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Henry Wolff & Nancy Hennings
The Complete Tibetan Bells (1972-1991)

Album US 2002 on Celestial Harmonies label
World (Avant-garde, Minimal, New Age)

CD 1: "This album is a digital re-mastering of the original Tibetan Bells released in London, England, 1972" Digital editing and re-mastering, Editmaster Studios, Chatham, New York Original mix and mastering, London, 1972 All other credits London, 1972 stand as noted. Total Playing Time: 34 minutes, 54 seconds Released by arrangement with Island Records. All compositions published by Vajra Music (ASCAP), New York All compositions administered by Vajra Music (ASCAP), New York © & ℗ 2002 Vajra Music CD 2: A Celestial Sound Production Total Time: 50:50 Except for "Leaving the Body" and "Astral Plane", both taped at an earlier date in Formentera, Spain, the whole of "Tibetan Bells II" was recorded during June, July and August, 1978, at Celestial Sound Studios, San Francisco, California. On rear tray: © & ℗ 1978 Celestial Harmonies Released by arrangement with Pacific Arts Records Printed and manufactured in Germany On rear booklet: © & ® 1978 Celestial Harmonies Released by arrangement with Pacific Arts Records On CD: © & ℗ 1978 Celestial Harmonies Made in Germany CD 3: Total Time: 51'52" Yamantaka was recorded in November, 1982, at the Grateful Dead Sound Studios, San Rafael, California and Rolling Thunder Studio, Novato, California. [Tracks 3 to 5] were recorded as bonus tracks especially for the CD reissue of Yamantaka. These tracks were recorded digitally in July of 1991 at Pulse Wave Underground Recording Studios in Trumbull, Connecticut. They were mixed at Carriage House Recording Studios in Stamford, Connecticut and digitally edited at Edit Masters in Chatham, New York. ℗ 1983 Rolling Thunder Productions, Inc. and Henry Wolff & Nancy Hennings (Tracks 1 and 2) ℗ 1991 Celestial Harmonies (Tracks 3-5) © 1983 & 1991 Celestial Harmonies Printed and manufactured in Germany CD 4: Total Time: 52'03" All sounds on this recording were created solely by bells, bowls, cymbals, gongs and wind chimes. No electronic effects or synthesizers were used (although special microphone positioning techniques and tape manipulation were employed on "The Empty Mirror" and "Crossing The Line".) All compositions except "Spacelights" (the basic tracks for which had been recorded previously in California) were recorded flat, meaning with no equalization of any kind. This recording was made on a 24 track Otari running at 30 i.p.s. The mix down was made to Sony PCM-F1 through an automated SSL console. These microphones were strategically places in a slightly reverberant room: 2 Brüel & Kjær 4003, 2 AKG 414, 2 AKG 451, 2 Sennheiser 421, 2 Neumann U47, 2 Schoeps PZM, 1 AKG D12 , and 2 vintage RCA 44 (ribbon). All compositions published by Vajra Music (ASCAP). All compositions are administered by Mayflower Music Corp. © & ℗ Celestial Harmonies Tuscon, Arizona Printed in W. Germany Made in Germany CD 5: Recorded May 1990 at Carriage House Studios, Stamford, Connecticut Digitally mastered [at] DigiPrep, Hollywood, California "Through the Ice", "Herald of Sh'ang Sh'ung", and "In the Valley of Sh'ang Sh'ung", and parts of "Gates of Sh'ang Sh'ung", make use of tapes of echoes made at sites in the Tibetan Himalayas. Parts of "Snowblind" recorded in California. "Serenade" includes tapes recorded in India. "Blue Sheep" was recorded live to DAT. Total time: 54'40" All compositions published by Vajra Music (ASCAP), and administered by Mayflower Music Corp. (ASCAP) ℗ & © 1991 Celestial Harmonies Printed and manufactured in Germany [on rear tray] Printed in Germany [on rear booklet] Made in Germany [on CD] Packaged in a standard jewel case with 8-page booklet.

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	Henry Wolff & Nancy Hennings , album by, composed by, performer, performed by, written by
	Jerry Takigawa , art direction, cd 2
	D. K. Niwa art direction, cd 4
	Brian Keane acg, *1953 US composed by, engineer, mixed by, performer, producer, wind chimes, gong, bells, bowed tin'sha bells, cymbal, bowed cymbals, singing bowls, bowls, bells, tape manipulated tin'sha bells, cymbal, scraped cymbals, bells, goat bells, cymbal, bowed china cymbals, performer, footsteps, synthesizer, programmed by, programming, sampler, samples, written by, effects, cymbal effects, effects, synthesizer effects, effects, special effects, synthesizer, tape, tape effects, sampler, samples, synthesizer, bells, gong, tape, tape effects
	Henry Wolff cwb, perc, acg, composed by, remastered by, assisting, edited by, digital editing - assisting, liner notes, and texts, cd 1, 2, 4, mixed by, mastered by, mixed by, original mix, mixed by, with assistance by, performer, instruments, other acoustic instruments, percussion, percussion ensemble, bells, tibetan bell ensemble, performer, musical performances and instrumentals by, composed by, performer, performed by, singing bowls, percussion, tin'sha bowl, bells, bowed tin'sha bells, written by, singing bowls, cymbal, percussion, sin'ye, tin'sha, bells, thilbu, bowed tin'sha bells, singing tin'sha bells, performer, footsteps, tape, tape of echoes made by, tape, tapes of echoes made by
	Mickey Hart dr, perc, *1943 US composed by, performer
	Nancy Hennings cwb, perc, composed by, design concept, cd 4 & 5, cover, front cover collage, cd 4 & 5, design, cd 2, artwork, cd 1 & 2, cover, cd 1 & 2, typography, cd 1, artwork, visuals, cd 1, graphics, allm cd 1, illustration, cd 3 front, mixed by, performer, instruments, other acoustic instruments, percussion, percussion ensemble, bells, tibetan bell ensemble, performer, musical performances and instrumentals by, composed by, performer, performed by, singing bowls, singing bowls, soloist, bowl solo, bells, thilbu, written by
	Johanna Shields , design, cd 3
	Fernando Lippa , design, cd 5, graphics, cd 5
	Jody Diamond voc, performer
	Sandy Sawyer performer, performer, performed by
	Tom Spontelli producer, compact disc
	Jay Gogan g, sampler, musical samples by, technician, technical assistance by
	Hamza El Din oud, voc, 1929-2006 EG composed by, performer, performed by
	Drew Gladstone tr, cwb, performer, performed by
	Matt Lane , US effects, special effects

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