Radio Calling

A varied collection of tuneful songs. Good musicians. Backing vocals on some tracks by Ruby Turner, Jaki Graham, Steve Gibbons and Lol and Mark of the Maisonettes. Cover photo of Andrew Hall with bat (flying fox) in Bali, by Carmen Muguruza 2007.

Credits -

A) Tracks 1, 4, 6, 8, 10, 16, 19 - Originally tracks in the Albert Hall cassette (issued 1981) STEREO ZELCAS307 Andrew Hall: Vocals & Keyboards. Dave Carroll: Guitars. Garry Hill: Bass Guitar. Trevor Foster: Drums. Paul Davis: Trumpet & Flugelhorn. James Davis: Violin. Guests: Mark Tibenham: Bass Guitar (Radio Calling]. The Paul Davis Brass Section- Paul Davis and Joe Ward Trumpets, Roger Rae- Trombone. The James Davis String Quartet: James Davis: Violin Pierre Joubert: Violin, Mike Jones: Viola. Sylvia Knussen: Cello. Recorded at Zella Recording Studios Birmingham, 1980 & 1981. Engineered by Mark Tibenham, John Shaw and Alex Price. Mixed by Mark Tibenham. Produced by Albert Hall with help from Mark T copyright © Andrew Hall 1981

B) Track 17. Originally included in LP “Hold on To Your Heart” (issued 1983) STEREO ZELLPS 409 Same musicians and same engineering credits as A) above. Mixed by John Shaw and Mark Tibenham. Recorded at Zella Studios (Birmingham) in 1981, 1982 and 1983. Original LP mastered at Abbey Road Studios by Steve Rooke; record copyright © Andrew Hall 1983.

C) Tracks 2, 5, 9, 11, 12, 20. Originally included in LP “Castaway” (issued 1984) STEREO ZELLPS 419
Andrew Hall: Vocals & Keyboards. Dave Carroll: Guitars Mark Tibenham: Bass Guitar, DX7. Nick Parry: Acoustic Drums and Percussion Billy Paul: Saxes. Paul Sawtell: Vibes. Paul Davis: Trumpet Peter Taylor: Trumpet Reg Reid: Trombone. Alan Carus Wilson: Cello. Backing Vocals Ruby Turner- White Horses. Ruby Turner, Lol Mason, Mark Tibenham, - Worldwide, Coconut Tree, The Squeeze, Consolation, Hello. - Ruby Turner, Lol Mason, Mark Tibenham, and Jaki Graham - Don´t Forget the Song, Lol and Mark - All People. Steve Gibbons - All Your Love. Recorded at Zella Recording Studios Birmingham. 1983 & 1984. Engineered by Andrew Hall, John Shaw, Rod Brookes and Johnny Haynes. Produced and mixed by Andrew Hall and John Shaw at Zella Recording Studios, Birmingham, England. Record copyright © Andrew Hall 1984

D) 12”- Tracks 3, 7, 14. 12 inch (extended remixes) of tracks originally included in LP “Castaway” – credits as in C) remixed in January 1984 by Andrew Hall and John Shaw (AH special thanks to John Shaw).

E) Track 13. “Box Number” - demo recorded for Albert Hall sessions in 1981 – personnel same as in A). Andrew Hall, Dave Carroll, Garry Hill and Trevor Foster.

F) Track 15. “Clare´s Theme” - demo recorded in 1983 for Castaway sessions – personnel same as C); features Alan Carus Wilson (cello), Billy Paul (sax) and Paul Davis (trumpet).

G) Track 18. “Unicorn”. Musicians - Andrew Hall (piano and vocal), Sergio Suárez (violin) and Javier Carralero (drums). Recorded at Infinity Estudios in Madrid on September 2, 2011. “Unicorn” was written by Andrew Hall in summer 2011.”Hold on to Your Heart” by Andrew Hall in 1982/3, Mixed by Pablo and Pedro at Infinity on September 6 ,2011.