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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 & Sebastian: Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like a Peasant

On June 6, 2000, “Jeepster” label released “Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like a Peasant”, the fourth Belle & Sebastian album. It was recorded in 2000, at “CaVa Studios” in Glasgow, Scotland, and was produced by Tony Doogan.

Personnel:

  • Stuart Lee Murdoch – lead vocals
  • Stephen Jackson – vocal, guitar
  • Sarah Martin – vocal, violin
  • Chris Geddes – keyboards
  • Helen McSherry, Peter Nicholson – cello
  • Gary Grochia – double bass
  • Richard Colburn – drums
  • Alistair Savage, Cheryl Crockett, Claire McKeown, Dervilagh Cooper, Elin Edwards, Greg Lawson, Liza Webb, Lorna Leitch, Murray Fergusson – violin
  • Paul Fox – flute
  • Mick Cooke – trumpet
  • Jenny Divers – saxophone
  • Ronan Breslin – trombone
  • Alistair Cooke , Francis Macdonald, Jonny Quinn – percussion
  • Tony Doogan – recording
  • Ian Grier, Willie Deans – recording assistants
  • Frank Arkwright – mastering
  • Andrew Symington – design
  • Laura Molloy – illustration
  • Con Carson – photography

Track listing:

  1. I Fought in a War
  2. The Model
  3. Beyond the Sunrise
  4. Waiting for the Moon to Rise
  5. Don’t Leave the Light on Baby
  6. The Wrong Girl
  7. The Chalet Lines
  8. Nice Day for a Sulk
  9. Women’s Realm
  10. Family Tree
  11. There’s Too Much Love