I'm Glad You're Here with Me Tonight explained

I'm Glad You're Here with Me Tonight is the eleventh studio album by Neil Diamond, released on Columbia Records in 1977. It includes a solo version of the song "You Don't Bring Me Flowers". Diamond would score a #1 hit with a new version recorded as a duet with Barbra Streisand the following year.

I'm Glad You're Here With Me Tonight was the second Neil Diamond album in a row to also garner a television special, which was broadcast on November 17, 1977, over the NBC television network. The television special received a Directors Guild of America award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Musical/Variety for Director Art Fisher, Associate Director David Grossman and Stage Manager Bob Graner. It was also nominated for three Emmy Awards. The special was a thematic and "behind the scenes" based program with interspersed live performances. It also features a pioneering segment with one of the earliest broadcasts of what would come to be known as a music video with its treatment of Diamond's song "Morningside".

Track listing

All songs written by Neil Diamond, except where noted.

Personnel

Neil Diamond's Band

• Neil Diamond – main performer, writer, vocals, guitar
• Tom Hensley – orchestra arranger and conductor on "Dance of the Sabres", piano, keyboards
• Alan Lindgren – synthesizer, piano
• Linda Press – backing vocals
• Marilyn O'Brien – backing vocals
• Richard Bennett – acoustic and electric guitars
• Emory Gordy Jr. – guitar, keyboards
• Doug Rhone – guitar
• Reinie Press – bass guitar
• Dennis St. John – drums
• Vince Charles and King Errisson – percussion

Orchestra and guest musicians

• Alan Lindgren – orchestra arranger and conductor on all tracks except "Dance of the Sabres"
• The Sid Sharp Strings – strings
• Murray Adler, Arnold Belnick, Al Bruening, Sal Crimi, Isabelle Daskoff, Henry Ferber, Elliott Fisher, Ronald Folsom, Jimmy Getzoff, Meg Grabb, Lou Klass, Bernie Kundell, Bill Kurasch, Marvin Lamonick, Joy Lyle, Gordon Marin, Stan Plummer, Jay Rosen, Nate Ross, Sheldon Sanov, Marcia Van Dyke, and Tibor Zelig – violin
• Sam Boghossian, Richard Dickler, Pam Goldsmith, Alan Harshman, Myra Kestenbaum, Linda Lipsett, Mike Nowak, Dave Schwartz, Linn Subotnick, Herschel Weiss – viola
• Jesse Erlich, Armin Kaproff, Ray Kelly, Jerry Kessler, Harry Schultz, Gloria Strasner – cello
• Peter Mercurio, Buell Neidlinger, Bob Stone – double bass
• Gayle Levant – harp
• Bobby and Chuck Findley, Jack Laubach, Bobby Shew, Tony Terran – trumpet
• Charlie Loper, Bob Payne – trombone
• Ernie Tack – bass trombone
• Tommy Johnson – tuba
• Tom Scott – horn soloist
• Alan and Marnie Robinson – French horn
• Harold Diner, James A. Dseker, Bob Hardaway, Terry Harrington, Dick Hyde,, Barbara Korn, Steven P. Madaio, Arthur N. Maebe, Lew McCreary, Oliver E. Mitchell, Brian Dennis O'Conner, William R. Perkins, Johnny Rotella, George B. Thatcher – reeds
• Tommy Morgan – harmonica

Production

• Bob Gaudio – producer
• David Kirschner – art direction, design
• Bill Schnee – audio engineering on basic tracks, vocals, strings, horns
• Chris Brunt – audio engineering on vocals and miscellaneous
• Mike Reese and Doug Sax – mastering
• Val Garay – remixing
• Jerry Barnes – horns tracking
• Mallory Earl and Dennis Kirk – overdubs and miscellaneous tracking
• Marge Johnson – production coordinator
• Beatrice Marks – producer's assistant
• Dennis Hansen and Neil Kernan – audio engineering assistants
• Tom Bert – photography
• Bob Maile – calligraphy

Charts

Year-end charts

Chart (1978)	Position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[2]	20
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[3]	51
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[4]	89
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[5]	22

Notes and References

1. Book: Kent, David. Australian Chart Book 1970 - 1992. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book. St Ives, NSW. 1993. 0-646-11917-6.
2. Web site: Jahreshitparade 1978. Hung Medien. de. January 25, 2022.
3. Web site: Top 100 Albums of '78 . RPM. 17 July 2013 . Library and Archives Canada. January 25, 2022.
4. Web site: Dutch charts jaaroverzichten 1978. Dutch Charts. nl. January 25, 2022.
5. Web site: Top Selling Albums of 1978 — The Official New Zealand Music Chart. Recorded Music New Zealand. January 25, 2022.