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  Andrew Greig: Page 2 of 2

Story index:   Page 1: The review

  Page 2: Audio: the poems

Andrew Greig read at the Edinburgh International Book Festival on 20/08/01. We were there to record part of his performance. Thanks to Andrew Greig and the Book Festival for giving their permission.

These recordings were made in a tent in a public garden in central Edinburgh, so there is unavoidably some background traffic noise. Think of it as atmosphere.

Each poem is availabe in three versions:

Blue versions: MP3 format. Most poems include an introduction from Andrew Greig.

Red versions: .wav with MP3 compression: recommended for Windows ME, and most Windows 2000 machines. Also includes a few words of introduction from Andrew.

Yellow versions: .wav with standard compression: recommended for some Windows 2000 machines and earlier. These versions are much larger files (up to 10MEG!), and don't include Andrew's comments.

Downloading: clck on "Blue Version", for MP3. For .wav try "Red Version" first. If that doesn't work click on "Yellow version" but expect to wait longer for the file to download.

From "The Order of the Day" Bloodaxe, 1990.

Back Again
Blue Version: 407k, 1:43mins
Red Version: 404k, 1:43mins
Yellow Version: 2,494k, 0:53mins

Entering Askole
Blue Version: 462k, 1:58mins
Red Version: 463k, 1:58mins
Yellow Version: 3,427k, 1:13mins

From "Western Swing", Bloodaxe, 1994.

Prologue
Blue Version: 702k, 2:59mins
Red Version: 701k, 2:59mins
Yellow Version: 4,624k, 1:38mins

From "Into You", Bloodaxe, to be published October 2001

Norman's Goodnight
Blue Version: 312k, 1:19mins
Red Version: 312k, 1:19mins
Yellow Version: 2,458k, 0:52mins

Into You
Blue Version: 378k, 1:36mins
Red Version: 377k, 1:36mins
Yellow Version: 3,731k, 1:19mins

Orkney / This Life
Blue Version: 435k, 1:51mins
Red Version: 435k, 1:51mins
Yellow Version: 4,103k, 1:27mins