''Lisa's Song + 6 Songs'' is the debut recording of Canadian singer-songwriter

Allison Crowe Allison Louise Crowe (born November 16, 1981) is a Canadian singer, songwriter, guitarist, and pianist born in Nanaimo, British Columbia, whose home is Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador. History Crowe began performing professionally in 1 ...

. The tracks were recorded live-off-the-floor in two separate sessions. The first tracks were captured on an afternoon in July 2001, while Crowe was travelling to

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, Washington to perform concerts for fans of

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at the ''Worldwide Jammer Convergence''. The final session, in April 2003, was to add the title song for Lisa Marie Young, a high-school friend of Crowe who

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in 2002 under suspicious circumstances. This recording has been released in three different EP versions titled ''Six Songs'', ''Six Songs+'' and ''Lisa's Song + 6 Songs''. Following the

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and

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, Crowe launched her own record label, Rubenesque Records Ltd., with the release of "Lisa's Song" in its various forms.

Track listing

Personnel

Musicians

*Allison Crowe – vocals, piano *Dave Baird –

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, electric bass *Kevin Clevette – drums

Production

* Larry Anschell – producer,

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* Rick Erickson – producer,

''("Lisa's Song")'' * Gordon Christmas – cover photo * Allison Crowe –

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, inside photos

External links

Allison Crowe official site
{{Authority control Allison Crowe albums 2003 debut EPs