John Flomer Of A Stranger Light CD

Of A Stranger Light Music

List Price	$8.98 (You save $1.69)
Category	Rock/Pop Albums, Jazz CDs, New Age
Label	Spotted Peccary Music
Orig Year	2002
All Time Sales Rank	416826
CD Universe Part number	5060703
Discs	1
Release Date	Oct 01, 2002
Studio/Live	Studio
Mono/Stereo	Stereo
Producer	John Flomer

John Flomer Of A Stranger Light Songs

	1.	Burning Bush
	2.	Praying With Fire
	3.	There Her Forest, These Her Trees
	4.	Of a Stranger Light
	5.	To Ponder Many Heavens
	6.	Auroraflora
	7.	Aromatic Sand and Stream
	8.	Mystery of Tea, The
	9.	Fate of Eden, The
	10.	Eternal River

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Personnel: Mary Lou Williams (piano); Al Lucas (bass); Jack "The Bear" Parker (drums).
Reissue producer: Matt Walters.
Recorded in 1945. Originally released on Asch (620 & 621). Includes liner notes by Dan Morgenstern and Mary Lou Williams.
Contains 17 tracks, including 6 previously unreleased alternate takes.
Personnel: Mary Lou Williams (piano).
Liner Note Author: Dan Morgenstern.
Recording information: Asch Records Studio, New York, NY (1945).
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Rainbow includes: Joe Lynn Turner (vocals); Ritchie Blackmore (guitar).
Personnel: Joe Lynn Turner (vocals, background vocals); Ritchie Blackmore (guitar); David Rosenthal, Don Airey (keyboards); Bob Rondinelli (drums); Roger Glover (percussion).
Recording information: Sweet Silence Studios, Cophenhagen.
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