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the quintessential shallow man ~ mike raine
 
This is Mike's second solo CD. Like his first, "the ranelagh collection", it contains seventeen songs that span about twenty years of writing. The songs were all recorded over the last half of 1999 and the first half of 2000. In keeping with the theme of the first CD, these songs give an insight into Mike's febrile and prurient imagination, with topics ranging from first contact, "lady in the mirror", to the endorphin afterglow in "aftermath" . . . and all stops between.
These tracks are generally of more recent genesis than those on his earlier CD, "the ranelagh collection", but nevertheless still span about twenty years of writing. "shivering" and "lost" were written in 1999, while "the quintessential shallow man", "aftermath", "barking dog" and "sleepytalk" all emerged in 2000.

Of all the tracks, the only ones with any claim to fame are "arrival", which won the instrumental section of the Tasmanian Folk Federation's Song and Tune Awards sometime in the mid-nineties, and "lost" which won this section in the 2000 awards. The oldest track on the CD is "hot dark nights", written in the early eighties.

Mike has collaborated on a number of songs with Keith Farwell, of which one, "shadows in the stream", is included on this CD.

These versions of the songs were all arranged and recorded in 1999 and 2000 at Ranelagh using a Roland KR33 keyboard, a Roland MT100 sequencer, an Amiga 1200 and an ISIS multi-channel PC-based hard disk recorder.

Steve Ray (accordion), Jane Ray (fiddle) and Phil Wardle (uillean pipes) played on "lost". Jane also played fiddle on "little happy". Bob Nicholson played bagpipes on "long way from home" and Bernie Chenery played whistles on "arrival". All other instruments, vocals and programming are Mike's.

For information on how to get hold of your own copy, please email
mike raine.

track list
1 a long way from home 3:16
2 on my way 3:33
3 hot dark nights 4:46
4 in the wink of an eye 4:10
5 shivering 5:55
6 arrival 4:28
7 lady in the mirror 3:37
8 the quintessential shallow man 3:57
9 aftermath 4:05
10 shadows in the stream* 4:49
11 lost 4:05
12 midnight lover 3:53
13 later than we think 4:05
14 barking dog 3:53
15 float on by 4:22
16 little happy 3:41
17 sleepytalk 4:23
* shadows in the stream: keith farwell/mike raine

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last updated by mikko; 13 November, 2001