National Ransom

~ Release by Elvis Costello (see all versions of this release, 6 available)

Tracklist

CD 1
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1National Ransom
recording engineer and mixer:
Mike Piersante (recording engineer & mixer)
acoustic guitar, bass guitar and piano [reverse piano]:
Elvis Costello
double bass:
Dennis Crouch (american bass player)
drums (drum set):
Pete Thomas (drummer)
electric guitar:
Marc Ribot
electric violin:
Stuart Duncan
electronic organ [Vox Continental organ]:
Steve Nieve
lap steel guitar:
Jerry Douglas (US guitar and dobro player)
piano:
T‐Bone Burnett (musician, songwriter and producer)
background vocals [vocal harmonies]:
Buddy Miller (Nashville singer-songwriter, married to Julie Miller)
vocals:
Elvis Costello
3.54:05
2Jimmie Standing in the Rain
recording engineer and mixer:
Mike Piersante (recording engineer & mixer)
acoustic guitar:
Elvis Costello
celesta [celeste]:
Steve Nieve
double bass:
Dennis Crouch (american bass player)
electric guitar:
Marc Ribot
fiddle:
Stuart Duncan
mandolin:
Mike Compton
piano:
Jeff Taylor (US accordion and keyboard player)
trumpet:
Darrell Leonard
vocals:
Elvis Costello
3.54:15
3Stations of the Cross
recording engineer and mixer:
Mike Piersante (recording engineer & mixer)
acoustic guitar:
Marc Ribot
double bass:
Dennis Crouch (american bass player)
drums (drum set):
Pete Thomas (drummer)
electric violin:
Stuart Duncan
lap steel guitar:
Jerry Douglas (US guitar and dobro player)
piano:
Steve Nieve
vocals:
Elvis Costello
34:58
4A Slow Drag With Josephine
recording engineer and mixer:
Mike Piersante (recording engineer & mixer)
accordion and piano:
Jeff Taylor (US accordion and keyboard player)
acoustic guitar, lead vocals and whistling:
Elvis Costello
banjo:
Marc Ribot
cittern [wald-zither] and violin:
Stuart Duncan
double bass:
Dennis Crouch (american bass player)
mandolin and background vocals [harmony vocal]:
Mike Compton
42:43
5Five Small Words
recording engineer and mixer:
Mike Piersante (recording engineer & mixer)
acoustic guitar, farfisa and lead vocals:
Elvis Costello
drums (drum set):
Pete Thomas (drummer)
electric bass guitar:
Davey Faragher
electric guitar:
T‐Bone Burnett (musician, songwriter and producer) and Elvis Costello
shakers:
Mike Piersante (recording engineer & mixer)
background vocals [harmony vocals]:
Mike Compton
2.54:45
6Church Underground35:02
7You Hung the Moon
recording engineer and mixer:
Mike Piersante (recording engineer & mixer)
acoustic guitar:
Marc Ribot
baritone horn:
George Bohanon
bass clarinet:
Tom Peterson (plays woodwinds)
cello:
Dave Eggar
double bass:
Dennis Crouch (american bass player)
drums (drum set):
Pete Thomas (drummer)
flugelhorn:
Darrell Leonard
piano:
Jeff Taylor (US accordion and keyboard player)
trombone:
Ira Nepus
viola:
Andrew Duckles and Matt Funes
violin:
Caroline Campbell (US violinist), Bruce Dukov, Neel Hammond (violinist), Lucia Micarelli and Radu Pieptea (violinist)
lead vocals:
Elvis Costello
conductor:
Jill Dell’Abate (producer, coordinator)
horn arranger:
Darrell Leonard
strings arranger:
Elvis Costello
33:55
8Bullets for the New-Born King
recording engineer and mixer:
Mike Piersante (recording engineer & mixer)
acoustic guitar:
Elvis Costello
double bass:
Dennis Crouch (american bass player)
vocals:
Elvis Costello
3.53:35
9I Lost You
recording engineer and mixer:
Mike Piersante (recording engineer & mixer)
accordion:
Jeff Taylor (US accordion and keyboard player)
acoustic guitar:
Elvis Costello
double bass:
Dennis Crouch (american bass player)
drums (drum set):
Pete Thomas (drummer)
electric guitar:
Marc Ribot
electronic organ [Vox Continental organ]:
Steve Nieve
fiddle:
Stuart Duncan
lap steel guitar:
Jerry Douglas (US guitar and dobro player)
mandolin:
Mike Compton
vocals:
Elvis Costello
32:56
10Dr. Watson, I Presume
recording engineer and mixer:
Mike Piersante (recording engineer & mixer)
accordion and low whistle:
Jeff Taylor (US accordion and keyboard player)
acoustic guitar and lead vocals:
Elvis Costello
baritone guitar [baritone electric guitar]:
Buddy Miller (Nashville singer-songwriter, married to Julie Miller)
double bass:
Dennis Crouch (american bass player)
drums (drum set):
Pete Thomas (drummer)
electric guitar:
Marc Ribot
fiddle:
Stuart Duncan
mandolin:
Mike Compton
resonator guitar [dobro]:
Jerry Douglas (US guitar and dobro player)
background vocals [harmony vocal]:
Vince Gill
33:40
11One Bell Ringing
recording engineer and mixer:
Mike Piersante (recording engineer & mixer)
acoustic guitar and electric guitar:
Elvis Costello
alto flute and bass clarinet:
Tom Peterson (plays woodwinds)
bass trumpet:
Darrell Leonard
double bass:
Dennis Crouch (american bass player)
vocals:
Elvis Costello
horn arranger:
Elvis Costello
2.53:37
12The Spell That You Cast
recording engineer and mixer:
Mike Piersante (recording engineer & mixer)
double bass:
Dennis Crouch (american bass player)
drums (drum set):
Pete Thomas (drummer)
electric guitar:
Elvis Costello and Marc Ribot
electronic organ [Vox Continental organ]:
Steve Nieve
mandolin:
Mike Compton
vocals:
Elvis Costello
2.52:31
13That's Not the Part of Him You're Leaving
recording engineer and mixer:
Mike Piersante (recording engineer & mixer)
acoustic guitar and lead vocals:
Elvis Costello
double bass:
Dennis Crouch (american bass player)
drums (drum set):
Pete Thomas (drummer)
fiddle:
Stuart Duncan
Hammond organ:
Steve Nieve
lap steel guitar:
Jerry Douglas (US guitar and dobro player)
mandolin:
Mike Compton
piano:
Jeff Taylor (US accordion and keyboard player)
background vocals [harmony vocal]:
Jim Lauderdale
3.54:43
14My Lovely Jezebel
recording engineer and mixer:
Mike Piersante (recording engineer & mixer)
double bass:
Dennis Crouch (american bass player)
drums (drum set):
Pete Thomas (drummer)
electric guitar:
Marc Ribot
piano:
Leon Russell
vocals:
Elvis Costello
32:31
15All These Strangers
recording engineer and mixer:
Mike Piersante (recording engineer & mixer)
accordion:
Jeff Taylor (US accordion and keyboard player)
acoustic guitar and lead vocals:
Elvis Costello
double bass:
Dennis Crouch (american bass player)
fiddle:
Stuart Duncan
lap steel guitar:
Jerry Douglas (US guitar and dobro player)
mandolin:
Mike Compton
background vocals [harmony vocal]:
Jim Lauderdale
35:54
16A Voice in the Dark
recording engineer and mixer:
Mike Piersante (recording engineer & mixer)
acoustic guitar:
Marc Ribot
double bass:
Dennis Crouch (american bass player)
fiddle:
Stuart Duncan
lap steel guitar:
Jerry Douglas (US guitar and dobro player)
mandolin:
Mike Compton
piano:
Jeff Taylor (US accordion and keyboard player)
vocals:
Elvis Costello
33:34
17I Hope (Japanese bonus track)
3:33