#A) Summary Discography
#B) Full Discography
#C) Articles/Reviews
#D) Sources
#E) Other William Ackerman discographies
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Windham Hill [Archive]
- other links
Installed here on 02-25-2001, the original text file discography was first installed in the UW-Parkside Music Archives on 07-22-1992.
t = Complete list of track titles appears in the Full Discography
p = Partial list appears, William Ackerman tracks only
% = listed in Spring 1992, dropped from Summer 1992
* = listed in the Winter 1994/95, Schwann "Spectrum", p. 416
p.# = Schwann listing page number
Solo Albums
#01)t 1976 * In Search of the Turtle's Navel Windham Hill 1001
#02)t 1977 * It Takes a Year Windham Hill 1003
#03)t 1979 * Childhood and Memory Windham Hill 1006
#04)t 1981 * Passage Windham Hill 1014
#05)t 1983 * Past Light Windham Hill 1028
#06)t 1986 * Conferring with the Moon Windham Hill 1050
#07)t 1988 * Imaginary Roads Windham Hill 1078
#08)t 1992 * The Opening of Doors Windham Hill 11114
#09)t 1993 * A Windham Hill Retrospective Windham Hill 11121
#10) 1992 * Lullabies for a New Age ProJazz 730
See Other William Ackerman discographies for recent releases (my future discography plans).
Session Work
Kenny Loggins
#11) 1993 * From the Redwoods - An Acoustic Afternoon Columbia 57391
Various Artists Collections
#12)p 1981 * Windham Hill Records Sampler '81 Windham Hill 1015
#13)p 1982 * Windham Hill Records Sampler '82 Windham Hill 1024
#14)p 1983 * An Evening with Windham Hill Live Windham Hill 1026
#15)p 1984 * Windham Hill Records Sampler '84 Windham Hill 1035
#16)p 1985 * A Winter's Solstice Windham Hill 1045
#17)p 1986 The Shape of the Land Windham Hill 1055
#18)p 1988 * Windham Hill Records Sampler '88 Windham Hill 1065
#19)p 1988 * A Winter's Solstice II Windham Hill 1077
#20) 1989 * Windham Hill Records Sampler '89 Windham Hill 1082
#21)p 1990 * Windham Hill: The First Ten Years Windham Hill 1095
#22) 1991 * Windham Hill Records Sampler '92 Windham Hill 11109
#23) 1994 * Windham Hill Records Sampler '94 Windham Hill 11138
#24) 1993 * A Winter's Solstice IV Windham Hill 11134
#25)p 1987 Windham Hill in Concert Windham Hill video
Film music
#26) 1979 Spirit of the Wind film
#B) Full Discography (top/bottom of page)
[number] = Actual albums I have seen
"Owners" = Who owns, or owned, the album I saw
(see the complete code list in library)
I = solo fingerstyle guitar instrumental
Summary Discography (top/bottom of page) Owners
----------Windham Hill ------
#01) 1976 In Search of the Turtle's Navel [LP: WHS-C-1001] {A}
#01 (LP: WH-1001) %
#01 [CS: WT-1001] * {A}
#01 (CD: WD-1001) *
---
#01. A1 I 5:30 Pink Chiffon Tricycle Queen, The
#01. A2 I 5:27 Ely
#01. A3 I 4:25 Windham Mary
#01. A4 I 3:40 Processional
#01. A5 I 3:10 Second Great Tortion Bar Overland of West Townshend,
--- Vermont, Jose Pepsi Attending, The
--- 22:24
#01. B1 I 4:30 What the Buzzard Told Suzanne
#01. B2 I 7:25 Barbara's Song
#01. B3 I 4:33 Gazos
#01. B4 I 3:33 Slow Motion Roast Beef Restaurant Seduction
#01. B5 I 3:27 Dance for the Death of a Bird
23:40
Summary Discography (top/bottom of page)
#02) 1977 It Takes a Year (LP: WH-1003) %
#02 (CS: WT-1003) *
#02 [CD: WD-1003] * {X}
---
#02. 1 3:37 Bricklayer's Beautiful Daughter, The
#02. 2 3:36 Balancing
#02. 3 5:29 Impending Death of the Virgin Spirit, The
#02. 4 4:46 It Takes a Year
#02. 5 4:27 Townshend Shuffle, The
#02. 6 2:37 Tribute to the Philosophy of James Estell Bradley, The
#02. 7 4:49 Search for the Turtle's Navel, The
#02. 8 1:28 Rain Sequence (from the Townshend Shuffle)
#02. 9 3:04 Rediscovery of Big Bug Creek, Arizona, The
Summary Discography (top/bottom of page)
#03) 1979 Childhood and Memory (LP: WH-1006) %
#03 (CS: WT-1006) *
#03 [CD: WD-1006] * {F}
---
#03. 1 I 3:33 Wall and the Wind, The
#03. 2 I 3:24 Velvet Gentleman, The
#03. 3 3:38 Anne's Song
#03. 4 I 5:42 Childhood and Memory
#03. 5 3:29 Sunday Rain
#03. 6 I 3:30 Seattle
#03. 7 I 5:33 Three Hesitant Themes
#03. 8 I 3:23 Murray's Song
#03. 9 I 4:34 Bodie
William Ackerman: guitar and banjo (5)
Dave Ross: flute (3)
Summary Discography (top/bottom of page)
#04) 1981 Passage [LP: WH-1014] % {E}
#04 [LP: WHSD-C-1014] {A}
#04 (CS: WT-1014) *
#04 [CD: WD-1014] * {D}
---
#04. A1 5:06 Remedios
#04. A2 I 3:46 Processional
#04. A3 6:02 Impending Death of the Virgin Spirit, The
#04. A4 2:10 Pacific I
#04. B1 I 3:49 Bricklayer's Beautiful Daughter, The
#04. B2 5:03 Hawk Circle
#04. B3 I 3:31 Anne's Song
#04. B4 I 4:25 Passage
Darol Anger: violin (A1)
Dan Reiter: cello (A3)
Robert Hubbard: english horn (A4)
George Winston: piano (B2)
Summary Discography (top/bottom of page)
#05) 1983 Past Light [LP: WH-1028] % {E}
#05 (CS: WT-1028) *
#05 [CD: WD-1028] * {C}
---
#05. A1 6:02 Visiting
#05. A2 4:14 Garden
#05. A3 3:30 Three Observations of One Ocean
#05. A4 I 3:09 Pacific II
#05. A5 5:00 Synopsis
#05. B1 5:18 Ventana
#05. B2 5:01 Threes
#05. B3 4:13 Synopsis II
#05. B4 6:19 Rain to River
#05. B5 2:10 Night Slip
Chuck Greenberg: lyricon (A1,A5)
Michael Manring: fretless bass (A1,B1,B2)
Kronos Quarter: string quartet (A2)
string quartet part by Dawn Atkinson
Joan Jeanrenaud: cello (A3)
Mark Isham: synthesizer (A5)
Darol Anger: violin (B1)
Michael Hedges: guitar (B2,B5)
Ira Stein: piano (B3)
Russel Walder: oboe (B3), english horn (B5)
Jamii Szmadzinski: violin (B4)
Summary Discography (top/bottom of page)
#06) 1986 Conferring with the Moon [LP: WH-1050] % {D}
#06 (CS: WB-1050) %
#06 (CS: WT-1050) *
#06 [CD: WD-1050] * {E}
--- The LP includes a 4 page 10x10" booklet which contains
--- writeups for each track and the guitar tunings listed below
--- "starting with the low string". The CD booklet reproduces
--- the LP booklet with no changes, ie. no guitar tunings are
--- listed for the bonus tracks.
--- Guitar
--- CD Tracks/times tunings
#06. A1 7:31 Conferring with the Moon 1 7:33 (1)
#06. A2 I 3:28 Improv 2 2 3:30 (2)
#06. A3 4:10 Lago de Montanas (Mountain Lake) 3 5:01
#06. A4 6:35 Big Thing in the Sky (For Jess) 4 6:36 (2)
#06. B1 6:08 Climbing in Geometry 5 6:08 (1)
#06. B2 6:52 Last Day at the Beach, The 6 6:56 (3)
#06. B3 I 3:21 Singing Crocodile 7 3:21 (4)
#06. 8 3:57 Processional 8 3:57 (CD bonus)
#06. B4 3:21 Shape of the Land 9 3:26 (5)
#06. 10 5:03 Garage Planet 10 5:03 (CD bonus)
#06. B5 I 2:20 Conferring with the Moon 11 2:22 (6)
William Ackerman: guitar (all except A3)
charango (A3)
Chuck Greenberg: lyricon (A1,#8)
Charles Bisharat: violin (A1,B1,B4,#10)
Michael Manring; fretless bass (A1,B1)
Enrique "Quique" Cruz: zampona (A3)
Bob Hubbard: english horn (A4)
Ira Stein: piano (B1)
Philip Aaberg: piano (B2)
Eugene Friesen: cello (B2,#10)
(1) Capo 5 A# D# F# A# F# G#
(2) Capo 5 A D F A F G
(3) Capo 5 G D F A E G
(4) Capo 2 G# G# E F B D#
(5) Capo 5 G# D# F A# F G
(6) Capo 5 A# D# F# A# F# G#
Summary Discography (top/bottom of page)
#07) 1988 Imaginary Roads (LP: WH-1078) %
#07 (CS: WT-1078) * (CrO2) 12-88
#07 [CD: WD-1078] * {J}
---
#07. 1 5:42 Moment in Which You Must Finally Let Go of the Tether
--- Which Has Held Your Hope Airborne, The
#07. 2 I 4:42 Region of Clouds, A
#07. 3 5:39 If You Look
#07. 4 6:18 Floyd's Ghost
#07. 5 5:50 Wondering Again What's Behind the Eyes
#07. 6 4:21 Dawn Treader
#07. 7 3:03 Prospect of Darrow's Barn and the Blossoms of an Apple
--- Spring on Imaginary Road, The
#07. 8 2:57 Brother A Teaches 7
#07. 9 3:37 Innocent Moon
#07. 10 I 0:37 Moment, The - reprise
#07. 11 5:27 If You Look - Version II
#07. 12 3:05 Darrow's Barn - Version II
Will Ackerman: guitar and piano (6)
guitars (9)
Allaudin Mathieu: piano (1)
Chuck Greenberg: lyricon, synthesizer (3)
Michael Manring: fretless bass (3,8,11)
Philip Aaberg: piano (4,12)
Kifu Mitsuhashi: shakuhachi flute (5)
Jill Haley: oboe (7)
Charles Bisharat: violin (8,11)
Summary Discography (top/bottom of page)
#08) 1992 The Opening of Doors (CS: 11114-4) * 5-92
#08 [CD: 11114-2] * {A}{C}
---
#08. 1 6:10 Opening of Doors, The
#08. 2 3:26 1000 Mile Stare, The
#08. 3 4:54 Bahia, Nebraska
#08. 4 4:13 Happy Home in Kathmandu, A
#08. 5 I 3:16 Murray's Song
#08. 6 6:23 Movie of a Placid Lake on a Moonless Night in September, A
#08. 7 3:08 Last Dance
#08. 8 3:08 Santos and the Well-Trained Bear
#08. 9 6:13 Silver Gate
#08. 10 5:32 Inexorable Drift of Tectonic Plates, The
#08. 11 I 3:13 Movie of a Placid Lake on a Moonless Night in ...(reprise)
Tim Story: keyboards (1,4,8)
Paul McCandless: english horn (1,8)
oboe (1,4,8), bass clarinet (8)
Michael Manring: fretless bass (2,6,7,10)
Mark Summer: cello (3)
Michael Spiro: percussion (3,10)
Sapphron Obois: soprano sax (6,7)
Buckethead: electric guitar (6,10)
Philip Aaberg: piano (9)
Steven Miller: vocal percussion (10)
Summary Discography (top/bottom of page)
#09) 1993 A Windham Hill Retrospective [CS: 11121-4] * 1-93 {A}
#09 (CD: 11121-2) *
--- From
#09. A1 3:38 Bricklayer's Beautiful Daughter, The #02
#09. A2 3:57 Processional #06
#09. A3 5:22 Ventana #05
#09. A4 3:11 Santos and the Well-Trained Bear #08
#09. A5 3:34 Slow Motion Roast Beef Restaurant Seduction #01
#09. A6 6:10 Visiting #05
#09. A7 3:37 Anne's Song #04
#09. A8 6:06 Impending Death of the Virgin Spirit, The #04
#09. B1 6:09 Climbing in Geometry #06
#09. B2 6:12 Opening of Doors, The #08
#09. B3 3:00 Brother A Teaches 7 #07
#09. B4 3:31 Seattle #03
#09. B5 5:01 Lago de Montanas (Mountain Lake) #06
#09. B6 4:25 Hawk Circle #04,#14
#09. B7 4:46 Region of Clouds, A #07
Summary Discography (top/bottom of page)
----------ProJazz
#10) 1992 Lullabies for a New Age (CS: PCJ-730) *
#10 DDD (CD: CDJ-730) *
Session Albums (where William Ackerman appears on albums by other artists):
Summary Discography (top/bottom of page)
----------Columbia Records
#11) 1993 From the Redwoods - An Acoustic Afternoon
#11 p.133 (CS: CT-57391) * 8-93
#11 (CD: CK-57391) *
(by Kenny Loggins, with Shanice, Michael McDonald,
and William Ackerman)
Summary Discography (top/bottom of page)
----------Windham Hill - collections
#12) 1981 Windham Hill Records Sampler '81 [LP: WH-1015] % {AM}
#12 p.425,504 (CS: WT-1015) *
#12 (CD: WD-1015) *
--- (all 9 tracks are listed in "collections.guitar")
---
#12. A1 3:38 Bricklayer's Beautiful Daughter, The
#12. B4 3:30 Seattle
Summary Discography (top/bottom of page)
#13) 1982 Windham Hill Records Sampler '82 (LP: WH-1024) %
#13 p.425,504 (CS: WB-1024) %
#13 (CS: WT-1024) *
#13 [CD: WD-1024] * {D}
--- (all 9 tracks are listed in "collections.new_age")
--- From
#13. 1 5:46 Remedios #04
Summary Discography (top/bottom of page)
#14) 1983 An Evening with Windham Hill Live [LP: WH-1026] % {E}
#14 p.425,502 (CS: WB-1026) %
#14 (CS: WT-1026) *
#14 (CD: WD-1026) *
--- (all 7 tracks are listed in "collections.guitar")
---
#14. B2 4:48 Visiting
#14. B3 5:10 Hawk Circle
Chuck Greenberg: lyricon (B2)
Michael Manring: fretless bass (B2)
George Winston: piano (B3)
Michael Hedges: guitar (B3)
Summary Discography (top/bottom of page)
#15) 1984 Windham Hill Records Sampler '84 [LP: WH-1035] {E}
#15 p.425,504 (LP: WH6-1035) %
#15 (CS: WB-1035) %
#15 (CS: WT6-1035) %
#15 (CS: WT-1035) *
#15 (CD: WD-1035) *
--- (all 8 tracks are listed in "collections.new_age")
---
--- From
#15. A3 5:18 Ventana #05
Summary Discography (top/bottom of page)
#16) 1985 A Winter's Solstice [LP: WH-1045] % {D}
#16 p.425,513 (CS: WT-1045) *
#16 (CD: WD-1045) *
--- (all 10 tracks are listed in "collections.new_age")
---
#16. A3 3:58 New England Morning
Joan Jeanrenaud: cellos
Summary Discography (top/bottom of page)
#17) 1986 The Shape of the Land (LP: WH-1055)
#17 [CD: WD-1055] {E}
--- (all 11 tracks are listed in "collections.new_age")
---
#17. 5 3:19 Shape of the Land, The
#17. 7 3:54 Processional
#17. 11 4:34 Requiem for a Mountain Climber
Philip Aaberg, piano (11)
Jeremy Cohen: violins (11)
Charles Bisharat: electric violin (5)
violins and violas (11)
Chuck Greenberg: lyricon (7,11)
Eugene Friesen: cellos (11)
Summary Discography (top/bottom of page)
#18) 1988 Windham Hill Records Sampler '88 (LP: WH-1065) *
#18 p.425,504 (CS: WT-1065) *
#18 [CD: WD-1065] * {E}
--- (all 11 tracks are listed in "collections.new_age")
--- from
#18. 10 6:09 Climbing in Geometry #06
Summary Discography (top/bottom of page)
#19) 1988 A Winter's Solstice II (LP: WH-1077) %
#19 p.425,513 (CS: WT-1077) *
#19 [CD: WD-1077] * {C}
--- (all 15 tracks are listed in "collections.new_age")
---
#19. 14 I 2:26 Abide the Winter
Summary Discography (top/bottom of page)
#20) 1989 Windham Hill Records Sampler '89 (LP: WH-1082) %
#20 p.425,504 (CS: WT-1082) *
#20 (CD: WD-1082) *
Summary Discography (top/bottom of page)
#21) 1990 Windham Hill: The First Ten Years (2LP: WH-1095)
#21 p.504 [2CS: WT-1095] * 9-90 {AF}
#21 [2CD: WD-1095] * {C}
--- (all 33 tracks are listed in "collections.new_age")
--- From
#21. A1 I 3:37 Bricklayer's Beautiful Daughter, The #02
#21. D8 3:57 Processional #06
Summary Discography (top/bottom of page)
#22) 1991 Windham Hill Records Sampler '92 (LP: WH-11109) % 9-91
#22 p.504 (CS: 01934-11109-4) *
#22 (CS: 01934-11109-2) *
(selections by William Ackerman, Alex de Grassi, Michael
Hedges, Michael Manring, Nightnoise, Mark Isham, Schonherz &
Scott, Montreux, David Torn, Philip Aaberg, Liz Story,
Modern Mandolin Quartet)
Summary Discography (top/bottom of page)
#23) 1994 Windham Hill Records Sampler '94 (CS: 11138-4) * 2-94
#23 p.425 (CD: 11138-2) *
(selections by William Ackerman, Alex de Grassi, Psychograss,
Philip Aaberg, Steve Erquiaga, Nightnoise, Aqarela Carioca,
Gaia, Liz Story, Modern Mandolin Quartet, Scott Cossu,
Ray Lynch, 0Oystein Sevag)
Summary Discography (top/bottom of page)
#24) 1993 A Winter's Solstice IV (CS: 11134-4) * 8-93
#24 (CD: 11134-2) *
(selections by William Ackerman, Alex de Grassi,
Steve Erquiaga, 0Oystein Sevag, Paul McCandless,
Michael Manring, Nightnoise, Barbara Higbie, Darol Anger &
Mike Marshall, Modern Mandolin Quartet, Schonherz & Scott,
Turtle Island String Quartet, Billy Childs, Tim Story)
Video:
Summary Discography (top/bottom of page)
#25) 1987 Windham Hill in Concert [VHS: 12537] {C}
--- (all 15 tracks and all video details are listed in
--- "collections.guitar")
---
#25. 2 I video Impending Death of the Virgin Spirit, The
#25. 3 video Visiting
#25. 4 I video Bricklayer's Beautiful Daughter, The
Chuck Greenberg: lyricon (3)
Film music:
Summary Discography (top/bottom of page)
#26) 1979 Spirit of the Wind
according to "The Internet Movie Database at Cardiff UK",
"http://www.cm.cf.ac.uk/Movies/":
"music by William Ackerman and Buffy Sainte-Marie"
(I don't know whether a soundtrack album exists for this film)
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#C) Articles/Reviews (top/bottom of page)
Articles:
#94 "High on a Windham Hill", by Craig S. Karpel
Esquire, 12/84, Vol. 102(6), p. 200-202, 204, 206
#95 "?", by ?
Guitar Player, 2/85 (reprinted in #ai)
"The House That Windham Hill Built"
Inc., 8/87, Vol. 9, p. 54(2)
#96 "The Two Will Ackermans", by M. Hanson and P. Hood
Frets, 2/89, Vol. 11, p. 34-40, 64-5
"The Muse of Windham Hill", by Donna Sapolin
Metropolitan Home, 11/91, Vol. 23, p. 82(4)
#97 "Ackerman launches spoken-word label" [Gang of Seven Inc.]
Variety, 3/23/92, Vol. 346, p. 118
#98 "Monolog maven", by Peter Newcomb
Forbes, 7/20/92, Vol. 150, p. 329
#99 "Gang of Seven: all talk, no music", by Michael Goldberg
Rolling Stone, 10/01/92, p. 26
"Gang of Seven", by Jerry Adler
Newsweek, 1/11/93, Vol. 121, p. 63
Reviews:
Albums:
(#07) "Imaginary Roads"
Playboy, 3/89, p. 26
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#D) Sources (top/bottom of page)
See my Bibliography for complete bibliographical information.
#ab 1989, Birosik, "The New Age Music Guide", p. 3-4
#dg 1992, DeCurtis, "The Rolling Stone Album Guide", p. 5-6
#ai 1989, Eremo, "New Age Musicians", p. 6-8
#cx 1992, Erlewine, "All Music Guide", p. 536-7
#fh 1994, Erlewine, "All Music Guide", p.1203-4
#fm 1997, Erlewine, "All Music Guide" (3rd ed.), p. 1047
#ej 1991, Harris, "The New Folk Music", p. 121
#dj 1988, Kernfeld, "The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, Vol. One, A-K", p. 5
#fo 1995, Romanowski, "The New Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll", p. 4
#cr 1987, Schaefer, "New Sounds: A Listener's Guide to New Music",
p. xi, xiii, 185, 196-200, 214, 219
#cs 1992, Slonimsky, "Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians", p. 7
#hm 1998, Werkhoven, "The International Guide to New Age Music", p. 2
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