Altan The Best Of
1997 CD, CD Limited Edition Bonus CD
Celtic
Folk

Main image
Green Linnet
tracks 1-1, 1-3, 1-7 accordion Dermot Byrne
arranged by Altan
tracks 1-3 arranged by P.J. Curtis
tracks 1-14 backing vocals Anna Ní Mhaonaigh
tracks 1-1, 1-5, 1-7, 1-9 to 1-11, 1-13 to 1-15 backing vocals Ciaran Tourish
tracks 1-1, 1-5, 1-7, 1-11, 1-13, 1-14 backing vocals Dáithí Sproule
tracks 1-1 to 1-3, 1-5 to 1-7, 1-9 to 1-15 backing vocals Frankie Kennedy
tracks 1-1 to 1-3, 1-5 to 1-7, 1-9 to 1-15 backing vocals Mark Kelly
tracks 1-11, 1-14 bass [fretless] Steve Cooney
tracks 1-8, 1-16 bodhrán Colin Murphy
tracks 1-1, 1-2, 1-4, 1-14 bodhrán Donal Lunny
tracks 1-5, 1-9, 1-10, 1-15 bodhrán Tommy Hayes
tracks 1-8, 1-16 bodhrán [bass] Donal Lunny
tracks 1-9, 1-10, 1-15 bodhrán [bass] Tommy Hayes
bouzouki Ciaran Curran
tracks 1-1 to 1-3, 1-5 to 1-7, 1-9 to 1-15 bouzouki [bouzouki-guitar] Ciaran Curran
compiled by Thomas Rota
design Brian Wittman
tracks 1-2 double bass Garvan Gallagher
tracks 2-1 to 2-8 edited by Christian Scholze
tracks 2-1 to 2-8 edited by Jan Reichow
tracks 2-1 to 2-8 edited by Jean Trouillet
tracks 1-1, 1-7, 1-5, 1-9, 1-10, 1-11, 1-13, 1-14, 1-15 engineer Brian Masterson
tracks 1-2, 1-3, 1-6, 1-8, 1-12, 1-16 engineer Dan Fitzgerald
tracks 1-4 engineer Donal Lunny
tracks 1-1, 1-5, 1-7, 1-9 to 1-11, 1-13 to 1-15 fiddle Ciaran Tourish
fiddle Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh
tracks 1-2, 1-3, 1-6, 1-8 to 1-10, 1-12, 1-15, 1-16, 2-1 to 2-8 fiddle Paul O'Shaughnessy
flute Frankie Kennedy
tracks 1-1, 1-5, 1-7, 1-11, 1-13, 1-14 guitar Dáithí Sproule
guitar Mark Kelly
tracks 1-2, 1-3, 1-6, 1-12 guitar [high strung] Mark Kelly
tracks 1-9, 1-10, 1-15 jew's harp Tommy Hayes
tracks 1-4, 1-9 to 1-11, 1-13, 1-15 keyboards Donal Lunny
tracks 1-8, 1-16 keyboards Phil Cunningham
liner notes Earle Hitchner
tracks 1-1, 1-5, 1-7, 1-11, 1-13, 1-14 low whistle Frankie Kennedy
tracks 2-1 to 2-8 mastered by Christian Scholze
tracks 2-1 to 2-8 mastered by Dieter Wegner
tracks 1-8, 1-16 percussion Steve White
tracks 1-9, 1-10, 1-14, 1-15 percussion Tommy Hayes
photography by Colm Henry
photography by Kevin Yatarola
tracks 1-6 piano Marie Askin
tracks 1-3 piano Séamus Quinn
tracks 1-1, 1-5, 1-7, 1-11, 1-13, 1-14 producer Altan
tracks 1-1, 1-5, 1-7, 1-11, 1-13, 1-14 producer Brian Masterson
tracks 1-4 producer Donal Lunny
tracks 1-2, 1-3, 1-6, 1-9, 1-10, 1-12, 1-15 producer P.J. Curtis
tracks 1-8, 1-16 producer Phil Cunningham
tracks 1-1, 1-7, 1-15c remastered by Brian Masterson
tracks 1-1, 1-7, 1-15c, 1-16 remastered by Donal Lunny
tracks 1-11 shaker Tommy Hayes
translated by Proinsias Ó Maonaigh
tracks 1-1 to 1-3, 1-5 to 1-16, 2-1 to 2-8 vocals Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh
tracks 1-1, 1-5, 1-7, 1-9 to 1-11, 1-13 to 1-15 whistle Ciaran Tourish
tracks 1-2, 1-3, 1-6, 1-9, 1-10, 1-12, 1-15 whistle Frankie Kennedy
tracks 1-8, 1-16 whistle Phil Cunningham
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The Best of Altan (GLCD1177) packaged together with an exclusive, Limited Edition Bonus CD (Altan recorded live at the Museum Bochum (Bochum, Germany) in January 15, 1989).

Track 1-4 from the CD Altan (GLCD 1078) and recorded in Aigle Studios, Dublin, Ireland.

Tracks 1-8, 1-16 from the CD Horse With A Heart (GLCD 1095) and recorded at Lansdowne Studio in Dublin, Ireland in July 1988. Track 1-16 remastered 1995.

Tracks 1-2, 1-3, 1-6, 1-12 from the CD The Red Crow (GLCD 1109) and recorded at Westland Studios, Sublin, Ireland, June 1990.

Tracks 1-9, 1-10, 1-15 from the CD Harvest Storm (GLCD 1117) recorded at Windmill Lane Studios, Dunlin, Ireland, September/October 1991.

Tracks 1-1, 1-7, 1-11, 1-13, 1-14, 1-5 from the CD Island Angel (GLCD 1137) recorded at Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin, Ireland, July 1993. Tracks 1-1, 1-7 remastered 1995.

Disc one has the cat no GLC 1177-1.
Disc two has the cat no GLC 1177-2.

Some copies came with a circular green hype sticker 'Limited Edition Bonus CD'

Barcode: 048248117722
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