The Journey So Far: The Best of Loreena McKennitt

~ Release by Loreena McKennitt (see all versions of this release, 6 available)

Tracklist

CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1The Mystic’s Dream (album edit)4:34
2Bonny Portmore
recording engineer and mixer:
Jeff Wolpert
co-producer:
Brian Hughes (guitarist)
producer:
Loreena McKennitt
cello:
Anne Bourne
double bass [bass]:
Tom Hazlett
guitar:
Brian Hughes (guitarist)
keyboard [keyboards]:
Loreena McKennitt
uilleann pipes:
Patrick Hutchinson
vocals:
Loreena McKennitt
arranger:
Loreena McKennitt
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Quinlan Road Limited (This is the record company behind Loreena McKennitt's Quinlan Road label. This is not a label and should not be entered as such. Mainly be used for copyright entries.) (in 1991)
recorded at and mixed at:
Inception Sound Studios in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
recording of:
Bonny Portmore
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
34:22
3The Bonny Swans (album edit)4:01
4The Mummers’ Dance (single remix)
recording engineer:
Stuart Bruce
engineer:
Stuart Bruce and Kevin Killen
additional producer:
Nick Batt and Neal Slateford
assistant producer:
Brian Hughes (guitarist) and Donald Quan
producer:
Loreena McKennitt
mixer:
Kevin Killen
bass:
Danny Thompson (English double bass player)
cello:
Caroline Lavelle
drums (drum set):
Manu Katché
electric guitar:
David Rhodes (guitarist, singer, and songwriter)
hurdy gurdy:
Nigel Eaton
keyboard:
Loreena McKennitt
oud:
Brian Hughes (guitarist)
percussion:
Rick Lazar and Hossam Ramzy
tabla and viola:
Donald Quan
violin:
Hugh Marsh
vocals:
Loreena McKennitt
remixer:
Nick Batt and Neal Slateford
recorded at:
Real World Studios in Box, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
mixed at:
AIR Studios (Lyndhurst Hall 1991–present) in Hampstead, Camden, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
The Mummers’ Dance
lyricist and composer:
Loreena McKennitt
publisher:
Quinlan Road Music, Ltd (in 1997)
4:02
5Down by the Sally Gardens5:39
6Stolen Child
engineer and mixer:
Bill Mather (Canadian engineer)
accordion, guitar, harp [troubador harp] and synthesizer:
Loreena McKennitt
guest cello:
Pat Mullin
guest double bass [acoustic bass]:
George Creer
vocals:
Loreena McKennitt
recorded at and mixed at:
Elora Sound in Elora, Ontario, Canada
recording of:
Stolen Child
lyricist:
William Butler Yeats
composer:
Loreena McKennitt
version of:
The Stolen Child (original poem - no music)
5:05
7The Lady of Shalott (album edit)4:47
8Marco Polo
recording engineer:
Stuart Bruce
engineer and mixer:
Stuart Bruce and Kevin Killen
assistant producer:
Brian Hughes (guitarist) and Donald Quan
accordion and keyboard:
Loreena McKennitt
acoustic guitar, bouzouki, oud and synthesizer:
Brian Hughes (guitarist)
double bass:
Danny Thompson (English double bass player)
drums (drum set):
Manu Katché
hurdy gurdy:
Nigel Eaton
keyboard, tabla and viola:
Donald Quan
mandola:
Aidan Brennan
mandolin:
Martin Jenkins (Mandocello player)
percussion:
Rick Lazar and Hossam Ramzy
shawm:
Bob White (Wind instrument player)
violin:
Hugh Marsh and Osama (Osama Taiym)
background vocals:
Stuart Bruce, Brian Hughes (guitarist) and Donald Quan
vocals:
Loreena McKennitt
recorded at:
Real World Studios in Box, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
mixed at:
AIR Studios (Lyndhurst Hall 1991–present) in Hampstead, Camden, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Marco Polo
lyricist and composer:
Loreena McKennitt
35:14
9Penelope’s Song4:21
10Huron ‘Beltane’ Fire Dance4:21
11The Old Ways
recording engineer and mixer:
Jeff Wolpert
co-producer:
Brian Hughes (guitarist)
producer:
Loreena McKennitt
bodhrán, harp and keyboard [keyboards] and whistle:
Loreena McKennitt
double bass [bass]:
Tom Hazlett
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Al Cross
fiddle:
Hugh Marsh
guitar:
Brian Hughes (guitarist)
uilleann pipes:
Patrick Hutchinson
vocals:
Loreena McKennitt
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Quinlan Road Limited (This is the record company behind Loreena McKennitt's Quinlan Road label. This is not a label and should not be entered as such. Mainly be used for copyright entries.) (in 1991)
recorded at and mixed at:
Inception Sound Studios in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
recording of:
The Old Ways
lyricist and composer:
Loreena McKennitt
35:51
12Dante’s Prayer
recording engineer:
Stuart Bruce
engineer and mixer:
Stuart Bruce and Kevin Killen
assistant producer:
Brian Hughes (guitarist) and Donald Quan
producer:
Loreena McKennitt
additional keyboard:
Steve Pigott
cello:
Caroline Lavelle
double bass:
Danny Thompson (English double bass player)
keyboard and piano:
Loreena McKennitt
viola:
Donald Quan
violin:
Hugh Marsh
choir vocals:
St. Petersburg Chamber Choir
vocals:
Loreena McKennitt
conductor:
Nikolai Korniev (chorus master)
recorded at:
Real World Studios in Box, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
mixed at:
AIR Studios (Lyndhurst Hall 1991–present) in Hampstead, Camden, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Dante's Prayer
lyricist and composer:
Loreena McKennitt
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