Marty Lewis (engineer)
producer:
Dan Fogelberg, Marty Lewis (engineer) and Norbert Putnam
mixer:
Marty Lewis (engineer)
acoustic guitar, analog synthesizer [Prophet 5], electric guitar, background vocals and lead vocals:
Dan Fogelberg
bass guitar [bass]:
Norbert Putnam
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Andy Newmark
organ:
Michael Utley (musician, songwriter, and record producer)
piano:
Paul Harris (American keyboardist/pianist session player)
mixed at:
Quadrafonic Sound Studios in Nashville, Tennessee, United States
7:06
2Sweet Magnolia (And the Travelling Salesman)
engineer:
Marty Lewis (engineer)
producer:
Dan Fogelberg and Marty Lewis (engineer)
bass and piano:
Dan Fogelberg
clarinet:
Tom Scott (saxophonist, Blues Brothers, LA Express, Starsky & Hutch)
drums (drum set):
Russ Kunkel (session drummer)
background vocals:
Dan Fogelberg and Timothy B. Schmit
strings arranger:
Michael Hanna
4:40
3The Language of Love
engineer:
Marty Lewis (engineer)
producer:
Dan Fogelberg and Marty Lewis (engineer)
bass:
Kenny Passarelli (Bass, piano)
drums (drum set):
Joe Vitale
guitar and percussion:
Dan Fogelberg
organ and piano:
Mike Hanna
tambourine:
Joe Lala
background vocals:
Dan Fogelberg and Timothy B. Schmit
2.53:45
4Part of the Plan
producer:
Joe Walsh (Eagles/James Gang)
12 string guitar:
Joe Walsh (Eagles/James Gang)
acoustic guitar, electric guitar, organ and piano:
Dan Fogelberg
bass:
Kenny Passarelli (Bass, piano)
congas:
Joe Lala
drums (drum set):
Russ Kunkel (session drummer)
vocals:
Graham Nash
recording of:
Part of the Plan
lyricist and composer:
Dan Fogelberg
3:18
5Same Old Lang Syne
engineer and mixer:
Marty Lewis (engineer)
producer:
Dan Fogelberg and Marty Lewis (engineer)
bass, electric piano, piano, background vocals and lead vocals:
Dan Fogelberg
drums (drum set):
Russ Kunkel (session drummer)
soprano saxophone:
Michael Brecker (American jazz saxophonist, multi‐instrumentalist and composer)
mixed at:
Sunset Sound in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
Same Old Lang Syne
composer:
Dan Fogelberg
quotes music from:
Auld Lang Syne (original Scots version, lyrics by Robert Burns)
45:20
6Run for the Roses
engineer and mixer:
Marty Lewis (engineer)
producer:
Dan Fogelberg and Marty Lewis (engineer)
bass, piano, background vocals and lead vocals:
Dan Fogelberg
drums (drum set):
Russ Kunkel (session drummer)
harmonica:
Jimmie Fadden
pedal steel guitar:
Al Perkins (Texas born guitarist esp. steel guitar)
mixed at:
Sunset Sound in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
Run for the Roses
lyricist and composer:
Dan Fogelberg
54:19
7Illinois
producer:
Joe Walsh (Eagles/James Gang)
12 string guitar:
Joe Walsh (Eagles/James Gang)
acoustic guitar, electric guitar, piano and vibraphone:
Dan Fogelberg
bass:
Kenny Passarelli (Bass, piano)
drums (drum set):
Russ Kunkel (session drummer)
pedal steel guitar:
Al Perkins (Texas born guitarist esp. steel guitar)
recording of:
Illinois
lyricist and composer:
Dan Fogelberg
4:12
8Nether Lands
engineer:
John Stronach
producer:
Dan Fogelberg and Norbert Putnam
mixer:
Marty Lewis (engineer)
piano:
Dan Fogelberg
conductor:
Dominic Frontiere
arranger:
Dan Fogelberg and Dominic Frontiere
recording of:
Nether Lands
lyricist and composer:
Dan Fogelberg
25:34
9There's a Place in the World for a Gambler
producer:
Joe Walsh (Eagles/James Gang)
acoustic guitar:
Gerry Beckley and Dan Fogelberg
bass:
Brian Garofalo
drums (drum set):
Russ Kunkel (session drummer)
electric guitar:
Joe Walsh (Eagles/James Gang)
percussion, piano, synthesizer and zither:
Dan Fogelberg
sousaphone:
Kenny Passarelli (Bass, piano)
vocals:
Jody Boyer, The Front Line Gardenia Choir, Don Henley, Randy Meisner and Marie Ouhrabka
recording of:
There’s a Place in the World for a Gambler
lyricist and composer:
Dan Fogelberg
5:42
10Tucson, Arizona (Gazette)
engineer:
Marty Lewis (engineer)
producer:
Dan Fogelberg and Marty Lewis (engineer)
bass and guitar and background vocals:
Dan Fogelberg
castanets, congas and drums (drum set):
Russ Kunkel (session drummer)
congas and triangle:
Joe Lala
piano and synthesizer:
Mike Hanna
strings arranger:
Michael Hanna
8:35
11Beggar's Game
engineer:
Jeff Guercio and Marty Lewis (engineer)
producer:
Dan Fogelberg, Marty Lewis (engineer) and Norbert Putnam
mixer:
Marty Lewis (engineer)
acoustic guitar, analog synthesizer [Prophet 5], electric guitar, percussion, piano, background vocals and lead vocals:
Dan Fogelberg
bass guitar [bass]:
Norbert Putnam
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Andy Newmark
mixed at:
Quadrafonic Sound Studios in Nashville, Tennessee, United States
24:59
12Heart Hotels
engineer:
Jeff Guercio and Marty Lewis (engineer)
producer:
Dan Fogelberg, Marty Lewis (engineer) and Norbert Putnam
mixer:
Marty Lewis (engineer)
bass guitar [bass]:
Norbert Putnam
congas:
Russ Kunkel (session drummer)
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Andy Newmark
electric guitar, electric piano, piano, background vocals and lead vocals:
Dan Fogelberg
saxophone and solo saxophone:
Tom Scott (saxophonist, Blues Brothers, LA Express, Starsky & Hutch)
mixed at:
Quadrafonic Sound Studios in Nashville, Tennessee, United States
recording of:
Heart Hotels
writer:
Dan Fogelberg
4:16
13Believe in Me
engineer:
Marty Lewis (engineer)
producer:
Dan Fogelberg and Marty Lewis (engineer)
bass and guitar and background vocals:
Dan Fogelberg
piano:
Mike Hanna
strings arranger:
Glen Spreen (Arranger, keyboardist, producer, conductor, and songwriter)
recording of:
Believe in Me
lyricist and composer:
Dan Fogelberg
4:36
14She Don't Look Back
engineer:
Niko Bolas
assistant producer:
Charlie Fernandez
producer:
Dan Fogelberg and Russ Kunkel (session drummer)
recording of:
She Don’t Look Back
lyricist and composer:
Dan Fogelberg
publisher:
Hickory Grove Music
sub-publisher:
April Music Inc.
4:45
2▼Digital Media
#TitleRatingLength
1Nexus
engineer and mixer:
Marty Lewis (engineer)
producer:
Dan Fogelberg and Marty Lewis (engineer)
acoustic guitar, bass, electric guitar, electric sitar [Coral electric sitar], percussion, background vocals and lead vocals:
Dan Fogelberg
congas, cowbell [cowbells], güiro [quido], membranophone [african drums], percussion and shakers:
Don Alias
drums (drum set):
Russ Kunkel (session drummer)
choir vocals [chants]:
Heart Of Darkness Chorale
other vocals [vocal descant]:
Joni Mitchell
mixed at:
Sunset Sound in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
Nexus
lyricist and composer:
Dan Fogelberg
6:05
2Make Love Stay
recording of:
Make Love Stay
lyricist and composer:
Dan Fogelberg
publisher:
Hickory Grove Music
4:33
3Seeing You Again
engineer:
Niko Bolas
assistant producer:
Charlie Fernandez
producer:
Dan Fogelberg and Russ Kunkel (session drummer)
recording of:
Seeing You Again
lyricist and composer:
Dan Fogelberg
publisher:
Hickory Grove Music
sub-publisher:
April Music Inc.
4:59
4Hard to Say
engineer and mixer:
Marty Lewis (engineer)
producer:
Dan Fogelberg and Marty Lewis (engineer)
acoustic guitar and electric guitar [lead & rhythm electric guitar]:
Dan Fogelberg
bass:
Norbert Putnam
congas, drums (drum set) and timbales:
Russ Kunkel (session drummer)
electric piano:
Michael Utley (musician, songwriter, and record producer)
tenor saxophone:
Tom Scott (saxophonist, Blues Brothers, LA Express, Starsky & Hutch)
background vocals [harmony vocals]:
Glenn Frey (US musician/singer/songwriter, member of the Eagles)
vocals:
Dan Fogelberg
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1981)
mixed at:
Sunset Sound in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
Hard to Say
composer:
Dan Fogelberg
publisher:
EMI April Music Inc. and Hickory Grove Music
4:00
5Missing You
recording of:
Missing You
lyricist and composer:
Dan Fogelberg
publisher:
Hickory Grove Music
4:06
6As the Raven Flies
4:29
7A Love Like This
executive producer:
Remington Boone
producer:
Dan Fogelberg
assistant mixer:
Tom Winslow (Audio engineer)
mixer:
Elliot Scheiner
3:57
8Longer
engineer:
Jeff Guercio and Marty Lewis (engineer)
producer:
Dan Fogelberg, Marty Lewis (engineer) and Norbert Putnam
mixer:
Marty Lewis (engineer)
acoustic guitar:
Dan Fogelberg
harp:
Gayle Levant (American studio musician, harpist)
solo flugelhorn:
Jerry Hey
vocals:
Dan Fogelberg
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Epic Records (a division of Sony Music Entertainment; holding company, not a release label) and Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) (in 1980)
mixed at:
Quadrafonic Sound Studios in Nashville, Tennessee, United States
recording of:
Longer
lyricist and composer:
Dan Fogelberg
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) and Hickory Grove Music
3.153:15
9Rhythm of the Rain
executive producer:
Remington Boone
producer:
Dan Fogelberg
cover recording of:
Rhythm of the Rain
lyricist and composer:
John Gummoe
publisher:
Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
part of:
Baby It’s You! (jukebox musical, book by Floyd Mutrux and Colin Escott)
4:23
10Magic Every Moment
executive producer:
Remington Boone
producer:
Dan Fogelberg
assistant mixer:
Tom Winslow (Audio engineer)
mixer:
Elliot Scheiner
4:20
11The Power of Gold
engineer:
Marty Lewis (engineer)
producer:
Dan Fogelberg and Tim Weisberg
acoustic guitar, electric guitar, percussion and piano:
Dan Fogelberg
bass:
Norbert Putnam
congas:
Joe Lala
drums (drum set):
Jim Keltner
flute:
Tim Weisberg
background vocals:
Florence Warner
vocals:
Dan Fogelberg and Don Henley
recording of:
The Power of Gold
lyricist and composer:
Dan Fogelberg
4:30
12Lonely in Love
engineer:
Niko Bolas
assistant producer:
Charlie Fernandez
producer:
Dan Fogelberg and Russ Kunkel (session drummer)
recording of:
Lonely in Love
lyricist and composer:
Dan Fogelberg
publisher:
Hickory Grove Music
sub-publisher:
April Music Inc.
25:26
13To the Morning
strings arranger:
Glen Spreen (Arranger, keyboardist, producer, conductor, and songwriter)
recording of:
To the Morning
lyricist and composer:
Dan Fogelberg
26:10
14Leader of the Band / Washington Post March
engineer and mixer:
Marty Lewis (engineer)
producer:
Dan Fogelberg and Marty Lewis (engineer)
acoustic guitar:
Dan Fogelberg
vocals:
Dan Fogelberg
orchestra:
The UCLA Band
brass arranger:
Glen Spreen (Arranger, keyboardist, producer, conductor, and songwriter)
arranger:
Lawrence Fogelberg
mixed at:
Sunset Sound in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
Leader of the Band / Washington Post March
composer:
Dan Fogelberg
4:49