I'm Glad You're Here with Me Tonight is the eleventh studio album by Neil Diamond, released on Columbia Records in 1977. It includes a solo version of the song "You Don't Bring Me Flowers". Diamond would score a #1 hit with a new version recorded as a duet with Barbra Streisand the following year.
I'm Glad You're Here With Me Tonight was the second Neil Diamond album in a row to also garner a television special, which was broadcast on November 17, 1977, over the NBC television network. The television special received a Directors Guild of America award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Musical/Variety for Director Art Fisher, Associate Director David Grossman and Stage Manager Bob Graner. It was also nominated for three Emmy Awards. The special was a thematic and "behind the scenes" based program with interspersed live performances. It also features a pioneering segment with one of the earliest broadcasts of what would come to be known as a music video with its treatment of Diamond's song "Morningside".
Track listing All songs written by Neil Diamond, except where noted.
Personnel
Neil Diamond's Band Neil Diamond – main performer, writer, vocals, guitar Tom Hensley – orchestra arranger and conductor on "Dance of the Sabres", piano, keyboards Alan Lindgren – synthesizer, piano Linda Press – backing vocals Marilyn O'Brien – backing vocals Richard Bennett – acoustic and electric guitars Emory Gordy Jr. – guitar, keyboards Doug Rhone – guitar Reinie Press – bass guitar Dennis St. John – drums Vince Charles and King Errisson – percussion
Orchestra and guest musicians Alan Lindgren – orchestra arranger and conductor on all tracks except "Dance of the Sabres" The Sid Sharp Strings – strings Murray Adler, Arnold Belnick, Al Bruening, Sal Crimi, Isabelle Daskoff, Henry Ferber, Elliott Fisher, Ronald Folsom, Jimmy Getzoff, Meg Grabb, Lou Klass, Bernie Kundell, Bill Kurasch, Marvin Lamonick, Joy Lyle, Gordon Marin, Stan Plummer, Jay Rosen, Nate Ross, Sheldon Sanov, Marcia Van Dyke, and Tibor Zelig – violin Sam Boghossian, Richard Dickler, Pam Goldsmith, Alan Harshman, Myra Kestenbaum, Linda Lipsett, Mike Nowak, Dave Schwartz, Linn Subotnick, Herschel Weiss – viola Jesse Erlich, Armin Kaproff, Ray Kelly, Jerry Kessler, Harry Schultz, Gloria Strasner – cello Peter Mercurio, Buell Neidlinger, Bob Stone – double bass Gayle Levant – harp Bobby and Chuck Findley, Jack Laubach, Bobby Shew, Tony Terran – trumpet Charlie Loper, Bob Payne – trombone Ernie Tack – bass trombone Tommy Johnson – tuba Tom Scott – horn soloist Alan and Marnie Robinson – French horn Harold Diner, James A. Dseker, Bob Hardaway, Terry Harrington, Dick Hyde, , Barbara Korn, Steven P. Madaio, Arthur N. Maebe, Lew McCreary, Oliver E. Mitchell, Brian Dennis O'Conner, William R. Perkins, Johnny Rotella, George B. Thatcher – reeds Tommy Morgan – harmonica
Production Bob Gaudio – producer David Kirschner – art direction, design Bill Schnee – audio engineering on basic tracks, vocals, strings, horns Chris Brunt – audio engineering on vocals and miscellaneous Mike Reese and Doug Sax – mastering Val Garay – remixing Jerry Barnes – horns tracking Mallory Earl and Dennis Kirk – overdubs and miscellaneous tracking Marge Johnson – production coordinator Beatrice Marks – producer's assistant Dennis Hansen and Neil Kernan – audio engineering assistants Tom Bert – photography Bob Maile – calligraphy
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (1977–78) Peakposition Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)5
Year-end charts Chart (1978) Position Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)20 Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)51 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)89 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)22
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