Musicians

Eddi Reader: vocal, guitar [4];
Calum MacColl: acoustic and electric guitars [1], dulcimer [1];
Boo Hewerdine: acoustic guitar [1];
Teddy Borowiecki: Wurlitzer [1], tympani [1], accordion [3], keyboards [4];
David Piltch: electric bass [1];
Roy Dodds: drums, percussion [1];
The Electra Strings: strings [1];
Annie Whitehead: trombone [1];
Johnny Scott: acoustic guitar [3], electric guitar [4], bass [4]

Tracks

1. Medicine (4.15)
   from the album Candyfloss & Medicine
2. John Anderson My Jo (Roud 16967) (1.08)
3. Green Grow the Rashes (Roud 2772; G/D 7:1297) (3.46)
4. Who Knows Where the Time Goes? (5.53)

Track 1 Eddi Reader, Boo Hewerdine, Teddy Borowiecki;
Tracks 2, 3 Robert Burns;
Track 4 Sandy Denny

Tracks 1-12, 18 produced by Boo Hewerdine and Eddi Reader;
Engineered by Robin Rankin at CaVa Studios, Glasgow;
Mixed by Jon Kelly;
Mastered by Tim Young at Metropolis Studios, London;
Track 13 produced by Eddi Reader and recorded and mixed by Mark Freegard at 3kyoti Studio;
Track 16 recorded by Andy Seward at Pure Records and mixed by Mark Freegard at 3kyoti Studio;
Tracks 14-15, 17 are from the 2007 album Peacetime.

Musicians

Original album and tracks 12, 18

Eddi Reader: vocals, acoustic guitar;
Ian Carr: acoustic guitar, piano;
Phil Cunningham: accordion, piano, whistle;
Roy Dodds: percussion, cajon;
Christine Hanson: cello;
Boo Hewerdine: acoustic guitar;
John McCusker: violin, cittern, whistle;
Colin Reid: acoustic guitar;
Ewen Vernal: double bass;
Royal Scottish National orchestra, conducted/arranged by Kevin McCrae

Track 13

Eddi Reader: vocals;
Jenn Butterworth: guitar;
Mairearad Green: accordion;
Anna Massie: fiddle, mandolin;
Hamish Napier: whistle, piano;
Stephen Douglas: shakers;
John Douglas: ukulele

Track 16

Eddi Reader: vocals, acoustic guitar;
Ian Carr: guitar;
Phil Cunningham: accordion, whistles;
Roy Dodds: percussion, cajon;
John McCusker: fiddle, whistles;
Ewen Vernal: double bass

Tracks

Original Album

1. Jamie Come Try Me (Roud V25882) (4.41)
2. My Love Is Like a Red, Red Rose (Roud 12946) (3.50)
3. Willie Stewart / Molly Rankin (4.18)
4. Ae Fond Kiss (Roud 38389) (6.35)
5. Brose and Butter (Roud 8552, 12585) (4.02)
6. Ye Jacobites (Roud 5517) (4.03)
7. Wild Mountainside (3.54)
8. Charlie Is My Darling (Roud 5510) (3.22)
9. John Anderson My Jo (Roud 16967) (1.52)
10. Winter It Is Past (Roud 583; G/D 6:1104) (4.15)
11. Auld Lang Syne (Roud 13892) (4.34)

Deluxe Edition Additional Tracks

12. Green Grow the Rashes O (Roud 2772; G/D 7:1297) (4.36)
13. Comin’ Through the Rye (Roud 5512; G/D 8:1860) / Dram Behind the Curtain (2.34)
14. Ye Banks and Braes o’ Bonnie Doon (Roud 13889) (3.37)
15. Ay Waukin-O (Roud 6749, V16870; G/D 5:933) (4.04)
16. Dainty Davie (Roud 2387) (5.27)
17. Leezie Lindsay (Roud 94; Child 226; G/D 4:854) (4.49)
18. Of A’ the Airts the Wind Can Blaw (Roud V7918) (4.46)

Track 1 Robert Burns, arr. Eddi Reader, Ian Carr, Phil Cunningham, Christine Hanson, Boo Hewerdine, John McCusker, Colin Reid, Ewen Vernal;
Tracks 2, 9-11 Robert Burns, arr. Eddi Reader;
Track 3 Robert Burns, arr. Eddi Reader, Ian Carr, Phil Cunningham, Boo Hewerdine, John McCusker, Ewen Vernal, Rankin;
Tracks 4, 8 Robert Burns, arr. Eddi Reader, Ian Carr, Phil Cunningham, Boo Hewerdine, John McCusker, Ewen Vernal;
Track 5 Robert Burns, arr. Eddi Reader, Ian Carr, Phil Cunningham, Boo Hewerdine, John McCusker, Ewen Vernal, Michael McGoldrick;
Track 6 Robert Burns, arr. Eddi Reader, Colin Reid;
Track 7 John Douglas;
Track 13b Mairearad Green;
Track 14 Robert Burns, arr. Eddi Reader, John McCusker, Boo Hewerdine, Roy Dodds, Jon Kelly, Golin Reid, McGuire;
Track 15 Robert Burns, arr. Eddi Reader, John McCusker, Boo Hewerdine, Ian Carr;
Track 16 Robert Burns, arr. Eddi Reader, John McCusker;
Track 17 Robert Burns, arr. Eddi Reader, chorus Robert Burns, verses Eddi Reader, Boo Hewerdine;
Track 18 Robert Burns, arr. Eddi Reader, Christine Hanson

Video

Eddi Reader sings Ae Fond Kiss at Celtic Connections in January 2009:

Produced by John McCusker;
Recorded by Ian Graham, Keith Bird, Paul McGeechan and Joe Rusby at Pure Records Studio, Park Lane Studios and Paw Paw Productions;
Mixed by Andy Seward;
Mastered by Calum Malcolm;

Musicians

Eddi Reader: vocals, guitar;
John McCusker: fiddle [1, 4, 7, 9-10, 14], cittern [3], guitar [10-11];
Boo Hewerdine: guitar [1-2, 8-11, 13], instruments [4];
Ian Carr: guitar [1, 3-4, 12];
John Douglas: guitar [5-6, 8-9, 12], backing vocals [5, 9];
Roy Dodds: drums [2, 4-5, 7-9, 11], percussion [2-5, 7-9, 11, 13-14];
Ewen Vernal: double bass [1-5, 9-13];
Kevin McGuire: double bass [8, 14];
Alan Kelly: accordion [1, 7, 10, 13];
Michael McGoldrick: low whistle [2], tin whistle [2], bagpipes [3], flute [3-4, 7, 9-10, 12, 14];
Neil Yates: brass [2];
Donald Shaw: harmonium [2, 4, 10];
Andy Cutting: accordion [3, 13];
Richard Evans: cornet [6];
Matthew Broadbent: tuba [6];
Phil Cunningham: accordion [9]

Tracks

1. Baron’s Heir / Sadenia’s Air (4.26)
2. Muddy Water (3.34)
3. Mary and the Soldier (Roud 2496; G/D 1:91; Henry H782) (3.36)
4. Ay Waukin-O (Roud 6749, V16870; G/D 5:933) (4.03)
5. Prisons (2.38)
6. The Shepherd’s Song (3.36)
7. Ye Banks and Braes o’ Bonnie Doon (Roud 13889) (3.35)
8. Should I Pray? (3.17)
9. The Afton (4.37)
10. Safe As Houses (3.52)
11. Leezie Lindsay (Roud 94; Child 226; G/D 4:858) (4.46)
12. Galileo (Someone Like You) (3.10)
13. Peacetime (4.21)
14. The Carlton Weaver or Nancy Whisky (Roud 883; G/D 3:603; Henry H745) (3.02)

Track 1 John McCusker;
Tracks 2, 13 Boo Herwedine;
Track 3, 14 trad.;
Tracks 4, 7 Robert Burns;
Tracks 5, 8 John Douglas;
Track 6 trad., lyrics Eddi Reader and John Douglas;
Track 9 Johnny Dillon;
Track 10 trad., Robert Burns, Eddi Reader, Boo Hewerdine;
Track 11 Eddi Reader, Boo Hewerdine;
Track 12 Declan O’Rourke

Produced by Eddi Reader;
Recorded and mixed by Mark Freegard at Kyoto Studio, Kyoto Studio Sweet Too, Eddi’s kitchen and Jane Skinner’s ballroom;
Mastered by Donald Whelan at Hafod Mastering;
Photos by Enda Casey and Mark Freegard;
Cover photograph: Eddi ar Irvine Beach by John Douglas;
Artwork by James Morrison

Musicians

Eddi Reader: vocals, guitar [1, 4], piano [2, 5, 8, 10, 13], live piano [12], concertina [3], glockenspiel [3];
Alan Kelly: accordion [2-5, 8, 10, 14], piano [3];
Angus Aird: guitar [11];
Boo Hewerdine: guitar [1-10, 12-14], backing vocals [3, 8], piano [3];
Donald Shaw: field harmonium [11];
Ewen Vernal: double bass, piano [5], backing vocals [8];
Gustav Ljunggern: electric guitar [1], 12-string mandolin [2, 4], lap steel [4], pedal steel [6], ebow lap steel [7], banjo [7], C soprano saxophone [9], archtop guitar [13], steel guitar [14];
Ian Carr: guitar [1-10, 13-14], electric guitar [12];
John Douglas: guitar [3, 5, 14], backing vocals [3, 13], ukulele [10-11, 3], clarsach [7, 12], piano [13];
John McCusker: fiddle [10-11], whistle [11];
Karen Matheson: backing vocals [10];
Madge Mammock: story [2];
Michael McGoldrick: low whistle [10], pipes [11];
Phil Cunningham: accordion [9], piano [9];
Roy Dodds: drums and percussion [1-10, 12-14];
Ryan Quigley: trumpers [5, 12];
Steve Hamilton: piano [1, 10], overdub piano [12], piano [1, 10], vibraphone [13]

Strings on track 2 arranged by Rudi de Groote:
Greg Lawson, Fiona Stephen, Kobus Frick, Alice Rickards: violins;
Martin Wiggins, Rik Evans: viola;
Rudi de Groote: cello;
Iain Crawford: double bass

Tracks

1. I’ll Never Be the Same (3.14)
2. Back the Dogs (Dancing Down Rock) (3.25)
3. Vagabond (4.08)
4. Married to the Sea (5.13)
5. Edinah (2.44)
6. Snowflakes in the Sun (3.32)
7. Baby’s Boat (3.19)
8. Macushla (My Darling) (4.03)
9. Midnight in Paris 1979 (3.31)
10. Buain Ná Rainich (Fairy Love Song) (Roud V19171) (4.25)
11. In Ma Ain Country (Roud 21757) (3.24)
12. Pray the Devil Back to Hell (4.37)
13. Here Comes the Bells (4.00)
14. It’s a Beautiful Night (3.16)

Track 1 words Gus Kahn (1932), music Matty Malneck, Frank Signorelli;
Tracks 2, 9 Eddi Reader;
Track 3 music John Douglas, Eddi Reader, lyrics adapted from a poem by John Masefield;
Track 4 Declan O’Rourke;
Tracks 5, 12-13 John Douglas, Eddi Reader;
Track 6 John Douglas, Boo Hewerdine, Eddi Reader;
Track 7 Ian Carr, John Douglas, Boo Hewerdine, Eddi Reader, lyrics adapted from a lullaby by Alice Riley and Dorothy Gaynor (1898);
Track 8 Michael Marra;
Track 10 trad. arr. Eddi Reader;
Track 11 Allan Cunningham, arr. Eddi Reader, Angus Aird;
Track 14 Boo Hewerdine

Produced by Eddi Reader and John Douglas;
Recorded by Iain Hutchison at GloWormRecording, Glasgow, Scotland;
Additional engineering by Kevin Burleigh, assisted by Darryll McFadyen at Gorbals Sound, Glasgow, Scotland,
John Gerard Walsh at Sandycove, Dublin, Ireland, and Mark Freegard at Kyoti, Glasgow, Scotland;
Mastered by Iain Hutchison at GloWormRecording;
Photography by Genevieve Stevenson;
Artwork by Martin Rowsell

Musicians

Eddi Reader: vocals, harmonium [7], guitar [15];
John Douglas: guitar, ukulele, piano [1-4, 6, 8-16];
Louis Linklater Abbott: drums and percussion [1-4, 8, 9-11, 14-16], backing vocals [11, 15];
Allan Kelly: accordion [5, 11-14];
Alyn Cosker: drums [5, 8, 12-14];
Annie Grace: backing vocals [1];
Boo Hewerdine: guitar [4-5, 8-9, 15-16];
Euan Burton: bass [1-4, 6-7, 9-11, 15-16];
backing vocals [15];
John McCusker: fiddle and whistle [1, 5, 9-10, 12-14, 16];
Iain Hutchison: backing vocals [15];
Ian Carr: guitar and ukelele [1-4, 11, 14];
Martin Kershaw: clarinet and saxophome [1-4, 8, 11];
Chris Greive: trombone [2-4, 8, 15];
Tom MacNiven: trumpet [2-4, 8, 15];
Steve Hamilton: piano [4, 7-8, 12-13];
Tom Gibbs; piano [2, 6, 9-10, 16];
Innes White: guitar [3, 5, 14-15];
Kevin McGuire: bass [5, 12-14];
Michael McGoldrick: flute and whistle [1, 5, 14];
Phil Cunningham: accordion and whistle [9, 10, 16];
Siobhan Miller: backing vocals [1, 9-10];
John Joe Kelly: bodhrán [5, 14];
Stephen Douglas: percussion [9-10];
James Grant: electric guitar [3];
Monica Queen: backing vocals [14];
Simon Dine: orchestral collage [6];
Keynotes (Simon Morgan: baritone and tenor; Eunan McDonald: baritone; Stephen Fennelly: bass; Jeremy Morgan, Barry Finn: tenors): backing vocals [4]

Tracks

1. Maiden’s Lament (An Charraig Donn) (3.18)
2. Wonderful (3.13)
3. Cavalier (3.32)
4. Starlight (3.14)
5. Meg o’ the Glen (Roud V28063) / Brenda Stubbert’s Reel (3.37)
6. My Favourite Dress (2.55)
7. Deirdre’s Farewell to Scotland (3.19)
8. Fishing (3.52)
9. Maid o’ the Loch (4.22)
10. There’s a Hole in the Desert Dear Darling (3.20)
11. A Sailor’s Farewell to the Sea (3.18)
12. Old Song (3.06)
13. Loch Tay Boat Song (Roud 38364) (4.52)
14. Pangur Bán and the Primrose Lass (4.23)
15. Go Wisely (3.25)
16. A Man’s a Man for A’ That (Roud 30953) (4.02)

Tracks 1, 5a, 7, 13 trad. arr. Eddi Reader;
Track 2 Eddi Reader, John Douglas;
Tracks 3, 8-9 John Douglas;
Track 4 Boo Hewerdine, John Douglas;
Track 5b Jerry Holland;
Track 6 Eddi Reader, John Douglas, Simon Dine;
Tracks 10, 15 Eddi Reader;
Track 11 John Douglas, Phil Cunninghame;
Track 12 Boo Hewerdine;
Track 13 Harold Bolton;
Track 14 John Douglas, trad. arr. Eddi Reader, John Douglas;
Track 16 Robert Burns arr. Eddi Reader