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Released
  
1984

Artist
  
Mark Heard

Producer
  
Mark Heard

Genres
  
Rock music, Folk music

Ashes and Light(1984)
  
Mosaics(1985)

Release date
  
1984

Label
  
Home Sweet Home

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Recorded
  
Fingerprint RecordersMontrose, California

Similar
  
Mark Heard albums, Folk music albums

Mark heard 1 the winds of time ashes and light 1984


Ashes and Light is an album by Mark Heard, released in 1984 on Home Sweet Home Records. According to the liner notes, Heard recorded Mosaics first, but the record company wanted this album released first.

Contents

The cover says, "This album is dedicated to the memory of Francis A. Schaeffer, whose love for truth and whose understanding of the arts has helped me more than I can say, in my desire to interweave the two."

Mark heard 5 we believe so well ashes and light 1984


Track listing

All songs written by Mark Heard, except "Threw It Away" written by Mark Heard and Pat Terry.

Side one

  1. "The Winds Of Time" - 3:59
  2. "True Confessions" - 3:31
  3. "I Know What It's Like To Be Loved" - 3:38
  4. "Washed To the Sea" - 3:23
  5. "We Believe So Well" - 3:34

Side two

  1. "Straw Men" - 4:01
  2. "Age Of the Broken Heart" - 4:16
  3. "Can't See Light" - 4:59
  4. "Threw It Away" - 4:06
  5. "In Spite Of Himself" - 3:09

The band

  • Mark Heard: acoustic guitars, electric 6- and 12-string guitars, slide guitars, synthesizer on "True Confessions", bass guitar on "Washed To The Sea" and "Threw It Away", harmonica, accordion, vocals
  • Dave McSparran: drums
  • Bill Batstone: bass guitar
  • Carl Pickhardt: Hammond organ
  • David Mansfield: fiddle, dobro, lead guitar on "Age Of The Broken Heart"
  • Pat Terry: electric guitar on "Washed To The Sea", acoustic guitar on "Threw It Away"; synthesizer on "Straw Men", "We Believe So Well" and "In Spite Of Himself", general camaraderie and comic relief
  • Tom Howard: synthesizer on "Can't See Light", "I Know What It's Like To Be Loved" and "We Believe So Well"
  • Harry Stinson: percussion
  • Background vocals by Mark Heard, Dave de Coup-Crank and Dori Howard

    • Songs

    1The Winds of Time3:58
    2True Confessions3:31
    3I Know What It's Like to Be Loved3:38

    References

    Ashes and Light Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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