Various Artists - Windham Hill Records: Sampler '82 (1982)

Selections from the Windham Hill Records album catalogue. This album was the second such sampler issued from Windham Hill, a New Age label that existed from 1976-2007.

Album chart peaks:

• US Billboard 200: Did not chart
• Billboard Jazz: #33

Tracks, with my picks indicated (✔):

1. Remedios - William Ackerman from the album Passage
2. Blosson/Meadow - George Winston from the album Winter Into Spring ✔
3. The Happy Couple - Michael Hedges from the album Breakfast In The Field ✔
4. Minou's Waltz - Ira Stein & Russel Walder from the album Elements
5. A Thousand Teardrops - Shadowfax from the album Shadowfax
6. Wedding Rain - Liz Story from the album Solid Colors ✔
7. Tideline - Darol Anger & Barbara Higbie from the album Tideline
8. Purple Mountain - Scott Cossu from the album Wind Dance
9. Clockwork - Alex de Grassi from the album Clockwork ✔

Personal Memory Associated with this CD: None. I wasn't much into this stuff until later in the decade, around '87-'89. While I enjoy the music and find it quite relaxing and meditative, I can only handle it in small doses - usually no more than one album at a time. Go figure.

I recently picked up this disc from a local thrift store for a quarter, partially because of the music, but mainly because it still had the original smooth-sided jewel case. In the past, I would often remark that I'm not a CD collector, but rather a music junkie who just happens to prefer buying CDs to other formats. However, when I buy a disc because of the packaging, I need to go ahead and acknowledge the fact that I am indeed a CD collector. "Hi, my name is Mark, and I'm a CD collector."

Previously revisited for the blog:
Sampler '94 (1994)
Windham Hill - The First Ten Years (1990)