Spirit of the West - Labour Day

Tracks

Side 1

		Track Name	Length
	1	Dark House	04:46
	2	Political	04:27
	3	The Profiteers	03:03
	4	The Hounds that Wait Outside Your Door	05:20
	5	Run Boy	04:10

Side 2

		Track Name	Length
	1	Drinking Man	05:53
	2	Expensive - Cinema of Pain	03:26
	3	Gottingen Street	04:11
	4	Take it from the Source	05:39

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Information/Write-up

Musicians
John Mann: vocals, guitar, backing vocals
Geoffrey Kelly: vocals, flute, whistle, bodhran, harmonica, backing vocals
Hugh McMillan: bass, octave mandolin, synthesizer, backing vocals

Additional musicians
Jim McGilveray (Skywalk): percussion
John Jones (The Oyster Band): mandolin
Alan Prosser (The Oyster Band): electric guitar

Songwriting
‘Darkhouse’ – lyrics by Kelly, Mann, McMillan; music by Mann
‘Political’ – lyrics and music by Mann
‘Profiteers’ – lyrics by Kelly; music by Mann, McMillan
‘The Hounds That Wait Outside Your Door’ – lyrics and music by Kelly; arranged by Spirit of the West
‘Run Boy’ – lyrics by Mann, Kelly; music by Mann; traditional reel ‘The Bothy Band’

‘Drinking Man’ – lyrics by Kelly; music by Mann, Kelly; traditional reel ‘The Hunters Purse’
‘Expensive / Cinema of Pain’ – lyrics and music by Mann
‘Gottingen Street’ – lyrics by Kelly; music by Spirit of the West
‘Take It From the Source’ – lyrics by Mann, Kelly; music by Kelly, McMillan

Production
Produced by Spirit of the West with Danny Greenspoon
Engineered by Steve Smith, assisted by Marcel Duperreault
Mixed by Danny Greenspoon, assisted by Steve Smith, John, and Geoffrey
Recorded and mixed at Blue Wave Studios, Vancouver, winter and spring 1988

Artwork
Album design and art by Michel Dubois
Photography by Dermot Shane

Notes
Additional thanks to Janet Forsyth, Gary Quiring, Larry Wanagas, Gary Nixon

Thanks to Alison Kelly and Jill Daum for love and patience; Steve “Skippy” Smith; Danny Greenspoon; Jeff Mann; Dermot Shane; Alex Hoeschmann; Ellie O’Day; the CBC; college and university co-op radio; festival organizers; Drew Burns; Della Ratcliffe; Kim Upright; Mel West; Grant MacPhee; the Railway Club; Bam; Gord; family and friends

Musical encouragement from Barney Bentall and the Legendary Hearts; Stephen Fearing; Holger Peterson; James Keelaghan; Rare Air; k.d. lang and the Reclines; Linda Humphries; Ron Obvious; Runrig; The Oyster Band; The Battlefield Band; Gail Russell; Capercaillie; J. Knutson; Eric Bogle; Brent Miller; Andy McGloin; El Grupo Moncada; Rob “Rufus” Menzies (honourary fourth “Spirit”)

Homes away from home: Mr. and Mrs. H.W.R. McMillan; Morley Ignatiuk; Peter and Barb Sudermann; Paula Swan

Instrument thanks:
Geoffrey Kelly thanks Eugene Lambe (flutes) and Ross McRae (bodhran)
John Mann thanks Jean and David at Larrivée (guitars)
Hugh McMillan thanks Terry Warbey of Celtic Heart (octave mandolin)

℗ 1988 Spirit of the West
© 1988 Stony Plain Records
Licensed from Spirit of the West

Manufactured by Stony Plain Records, Box 861, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T5J 2L8

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