1993,
United States
00:39:45;
55M;
128JS;
224;
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A Meeting by the River
- 10:07
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Longing
- 11:59
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Ganges Delta Blues
- 9:59
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Isa Lei
- 7:40
Kavichandran Alexander - producer, recorded by
Vishwa Mohan Bhatt - veena [mohan vina], written-by [1 to 3]
Abner Caten - written-by [4]
Joachim Cooder - goblet drum [dumbek]
Ry Cooder - guitar [bottleneck guitar], written-by [1 to 3]
Daniel Flowers - artwork by [art direction]
Jeff Hanson - technician [technical maintenance]
Roger Modjeski - technician [technical maintenance]
Sukhvinder Singh Namdhari - tabla
Tim de Paravicini - technician [technical consultant]
Michael Sexton - photography [cover]
Jayant Shah - co-producer
Susan Titelman - photography [inside]
Recorded at Christ The King Chapel, St Anthony's Seminary, Santa Barbara, California, in September 1992.
The booklet contains four pages of notes describing the exact equipment used for the recording plus background on Ry Cooder and V.M. Bhatt, Bhatt's mohan vina (an instrument he designed himself, featuring twelve sympathetic strings, three melody strings and five drone strings, which is played - like Cooder's guitar - with a slide), the circumstances that brought them together and the recording itself. There is also a photograph of the four musicians together.
The second credited drummer on the inlay, Joachim Cooder, is the son of Ry Cooder.
NB: In the book that came with the 1993 Trance Europe Express 2CD compilation, Alex Paterson of The Orb included this release amongst his top 12 ambient albums of all-time, adding "I only wish we [The Orb] could have produced some of this record. It would be a match made in heaven."
In the 1994 Grammy Awards this album won the Best World Music Album category.
WaterLily Acoustics, WLA-CS-29-CD
