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Belle and Sebastian: Storutelling

On June 3, 2002, “Jeepster” label released “Storytelling”, the fifth Belle and Sebastian studio album. It was recorded in 2001, at “Water Music” and “Magic Studios” in New York City, “Ca Va Studios” in Glasgow, and was produced by Tony Doogan.   

Personnel:

  • Gary Grochla – double bass
  • Roy Hunter – double bass
  • Kenneth Broom – saxophone
  • Jenny Divers – tenor saxophone
  • Ronan Breslin – bass trombone
  • Andrea Kuypers – flute
  • Alastair Savage – violin
  • Cheryl Crockett – violin
  • Dervilagh Cooper – violin
  • Gillian Risi – violin
  • Liza Webb – violin
  • Mary Ward – violin
  • Murray Fergusson – violin
  • George Cuthbertson – viola
  • Jacqui Penfold – viola
  • Joel Hunter – viola
  • Jacqui Sharples – cello
  • Susan Dance – cello
  • Catriona MacKay – harp
  • Geoff Allen – engineer
  • Dave Paterson – engineer
  • Michael Bannister, Willie Deans – engineer assistant
  • Juan Garcia – engineer assistant
  • Tom Unish – engineer assistant
  • Frank Arkwright – mastering
  • Robin Rankin – editing
  • Tony Doogan – editing
  • Divine Inc. – design

Track listing:

  1. Fiction
  2. Freak
  3. Dialogue: Conan, Early Letterman
  4. Fuck This Shit
  5. Night Walk
  6. Dialogue: Jersey’s Where It’s At
  7. Black and White Unite
  8. Consuelo
  9. Dialogue: Toby
  10. Storytelling
  11. Dialogue: Class Rank
  12. I Don’t Want to Play Football
  13. Consuelo Leaving
  14. Wandering Alone
  15. Dialogue: Mandingo Cliché
  16. Scooby Driver
  17. Fiction Reprise
  18. Big Joh Shaft

Belle and Sebastian: Days of the Bagnold Summer

On September 13, 2019, “Matador” label released “Days of the Bagnold Summer”, the tenth Belle and Sebastian album. It was recorded in 2019, at “Banchory Studio” and “Gorbals Sound” in Glasgow.

Personnel:

  • Stuart Murdoch – vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards
  • Stevie Jackson – vocals, piano, guitar
  • Sarah Martin – vocals, violin, guitar, flute, keyboards
  • Chris Geddes – piano, keyboards, percussion
  • Bobby Kildea – bass, guitars
  • Dave McGowan – bass, guitar, keyboards
  • Richard Colburn – drums, percussion
  • Mick Cooke – electric guitar, trumpet, French horn, synth, arranger
  • Gillian Risi, Ysla Pinto – violin
  • Liam Lynch – viola
  • Sarah Willson – cello
  • Brian McNeill – recording
  • Tomy Doogan – recording
  • Kevin Burleigh – recording, mixing
  • Frank Arkwright – mastering
  • Darryl McFadyen – technician
  • Emma Durnan – design
  • Rob Baker Ashton, Sam Windett – photography

Track listing:

  1. Sister Buddha
  2. I Know Where the Summer Goes
  3. Did the Day Go Just Like You Wanted
  4. Jill Pole
  5. I’ll Keep It Inside
  6. Safety Valve
  7. The Colour’s Gonna Run
  8. Another Day, Another Night
  9. Get Me Away from Here I’m Dying
  10. Wait and See What the Day Holds
  11. Sister Buddha
  12. This Letter
  13. We Were Never Glorious