Leave Your Sleep

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Release Date: 2010-04-12

Label: Nonesuch

80-page mediabook in a slipcase.

All songs composed by Natalie Merchant with text by various poets.

"Nursery Rhyme of Innocense and Experience," composed by Natalie Merchant incorporating words from "Nursery Rhyme of Innocense and Experience" written by Charles Causley.
Text from the poem "Bleezer's Ice-Cream" in 'The New Kid on the Block', text copyright © 1984 by Jack Prelutsky, used by permission of HarperCollins Publishers.
"It Makes a Change," composed by Natalie Merchant incorporating words from "It Makes a Change," written by Mervyn Peake.
"maggie and milly and molly and may" contains the poem "maggie and milly and molly and may," written by E. E. Cummings © 1956, 1984, 1991 by the Trustees for the E. E. Cummings Trust, from 'Complete Poems: 1904-1962', edited by George J. Firmage. Used by permission of Liveright Publishing Corporation.
"Adventures of Isabel," by Ogden Nash, used by permission of Curtis Brown, Ltd., copyright © 1936, all rights reserved.
"The Janitor's Boy" contains the poem "The Janitor's Boy," written by Nathalia Crane © 1924 Nathalia Crane.
"Griselda," composed by Nathalia Merchant incorporating words from "Griselda," written by Eleanor Farjeon.
The words of "Vain and Careless" are set to music and reproduced by permission of A P Watt on behalf of the Trustees of the Robert Graves Copyright Trust.

Meridian Arts Ensemble appears courtesy of Channel Classical Records and Eight Ball Records.
Wynton Marsalis appears courtesy of The Orchard.
Michael Leonhart appears courtesy of Sunnyside Records.
Hazmat Modine appears courtesy of Barbès Records.
Clark Gayton appears courtesy of Ritual Ltd.
Victor Goines appears courtesy of Rosemary Joseph Records.
Wycliffe Gordon appears courtesy of Bluesback Records.

Recording Studio: The Clubhouse, Rhinebeck, N Y
Additional recording at Avatar Studios, New York, N Y; Legacy Recording Studios, New York, N Y; and The Sound Kitchen, Nashville, T N
Mix Studio: The Magic Shop
Mastering Studio: Gateway Mastering Studios

For songs 1.1, 1.4-1.5, 9, 2.1, 2.4-2.5: Music © 2009 Molly Castle Music (ASCAP).
For all other songs: Music © 2009 Molly Castle Music (ASCAP) and Words Public Domain.

Booklet:
Nonesuch Records Inc., a Warner Music Group Company, 1290 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10104.
℗ & © 2010 Big City Sister, Inc. Exclusively licensed to Nonesuch Records Inc. for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.

Back cover:
℗ 2010 Big City Sister, Inc. Exclusively licensed to Nonesuch Records Inc., a Warner Music Group Company.
Made in the U.S.A.

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