#C) Articles/Reviews
#D) Sources
#E) Other Alex de Grassi discographies
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Alex de Grassi 1978-87
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1991-1996
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1998-
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books
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Installed here on 03-04-2001, the original text file discography was first installed in the UW-Parkside Music Archives on 09-05-1994.
Summary Discography:
t = Complete list of track titles appears in the Full Discography
p = Partial list appears, Alex de Grassi tracks only
* = listed in the Summer 1994, Schwann "Spectrum", p. 548
% = listed in Spring 1992, dropped from Summer 1992
p.# = Schwann listing page number
Solo Albums
#01)t 1978 * Turning: Turning Back Windham Hill 1004
#02)t 1979 * Slow Circle Windham Hill 1009
#03)t 1981 * Clockwork Windham Hill 1018
#04)t 1983 * Southern Exposure Windham Hill 1030
#05)t 1991 * Deep at Night Windham Hill 1100
#06)t 1992 * A Windham Hill Retropective Windham Hill 11113
#07)t 1993 * The World's Getting Loud Windham Hill 11131
#08)t 1987 * Altiplano RCA Victor - Novus 3016
Various Artists Collections
#09)p 1981 * Windham Hill Records Sampler '81 Windham Hill 1015
#10)p 1982 * Windham Hill Sampler '82 Windham Hill 1024
#11)p 1983 * An Evening with Windham Hill Live Windham Hill 1026
#12)p 1984 * Windham Hill Records Sampler '84 Windham Hill 1035
#13)p 1990 * Windham Hill: The First Ten Years Windham Hill 1095
#14)p 1991 * Windham Hill Records Guitar Sampler,Vol.2 Windham Hill 1106
#15) 1991 * Windham Hill Records Sampler '92 Windham Hill 11109
#16) 1992 * The Impressionists:A Windham Hill Sampler Windham Hill 11116
#17) 1994 * Windham Hill Records Sampler '94 Windham Hill 11138
with Daniel Hecht
#18)p 1980 Willow Windham Hill 1013
Books
#19)t 1992 Guitar Collection Hal Leonard songbk
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Full Discography: Owners
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[number] = Actual albums I have seen
"Owners" = Who owns the album I saw
(see the complete code list in "/pub/music/folk/library")
I = solo fingerstyle guitar instrumental
----------Windham Hill
#01) 1978 Turning: Turning Back [LP: WH-1004] {A}
#01 (CS: WT-1004) *
#01 [CD: WD-1004] * {W}
--- CD times
#01. A1 I 2:50 Turning 2:51
#01. A2 I 2:53 Swordfish 2:51
#01. A3 I 2:49 Luther's Lullaby 2:46
#01. A4 I 4:29 Blood and Jasmine 4:26
#01. A5 I 4:20 Window 4:15
#01. B1 I 2:38 Children's Dance 2:38
#01. B2 I 2:40 Waltz and March of the Rhinoceri 2:48
#01. B3 I 2:16 Alpine Medley 2:16
#01. B4 I 3:25 Autumn Song 3:25
#01. B5 I 5:22 Turning Back 5:20
#02) 1979 Slow Circle [LP: WH-1009] {E}
#02 (CS: WT-1009) *
#02 (CD: WD-1009) *
--- Guitar tunings
#02. A1 I 4:09 Causeway E B E F# B E (1)
#02. A2 I 3:24 Inverness E B E F# B E (1)
#02. A3 I 2:51 Klamath E B E G A D (2)
#02. A4 I 5:17 Sleeping Lady E B E F# B D (4)
#02. A5 I 4:18 Slow Circle I E B E G A D (2)
#02. B1 I 2:56 Slow Circle II E B E G A D (2)
#02. B2 I 3:36 White Rain E B E F# B E (1)
#02. B3 I 4:03 March Sky E B E F# B E (1)
#02. B4 I 6:10 Midwestern Snow E B E G# B D# (3)
#03) 1981 Clockwork [LP: WH-1018] {A}
#03 (CS: WT-1018) *
#03 (CD: WD-1018) *
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#03. A1 6:34 Thirty-six
#03. A2 6:25 Two Color Dream
#03. A3 6:54 Clockwork
#03. B1 I 1:49 Opening (Bougainvillea Suite)
#03. B2 I 3:55 Bougainvillea (Bougainvillea Suite)
#03. B3 I 1:14 Elegy (Bougainvillea Suite)
#03. B4 5:55 Sorta Samba (Bougainvillea Suite)
#03. B5 4:43 Part Five (Bougainvillea Suite)
Scott Cossu: piano (A1)
Michael Spiro: percussion (A1,A3)
Chuck Greenberg: soprano sax, lyricon (A2,A3,B5)
Patrick O'Hearn: fretless bass (A2,A3)
Kurt Wortman: drums (A2)
Darol Anger: violin (B4,B5)
Mike Marshall: mandolin (B4,B5)
Rob Wasserman: bass (B4,B5)
#04) 1983 Southern Exposure [LP: WH-1030] {A}{F}
#04 (CS: WT-1030) *
#04 (CD: WD-1030) *
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#04. A1 I 2:29 Overland
#04. A2 I 4:16 Blue and White
#04. A3 I 4:40 36 (variation of "Thirty-six" on "Clockwork" album)
#04. A4 I 4:55 Cumulus
#04. A5 I 1:55 Southern Exposure
#04. B1 I 4:02 Western
#04. B2 I 3:37 Street Waltz
#04. B3 I 4:39 Heavy Feet
#04. B4 I 3:04 Empty Room
#04. B5 I 4:19 Subway
#05) 1991 Deep at Night (LP: WH-1100)
#05 [CS: WT-1100] * {A}
#05 (CD: WD-1100) *
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#05. A1 I 2:53 Mirage
#05. A2 I 5:09 Deep at Night
#05. A3 I 3:55 Charlotte
#05. A4 I 1:56 Short Order
#05. A5 I 4:33 Indian Summer
#05. B1 I 4:13 Blue Trout
#05. B2 I 4:39 Waltz #4
#05. B3 I 4:02 Arcos
#05. B4 I 2:05 Mirror, The
#05. B5 I 6:38 Hidden Voices
#06) 1992 A Windham Hill Retropective [CS: 11113-4] * 3-92 {A}
#06 [CD: 11113-2] * {C}
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--- From
#06. A1 I 2:35 Overland #04
#06. A2 I 4:10 Causeway #02
#06. A3 I 4:02 Western #04
#06. A4 I 4:26 Window #01
#06. A5 6:23 Clockwork #11
#06. A6 I 4:13 Blue Trout #05
#06. A7 I 3:35 White Rain #02
#06. A8 I 4:55 Cumulus #04
#06. B1 I 4:07 Momentary Change of Heart, A #14
#06. B2 I 2:46 Luther's Lullaby #01
#06. B3 I 3:55 Charlotte #05
#06. B4 I 9:00 Turning: Turning Back #11
#06. B5 I 2:38 Children's Dance #01
#06. B6 I 2:53 Mirage #05
#06. B7 I 2:56 Slow Circle II #02
#06. B8 I 4:26 Blood and Jasmine #01
Chuck Greenberg: lyricon (A5)
Darol Anger: violin (A5)
Michael Manring: fretless bass (A5)
Michael Spiro: percussion (A5)
#07) 1993 The World's Getting Loud [CS: 11131-4] * 6-93 {A}
#07 (CD: 11131-2) *
--- (release date 7-13-93)
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#07. A1 4:18 Bright Sky
#07. A2 5:52 Facing South
#07. A3 3:36 World's Getting Loud, The
#07. A4 5:45 McCoy
#07. A5 2:59 Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
#07. B1 5:21 Bigfoot
#07. B2 5:06 Roundabout
#07. B3 3:47 Viajes
#07. B4 I 2:07 Doorman Blues
#07. B5 4:13 Monkulator, The
Alex de Grassi: acoustic guitar, classical guitar
sympitar (A5 and others)
Luis Conte: percussion (A1,A2,A3,A4,B1,B2)
John Santos: percussion (B3)
Keith Terry: brushes, body music (B5)
Enrique Cruz: kenacho, antara, sikus (B3)
Claudio Amaral: voice (B2)
Steve Erquiaga: cavaquinho (A2)
Judd Miller: synthesizer programming and EVI
Andy Narell: keyboards
----------RCA Victor - Novus
#08) 1987 Altiplano [CS: 3016-4-N] * (CrO2) 6-87 {AB}
#08 (CD: 3016-2-N) *
--- (track times are not listed on the cassette)
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#08. A1 : Altiplano
#08. A2 : First Time
#08. A3 : Doumbek
#08. A4 : Digital Interlude
#08. B1 : Fat Boy
#08. B2 : Lila
#08. B3 I : McCormick
#08. B4 : MTY
Alex de Grassi: acoustic and classical guitars
guitar synthesizer
Clifford Carter: piano, synthesizers
Mark Egan: fretless bass
Chris Parker: drums
Todd Phillips: acoustic bass
Zakir Hussain: tabla
Vince Delgado: doumbek
Mark Darnell: guitar synthesizer programming
Claudia Gomez: voice (B2)
Jamii Symadzinski: violin
Roger Squitero: congas, percussion
Michael Spiro: cymbals
----------Windham Hill - collections
#09) 1981 Windham Hill Records Sampler '81 [LP: WH-1015] % {AM}
#09 p.558,662 (CS: WT-1015) *
#09 (CD: WD-1015) *
--- (all 9 tracks are listed in "collections.new_age")
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#09. A4 2:38 Children's Dance
#09. B2 5:17 Sleeping Lady
#10) 1982 Windham Hill Records Sampler '82 (LP: WH-1024) %
#10 p.558,662 (CS: WB-1024) %
#10 (CS: WT-1024) *
#10 [CD: WD-1024] * {D}
--- (all 9 tracks are listed in "collections.new_age")
--- From
#10. 9 6:54 Clockwork #03
#11) 1983 An Evening with Windham Hill Live [LP: WH-1026] % {E}
#11 p.558,659 (CS: WT-1026) *
#11 (CD: WD-1026) *
--- (all 8 tracks are listed in "collections.guitar")
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#11. A2 I 9:00 Turning: Turning Back
#11. A3 6:23 Clockwork
Chuck Greenberg: lyricon (A3)
Darol Anger: violin (A3)
Michael Manring: fretless bass (A3)
Michael Spiro: percussion (A3)
#12) 1984 Windham Hill Records Sampler '84 [LP: WH-1035] {E}
#12 p.558,662 (LP: WH6-1035) %
#12 (CS: WB-1035) %
#12 (CS: WT6-1035) %
#12 (CS: WT-1035) *
#12 (CD: WD-1035) *
--- (all 8 tracks are listed in "collections.new_age")
---
--- From
#12. B2 I 4:02 Western #04
#13) 1990 Windham Hill: The First Ten Years (2LP: WH-1095)
#13 p.662 [2CS: WT-1095] * 9-90 {AF}
#13 [CD: WD-1095] * {C}
--- (all 33 tracks are listed in "collections.new_age")
--- from
#13. A2 I 3:36 White Rain #02
#13. B2 6:23 Clockwork #11
#14) 1991 Windham Hill Records Guitar Sampler, Vol. 2 [CS: WT-1106] *{A}
#14 p.662 6-91 (CD: WT-1106) *
--- (all 10 tracks are listed in "collections.guitar")
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#14. A1 I 4:07 Momentary Change of Heart, A
#14. A2 I 5:07 Deep at Night
#15) 1991 Windham Hill Records Sampler '92 (LP: WH-11109) % 9-91
#15 p.661 (CS: 01934-11109-4) *
#15 (CS: 01934-11109-2) *
(selections by Alex de Grassi, William Ackerman, Michael
Hedges, Michael Manring, Nightnoise, Mark Isham, Schonherz &
Scott, Montreux, David Torn, Philip Aaberg, Liz Story,
Modern Mandolin Quartet)
#16) 1992 The Impressionists: A Windham Hill Sampler
#16 p.558 (CS: 11116-4) * 10-92
#16 (CD: 11116-2) *
(selections by Alex de Grassi, Steve Erquiaga, Nightnoise,
Philip Aaberg, Tim Story, John Beasley, Henry Butler,
Paul McCandless, Liz Story, Turtle Island String Quartet,
Schonherz & Scott, Modern Mandolin Quartet)
#17) 1994 Windham Hill Records Sampler '94 (CS: 11138-4) * 2-94
#17 p.55 (CD: 11138-2) *
(selections by Alex de Grassi, William Ackerman, Psychograss,
Philip Aaberg, Steve Erquiaga, Nightnoise, Aqarela Carioca,
Gaia, Liz Story, Modern Mandolin Quartet, Scott Cossu,
Ray Lynch, 0Oystein Sevag)
Duet on an album by Daniel Hecht:
#18) 1980 Willow (LP: WH-1013) %
#18 p.310,430 [CS: WT-1013] % {A}
#18 [CD: WD-1013] {W}
--- (all 10 tracks are listed in "hecht.daniel")
--- D = duet fingerstyle guitar instrumental
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#18. 4 D 3:05 Jimmy Blue Eyes (w/Daniel Hecht)
Daniel Hecht: 6 and 12 string guitars
Alex de Grassi: lead guitar
(Alex de Grassi is not credited as the second
guitarist in the cassette liner notes.)
Books:
#19) 1992 "Guitar Collection" {A}
--- by Alex de Grassi, Milwaukee, WI, Hal Leonard
--- Publishing Corp., 71 p., ISBN: 0-7935-0303-5.
--- (all titles in both tablature and standard notation)
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#19. book TAB Children's Dance p. 9
#19. book TAB Causeway p.40
#19. book TAB Inverness p.49
#19. book TAB McCormick p.15
#19. book TAB Mirage p.54
#19. book TAB Overland p.65
#19. book TAB Slow Circle p.35
#19. book TAB Southern Exposure p.22
#19. book TAB Turning p.58
#19. book TAB Western p.25
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#C) Articles/Reviews (top/bottom of page)
Articles:
#98 "?", by ?
Guitar Player, 2/85 (reprinted in #ah)
"Pro's Reply - Alex de Grassi: New Directions", By Jas Obrecht
Guitar Player, 6/87, p. 22 (reprinted in #ah)
#99 "Hidden Voices", by Dale Miller
--- .Acoustic Guitar, 9-10/91, Vol. 2(2), p. 37-42
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#99. mag TAB Mirage
(excerpt from #19)
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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. 41
#ai 1989, Eremo, "New Age Musicians", p. 25-28
#cx 1992, Erlewine, "All Music Guide", p. 543
#cr 1987, Schaefer, "New Sounds: A Listener's Guide to New Music",
p. 197, 198, 200, 214, 215, 219
#cs 1992, Slonimsky, "Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians", p.408
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