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Vintage (2003)

Where the lyrics of Vintage take you, and where it was really made.

Vintage is a 2003 Michael Bolton album made entirely of cover versions; it debuted at No. 76 on the Billboard 200 and sold under 250,000 copies in the US.

Key places

The Plant Studios, Sausalito (2003)

Recording site Record Plant — The Plant Studios in Sausalito is listed among the recording locations for this album. The source gives the studio name with its city. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Criteria Studios, Miami (2003)

Recording site Criteria Studios — Criteria Studios in Miami is listed among the recording locations for this album. The source links the studio to Miami, Florida. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Vintage: 2003 album by Michael Bolton
• Consists of twelve cover versions of songs first recorded by other artists
• Released in 2003; the Special Edition adds God Bless the Child as a bonus track
• Michael Bolton is credited as executive producer and producer; Louis Levin as executive producer
• Rudy Pérez is credited as producer

Background

• Michael Bolton sings lead on all twelve tracks
• Rhythm track arrangements credited to Bolton, Clay Perry and Rudy Pérez
• String arrangements on tracks 4, 6, 8 and 11 credited to Bolton and Clay Perry
• Gary Lindsay conducted the strings, with Alfredo Oliva as concertmaster
• Miami Symphonic Strings played on the orchestral tracks

Recording

• Recording credits go to Steve Milo, Clay Perry, Joel Numa and Bruce Weeden
• Studios listed in the sources include Bullseye Recording Studios in County Durham, Passion Studios in Westport, The Gallery in East Hartford, The Hit Factory in New York City, Barking Doctor Recording in Mount Kisco, Criteria Studios in Miami, Noise In The Attic in Seal Beach and The Plant Studios in Sausalito
• Mixing credited to Joel Numa, Bruce Weeden, Mick Guzauski and David Cole
• Mastering by Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering in Portland, Maine

Cover

• Photography by Richard Corman
• Art direction by Jim deBarros; design by Patrick Malloy
• Styling by Gemina Aboitiz and Gilles Grenier; hair by Dan Sharp

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• Born Michael Bolotin on February 26, 1953, in New Haven, Connecticut.
• At age 14 he formed the group the Nomads, which was signed to a singles contract by Epic Records when he was 16.
• Began recording in 1975 at The Church Studio in Tulsa, Oklahoma, under his original family name Bolotin.
• Early career focused on hard rock; his band Blackjack once opened for Ozzy Osbourne on tour.

Career

• Anglicized his name to Bolton and gained his first major hit as a songwriter, co-writing "How Am I Supposed to Live Without You" for Laura Branigan.
• Recorded his own version of "How Am I Supposed to Live Without You" in 1988, reaching number one on the Hot 100.
• Achieved peak success as a pop ballad singer in the late 1980s and early 1990s with songwriters such as Diane Warren and Desmond Child.
• Covered Otis Redding's "(Sittin' On) the Dock of the Bay" (1987) and Percy Sledge's "When a Man Loves a Woman," a Grammy-winning cover on the 1991 album Time, Love & Tenderness.
• Faced a plagiarism suit from the Isley Brothers over "Love Is a Wonderful Thing," settled with a $4.2 million payment.
• Has sold more than 75 million records, with eight top 10 albums and two Billboard number-one singles.
• Later worked in television and film, appeared on Dancing with the Stars, and produced the documentary American Dream: Detroit.

Reception

At release

• Vintage is an album made entirely of cover versions, twelve tracks in total
• Every track is credited as a cover of a song first associated with an earlier artist
• Listed original artists include Ray Noble and His Orchestra, Frank Sinatra, Louis Armstrong, Ray Charles, Glenn Miller and his Orchestra, Jeri Southern, Eddy Arnold, Charlie Chaplin, The Mills Brothers, George Gershwin and Billie Holiday
• What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life? is credited as a cover of a Michael Dees recording
• God Bless the Child is a bonus track on the Special Edition version only
• Michael Bolton and Louis Levin are credited as executive producers, and Michael Bolton is also credited as producer
• Rudy Pérez is credited as producer
• Mastering by Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering in Portland, Maine

Records

• The album debuted at No. 76 on the Billboard 200 chart
• Sales in the US stayed under 250,000 copies

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The Special Edition version adds God Bless the Child as a bonus track, which is not on the standard track list.
• Glenn Miller and his Orchestra is credited as the original artist for At Last.
• Michael Dees is credited as the original artist of What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?.
• Bob Ludwig handled mastering at Gateway Mastering in Portland, Maine.
• Michael Bolton sings all twelve tracks, and the album is built entirely on songs first recorded by other artists.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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