The Cake Sale

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The Cake Sale
pin_punk
16 years ago
Jul 15, 2008 - 10:40am
Another one-off charity supergroup - I'd be interested in people's take on who count as members here (they may or may not be connectable depending on the decision).
[en.wikipedia.org]
[www.yeproc.com]

Apolgies in advance for the huge cut-and-paste job.

"The Cake Sale is a band featuring a loose and expansive collective of musicians and writers who have combined to create a 9-song CD of the same name. All profits will go to support Oxfam's Make Trade Fair campaign and their overseas programme work...

Recorded in Dublin last year, the bones of The Cake Sale's tracks were laid down by Bell X1 duo Crosby and Paul Noonan along with Crowded House bassist Nick Seymour and drummer Graham Hopkins...

Lead vocals were provided from Snow Patrol's Gary Lightbody, Glen Hansard (The Frames/ ONCE), Nina Persson (The Cardigans), Gemma Hayes, and Josh Ritter among others...

Subsequent to the initial recording sessions, vocalists and additional musical parts were recorded in a range of studios and countries according to the touring and recording schedules of the artists involved...

"From a creative point of view, I was interested in making a cohesive sounding record for charity by co-ordinating the efforts of a disparate group of people. All the artists involved wanted The Cake Sale to be an authentic album, with all the songs relating to each other in a relevant way" explains Crosby...

Songs written and performed by:
1. Last Leaf (Dave Geraghty): Sung by Lisa Hannigan
2. Vapour Trail (Paul Noonan): Sung by Josh Ritter
3. Black Winged Bird (Emm Gryner): Sung by Nina Persson
4. Some Surprise (Paul Noonan): Sung by Gary Lightbody and Lisa Hannigan
5. All The Way Down (Glen Hansard): Sung by Gemma Hayes
6.Too Many People (Ollie Cole): Sung by Glen Hansard
7. Good Intentions Rust (Conor Deasy): Sung by Conor Deasy
8. Needles (Damien Rice): Sung by Lisa Hannigan
9. Aliens (Matt Lunson): Sung by Neil Hannnon

Songs on the album have been written by:
Glen Hansard (The Frames/ONCE)
Ollie Cole (Turn)
Conor Deasy (The Thrills)
Dave Geraghty (Bell X1)
Emm Gryner
Matt Lunson
Paul Noonan (Bell X1)
Damien Rice

Lead vocalists for the project are:
Glen Hansard
Gary Lightbody (Snow Patrol)
Conor Deasy (The Thrills)
Lisa Hannigan
Neil Hannon (The Divine Comedy)
Gemma Hayes
Nina Persson (The Cardigans)
Josh Ritter

Musical contributors to the record include:
Rob Bochnik (The Frames)
Ollie Cole (Turn)
Brian Crosby (Bell X1)
Graham Hopkins
Kevin Horan (The Thrills)
Colm Mac Ion Iomaire (The Frames)
Padraic McMahon (The Thrills)
Paul Noonan (Bell X1)
Dominic Phillips (Bell X1)
Ken Rice
Daniel Ryan (The Thrills)
Nick Seymour (Crowded House)"

So who are members here:
1) just Crosby because he ostensibly organised the whole thing?
2) Crosby, Noonan, Seymour and Hopkins because they "laid down the bones" of the tracks?
3) Everyone who sang and/or played?
4) Some other combination of contributors?

Thoughts?
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Mark
16 years ago
Jul 17, 2008 - 12:22am
A few of the pages on the official site list all 25 or so participants as members.

Another possibility might be Crosby, Hopkins, Noonan, Seymour, Cole, and Hannigan.

[www.thecakesale.com] :

Back in December 2005, I went, along with Graham Hopkins, Paul Noonan, Nick Seymour, Ollie Cole and Lisa Hannigan into Dublin's Westland Studios to record the first four songs - 'Some Surprise, 'Too Many People', 'Last Leaf' and 'Needles'. Ollie, who wrote 'Too Many People' put down a guide vocal, while Lisa sang the other tunes. Right away we knew we were onto something special. These recordings proved to be invaluable as a calling card for more songs and performers to come on board further down the line.

Over the next year...
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