#A) Summary Discography
#B) Full Discography
#C) Other; Michael Hedges discographies
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Nomad Land
#D) Sources
t = Complete list of track titles appears in the Full Discography
p = Partial list appears, Michael Hedges tracks only
* = listed in the Summer 1994, Schwann "Spectrum", p. 397, 550
% = listed in Spring 1992, dropped from Summer 1992
p.# = Schwann listing page number
Solo Albums
#01)t 1981 * Breakfast in the Field Windham Hill 1017
#02)t 1984 * Aerial Boundaries Windham Hill 1032
#03)t 1986 Santabear's First Christmas Windham Hill 0700
#04)t 1987 * Live on the Double Planet Windham Hill 1066
#05)t 1988 Strings of Steel Windham Hill 17532
#06)t 1990 * Taproot Windham Hill 1093
#07)t 1994 The Road to Return Windham Hill/High Street 10329
#08)t 1986 * Watching My Life Go By Open Air 0303
Various Artists Collections
#09)p 1982 * Windham Hill Records Sampler '82 Windham Hill 1024
#10)p 1983 * An Evening with Windham Hill Live Windham Hill 1026
#11)p 1984 * Windham Hill Records Sampler '84 Windham Hill 1035
#12)p 1986 The Shape of the Land Windham Hill 1055
#13)p 1988 * Windham Hill Records Sampler '88 Windham Hill 1065
#14)p 1988 * A Winter's Solstice II Windham Hill 1077
#15)p 1990 * Windham Hill: The First Ten Years Windham Hill 1095
#16)p 1990 A Winter's Solstice III Windham Hill 1098
#17)p 1991 * Windham Hill Records Guitar Sampler, Vol.2 Windham Hill 1106
#18) 1991 * Windham Hill Records Sampler '92 Windham Hill 11109
#19)p 1987 Windham Hill in Concert Windham Hill video
Books
#20) 1994 The Hedges Technique Book (not released yet) ? songbk
[from the FAQ]
SINGLES
#21) 19?? All Along The Watchtower 7" picture disk ? ?
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#B) Full Discography (top/bottom of page)
[number] = Actual albums I have seen
"Owners" = Who owns the album I saw
(see the complete code list in library)
I = solo fingerstyle guitar instrumental
F = solo flatpick guitar instrumental
V = vocal
Summary Discography (top/bottom of page) Owners
----------Windham Hill ------
#01) 1981 Breakfast in the Field [LP: WHS-C-1017] {A}
#01 (LP: WH-1017) %
#01 (CS: WT-1017) *
#01 (CD: WD-1017) *
---
#01. A1 2:30 Layover
#01. A2 3:20 Happy Couple, The
#01. A3 3:00 Eleven Small Roaches
#01. A4 2:03 Funky Avocado, The
#01. A5 2:10 Baby Toes
#01. A6 2:24 Breakfast in the Field
#01. B1 4:46 Two Days Old
#01. B2 3:20 Peg Leg Speed King
#01. B3 2:46 Unexpected Visitor, The
#01. B4 3:23 Silent Anticipations
#01. B5 4:03 Lenono
Michael Hedges: guitar
Michael Manring: fretless bass
George Winston: piano
Summary Discography (top/bottom of page)
#02) 1984 Aerial Boundaries [LP: WH-1032] % {C}
#02 (CS: WB-1032) %
#02 (CS: WT-1032) *
#02 [CD: WD-1032] * {C}
---
#02. 1 I 4:45 Aerial Boundaries
#02. 2 I 2:30 Bensusan
#02. 3 I 5:00 Rickover's Dream
#02. 4 I 3:15 Ragamuffin
#02. 5 4:10 After the Gold Rush
#02. 6 I 1:31 Hot Type
#02. 7 I 5:45 Spare Change **
#02. 8 7:10 Menage a Trois
#02. 9 I 3:50 Magic Farmer, The
Michael Hedges: guitar (all)
Michael Manring: fretless bass (5,#8)
Mindy Rosenfield: flutes (8)
** Realized at the Peabody Electronic Music Studio, Baltimore MD,
all sounds are of guitar origin, engineered and edited by
Michael Hedges.
Summary Discography (top/bottom of page)
#03) 1986 Santabear's First Christmas [LP: WH-0700] %1 {D}
#03) p.635 OOP [CS: WT-0700] %1 {A}
#03 p.635 OOP [CD: WD-0700] %1 {C}
--- (VHS: ?)
--- %1 = last listed Winter 93/94, dropped Spring 1994
---
#03. A1 23:25 Santabear's First Christmas
--- story by Barbara Read, narration by Kelly McGillis,
--- background music composed, arranged and performed
--- by Michael Hedges.
--- (also available as a cartoon video)
--- CD times
#03. B1 3:13 Ready or Not 3:12
#03. B2 I 3:22 Double Planet, The 3:21
#03. B3 I 2:58 Eleven Small Cubs 2:57
#03. B4 I 2:46 Larry's Instrumental 2:36
#03. B5 4:29 Carol Jean 4:30
Michael Hedges: guitar (A1,B1,B3)
harp guitar (B2,B4,B5)
other unnamed musicians (B1,B5)
Summary Discography (top/bottom of page)
#04) 1987 Live on the Double Planet (LP: WH-1066) % 11-87
#04 (CS: WB-1066) %
#04 (CS: WT-1066) *
#04 [CD: WD-1066] * {W}
--- (track times are not listed, those shown
--- are by my CD Wizzard CD-ROM player program)
--- (a collection of live club and concert date recordings,
--- with 1 CD-only bonus track)
---
#04. A1 V 3:01 All Along the Watchtower
#04. A2 I 3:14 Because It's There
#04. A3 F 3:04 Silent Anticipations
#04. A4 V 3:52 Ready or Not
#04. A5 V 4:30 Love Bizarre, A
#04. A6 I 2:16 Breakfast in the Field
#04. B1 3:09 Rikki's Shuffle
#04. B2 V 4:30 Woman of the World
#04. B3 I 3:23 Double Planet, The
#04. B4 I 3:22 Funky Avocado, The
#04. B5 V 5:09 Come Together
#04. 12 I 4:34 Two Days Old (CD only)
Michael Manring: fretless bass (7)
Summary Discography (top/bottom of page)
#05) 1988 Strings of Steel [LP: WH-17532] {Y}
--- (on LP label "Promotion Copy - Not For Sale")
---
From
#05. A1 I 5:00 Rickover's Dream #02
#05. A2 V 3:52 Ready or Not #04
#05. A3 I 2:45 Unexpected Visitor #01
#05. A4 I 3:15 Ragamuffin #02
#05. A5 F 3:01 Silent Anticipations #04
#05. B1 I 4:45 Aerial Boundaries #02
#05. B2 I 3:18 Happy Couple, The #01
#05. B3 V 3:57 Streamlined Man, The #08
#05. B4 3:09 Rikki's Shuffle #04
#05. B5 I 3:13 Because It's There #04
Michael Manring: fretless bass (B4)
Summary Discography (top/bottom of page)
#06) 1990 Taproot (CS: WT-1093) * 8-90
#06 [CD: WD-1093] {D}
---
#06. 1 I 1:43 Naked Stalk, The
#06. 2 4:20 Jealous Tunnel, The (medley)
#06. 2 -- About Face (medley)
#06. 3 3:55 Jade Stalk, The
#06. 4 1:54 Nomad Land
#06. 5 I 1:33 Point A
#06. 6 3:14 Chava's Song
#06. 7 I 2:17 Ritual Dance
#06. 8 4:23 Scenes (on the road to shrub 2)
#06. 9 3:02 First Cutting, The
#06. 10 I 1:57 Point B
#06. 11 4:45 Song of the Spirit Farmer
#06. 12 2:29 Rootwitch, The
#06. 13 V 4:55 i carry your heart (lyrics by e.e. cummings)
Michael Hedges: guitar (1,2,3,4,8,9,13)
TransTerm guitar (5,10)
harp guitar (6)
savage myth guitar (7,12)
bass (3,9)
whistle (2,8,9)
synthesizers (3,9)
piano (6)
drum program (8)
drums (9)
flutes, effects (11)
vocals (13)
David Crosby, Graham Nash: harmony vocals (13)
Bruce Lanser: bass drum, cymbals (2)
snare drum (2,9)
Michael Manring: fretless bass (13)
Mike Moore: clarinet (3,4)
saxophone (3,4,8)
bass clarinet (4)
Summary Discography (top/bottom of page)
----------High Street Records (a division of Windham Hill records)
#07) 1994 The Road to Return [CS: 10329-4] {A}
#07 (CD: 10329-2)
--- (released 6-28-94)
--- v = voice, singing, no words
--- Author:
#07. A1 v 3:05 Prelude
#07. A2 V 6:03 Road to Return
#07. A3 V 4:09 Communicate
#07. A4 V 4:34 Sister Soul
#07. A5 V 3:48 Guardian's Trust Cate McNider (lyrics)
#07. B1 V 3:55 India
#07. B2 V 5:36 Midwinter Night's Dream, A
#07. B3 V 3:43 Follow Through
#07. B4 V 3:49 You Can Have Anything You Want
#07. B5 i 2:15 Road Music
Janeen Rae Heller: musical saw (A1)
Pipa Pinon: vocals (A1,B2)
Michael Hedges: "wrote, performed & programmed
everything else" (instruments played
not included in cassette liner notes)
Summary Discography (top/bottom of page)
----------Open Air Records (a Division of Windham Hill)
#08) 1985 Watching My Life Go By [LP: OA-0303] {A}
#08 (CS: OT-0303) * 11-85
#08 [CD: OD-0303] * {W}
---
--- CD times
#08. A1 V 4:43 Face Yourself 1. 4:42
#08. A2 V 4:14 I'm Coming Home 2. 4:10
#08. A3 V 4:17 Woman of the World 3. 4:12
#08. A4 V 3:16 Watching My Life Go By 4. 3:13
#08. A5 V 4:00 I Want You 5. 3:55
#08. B1 V 3:46 Streamlined Man, The 6. 3:43
#08. B2 V 2:58 Out on the Parkway 7. 2:53
#08. B3 V 5:14 Holiday 8. 5:11
#08. B4 V 3:01 All Along the Watchtower (by Bob Dylan) 9. 2:58
#08. B5 V 4:54 Running Blind 10. 4:50
Michael Hedges: guitar, vocals (all)
bass (2,10)
flute (3)
synthesizer (5,8)
wine glasses (7)
harmonica (8)
Hilleary Burgess: wine glasses (7)
John Hanes: drums (5)
Michael Manring: bass (1,5)
fretless bass (7)
Bobby McFerrin: chant, solo vocals (6)
Summary Discography (top/bottom of page)
----------Windham Hill - collections
#09) 1982 Windham Hill Records Sampler '82 (LP: WH-1024) %
#09 p.558,662 (CS: WB-1024) %
#09 (CS: WT-1024) *
#09 [CD: WD-1024] * {D}
--- (all 9 tracks are listed in "/c/collections.new_age/discog")
--- From
#09. 3 I 3:20 Happy Couple, The #01
Summary Discography (top/bottom of page)
#10) 1983 An Evening with Windham Hill Live [LP: WH-1026] * {E}
#10 p.558,659 (CS: WT-1026) *
#10 (CD: WD-1026) *
#10 (CD: WB-1026) *
--- (all 7 tracks are listed in "/c/collections.guitar/discog")
---
#10. A1 I 4:30 Rickover's Dream
#10. B1 5:29 Spare Change
Michael Manring: fretless bass (B1)
Liz Story: piano (B1)
Summary Discography (top/bottom of page)
#11) 1984 Windham Hill Records Sampler '84 [LP: WH-1035] {E}
#11 p.558,662 (LP: WH6-1035) %
#11 (CS: WB-1035) %
#11 (CS: WT6-1035) %
#11 (CS: WT-1035) *
#11 (CD: WD-1035) *
--- (all 8 tracks are listed in "/c/collections.new_age/discog")
---
--- From
#11. A1 I 4:45 Aerial Boundaries #02
Summary Discography (top/bottom of page)
#12) 1986 The Shape of the Land (LP: WH-1055)
#12 [CD: WD-1055] {E}
--- (all 11 tracks are listed in "/c/collections.new_age/discog")
---
#12. 1 I 3:02 Because It's There
#12. 10 4:16 Aurora / Nevermore
Philip Aaberg, synthesizers (10)
Summary Discography (top/bottom of page)
#13) 1988 Windham Hill Records Sampler '88 (LP: WH-1065) *
#13 p.558,662 (CS: WT-1065) *
#13 [CD: WD-1065] * {E}
--- (all 11 tracks are listed in "/c/collections.new_age/discog")
--- From
#13. 6 I 3:13 Because It's There #04
Summary Discography (top/bottom of page)
#14) 1988 A Winter's Solstice II (LP: WH-1077)
#14 p.558 [CD: WD-1077] {C}
--- (all 15 tracks are listed in "/c/collections.new_age/discog")
---
#14. 3 I 2:28 Prelude to Cello Suite #1 in G Major
Summary Discography (top/bottom of page)
#15) 1990 Windham Hill: The First Ten Years (2LP: WH-1095)
#15 p.662 [2CS: WT-1095] * 9-90 {AF}
#15 [2CD: WD-1095] * {C}
--- (all 33 tracks are listed in "/c/collections.new_age/discog")
---
#15. A9 I 4:30 Rickover's Dream +Michael Hedges
#15. B4 I 4:45 Aerial Boundaries +Michael Hedges
Summary Discography (top/bottom of page)
#16) 1990 A Winter's Solstice III (LP: WH-1098)
#16 p.559 [CD: WD-1098] {E}
--- (all 15 tracks are listed in "/c/collections.new_age/discog")
---
#16. 14 I 2:50 In Dulci Jubilo (Good Christian Men Rejoice)
Summary Discography (top/bottom of page)
#17) 1991 Windham Hill Records Guitar Sampler, Vol. 2 [CS: WT-1106] *{A}
#17 p.662 6-91 (CD: WD-1106) *
--- (all 10 tracks are listed in "/c/collections.guitar/discog")
---
#17. B1 I 2:19 Ritual Dance
#17. B2 3:20 If I Needed Someone
Michael Manring: fretless bass (B2)
other instruments drown out guitarist at times (B2)
Summary Discography (top/bottom of page)
#18) 1991 Windham Hill Records Sampler '92 (LP: WH-11109) % 9-91
#18 p.661 (CS: 01934-11109-4) *
#18 (CS: 01934-11109-2) *
Video:
Summary Discography (top/bottom of page)
#19) 1987 Windham Hill in Concert [VHS: 12537] {C}
--- (all 15 tracks, and video details, are listed in
--- "/c/collections.guitar/discog")
---
#19. 1 I video Aerial Boundaries (short ver.)
--- (played over the opening credits)
#19. 5 F video Silent Anticipations
#19. 6 V video Woman of the World
#19. 7 I video Because It's There
#19. 8 V video Follow Through
#19. 9 I video Aerial Boundaries
#19. 15 I video Because It's There
(played over the closing credits)
Books:
Summary Discography (top/bottom of page)
#20) 1994 "The Hedges Technique Book" (promised for 1994, date ?)
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#D) Sources (top/bottom of page)
Sources (for information about albums I have not seen):
See my Bibliography for complete bibliographical information.
#ab 1989, Birosik, "The New Age Music Guide", p. 78
#cx 1992, Erlewine, "All Music Guide", p. 550
#ai 1989, Eremo, "New Age Musicians", p. 36-43
#em 1992, Larkin, "The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music", p. 1122
#fo 1995, Romanowski, "The New Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll", p. 434
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