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Annotation

Label: Love Song Productions - Catalogue #: LSP2002 - EAN: 603273200223

Annotation last modified on 2006-03-25 06:00 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼CD
#TitleRatingLength
1Hearts & Hands
bass [Bass] and guitar [2nd rhythm guitar]:
Sam Baardman
congas [Conga]:
Sally Childs‐Helton (percussionist)
guitar [Rhythm guitar]:
Barry Childs‐Helton
background vocals [Harmony vocal]:
Mary Ellen Wessels
recording of:
Hearts & Hands (by Sam Baardman)
lyricist and composer:
Sam Baardman
3:58
2Small Designs
guitar [Guitar]:
Don Neill (may be credited as James D. Neill)
keyboard [Keyboard]:
Ed Stauff (organist, pianist)
cover recording of:
Small Designs
writer:
Barry Childs‐Helton
3:35
3I Don't Know Where I Stand
piano [Piano]:
Mike McGonagle (keyboardist)
cover recording of:
I Don’t Know Where I Stand
lyricist and composer:
Joni Mitchell
publisher:
Crazy Crow Music
2:38
4This Shirt
guitar [2nd guitar]:
Ed Stauff (organist, pianist)
guitar [Rhythm guitar]:
Mary Ellen Wessels
cover recording of:
This Shirt
lyricist and composer:
Mary Chapin Carpenter
3:12
5Give My Children Wings
bass synthesizer [Synth bass]:
Ed Stauff (organist, pianist)
congas [Conga]:
Sally Childs‐Helton (percussionist)
piano [Piano]:
Mike McGonagle (keyboardist)
cover recording of:
Give My Children Wings
lyricist and composer:
Kathy Mar (singer-songwriter with roots in busking and a home in filk)
2:37
6Angel From Montgomery
bass [Bass]:
Tom Jeffers
guitar [Rhythm guitar]:
Steve Macdonald (Filk musician)
harmonica [Harmonica]:
Todd Wyse (harmonica)
background vocals [Harmony vocal]:
Dave Clement
cover recording of:
Angel From Montgomery
lyricist and composer:
John Prine
publisher:
Cotillion-Sour Grapes (ended), Cotillion Music Inc. (BMI), Sour Grapes Music, Inc., Walden Music, Inc. and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
5:09
7Night and Day
guitar [Guitar]:
Don Neill (may be credited as James D. Neill)
cover recording of:
Night and Day (Cole Porter; from “The Gay Divorce”)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1932)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd., Warner Bros. (holding: file NO releases), Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division), Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and Harms, Inc. (on 1932-11-18)
part of:
Gay Divorce
3:17
8Ain't I Lonely Tonight
bass synthesizer ["Cheezy" synth bass]:
Ed Stauff (organist, pianist)
drums (drum set) [Drum kit] and tambourine [Tambourine]:
Sally Childs‐Helton (percussionist)
electric guitar ["Crazed" electric guitar]:
Barry Childs‐Helton
guitar [Rhythm guitar]:
Steve Macdonald (Filk musician)
recording of:
Ain't I Lonely Tonight
lyricist and composer:
Susan Werner
3:07
9Misty Mountain
afoxé [Afuche] and darbuka [Dumbek]:
Sally Childs‐Helton (percussionist)
bass [Bass]:
Tom Jeffers
congas [Conga]:
Todd Wyse (harmonica)
electric guitar [Lead guitar]:
Sam Baardman
guitar [Rhythm guitar]:
Steve Macdonald (Filk musician)
tin whistle [Penny whistle]:
Kylea Fulton (winds)
background vocals [Harmony vocals]:
Diane Huey (vocalist), Ann Marie Kneebone (vocalist) and Mary Ellen Wessels
cover recording of:
Misty Mountain
lyricist and composer:
Ferron (Canadian singer-songwriter and poet)
publisher:
Nemesis Publishing
3:57
10Garden Voices
guitar [Guitar]:
Don Neill (may be credited as James D. Neill)
synthesizer [Synth horn]:
Ed Stauff (organist, pianist)
lead vocals [Vocals]:
Don Neill (may be credited as James D. Neill) and Mary Ellen Wessels
cover recording of:
Garden Voices
lyricist and composer:
Don Neill (may be credited as James D. Neill)
3:44
11Crazy Man Michael
bass [Bass]:
Tom Jeffers
cymbal [Cymbal], frame drum [Frame drum] and marimba [Marimba]:
Sally Childs‐Helton (percussionist)
electric guitar ["Psychotic ebow" electric guitar]:
Barry Childs‐Helton
guitar [Rhythm guitar]:
Mary Ellen Wessels
Northumbrian pipes [Northumbrian small pipes]:
Allan J R Thomson
cover recording of:
Crazy Man Michael
lyricist and composer:
Dave Swarbrick and Richard Thompson (UK folk rock singer/songwriter/guitarist)
publisher:
Embassy Music Corporation and Warlock Music Ltd.
4:55
12Here Comes the Sun
guitar [Guitar]:
Don Neill (may be credited as James D. Neill)
cover recording of:
Here Comes the Sun
lyricist and composer:
George Harrison (The Beatles)
publisher:
Harrisongs Ltd. and Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd. (Australian subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group)
part of:
Reprise
3:34
13She Is Always There
piano [Piano]:
Ed Stauff (organist, pianist)
background vocals [Harmony vocal]:
Talis Kimberley
recording of:
She Is Always There
lyricist and composer:
Edward L. Stauff (organist, pianist) (from 1989 to present)
4:14
14Give Yourself to Love
bass synthesizer [Synth bass] and piano [Piano]:
Ed Stauff (organist, pianist)
guitar [Guitar]:
Mary Ellen Wessels
background vocals [Harmony vocal]:
Todd Wyse (harmonica)
cover recording of:
Give Yourself to Love
lyricist and composer:
Kate Wolf
3:26
15Thanksgiving Eve
bass [Bass]:
Tom Jeffers
guitar [Rhythm guitar]:
Michael Kube-McDowell (science fiction writer, filk musician)
synthesizer [Synth horn]:
Ed Stauff (organist, pianist)
background vocals [Harmony vocals]:
Dave Clement and Mary Ellen Wessels
cover recording of:
Thanksgiving Eve
lyricist and composer:
Bob Franke
3:13

Credits

Release

photography and booklet editor:Persis L. Thorndike (assoc with filk music)
associate mixer:Ed Stauff (organist, pianist)
Mary Ellen Wessels
mixer and mastering:Spencer Love (assoc with Love Song Productions and filk music)
producer:Love Song Productions (assoc with Spencer Love)
Mary Ellen Wessels
recording engineer:Dan Donahue (Canadian musician and engineer)
Spencer Love (assoc with Love Song Productions and filk music)
lead vocals [All Main Vocals (except for Garden Voices, a duet)]:Mary Ellen Wessels
copyrighted (©) by:Love Song Productions (assoc with Spencer Love) (from 1996 to present)
artwork:Erin McKee (artist)