Barbra Streisand - Butterfly

Butterfly
album cover

Columbia 33005 (CD) Original Release: October 1974

Barbra Streisand, Butterfly sessions, 1974 (click for full-size image)

Produced by Jon Peters
Arranged by Tom Scott, Lee Holdridge, and John Bahler
Original Recording Engineers & Mixers: Hank Cicalo, Michael Lietz
Cover Photo: Carl Furuta
Inside Photos: Steve Schapiro
Back Cover Painting: Bill Shirley

Love In The Afternoon [4:05]
(B. Weisman / E. Sands / R. Germinaro)
Guava Jelly [3:15]
(B. Marley)
Grandma's Hands [3:24]
(B. Withers)
I Won't Last A Day Without You [4:16]
(P. Williams / R. Nichols)
Jubilation [3:52]
(P. Anka / J. Harris)
Simple Man [3:01]
(G. Nash)
Life On Mars [3:10]
(D. Bowie)
Since I Don't Have You [2:52]
(L. Martin / J. Rock / J. Taylor / J. Beaumont / J. Vogel / W. Lester / J. Verscharen)
Crying Time [2:51]
(B. Owens)
Let The Good Times Roll [4:54]
(L. Lee)

Footnotes

Album title derived from Barbra and Jon Peters' affinity for butterflies.

Some songs from the summer '74 sessions remain unreleased, including "On Broadway," while "God Bless The Child" and "A Quiet Thing"/"There Won't Be Trumpets" are contained on 1991's Just For The Record...

Quadraphonic LP also released (out of print), with alternate versions of tracks 2 (many different vocal takes), 3 (some different vocal takes), 5 (many different vocal takes), 7 (entirely different take), 8 (many different vocal takes), and 9 (some different vocal takes).

Digitally restored/remastered CD released.

BB: 11-16-74 / 24 / #13 || G, 1/6/75