Codeine Velvet Club (album)
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Personnel
Codeine Velvet Club- Jon LawlerJon FratelliJon Fratelli is a Scottish musician and songwriter best known for his work with the band The Fratellis. He has also played in a band called Codeine Velvet Club but is currently performing as a solo artist.-Early years:Little is known about Lawler's life before he joined the Fratellis. He attended St...
– GuitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, BassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, VocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments... - Lou HickeyLou HickeyLou Hickey is a singer-songwriter from Neilston near Glasgow, Scotland. She has been working as a solo artist since 2006 and in 2008, joined Jon Lawler from the Fratellis in a band called Codeine Velvet Club which disbanded in 2010...
– VocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
Featuring
- Ross McFarlane - Drums (Tracks 1, 6-11)
- Affy Ahmad - Drums (Tracks 2, 4 and 5)
- Helen MacLeod - HarpHarpThe harp is a multi-stringed instrument which has the plane of its strings positioned perpendicularly to the soundboard. Organologically, it is in the general category of chordophones and has its own sub category . All harps have a neck, resonator and strings...
(Tracks 2, 3, 6 and 7) - Gospel Truth Choir (Tracks 3 and 4)
- Ed McFarlane - Double BassDouble bassThe double bass, also called the string bass, upright bass, standup bass or contrabass, is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra, with strings usually tuned to E1, A1, D2 and G2...
(Track 4) - Mick Cooke - TrumpetTrumpetThe trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...
(Track 4) - Allan Cuthbertson - PianoPianoThe piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
(Track 8) - Will FosterWill FosterWill Foster is the keyboardist for the English rock band The Tears.Previously, he played with UK art rock band Delicatessen before forming Lodger - alongside Delicatessen singer Neil Carlill, Supergrass drummer Danny Goffey, and Goffey's wife Pearl Lowe....
- Keys (Track 11) - Lewis Gordon - Bass (Track 11)
Additional Personnel
- Rick Wentworth - ConductorConductingConducting is the art of directing a musical performance by way of visible gestures. The primary duties of the conductor are to unify performers, set the tempo, execute clear preparations and beats, and to listen critically and shape the sound of the ensemble...
- Perry Montague-Mason - String Leader
- Derek WatkinsDerek Watkins (trumpeter)Derek Watkins is a British trumpeter and session musician renowned for playing the trumpet and flugelhorn...
- Solo Trumpet - Mark Nightingale - Solo TromboneTromboneThe trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. Like all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player’s vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate...
- Mick Cooke - Orchestral ArrangementsOrchestraAn orchestra is a sizable instrumental ensemble that contains sections of string, brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments. The term orchestra derives from the Greek ορχήστρα, the name for the area in front of an ancient Greek stage reserved for the Greek chorus...
Production
- Jon Lawler and Stuart McCredie - ProducerRecord producerA record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
- Tony HofferTony HofferTony Hoffer is an American producer, guitarist, and music mixer who is credited for his work on multiple platinum-selling albums including The Kooks, The Thrills, Beck, Supergrass, Turin Brakes and Air...
- MixingMixing engineerA mix engineer is the person responsible for incorporating all the different recorded elements of music to make the final version of a song. These mixing professionals have many years of experience and training with audio equipment which has enabled them to master the art of audio mixing... - Stuart McCredie - Engineer, assisted by Niall McMenamin
- Ian Cooper - MasteringAudio masteringMastering, a form of audio post-production, is the process of preparing and transferring recorded audio from a source containing the final mix to a data storage device ; the source from which all copies will be produced...
- Recorded at Terminal Music, GlasgowGlasgowGlasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...
; Playground Studios, Glasgow; Angel Studios, London - Isobel Griffiths - Musicians' Contractor
- Lucy Whalley - Assistant Musicians' Contractor
Publishing
- Published by EMI Music Publishing
- Mike Dewdney @ ITB - Booking Agent
- John SquireJohn SquireJohn Thomas Squire is an English musician, songwriter and artist.Squire is best known as the guitarist for The Stone Roses, a rock band in which he formed a songwriting partnership with lead singer Ian Brown. After leaving The Stone Roses he went on to found The Seahorses and has since released...
and Ian BrownIan BrownIan George Brown is an English musician, best known as the lead singer of the alternative rock band The Stone Roses, which broke up in 1996 but are confirmed to reunite in 2012. Since the break-up of the Stone Roses he has pursued a solo career...
- Writers of "I Am the Resurrection" - M. Grant @ Infinite Thrill - Design, Logo and Photography
- Jay Brooks - Band Portrait
Members downloads
In a similar fashion to the Fratellis' Budhill Singles ClubBudhill Singles Club
The Budhill Singles Club is a collection of songs released by The Fratellis from 2006 to the present day. The name "Budhill" refers to the area of Springboig, Glasgow where Barry was born. They also visit Budhill Square during the video for Creepin' Up the Backstairs...
, Codeine Velvet Club are releasing free song downloads on their website for members of the site. The downloads are untitled, unlike the Budhill Singles Club. Listed below are the tracks that have been released on this section.
- "Nevada" (Acoustic Version) - 3:34
- "Little Sister" (Live Studio Version) - 2:28
- "Mellotron Boogie No 3" (Instrumental) - 2:39
- "I Am the Resurrection" (Cover Version) - 4:52
Release history
Region | Date | Format |
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United Kingdom United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages... |
December 28, 2009 | CD, Download |