''Crude'' is the first studio album from
Shetland
Shetland, also called the Shetland Islands and formerly Zetland, is a subarctic archipelago in Scotland lying between Orkney, the Faroe Islands and Norway. It is the northernmost region of the United Kingdom.
The islands lie about to the no ...
based band
Bongshang.
Track listing
# "Le Introducement" - 1:02
# "Things to Come" - 3:59
# "The Floggin' Set" - 2:04
# "If & When" - 5:01
# "Lee Highway Blues" - 2:41
# "Phosphene/Tamlin" - 6:48
# "The Hangman's Reel" - 1:58
# "Dig a Hole" - 4:55
# "Scotland/Frosty Morning" - 3:34
# "A.K.A. Crude" - 4:35
# "Wedding Row" - 5:54
# "Reprise" - 2:05
Personnel
* JJ Jamieson -
banjo
The banjo is a stringed instrument with a thin membrane stretched over a frame or cavity to form a resonator. The membrane is typically circular, and usually made of plastic, or occasionally animal skin. Early forms of the instrument were fashi ...
,
vocals
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,
lawnmower
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* Bryan Peterson -
bass guitar
The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...
,
double bass
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*
Leonard Scollay -
fiddle
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* Neil Preshaw -
electric guitar
An electric guitar is a guitar that requires external amplification in order to be heard at typical performance volumes, unlike a standard acoustic guitar (however combinations of the two - a semi-acoustic guitar and an electric acoustic gui ...
,
acoustic guitar
An acoustic guitar is a musical instrument in the string family. When a string is plucked its vibration is transmitted from the bridge, resonating throughout the top of the guitar. It is also transmitted to the side and back of the instrument, ...
* Christopher 'Kipper' Anderson -
drums
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,
percussion
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Sleeve notes
Production notes
*This was the first CD to be produced in Shetland and sold out in four days
*Crude was recorded in the
Garrison Theatre
The Garrison Theatre is a 280-capacity venue in Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland, with a sprung proscenium stage with fixed raked seating. The auditorium has 19 rows, named A to S, with 8, 12, 13, 15, or 16 seats in each row.
The venue hosts dance, dr ...
, Lerwick, by sound engineer Stevie Hook and Bongshang members
*The album was originally released on CD and cassette on Bongshang's own label "Doovf Records". It was later re-released and distributed internationally by the "Iona" record label.
*The song 'Dig a Hole' features lyrics by
Harry Horse
Richard Horne (9 May 1960, Coventry – 10 January 2007, Papil, West Burra), better known by the pen name Harry Horse, was an English author, illustrator and political cartoonist. He was also known as lead singer of the band Swamptrash. Born an ...
of
Swamptrash
References
External links
www.bongshang.com
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1993 albums
Shetland music