Melissa Manchester / Better Days & Happy Endings ('76)

A1	Happy Endings	B1	Rescue Me
A2	You Can Make It All Come True	B2	Just You and I
A3	Better Days	B3	Stand up Woman
A4	My Sweet Sing	B4	Good News
A5	Come in from the Rain	B5	Sing, Sing, Sing

　全編、キビキビと歌うメリサ・マンチェスターの魅力が溢れています。
　この時期、波に乗っていたのでしょう。毎年のようにアルバムをリリースしていました。

　キャロル・ベイヤー・セイガーと共作したA5は、たくさんの歌手にカバーされています。しっとりした、じつに心に残るメロディです。
　賑やかにアルバムを締めくくるB5が楽しい。

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Musicians
Melissa Manchester: Acoustic Piano, Electric Piano, Clavinet
David Wolfert: Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Clavinet
"Cooker" Lo Presti: Bass
Stanley Schwartz: Acoustic Piano, Electric Piano, Clavinet, Clarinet, Tenor Sax
Kirk Bruner: Drums, Percussion
Lenny Castro: Percussion
Backing Vocals: Melissa Manchester, Vini Poncia, Lenny Castro, Kirk Bruner and "Cooker" Lo Presti

James Newton Howard: ARP Synthesizer on A3, A4, A5, B1, B4 and B5
John Vastano: Electric Guitar on A4 and B1, Acoustic Guitar on B3 and Pedal Steel Guitar on B5
The Faragher Brothers: Background Vocals on A2 and B1

Strings, Horns & Woodwinds Arranged and Conducted by Barry Fasman
Horns on A2 and B1 Arranged by Trevor Lawrence

Front Cover Photography: Armen Kachaturian
Back Cover, Inner Sleeve Photography (Vini & Bob): Ed Caraeff
Design & Art Direction: Bob Heimall

Recorded at
Davlen Studios, North Hollywood, California (Assistant Engineers: Linda Feldman, Thom Wilson)
Producer’s Workshop, Hollywood, California (Assistant Engineers: Galen Senogles, "Injun" Joe Bellamy)
Sound Labs, Inc., Hollywood, California (Assistant Engineer: Linda Tyler)
Remixed at Sound Labs, Inc.
Disc-Cutting: The Mastering Lab, Hollywood, California / Doug Sax

Produced by Vini Poncia for Richard Perry Productions
Recording and Remix Engineer: Bob Schaper