The Sky Our Cathedral – credits & thanks

The Sky Our Cathedral

Jumping Ship

Jones / Macartney

  • Chris Difford – backing vocals
  • Gabi Frödén – backing vocals
  • Luka Jones – Drumtraks programming

Riversong

Macartney / Jones

Time to Fly

Jones / Macartney

  • Steve Macartney – backing vocals
  • Juliet Turner – backing vocals

Writing Home

Macartney / Jones

  • Leo Abrahams – electric guitar

Champagne Dividend

Jones / Macartney

A Thousand Years

Macartney / Jones

  • Duke Special – backing vocals

More Is Less

Jones / Macartney

  • Brian Eno – backing vocals

Day To Remember

Jones / Macartney

  • Lee Ellis – bassline
  • Steve Macartney – backing vocals

The Old Town

Jones / Macartney

  • Juliet Turner – backing vocals

So Long

Macartney / Jones

  • Maurice Macartney – “crow” vocal, playout guitars
  • Jack Pinter – clarinet & bass clarinet
  • Juliet Turner – backing vocals
  • Jez Wiles – vibes and percussion

Sunday Best

Macartney / Jones

Credits

All songs written by Ramshackle Crow
Arranged, produced and performed by Steve Jones with guests as noted in the track listing above

Mixed by Leo Abrahams
Mastered by Mandy Parnell at Black Saloon, London

Duke Special’s vocals recorded by Declan Legge at Big Space Studios, Northern Ireland.

Maurice’s guitars and vocals recorded by Steve Macartney in Bangor, Northern Ireland

Artwork and design by Rudd Studio

Thanks

To those who gave of their magic so generously to make “The Sky Our Cathedral” happen, we offer our deepest respect and thanks:
Leo Abrahams, Chris Difford, Duke Special, Lee Ellis, Brian Eno, Gabi Frödén, Steve Macartney, Jack Pinter, Chris Roberts, Matt Rudd, Juliet Turner and Jez Wiles.

Maurice

Love and thanks to Jean West for all her support; to my family for keeping me sane; to Alan Robinson for inspiring guitar playing; to Jack Dalzell for the magic of poetry; and thanks to all the birds. Especially corvids.

Steve

I dedicate my part in this record to Leo Abrahams… a truly beautiful and inspiring soul, a friend without whose generosity of spirit my musical journey would have been nowhere near as rich as it has been.

Love and thanks to: Diane, Luka & Poppy Jones, my family for their endless support, Matt McMurray & Amy Hughes, Foy Vance, Craig Armstrong, Emma Ford, David Holmes & Lisa di Lucia, Ken Haddock, Mark Bloomfield & Shaun Borstrock, Robin Chesterman, Didier De Raeck & Monica Rawlinson, Spike & Gillian Corbridge, Martyn James Brooks, Jake Scott, Stuart & Katy Costley, Catherine Scorey & all at Ted Baker, Dave Chesterman, Jules Maxwell & Charlotte Darbyshire, Conor Catchpole, Jon & Barnaby at Dickinson Amps, Lauren St John, Ian Hartley, David Lackey at Innerclock Systems, Tom Lukas, Emma Seal, Richard & Vanessa Cardwell, Brian Connor, Phil Wilkinson, John Calvert, Pete Hampson, Simon & Susie Harbinson, Sara Chapman & Helena Lekka at Reading University. And last but not least, to Maurice Macartney for agreeing to get involved on that Saturday afternoon at the Crawfordsburn Inn.