produced by bryan adams*
mixed by bob clearmountain
engineered by ben dobie
* flying produced by bryan adams and robert john "mutt" lange
musicians:
ba - guitar, dobro, harmonica, piano and bass
mickey curry - drums
keith scott - guitars
additional musicians and programmers:
norm fisher - bass
gary breit - piano and organ
phil thornalley - additional production, guitars and keyboards
yoad nevo - additional production, programming, percussion, guitars
declan masterson - irish whistle on flying
maurice seezer - accordian and piano on flying
gavin greenaway string arrangemnent on flying
michael kamen - string arrangement and oboe on i was only dreaming
ben dobie, avril mackintosh and olle romo - protools editing
the pointless brothers - background vocals on flying
technical:
kevin harp - mix assistant at mix this!
kirk mcnally - second engineer
sandee bathgate - studio management and session coordinator
katie beiver - studio management
jody perpick - tour management
lance standnyk - guitar tech and doughnuts
toe prodaehl - equipment + best chat up lines to air canada stewardesses
manu luyton - chef + ebay wine expert
scottie macpherson - best cup of tea and runner
roy lamb tour production, ciggies and cognac
judith loof - personal assistant
mastered by bob ludwig at gateway
management: bruce allen info@bruceallen.com
US booking agent: terry rhodes music@icmtalent.com
european booking agent: carl leighton-pope info@l-po.com
basic tracks were recorded by bob clearmountain at the warehouse studio, vancouver, canada 29 september - 5 october, 2002
basic tracks second session by bob clearmountain at the warehouse studio, vancouver, canada 18 - 23 may, 2003
basic tracks third session by ben dobie and kirk mcnally at the warehouse studio, vancouver, canada 7-8 november, 2003
www.warehousestudio.com
vocals and overdubs were recorded on tour at the following hotels:
- the four seasons hotel - milan, italy 19 - 21 october, 2002
- hotel adlon berlin, germany 16 - 17 november, 2002
- hotel ritz - paris, france 1 - 2 december, 2002
- hilton noga cannes, france 19 - 20 february, 2003
- arts hotel barcelona, spain 20 february, 2003
- hotel villa magna Madrid, spain 24 february, 2003
- the grenadine islands 2 - 4 march, 2003
- hyatt regency - cologne, germany 10 - 12 march, 2003
- hotel astrid park plaza - antwerp, belgium 13 march + may 10, 2003
- the grenadine islands 4 - 7 april, 2003
- the savoy - prague, czech republic 18 april, 2003
- hotel imperial - vienna, austria 21 april, 2003
- hotel lev - ljubljanna, slovenia 22 april, 2003
- magdeburg - bordelandhalle, germany 13 may, 2003
- atlantico pavilion - lisbon, portugal 18 june, 2003
- lapa palace - lisbon, portugal 19 june, 2003
- muliusos - guimaraes, portugal 21 june, 2003
- hotel infante de sagres oporto, portugal 22 june, 2003
- four seasons hotel dublin, ireland 23 june, 2003
- hotel dinglaterra rome, italy 24 june, 2003
- katy barkers apartment, st. germain, paris, france 13 14 december, 2003
- four seasons hotel berlin, germany 13 - 16 february, 2004
- widder hotel - zurich, switzerland 4 april, 2004
- first hotel - bergen, norway 2 june, 2004
- SAS hotel - helsingsborg, sweden 3 june, 2004
- radison SAS hotel limfjordshotel - alborg, denmark 4 june, 2004
additional recording done in the following studios and concert halls:
- strings for "i was only dreaming" - studiomega ouest, paris, france 27 january, 2001, recorded by randy staub
- additional keyboards at velodrome, berlin, germany
- bass o/d's in erfurt and berlin, germany
- yoad did his parts in his studio
- declan masterson and morris cesar recorded on flying at westland studio, dublin, ireland
- phil did his parts in his studio
- backstage at the munich olympiahalle, germany 14 november, 2002
- guitars backstage in ljubljanna, slovenia
- guitars backstage in the sportpalis antwerp, belgium
- guitars backstage in the atlantico pavillion lisbon, portugal
- guitars backstage in the concert hall, porto, portugal
- arena, breman, germany 14 may, 03
- coliseu, porto, portugal 20 june, 2003
- keith guitars backstage at the lethbridge arena, alberta canada, 14 november, 2003
this CD is dedicated to the friends and loved ones that we lost during the making of this record: michael kamen, eddie and alice curry, shirley russell and david mctaggert.
photographs: bryan adams
design: dirk rudolph
guitar designed by: john richmond and steve thompson
http://www.bryanadams.com" www.bryanadams.com