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Robin Laing: Imaginary Lines

Robin Laing: Imaginary Lines (Greentrax CDTRAX185)

Imaginary Lines
Robin Laing

Greentrax Recordings CDTRAX185 (CD, UK, October 1999)

Produced by Davie Scott;
Recorded by Davie Scott at East Kilbride Arts Centre, Lanarkshire;
Mastered by Stuard Hamilton at Castlesound Studios, Pencaitland;
Front cover photography by Robin Laing;
Sleeve design by Saltire Publications

Musicians

Robin Laing: vocals, Spanish guitar [1-3, 5-11, 13-14];
Brian McAlpine: piano [1, 3, 11], accordion [6, 8, 11];
Tom McNiven: trumpet [1, 8];
Wendy Weatherby: cello [1, 12, 14];
David Scott: acoustic guitar [2-3, 5-7, 10-11, 13], electric guitar [6, 8, 13], piano [4, 12, 14], bass [2-8, 10-11, 13];
Jim Gash: drums [2, 6-7, 11, 13];
Amy Geddes: fiddle [5, 13];
Mr Derek Star: percusssion [5-8, 14];
Ursula Ryan: harmony vocals [12];

Tracks

  1. Where Did the Morning Go? (4.21)
  2. The Wife of Usher's Well (Roud 196; Child 79) (5.16)
  3. Cyclops (4.57)
  4. A Nation's Heart (3.41)
  5. Carmichael Mill (3.54)
  6. Watershed (3.36)
  7. Closer to Heaven (4.33)
  8. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (3.45)
  9. Michigan Skies (3.24)
  10. Heavy Horses (4.37)
  11. Born in the Wrong Time (5.01)
  12. Venezuala (4.08)
  13. Black Clothes (6.00)
  14. The Secret Song of Time (4.07)

All tracks by Robin Laing except
Track 2 trad. arr. Robin Laing;
Tracks 5-7 Ursula Ryan, Robin Laing;
Track 12 John Niles;
Track 14 Robin Laing, last verse from W-H. Auden, As I Walked Out One Evening

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