Tom Freund / Collapsible Plans
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1. Collapsible Plans (Sugar) credits
Tom: vocals, upright bass, guitar and percussion
Ben Harper: background vocals and Weissenborn lap steel
Michael Jerome: drums
Fil Krohnengold: Wurlitzer and piano
Timothy Loo: Cello
Alyssa Park: violin -
2. Comfortable In Your Arms credits
Tom: vocals, upright bass and vibes
Ben Harper: background vocals, harmonium and Richenbacher lap steel
Michael Jerome: drums and congas
Timothy Loo: cello
Alyssa Park: violin -
3. Copper Moon credits
Tom: vocals, guitar, bass and shaker
Ben Harper: background vocals
Jackson Browne: piano and background vocals
Michael Jerome: drums
Michael Ward: electric guitar -
4. Unwind credits
Tom: vocals, guitar, electric 12 string guitar, bass and Wurlitzer
Ben Harper: Asher lap steel and tambourine
Michael Jerome: drums
Jason Yates: B3 and piano -
5. Can't Cry Hard Enough credits
Tom: vocals, piano and upright bass
Michael Jerome: drums -
6. Why Wyoming credits
Tom: vocals, guitar, bass and solo acoustic guitar
Ben Harper: background vocals
Jackson Browne: piano and background vocals
Michael Jerome: drums and tambourine
Jason Yates: B3 and Wurlitzer -
7. Without Her I'd Be Lost credits
Tom: vocals, acoustic and electric guitar and piano
Ben Harper: drums, background vocals, National lap steel, vibes and percussion -
8. Queen Of The Desert credits
Tom: vocals, ukulele and vibes
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9. Concessions credits
Tom: vocals, piano, upright bass and electric guitar
Ben Harper: background vocals, National lap steel, Wurlitzer and mandocello
Michael Jerome: drums and 'bag of percussion' -
10. Begin Again credits
Tom: vocals, upright bass, guitar and pump organ
Michael Jerome: drums
I have been moved by Tom's music since the first note we played together in my family's music store after closing time -- just he and I with two guitars until the morning hours.
He was the first person I had ever heard that was my age, writing songs of his own, and they were amazing.
Tom is an extraordinarily soulful multi-instrumentalist, 
and also a one take phenom when it comes to recording, making my role as producer that much easier, enabling us to complete recording for "Collapsible Plans" in under ten days.
A few of the songs on this record have been previously released, but I felt the record would be best served with not just new material, but also some of Tom's strongest material from the past... These are songs that deserve the entire world as an audience, and I didn't want to let the potential of that chance get away with "Collapsible Plans."
- Ben Harper
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Produced By & Featuring Ben Harper with Jackson Browne
Engineered and Mixed by Danny Kalb
Recorded and Mixed at The Village Recorder, West LA, CA. except "Without Her I'd Be Lost" recorded at The Boat in Silverlake, CA
Asst. engineers Chris Owens and Shinnosuke Miyazawa at The Village Recorder and Mike Laza at The Boat
Mastered by Stephen Marcussen, LA, CA
All Songs By Tom Freund, Surf Road Music (ASCAP) except "Can't Cry Hard Enough" by David Willams and Marvin Etzioni, Peer Music LTD. (BMI) and PSO Limited (ASCAP)
Photos by Ben Harper (cover), Francie Wong (inside) and Matt Montee (back cover)
Art and design by Mike King at Crash Design
