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accordion David Thomas
bass John Read
design, artwork [image manipulation] Cactus Design
drum programming Dids
tracks 10 drums [electric drums] Chris Cutler
drums, percussion Steve Jackson
electric guitar, guitar [backwards] Jo Shaw
guitar, toy piano [chinese], percussion Jackie Leven
tracks 10 harmonium, guitar, keyboards Peter Hammill
keyboards [hammond organ] Henry Priestman
keyboards, melodica [melodian], accordion [accordian], hurdy gurdy Michael Cosgrave
lead vocals Jackie Leven
mandolin Graham Preskett
mastered by Jay Burnett
mixed by, engineer David Wrench
tracks 10 narrator Bob Holman
photography by [old photograph of young jackie] Mikki Rain
tracks 10 producer David Thomas
tracks 1 to 9 producer Jackie Leven
supervised by [mix] Jackie Leven
tracks 10 tenor saxophone, harp Jack Kidney
trumpet Andy Diagram
violin Graham Preskett
tracks 1, 3, 10 vocals David Thomas
vocals [woman vocals] Deborah Greenwood
tracks 1 written-by Barry Mann
tracks 1 written-by Cynthia Weil
tracks 10 written-by David Thomas
tracks 2 to 9 written-by Jackie Leven
tracks 10 written-by Keith Moliné
tracks 1 written-by Phil Spector
Phonographic Copyright (p) Cooking Vinyl
Copyright (c) Cooking Vinyl
Recorded At Bryn Derwen
Recorded At Wooden Hill Studio
Recorded At St. Columba's Cathedral, Oban
Recorded At Queen Elizabeth Hall
Mastered At Node Recording Services
Glass Mastered At FSV
Pressed By Diskxpress
Booklet contains lyrics, credits, and additional poems.

Made in England (rear cover).

RECORDED AT: Bryn Derwen, Coed-Y-Parc, Bethesda, Gwynedd, Wales, U.K. EXCEPT: INDUSTRIAL COLLAGE ON TRACK 4 RECORDED AT: Wooden Hill Studio, Wimbledon, London, U.K. TRACK 9 RECORDED AT St. Columba's Cathedral, Oban, Argyll, Scotland, U.K. AND TRACK 10 RECORDED AT: Queen Elizabeth Hall, South Bank Centre, London, U.K. (booklet, p. 2).

Cover Photograph - The Russian Poet Marina Tsvetayeva. (booklet p. 11)

POETS AND POEMS
at the end of PARIS BLUES the last stanza of PORTRAIT by ANTONIO MACHADO, Translated by ROBERT BLY.
at the end of DEFENDING ANCIENT SPRINGS I AM NOT I by JUN RAMON JIMINEZ, translated by ROBERT BLY.
poem for HAND IS PALE WITH HOLY KISSES by MARINA TSVETAYEVA, translated by ELAINE FEINSTEIN, further rendering by JACKIE LEVEN. (booklet, P. 11)
Barcode: 7 11297 15912 7 (Text)
Label Code: LC 7180
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