tracks

Absolute Beauty Is An Absolute Curse
Westward Airways
El Merreon
Shrunken Man
How Animals Move
The Florida Recount
Without Warning His Heart Stopped Beating
Bernadette
Spanish Girls
Lord It's A Happy Land
Stable Life
How Animals Move Pt. 2
Airplane Blues

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℗ 2002 Thrill Jockey

Mastered by John Dent at Loud.
Pre-mastering at Rondor LA.

Published by Rondor Music (London) Ltd except B2 & B5 by Rondor Music (London) Ltd/MCPS, B3 by Rondor Music (London) Ltd/South of Venus Music/WB Music Corp., A4 by Lazarus/ATV/Sony Music, B7 by Copyright Control.

Cover photo of John & Honor at the American Museum of Natural History in New York.
Ultrasound scan by St. Michael's Hospital, Bristol.

Thanks to the band - Jim, Stuart, Aaron, Wayne, Jeremy, Clare, Jesse, Tammy, Ben & Adrian - & to the guests - Howe & extended Giant Sand Family, Pat, Does & Bart, Mike & Chrys, David, Will, Rico & Polly - & to Head, Rik, Jim & Julie, Louise & Greg, Matt J, Cally, John D, Chris J, Bettina & all at Thrill Jockey, all at Rondor London & Los Angeles, Bill & Thelma, Maria, Michelle, Honor & Hope.

Dedicated to the memory of Marc Moreland 1958-2002.

Managed at D.notice.

Track A1: recorded June 1998 at Crusthouse Studio, Bristol. Ambient noise from the (Tomy) baby monitor added June 2000.
Track A2; recorded December 2000 at Arc Studio, Bath. Engineered by Head. Mixed January 2001 at State Of Art, Bristol. Engineered by Rik Dowding. Howe's piano recorded at Harvey's Studio, Tucson, AZ for the original demo in January 1998. What could be sampled & lifted was, & what couldn't was carefully forged by JP in State Of Art.
Track A3: Pat's harmonica recorded at Louise Goffin's studio in Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles in September 1997. Everything else recorded at Honorsound, Bristol in November 1997.
Track A4: recorded June 1999 at Honorsound. This recording appears on TheThe* - Interpretations, Issue 1: ShrunkenMan , Nothing Records. Released May 2000.
Tracks A5 and A6: recorded December 2000 at Arc. Mixed March 2001 at Monnow Valley Studio, Wales. Howe's piano recorded at Harvey's in February 2001.
Track B1: recorded August 1997 at Honorsound.
Track B2: recorded & pre-mixed March 2001 at Monnow Valley. David's voice recorded August 2000 at Honorsound. Additional slide guitar & track blending completed at Honorsound July 2001.
Track B3: Bass, drums & initial guitar recorded at Louise's in Laurel Canyon in September 1997. Additional drums & guitar recorded November 1997 at Honorsound. Will's saxes & JP guitar solo recorded at Crusthouse in June 1998. The voices are a walkman recording of a bunch of Spanish girls singing on the beach at Conil de la Frontera late one night in July 1997. Mixed at Honorsound in June 1998.
Track B4: recorded December 1997 at Honorsound. Happy Land loop from the Ditcheat Players Christmas Concert 1997.
Track B5: recorded & pre-mixed March 2001 at Monnow Valley. Engineered by Head. David's voice taken from original demo, recorded December 1997 at Honorsound. Mixed at State of Art, January 2002. Engineered by Rik Dowding.
Track B6: discovered at Monnow Valley, March 2001 by Head & JP.
Track B7: drums recorded at the Crusthouse in June 1998. Everything else done at Honorsound in September 1998. This recording was made for the exhibition 'Wingwalkers' by Rebecca Goddard & Michelle Henning at the Watershed, Bristol, Nov '98 - Jan '99.

Printed inner sleeve.
Track durations taken from release.

credits

Artwork [Drawings], Painting [Paintings] – Honor Parish, John Parish, Maria Mochnacz, Michelle Henning
Layout – Sheila Sachs
Management [Managed By] – Jim Chapman (2)
Mastered By – John Dent
Mastered By [Pre-mastering By] – Chris Justice
Photography By, Design – Michelle Henning
Producer [Produced By] – John Parish
Songwriter [Songs Written By] – David Donahue, (tracks: B2, B5), Kelson, (tracks: B7), John Parish (tracks: A1 to A3, A5 to B6), Louise Goffin (tracks: B3), Matt Johnson (tracks: A4), Jackson, (tracks: B7)

companies

Phonographic Copyright (p) – Thrill Jockey
Published By – Rondor Music (London) Ltd.
Published By – South of Venus Music
Published By – WB Music Corp.
Published By – Lazarus
Published By – ATV
Published By – Sony Music
Published By – Copyright Control
Recorded At – Crusthouse Studio
Recorded At – Arc Studios, Bath
Recorded At – Harvey's House, Tucson
Recorded At – Louise Goffin's Studio, Laurel Canyon
Recorded At – Honorsound
Recorded At – Monnow Valley Studios
Engineered At – State Of Art Studios
Mixed At – State Of Art Studios
Mixed At – Monnow Valley Studios
Mixed At – Honorsound
Mastered At – SAE Mastering
Mastered At – Record Technology Incorporated – 7711
Mastered At – Loud Mastering

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