Sergeant Early’s Dream and Ghost Dances were pieces commissioned by Christopher Bruce for The Ballet Rambert;
Recorded at Angelshare and Swanyard Studios;
Engineered by Mike Jones and Kelvin Tonner;
Produced by Tony Hinnigan and Mike Taylor

Musicians

Incantation

Mike Taylor: quena, zamponas, bombo, chajchas, vocals;
Tony Hinnigan: quena, zamponas, bombo, caja, charango, guitar, tiple, guitarron, vocals
with guest artist
James Woodrow: guitar, charango

Sergeant Early Band

Maggie Boyle: vocals, whistle, flute;
Paul Brennan: vocals [1], uilleann pipes, whistle;
Mike Taylor: vocals [5, 7, 9], whistle, flute, bodhrán;
Paul Boyle: fiddle;
Steve Tilston: guitar;
Jacqueline McCarthy: concertinas;
Tony Hinnigan: cello, mandola, vocals

Tracks

Sergeant Early’s Dream

1. May Morning Dew (Roud 5405) / Sergeant Early’s Dream (6.09)
2. Eighteen Years Old (Roud 1570; G/D 7:1334) (3.34)
3. Maid of Mount Cisco / Skylark / Richard Dwyers (4.03)
4. Geordie (Roud 90; Child 209; G/D 2:249) (3.38)
5. Love Will You Marry Me? / Plains of Boyle (3.29)
6. Black Is the Colour (Roud 3103) (3.04)
7. Peggy Gordon (Roud 2280) (3.52)
8. Gospel Ship (Roud 7383) (2.49)
9. Barbara Allen (Roud 54; Child 84; G/D 6:1193; Henry H236) (7.06)
10. Junior Crehan’s Favourite / Corney Is Coming / Sé Fadh Mo Bhuadhra (3.21)

All tracks trad. arr. Sergeant Early Band

Ghost Dances

11. Ojos Azules (3.25)
12. Huajra (3.57)
13. Dolencias (3.33)
14. Papel de Plata (2.36)
15. Mis Llamitas (3.06)
16. Sikuriadas (3.17)
17. Ojos Azules (3.24)

Tracks 1, 3, 5, 7-8 recorded and mixed at Angelshare by Mike Jones;
Track 4 recorded at Backtrack and The Windings, and mixed at The Windings by Mike Jones;
Tracks 9, 11 recorded at Backtrack by Ollie Nichols and Kevin le Morvan, and mixed at The Windings by Mike Jones;
Tracks 2, 6, 10, 12 recorded at Backtrack by Ollie Nichols and Kevin le Morvan, and mixed by Ollie Nichols;
Produced by Tony Hinnigan and Mike Taylor

Musicians

Tony Hinnigan: panpipes [1, 3-4, 6-8, 10, 12], quena [1, 3-4, 8, 10, 12], guitar [1, 3-4, 7-8, 11-12], charango [1, 3-4, 7-8, 10-12], mandolin [1, 3, 11], bombo [1, 3, 10], rhythm guitar [2], cuatro [2], guitarron [2], cello [5, 11], double bass [5], whistle [6], Casio saxophone [6], bass [6], drum programming [6], keyboards [6-8, 10], rhythm guitar [9], percussion [9-10];
Mike Taylor: panpipes [1, 3-4, 6, 8, 10, 12], quena [1, 3, 7, 12], chajchas [1, 4, 7, 10, 12], bombo [2, 8], Romanian panpipes [3, 5], bass flute [8-9, 11], flute [9, 11], percussion [9-10], whistle [11], alto flute [11], bodhrán [11];
James Woodrow: lead guitar [2, 9], electric guitar [4];
Gary Kettel: bongos [2], percussion [2], anecdotes [2];
Phil Scrag: bass [4, 12];
Nigel Thomas: drums [4];
Maggie Boyle: vocals [10];
Bob White: uilleann pipes [11], highland pipes [11];
Dermot Crehan: fiddle [11];
Helen Tunstall: Celtic harp [11];
Kevin le Morvan: drum loops [12]

Tracks

1. Ganado Feroz (3.17)
2. Brazfest (4.14)
3. Reunion (4.17)
4. Santa Cruz Jit (4.17)
5. Doina Cestriana (5.18)
6. Electric Knight (6.00)
7. Llaulillay (2.23)
8. Dawn at Vilcabamba (5.12)
9. Serenading Chango (5.10)
10. The Little Lute Player (3.56)
11. The Remembrance of Mary and Ellen (7.59)
12. Cacharpaya Shuffle (3.04)

Tracks 1, 3, 10 Mike Taylor;
Tracks 2, 4-6, 8-9, 11 Tony Hinnigan;
Tracks 7, 12 trad. arr. Incantation

Produced by Tony Hinnigan, Mike Taylor and Tony Maloney;
Recorded and mixed at Backtrack Studios;
Engineered by Ollie Nicholls and Kevin LeMorvan;
Cover image Paddy Gunnery, assisted by Hazel Moira

Musicians

Vocals

Maggie Boyle: vocals [1, 12];
Jacqui Dankworth: vocals [3-4, 8, 10-11];
Cathy Russell: vocals [6-7, 9];
George Staines, Sally Evans: backing vocals;

Plainchant singers

Christopher Hogan, Robert Burt: tenors;
Colin Campbell, Robert Hollingsworth, Stephen Charlesworth, David Guest: baritones

Musicians

Mike Taylor: whistle, flute, alto flute, panpipes, quena, bodhrán, percussion, backing vocals;
Tony Hinnigan: whistle, panpipes, quena, charango, guitar, bass guitar, cello, keyboards, percussion;
Tony Maloney: vibraphone, percussion, keyboards, backing vocals;
James Woodrow: classical guitar;
Ollie Nicholls: keyboards;
Dermot Crehan: double bass;
Paul Brennan: uilleann pipes, whistle, backing vocals;
Kevin Boyle: banjo;
Terry Thompson: accordion, backing vocals;
Ron Bryans: bass trombone;
Steve Sidwell: baroque trumpet;
Pipe Major Danny Fleming, Scots Guards: Scottish bagpipes;
Drum Sgt Cecil McCready, Irish Guards: snare and tenor drums

Tracks

1. What Is This Fragrance? (4.14)
2. I Saw Three Ships Come Sailing By (Roud 700) (3.39)
3. Torches (3.42)
4. Our Lady (3.20)
5. How Hard It Bloweth / A Solis Ortus Cardine (3.20)
6. The Virgin Mother (3.35)
7. The Holly and the Ivy (Roud 514) / In Dulci Jubilo (2.51)
8. Lully Thou Little Tiny Child (Roud 19028) (3.51)
9. The Angel Gabriel (3.10)
10. The Child Divine / A Shepherd’s Story (3.20)
11. Spiritual (3.50)
12. The Wexford Carol (Roud 22086) / A Virgin Most Pure (Roud 1378) (5.25)
13. Jesu Redemptor Omnium (4.32)

All tracks arr. Tony Hinnigan, Mike Taylor, Tony Maloney except
Track 2 arr. Ollie Nicholls