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 (✔):
- Remedios - William Ackerman from the album Passage
- Blosson/Meadow - George Winston from the album Winter Into Spring ✔
- The Happy Couple - Michael Hedges from the album Breakfast In The Field ✔
- Minou's Waltz - Ira Stein & Russel Walder from the album Elements
- A Thousand Teardrops - Shadowfax from the album Shadowfax
- Wedding Rain - Liz Story from the album Solid Colors ✔
- Tideline - Darol Anger & Barbara Higbie from the album Tideline
- Purple Mountain - Scott Cossu from the album Wind Dance
- 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)
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