Musicians
Pamela Morgan: vocals, acoustic guitar, tin whistle, keyboards, synthesizer
Dave Panting: vocals, mandolin, electric guitar (‘The Darby Ram’)
Geoff Butler: button accordions, tin whistle (‘Jim Rumbolt’s Tune’)
Derek Pelley: bass, vocal harmony
Noel Dinn: drums, bodhran, hammered dulcimer, piano (‘Honour, Riches’)
Production
Produced by Tom Treumuth for Hypnotic Productions Inc.
Engineered by Dan Kuntz
Recorded at Studio 306, Toronto, except ‘The Ten Commandments’, recorded at the Soundhouse
Mixed by Mark Wright, assisted by Lenny DeRose, at Phase One Studios, Toronto
Mastered by George Graves at The Lacquer Channel
Songwriting
‘Honour, Riches (Song From The Tempest)’: music and arrangement by Noel Dinn, lyrics by W. Shakespeare
‘Breakwater Boys Breakdown’: Emile Benoit, arranged by Figgy Duff
‘Heel And Toe Polka / Paddy’s Jig’: traditional, arranged by Figgy Duff. Learned from Minnie White and the Quidi Vidi Minstrels
‘A Sailor Courted A Farmer’s Daughter’: traditional, arranged by Dinn/Morgan. Learned from Philip Foley of Tilting, Fogo Island
‘Centennial Highway Reel / Cooley’s Reel’: Rufus Guinchard / Joe Cooley, arranged by Figgy Duff
‘The Darby Ram’: traditional, arranged by Figgy Duff. Learned from John Thomas Bartlett, Fleur De Lys region
‘Auntie Mary / Brother’s Jig’: ‘Auntie Mary’ traditional, arranged by Figgy Duff; ‘Brother’s Jig’ by Emile Benoit. ‘Auntie Mary’ is better known as ‘Cock Of The North’
‘The Gypsy’: Dave Panting, arranged by Figgy Duff
‘The Ten Commandments’: traditional, arranged by Figgy Duff. Learned from Jack Carroll of Red Island, Placentia Bay
‘Lake St. John Reel / The Blackthorn Stick’: traditional, arranged by Figgy Duff. Learned from Frank Maher of the Battery
‘Dans La Prison De Londres’: traditional, arranged by Morgan/Figgy Duff. From the Port Au Port Peninsula, via Mme. Dubé
‘Thomas And Nancy’: traditional, arranged by Morgan with Dinn and Pelley. From Annie Green of Francois, on Newfoundland’s southwest coast
‘Jim Rumbolt’s Tune’: traditional, arranged by Figgy Duff. Learned from Rufus Guinchard
Artwork / Design
Kent Barrett: cover photography (© 1982)
Ian Bell: design
Special thanks
“Thanks to all who taught us their music.” Special thanks to Susan Caines, Genevieve Lehr, John Parsons, Neil Murray, and Olive and Brian Dinn.
Management
Tom Treumuth; Hart/Murdoch, 191 College St., Toronto, Ontario M5T 1P6
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