Taken by Greg Fleming and The Trains
2x album set / 32 Tracks / Extensive liner notes.
Includes remastered "Ghost Are White" album with bonus tracks.
Greg Fleming is an established singer-songwriter from Auckland, New Zealand.
"Taken" features 11 tracks recorded between 1994 and 2003 at various studios around Auckland, New Zealand. From full band tracks through to sparse live-to-tape vocal/piano numbers, "Taken" shows-off Fleming's strong lyrics and song-arrangements.
The album wast mostly produced by Wayne Bell and mastered by Dale Cotton.
"Ghosts Are White" (as Greg Fleming and The Trains) was originally released in late 1993. The album features 21 songs – the original 11 tracks plus 10 bonus cuts from the same sessions. All tracks are remastered.
©&(P)2010 Greg Fleming under exclusive license to LucaDiscs.
The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Greg Fleming. All rights of the producer and of the owner of the recorded work reserved.
www.gregfleming.co.nz
Tracklist
| 1. | California Fishing | 2:54 |
| 2. | Good Memory | 3:39 |
| 3. | So Sad Sometimes | 5:17 |
| 4. | Taken | 3:56 |
| 5. | Hamish | 4:51 |
| 6. | Never Wanted To See You Cry | 4:42 |
| 7. | Threw Me | 2:49 |
| 8. | Codeine Road (Single Version) | 3:33 |
| 9. | Lovers Of Listening For The Weather | 4:03 |
| 10. | Making A Fool | 3:50 |
| 11. | Early Spring | 4:11 |
| 12. | Ghosts Are White | 3:16 |
| 13. | Mr. Clive | 4:44 |
| 14. | Bottom Of The World | 2:39 |
| 15. | Wish I'd Hesitated | 2:22 |
| 16. | Just Drove Through Town | 3:08 |
| 17. | Unanswered Prayers | 4:11 |
| 18. | Codeine Road | 3:00 |
| 19. | Into Stone Into Sand | 4:48 |
| 20. | Get Somebody Else | 2:46 |
| 21. | Wanna See You Again | 3:10 |
| 22. | D | 3:59 |
| 23. | Fire Escape | 4:07 |
| 24. | Hurt In A Friendly Game | 3:34 |
| 25. | Grand Baby Grand | 2:54 |
| 26. | Whisper | 4:16 |
| 27. | She's Got A Star | 4:02 |
| 28. | Roll Into My Arms | 3:02 |
| 29. | So Happy It's Sad | 3:54 |
| 30. | First Waltz | 2:20 |
| 31. | Friends Of Mine | 3:50 |
| 32. | All The Time In The World | 3:06 |
Credits
released June 21, 2010
TAKEN:
All songs written by Greg Fleming (Control).
Tracks 1-6 produced by Wayne Bell.
Tracks 7, 9 & 11 produced by Greg Fleming.
Tracks 8 & 10 produced by Anthony Ioasa.
Recording engineers: Chris Van de Geer (The Lab), Chris Sinclair (York Street), Andre Upston (Helen Young).
Tracks 1-7 mixed by Chris Van de Geer.
Track 8 mixed by Anthony Ioasa.
Recorded between 1994-2003, Auckland,
New Zealand at the Lab, York St Studios, Vine Street,
Helen Young Studios and Progressive Studios.
Pre-production by Andy Morton.
Mastered by Dale Cotton Mastering, April, 2010.
GHOSTS ARE WHITE:
Original Credits:
All songs written by Greg Fleming (Control).
Produced by Greg Fleming.
Recording engineer: Matthew Heine.
Recorded between 1991-1993 at the Lab, Auckland, New Zealand except ‘Codeine Road’, recorded at bFM studios, Auckland, 1989.
Greg Fleming: Vocals/electric & acoustic guitars/harmonica/piano. Bass on ‘Codeine Road.’
Nick Kreisler: Bass on all tracks except ‘Codeine Road.’
Mark Petersen: Electric guitars/backing vocals on ‘Mr. Clive’/‘Bottom Of The World’/‘Into Stone Into Sand’/‘Get Somebody Else’/‘Wanna See You Again’.
Stuart Broughton: Drums on ‘Mr. Clive’/‘Bottom Of The World’/‘Into Stone Into Sand’/‘Get Somebody Else’/‘Wanna See You Again’.
John Segovia: Acoustic & electric guitars/backing vocals on ‘Ghosts Are White’/‘Wish I’d Hesitated’/ ‘Just Drove Through Town’/‘Unanswered Prayers’.
Robert Key: Drums on ‘Ghosts Are White’/‘Unanswered Prayers’.
Meryl Maine: Violin on ‘Mr Clive’.
Oliver Stead: Backing vocals on ‘Codeine Road’.
Chris McKibbin: Backing vocals on ‘Get Somebody Else’.
Tony Bones: Backing vocals on ‘Wish I’d Hesitated’.
Original cover photo: Greg Semu.
Portrait photo: Kerry Brown.
Original design: Boris Jansen/Greg Fleming/Kane Massey.
Executive producer: Kane Massey.
Thanks to Harborne & Arthur, Craig Mason, Tony Bones, Danny Mannetto, Chris McKibbon, Susie Devereaux, Sharon McNabb, James Holt, Pagan Records, Paul Casserly, Mark Tierney, Greg Johnson, Grant’s Border Radio show, Campbell Smith, Andrew Thorne, Andrew Baxter, Kerry Brown, Ollie Stead.
Special thanks to: Matthew Heine, Stuart Broughton and Kane Massey.
For Angus and Peter who couldn’t hang around.
"Ghosts Are White" Bonus Tracks Credits:
All songs written by Greg Fleming (Control) except ‘She’s Got A Star’ – music by Greg Fleming, lyrics by Greg Fleming and Richard Kingsford (Control).
Produced by Greg Fleming.
Recording engineer: Matthew Heine.
Additional production and engineering on ‘All The Time In The World’: Chris Sinclair.
Recorded between 1991-1993 at the Lab except ‘Roll Into My Arms’ and ‘Hurt In A Friendly Game’ recorded circa 1988/89 at bFM studios.
Pre-production on ‘All The Time In The World’ by Andy Morton.
Ghosts Are White + bonus tracks mastered May 2010 by Andrew B. White; digitally transferred from Matthew Heine’s
original 1993 Sony PCM master. Many thanks to Matthew for the loan of the Sony converter for the audio transfer.
Greg Fleming: Vocals/electric & acoustic guitars/piano. Bass on ‘Roll Into My Arms’.
Nick Kreisler: Bass on all tracks except ‘All The Time In The World’ and ‘Roll Into My Arms’. Backing vocals on ‘So Happy It’s Sad’.
Mark Petersen: Electric guitars/backing vocals on ‘D’/‘Fire Escape’/‘Whisper’/‘Friends Of Mine’/‘She’s Got A Star’.
Stuart Broughton: Drums on ‘D’/‘Fire Escape’/‘Whisper’/ ‘Friends Of Mine’/‘She’s Got A Star’.
John Segovia: Acoustic, electric & slide guitars/backing vocals on ‘So Happy It’s Sad’.
Andrew Baxter: Drums on ‘So Happy It’s Sad’.
Meryl Main: Violin on ‘Fire Escape’/‘She’s Got A Star’.
Ted Brown: Backing vocals on ‘All The Time In The World’.
Cameron Miller: Bass on ‘All The Time In The World’.
Ricky McShane: Drums on ‘All The Time In The World’.
Jono Lonie: Violin/mandolin on ‘All The Time In The World’.
Oliver Stead: Backing vocals on ‘Roll Into My Arms’.
Taken/Ghosts Are White Production Credits:
Executive producer for LucaDiscs: Andrew B. White.
Front cover photo of Greg by Mark Smith taken at the Occidental Hotel, Vulcan Lane, Auckland, 1994.
Artwork by Andrew B. White Design Associates.
Photographers (where known): Mark Smith, Ted Baghurst, Greg Semu, Kerry Brown, Stuart Page, Becky Nunes, Nicky Fleming, David des Baux, Rudolf Erb,
Greg Hammerdown, Nick Kreisler, Andrew B. White.
TAKEN:
All songs written by Greg Fleming (Control).
Tracks 1-6 produced by Wayne Bell.
Tracks 7, 9 & 11 produced by Greg Fleming.
Tracks 8 & 10 produced by Anthony Ioasa.
Recording engineers: Chris Van de Geer (The Lab), Chris Sinclair (York Street), Andre Upston (Helen Young).
Tracks 1-7 mixed by Chris Van de Geer.
Track 8 mixed by Anthony Ioasa.
Recorded between 1994-2003, Auckland,
New Zealand at the Lab, York St Studios, Vine Street,
Helen Young Studios and Progressive Studios.
Pre-production by Andy Morton.
Mastered by Dale Cotton Mastering, April, 2010.
GHOSTS ARE WHITE:
Original Credits:
All songs written by Greg Fleming (Control).
Produced by Greg Fleming.
Recording engineer: Matthew Heine.
Recorded between 1991-1993 at the Lab, Auckland, New Zealand except ‘Codeine Road’, recorded at bFM studios, Auckland, 1989.
Greg Fleming: Vocals/electric & acoustic guitars/harmonica/piano. Bass on ‘Codeine Road.’
Nick Kreisler: Bass on all tracks except ‘Codeine Road.’
Mark Petersen: Electric guitars/backing vocals on ‘Mr. Clive’/‘Bottom Of The World’/‘Into Stone Into Sand’/‘Get Somebody Else’/‘Wanna See You Again’.
Stuart Broughton: Drums on ‘Mr. Clive’/‘Bottom Of The World’/‘Into Stone Into Sand’/‘Get Somebody Else’/‘Wanna See You Again’.
John Segovia: Acoustic & electric guitars/backing vocals on ‘Ghosts Are White’/‘Wish I’d Hesitated’/ ‘Just Drove Through Town’/‘Unanswered Prayers’.
Robert Key: Drums on ‘Ghosts Are White’/‘Unanswered Prayers’.
Meryl Maine: Violin on ‘Mr Clive’.
Oliver Stead: Backing vocals on ‘Codeine Road’.
Chris McKibbin: Backing vocals on ‘Get Somebody Else’.
Tony Bones: Backing vocals on ‘Wish I’d Hesitated’.
Original cover photo: Greg Semu.
Portrait photo: Kerry Brown.
Original design: Boris Jansen/Greg Fleming/Kane Massey.
Executive producer: Kane Massey.
Thanks to Harborne & Arthur, Craig Mason, Tony Bones, Danny Mannetto, Chris McKibbon, Susie Devereaux, Sharon McNabb, James Holt, Pagan Records, Paul Casserly, Mark Tierney, Greg Johnson, Grant’s Border Radio show, Campbell Smith, Andrew Thorne, Andrew Baxter, Kerry Brown, Ollie Stead.
Special thanks to: Matthew Heine, Stuart Broughton and Kane Massey.
For Angus and Peter who couldn’t hang around.
"Ghosts Are White" Bonus Tracks Credits:
All songs written by Greg Fleming (Control) except ‘She’s Got A Star’ – music by Greg Fleming, lyrics by Greg Fleming and Richard Kingsford (Control).
Produced by Greg Fleming.
Recording engineer: Matthew Heine.
Additional production and engineering on ‘All The Time In The World’: Chris Sinclair.
Recorded between 1991-1993 at the Lab except ‘Roll Into My Arms’ and ‘Hurt In A Friendly Game’ recorded circa 1988/89 at bFM studios.
Pre-production on ‘All The Time In The World’ by Andy Morton.
Ghosts Are White + bonus tracks mastered May 2010 by Andrew B. White; digitally transferred from Matthew Heine’s
original 1993 Sony PCM master. Many thanks to Matthew for the loan of the Sony converter for the audio transfer.
Greg Fleming: Vocals/electric & acoustic guitars/piano. Bass on ‘Roll Into My Arms’.
Nick Kreisler: Bass on all tracks except ‘All The Time In The World’ and ‘Roll Into My Arms’. Backing vocals on ‘So Happy It’s Sad’.
Mark Petersen: Electric guitars/backing vocals on ‘D’/‘Fire Escape’/‘Whisper’/‘Friends Of Mine’/‘She’s Got A Star’.
Stuart Broughton: Drums on ‘D’/‘Fire Escape’/‘Whisper’/ ‘Friends Of Mine’/‘She’s Got A Star’.
John Segovia: Acoustic, electric & slide guitars/backing vocals on ‘So Happy It’s Sad’.
Andrew Baxter: Drums on ‘So Happy It’s Sad’.
Meryl Main: Violin on ‘Fire Escape’/‘She’s Got A Star’.
Ted Brown: Backing vocals on ‘All The Time In The World’.
Cameron Miller: Bass on ‘All The Time In The World’.
Ricky McShane: Drums on ‘All The Time In The World’.
Jono Lonie: Violin/mandolin on ‘All The Time In The World’.
Oliver Stead: Backing vocals on ‘Roll Into My Arms’.
Taken/Ghosts Are White Production Credits:
Executive producer for LucaDiscs: Andrew B. White.
Front cover photo of Greg by Mark Smith taken at the Occidental Hotel, Vulcan Lane, Auckland, 1994.
Artwork by Andrew B. White Design Associates.
Photographers (where known): Mark Smith, Ted Baghurst, Greg Semu, Kerry Brown, Stuart Page, Becky Nunes, Nicky Fleming, David des Baux, Rudolf Erb,
Greg Hammerdown, Nick Kreisler, Andrew B. White.
