The Very Best of Stan Rogers

by Stan Rogers

Overview

Stan Rogers' recording career was not long -- just over a dozen years, from 1969 to 1983 -- but his output was enough to give him a special place in the history of Canadian music. He neatly cloaked a kind of resigned but hopeful mysticism in traditional-sounding songs that used local Canadian history as jumping-off points for expanding and poetic song cycles. This set collects some of his best-known cuts, including "Fogarty's Cove," "Northwest Passage," and "Forty-Five Years," and it makes a nice introduction to this intriguing folk musician, although listeners may want to go back to hear the songs in their original settings as part of a longer suite, a form Rogers made his own. ~ Steve Leggett

Product Details

Release Date:	06/14/2011
Label:	Borealis Records / Fogarty's Cove
UPC:	0621644001323
Rank:	31041

Tracks

1. Fogarty's Cove
2. Free in the Harbour
3. White Squall
4. Make and Break Harbour
5. Barrett's Privateers
6. The Flowers of Bermuda
7. Tiny Fish For Japan
8. The Last Watch
9. Forty-Five Years
10. Northwest Passage
11. Lock-Keeper
12. The Idiot
13. The Jeannie C.
14. The Field Behind the Plow
15. Lies
16. The Mary Ellen Carter

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Stan Rogers   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals,Guitar (12 String)
David Alan Eadie   Vocals,Penny Whistle,Vocal Harmony,Bass
Curly Stubbs   Guitar,Vocals,Percussion,Hi String Guitar,Guitar (Acoustic)
Grit Laskin   Vocals,Mandolin,Long-Necked Mandolin
Dave McManus   Bass
Frank "Pineapple Frank" Barth   Pedal Steel
Jim Morison   Bass
Ray Parker   Piano,Synthesizer
Jerome Jarvis   Drums,Percussion
David Woodhead   Bass
Claude Desjardins   Drums,Percussion
Ken Whiteley   Piano
Garnet Rogers   Flute,Fiddle,Vocals,Vocal Harmony,Guitar (Electric),Guitar (12 String)
Don Gillis   Conductor
Chris Crilly   Piano,Fiddle,Vocals

Technical Credits

Bill Garrett   Recording Supervision
David Dobbs   Mixing,Engineer
Joao Carvalho   Mastering
Paul Mills   Mixing,Liner Notes,Song Selection,Compilation Producer,Orchestral Arrangements
Joseph Zizzo   Cover Photo
Declan O'Doherty   Mixing,Engineer
Steve Vaughan   Engineer
Robert Leth   Mixing,Engineer
Richard Hess   Digital Transfers
Ariel Rogers   Liner Notes,Song Selection,Executive Producer
Stan Rogers   Orchestral Arrangements
Don Gillis   Orchestral Arrangements