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street fighting years: limited edition cd (label)

tracks
1. Street Fighting Years(6:26)
2. Soul Crying Out(6:07)
3. Wall Of Love(5:20)
4. This Is Your Land(6:22)
5. Take A Step Back(4:23)
6. Kick It In(6:11)
7. Let It All Come Down(4:56)
8. Mandela Day(5:45)
9. Belfast Child(6:42)
10. Biko(7:34)
11. When Spirits Rise(2:01)




catalogue
Virgin SIMCDX 9
EMI UDEN 8130212 @ 1



format
Picture CD in heavy duty gatefold picture card sleeve with picture inner sleeve.


release date
4th November 2002


credits
produced by stephen lipson & trevor horn

charles burchill: acoustic & electric guitars
michael macNeil: piano, accordian & electronic keyboards
jim kerr: vocals
mel gaynor: drums
manu katche: drums
john giblin & stephen lipson: bass guitars
lisa germano: violin

special thanks to:
stewart copeland - "the rhythmatist"
lou reed for cameo vocal on this is your land (courtesy of sire/wea records)

additional musicians:
sidney thiam, abdul m'boup & leroy williams: percussion
william lithgow & sheena mckenzie: cellos
maureen kerr: pennywhistle & bodhran
roger sharp: bagpipes
john altman: orchestral arrangements
lorna bannon: backing vocals

managed by bruce findlay, robert white, jimmy devlin and sandra dods at "schoolhouse management", 63 frederick street, edinburgh

technical master: dougie cowan
engineers: heff moraes, robin hancock
assistant engineers: danton supple, martin plant
mastered by bob ludwig, masterdisk
all digitally recorded and mixed analogue - i.e. "dad"
nourishment: ying ho au yeung
logistics: paul kerr
co-ordination: jane ventom
talk and encouragement: willie richardson, simon draper, jon webster, steve ralbovsky & gil friesen, steve lewis, gary wathen and all our many friends at virgin and a&m records (america).

street fighting years song written in memory of victor jara.

made in scotland march '88 - march '89
studio drums provided by tama
photography by guido harari & nasa/science photo library
source of graphic: "the beauty of fractals" by peitgen richter design by assorted images

out there in the darkness, our there in the night, out there in the starlight,
one soul burns brighter than a thousand suns

Mastered at Super Audio Mastering by Simon Heyworth.


additional information
All parts of both LP's packaging were faithfully reproduced including the gatefold and the black inner sleeve. Unfortunately all the text was too small to read.








street fighting years: cd (label)

tracks
1. Street Fighting Years(6:26)
2. Soul Crying Out(6:07)
3. Wall Of Love(5:20)
4. This Is Your Land(6:22)
5. Take A Step Back(4:23)
6. Kick It In(6:11)
7. Let It All Come Down(4:56)
8. Mandela Day(5:45)
9. Belfast Child(6:42)
10. Biko(7:34)
11. When Spirits Rise(2:01)




catalogue
Virgin SIMCD 9
EMI UDEN 8130212 @ 1



format
Picture CD in jewel case with 8-page colour booklet.


release date
6th January 2003


credits
produced by stephen lipson & trevor horn

charles burchill: acoustic & electric guitars
michael macNeil: piano, accordian & electronic keyboards
jim kerr: vocals
mel gaynor: drums
manu katche: drums
john giblin & stephen lipson: bass guitars
lisa germano: violin

special thanks to:
stewart copeland - "the rhythmatist"
lou reed for cameo vocal on this is your land (courtesy of sire/wea records)

additional musicians:
sidney thiam, abdul m'boup & leroy williams: percussion
william lithgow & sheena mckenzie: cellos
maureen kerr: pennywhistle & bodhran
roger sharp: bagpipes
john altman: orchestral arrangements
lorna bannon: backing vocals

managed by bruce findlay, robert white, jimmy devlin and sandra dods at "schoolhouse management", 63 frederick street, edinburgh

technical master: dougie cowan
engineers: heff moraes, robin hancock
assistant engineers: danton supple, martin plant
mastered by bob ludwig, masterdisk
all digitally recorded and mixed analogue - i.e. "dad"
nourishment: ying ho au yeung
logistics: paul kerr
co-ordination: jane ventom
talk and encouragement: willie richardson, simon draper, jon webster, steve ralbovsky & gil friesen, steve lewis, gary wathen and all our many friends at virgin and a&m records (america).

street fighting years song written in memory of victor jara.

made in scotland march '88 - march '89
studio drums provided by tama
photography by guido harari & nasa/science photo library
source of graphic: "the beauty of fractals" by peitgen richter design by assorted images

out there in the darkness, our there in the night, out there in the starlight,
one soul burns brighter than a thousand suns

Mastered at Super Audio Mastering by Simon Heyworth.


additional information
All the parts of the LP's packaging was faithfully reproduced in the 8 page CD booklet and back cover.

A competition slip was also enclosed to win all the limited edition mini vinyl CDs.








street fighting years remaster: promo cd (label)

tracks
1. Street Fighting Years(6:26)
2. Soul Crying Out(6:07)
3. Wall Of Love(5:20)
4. This Is Your Land(6:22)
5. Take A Step Back(4:23)
6. Kick It In(6:11)
7. Let It All Come Down(4:56)
8. Mandela Day(5:45)
9. Belfast Child(6:42)
10. Biko(7:34)
11. When Spirits Rise(2:01)




catalogue
Virgin SIMCDX 9
none



format
Green CDR with black printed titles in black typed sleeve.


release date
4th November 2002


additional information
This promotional CDR was packaged with the other seven releases from this set, wrapped in the associated press release, and the whole package secured by rubber bands. When they reached the collectors' market, most were sold separately.