Down in the Cellar is the fourteenth studio album by Al Stewart

Al Stewart

Al Stewart is a Scottish singer-songwriter and folk-rock musician.Stewart came to stardom as part of the British folk revival in the 1960s and 1970s, and developed his own unique style of combining folk-rock songs with delicately woven tales of the great characters and events from history.He is...

. Released in 2000 in Europe by EMI, it was to have been issued in the United States through the independent label, Miramar, but shortly after making the deal for distribution, Miramar filed for bankruptcy putting the album in legal limbo. Consequently it was not released in the U.S. until 2007 by Collectors' Choice Music

Collectors' Choice Music

Collectors' Choice Music is a company primarily in two businesses. They are best known for re-issuing albums originally recorded in LP record form as compact discs...

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Its primary theme is that of wine, and almost all the songs on the album refer to various varieties of the alcoholic beverage, including Chardonnay and Shiraz.

Track listing

All tracks by Al Stewart

Al Stewart

Al Stewart is a Scottish singer-songwriter and folk-rock musician.Stewart came to stardom as part of the British folk revival in the 1960s and 1970s, and developed his own unique style of combining folk-rock songs with delicately woven tales of the great characters and events from history.He is...

 except were noted

1. "Waiting for Margaux" - 4:35
2. "Tasting History" (Laurence Juber, Stewart) - 4:05
3. "Down in the Cellars" - 3:10
4. "Turning it into Water" - 4:36
5. "Soho" (Bert Jansch
   Bert Jansch
   Herbert "Bert" Jansch was a Scottish folk musician and founding member of the band Pentangle. He was born in Glasgow and came to prominence in London in the 1960s, as an acoustic guitarist, as well as a singer-songwriter...
   
   ) - 4:00
6. "The Night that the Band got the Wine" - 6:09
7. "Millie Brown" - 2:40
8. "Under a Winestained Moon" - 3:34
9. "Franklin's Table" - 4:24
10. "House of Clocks" - 3:00
11. "Sergio" - 3:20
12. "Toutes les Etoiles" - 2:11
13. "The Shiraz Shuffle" (Juber, Stewart) - 1:55
14. "Dark Side" (bonus track on 2007 re-release)
15. "Belsize Blues" (bonus track on 2007 re-release)

Personnel

• Simon Boswell – viola
• Ramon Breton – mastering assistant
• Steve Chapman – management
• Jim Cox – piano, organ
• Bruce Dukov – violin
• Joe Gastwirt – mastering
• Dominic Genova – electric bass, bass
• Jimmy Hoyson – assistant
• David P. Jackson – accordion
• Michael Jochum – percussion, drums
• Laurence Juber – acoustic guitar, arranger, electric guitar, producer, engineer
• Avi Kipper – engineer
• David Low – cello
• Rachel Purkin – violin
• Lori Stoll – photography

Sources

www.alstewart.com/discography/cellar http://www.alstewart.com/discography/cellar.htm