[2015-12-04] Bette Midler "A Gift Of Love" compilation (Atlantic/Rhino)

Linda · **Posted:** Fri Nov 06, 2015 3:22 pm

Description
This new collection includes highlights from albums she recorded for both Atlantic Records and Warner Bros. between 1976 and 2014.

The earliest recording on the new album is “Let Me Just Follow Behind,” which Midler recorded for her third album, Songs for the New Depression (1976). The most recent tracks — “(Talk To Me Of) Mendocino” and “The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game” — come from the sessions for Midler’s smash tribute to female trios It’s the Girls and are previously unreleased outside of a Target exclusive edition.

This new collection spotlights a number of incredibly poignant tracks, like her cover of Marshall Crenshaw’s “My Favorite Waste Of Time” from No Frills (1983); “Every Road Leads Back To You” from the soundtrack to her film For the Boys (1991); “Shining Star” from Bette (2000); plus five tracks from her platinum release Bette of Roses (1995), including “It’s Too Late” and “As Dreams Go By.”

A Gift Of Love would not be complete without three of Midler’s biggest hits: “The Rose” from the 1979 film of the same name in which Midler starred; the #1 Grammy-winning smash “Wind Beneath My Wings” from another Midler film, Beaches; and “From A Distance,” from her double-platinum album Some People’s Lives (1990).

Tracklist
1. Favorite Waste Of Time
2. In This Life
3. The Gift Of Love
4. Bed Of Roses
5. From A Distance
6. Wind Beneath My Wings
7. Come Rain Or Come Shine
8. The Rose
9. As Dreams Go By
10. It's Too Late
11. All I Need To Know
12. Every Road Leads Back To You
13. Shining Star
14. To Deserve You
15. Night And Day
16. (Talk To Me Of) Mendocino
17. The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game
18. Let Me Just Follow Behind

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B017MYESWW/?tag=imwan-20

Linda · **Posted:** Sat Nov 14, 2015 8:17 pm

In addition to including the two It's The Girls tracks which were previously exclusive to the Target edition of that album, Rhino has now confirmed that the entire collection is newly remastered for 2015. Also, Bette Midler completists should note that the British pressing of A Gift A Love will feature a different cover:

Amazon USA
Available soon
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B017N38YMC/?tag=imwan-20

Amazon UK
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B017N38YMC/?tag=imwan-21

[2015-12-04] Bette Midler "A Gift Of Love" compilation (Atlantic/Rhino)

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