ALBUMS:
-- If A Tree Falls: A Collection Of His Greatest Songs (1990) --
An Australian only release.
Track Listing:
[1] Lovers In A Dangerous Time (4:06)
[2] If A Tree Falls (5:43)
[3] If I Had A Rocket Launcher (4:59)
[4] Fascist Architecture (4:04)
[5] Don't Feel Your Touch (4:48)
[6] Wondering Where The Lions Are (3:39)
[7] People See Through You (3:44)
[8] Call It Democracy (3:50)
[9] Stolen Land (5:23)
[10] Tokyo (3:26)
[11] The Trouble With Normal (3:17)
[12] Rumours Of Glory (5:02)
[13] You Pay Your Money and You Take Your Chance (4:17)
[14] Waiting For A Miracle (4:48)
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Album Info:
Production notes:
1990, Liberation Records, L 30327 (Australia-only release)
Bruce Cockburn
If A Tree Falls – A Collection Of His Greatest Songs
Lovers In A Dangerous Time
Guitar: Bruce Cockburn
Bass and Stick: Fergus Jemison Marsh
Drums: Miche Pouliot
Background Vocals: Joel Feeney, Paul Henderson
Produced by: Jon Goldsmith and Kerry Crawford
Engineer: John Naslen
Recorded at Manta Sound, Toronto
March-April 1984
From the album “Stealing Fire”
If A Tree Falls
Guitar: Bruce Cockburn
Bass and Stick: Fergus Jemison Marsh
Drums and Percussion: Michael Sloski
Background Vocals: Judy Cade, Mary Margaret O’Hara (appears courtesy of Virgin Records) and Mose Scarlett
Produced by: John Goldsmith for True North Productions
Engineer: John Naslen
Recorded at Manta Sound, Toronto
July-August 1988
From the album “Big Circumstance”
If I Had A Rocket Launcher
Guitar: Bruce Cockburn
Stick: Fergus Jemison Marsh
Drums: Miche Pouliot
Keyboards: Jon Goldsmith
Percussion: Chi Sharpe
Produced by: Jon Goldsmith and Kerry Crawford
Engineer: John Naslen
Recorded at Manta Sound, Toronto
March-April 1984
From the album “Stealing Fire”
Facist Architecture
Guitar: Bruce Cockburn
Stick: Fergus Jemison Marsh
Drums and Percussion: Michael Sloski
Keyboards: Jon Goldsmith
Violin: Hugh Marsh
Trumpet: Michael Alan White
Background Vocals: Judy Cade
Produced by: Jon Goldsmith and Kerry Crawford
Engineer: John Naslen
Recorded at Manta Sound, Toronto
November-December 1986
Original recording from “Humans”
July-August 1980
Don’t Feel Your Touch
Guitar: Bruce Cockburn
Bass and Stick: Fergus Jemison Marsh
Drums and Percussion: Michael Sloski
Produced by: Jon Goldsmith and Kerry Crawford
Engineer: John Naslen
Recorded at Manta Sound, Toronto
July-August 1980
From the album “Big Circumstance”
Wondering Where The Lions Are
Guitar: Bruce Cockburn
Marimba: Pat Godfrey
Bass: Larry “Sticky Fingers” Silvera
Background Vocals: Larry “Sticky Fingers” Silvera, Ben Bow, Pat Godfrey
Produced by: Eugene Martynec
Engineer: Gary Gray
Recorded at Manta Sound, Toronto
May-June 1979
From the album “Dancing In The Dragons Jaws”
People See Through You
Guitar: Bruce Cockburn
Stick: Fergus Jemison Marsh
Drums and Percussion: Michael Sloski
Keyboards: Jon Goldsmith
Violin: Hugh Marsh
Trumpet: Michael Alan White
Background Vocals: Judy Cade
Produced by: Jon Goldsmith and Kerry Crawford
Engineer: John Naslen
Recorded at Manta Sound, Toronto
October-November 1985
From the album “World Of Wonders”
Call It Democracy
Guitar: Bruce Cockburn
Stick: Fergus Jemison Marsh
Drums and Percussion: Michael Sloski
Keyboards: Jon Goldsmith
Percussion: Chi Sharpe
Background Vocals: Judy Cade
Produced by: Jon Goldsmith and Kerry Crawford
Engineer: John Naslen
Recorded at Manta Sound, Toronto
October-November 1985
From the album “World Of Wonders”
Stolen Land
Guitar: Bruce Cockburn
Stick: Fergus Jemison Marsh
Drums and Percussion: Michael Sloski
Keyboards: Jon Goldsmith and Hugh Marsh
Percussion: Chi Sharpe
Violin: Hugh Marsh
Trumpet: Michael Alan White
Background Vocals: Judy Cade
Produced by: Jon Goldsmith and Kerry Crawford
Engineer: John Naslen
Recorded at Manta Sound, Toronto
November-December 1986
Tokyo
Guitar: Bruce Cockburn
Bass: Dennis Pendrith
Drums: Bob DiSalle
Keyboards: Jon Goldsmith
Produced by: Eugene Martynec
Engineer: Gary Gray
Recorded at Manta Sound, Toronto
July-August 1980
Original recording from “Humans”
The Trouble With Normal
Guitar: Bruce Cockburn
Guitar: Kenny Crawford
Bass: Fergus Jemison Marsh
Drums: Miche Pouliot
Violin: Hugh Marsh
Percussion: Chi Sharpe
Keyboards: Jon Goldsmith
Fairlight Programming: Rob Yale
Produced by: Jon Goldsmith and Kerry Crawford
Engineer: John Naslen
Recorded at Manta Sound, Toronto
April 1985
Original Recording from “The Trouble With Normal”
Sepember 1982-January 1983
Rumours Of Glory
Guitar: Bruce Cockburn
Bass: Dennis Pendrith
Drums: Bob DiSalle
Keyboards: Jon Goldsmith
Violin: Hugh Marsh
Saxaphone: Kathryn Moses
Produced by Bruce Cockburn and Bernie Finkelstein
Final Mix Engineer: Gary Gray
Manta Sound, Toronto, December 1986
Recorded at The Music Hall, November 30, 1981
Remote Recording: Fedco Audio Labs
Remote Producer: Eugene Martynec
From the film “Rumours Of Glory”
Produced by Bill House
Original Recording from “Humans”
July-August 1980
You Pay Your Money And You Take Your Chance
Guitar: Bruce Cockburn
Bass: Dennis Pendrith
Drums: Bob DiSalle
Keyboards: Jon Goldsmith
Violin: Hugh Marsh
Percussion: Memo Acevedo
Reeds and Background Vocal: Kathryn Moses
Produced by Bruce Cockburn and Bernie Finkelstein
Final Mix Engineer: Gary Gray
Recorded at Manta Sound, Toronto
April-June 1981
From the album “Inner City Front”
Waiting For A Miracle
Guitar: Bruce Cockburn
Stick: Fergus Jemison Marsh
Drums and Percussion: Michael Sloski
Piano: Jon Goldsmith
Synthesizer: Hugh Marsh
Trumpet: Michael Alan White
Saxaphone: Vern Dorge
Backing Vocals: Judy Cale and Bruce Cockburn
Produced by: Jon Goldsmith and Kerry Crawford
Engineer: John Naslen
Recorded at Manta Sound, Toronto
November-December 1986
All songs written by Bruce Cockburn except “Stolen Land” which is written by Bruce Cockburn and Hugh Marsh
Cover photography: Dimo Safari
Direction:
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D 30327
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