Baseball

~ Recording by Michael Franks

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.1Baseball?:??Michael FranksOne Bad HabitMichael FranksAlbum
Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)M5 3427
1.1Baseball3:50Michael FranksOne Bad HabitMichael FranksAlbum
Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)BSK 3427
1.1Baseball3:50Michael FranksOne Bad HabitMichael FranksAlbum
Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)P-10816W
1.10Baseball3:50Michael FranksIndispensableMichael FranksAlbum + Compilation
Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)241437-2
1.1Baseball3:50Michael FranksOne Bad HabitMichael FranksAlbum
  • JP1990-07-25
Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)WPCP-3608
1.7Baseball3:49Michael FranksThe Best of Michael Franks: A Backward GlanceMichael FranksAlbum + Compilation
  • US1998-07-28
Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)9 46855-2
1.29Baseball3:47Michael Franks100 Hits Groovy TimesVarious ArtistsCompilation
RMG RecordsRMG 1348 MP3
1.1Baseball3:49Michael FranksOne Bad HabitMichael FranksAlbum
  • XW2011-12-12
Rhino (reissue label), Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)
1.1Baseball3:50Michael FranksOne Bad HabitMichael FranksAlbum
  • JP2012-04-25
Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)WPCR-14432
1.5Baseball3:43Michael FranksLa Collection Georges Lang, Volume 2Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • FR2012-06-11
Rhino (reissue label)
5.1Baseball3:51Michael FranksOriginal Album SeriesMichael FranksAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2012-11-19
Rhino (reissue label)8122-79691-9
1.1Baseball3:51Michael FranksOne Bad HabitMichael FranksAlbumWarner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)3427-2
1.1Baseball?:??Michael FranksOne Bad HabitMichael FranksAlbumWarner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)7599-23427-2
1.7Baseball3:49Michael FranksThe Best of Michael Franks: A Backward GlanceMichael FranksAlbum + CompilationWarner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)

Relationships

recording engineer and mixer:Al Schmitt
producer:André Fischer (US drummer and funk/soul/pop producer)
Tommy LiPuma
bass guitar:Neil Jason (bassist)
brass [horns]:Bill Reichenbach (jazz trombonist)
Larry Hall (trumpet player)
Jerry Hey
Kim Hutchcroft
Larry Williams ([Jazz] keyboard, sax, flute & clarinet - Producer, composer, arranger, and multi-instrumentalist)
drums (drum set):Rick Marotta (US drummer/percussionist)
guitar:David Spinozza
percussion:Ray Armando
Rhodes piano:Don Grolnick
background vocals:Yolande Howard
Petsye Powell
Sylvia Shemwell
lead vocals:Michael Franks
conductor:Jerry Hey
brass [horns] arranger:Jerry Hey
phonographic copyright (℗) by:Warner Bros. Records Inc. (not for release label use, company behind the “WB Records” imprint) (in 1980)
recorded at and mixed at:Capitol Studios (Hollywood, CA, founded 1956) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
Power Station Studios (Power Station at BerkleeNYC, fka Power Station, Avatar Studios) in Hell's Kitchen, New York, New York, United States
recording of:Baseball

Baseball

lyricist and composer:Michael Franks
publisher:Mississippi Mud Music Co.
Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corporation, publisher; do NOT use as release label)
大洋音楽 (Taiyō Music)