I Wrote This Wee Song
1994 - Greentrax CDTRAX 082D CD

Credits

Eric Bogle: acoustic guitar, lead vocals
Brent Miller: electric bass, acoustic guitar, harmony vocals
John Munro: acoustic guitar, mandolin, harmony vocals
Andy McGloin: electric & acoustic guitars, electric bass, harmony vocals
Ian Blake: keyboards, electric bass, mouth synthesizer, melodica, harmony vocals

Recorded live at the Adelaide Arts Theatre — 31^st July, 1993
Concert sound engineer: Anthony Baldwin
Tape deck operator: Kim Webster assisted by Russell Spencer
Mixed by Tony Elliott at Bartels St Studio, Adelaide Thanks to:
Arthur Laing, the boys In the band, the audience and everyone else involved In this project.
KEEP MUSIC LIVE!

All songs composed by Eric Bogle and published by Larrikin Music
Sleeve Design by John Naxby (ad surgery)

Sleeve Notes

ON 17^th JUNE, 1993, the boys and I, full of verve, vim and vigour, set out on a round-Australia tour, ostensibly to promote our new CD Mirrors, but mainly to have a good time, play a bit of music, knock back the occasional whisky, and generally misbehave ourselves in a middle-aged sort of way.

Thirty-seven concerts later on 31^st July 1993, having achieved most of our objectives and therefore consequently just ever so slightly frayed around the edges, we shambled onto the stage at the Adelaide Arts Theatre for the final concert of the tour.

We recorded that final concert and this is the result. We hope you enjoy it. We certainly had a good time and the audience seemed to enjoy themselves as well, although admittedly, because Adelaide is our home town, a large proportion of them consisted of our respective wives, sweethearts, sons and daughters, aunties, uncles, friends, enemies, and also various sundry creditors.

Because this is a recording of a live concert, there are some rough spots, that's the nature of the beast, but hopefully those will be balanced by the immediacy and energy of the live performance. When we mixed this recording in the studio, nothing was added to the mix. No instruments, no vocals, no recording studio fairy floss. It's all as it went to tape. And we omitted nothing either, apart from a couple of wee swear words, and some of the more inane jokes and introductions. Oh, and we had to cut out some of the applause, in order to get all the songs on the recording. That really hurt. To a musician, the sweetest music of all on a live recording is the audience applause.

Anyway enough chat. Sit back, relax, enjoy the concert.
"When the music starts, open your hearts … "

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