Letters from a Flying Machine

Letters from a Flying Machine
Studio album by Peter Mulvey
Released	August 11, 2009
Recorded	January-April 2009
Genre	Indie music, Folk music
Length	44:56
Label	Signature Sounds
Producer	Dave Chalfant and Peter Mulvey
Peter Mulvey chronology
Notes from Elsewhere (2007) Letters from a Flying Machine (2009) The Good Stuff (2012)

Letters from a Flying Machine is an album from American singer/songwriter Peter Mulvey, released in 2009.

Letters from a Flying Machine is a collection of new songs and spoken-word "letters" by Mulvey, the letters written while in flight to his nieces and nephews.

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Track listing

All songs by Peter Mulvey unless noted.

1. "Kids in the Square" (Peter Mulvey/Tim Gearan) 3:43
2. "Some People" 3:17
3. "Letter from a Flying Machine" [spoken] 3:02
4. "Windshield" 3:42
5. "What's Keeping Erica?" (Peter Mulvey/Paul Cebar) 3:08
6. ". . . Plus the Many Inevitable Fragments" [spoken] 2:40
7. "Dynamite Bill" (Peter Mulvey/Tim Gearan) 3:21
8. "Shoulderbirds (You Know Me)" (Peter Mulvey/Tim Gearan) 3:37
9. "Bears" (spoken) 3:54
10. "Mailman" 3:15
11. "Vlad the Astrophysicist" [spoken] 5:40
12. "On a Wing and a Prayer" (Peter Mulvey/Tim Fagan) 3:42
13. "Love Is Here to Stay" (George Gershwin) 1:55

Personnel

• Peter Mulvey - acoustic guitar, vocals, bells
• Kris Delmhorst (vocals)
• David "Goody" Goodrich (guitar, slide guitar)
• Chris Wagoner (mandolin, violin, viola)
• Randy Sabien (violin)
• Mary Gaines (cello)
• Steve Yarbro (clarinet)

Production notes

• Produced by Dave Chalfant and Peter Mulvey
• Engineered by Ric Probst and Al Williams
• Mixed by David Chalfant
• Mastered by Ian Kennedy
• Art & Design by Peter Nevins

References

External links

• Official Peter Mulvey website
• Signature Sounds Recordings