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The Wind Harp – Song From The Hill
Label:
United Artists Records – UAS-9963
Format:
2 ×
Vinyl, LP
Country:
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Tracklist
| Cycle One: Seasons | ||
| A1 | Beginnings | 5:24 |
| A2 | Springsong | 3:04 |
| A3 | Solstice/Summersong | 10:01 |
| B1 | Turnings | 6:00 |
| B2 | Harvest | 4:31 |
| B3 | Winterwhite | 8:52 |
| B4 | Circle's End | 2:00 |
| Cycle Two: Elements | ||
| C1 | Fire | 9:03 |
| C2 | And Earth | 12:01 |
| D1 | And Air And Water | 21:14 |
Companies, etc.
- Manufactured By – United Artists Records, Inc.
- Copyright (c) – United Artists Records, Inc.
- Mixed At – Aengus Studios
- Edited At – Aengus Studios
- Mastered At – Sterling Sound
Credits
- Art Director, Artwork [Poster], Producer, Recorded By – Chuck Hancock
- Artwork [Calligraphy] – Starfish (14)
- Engineer – Bobby Henderson (3)
- Engineer, Technician [Technical Assistance] – Bill Riseman
- Other [Autumn Poem] – Taya Dimeo
- Other [Spring Poem] – Amy Hancock
- Other [Summer Poem] – Debbie Lanni
- Photography By – Norman McIver, Peter Clark (5)
- Producer, Recorded By, Composed By – Harry Bee
- Technician [Technical Assistance] – Bruce Patch
Notes
Issued in a gatefold sleeve.
The Wind Harp is a sculpture by Ward McCain. The LP was recorded using EV 365 and 650 microphones on an Ampex 351 laced with Scotch 206 tape. The album comes with printed inner sleeves and a huge poster.
Edited and Mixed at Aengus Studios, Fayeville, Mass.
A Bruce Patch Production.
The Wind Harp is a sculpture by Ward McCain. The LP was recorded using EV 365 and 650 microphones on an Ampex 351 laced with Scotch 206 tape. The album comes with printed inner sleeves and a huge poster.
Edited and Mixed at Aengus Studios, Fayeville, Mass.
A Bruce Patch Production.
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| UAS-9963 | The Wind Harp | Song From The Hill (2xLP) | United Artists Records | UAS-9963 | Canada | 1972 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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discosanddragons
February 13, 2012
edited over 3 years ago
So to start, the Wind Harp wasn't built by hippies on a commune in California. Instead, with a stiff drink, a handshake and a promise the structure wouldn't hurt land owner Warren Mattoon's cow's, 22 year old Thomas Ward McCain built a 40 foot Aeolian Harp on a hillside pasture in rural Chelsea, Vermont.
The structure was completed in 1971 and these here recordings made soon thereafter.
Within the year of completion, the main beam was cracked from kids climbing on it and had to be reinforced by a steel beam.
You can find testimony all over the web as to the people who made the trek to see the harp and hear her beautiful song. Animals on the farm were allegedly mystified by the sounds the Harp produced. There is also an excerpt from this album that appears on National Philharmonic Orchestra, The* / Leonard Slatkin / Lalo Schifrin - The Exorcist - 25th Anniversary.
Eventually, too many visitors caused the land owner duress and the Wind Harp was disassembled and moved to a place in Maine, and then from that place moved once again. Rumor has it that in the 80's, tuneless and in a fairly windless location, the harp was disassembled again and lay sitting in a barn somewhere in pieces. Soon after building this, McCain became a Buddhist monk and never had contact with his creation again.
Now living in Japan, he has plans to build yet another Wind Harp.
From Ward McCain:
The only thing I thought I might add to the conversation
is that at peoples' request, I had the original UA vinyl
remastered in 2006 and recently redid it with
a lovely photo only my mother had and printed it
on the CD cover. The recording is the same,
well engineered.
If anyone wants a CD, rather than the original
vinyl which is much more colorful with photos etc...
they may order the CD from me at:
nipponforest@aol.com
The structure was completed in 1971 and these here recordings made soon thereafter.
Within the year of completion, the main beam was cracked from kids climbing on it and had to be reinforced by a steel beam.
You can find testimony all over the web as to the people who made the trek to see the harp and hear her beautiful song. Animals on the farm were allegedly mystified by the sounds the Harp produced. There is also an excerpt from this album that appears on National Philharmonic Orchestra, The* / Leonard Slatkin / Lalo Schifrin - The Exorcist - 25th Anniversary.
Eventually, too many visitors caused the land owner duress and the Wind Harp was disassembled and moved to a place in Maine, and then from that place moved once again. Rumor has it that in the 80's, tuneless and in a fairly windless location, the harp was disassembled again and lay sitting in a barn somewhere in pieces. Soon after building this, McCain became a Buddhist monk and never had contact with his creation again.
Now living in Japan, he has plans to build yet another Wind Harp.
From Ward McCain:
The only thing I thought I might add to the conversation
is that at peoples' request, I had the original UA vinyl
remastered in 2006 and recently redid it with
a lovely photo only my mother had and printed it
on the CD cover. The recording is the same,
well engineered.
If anyone wants a CD, rather than the original
vinyl which is much more colorful with photos etc...
they may order the CD from me at:
nipponforest@aol.com
ferrarabrainpan
September 14, 2018