Hilary Stagg Sweet Return CD

Sweet Return Music

List Price	$17.98 (You save $7.35)
Category	Rock/Pop Albums, Jazz CDs, New Age, Harp
Label	Real Music
Orig Year	1997
All Time Sales Rank	44436
CD Universe Part number	1060837
Catalog number	861818
Discs	1
Release Date	Aug 12, 1997
Studio/Live	Studio
Mono/Stereo	Stereo
Producer	Hilary Stagg; Steve Wood
Engineer	Steve Wood
Recording Time	52 minutes
Personnel	Kevin Ricard - percussion Richard Hardy - alto flute, wooden flute, pennywhistle Hilary Stagg - electric harp Steve Wood - keyboards Steve Wood - keyboards Carolyn Miller Beth Fitchet Wood - vocals Dennis "Cannonball" Caplinger - guitar, fiddle Sherri Stone

Hilary Stagg Sweet Return Songs

	1.	Sweet Return
	2.	Reflections of Love
	3.	Thinking of You
	4.	Forever and a Day
	5.	Homeward Bound
	6.	New Terrain
	7.	Simply Beautiful
	8.	Evening Song
	9.	Pleasant Dreams

Sweet Return Music Review

Average Rating: (4 out of 5 stars) 4 stars

4 stars BEAUTIFUL!
This is a beautiful and heavenly CD. I'm so sad to hear that Hilary is no longer with us. A great loss - what a gifted artist he was.
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