> Folk Music > Records > Lau: Lightweights & Gentlemen & Live
Lau: Lightweights & Gentlemen & Live
Lightweights & Gentlemen Reveal Records REVEAL17 (CD, UK, 19 March 2007) Live Navigator Records NAVIGATOR4 (CD, UK, 28 April 2008) Lightweights & Gentlemen & Live Reveal Records REVEAL002CDX (2 CD, UK, 2012) |
Lightweights & Gentlemen
recorded by Stuart Hamilton at Castlesound Studios, Pencaitland, Scotland, in December 2006;
The Lang Set 2011 recorded at Gorbals Sound;
Live
recorded by Stuart Hamilton at the Bongo Club Edinburgh on 17 December 2007;
Mixed by Calum Malcolm and Lau;
Produced and mixed by Calum Malcolm;
Remastered by Calum Malcolm in 2011
Musicians
Kris Drever: guitar, e-bowed dobro guitar, vocals;
Martin Green: piano-keyed accordion, accordion through Leslie speaker;
Aidan O’Rourke: fiddle
Tracks
CD 1: Lightweights & Gentlemen
- Hinba: Hinba / Funny Weather (5.07)
- The Butcher Boy (Roud 409; Laws P24) (4.07)
- The Jigs: Mattie and Karine’s / The Lau Jig / The Creche Jig (4.50)
- Results: Come on wee man! / Waiting for the Results (4.39)
- Unquiet Grave (Roud 51; Child 78) (5.13)
- Souter Creek: The Dog and the Rabbit / A Dog Called Bran / Souter Creek (6.19)
- Kris’s: Alyth’s / Muckle Moose on the Muin
- Freeborn Man (6.28)
- Moorhens: The Moorhens / Rick Taylor’s / A Tune for Emily Ball (4.15)
- Gallowhill (6.04)
- Twa Stewarts: Auld Stewart / Young Stewart / Last Weeks Efforts (7.34)
- The Lang Set (2011 version): Come on Wee Man / Waiting for the Results / Alyth’s / Muckle Moose on the Muin (14.10)
Tracks 1a, 3a, 6bc, 7a, 9c, 10, 12c Aidan O’Rourke;
Tracks 1b, 4a, 9b, 11, 12a Martin Green;
Tracks 3b Kris Drever, Martin Green, Aidan O’Rourke;
Track 2 trad; additional words and music Kris Drever;
Track 3c Joe Scurfield;
Tracks 4b, 6a, 7b, 9a, 12bd Kris Drever;
Track 5 words trad; music Kris Drever;
Track 8 Ewan MacColl
CD 2: Live at the Bongo Club Edinburgh
- Twa Stewarts: Auld Stewart / Young Stewart / Last Weeks Efforts (8.00)
- Banks of Marble (4.44)
- Frank and Flo’s: Frank and Flo’s / An Tobar (5.01)
- The Butcher Boy (Roud 409; Laws P24) (4.22)
- Sea: Sea / The Lemon Slice (6.19)
- The Lang Set:
Souter Creek: The Dog and the Rabbit / A Dog Called Bran / Souter Creek
Kris’s: Alyth’s / Muckle Moose on the Muin (14.42) - Unquiet Grave (Roud 51; Child 78) (5.15)
- Hinba: Hinba / Funny Weather (5.50)
- Gallowhill (7.12)
- Basil: The Planxty Lover / The Golden Slipper / Basil (4.21)
Tracks 1, 3a, 8b, 10a Martin Green;
Track 2 words Les Rice, music Kris Drever;
Tracks 3b, 5a, 6bcd, 8a, 9 Aidan O’Rourke;
Track 4 trad; additional words and music Kris Drever;
Tracks 5b, 10c Kris Drever, Martin Green;
Tracks 6ae Kris Drever;
Track 7 words trad; music Kris Drever;
Track 10b trad
> Folk Music > Records > Lau: Arc Light
Lau: Arc Light
Arc Light Reveal Records REVEAL001CDX (CD, UK, 30 March 2009) |
Recorded in December 2008 at Castlesound Studios, Pencaitland, Scotland;
Additional recording at Heriot Toun Studio;
Mastered by Calum Malcolm;
Photography by David Angel;
Design by Monkey With a Pen
Musicians
Kris Drever: guitars, vocals;
Martin Green: accordion;
Aidan O’Rourke: fiddle
with
Stuart Nisbet, pedal steel guitar;
Corrina Hewat,
Karine Polwart,
Inge Thomson: backing vocals
Tracks
- The Burrian (6.40)
- Winter Moon (3.22)
- Horizontigo: Horizontigo / Alright in the Heid (7.17)
- Salty Boys: Operation Knoydart / Salty Boys (5.54)
- Banks of Marble (4.37)
- Stephen’s: Stephen’s Leaving / Plot No.12 (7.06)
- The Master (4.22)
- Frank and Flo’s: Frank and Flo’s / An Tobar (4.46)
- Temple of Fiddes (6.38)
- Dear Prudence (4.35)
Tracks 1-2, 7 Kris Drever, Martin Green, Aidan O’Rourke;
Tracks 3a, 4b Kris Drever;
Tracks 3b, 6a, 8a Martin Green;
Track 4a, 6b, 8b Aidan O’Rourke;
Track 5 Les Rice, Kris Drever, Martin Green, Aidan O’Rourke;
Track 9 Kris Drever, Aidan O’Rourke;
Track 10 John Lennon, Pail McCartney
> Folk Music > Records > Lau vs Karine Polwart: Evergreen
Lau vs Karine Polwart: Evergreen
Evergreen Hegri Music / Lau Scotland LAUKP1 (EP, UK, 2010) |
Recorded and mixed by Mattie Foulds at Mobile With a Home Studio, Heriot Toun;
Mastered by Stuart Hamilton at Castlesound Studios;
Cover image by Aidan O’Rourke
Musicians
Karine Polwart: vocals, tenor guitar;
Kris Drever: vocals, guitar;
Martin Green: accordion, Wurlitzer electric piano;
Aidan O’Rourke: fiddles
Tracks
- Evergreen (4.09)
- The January Man (4.01)
- Midnight Feast (3.43)
- From Rags to Riches (4.15)
- Lord Yester (6.07)
Track 1 words Karine Polwart, music Karine Polwart, Kris Drever, Martin Green, Aidn O’Rourke;
Track 2 Dave Goulder;
Track 3 Lal Waterson, Oliver Knight;
Track 4 Robert Bell, Paul Gerard Buchanan;
Track 5 words George Weir, music Roy Williamson
> Folk Music > Records > Lau vs Adem: Ghosts
Lau vs Adem: Ghosts
Lau Scotland LAUEP2 (EP, UK, 2011) |
Produced, recorded and mixed by Adem Ilhan
with additional engineering by Tim Matthew;
Mastered by Stuart Hamilton at Castlesound Studios;
Cover image by Aidan O’Rourke
Musicians
Adem: vocals, bass guitar;
Kris Drever: vocals, guitar;
Martin Green: accordion, Wurlitzer;
Aidan O’Rourke: fiddles
Tracks
- Farewell to Whisky Chess (9.33)
- Imporsa (7.47)
- Ghosts (4.32)
- Happy Sevens (1.06)
- Mr Timony (5.50)
- Jargonaut (3.32)
- Last Ghost Alive (2.43)
All tracks written by Lau & Adem except
Track 3 words by Kris Drever
> Folk Music > Records > Lau: Race the Loser
Lau: Race the Loser
Race the Loser Reveal Records REVEAL011DCD (2 CD, UK, 2012) |
Race the Loser
produced, recorded and mixed by Tucker Martine;
Recorded at Castlesound Studios, Pencaitland, Scotland, in May 2012;
Mixed at Flora Recording and Playback, Portland, Oregon, USA;
Mastered at SAE Mastering, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Lau Live 2011
recorded on Lau’s Winter Tour 2011;
Live sound, recorded and mixed by Tim Matthew
Musicians
Kris Drever: guitars, vocals, moothie;
Martin Green: accordion, Wurlitzer, electronics;
Aidan O’Rourke: fiddles
Tracks
CD 1: Race the Loser
- Saint Monday (5.21)
- Far from Portland (7.52)
- The Bird That Winds the Spring (4.12)
- Missing Pieces (0.38)
- Save the Bees (5.27)
- Torsa (7.00)
- Throwing Pennies (4.28)
- Noltland Castle (4.38)
- Beer Engineer (5.18)
CD 2: Lau Live 2011
- Farewell to Whisky Chess (7.28)
- Franks and Flo’s (4.32)
- Evergreen (4.28)
- The Burrian (7.36)
- Horizontigo (7.25)
- Ghosts (5.00)
- Torsa (7.07)
- Hinba (5.14)
All tracks music by Lau, lyrics by Kris Drever except
CD 2, track 3 words Karine Polwart, music Lau and Karine Polwart
> Folk Music > Records > Lau: Remixed
Lau: Remixed
Remixed Lau Scotland LAUEP3 (EP, UK, 11 November 2013) |
Musicians
Kris Drever: vocals, guitar;
Martin Green: accordion, Wurlitzer;
Aidan O’Rourke: fiddles
Tracks
- Torsa (w/ Haiku Salut) (5.39)
- The Bird That Winds The Spring (w/ Fraction Man) (4.08)
- Saint Monday (w/ Claro Intelecto, vocal mix) (7.30)
- Throwing Pennies (w/ Matthew Herbert) (6.35)
- Imporsa (w/ Silver Columns a.k.a. Adem) (5.33)
- The Bird That Winds The Spring (w/ Andreas Lust) (3.54)
- Torsa (w/ Sei A) (5.05)
- Saint Monday (w/ Claro Intelecto, instrumental mix) (7.31)
Original versions appear on Race the Loser
except track 5 originally on Lau vs Adem: Ghosts
> Folk Music > Records > Lau: The Bell That Never Rang
Lau: The Bell That Never Rang
The Bell That Never Rang Reveal Records REVEAL047CDX (2 CD, UK, 4 May 2015) |
Produced by Joan Wasser;
Recorded by Adam Sachs and Stuart Hamilton at Castlesound Studios, Scotland;
Mastered by Fred Kevorkian, Kevorkian Mastering New York;
Photography by Genevieve Stevenson and Richard Ecclestone;
Design concept by Tom Rose;
Design and layout by Martin Rowsell, Simply Marvellous Music
Musicians
Kris Drever: guitars, vocals;
Martin Green: accordion, electronics;
Aidan O’Rourke: fiddle
with
Elysian Quartet:
Emma Smith, Jennymay Logan: violins;
Vince Sipprell: viola;
Laura Moody: cello;
Joan Wasser: vocals
Tracks
The Bell That Never Rang
- First Homecoming (4.39)
- The Death of the Dining Car (4.39)
- Back in Love Again (6.45)
- Tiger Hill (Armoured Man) (6.02)
- The Bell That Never Rang (17.01)
- Ghosts (4.48)
All tracks lyrics by Kris Drever, music by Kris Drever, Martin Green, Aidan O’Rourke;
String parts by Aidan O’Rourke and Martine Green with Elysian Quartet;
Additional orchestration by Stephen Deazley
Deluxe Edition Bonus CD
- The Bell That Never Rang (Radio Edit) (3.09)
- Sunken Waltz (Calexio) (2.40)
- One Hour in Hungary (Väsen) (3.30)
- Far from Portland (Acceptable Work Mix) (6.04)
- Armoured Man Interlude (0.32)
- The Death of the Dining Car (Hanegi Mix) (10.58)
- Tiger Hill (Night Music Mix) (4.53)
- Lucky Old Sun (3.46)
- Back to the Fans (Horizontigo Revisited) (6.00)
- Elysian Table Synth (3.04)
- Elysian Mellotron (1.04)
All tracks Kris Drever, Martin Green, Aidan O’Rourke except
Track 2 John Convertino, Joey Burns;
Track 3 Roger Tallroth, Mikael Marin;
Tracks 4-5, 7 remix by Martin Green;
Track 6 remix by Aidan O’Rourke;
Track 8 Beasley Smith, Haven Gillespie;
Tracks 10-11 made by Martin Green from improvisations by Elysian Quartet
> Folk Music > Records > Lau: Decade
Lau: Decade
Decade Lau Music LAU2017CDX (CD, UK, 2017) |
Compiled from the suggestions of the listeners by Tom Rose;
Mastered by mark Freegarfd at Kyoti Studios Glasgow;
Original artwork and design by Marin D Hyde
Musicians
Kris Drever: guitars, vocals;
Martin Green: accordion, electronics;
Aidan O’Rourke: fiddle
Tracks
- Unquiet Grave (Roud 51; Child 78) (5.15)
- Hinba (5.07)
- Gallowhill (6.06)
- The Lang Set (2011 Edition) (14.10)
- Wintermoon (3.22)
- Horizontigo (7.17)
- The Burrian (6.40)
- Far from Portland (7.52)
- Throwing Pennies (4.28)
- Torsa (7.00)
- First Homecoming (4.39)
- Ghosts (4.49)
Tracks 1-4 from Lightweights & Gentlemen (2007);
Tracks 5-7 from Arc Light (2009);
Tracks 8-10 from Race the Loser (2012);
Tracks 11-12 from The Bell That Never Rang (2015)
> Folk Music > Records > Lau: Midnight and Closedown
Lau: Midnight and Closedown
Midnight and Closedown Reveal Records REVEAL078CDX/LPX (CD/LP, UK, 8 February 2019) |
Produced by John Parish;
Executive producers Mike and Tricia Lewin, Lawrence McCrossan;
Recorded by Stuart Hamilton at Castlesound Studios, Scotland;
Mixed by John Parish and Ali Chant at Playpen Studio, Bristol;
Mastered by Jason Mitchell at Loud Mastering, Taunton;
Paintings and album design by Martin D Hyde
Musicians
Kris Drever: guitars, vocals;
Martin Green: accordion, electronics;
Aidan O’Rourke: fiddle
Tracks
- I Don’t Want to Die Here (4.58)
- She Put On Her Headphones (3.16)
- Toy Tigers (5.38)
- Echolalia (7.13)
- Itshardtoseemtobeokwhenyourenot (5.43)
- Dark Secret (5.54)
- Return to Portland (7.10)
- Riad (5.21)
> Folk Music > Records > Lau: Unplugged
Lau: Unplugged
Unplugged Lau LAU2020CD (CD, UK, April 2020) |
Recorded live at the concert desk by Tim Matthew in January 2020;
Mastered by Stuart Hamilton at Castlesound Studios, Scotland;
Cover image by Genevieve Stevenson
Musicians
Kris Drever: guitars, vocals;
Martin Green: accordion, electronics;
Aidan O’Rourke: fiddle
Tracks
- Salty Boys (7.10)
- Itshardtoseemtobeokwhenyourenot (5.16)
- Riad (4.01)
- Toy Tigers (4.57)
- She Put On Her Headphones (4.40)
- Dark Secret (7.15)
- Echolalia (7.55)
- Far from Portland (6.30)
- Ghosts (5.27)
All tracks by Kris Drever, Martin Green, Audan O’Rourke
> Folk Music > Records > Lau: Live Series 1.0
Lau: Live Series 1.0
Live Series 1.0 Lau LAU2021CDX (EP, UK, 31 July 2020) |
Recorded live by Tim Matthew;
Mastered by Stuart Hamilton at Castlesound Studios, Scotland;
Artwork by Martin Hyde
Musicians
Kris Drever: guitars, vocals;
Martin Green: accordion, electronics;
Aidan O’Rourke: fiddle
with
Chris Watson [1]
Tracks
- Gallowhill (7.43)
- Far From Portland (8.23)
- The Death of the Dining Car (5.44)
- I Don’t Want to Die Here (5.21)
- Lord Yester (5.55)
Track 1 Kris Drever, Audan O’Rourke, Martin Green, Chris Watson;
Tracks 2-4 Kris Drever, Audan OeRourke, Martin Green;
Track 5 words George Weir, music Roy Williamson
> Folk Music > Records > Lau: Folk Songs
Lau: Folk Songs
Folk Songs Lau (EP, UK, 11 December 2020) |
Produced by Lau;
Recorded in Edinburgh, Pathhead and Glasgow in autumn 2020;
Mixed by Lau and Stuart Hamilton;
Mastered by Stuart Hamilton at Castlesound Studios;
Cover picture by Genevieve Stevenson;
Design and layout by Martin Rowsell at Simply Marvellous
Musicians
Kris Drever: guitars, vocals;
Martin Green: accordion;
Aidan O’Rourke: fiddle;
Inge Thompson: vocals
Tracks
- The Banks of Red Roses (Roud 603; G/D 7:1444)
- Polly on the Shore (Roud 811)
- The Cruel Brother (Roud 26; Child 11)
- Ca’ the Ewes (Roud 857; G/D 5:1014; Henry H175)
- The Witch of the Westmorlands
Tracks 1-3 trad.;
Track 4 Robert Burns;
Track 5 Archie Fisher
> Folk Music > Records > Lau
Other records with Lau
See also the individual pages for Lau members Kris Drever, Martin Green, and Aidan O’Rourke.
Various Artists: Folk Against Fascism, 2 CD, Folk Against Fascism FAF1CD, 2010
Various Artists: BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2008, 3 CD, Proper PROPERFOLK05, 2008
Various Artists: That's Proper Folk!!, CD, Proper PROPERFOLK06, 2008
Michelle Burke: Pulling Threads, CD, Kilcronat KLC001CD, 2009
Various Artists: BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2009, 3 CD, Proper PROPERFOLK08, 2009
Various Artists: BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2010, 3 CD, Proper PROPERFOLK10, 2010
Various Artists: BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2013, 3 CD, Proper PROPERFOLK14, 2013
Various Artists: The Flooers o' the Forest, 2 CD, Greentrax CDTRAX1513, 2013
Various Artists: BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2014, 2 CD, Proper PROPERFOLK15, 2014
Various Artists: Cambridge Folk Festival: Celebrating 50 Years, DL, Delphonic DELPH100, 2014
Various Artists: The Rough Guide to Scottish Music (Third Edition), 2 CD, World Music RGNET 1310 CD, 2014
Various Artists: The Electric Muse Revisited: The Story of Folk into Rock and Beyond, 4 CD, Good Deeds Music GDM060, 2021