Mark Heard (album)
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| Mark Heard | ||||
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| Released | 1975, 1978 | |||
| Studio | Lemco Studios, Lexington, Kentucky | |||
| Genre | Folk, Rock | |||
| Label | Airborn | |||
| Producer | Mark Heard | |||
| Mark Heard chronology | ||||
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Mark Heard is the first solo album by Mark Heard, originally released in 1975, and re-released as On Turning to Dust on both AB Records and Solid Rock Records in 1978.[1]
A limited edition CDR reissue of the original Mark Heard album was released to fans in 1998 through Fingerprint Records.
Track listing[edit]
All songs written by Mark Heard, except "Cabin in Gloryland" by O. A. Parris, writer /Cpl. Curtis Stewart. "Greensleeves interlude" is a 16th-century English melody. "There is a Fountain" is an early American melody, words by William Cowper, 1771. "Passion Chorale" is by Hans Leo Hassler, 1601; harmony by J. S. Bach, 1729, words by Bernard of Clairvaux, 11th century. "Dinner at Grandma's" - by Mark Heard, Pat Terry, Jeff Vansant, Wayne King.
Side one
- "On Turning to Dust"
- "Dinner at Grandma's"
- "Cabin in Gloryland"
- "A Friend"
- "Lullabye"
Side two
- "Solid Rock"
- "To Diane"
- "Interlude (traditional: Greensleeves & There Is a Fountain)"
- "The Road"
- "Interlude (Traditional: Passion Chorale)"
- "All"
The band[edit]
- Mark Heard – guitars, vocals, piano, synthesizer and hambone
- Earl Grigsby – bass guitar
- Frank Godby – banjo
- John Heinrich – pedal steel guitar
- Chuck Long – sandblocks
- Jim Pennington – percussion
- Dave Aldrich – string arrangement
- Lamay String Quartet – string section
Production notes
- Cecil Jones – engineer
- Mark and Janet Sue Heard – photography and cover design
- Lemco Studios, Lexington, Kentucky – recording location
References[edit]
- ^ Powell, Mark Allan (2002). Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music. Peabody, Massachusetts: Hendrickson Publishers. p. 407. ISBN 1-56563-679-1.