Cast of Characters: The Rupert Holmes Songbook

Original Release Date:  July 1, 2005

Track Listing

• 1. Widescreen
• 2. Terminal
• 3. Second Saxophone
• 4. Phantom of the Opera
• 5. Talk
• 6. Bagdad
• 7. Our National Pastime
• 8. Letters That Cross In the Mall
• 9. Soap Opera
• 10. Psycho Drama
• 11. Too Scared To Sing
• 12. Brass Knuckles
• 13. You Burned Yourself Out
• 14. Deco Lady
• 15. I Don't Want To Hold Your Hand
• 16. Rifles and Rum
• 17. Studio Musician
• 18. Everything Gets Better When You're Drunk
• 19. The Man Behind the Woman
• 20. The Place Where Failure Goes
• 21. Who What When Where Why
• 22. Weekend Lover
• 23. I Don't Want To Get Over You
• 24. You Make Me Real
• 25. Aw Shucks
• 26. The Last of the Romantics
• 27. For Beginners Only
• 28. Touch and Go
• 29. Annabella
• 30. Singles
• 31. Less is More
• 32. Show Me Where It Says
• 33. Speechless
• 34. Cradle Me
• 35. So Beautiful It Hurts
• 36. Let's Get Crazy Tonight
• 37. Bedside Companions
• 38. Guitars
• 39. The Long Way Home
• 40. Town Square
• 41. The Old School
• 42. Escape (the Piņa Colada Song)
• 43. Partners In Crime
• 44. Nearsighted
• 45. Lunch Hour
• 46. Drop It
• 47. Him
• 48. Answering Machine
• 49. The People That You Never Get To Love
• 50. Get Outta Yourself
• 51. In You I Trust
• 52. Adventure
• 53. The Mask
• 54. Blackjack
• 55. The O'Brien Girl
• 56. Crowd Pleaser
• 57. You'll Love Me Again
• 58. Cold
• 59. Morning Man
• 60. I Don't Need You
• 61. Special Thanks
• 62. The End
• 63. Loved By the One You Love
• 64. Perfect
• 65. You Remind Me of You
• 66. The One of Us
• 67. Full Circle
• 68. How Do You Do
• 69. Love At Second Sight
• 70. My Lover's Keeper
• 71. One Born Every Minute
• 72. Business As Usual
• 73. The Eighties Never Happened
• 74. Info Superhighway
• 75. The Big Ride
• 76. Straight To the Brain
• 77. Limo
• 78. The Hurting Part
• 79. So Far So Good
• 80. You Don't Get It
• 81. If Love Made Sense
• 82. Remember When
• 83. Timothy
• 84. Jennifer Tomkins
• 85. Echo Valley 2-6809
• 86. You Make It Christmas
• 87. Queen Bee
• 88. Everything
• 89. Love Out of Time
• 90. The One of Us
• 91. Song of a Simple Man
• 92. No One Ever Dies
• 93. Lullaby For Myself
• 94. I Knew You When
• 95. Philly
• 96. Magic Trick
• 97. Walkaway
• 98. The Law of the Jungle
• 99. No Small Affair
• 100. Perfect Strangers [From the Mystery of Edwin Drood]
• 101. Touch and Go
• 102. I'll Believe It When I See It
• 103. Am I Crazy or What?
• 104. You Got It All (Over Him)
• 105. Hi Honey, I'm Home!
• 106. My Son [From the Picture of Dorian Gray]

Credits

• Barbra Streisand: Author
• Patti Austin: Vocals (Background)
• Rita Coolidge: Vocals, Author, Duet
• Melissa Manchester: Author
• Barry Manilow: Author
• Phil Bodner: Reeds
• Michael Brecker: Flugelhorn, Sax (Tenor), Soloist
• Steve Khan: Guitar (Electric)
• Lew Soloff: Trumpet
• Marvin Stamm: Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Sax (Tenor), Soloist
• Al Caiola: Guitar (Acoustic)
• Mel Davis: Trumpet
• Jay Berliner: Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar
• Rupert Holmes: Synthesizer, Bass, Clarinet, Piano, Arranger, Chimes, Composer, Conductor, Drums, Keyboards, Organ (Hammond), Piano (Electric), Programming, Saxophone, Sax (Alto), Vocals, Vocals (Background), Clavinet, Moog Synthesizer, Producer, Engineer, Woodwind, Liner Notes, Arp, Elka, Orchestration, Drum Programming, Sounds, Soloist, Instrumentation, Tack Piano, Musician, Photo Courtesy
• Jimmy Maelen: Percussion
• Elliott Randall: Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar, Guitar (Electric)
• Victoria: Percussion
• David Nadien: Violin, Concert Master
• John Kander: Author
• Tasha Thomas: Vocals (Background)
• Richard Aaron: Photography
• Jimmy Accardi: Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Vocals (Background), Solo Coordinator
• Leo Adamian: Drums
• Ron Altaville: Bass (Electric), Vocals (Background)
• Wayne Andre: Trombone, French Horn
• Martin Balk: Bass
• Seymour Barab: Cello
• Julien Barber: Viola
• Alan Bergman: Author
• Marilyn Bergman: Author
• Maurice Bialkin: Cello
• Jim Boyer: Producer, Engineer, Mixing
• Randy Brecker: Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Sax (Tenor), Soloist
• Phil Budhos: Piano
• Ruth Buffington: Violin
• Richie Cannata: Saxophone
• Carter Cathcart: Keyboards
• Vivian Cherry: Vocals (Background)
• Bob Clearmountain: Engineer, Assistant Engineer, Mixing
• Harry Cykman: Violin, Cello
• Robin Danar: Assistant Engineer
• Michael Delugg: Engineer
• Sal DeTroia: Guitar (Acoustic)
• Godfrey Diamond: Assistant Engineer
• Alan Douches: Producer, Engineer, Mixing
• Geoffrey Downes: Author
• Max Ellen: Violin
• Harvey Estrin: Flute (Alto)
• Chrissy Faith: Vocals, Vocals (Background)
• Elliott Federman: Tape Transfer
• John Frosk: Trumpet
• Martin Fulterman: Drums, Oboe
• Vincent Bell: Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric)
• Russell George: Bass, Bass (Electric)
• Ron Saint Germain: Assistant Engineer
• Paul Gershman: Violin
• Seth Glassman: Bass (Electric)
• Harry Glickman: Violin
• Benny Gramm: Percussion, Drums, Vocals (Background)
• Mickey Gravine: Trombone
• Emanuel Green: Violin
• Manny Green: Violin
• Lani Groves: Vocals (Background)
• Bob Gurland: Trumpet
• Hilda Harris: Vocals (Background)
• Jeremy Harris: Engineer
• Harry Lookofsky: Violin
• Alec Head: Assistant Engineer
• Kevin Herron: Assistant Engineer
• Steve Holroyd: Mixing
• Mark Horowitz: Guitar
• Don Hunerberg: Engineer
• Jimmy Iovine: Assistant Engineer
• Theodore Israel: Viola
• Ron Jannelli: Bassoon
• Harold Kohon: Violin
• George Koutzen: Cello
• Frank Laico: Engineer
• Will Lee: Bass (Electric)
• Jeffrey Lesser: Arranger, Sound Effects, Vocals, Vocals (Background), Producer, Engineer, Mixing
• Jesse Levy: Cello, Concert Master
• Charles Libove: Violin
• Joe Mack: Bass (Electric)
• Joseph Malignaggi: Violin
• George Marge: Flute (Alto), Oboe
• Harry Maslin: Engineer
• Alan Menken: Author
• Johnny Miller: Bass
• Jeff Mironov: Guitar
• Meco Monardo: Trombone
• Rod O'Brien: Assistant Engineer
• George Opalisky: Reeds
• Gene Orloff: Violin, Concert Master
• Romeo Penque: Reeds
• Todd Pettengill: Author
• John Pintavalle: Violin
• Doug Pomeroy: Engineer
• Don Pulse: Engineer
• Don Puluse: Engineer, Associate Engineer
• Lance Quinn: Guitar
• Matthew Raimondi: Violin
• Pat Rebillot: Keyboards
• Skip Reed: Percussion, Drums, Vocals (Background), Tympani [Timpani], Latin Percussion
• George Ricci: Cello
• Al Rogers: Drums
• Barry Rogers: Trombone
• Bob Rose: Guitar
• Sally Rosoff: Cello
• Alan Rubin: Trumpet, Flugelhorn
• David Sackson: Viola
• Britt Savage: Vocals (Background)
• Allan Schwartzberg: Drums
• Lou Schlossberg: Assistant Engineer
• Paul Schwartz: Keyboards
• Alan Shulman: Cello
• Irving Spice: Violin
• Robert Steen: Flute (Alto)
• Maretha Stewart: Vocals (Background)
• Mike "Clay" Stone: Engineer
• David Tofani: Clarinet (Bass)
• Paul Vance: Composer
• Lou Waxman: Assistant Engineer
• Don Wershba: Assistant Engineer
• Paul Williams: Composer
• Shelly Yakus: Engineer
• Jimmy Young: Drums
• Anahid Ajemian: Violin
• Michael Comins: Violin
• Ollie Cotton: Associate Engineer
• Dominick Maita: Associate Engineer
• Lanny Meyers: Piano
• Rusty Payne: Engineer
• Emanuel Vardi: Viola, Concert Master
• Israel Chorberg: Violin
• Sidney Kaufman: Violin
• Rex Reed: Author
• Vartan: Art Direction
• Neal Preston: Photography
• Ebet Roberts: Photography
• Mike Ragogna: Producer, Liner Notes, Compilation, Compilation Producer
• Erick Labson: Mastering
• Lew Del Gatto: Reeds, Flute (Alto), Horn (English), Concert Master
• Jimmie Young: Drums
• Phil Hamilton: Guitar
• Ted Brosnan: Assistant Engineer, Assistant Arranger
• Geary Chansley: Photo Research
• Benno Friedman: Photography
• Barry Korkin: Editorial Assistant
• Tim Geelin: Engineer, Associate Engineer
• Christine Rodin: Photography
• Thane Tierney: Liner Notes
• Peter Gordon: French Horn
• Bill Stein: Engineer, Mixing
• Kathy Cooper: Composer
• Wilbur Bascomb, Jr.: Bass, Bass (Electric)
• Alan Schulman: Cello
• Steve Jordan: Drums
• Rob Freeman: Engineer
• David Earl Taylor: Trombone (Bass)
• Rob Rose: Guitar
• Jimmy Cathcart: Organ, Piano, Piano (Electric), Vocals (Background), Clavinet, Soloist
• Rob St. Germain: Assistant Engineer
• Ken Gorman: Guitar
• Jimmy Musto: Percussion
• Robin Schwartz: Sample Clearance
• Ryan Null: Photo Coordination
• Eric Bloch: Associate Engineer
• Michele Horie: Production Coordination, Art Direction, Production Manager
• Dave Taylor: Trombone (Bass)
• Meg Hansen: Sample Clearance
• Jonathan Karp: Liner Notes
• Jerry Dodgion: Reeds
• Jesse Baccus: Engineer, Mixing
• Ollie Blake: Drums
• Richard Carpenter: Author
• Debbie Corwin: Keyboards, Producer, Associate Producer
• Pete Dauria: Assistant Engineer
• Wedge Eaton: Bass (Electric)
• Teressa Esposito: Executive Producer, Editorial Assistant
• Frank Garvis: Bass (Electric)
• Paul Greshman: Violin
• Eddie Lattif: Drum Programming
• Charles McCracker: Violin, Cello
• John Mille: Bass (Electric), Bass (Upright)
• Mico Minardo: Trombone
• John Palanchian: Violin
• Toby Saks: Cello
• Ivan Schram: Drums
• Jimmy Sedler: Trumpet
• Joe Sepley: Trumpet
• William Slapion: Reeds
• Andre Wayne: Trombone
• Heather Whitten: Product Manager
• Paul Williams: Author
• Jacquie Yorke: Vocals (Background)
• Nora "Diamond" Young: Bass (Electric)
• Elliot Rosoff: Violin
• Dean Bailin: Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar, Guitar (Electric), Sax (Alto), Vocals, Vocals (Background), Soloist, Musical Direction
• Maeretha Stewart: Vocals (Background)
• Stanley Tonkel: Engineer
• Wilbur Bascomb: Bass, Bass (Electric)
• David Taylor: Trombone (Bass)
• Marv Stamm: Trumpet, Flugelhorn
• Alex Head: Assistant Engineer
• Shelley Yakus: Engineer
• Mike Stone: Engineer
• Jeff Mirinov: Guitar
• John Carusso: Bass (Electric)
• Harold Johon: Violin
• Gerry Chansley: Photo Research
• Fran Laico: Engineer
• Andre Weyne: Trombone
• Sidney Kauffmann: Violin
• Romeo Panque: Reeds
• Rick Cunningham: Woodwind
• Mike Braunstein: Assistant Engineer
• John Pintaville: Violin
• John Miller: Bass (Electric), Bass (Upright)
• Bob Carlisle: French Horn