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The Last Chance

The Last Chance Eight Songs on Israel / Palestine Leon Rosselson Fuse Records CFCD008 (CD, UK, 2002) Fuse Records CFCD008 (extended CD reissue, UK, May 2010)

Cover photo by Khaled Zigari;
Olive tree photo by Andrée Ryan;
Design and typesetting by Bob Elliott

Musicians

Leon Rosselson: vocals [1, 3-4, 6-8], guitar [1, 4, 6-8], piano [3];
Martin Carthy: guitar [1];
Janet Russell: vocals, guitar [2];
Reem Kelani: vocals [5];
Zoe Rahman: piano [5]

(The track numbers refer to the 2010 CD)

2002 Tracks

1. The Last Chance (11.40)
2. The Song of Martin Fontasch (4.25)
3. They Said… (3.27)
4. My Father’s Jewish World (5.54)

2010 Tracks

1. The Song of Martin Fontasch (4.25)
2. Song of the Olive Tree (3.51)
   from the 2005 CD And They All Sang RosselSonGs
3. The Last Chance (11.40)
   from the 1997 compilation CD Perspectives
4. They Said… (3.27)
   from the 2004 CD Turning Silence into Song
5. Yafa! (Jaffa!) (7.17)
   from Reem Kelani’s 2005 CD Sprinting Gazelle
6. My Father’s Jewish World (5.54)
   from the 2004 CD Turning Silence into Song
7. The Third Intifada (3.36)
8. Loyal Soldiers (1.54)

All words by Leon Rosselson except
Track 5 poem Mahmoud Salim al-Hout, music Reem Kelani