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Paul Winter / Paul Halley, Leonard Nimoy
Whales Alive

Album US 1987 on Living Music label
Electronic, Jazz, Folk, World and (New Age, Field Recording, Modern Classical, Folk)

Recorded January 1987 in the Cathedral of St.John the Divine, New York City. Additional Recording with Effanel Music remote truck, at Audio West, at Manhattan Sound, at RBY Studio and in the Grand Canyon. Mixed at Living Music Studio. ©℗ 1987 Living Music, Inc. For recordings of humpback whales, special thanks to the Center for Coastal Studies, the New york Zoological Society, Katherine Payne, Roger Payne, Peter Tyack and Frank Watlington. Mastered at Masterdisk, New York City. "This album dedicated to the memory of Frank Watlington of Bermuda. Friend, engineer, and lover of whales, his recordings of humpback whales were the first heard by most of us. They are still unsurpassed. His generosity made them available to all the world." Track 1: Reading from from D.H.Lawrence, "Whales Weep Not!", from the Complate Poems of D.H.Lawrence. Originally recorded as "Lullaby from the Mother Whale for the Seal Pups" for Paul Winter's Callings (LM 0001). Track 2: This whale is several miles in the distance. Track 3: "George" and "Gracie" are the nicknames of the two whales who star in Star Trek IV. Track 4: Reading "Mother Earth, Her Whales ," from Turtle Island. Track 7: Reading from "Moby Dick", Chapter XLVII. Track 9: Reading from "Moby Dick", Chapter CXVI. Originally recorded for Paul Winter's Common Ground (A&M SP-4698). Track 10: Reading from "The Voyage Home". © 1987 Earth Music Productions Made in USA

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	Paul Winter ss, sax, *1939 US album by, soprano saxophone, sarrusophone, e-flat contrabass, written by, talking drum, giant, written by, queequeg and i
	Paul Halley org, p, key, *1952 GB album by, organ, piano, written by
	Leonard Nimoy voc, 1931-2015 US liner notes, narrator, album by, read by
	Mickey Houlihan recorded by, grand canyon
	Glenn Berger , US recorded by, manhattan sound
	Humpback Whale , voice, written by, written by, queequeg and i
	Eugene Friesen vc, *1952 US cello
	Nancy Rumbel eh, ob, US english horn
	Jim Scott g, voc, acg, US guitar, written by
	Victoria Sylva , harmonium
	Ted Moore perc, US tambora, percussion
	D. H. Lawrence , 1885-1930 GB words by
	Elizabeth Kemf , words by
	Gary Snyder , *1930 US words by
	Herman Melville , 1819-1891 US words by
	Traditional , written by, the water is wide
	Gary King voc, b, eb, *1941 US bass
	David Darling vc, *1941 US cello, cello, 8-string electric
	Laudir de Oliveira perc, voc, cng, *1940 BR drums, water drum
	John Guth ep, guitar, steel string
	Robert Chappell perc, organ, bass, tambora, synthesizer, moog
	Steve Gadd dr, *1945 US percussion, traps, caixa, grand cassa, surdo, brazilian
	Dr. Roger S. Payne , *1935 GB words by, written by

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