tracks 1, 4 & 15 alto saxophone Chris Caldwell
tracks 1, 4 & 15 alto vocals Alison Brister
tracks 1, 4 & 15 alto vocals Catherine Best
tracks 1, 4 & 15 alto vocals Claire Turner
tracks 1, 4 & 15 alto vocals Elise Golden
tracks 1, 4 & 15 alto vocals Jane Helliwell
tracks 1, 4 & 15 alto vocals Jo Chapman
tracks 1, 4 & 15 alto vocals Maggie Huntingford
tracks 1, 4 & 15 alto vocals Pauline Hoyle
tracks 1, 4 & 15 alto vocals Rhael Jenkins
tracks 1, 4 & 15 alto vocals Tina Burnett-Pope
tracks 1, 4 & 15 alto vocals Veronica Gray
tracks 1, 4 & 15 baritone saxophone Charlotte Glasson
tracks 1, 4 & 15 bass clarinet Stuart King
bass guitar Bryan Mills
tracks 1, 4 & 15 bass trombone Andrew Harwood-White
tracks 2, 5, 9 & 12 bass trombone Stuart Bates
tracks 1, 4 & 15 bass vocals Bruce Boyd
tracks 1, 4 & 15 bass vocals Geoff Kemball-Cook
tracks 1, 4 & 15 bass vocals Ian Lawrence
tracks 1, 4 & 15 bass vocals John Gibbons
tracks 1, 4 & 15 bass vocals Lenny Fagin
tracks 1, 4 & 15 bass vocals Martin Hudson
tracks 1, 4 & 15 bass vocals Matthew Turner
tracks 1, 4 & 15 bass vocals Paul Haddon
tracks 1, 4 & 15 bass vocals Paul Mason
tracks 1, 4 & 15 bass vocals Robert Goodall
tracks 1, 4 & 15 bass vocals Roger Cleave
tracks 1, 4 & 15 bass vocals Stephen Greenway
tracks 1, 4 & 15 bass vocals Vincent Lawler
tracks 1, 4 & 15 bassoon Rebecca Menday
tracks 2, 5, 9 & 12 bassoon Simon Estell
tracks 1, 3, 4, 13 & 15 cello Betsy Taylor
tracks 1, 4 & 15 cello Chris Fish
tracks 2, 5, 6, 9, 12 & 17 cello Chris Worsey
tracks 3 & 13 cello Duncan Moulton
tracks 1, 4 & 15 cello Emmeline Brewer
tracks 2, 5, 9 & 12 cello Jo Richards
tracks 2, 5, 9 & 12 cello Kathy Brown
tracks 1, 4 & 15 cello Louise Hopkins
tracks 7 & 11 cello Quentin Hutchinson
tracks 1, 3, 4, 13 & 15 cello Robbie Jacobs
tracks 2, 5, 9 & 12 cello Ruth Goldstein
tracks 1, 4 & 15 chorus master David Temple
tracks 2, 5, 9 & 12 clarinet Kelvin Christiane
tracks 1, 4 & 15 clarinet Stuart King
tracks 3 & 13 conductor Christopher Austin
tracks 6 & 17 cor anglais Joby Talbot
tracks 1, 4 & 15 cor anglais Max Spiers
design Rob Crane
tracks 1, 4 & 15 directed by [artistic director for the brunel ensemble] Christopher Austin
tracks 1, 4 & 15 double bass Ian Watson
tracks 1, 3, 4, 13 & 15 double bass Peter Devlin
tracks 1, 3, 4, 13 & 15 double bass Philip Dawson
tracks 2, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12 & 17 drums Darren Allison
tracks 2, 5, 9 & 12 drums Grant Gordon
drums Miguel Barradas
tracks 3 & 13 flugelhorn Adam Howard
tracks 2, 5, 9 & 12 flugelhorn Robin Smith
tracks 2, 5, 9 & 12 flute Alex McRonald
tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 9, 12, 13 & 15 flute Charlotte Glasson
tracks 1, 4 & 15 flute Rebecca Larsen
tracks 1, 4 & 15 flute [alto] Rebecca Larsen
tracks 7 & 11 french horn Neil Hannon
guitar Ivor Talbot
tracks 1, 4 & 15 harp Lucy Wakeford
tracks 1, 4 & 15 horn Jonathan Hassan
tracks 1, 4 & 15 horn Jonathan Morcombe
tracks 1, 3, 4, 13 & 15 horn Matthew Gunner
tracks 1, 4 & 15 horn Tansy Davies
management Divine Management
mastered by Ian Cooper
tracks 2, 5, 6, 9, 12 & 17 oboe Joby Talbot
tracks 1, 3, 4, 13 & 15 oboe Max Spiers
tracks 2, 5, 9 & 12 organ [hammond] Neil Hannon
organ [hammond], accordion Stuart Bates
tracks 2, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12 & 17 percussion Darren Allison
tracks 2, 5, 9 & 12 percussion Neil Hannon
percussion Rob Farrer
photography by Kevin Westenberg
piano Joby Talbot
tracks 2, 5, 9 & 12 piano Neil Hannon
tracks 1, 4 & 15 piccolo flute Rebecca Larsen
tracks 3 & 13 saxophone Charlotte Glasson
tracks 6 & 17 saxophone Joby Talbot
tracks 2, 5, 9 & 12 saxophone Simon Estell
tracks 1, 4 & 15 soprano saxophone Charlotte Glasson
tracks 1, 4 & 15 soprano saxophone Simon Haram
tracks 1, 4 & 15 soprano vocals Allison Mason
tracks 1, 4 & 15 soprano vocals Denise Haddon
tracks 1, 4 & 15 soprano vocals Felicity Ford
tracks 1, 4 & 15 soprano vocals Gisela Soinne
tracks 1, 4 & 15 soprano vocals Jenny Weston
tracks 1, 4 & 15 soprano vocals Julia White
tracks 1, 4 & 15 soprano vocals Liz Knight
tracks 1, 4 & 15 soprano vocals Naomi Fulop
tracks 1, 4 & 15 soprano vocals Nina Weiss
tracks 1, 4 & 15 soprano vocals Pamela Constantinou
tracks 1, 4 & 15 soprano vocals Pat Whitehead
tracks 1, 4 & 15 soprano vocals Rachael Conner
tracks 1, 4 & 15 soprano vocals Sue McCrone
tracks 1, 4 & 15 tenor saxophone Charlotte Glasson
tracks 1, 4 & 15 tenor saxophone Kelvin Christiane
tracks 1, 4 & 15 tenor vocals Barry Varley-Tipton
tracks 1, 4 & 15 tenor vocals Christopher Higgs
tracks 1, 4 & 15 tenor vocals John Best
tracks 1, 4 & 15 tenor vocals Ken Wilson
tracks 1, 4 & 15 tenor vocals Michael Coates
tracks 1, 4 & 15 tenor vocals Nick Turner
tracks 1, 4 & 15 tenor vocals Phillip Robinson
tracks 1, 4 & 15 tenor vocals Steve McAdam
tracks 2, 3, 5, 9, 12 & 13 trombone Jane Butterfield
tracks 1, 4 & 15 trombone Tom Hammond
tracks 3 & 13 trumpet Adam Howard
tracks 1, 4 & 15 trumpet Daniel Newell
tracks 1, 4 & 15 trumpet Mark Law
tracks 1, 4 & 15 trumpet Robert Samuel
tracks 2, 5, 9 & 12 trumpet Robin Smith
tracks 1, 3, 4, 13 & 15 trumpet Simon Jones
tracks 1, 4 & 15 trumpet [piccolo] Simon Jones
tracks 1, 4 & 15 tuba Simon Roberts
tracks 2, 5, 9 & 12 viola Alison Fletcher
tracks 6 & 17 viola Catherine Browning
tracks 2, 5, 9 & 12 viola Charlotte Glasson
tracks 1, 4 & 15 viola David Aspin
tracks 6 & 17 viola Jessamy Boyd
tracks 1, 4 & 15 viola Joanna Lacey
tracks 1, 3, 4, 13 & 15 viola John Murphy
tracks 1, 3, 4, 13 & 15 viola Jong On Lau
tracks 7 & 11 viola Monica Scott
tracks 1, 4 & 15 viola Robert Riley
tracks 1, 3, 4, 13 & 15 viola Yannick Dondelinger
tracks 3 & 13 viola Zoe Lake
tracks 2, 5, 9 & 12 violin Alex Postlethwaite
tracks 2, 5, 9 & 12 violin Alice Pratley
tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 9, 12 & 15 violin Anna Giddey
tracks 1, 4 & 15 violin Aroussiak Baltaian
tracks 1, 3, 4, 13 & 15 violin Benjamin Harte
tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 9, 12, 13 & 15 violin Benjamin Nabarro
tracks 1, 4 & 15 violin Bérénice Lavigne
tracks 1, 4 & 15 violin Charles Mutter
tracks 1, 4 & 15 violin Christopher George
tracks 2, 5, 9 & 12 violin Emil Chitakov
tracks 3 & 13 violin Emily Davis
tracks 1, 4 & 15 violin Emma Mitchell
tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 9, 12 & 15 violin Eos Counsell
tracks 3 & 13 violin Juliet Warden
tracks 1, 3, 4, 13 & 15 violin Kate Birchall
tracks 1, 4 & 15 violin Kelly McCusker
tracks 3 & 13 violin Krista Caspersz
tracks 2, 5, 9 & 12 violin Laura Samuel
tracks 3 & 13 violin Lisa Betteridge
tracks 1, 3, 4, 13 & 15 violin Mary Martin
tracks 1, 4 & 15 violin Matthew Ward
tracks 1, 4 & 15 violin Maya Bickel
tracks 7 & 11 violin Monica Scott
tracks 6 & 17 violin Natalie Box
tracks 2, 5, 9 & 12 violin Padraic Savage
tracks 1, 4 & 15 violin Roy Theaker
tracks 3 & 13 violin Simon Baggs
tracks 1, 3, 4, 13 & 15 violin Tim Myall
tracks 2, 5, 9 & 12 violin Yuri Kalnits
vocals, guitar Neil Hannon
Phonographic Copyright (p) Setanta Records Ltd.
Copyright (c) Setanta Records Ltd.
Copyright (c) EMI Records Ltd.
Distributed By Vital (2)
Published By BMG Music
Published By Damaged Pop Music
Published By Warner/Chappell Music
Glass Mastered At Nimbus
Compilation of tracks from Fin De Siècle (1, 4 & 15 ℗ 1998 Setanta), Casanova (2, 5, 9 & 12 ℗ 1996 Setanta), A Short Album About Love (3 & 13 ℗ 1997 Setanta), Promenade (6 & 17 ℗ 1994 Setanta), Liberation (7 & 11 ℗ 1999 Setanta) and 20th Century Blues - The Songs of Noel Coward (14 ℗ 1998 S.A.V.E Ltd).

The Pop Singer's Fear Of The Pollen Count is originally from Liberation and re-recorded for A Secret History. Gin Soaked Boy and Too Young to Die previously un-released.

Tracks 1, 4, 10, 15 & 16 published by BMG Music, track 14 published by Warner / Chappell Music, all other tracks published by Damaged Pop Music.

This compilation ℗ & © 1999 Setanta Records Limited.

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