Byzantium (2), Ora (3) - Byzantium Halfway Dreaming Anthology 1969-1975

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Jamie Rubinstein Acoustic Guitar
Shane Fontayne Acoustic Guitar
James Rubinstein Acoustic Guitar [6-String], Electric Guitar, Lead Vocals
Byzantium (2) Arranged By
Mike Doud (2) Art Direction
Beverly Baxter Backing Vocals
Chas Jankel Backing Vocals
Robin Lamble Backing Vocals
Robin Lamble Backing Vocals
Robin Sylvester Backing Vocals
Shane Fontayne Backing Vocals
Robin Lamble Bass Guitar
Robin Sylvester Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Guitar [occasional], Backing Vocals [occasional]
James Rubinstein Bass Guitar, Vocals
Derek Wadsworth Brass
Roy Young's Brass Section Brass
David Wells (2) Compiled By [& Annotated]
Robin Sylvester Conductor, Arranged By [Strings, Brass]
Frank Ricotti Congas, Cabasa
Nick Marshall (7) Design
Andy Morten Design [& Layout]
Stephen Corduner Drums
Stephen Corduner Drums, Percussion
James Rubinstein Drums, Vocals
Chas Jankel Electric Guitar
Shane Fontayne Electric Guitar
Jon Weiss (2) Electric Guitar [mostly lead]
Nico Ramsden Electric Guitar, Backing Vocals
Robin Sylvester Electric Piano [Wurlitzer]
Ced Curtis Engineer
Gregg Jackman Engineer
Robin Sylvester Engineer
Roy Thomas Baker Engineer
Ted Fletcher Engineer
Martin Westwood Engineer [Live Balance], Engineer [Head Roadie]
David Hentschel Engineer, Synthesizer
Robin Lamble Flute
Chloe Walters Guitar
Julian Diggle Guitar
Shane Fontayne Guitar
James Rubinstein Guitar, Dulcimer
Chas Jankel Guitar, Electric Piano
Jamie Rubinstein Guitar, Vocals
Bob Fowke Illustration
Terry Pastor Illustration
Robin Sylvester Keyboards
Chas Jankel Lead Guitar
Shane Fontayne Lead Guitar
Chas Jankel Lead Vocals
Nico Ramsden Lead Vocals
Robin Lamble Lead Vocals
Shane Fontayne Lead Vocals
James Rubinstein Liner Notes [A letter to Heather Harrington, mixed with a middle eight as a commentary on the times]
James Rubinstein Liner Notes [A poem for Pippa Driscoll set to music]
James Rubinstein Liner Notes [An early recording of a song into which "Ooo" had been woven that later appeared on the first Byzantium album - Byzantium 1972. It features the first Byzantium line-up, although it hadn't been christened with that name yet]
James Rubinstein Liner Notes [Came between Ora and Byzantium, was for Pippa Driscoll whilst she was in India, she did" ... see a wife for me, " we're still together after fifty years]
James Rubinstein Liner Notes [I love this song. Chloe Walters is one of the most truly original writers and genuinely gifted musicians I have ever come across. Robin - rhythm section]
James Rubinstein Liner Notes [It was recorded three times in all, and this, the first, still sounds the best to me]
James Rubinstein Liner Notes [Jon struts his stuff]
James Rubinstein Liner Notes [Little gem written by Mick, recorded in the same series of sessions that produced "Thank God" and "This Time I Won't Let You Go" when I was working very closely with Mick before we joined up (rejoined in my case) with Byzantium. Mick sings, we both pick and strum]
James Rubinstein Liner Notes [Love song to Pippa Driscoll whilst she travelled overland to India '72-'73]
James Rubinstein Liner Notes [Malcom Haines took me to see Dave Brubeck something must have rubbed off!]
James Rubinstein Liner Notes [One for Beverly Baxter, who also sings background. Robin's piano at the end]
James Rubinstein Liner Notes [One of a number of songs written on Shippen Rock in Hope Cove - and if you'd been there, you would have seen why]
James Rubinstein Liner Notes [One of a series of themes Robin and I worked up as possible backgrounds for TV ads]
James Rubinstein Liner Notes [One of the first songs I ever wrote. This was for Dany Fedida. It was subsequently recorded by Byzantium on their first A&M album]
James Rubinstein Liner Notes [One of the titles that got left off the original album - Ora 1969. I can remember writing the lyric during a particularly boring school lesson]
James Rubinstein Liner Notes [Robin and I did a complete reworking of this old chestnut in some down time at Tangerine Studios]
James Rubinstein Liner Notes [Robin and I rework an out-take from the KPM sessions. Robin on guitar]
James Rubinstein Liner Notes [Seafaring, and an ode to a frightening journey across Lyme Bay in the worst gale I ever encountered]
James Rubinstein Liner Notes [The melody still holds up for me, as do most of the lyrics]
James Rubinstein Liner Notes [The original recording of the opening track on the first Byzantium album]
James Rubinstein Liner Notes [These Tangerine sessions were the last studio recordings made by the band. It was our last fling of the dice but Atlantic Records, who commissioned them, turned us down, and we played our last gig at the Roundhouse (the same venue as the band's very first performance) a month or so later]
James Rubinstein Liner Notes [This should have been called "Beverly, but somehow it sounded wrong when sung in context, and so I changed it to Deborah, which was the name of her sister. I hadn't told Beverly this until putting these notes together! Oboe and violin were provided by Gordon and Jennie Hunt - no relation - respectively. Gordon has latterly become a renowned orchestral player]
James Rubinstein Liner Notes [This version from the first KPM session was the best]
James Rubinstein Liner Notes [This was for Beverly Baxter, give or take a bit of poetic license]
James Rubinstein Liner Notes [This was for Carole Hindmarch. Julian extracts extraordinary quasi-sitar sounds from his legendary "Duffy"]
James Rubinstein Liner Notes [Venetia Stanley-Smith used to sing with Beverly in Sweet Dreams]
James Rubinstein Liner Notes [[For those of you who are familiar with the Byzantium archive, all these songs were recorded in the same way as the Live Side of our now legendary (so they tell us) Black & White Album which was released in 1974. That is to say, these are all PA mixes recorded directly onto a Revox off the back of our Midas mixer. As such, the mix off the desk was not designed for tape, it was designed to supplement the sound that was coming off the stage for the benefit of th epnters. AS a result, it takes a while to adjust to the balance. The vocals are very up front and Mick's guitar, which would have been belting off the stage, is often not as far forward as we would like. That said, this is the real thing. No fudging, no fiddling, but live - just as it happened - warts and all]
Oli Hemingway Mastered By
Robin Sylvester Mixed By
Gordon Hunt Oboe
Robin Sylvester Orchestra
Chas Jankel Organ
James Lascelles Organ [Hammond]
Julian Diggle Other [Duffy]
BJ Cole Pedal Steel Guitar
Beverly Baxter Percussion
Nico Ramsden Percussion
Julian Diggle Percussion, Backing Vocals [very occasional], Drum
Ken Griffiths Photography By
Chas Jankel Piano
Robin Lamble Piano
Robin Sylvester Piano
Nico Ramsden Piano, Organ
Robin Sylvester Producer
Stuart Taylor (2) Producer
David Wells (2) Project Manager
John Reed Project Manager
Ced Curtis Recorded By
Robin Sylvester Recorded By
Ted Fletcher Recorded By
Robin Sylvester Remastered By [Digital]
Shane Fontayne Remastered By [Digital]
Nico Ramsden Slide Guitar
David Katz Strings [Director]
Robin Sylvester Synthesizer
Alan Skidmore Tenor Saxophone
Frank Ricotti Timpani
Jennie Hunt Violin
Robin Lamble Violin
Chas Jankel Vocals
James Rubinstein Vocals
Robin Lamble Vocals
Shane Fontayne Vocals
Jamie Rubinstein Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar [occasional]
James Rubinstein Written-By