KATE & ANNA McGARRIGLE – DEBUT LP – Nr MINT A2/B2 UK FOLK ROCK

Kate & Anna McGarrigle
(Warner Bros Records  1976  K56218)
Matrix No’s: A2/B2 – UK Pressing

Sleeve in Nr MINT condition
– a little wear to corners

Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
 

Kate McGarrigle (February 6, 1946 – January 18, 2010) and Anna McGarrigle (born December 4, 1944) were a duo of Canadian singer-songwriters from Quebec, who performed until Kate McGarrigle’s death on January 18, 2010.

Kate & Anna McGarrigle is the debut album by Kate & Anna McGarrigle, released in January 1976. Guest musicians on the album include Lowell George, Bobby Keys, and Tony Levin as well as family and friends such as eldest sister Jane McGarrigle, Anna McGarrigle’s husband Dane Lanken, and the siblings’ old friend Chaim Tannenbaum.

“Swimming Song” was written and originally performed by Kate’s husband at the time, singer-songwriter Loudon Wainwright III, who is also referenced (without being explicitly named) in the song “Go Leave”.

Track listing

1. “Kiss and Say Goodbye” (Kate McGarrigle) – 2:47
2. “My Town” (Anna McGarrigle) – 2:57
3. “Blues in D” (Kate McGarrigle) – 2:43
4. “Heart Like a Wheel” (Anna McGarrigle) – 3:08
5. “Foolish You” (Wade Hemsworth) – 3:02
6. “(Talk to Me of) Mendocino” (Kate McGarrigle) – 3:08
7. “Complainte pour Ste-Catherine” (Anna McGarrigle, Philippe Tatartcheff) – 2:48
8. “Tell My Sister” (Kate McGarrigle) – 3:37
9. “Swimming Song” (Loudon Wainwright III) – 2:26
10. “Jigsaw Puzzle of Life” (Anna McGarrigle) – 2:29
11. “Go Leave” (Kate McGarrigle) – 3:19
12. “Travellin’ on for Jesus” (Traditional; arranged by J. Spence) – 2:42

Personnel

• Anna McGarrigle – vocals, keyboards, banjo, button accordion
• Kate McGarrigle – vocals, banjo, piano, guitar
• Jane McGarrigle (credited as “Jane McGarrigle Forsland”) – organ, backing vocals
• Tony Levin – bass
• Steve Gadd – drums
• Jay Ungar – fiddle
• Lowell George, David Spinozza, Greg Prestopino, Hugh McCracken, Tony Rice, Amos Garrett, Andrew Gold – guitar
• Red Callender – bass
• David Grisman – mandolin
• Joel Tepp – harmonica, clarinet
• Peter Weldon – banjo, backing vocals
• Gib Guilbeau – fiddle
• Bobby Keys – tenor saxophone
• Plas Johnson – alto saxophone, clarinet
• Nick DeCaro – accordion
• Russ Kunkel – drums
• Chaim Tannenbaum – guitar, harmonica, backing vocals
• Dane Lanken – backing vocals