Careless

Stephen Bishop
Careless
ABC Records
ABCD-954

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From the original 1977 vinyl LP

Side 1

1. On And On
(c) 1975 Stephen Bishop Music Publishing (BMI)

Acoustic Guitar: Stephen Bishop
Electric Guitars: Andrew Gold
Bass: Max Cridlin
Steel Guitars: Michael Staton
Electric Piano: Barlow Jarvis
Percussion, Vibes, Marimba: Victor Feldman
Drums: Larry Brown
Background Vocals: Stephen Bishop

2 Never Letting Go
(c) 1975 Stephen Bishop Music Publishing (BMI)

Acoustic Guitars: Stephen Bishop, Lee Ritenour
Electric Piano: Craig Doerge
Bass: Reinie Press
Drums: Jim Gordon
Piano: Barlow Jarvis
Background Vocals: Chaka Khan
Strings arranged and conducted by Ian Freebairn Smith

3. Careless
(c) 1975 Stephen Bishop Music Publishing (BMI)
Acoustic Guitars: Stephen Bishop

Piano: Barlow Jarvis
Bass: Max Cridlin
Drums: Larry Brown
Tromblone: Stephen Bishop
Vocals: Stephen Bishop and Art Garfunkel
Strings arranged and conducted by Lee Holdridge

4. Sinking In An Ocean of Tears
(c) 1976 Stephen Bishop Music Publishing (BMI)
Acoustic Guitars: Stephen Bishop
Electric Guitar: Jay Graydon
Bass: Max Cridlin
Piano: Barlow Jarvis
Electric Slide Guitar: Eric Clapton
Horns arranged by Ian Freebairn Smith
Synthesizers by Alan Lindgren
Sax solo by Ray Pizzi

5. Madge
(c) 1976 Stephen Bishop Music Publishing (BMI)
Guitars and Vocal: Stephen Bishop
Strings arranged and conducted by Lee Holdridge

6. Every Minute
(c) 1972 Justin Case Music (ASCAP)
Acoustic Guitars: Stephen Bishop, Jay Graydon
Electric Guitars: Andrew Gold
Piano: Barlow Jarvis
Organ: Victor Feldman
Bass: Max Bennett
Drums: John Guerin
Vocals: Stephen Bishop, Art Garfunkel

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Side 2

1. Little Italy
(c) 1976 Stephen Bishop Music Publishing (BMI)
Acoustic Guitars: Stephen Bishop, Larry Carlton
Bass: Max Bennett
Drums: John Guerin
Percussion and Vibes: Victor Feldman
Mandolin: Tommy Tedesco
Vocals: Stephen Bishop and Chaka Khan
Horns and woodwinds arranged by Ian Freebairn Smith
Accordion: Steve Paietta

2. One More Night (Guitar Interlude)
(c) 1975 Justin Case Music (ASCAP)
Acoustic Guitars: Stephen Bishop
Bass: Reinie Press
Piano: Barlow Jarvis
Drums" Jim Gordon
Synthesizer: Alan Lindgren
Strings arranged and conducted by Lee Holdridge

3. Save It For A Rainy Day
(c) 1975 Stephen Bishop Music Publishing (BMI)
Acoustic Guitars: Stephen Bishop
Electric Guitars: Jeffrey Staton
Electric Guitar Solo: Eric Clapton
Electric Piano: Barlow Jarvis
Bass: Jeffrey Staton
Drums: Russ Kunkel
Horns arranged by Ian Freebairn Smith
Background Vocals: Chaka Khan

4. Rock and Roll Slave
(c) 1974 Sashay Music Inc./Ol' Showman Music Publishing
Acoustic Guitars: Stephen Bishop, Lee Ritenour
Electric Piano and Organ: Larry Knectel
Piano: Barlow Jarvis
Bass: Reinie Press
Drums: Jim Gordon
Background Vocals: Art Garfunkel, Stephen Bishop, Leah Kunkel

5. The Same Old Tears On a New Background
(c) 1975 Justin Case Music (ASCAP)
(Recorded live in Little Hollywood)
Guitar and Vocal: Stephen Bishop
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Produced by Henry Lewy and Stephen Bishop
Sound Engineer: Henry Lewy
Assisted by: Helen Silvani and Leslie Jones
Mastering Engineer: Bernie Grundman
Recorded at ABC Studios and A&M Studios
Album Design by Rod Dyer
Cover and Back Photography by Gary Heery
Inside Photos: Charles Villiers, Patti Boyd Harrison, Gary Heery and assorted friends

All songs written by Stephen Bishop
Management by Robert Ellis and Associates

Album dedicated to Louise Quinci and her family

Special Thanks to:

Leah and Russ Kunkel
James Lee (Who?) Stanley
Richard Holland
Steve Morris (for hiring me as a writer when I was writing songs like "I Feel So Miserable Without You, It's Almost Like Having You Here")
All the people with Folk Scene
Eric Malamud
Dennis Bishop (who bought me my first guitar)
Hanich Music

Art Garfunkel appears courtesy of Columbia Records
Eric Clapton appears courtesy of RSO Records
Chaka Khan appears courtesy of ABC Records
Victor Feldman, John Guerin and Max Bennett appear courtesy of Caribou Records
Lee Ritenour appears courtesy of Epic Records and Zembu Productions
Andrew Gold appears courtesy of Asylum Records
Larry Carlton appears courtesy of ABC Records

Have a bitchen' summer