engineer Steve Albini graphic design Cathy Kirkpatrick lacquer cut by Robert Weston mastered by Robert Weston performer, double bass, charango Mark Stevens performer, drums [drum kit], percussion [tapan] Joe Gould performer, guitar, bouzouki Gordon Wallace performer, violin, fiddle [nyckelharpa], mandolin Jess Randall photography by Yanni Kronenberg photography by [documentary photography] Greg Le Couteur written-by The Crooked Fiddle Band Recorded At Electrical Audio Mastered At Chicago Mastering Service Lacquer Cut At Chicago Mastering Service Gatefold sleeve, limited to 500 copies on 180 gram vinyl. Hand numbered in the sleeve opening where the record is housed.
All tracks written by The Crooked Fiddle Band except: 'Clockwork Bride' contains a variation on a traditional Romanien (Muntenia) melody 'Joc Tiganesc de Doi'. The introduction to 'What the Thunder Said' is a variation on Amy Cann's session melody 'Catharsis'.
Recorded at Electrical Audio, Chicago, 5-13 February, 2011. Engineered by Steve Albini. Mastered by Bob Weston at Chicago Mastering Service. Barcode: 736211569882 (Scanned) Barcode: 7 36211 56988 2 (Text) Matrix / Runout: CFB-003-A [CMS logo]BW110915 (Runout side A, etched, [CMS Logo] = Ⓨ, rotated 90° to the left) Matrix / Runout: CFB-003-B [CMS logo]BW110915 (Runout side B, etched, [CMS Logo] = Ⓨ, rotated 90° to the left)