tracks a1, a3, b2, b5 acoustic guitar Bill Frisell
tracks a1, a5 arranged by Bill Frisell
tracks a2, a6 to b5 arranged by Rolf Hermsen
tracks a3, a6 arranged by Sebastiaan Koolhoven
tracks a2, a4, b1, b2, b4, b5 arranged by The Mathilde Santing Ensemble
tracks a4, b2 backing vocals Julia Loko
tracks a4, b2 backing vocals Mathilde Santing
tracks a2, a4 bass [bass guitar] Fernando Saunders
directed by [musical director] Rolf Hermsen
tracks a3, a6, to b3, b5, b6 double bass Simon Planting
tracks a4, a6, b5 drums Peter Meuris
edited by [edited at nos studios] Nico Langeveld
edited by [edited at nos studios] Tin Jonker
engineer [additional recording at gramavision studio, new york] Alec Head
engineer [additional recording at gramavision studio, new york] Joe Ferla
engineer [additional recording at nos studios for vpro radio 3] Herman Geerling
tracks a2, a5 to b2, b5, b6 engineer [mix at dureco studios and studio 150] Mel Jefferson
tracks a1, a3, b3, b4 engineer [mix at nos studios for vpro radio 3] Herman Geerling
engineer [recorded at dureco studios, studio 150 and bullet sound recording studio] Peter Riebeek
engineer [recorded at dureco studios, studio 150 and bullet sound recording studio] Sander Bos
engineer [recorded at dureco studios, studio 150 and bullet sound recording studio] Sytze Gardenier
executive-producer Mathilde Santing
tracks a4, b3 french horn, arranged by [additional strings and woodwinds], conductor [additional strings and woodwinds conducted by] Sharon Freeman
tracks a3, b5 guitar [electric] Rolf Hermsen
tracks a4, a5, b4, b6 guitar [guitars] Bill Frisell
tracks a2, a4, a6, b3, b4 guitar [guitars] Rolf Hermsen
tracks a6, b1 guitar [wailing] Bill Frisell
lacquer cut by [at utopia recording studios] Steve Angel
mixed by Mel Jefferson
mixed by Rolf Hermsen
tracks a2 to a4, a6, b3, b5, b6 percussion Michael Vatcher
tracks a2, b6 percussion Peter Meuris
tracks a2, a6, b2 percussion Rolf Hermsen
photography by [back cover] Frans Jansen
photography by [front cover] Peter Noble
producer Hal Willner
tracks a1, a2, a4 to b3, b5 recorded by [mathilde's vocals were recorded live by] Sander Bos
sleeve [concept & design] Rolf Hermsen
sleeve [concept] Mathilde Santing
tracks a2, a4, b1 to b3 synthesizer Peter Meuris
tracks a6, b6 trumpet Jimmy Sernesky
tracks a2, a3, a6, b1, b3 violin Sebastiaan Koolhoven
Phonographic Copyright (p) Megadisc Records & Tapes B.V.
Copyright (c) WEA Records Ltd.
On back cover: ℗ 1987 Megadisk Records And Tapes. © 1987 WEA Records Ltd.
Comes with an inner sleeve with lyrics and information.
Track durations as printed on the labels.

Recorded May - October 1986
Recorded in Holland at Dureco Studios, Studio 150 and Bullet Sound Recording Studio. Additional recording at Gramavision Studio, New York and at NOS Studios for VPRO Radio 3.
With the exception of Wanting Things, Sheep In Fog, and Kings And Queens Mathilde's vocals were recorded live in Pand Riche, Amsterdam.
Mixed December 1986 - January 1987
Town Without Pity, Broken Bicycles, Sheep In Fog, Twenty Tambourines, Too Close For Comfort, Tempted and Is There Any Way Out Of This Dream mixed at Dureco Studios and Studio 150. Love Of The Common Man, Wanting Things, She Needs Me and Kings And Queens mixed at NOS Studios for VPRO Radio 3. One Day As A Lion mixed at Wisseloord Studios.
Edited at NOS Studios. Cut at Utopia Recording Studios, London.

Thanks to the following people for doing more than their job's worth: Mel Jefferson, Bart Jansen and Peter Riebeek at Studio 150. Sander Bos, Dennis Duchhart, Peter Meuris, Izumi Kobayashi, Michiel Brandes, Jan Hans Berg.

The mixing of this album was partly commissioned by VPRO Radio 3. For this, Mathilde would like to give special thanks to Frank Hermsen and Roel Bentz van den Berg at VPRO and Ruud Kleijn at NOS.

Love Of The Common Man © 1981 Fiction Music Inc. Published in Benelux by Nada International CV
Town Without Pity © United Artists Music Inc.
Wanting Things © 1968 Blue Seas Music Inc. / Jax. Music Co. Published in Benelux by Chappel & Co. Holland BV / Intersong Basart Publishing Group BV
One Day As A Lion, Twenty Tambourines and Kings And Queens © 1986 Copyright Control
Broken Bicycles and Is There Any Way Out Of This Dream © Fifth Floor Music Inc. Published in Benelux by Warner Bros. Music Holland BV
Tempted © Illegal Music Ltd. Published in Benelux by SBK Songs Holland BV
She Needs Me © Copyright Control
Too Close For Comfort © 1956 Laurel Music Corporation Published in Benelux by Intersong Basart Publishing Group BV
Sheep In Fog © 1986 Copyright Control Words: Sheep In Fog, a poem by Sylvia Plath, 1963 © 1963 the Estate of Sylvia Plath

The Mathilde Santing Ensemble
Mathilde Santing • Rolf Hermsen
Sebastiaan Koolhoven • Peter Meuris • Simon Planting • Michael Vatcher
with special guest Bill Frisell and others

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