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STEVIE NICKS
BELLA DONNA
Original 1981 album liner notes
Come in ~ out of the darkness
SIDE ONE
BELLA DONNA (5:18)
(S. Nicks)
© 1980
Russ Kunkel – Drums
Waddy Wachtel – Guitar
Davey Johnstone – Acoustic Guitar
Bob Glaub – Bass
Bill Elliott – Piano
Bobbye Hall – Percussion
Benmont Tench – Organ
David Adelstein – Synthesizer
KIND OF WOMAN (3:08)
(Words by S. Nicks, Music by S. Nicks and Benmont Tench)
© 1975
Russ Kunkel – Drums
Davey Johnstone – Acoustic Guitar
Roy Bittan – Piano
Benmont Tench – Organ
Bob Glaub – Bass
Bobbye Hall – Percussion
Waddy Wachtel – Guitar
STOP DRAGGIN’ MY HEART AROUND (4:02)
(T. Petty/M. Campbell)
© 1981
Tom Petty – Guitar & Vocals
Benmont Tench – Organ
Michael Campbell – Guitar
Duck Dunn – Bass
Stan Lynch – Drums
Phil Jones – Percussion
THINK ABOUT IT (3:33)
(Words by S. Nicks, Music by S. Nicks and Roy Bittan)
© 1974
For Christine
Russ Kunkel – Drums
Waddy Wachtel – Guitar
Davey Johnstone – Acoustic Guitar
Bob Glaub – Bass
Bobbye Hall – Percussion
Benmont Tench – Organ
Bill Payne – Piano
AFTER THE GLITTER FADES (3:27)
(S. Nicks)
© 1975
Russ Kunkel – Drums
Waddy Wachtel – Guitar
Davey Johnstone – Acoustic Guitar
Bob Glaub – Bass
Bobbye Hall – Percussion
Roy Bittan – Piano
Benmont Tench – Organ
Dan Dugmore – Pedal Steel Guitar
SIDE TWO
EDGE OF SEVENTEEN (5:28)
(S. Nicks)
© 1980
Russ Kunkel – Drums
Bob Glaub – Bass
Waddy Wachtel – Guitar
Bobbye Hall – Percussion
Roy Bittan – Piano
Benmont Tench – Organ
HOW STILL MY LOVE (3:51)
(S. Nicks)
© 1979
Russ Kunkel – Drums
Waddy Wachtel – Guitar
Davey Johnstone – Acoustic Guitar
Bob Glaub – Bass
Bobbye Hall – Percussion
Roy Bittan – Piano
Benmont Tench – Organ
LEATHER AND LACE (3:55)
(S. Nicks)
© 1975
Written for Waylon Jennings and Jessi Colter
Don Henley – Vocals
Waddy Wachtel – Guitar
Roy Bittan – Piano
Russ Kunkel – Drums
OUTSIDE THE RAIN (4:17)
(S. Nicks)
© 1980
Tom Petty – Guitar
Michael Campbell – Guitar
Benmont Tench – Organ & Piano
Tom Moncrieff – Bass
Stan Lynch – Drums
Phil Jones – Percussion
THE HIGHWAYMAN (4:49)
(S. Nicks)
© 1975
Don Henley – Drums & background Vocals
Don Felder – Guitar
Michael Campbell – Guitar
Benmont Tench – Organ
Richard Bowden – Bass
Davey Johnstone – Acoustic Guitar
All songs published by Welsh Witch Music BMI
“Think About It” Welsh Witch Music/Eighty Eight Music Pub. Co. BMI
“Kind Of Woman” Welsh Witch Music/Rapt Knuckles Music BMI
“Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around” Gone Gator Music/Wild Gator Music ASCAP
Used by Permission. All Rights Reserved.
Produced by Jimmy Iovine
“Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around” and “Outside The Rain” produced by Jimmy Iovine and Tom Petty
Engineered by Shelly Yakus
Recorded at Studio 55
Overdubs at Goodnight L.A. and Record One
Mixed at Rumbo Recorders and Goodnight L.A.
Mixing Engineers: Shelly Yakus and Don Smith
Additional Engineering: Don Smith and Thom Panunzio
Assistant Engineers: Dana Latham, Tori Swenson, Niko Bolas and James Ball
Mastered at Precision Lacquer by Stephen Marcussen
Lead vocals: Stevie Nicks
Ladies vocals: Sharon Celani and Lori Perry
Musical Director: Benmont Tench
Production Coordinator: Janet Weber
“Bella Donna” arranged by Gordon Perry
“How Still My Love” arranged by Roy Bittan
“Edge Of Seventeen” arranged by Jane Petty
Management by Irving Azoff and Front Line Management
Cover Concept by Stevie Nicks, Christopher Nicks and Herbert Worthington III
Maxwelton appears courtesy of C.N.
Logo Design: Mike Manoogian
Layout and Design: M. Curtis
Production Assistance: Debbie Alsbury and Cathie Rice
Front Cover Lighting: Richard Hall
Back Cover and Inside Lighting: Michael Curtis
Personal Assistant to Stevie Nicks: Debbie Alsbury
Front Cover Hair Design by Sabienne Poilievre of Maniatis, Paris
Hair Design by Beverlee Vance, Richard Bremer & Danton Thompson
Clothes by Margi Kent for Maya Design Studio
Make Up by Lisa Gonzales
Hands by Kathryn Greenbalm
Special Thanks and Inspiration
David F. Adler, Robin & Kim Anderson, Irving Azoff, Karen Smith Danjanovich, Paul Fishkin, Danny Goldberg, Eloisa Gonzalez, Curry Grant, Don Henley, Gail Kwiatkowski, Bob Leone, Doug Morris, Barbara Nicks, Christopher Nicks, Mary Lou Nicks, Mark Paladino, Glen Parrish, Robbie Patton, Catherine Peagler, Gordon Perry, Richard Perry, Tom Petty, Chuck Plotkin, Ron Silvers, Owen Sloane, Debbie Thacker Stelk, Benmont Tench, Beverlee Vance, Linner VaSoll, Bill Cosby’s House, Sara, Mary & Andrea, The Players, Maria Theresa Rojas, Santiago, Chile.
To Shelly
The greatest engineer in the world
And to Jimmy
For reminding me of a world I had forgotten
And for giving me back my music
And once again this music is dedicated to my Grandfather and all his children.
Roy Bittan appears courtesy of The E Street Band
Billy Payne appears through the courtesy of Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Waddy Wachtel appears through the courtesy of PolyGram Records, Inc.
Don Henley and Don Felder appear courtesy of Asylum Records
Tom Petty appears courtesy of Backstreet Records
Modern Records, Inc. 10 E. 49th St., N.Y., N.Y. 10017 & 1438 Gower St., Los Angeles, CA 90028. Distributed by Atco Records. Division of Atlantic Recording Corporation. A Warner Communications Company. 75 Rockefeller Plaza, N.Y., N.Y. 10019. (P) © 1981 Modern Records, Inc. Warning: Unauthorized reproduction of this recording is prohibited by Federal law and subject to criminal prosecution. Printed in the U.S.A.
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