Little Death Liner Notes

Steve Abel: singing, acoustic guitar and tambourine; Kirsten Morell: singing on Duet, backing voice on Little Death and Ghost; Geoff Maddock: electric guitar, backing voice on Ghost, Duet, Little Death and Sweetheart and bass on Little Death; Mike Hall: double bass on Beautiful Fish, Duet, Sweetheart, Lost and Ghost; Milan Borich: all drums except; Mike Beehre: drums on Hospice; Gareth Thomas: accordion, synthesizer on Little Death and piano on Hospice; Ben King: backing voice on Ghost and Duet; Renée-Louise Carafice: backing voice on Ghost; Mardi Potter: singing on Hospice; Li Ming Hu: violin on Hospice; Bevan Larsen: bass on Hospice; Jeffrey Holdaway: synthesizer on Hospice.

All Tracks recorded and mixed by Nick Abbott at Montage, Grey Lynn on 7, 8, 9, 14 Feb 2003 (Beautiful Fish, Duet, Ghost of God and Little Death), and on 14 Dec 2003 and 7, 15, 16, 20, 21 Jan and 26 Feb 2004 (Sweetheart and Lost ) except; Wonder: recorded by Nigel Braddock of Monkey Records at his place in Westmere, Oct 2002; Cricket and Spider: recorded and mixed by Jeremy McPike and Geoff Maddock at Third Ave, Kingsland, June 2004; Hospice: recorded by Jeffrey Holdaway at The Brick Castle, Shortland Street, 5 Dec 2001 (Additional tracks and mixing for Hospice at Jeff’s place in Western Springs and Florian’s in town).

Produced by Nick Abbott and Steve Abel.

Mastered by Chris Winchcombe at York Street.

Cover design by Nick Eagles.  Cover image from lithograph by Georg Forster/Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (B.038848).

Photograph taken at Maungawhau by Penny Kerr.

Thanks to all who had hand or heart in it.

Particular thanks to Nick Abbott and all the players especially the band: Mike, Milan, Gareth and Geoff (pleasure and privilege), also Mathias Jordan, Mike Donnelly (Montage), Jeremy McPike (York St), Mike Keating and Goldenhorse, Pluto, Goodshirt, Kate McDermott, Rachel Lang, Hannah Cornwell, Nicky Donoghue, John Collie, Gabriel White, Grant Hall, Paul McLaney, Tom Bailey, Nick Young, Don McGlashan, Chris Knox, Odeon Lounge, Deborah Bee, Chris, Wayne, Nandor, Florian Habicht and crew, all the friends, flatties, family (Ma, Da, Kate) and others loved but missed.

All songs by Steve Abel.

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P.O. Box 52-108, Kingsland, Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand.