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Claire Mann

Produced by Aaron Jones, Claire Mann and Richard Creasey;
Recorded, mixed and mastered at Pure Sound Audio, Cardross, Scotland;
Engineered by Richard Creasey;
except recorded and mixed at Pure Sound Digital Audio+, Cardross;
Photographs by Louis DeCarlo;
Design by 16K Design

Musicians

Claire Mann: fiddle [1-3, 6, 9-10], flute [1, 4, 8, 10], Bb flute [7, 11], whistles [5], D whistle [8], vocals [5], backing vocals [3, 9];
Aaron Jones: 10-string bouzouki [1-2, 4-6, 8-10], acoustic guitar [3-4, 7, 9], electric bass [2], vocals [3, 5, 7, 9]

with
Martin O’Neill: bodhrán [1-2, 5, 8, 10], shakers [5];
Leo McCann: button accordion [2, 10];
Richard Creasey: keyboards [2];
Kevin McGuire: double bass [3-5, 9];
Little Al Price: harmonica [3, 5, 9];
Nathon Jones: resonator guitar [3, 5, 9];
Billy Jones, Billie Jones: backing vocals [3, 9];
Carmel Jones, Sandy Murray: backing vocals [9]

Tracks

  1. McElvogue’s: Flowers of Brooklyn / Tom McElvogue’s Reel No 6 / The Highest Hill in Sligo (3.58)
  2. The Smiling Bride: The Smiling Bride / The Night Before Larry Was Stretched / Larry Redican’s (4.07)
  3. Saints and Sinners (4.38)
  4. Valsen: La Valse des Pastouriaux / Tralalavalsen (5.05)
  5. Across the Western Ocean (4.07)
  6. Tripping: The Ride to Durham / Crib of Perches / Tripping Down the Stairs (4.51)
  7. When Fortune Turns Her Wheel (3.36)
  8. Snappy Guzzlin’: Denis Ryan’s / Guzzle Together / Paddy O’Snap (3.14)
  9. Slip Jigs and Reels (5.18)
  10. Bottle of Whisky: Peter Murphy’s / Kitty Got a Clicking Coming to the Fair / Bottle of Whisky (4.10)
  11. Lament for the Kerry Fisherman (3.44)

Track 1a Billy McComiskey;
Track 1b Tom McElvogue;
Track 1c Ed Reavy;
Track 2a Charlie Lennon;
Tracks 2b, 5, 6bc, 7-8, 10bc trad.;
Track 2c Larry Redican;
Track 3 David Francey;
Track 4a Jacky Molard;
Track 4b Ola Bäckström;
Track 6a Armin Barnet, David Molk;
Track 9 Steve Tilston;
Track 10a Peter Murphy;
Track 11 Cathal McConnell