Again is the Alan Stivell's seventeenth album released in 1993 under the Keltia III label by Disques Dreyfus and Sony Music in France. He registers again his greatest successes of the seventies with updated arrangements and help of prestigious guests : Kate Bush, Shane MacGowan from the Irish group The Pogues, the Senegal singer Doudou Ndiaye Rose, the French singers Laurent Voulzy and Breton singers Gilles Servat and Yann-Fañch Kemener.
The album, several times golden record with more than 300.000 sold copies, boosts the interest for the Celtic music, the base for a new wave of his popularity, especially in Brittany and in France. The public immediately acclaimed the album and Stivell during his French tour, with two concerts at the Bataclan, Paris, in January 1994.Alan Stivell Biography , RFI That is when the Héritage des Celtes of his former guitarist Dan ar Braz is going to arouse the craze of the general public.
Track listing
Personnel Alan Stivell - Arranger, Bombard, Harp (Celtic Acoustic & Electric), Composer, Dulcimer, Irish flute, Keyboards, Percussion, Pipes, Vocals Dan Ar Braz - Electric Guitar Herve Batteux - Drums, Percussion Philippe Chasseloup - Harmonica Jean-Luc Chevalier - Electric Guitar Carlos Delgado - Kena, Pan Flute John Giblin - Bass Karel Holas - Violin, Violin (Electric) Herve Kefelean - Banjo Robert Le Gall - Electric violin Pierrick Lemou - Bouzouki, Violin Charlie Morgan - Drums Alan Murphy - Guitar Patrice Paichereau - Guitar Dina Rakotomanga - Bass, Double Bass Doudou N'Daiye Rose - Percussion Catherine Saint-James - Cello Guillaume Saint-James - Keyboards, Saxophone Michal Senbauer - Guitar Davy Spillane - Pipe Vocals : Kate Bush (Arranger, Keyboards, Producer), Shane MacGowan, Laurent Voulzy, Gilles Servat, Yann-Fañch Kemener, Gweltaz-Thierry Adeux, James Wood, Gill O'Donovan, Ffran MayAgain credits on Allmusic.com
Recording Laurent Dayot - Engineer (Transaction - Ubu, Rennes) Erik Chauvieres - Mixing (Arpège Studio, Nantes) Herve Le Coz - Mixing Del Palmer - Mixing (Abbey Road Studios, London) Frederic Marin - Mastering (Translab) Jean-Baptiste Millot - Photography
Discography Dreyfus Disques FDM36198-2 [original French release]Alan Stivell – Again on Discogs.com Mercury Membran
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