1990,
United States
01:01:26;
113M;
256JS;
375;
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Leave That Kitten Alone, Armon
- 9:23
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Passion's Pasing
- 8:46
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Don't Look To The Running Sun
- 10:01
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Gretchen's Garden
- 11:09
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Partly The State
- 9:27
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Broken Waves
- 5:54
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Portrait Of A Waterfall
- 6:46
Mike Beck - drums, percussion
Cliff Fortney - lead vocals, flute, keyboards [rhodes] [2,3,4,5]
Andrew Goldys - artwork by
Rick Kennell - bass
Kit Watkins - keyboards, vocals
Stanley Whitaker - guitar, vocals
Frank Wyatt - keyboards, alto saxophone, flute, vocals
Tracks 1, 6, and 7 were recorded live at the band's "warehouse" in Harrisonburg, July 1975 with 2 mikes onto 2-track tape. Additional processing and transfer to DAT by Kit Watkins, 1990.
Tracks 2 & 3 were recorded at Menninite Broadcasting, Harrisonburg, April 1974 onto 4-track tape, engineered by Abe Ritenhouse. Re-mixed by Kit Watkins onto DAT, 1989.
Tracks 4 & 5 were recorded live at the first band-house, Rockbridge Circle, Harrisonburg, Virginia, February 1974 with 2 mikes onto 2-track tape. Additional processing and transfer to DAT by Kit Watkins, 1990.
This recording is a collection of music from Happy The Man's first two years - 1974 and 1975. Featuring material never before released, the album offers an hour of meticulously-crafted compositions from one of America's best progressive bands.
Cuneiform Records, 55003
