Kevin Ayers All This Crazy Gift Of Time (The Recordings 1969-1973)
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Pop Rock
Psychedelic Rock

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Esoteric Recordings
tracks cd8-10 accompanied by Greyhound
tracks cd3-12, cd3-13, bd-3, bd-4 accordion David Bedford
tracks cd1-15, cd1-16 alto saxophone Elton Dean
tracks cd5-13 arranged by David Bedford
tracks cd1-12 arranged by [cellos] David Bedford
tracks cd3-14 arranged by [cor anglais] David Bedford
tracks cd8-1 to cd8-9 arranged by [orchestral arrangements] David Bedford
authoring [blu ray] Type40 Creative
tracks cd5-15, cd8-1 to cd8-9, cd9-1 to cd9-11 backing vocals Barry St. John
tracks cd5-15, cd8-1 to cd8-9, cd8-14, cd8-15, cd9-1 to cd9-11 backing vocals Doris Troy
tracks cd4-12 backing vocals Gilli Smyth
tracks cd5-15, cd8-1 to cd8-9, cd8-14, cd8-15, cd9-1 to cd9-11 backing vocals Liza Strike
tracks cd1-14 to cd1-17 backing vocals Robert Wyatt
tracks cd1-12, cd1-13, cd1-18, cd3-12, cd5-12, cd5-13, cd6-1 to cd6-9, cd8-10 backing vocals The Ladybirds
tracks cd8-1 to cd8-9, cd8-14, cd8-15 baritone saxophone Lyle Jenkins
tracks cd8-12 bass Archie Legget
tracks cd1-15, cd1-16 bass Hugh Hopper
tracks cd1-12, cd5-1 to cd5-8, cd5-11, cd8-11 bass Kevin Ayers
tracks cd3-11 to cd3-13, cd4-1 to cd4-8, cd5-1 to cd5-8, cd5-13, bd-1 to bd-4 bass Mike Oldfield
tracks cd5-15, cd5-16, cd6-10 to cd8-9, cd8-14, cd8-15 to cd9-11, bd-5 to bd-9 bass guitar Archie Legget
tracks cd4-12 bass guitar Christian Tritsch
tracks cd2-8 bass guitar Kevin Ayers
tracks cd2-1 to cd2-7, cd5-10, cd6-1 to cd6-9 bass guitar Mike Oldfield
tracks cd1-11, cd1-13, cd1-18 bass guitar Richard Sinclair
tracks cd7-1 to cd7-16 congas Johnny Clifford
coordinator [additional] Vicky Powell
tracks cd8-1 to cd8-9 cymbal [player] Tristan Fry
design, artwork Phil Smee
tracks cd5-1 to cd5-8, cd5-10, cd5-12, cd5-13, cd6-1 to cd6-9, bd-3, bd-4 drums Dave Dufort
tracks cd8-1 to cd8-9, cd8-11, cd8-12, cd8-14, cd8-15, bd-5 to bd-7 drums Eddie Sparrow
tracks cd7-17 to cd7-19, cd9-1 to cd9-11, bd-8, bd-9 drums Fred Smith
tracks cd3-11 to cd3-13, cd4-1 to cd4-8, bd-1, bd-2 drums Mick Fincher
tracks cd4-12 drums Pip Pyle
tracks cd1-11, cd1-13, cd1-18 drums Richard Coughlan
tracks cd1-15, cd1-16, cd2-1 to cd2-8 drums Robert Wyatt
tracks cd5-1 to cd5-8, cd5-11, cd5-12 drums Tony Carr
tracks cd1-12 drums Whack Skins
tracks cd5-1 to cd5-8 drums William Murray
tracks cd2-1 to cd2-7 electric guitar Kevin Ayers
tracks cd2-1 to cd2-7 electric piano David Bedford
tracks cd5-1 to cd5-8 electric violin Gerry Fields
tracks cd8-1 to cd8-9 engineer John Kurlander
tracks cd5-14 engineer Phil Dunne
tracks cd5-14 ensemble Sebastian Bell Ensemble
tracks cd8-1 to cd8-9 executive-producer Andrew King
tracks cd5-1 to cd5-8 flute Didier Malherbe
tracks cd8-11, cd9-1 to cd9-11 flute Keith Bachelor
tracks cd1-15, cd1-16 flute Lyn Dobson
tracks cd4-9 to cd4-11 guitar Bridget St. John
tracks cd7-17 to cd7-19, cd9-1 to cd9-11, bd-8, bd-9 guitar Cal Batchelor
tracks cd9-1 to cd9-11 guitar G.F. Fitzgerald
tracks cd1-11 to cd1-18, cd3-11 to cd3-13, cd4-1 to cd5-10, cd5-12, cd5-13, cd5-15 to cd8-9, cd8-11, cd8-12, cd8-14, cd8-15 to cd9-11, bd-1 to bd-13 guitar Kevin Ayers
tracks cd2-8, cd3-12, cd3-13 guitar Mike Oldfield
tracks cd8-2 guitar Steve Hillage
tracks cd1-11, cd1-13 guitar Syd Barrett
tracks cd2-8 guitar [gibson maestro] Lol Coxhill
tracks cd4-12 guitar, backing vocals Daevid Allen
tracks cd5-9, cd5-10 harmonica Kevin Ayers
tracks cd8-1 to cd8-9, cd8-12 harmony vocals Archie Legget
tracks cd5-1 to cd5-8, cd8-8 harmony vocals Robert Wyatt
tracks cd4-1 to cd4-8, cd5-1 to cd5-8, cd6-1 to cd6-9, cd7-1 to cd7-16 keyboards David Bedford
tracks cd9-1 to cd9-11, bd-8, bd-9 keyboards Henry Crallan
tracks cd5-1 to cd5-8, cd5-10 lead guitar Mike Oldfield
tracks cd8-14, cd8-15, bd-5 to bd-7 lead guitar Steve Hillage
tracks cd8-3 lead vocals Archie Legget
tracks cd8-14 to cd9-11 mixed by Ben Wiseman
tracks cd2-1 to cd2-7, cd5-9, cd5-12 mixed by Stephen W. Tayler
tracks cd9-1 to cd9-11 mixed by [surpervision] Mark Powell
tracks cd2-8 orchestra London Sinfonietta
tracks cd2-1 to cd2-8, cd3-11 to cd3-13, cd5-10, cd5-12, cd5-13, bd-1, bd-2 organ David Bedford
tracks cd1-11, cd1-13, cd1-18 organ David Sinclair
tracks cd1-15, cd1-16, cd7-17, cd8-4 organ Mike Ratledge
tracks cd5-15, cd5-16, cd8-1 to cd8-9, cd8-14, cd8-15 percussion Eddie Sparrow
tracks cd2-1 to cd2-8 percussion Lol Coxhill
tracks cd3-12, cd3-13 percussion Mick Fincher
tracks cd5-1 to cd5-8 percussion Tony Carr
tracks cd5-1 to cd5-8 percussion William Murray
tracks cd1-12, cd1-14 to cd1-17, cd3-12 to cd3-14, cd5-10 to cd5-12, cd5-14, bd-3, bd-4 piano David Bedford
tracks cd5-1 to cd5-8 piano Kevin Ayers
tracks cd1-13 piano Robert Wyatt
tracks cd5-15, cd8-1 to cd8-9 piano Ronnie Price
tracks cd8-11 piccolo trumpet Harry Smith
tracks cd8-11 piccolo trumpet Roy Smith-Field
tracks cd5-1 to cd5-8 producer Andrew King
tracks cd5-14 producer David Bedford
tracks cd4-1, cd4-2, cd4-9 to cd4-11, cd6-1 to cd7-16 producer Jeff Griffin
tracks cd1-13 to cd1-17, cd4-6, cd4-12 to cd4-8 producer John Walters
tracks cd5-1 to cd5-8, cd8-1 to cd8-9 producer Kevin Ayers
tracks cd7-17 to cd7-19 producer Pete Ritzema
tracks cd4-3 to cd4-5 producer Peter Harwood
remastered by Ben Wiseman
research, compiled by, coordinator, producer [for release] Mark Powell
tracks cd4-12 to cd5-8 saxophone Didier Malherbe
tracks cd3-11 to cd3-13, cd4-1 to cd4-8, cd6-1 to cd6-9, cd7-1 to cd7-16, bd-1 to bd-4 saxophone Lol Coxhill
tracks cd2-1 to cd2-8 slide whistle Lol Coxhill
tracks cd1-14 to cd1-17, cd2-1 to cd2-8 soprano saxophone Lol Coxhill
tracks cd8-1 to cd8-9, cd8-14, cd8-15 tenor saxophone Howie Casey
tracks cd2-1 to cd2-8 tenor saxophone Lol Coxhill
tracks cd1-15, cd1-16 trombone Nick Evans
tracks cd8-1 to cd8-9, cd8-14, cd8-15 trumpet Dave Caswell
tracks cd5-16 trumpet Duncan Brown
tracks cd5-1 to cd5-8, bd-3, bd-4 violin Johnny Van Derek
tracks cd6-10 to cd7-19, cd9-1 to cd9-11, bd-8, bd-9 vocals Archie Legget
tracks cd3-14, cd4-9 to cd4-11 vocals Bridget St. John
tracks cd7-1 to cd7-16 vocals David Bedford
vocals Kevin Ayers
tracks cd7-1 to cd7-16 vocals Lol Coxhill
tracks cd7-1 to cd7-16 voice actor George Wilson
Record Company Cherry Red
Licensed From Warner Music Group
Licensed From BBC Studios
Licensed From Galen Ayers
Phonographic Copyright (p) Parlophone Records Ltd.
Phonographic Copyright (p) BBC
Phonographic Copyright (p) Cherry Red Records Ltd.
Phonographic Copyright (p) INA Enterprise - France
Copyright (c) Cherry Red Records Ltd.
Recorded At Abbey Road Studios
Recorded At Maida Vale Studios
Recorded At Hyde Park
Recorded At Marquee Studios
Recorded At Queen Elizabeth Hall
Overdubbed At Abbey Road Studios
Mixed At Abbey Road Studios
Mixed At Chimera Arts
Mixed At Broadlake Studios
Mixed At The Audio Archiving Company
Filmed At Taverne De L'Olympia
Filmed At The Old Grey Whistle Test
Filmed At Faculte Nanterre
Manufactured By Key Production
Glass Mastered At TAKT
Glass Mastered At Sony DADC
Discs held in slots in two Fold outs (One four panel and one six panel) with 68-page booklet held in a slip case.

CD1-1 to CD1-10 Originally released as Joy Of A Toy.
CD1-12 Originally released as part of Odd Ditties.
CD1-14 to CD1-17 BBC Radio 1 “Top Gear” session recorded 10th February 1970, previously issued on The BBC Sessions 1970 - 1976
CD1-18 Originally released as the A-side of Singing A Song In The Morning / Eleanor's Cake Which Ate Her.
CD2-1, CD2-3 to CD2-7 Originally released as Hyde Park Free Concert 1970.
CD2-8 Originally released as The Garden Of Love.
CD3-1 to CD3-9 Originally released as Shooting At The Moon.
CD3-12 & CD3-13 Originally released as the A & B-side of Butterfly Dance / Puis-Je?.
CD3-11 & CD3-14 Originally released as part of Odd Ditties.
CD4-1 & CD4-2 BBC Radio 1 “John Peel Sunday Concert” 17th May 1970.
CD4-3 to CD4-5 BBC Radio 1 “Alan Black Session” 20th May 1970, previously issued on The BBC Sessions 1970 - 1976
CD4-6 to CD4-8 BBC Radio 1 “Top Gear” session 9th June1970, previously issued on The BBC Sessions 1970 - 1976
CD4-9 to CD4-11 BBC Radio 1 “In Concert” 31st January 1971.
CD4-12 BBC Radio 1 “Sounds of the Seventies” 9th November 1971.
CD5-1 to CD5-8 Originally released as Whatevershebringswesing.
CD5-11 Originally released as the B-side of Stranger In Blue Suede Shoes.
CD5-14 Originally released as part of Nurses Song With Elephants.
CD6-1 to CD6-9 BBC Radio 1 “In Concert” 6th January 1972. Previously issued on BBC Radio 1 Live In Concert
CD6-10 to CD6-14 BBC Radio 1 “Bob Harris Session” 17th May 1972, previously issued on The BBC Sessions 1970 - 1976
CCD7-1 to CD7-16 BBC Radio 1 “In Concert” 20th September 1972 previously issued as Banana Follies.
CD7-17 to CD7-19 BBC Radio 1 “Bob Harris Session” 11th April 1973.
CD8-1 to CD8-9 Originally released as Bananamour.
CD8-10 Originally released as the B-side of Oh ! Wot A Dream.
CD8-11 & CD8-12 Originally released as the A & B-side of Caribbean Moon.
CD8-14 & CD8-14 recorded live at the “Harvest Road Show” Concert, Mile End London 5th November 1972.
CD9-1 to CD9-11 recorded live at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, 25th May 1973, previously appeared on Songs For Insane Times - An Anthology 1969-1980
BD-1, BD-2 recorded for ORTF French Television, 31st March 1970.
BD-3, BD-4 recorded for BBC TV “The Old Grey Whistle Test”, 4th April 1972.
BD-5 to BD-7 recorded for ORTF French Television, 13th January 1973.
BD-8, BD-9 recorded for BBC TV “The Old Grey Whistle Test”, 12 June 1973
BD-10 Harvest Records Promotional Film 1973.
BD-11 to BD-13 outtakes recorded for BBC TV “The Old Grey Whistle Test”, 4th April 1972


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