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In Black & White
MCA-5295
Released May 1982

It's hard to find anything country about this album, but it's still one of Barbara's best. Recorded mostly in Los Angeles, It contains the number one "'Til You're Gone" and the top-ten "Operator, Long Distance Please."


SONGS

Operator, Long Distance Please
You're Not Supposed To Be Here
Rolling Stone
'Til You're Gone
Some Things Never Change
Black And White
Getting Over A Man
Dreams Don't Lie
Why Am I Still In Love
The Thrill Is Gone

PRODUCED BY Tom Collins for Barbara Mandrell Productions

RECORDED AT Woodland Sound Studio, Nashville, Tennesee, Cherokee Studios and United Western Studios in Los Angeles

PLAYERS
PIANO David Briggs, Bobby Ogdin, Shane Keister
ORGAN Shane Keister
SYNTHESIZER Shane Keister
VIBES Charlie McCoy
ACOUSTIC GUITAR Jimmy Capps, Fred Tackett
ELECTRIC GUITAR Bruce Dees, Pete Bordanali, Marty Walsh, Fred Newell
BASS Mike Leech, Joe Osborn, Bob Wray, Neil Stubenhaus
SAXOPHONE Ron Eades
DRUMS Buster "Phillips," Mike Baird
HARMONICA Charlie McCoy
STRINGS ARRANGED BY D. Bergen White
STRING MUSICIANS Shelley Kurland Strings, The String Machine
BACKGROUND VOICES Bruce Dees, Marie Tomlinson, Susan Storm, Barbara Wyrick, Gene Miller, Steve Brantley, Marcia Routh

MIXING ENGINEER Les Ladd'
ASSISTANT ENGINEERS Steve Ham, Ken Corlew, Russ Martin
MASTERING ENGINEER Denny Purcell

A special thank you to the great B.B. King for playing guitar on "The Thrill Is Gone." And also a special thank you to my guitarist Gene Miller for singing on "Black & White."

PHOTOGRAPHY Mario Casilli
HAIR Rahn McDow
MAKEUP Bobbe Joy
WARDROBE Bill Hargate
ART DIRECTION George Osaki
DESIGN Georgopoulos/Imada

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