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Ignorance Baptist Hospital Thanksgiving A Live One
Anon Harmonograph    


Ensign Ignorance sleeve - 4106 Bytes
1992 UK / USA
Ignorance rerelease sleeve - 4836 Bytes
1992 Japan & 1996 UK
Ignorance

YearCountryLabelFormatNumberCommentsAvailability
1992UKEnsignLP064-3 21930 1-Deleted
1992UKEnsignCDCCD1930-Deleted
1992UKEnsignMCZCHEN24-Deleted
1992JapanEnsignCDTOCP 7379Extra tracksDeleted
1996UKHavenCDHAVENCD007Extra tracksCurrent
1996USACompassCD7 4235 2Extra tracksCurrent

  1. I Remember / The Ship Song
  2. 59 Yds
  3. Sweet Invisible
  4. Swan Silvertone
  5. Touched
  6. Little Bits Of Zero
  7. 16 Miles
  8. Gravity
  9. Ignorance
  10. A Slow Divorce
  11. History
  12. Talk Me Down
  13. The Ghost Of Johnny Ray
  14. Liberty Horses
  15. The Ghost Of Summer Walking
Produced by Boo Hewerdine with Rob Peters except Ray Shulman (6, 11, 12)
Engineered by Mark Freegard, Jim Abiss & Gail Lambourne
Recorded at Loco, The Church, Flame, Orinoco
Written by Hewerdine except:
The Ship Song by Nick Cave
Hewerdine / Taylor (5)
Hewerdine / Freelove (13)
Hewerdine / Shepherd / Larcombe / MacColl (14)

Musicians:
Boo Hewerdine & Rob Peters
Clive Gregson: mandolin (1), backing vocals (4), electric guitar (8)
Calum MacColl: electric guitar (2,4), bass (2), backing vocals (2)
Kimberley Rew: electric guitar (11)
Della Roberts: backing vocals (2,5)
Ray Shulman: bass (11), programming (6)

Notes:
The extra tracks on the re-release are from the singles '59 Yds' and 'History'.
The Compass release is remastered for improved sound quality.
Clive Gregson was in the group Any Trouble, one half of Gregson & Collister and is now solo.
Calum MacColl is brother of Neill and was, for a time, bassist in the Bible.
Kimberley Rew is guitarist with Katrina and the Waves.
Della Roberts is Rob Peters' partner in We'll Always Have Paris.
George Taylor is the band No Dakota.
Laurie Freelove was also signed to Ensign at the time. Boo co-wrote 2 songs on her album 'Smells Like Truth'.
Ray Shulman was in Gentle Giant and also produced the Sundays and the Sugarcubes.


baptist hospital sleeve - 4443 Bytes Baptist Hospital

YearCountryLabelFormatNumberCommentsAvailability
1996UKblanco y negroCD0630-12045-2-Deleted
1996UKblanco y negroMCWE491-Deleted
1996USADiscovery CD77042-Deleted
2002UKHavenCD-Extra tracks2003

  1. World's End
  2. The Love Thieves
  3. Last Cigarette
  4. Dreamlife
  5. Joke
  6. Baptist Hospital
  7. A Song For A Friend
  8. Candyfloss
  9. Sycamore Fall
  10. Holy Water
  11. Junk
  12. Greedy
  13. Firedogs
  14. One Sad Cowboy
  15. Another Mess Of Blues
  16. Black Cat
Produced by John Wood except The Bible & Jim Abiss (4)
Written by Hewerdine except
Hewerdine / Gregson (1)
Hewerdine / Clark / MacColl (3)
Hewerdine / MacColl (4)
Hewerdine / Reader (8)
Hewerdine / Clark (11, 12)

Musicians:
Boo Hewerdine: vocals, guitar, etc.
John 'Rabbit' Bundrick: keyboards (1, 10, 12)
Alison Clark: vocals (1, 2, 8)
Gary Clark: vocals, guitar, piano (3, 5, 7, 8)
Roy Dodds: percussion (9, 12)
Karlos Edwards: percussion (12)
Greg Harewood: bass (12)
Martin Hughs: drums (1, 10, 12)
Dave Larcombe: drums (4)
Matt Laug: drums (2, 5, 7, 8)
Leroy Lendor: bass (4)
Neill MacColl: guitar, piano, vocals (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11)
Brian McNeill: keyboards (5, 7, 8)
Eric Presley: bass (2, 5, 7, 8)
Eddi Reader: vocals (10, 12)
Tony Shepherd: keyboards (4)
Danny Thompson: bass (1, 10)
Richard Thompson: guitar (1, 10, 12)
Electra Strings: strings arranged Tony Cox (1, 11)

Notes:
'Dreamlife' is from the Bible's 1994 EP. It later appeared on the Bible album 'Dodo'.
John Wood was, famously, producer of Nick Drake, Fairport Convention and Sandy Denny.
Gary Clark was in the band Danny Wilson.
Alison Clark is Gary Clark's wife and was vocalist with Chrysalis act The Liberties.
Greg Harewood was bassist in the band Latin Quarter.
Roy Dodds plays in Eddi Reader's band.
Dave Larcombe, Leroy Lendor, Neill MacColl, Tony Shepherd were, with Boo, the Bible.
Matt Laug & Eric Presley were, with Gary Clark, in the band King L.
Danny & Richard Thompson are veteran session players who played on Nick Drake's albums.
John 'Rabbit' Bundrick played with Free and the Who.


thanksgiving sleeve - 4922 Bytes Thanksgiving

YearCountryLabelFormatNumberCommentsAvailability
1999UKBlack BurstCDBLACKCD002-Current
1999USACompassCD7 4267 2-Current
1999JapanMeldacCDMECI-25112Extra tracksCurrent

  1. The Birds Are Leaving
  2. Swansong
  3. Hope Is A Name
  4. Lazy Heart
  5. Water Song
  6. 'Our Boy'
  7. Bell, Book and Candle
  8. Thanksgiving
  9. Footsteps Fall
  10. Homesick Son
  11. Eve
  12. A Long Winter
  13. Murder In The Dark
  14. Please Don't Ask Me To Dance
  15. New Pretender
  16. The King Is Dead
Produced by John Wood except Clive Gregson (3, 12)
Recorded at Livingstone (London), Studio Frisson (Montreal), Clive's house (Nashville)
Written by Hewerdine except
Hewerdine / Gregson (3, 12)
Hewerdine / Reader (4, 10)
Hewerdine / MacColl (6)
Hewerdine / Bjërgfeldt (9)

Musicians:
Boo Hewerdine: vocals, acoustic guitar, guitar
Tim Harris: bass (1, 2, 4, 7, 9, 10, 11, 13, 15, 16)
Teddy Borowiecki: piano (1, 4, 6, 11, 13, 15, 16), accordion (2, 9, 13, 15, 16), synth (4, 8)
Electra Strings: strings arranged Tony Cox (1, 2, 8, 11)
Martin Barker: drums (2, 4, 7, 9, 13, 15)
Neill MacColl: guitar (7, 10, 14), electric guitar (2, 4, 8, 11, 13, 16), autoharp (7), 6-string bass (9), mandolin (9, 15)
Martha Wainwright: vocals (2, 4, 5, 7, 13)
Clive Gregson: guitar (3, 12), bass (3), accordian (3), keyboards (3)
Michael Pepin: guitar (5)
Joel Zifkin: violin (7, 15)

Notes:
Track 6 is a re-recording of the theme to the one-off BBC2 drama 'Our Boy'.
Tim Harris & Teddy Borowiecki play in Eddi Reader's band.
Martha Wainwright is the daughter of Loudon Wainwright III.
Martin Barker was in Shriekback.


a live one sleeve - 5627 Bytes
Slip-case & Australia
a live one UK sleeve - 8592 Bytes
UK
A Live One

YearCountryLabelFormatNumberCommentsAvailability
2002UKMadanCDLIVE001Slip-case card sleeveShop & gigs
2002AustraliaBelmoreCDBEL002Alternate artworkcurrent
2004UKMadanCDLIVE001Jewel case sleevecurrent

  1. Bell, Book and Candle
  2. Sweet On The Vine
  3. Joke
  4. Wings On My Heels
  5. Murder In The Dark
  6. Graceland
  7. Please Don't Ask Me To Dance
  8. The Border
  9. Patience Of Angels
  10. World's End
  11. The Birds Are Leaving
  12. Lucky Penny
  13. Soul
  14. Paper Planes
Mastered by Steve Fenton at SRT
Transferred by Chris Thorpe at Serendipity
Recorded by Patrick Cleasby.

Written by Hewerdine except
Hewerdine / Shepherd (6)
Hewerdine / Gregson (10)
Hewerdine / Reader (12)
Henderson / Hewerdine / Reader / Dodds (13)
Hewerdine / Eriksen (14)

Musicians:
Boo Hewerdine: vocals, guitar

Notes:
Professionally-mastered digital desk recording, recorded live solo at The Ram Folk Club, Claygate, 21st September 2001.


Anon sleeve - 6472 Bytes
Release
Anon promo sleeve - 3027 Bytes
Promo
Anon

YearCountryLabelFormatNumberCommentsAvailability
2002UKHavenCDHAVENCD15-Promo
2002UKHavenCDHAVENCD15-current
2002AustraliaBelmoreCDBEL003-current

  1. Kite
  2. Anon
  3. Dream Baby
  4. A Cloud No Bigger Than Your Hand
  5. Apple Tree
  6. The Devil Takes Care Of His Own
  7. Extras
  8. Peacetime
  9. Roundabout
  10. Hunger
  11. Looking For A Light On The Rails
  12. Mapping The Human Heart
Recorded by Frank Birch
Recorded at Lundgaard Studios, Denmark.
Mastered by Tim Young, Metropolis

Written by Hewerdine except
Hewerdine / Horn (3)
Hewerdine / Hewerdine (5)

Musicians:
Boo Hewerdine: vocals, acoustic guitar, high-strung guitar (1), shaker (11)
Gustaf Ljunggren: pedal steel guitar (1), mandolin (2), harmonium (2, 6, 10), mandocello (3), piano (4, 9), lap steel guitar (5), square-neck guitar (6), Wurlitzer (7), trumpet (7), Hammond organ (8), trumpet (10), French horn (10), banjo (11), flute (12), Juno 60 (12)
Notes:
The instrumental track at the end of track 2 is called 7/1/02, written and played by Gustaf Ljunggren.


Harmonograph sleeve - 6038 Bytes
release
Harmonograph promo sleeve - 6038 Bytes
promo
Harmonograph

YearCountryLabelFormatNumberCommentsAvailability
2005UKmVineCDMVBHCD02-Promo
2006UKmVineCDMVBHCD02-Current
2006JapanOak TreeCDDDCJ-5004Extra tracksCurrent

  1. The Girl Who Fell In Love With The Moon
  2. Weatherman
  3. Ontario
  4. Butterfly (On A Pin)
  5. Sugar On The Pill
  6. Slow Learner
  7. Sing To Me
  8. Patience Of Angels
  9. Submarines
  10. Nameless
  11. Mountains
  12. I Felt Her Soul Move Through Me
  13. Hummingbird
  14. Bell, Book & Candle (Emmerdale version)
Produced by Neill MacColl
Mixed by Jon Kelly
Engineered by Steve Stewart
Recorded at The Farm, Cambridge; Small Trophy, Crouch End; Voom!, New Malden
Mastered by Dennis Blackman, Skye Mastering.

Written by Hewerdine except Hewerdine / Eriksen (1), Hewerdine / Gabriel (2), Hewerdine / Notodog / Hepburn (4), Hewerdine / Borowiecki / Reader (5, 10), Hewerdine / Littlefield (6), Hewerdine / Deighton / Youle (7), Hewerdine / DeMain (11), Hewerdine / Henderson / Reader / Dodds (12)

Musicians:
Boo Hewerdine & Neill MacColl: all instruments except:
Calum MacColl: Harmonium (6), Omnichord (6), backing vocals
Halfdis Huld: Backing vocals
Notes:
See Boo's track-by-track description of the songs.