Marc Almond - Varieté FLAC

Marc Almond Acoustic Vocal Ballad 2016 UK

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A-1	(Intro) Written-By – Almond, Cashmore	0:42
A-2	Bread & Circus Clarinet – Thomas BowlesViolin – Sarah HarrisonWritten-By – Fedorov, Almond	3:47
A-3	Nijinsky Heart Arranged By [String Arrangement] – Martin WatkinsGuitar [Extra Guitars] – Andy MarloweWritten-By – Almond, Faber	3:59
A-4	The Exhibitionist Saw [Musical Saw] – David CoulterWritten-By – AlmondWritten-By, Arranged By [Cello Section Arrangement] – Watkins	4:44
A-5	The Trials Of Eyeliner Written-By – Almond, Cashmore	5:44
B-1	Lavender Written-By – AlmondWritten-By, Arranged By [Cello Section Arrangement] – Watkins	5:25
B-2	Soho So Long Written-By – Fedorov, Almond, Whitmore*	3:37
B-3	Unloveable Guitar [Extra Guitars] – Andy MarloweWritten-By – Almond, Faber	2:47
B-4	Sandboy Cornet – Lucy Jackson, Richard Shaw Engineer – Simon HumphreyEuphonium – Jonathan Ford Horn [Tenor Horn] – Tracy ColstonRecorded By [Brass], Written-By, Arranged By [Brass Band Arrangement] – WatkinsWritten-By – Almond	4:41
B-5	It's All Going On Written-By – Almond, Faber	4:32
B-6	Varieté Written-By – Almond, Faber	3:31
C-1	Cabaret Clown Guitar [Extra Guitars] – Andy MarloweSynthesizer [Moog, Analogue Synths, Simulated Martenot], Mellotron – Roland FaberWritten-By – Almond*	3:09
C-2	My Madness And I Theremin – Armen RaWritten-By – Almond, Whitmore	4:34
C-3	But Not Today Written-By – Almond, Whitmore	4:29
C-4	Swan Song Synthesizer [Moog, Analogue Synths, Simulated Martenot], Mellotron – Roland FaberWritten-By – Almond, Whitmore	3:41
C-5	Sin Song Accordion [Bayan Accordion] – Igor OutkineProducer [Extra Vocal] – Tris PennaViolin – Sarah HarrisonWritten-By – Almond, Cashmore*	7:03
D-1	My Evil Twin Written-By – Almond, Faber	3:13
D-2	A Lonely Love Written-By – Almond*	3:35
D-3	Cat Dancer Written-By – Almond, Whitmore	2:23
D-4	Criminal Lover Written-By – Almond, Whitmore	3:17
D-5	I Am No One Written-By – Almond, Whitmore	2:35
D-6	Smoke Written-By – Almond, Whitmore	3:11
D-7	Kiss The Ghost (Goodbye) Written-By – Almond*	4:45

Companies, etc.

Phonographic Copyright (p) – Marc Almond
Copyright (c) – Marc Almond
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Cherry Red Records Ltd.
Copyright (c) – Cherry Red Records Ltd.
Recorded At – Dean St. Studios
Mixed At – Dean St. Studios
Recorded At – Palace Studios
Mastered At – Metropolis Mastering
Recorded At – The Chairworks
Recorded At – Small Stone Studio
Recorded At – Neal's Studio

Credits

Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Ukulele, Piano, Harmonica, Omnichord – Neal Whitmore
Arranged By – Marc Almond (tracks: 1-1 to 1-16)
Arranged By [Extra Musical Arrangements] – Martin Watkins (tracks: 1-1, 1-3, 1-4, 1-6, 1-8 to 1-16)
Arranged By [Extra Musical Arrangements], Mixed By [Assistance] – Neal Whitmore (tracks: 1-1, 1-3, 1-4, 1-6, 1-8 to 1-16)
Cello – Daisy Gathorne-Hardy, Gemma Rosefield, Maria Martinez , Sarah McMahon
Drums, Percussion, Bongos, Spoons, Sequenced By [Drum Machine], Arranged By [Drum Arrangement], Programmed By – Dave Ruffy*
Electric Bass, Acoustic Bass – Carl Holt
Engineer – Ben Roultson* (tracks: 1-1, 1-3, 1-4, 1-6, 1-8 to 1-16)
Layout, Design – The Intro Partnership LLP
Management [Marc Almond Agent] – Jack Gray
Mastered By – Mazen Murad (tracks: 1-2, 1-5, 1-7)
Mixed By – Jason Boshoff (tracks: 1-2, 1-5, 1-7), Michael Zimmerling (tracks: 1-1, 1-3, 1-4, 1-6, 1-8 to 1-16)
Mixed By [Assistance] – Austin Jax-Chandler (tracks: 1-1, 1-3, 1-4, 1-6, 1-8 to 1-16), Charlie Davis (tracks: 1-1, 1-3, 1-4, 1-6, 1-8 to 1-16), Nico Forster (tracks: 1-1, 1-3, 1-4, 1-6, 1-8 to 1-16), Rory Doggett (tracks: 1-1, 1-3, 1-4, 1-6, 1-8 to 1-16)
Other [Make-Up] – Gozra Lozano
Photography By [Cover And Booklet] – Jamie McLeod
Piano, Keyboards, Omnichord – Martin Watkins
Producer – Marc Almond (tracks: 1-1, 1-3, 1-4, 1-6, 1-8 to 1-16)
Producer, Arranged By, Synthesizer [String Synthesizer] – Tris Penna* (tracks: 1-2, 1-5, 1-7)
Producer, Recorded By [Demos] – Neal Whitmore, Roland Faber
Saxophone – James Knight
Synthesizer [String Synthesizer], Engineer – Nick Webber (tracks: 1-2, 1-5, 1-7)
Trombone – Nichol Thomson
Trumpet – Dominic Glover
Viola – Tom Hankey
Violin – Debs White, Tamsin Waley-Cohen

Notes

This collector’s edition, limited to just 500 copies, is a double vinyl album with a gatefold sleeve and an alternative front cover image to the original release. It includes the seven bonus acoustic compositions that were exclusive to the original limited edition double-CD. Also included is a special fold out promotional poster featuring an artwork from the original album release.

All tracks recorded and mixed at Dean Street Studios.
London W1*

(except:)

*The tracks
The Trials of Eyeliner, Bread & Circus and Soho So Long recorded at Palace Studios
London W1

Demos recorded at Small Stone studio and at Neal's Studio

"Sandboy" brass recorded at The Chairworks Studio, Castleford

℗ and © 2010 Marc Almond / Cherry Red Records LTD trading as Strike Force Entertainment.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: 5 013929 841413

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
SFE004	Marc Almond	Varieté ‎(CD, Album + CD + Ltd, S/Edition, Dig)	Strike Force Entertainment	SFE004	UK	2010
none	Marc Almond	Varieté ‎(CDr, Album, Promo, TP)	Cherry Red	none	UK	2010
SFE005	Marc Almond	Varieté ‎(CD, Album)	Strike Force Entertainment	SFE005	UK	2010

MEGA FREEDY

The album is an artistic masterpiece, and I have always loved Marc Almond, having almost all his records dating back to Soft Cell. My criticism is of the vinyl limited edition: It is a lovely package but the mastering (and possibly mixing) is terrible. (And no to the other reviewer, mine does not have the skip on Track B2). Overall the sound is excessively bassy, lacks in high frequency detail and there's no sense of space...glassy, one-dimensional and soulless. Like listening through a pillow. Perhaps they used Youtube uploads as source material? Marc deserves to sound even half as good as Mother Fist, Stories of Johnny, Stars We Are, The Mambas...and so on, but it doesn't. So disappointing. Why is it so difficult to get decent analog mastering these days? Surely someone out there has figured this out by now.

MrDog

My copy has a nasty skip on track B-2, there is clearly visible "blank" groove which causes that.I'm wondering if it's just my copy is bad or all 500 copies were pressed from defective matrix?Does anyone has the same issue?