Windham Hill Artists - Windham Hill Records Sampler '84 (1984) US 1st Pressing - LP/FLAC 24bit/96kHz
Windham Hill Artists - Windham Hill Records Sampler '84
Vinyl | LP Cover (1:1) | FLAC + cue | 24bit/96kHz | 900mb
Mastered By Bernie Grundman
Label: Windham Hill Records/WH-1035 | Released: 1984 | Genre: New-Age
A1 –Michael Hedges - Aerial Boundaries
A2 –Mark Isham - On The Threshold Of Liberty
A3 –William Ackerman - Ventana
A4 –George Winston - Thanksgiving
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B1 –Shadowfax - Shadowdance
B2 –Alex De Grassi - Western
B3 –Scott Cossu - Oristano Sojourn
B4 –Billy Oskay & Mīcheāl ŌDomhnaill - The Cricket's Wicket
Pressed By – Electrosound Group Midwest, Inc.
Credits
Design – Anne Robinson (2)
Mastered By – Bernie Grundman
Photography By [Cover Photo] – John Cooper*
Technician [Digital Transfer], Other [Assembly By] – Dan MacDonell, Steven Miller
Notes
SELECTIONS FROM THE WINDHAM HILL RECORDS ALBUM CATALOGUE
Track A1 taken from 'Aerial Boundaries' (WH-1032), published by Naked Ear Music BMI & Windham Hill Music BMI
Track A2 taken from 'Vapor Drawings' (WH-1027), published by Windham Hill Music BMI
Track A3 taken from 'Past Light' (WH-1028), published by Windham Hill Music BMI
Track A4 taken from 'December' (WH-1025), published by Windham Hill Music BMI
Track B1 taken from 'Shadowdance' (WH-1029), published by Greenshadow Music BMI, administered by Windham Hill Music BMI
Track B2 taken from 'Southern Exposure' (WH-1030), published by Tropo Music BMI, administered by Windham Hill Music BMI
Track B3 taken from 'Islands' (WH-1033), published by Silver Crow Music BMI & Windham Hill Music BMI
Track B4 taken from 'Nightnoise' (WH-1031), published by Nightnoise Music BMI & Windham Hill Music BMI
Digitally transfered and assembled at M&K Sound Corporation, Culver City, CA
Mastered at Bernie Grundman Mastering, Hollywood, CA
Manufactured by Windham Hill Records, a Division of Windham Hill Productions Inc, Box 9388, Standford CA 94305
©℗Windham Hill Records 1984. Distributed by A&M Records, Inc.
Vinyl | LP Cover (1:1) | FLAC + cue | 24bit/96kHz | 900mb
Mastered By Bernie Grundman
Label: Windham Hill Records/WH-1035 | Released: 1984 | Genre: New-Age
A1 –Michael Hedges - Aerial Boundaries
A2 –Mark Isham - On The Threshold Of Liberty
A3 –William Ackerman - Ventana
A4 –George Winston - Thanksgiving
-
B1 –Shadowfax - Shadowdance
B2 –Alex De Grassi - Western
B3 –Scott Cossu - Oristano Sojourn
B4 –Billy Oskay & Mīcheāl ŌDomhnaill - The Cricket's Wicket
Pressed By – Electrosound Group Midwest, Inc.
Credits
Design – Anne Robinson (2)
Mastered By – Bernie Grundman
Photography By [Cover Photo] – John Cooper*
Technician [Digital Transfer], Other [Assembly By] – Dan MacDonell, Steven Miller
Notes
SELECTIONS FROM THE WINDHAM HILL RECORDS ALBUM CATALOGUE
Track A1 taken from 'Aerial Boundaries' (WH-1032), published by Naked Ear Music BMI & Windham Hill Music BMI
Track A2 taken from 'Vapor Drawings' (WH-1027), published by Windham Hill Music BMI
Track A3 taken from 'Past Light' (WH-1028), published by Windham Hill Music BMI
Track A4 taken from 'December' (WH-1025), published by Windham Hill Music BMI
Track B1 taken from 'Shadowdance' (WH-1029), published by Greenshadow Music BMI, administered by Windham Hill Music BMI
Track B2 taken from 'Southern Exposure' (WH-1030), published by Tropo Music BMI, administered by Windham Hill Music BMI
Track B3 taken from 'Islands' (WH-1033), published by Silver Crow Music BMI & Windham Hill Music BMI
Track B4 taken from 'Nightnoise' (WH-1031), published by Nightnoise Music BMI & Windham Hill Music BMI
Digitally transfered and assembled at M&K Sound Corporation, Culver City, CA
Mastered at Bernie Grundman Mastering, Hollywood, CA
Manufactured by Windham Hill Records, a Division of Windham Hill Productions Inc, Box 9388, Standford CA 94305
©℗Windham Hill Records 1984. Distributed by A&M Records, Inc.
Windham Hill Artists - Windham Hill Records Sampler '84 (1984) US 1st Pressing - LP/FLAC 24bit/96kHz
Windham Hill Artists - Windham Hill Records Sampler '84 (1984) US 1st Pressing - LP/FLAC 24bit/96kHz
Windham Hill Artists - Windham Hill Records Sampler '84 (1984) US 1st Pressing - LP/FLAC 24bit/96kHz
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Coming at the absolute crest of Windham Hill’s artistic and financial success, this is arguably the album to recommend if you are only to have one Windham Hill album. And if you were relegated to some kind of special hypothetical hell that allowed only one Windham Hill album in your life, well, it would be a hell with a bit of mercy in it if this were indeed the one pressing to keep you company. It’s got it all: Hedges, Ackerman and de Grassi on the groundbreaking acoustic guitar end; George Winston’s Thanksgiving representing the holiday albums to come with its autumnal glow, and the ensemble performances of Shadowfax, Nightnoise (before they were Billy Oskay & Mīcheāl ŌDomhnaill), Scott Cossu, and Isham’s On the Threshold of Liberty.
The Windham Hill Annual samplers were a driving force in the label’s popularity. Ask anyone who was around at the time, and they’ll remember either George Winston, the Winter Solstice albums or the samplers. The samplers were frequently featured on the Billboard charts, far outselling the original albums in virtually every case. Each release has its own flavor. ’81 had a focussed purity on solo performances, ’82 adds contemplative complexity akin to chamber jazz. On this release, there’s an expansiveness and confidence in the composition and performances that for the first time brings the underlying joy to the surface.
The mastering here is by the legendary Bernie Grundman. Grundman was mastering engineer for A&M records for many years before staring his own studio in Hollywood in 1984. The BG mark in the runout grooves generally is as good a guarantee of quality as is Rudy Van Gelder’s RVG mark. Production is most frequently by Steven Miller, whose work clearly grew with the label – or possibly helped drive the growth of the label.Review by johnnydark, windhaming.com
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