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Bella Donna __________________________________________________

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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