“blue”の録音の時に、アランが「今作っている曲なんだ」と聴かせてくれたのを気に入り、出来上がってすぐにテープを送ってもらった。ダニー・トンプソンとは、彼が来日したときにライブを見て以来大好きになり、その後メールのやりとりなどを続けていて、今回やっと一緒の録音が実現した。アランは、本当は「川」の録音だけつもりでスタジオに来たのに、このテイクを聴いたら、黙っていられなくなって、「使わなくてもいいから」と言いながら、ハモンドを弾いてくれた。

Alan sang this song to me when we met at the recording of “blue”, saying “this is what I am composing now”, and I came to like it very much. I asked him to send me a tape as soon as he finished composing it. I really loved Danny Thompson’s live performance when he came to Tokyo, and we have kept in touch by e-mail and such, and finally managed to record together this time. Alan actually came to the studio to play on “river”, but when he heard this track, he had to play something for it and insisted on playing the Hammond organ saying “you don’t have to use this, but let me play it anyway”.

Music & lyrics by Alan Clark
Co-produced by Danny Thompson
Recorded at Livingston Studios London UK November 2000
Recorded by Satoru Fujii
Assisted by Nick Coplowe (Livingston Studios)
Danny Thompson : double bass
Bernie Holland : acoustic guitar
Jakko M. Jacszyk : acoustic guitar
Alan Clark : hammond organ