The Very Best of Bread

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Tracklist

CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1Baby I'm-A Want You
lead vocals:
David Gates (singer/songwriter, lead singer of Bread)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Elektra Records (not for release label use! please use its imprint "Elektra" instead) (in 1972)
recording of:
Baby I’m‐A Want You
lyricist and composer:
David Gates (singer/songwriter, lead singer of Bread)
publisher:
Screen Gems–EMI Music Ltd.
42:23
2It Don't Matter to Me
producer:
David Gates (singer/songwriter, lead singer of Bread), James Griffin (soft rock singer/songwriter/guitarist) and Robb Royer (American composer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Elektra Records (not for release label use! please use its imprint "Elektra" instead) (in 1969)
recording of:
It Don’t Matter to Me
lyricist and composer:
David Gates (singer/songwriter, lead singer of Bread)
publisher:
Screen Gems–Columbia Music, Sony/ATV Tunes LLC and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部
42:50
3Didn't Even Know Her Name
engineer:
Armin Steiner
associate producer:
James Griffin (soft rock singer/songwriter/guitarist)
producer:
David Gates (singer/songwriter, lead singer of Bread)
bass guitar:
David Gates (singer/songwriter, lead singer of Bread)
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Michael Botts
guitar:
David Gates (singer/songwriter, lead singer of Bread) and James Griffin (soft rock singer/songwriter/guitarist)
piano:
James Griffin (soft rock singer/songwriter/guitarist)
arranger:
David Gates (singer/songwriter, lead singer of Bread)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Elektra Records (not for release label use! please use its imprint "Elektra" instead) (in 1972)
recorded at:
Elektra Sound Recorders in Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
Didn’t Even Know Her Name
composer:
David Gates (singer/songwriter, lead singer of Bread) and James Griffin (soft rock singer/songwriter/guitarist)
publisher:
Candlewyck Music
3:11
4Mother Freedom
solo guitar:
James Griffin (soft rock singer/songwriter/guitarist)
lead vocals:
David Gates (singer/songwriter, lead singer of Bread)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Elektra Records (not for release label use! please use its imprint "Elektra" instead) (in 1972)
recording of:
Mother Freedom
lyricist and composer:
David Gates (singer/songwriter, lead singer of Bread)
2:34
5Took the Last Train
alto saxophone:
Jim Horn (saxophonist, hornist, flutist and oboist)
bass guitar:
David Gates (singer/songwriter, lead singer of Bread)
drums (drum set):
Mike Botts
guitar:
Dean Parks (American session guitarist)
Moog and piano:
Larry Knechtel
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Elektra Records (not for release label use! please use its imprint "Elektra" instead) (in 1978)
recording of:
Took the Last Train
writer:
David Gates (singer/songwriter, lead singer of Bread)
composer:
David Gates (singer/songwriter, lead singer of Bread) and Larry Knechtel
4:30
6Lost Without Your Love
engineer:
Bruce Morgan (American engineer, composer)
producer:
David Gates (singer/songwriter, lead singer of Bread)
arranger:
David Gates (singer/songwriter, lead singer of Bread)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Elektra Records (not for release label use! please use its imprint "Elektra" instead) (in 1977)
recording of:
Lost Without Your Love
lyricist and composer:
David Gates (singer/songwriter, lead singer of Bread)
publisher:
Kipahulu Music Co.
52:57
7Goodbye Girl
acoustic guitar, bass guitar and piano:
David Gates (singer/songwriter, lead singer of Bread)
drums (drum set):
Mike Botts
electric guitar:
Dean Parks (American session guitarist)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Elektra Records (not for release label use! please use its imprint "Elektra" instead) (in 1977)
recording of:
Goodbye Girl
lyricist and composer:
David Gates (singer/songwriter, lead singer of Bread)
publisher:
Universal Music Publishing (use ONLY if no country‐specific information is available)
2:48
8Diary
lead vocals:
David Gates (singer/songwriter, lead singer of Bread)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Elektra Records (not for release label use! please use its imprint "Elektra" instead) (in 1972)
recording of:
Diary
lyricist and composer:
David Gates (singer/songwriter, lead singer of Bread)
3:08
9Make It With You
bass guitar, guitar, strings, background vocals and lead vocals:
David Gates (singer/songwriter, lead singer of Bread)
drums (drum set):
Michael Botts
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Elektra Records (not for release label use! please use its imprint "Elektra" instead) (in 1972)
recording of:
Make It With You
lyricist and composer:
David Gates (singer/songwriter, lead singer of Bread)
publisher:
Screen Gems–EMI Music Ltd., Sony/ATV Tunes LLC and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部
53:11
10If
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Elektra Records (not for release label use! please use its imprint "Elektra" instead) (in 1971)
recording of:
If
lyricist and composer:
David Gates (singer/songwriter, lead singer of Bread)
publisher:
Colgems-EMI Music Inc., Laetrec Music, S. Gems Col. Inc, Screen Gems–Columbia Music, Inc., Sony/ATV Tunes LLC and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部
52:35
11Let Your Love Go
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Elektra Records (not for release label use! please use its imprint "Elektra" instead) (in 1971)
recording of:
Let Your Love Go
lyricist and composer:
David Gates (singer/songwriter, lead singer of Bread)
52:23
12Sweet Surrender
engineer:
Armin Steiner
associate producer:
James Griffin (soft rock singer/songwriter/guitarist)
producer:
David Gates (singer/songwriter, lead singer of Bread)
bass guitar:
David Gates (singer/songwriter, lead singer of Bread)
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Michael Botts
guitar:
David Gates (singer/songwriter, lead singer of Bread) and James Griffin (soft rock singer/songwriter/guitarist)
piano:
James Griffin (soft rock singer/songwriter/guitarist)
arranger:
David Gates (singer/songwriter, lead singer of Bread)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Elektra Records (not for release label use! please use its imprint "Elektra" instead) (in 1972)
recorded at:
Elektra Sound Recorders in Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
Sweet Surrender
lyricist and composer:
David Gates (singer/songwriter, lead singer of Bread)
2:35
13Guitar Man
engineer:
Armin Steiner
associate producer:
James Griffin (soft rock singer/songwriter/guitarist)
producer:
David Gates (singer/songwriter, lead singer of Bread)
bass guitar:
David Gates (singer/songwriter, lead singer of Bread)
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Michael Botts
guitar:
David Gates (singer/songwriter, lead singer of Bread) and James Griffin (soft rock singer/songwriter/guitarist)
piano:
James Griffin (soft rock singer/songwriter/guitarist)
arranger:
David Gates (singer/songwriter, lead singer of Bread)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Elektra Records (not for release label use! please use its imprint "Elektra" instead) (in 1972)
recorded at:
Elektra Sound Recorders in Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
The Guitar Man
lyricist and composer:
David Gates (singer/songwriter, lead singer of Bread)
publisher:
Screen Gems–Columbia Music, Inc.
43:43
14Aubrey
engineer:
Armin Steiner
associate producer:
James Griffin (soft rock singer/songwriter/guitarist)
producer:
David Gates (singer/songwriter, lead singer of Bread)
bass guitar:
David Gates (singer/songwriter, lead singer of Bread)
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Michael Botts
guitar:
David Gates (singer/songwriter, lead singer of Bread) and James Griffin (soft rock singer/songwriter/guitarist)
piano:
James Griffin (soft rock singer/songwriter/guitarist)
arranger:
David Gates (singer/songwriter, lead singer of Bread)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Elektra Records (not for release label use! please use its imprint "Elektra" instead) (in 1972)
recorded at:
Elektra Sound Recorders in Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
Aubrey
lyricist and composer:
David Gates (singer/songwriter, lead singer of Bread)
3:42
15Never Let Her Go
associate producer:
Larry Knechtel
bass guitar:
Larry Knechtel
drums (drum set):
Mike Botts
guitar:
David Gates (singer/songwriter, lead singer of Bread)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Elektra Records (not for release label use! please use its imprint "Elektra" instead) (in 1975)
recording of:
Never Let Her Go
lyricist and composer:
David Gates (singer/songwriter, lead singer of Bread)
publisher:
Kipahulu Music Co.
3:09
16Everything I Own
lead vocals:
David Gates (singer/songwriter, lead singer of Bread)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Elektra Records (not for release label use! please use its imprint "Elektra" instead) (in 1972)
recording of:
Everything I Own
lyricist and composer:
David Gates (singer/songwriter, lead singer of Bread)
publisher:
Laetrec Music, Screen Gems, Screen Gems–Columbia Music, Screen Gems–EMI Music Ltd. and Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd.
4.353:05