A mixture of English tradition, American tunes and Martin’s compositions.

Musicians

Eliza Carthy: violin, octave violin, vocals;
Martin Green: piano accordion, piano, sampling and sequencing [5];
with
JCool: beatbox [2, 9];
Salah Dawson Miller: frame drums and Karkabou [5];
Eddi Reader: vocals [7]

Track 5 contains samples from
Swåp: Bigger House from their album [sic], Ian Carr: guitar, Karen Tweed: accordion;
Thought Gang: Winter from their album Monsters from the Id, Catherine Coombs, Cello

Tracks

1. Fen (5.06)
2. Mr Preston’s Hornpipe (5.23)
3. Stephen’s Leaving / The Jolly Fucker / Rörospols (5.44)
4. Abe’s Retreat / Kielder Castle (4.55)
5. Jack Warrel’s Hornpipe (5.34)
6. Daniel Wright’s Hornpipe / A Bagpipe Hornpipe (3.14)
7. Lemady (Roud 193) (4.37)
8. Saul’s Shoes / Prescott’s Punch (3.04)
9. Presbyterian Hornpipe / Game of Draughts (5.45)
10. Young Collins (4.19)

All tracks trad. arr. Martin Green / Eliza Carthy except
Tracks 1, 3ab, 8, 10b Martin Green
Tracks 3c trad.
Track 4b trad. / Matt Seattle
Track 7 trad. arr. Martin Green / Eliza Carthy / Saul Rose
Track 9 Eliza Carthy / Ed Boyd

This music started life as a commission for the New Voices series at Celtic Connections Festival, Glasgow, Scotland.

Produced by Martin Green;
Recorded at various times in various places by Mark Simms, Owen Green, Mattie Foulds, Calum Malcolm and Martin Green;
Mixed by Calum Malcolm and Martin Green;
Mastered by Calum Malcolm;
Illustrations by Boo Cook;
Photos by Louis de Carlo;
Design and layout by Monkey with a Pen

Musicians

Martin Green: accordion, Wurlitzer, samplers, playing God, punchcard music box;
Tom Cook: guitar, guitar effects, kaos pad, vocals;
Alyn Cosker: drums;
Barnaby Stradling: bass;
Rick Taylor: trombone;
Fergus Kerr: French horn;
Andy McKreel: tuba;
Inge Thomson: vocals [3];
Demmy James: vocals [5];
Anna Massie: banjo [7];
Sophie Bancroft: vocals [9];
Moff Skellington: voice [10]

Tracks

1. Repetition (4.28)
2. 23 A (5.37)
3. Quayle Paint (4.30)
4. Horse (6.53)
5. Give Up the Body (3.13)
6. Rory (5.59)
7. PSP (4.22)
8. Can’t Use a Map (4.11)
9. Shudder (4.36)
10. The Disappearing Platelayer (5.40)

All music and words written and arranged by Martin Green except
Track 1 samples taken from a live performance of John Rae’s Celtic Fest performing The Man of the House feat. Eilidh Shaw, fiddle, and Martin Green, accordion;
Track 3 words and song melody Inge Thomson;
Track 5 words source unknown, rearranged by Demmy James;
Track 6 samples of Rory McLeod taken from Hymn for Her from her album Kicking Up the Sawdust, poem by George P.S. Peterson of Papa Stour, Scotland;
Track 9 some sounds created with Leafcutter John ’s Forester software;
Track 10 written and read by Moff Skellington

Commissioned by Opera North

Produced by Martin Green;
Recorded by Calum Malcolm;
Additional recording by Stuart Hamilton at Castlesound Studios;
Mixed by Adrian Utley and Martin Green at Planet245;
Mix engineer TJ Allen;
Mastered at Castlesound Studios;
Photos by David Liddell;
Design by Van Gill Media

Musicians

Martin Green: accordion, piano, toy piano;
Niklas Roswall: nyckelharpa;
Inge Thomson: vocals, log, toys, noises;
Becky Unthank: vocals, music boxes

with
Adrian Utley: guitars, bass, mellotron, percussion;
Andy Sutor: bass drum;
Ayarkhaan (Albina Degtyareva, Alisa Savvinova, Natalia Fedorov): khomus (mouth harp)

Tracks

1. Mess of Crows (6.48)
2. Lyke Wake Dirge (Roud 8194; TYG 85) (5.58)
3. Some Living (2.29)
4. I Saw the Dead (6.38)
5. Some Neither (3.13)
6. One December Morn (5.46)
7. Three Ravens (Roud 5; Child 26) (7.01)
8. Maklin’s Bridal March / Griesly Bride (7.22)
9. Some Dead (2.08)

Track 1 words trad. adapted Martin Green, Inge Thomson, music Martin Green;
Tracks 2, 7 trad.;
Track 3 Martin Green, Inge Thomson;
Track 4 Conor O’Brien (of the band Villagers);
Tracks 5, 10 Martin Green, Niklas Roswall, Inge Thomson, Becky Unthank;
Track 6 Sean Cooney (of The Young’uns);
Track 8 words John Manifold, music Tom Campbell

Produced by Adrian Utley and Martin Green;
Recorded and mixed at Planet 245 Bristol;
Additional recording at Chapel Studios;
Engineered by T.J. Allen;
Mastered at Optimum Bristol;
Mixed by Adrian Utley, T.J. Allen and Martin Green at Planet 245;
Cover image by Whiterobot;
Logo by Iwant Design;
Artwork by Martin Rowsell

Musicians

Aidan Moffat: vocals [1];
Becky Unthank: vocals [2-3];
Adam Holmes: vocals [4, 6];
John Smith: vocals [9];
Martin Green: samples, accordion, mellotron, sytheisers;
Adrian Utley: electric and acoustic guitar, bass, synthesiser, percussion;
Dominic Atchinson: bass;
Corinna Hewat: harp

Tracks

Side 1

1. The Living Wind (3.21)
2. Strange Sky (4.32)
3. Wrackline (5.23)
4. Roll Away (4.04)
5. The Suitcase (5.01)

Side 2

6. Laws of Motion (4.05)
7. Clang Song (3.45)
8. Smallest Plant (5.53)
9. The Singing Sands (2.53)

Track 1 words Adam Moffat, music Martin Green;
Tracks 2-3, 5-6 Karine Polwart, Martin Green;
Track 4 words Anaïs Mitchell, music Anaïs Mitchell, Martin Green;
Tracks 2, 7 trad.;
Tracks 7-8 Martin Green;
Track 9 words Sandy Wright, music Martin Green