Satellite Sky
Satellite Sky is the title of the final album by Mark Heard, released in 1992, on Heard's own Fingerprint Records, shortly before his death.
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| Released | 1992 | |||
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| Genre | Folk, rock | |||
| Label | Fingerprint | |||
| Producer | Mark Heard | |||
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The album, which was almost entirely written on a mandolin, prominently features Heard's own 1939 National Steel electric mandolin.
Track listing
All songs written by Mark Heard.
- "Tip of My Tongue" - 4:22
- "Satellite Sky" - 3:48
- "The Big Wheels Roll" - 4:02
- "Orphans of God" - 6:22
- "Another Day In Limbo" - 4:31
- "Language of Love" - 4:06
- "Freight Train to Nowhere" - 4:30
- "Long Way Down" - 4:42
- "A Broken Man" - 5:42
- "Love Is So Blind" - 3:15
- "Hammers and Nails" - 4:41
- "We Know Too Much" - 5:58
- "Lost on Purpose" - 4:20
- "Nothing But the Wind" - 3:32
- "Treasure of the Broken Land" - 6:22
The band
- David Raven: drums
- Michael Been: bass guitar
- Fergus Jemison Marsh: stick
- Mark Heard:: electric steel mandolin, electric guitars, acoustic guitars and mandolins, Hammond organ, accordion and harmonica.
- Buddy Miller: electric guitar
- Jack Sherman - electric guitar
- Mark Goldenberg - electric guitar
- David Miner: standup bass
- Jim Goodwin: horns
- David Baker: African percussion
- Doug Berch: hammered dulcimer, mountain dulcimer
- Sam Phillips: backing vocals
- Pam Dwinell-Miner: backing vocals
- Dan and Joel Russell: backing vocals
Production notes
- Produced by Mark Heard for Fingerprint Productions
- Co-produced by Dan Russell and Jim Scott
- Production associate: Chuck Long
- Recorded at Dodge City, Mama Jo's, Bedrock (Los Angeles) by Jim Scott and at Fingerprint Recorders (Los Angeles) by Mark Heard
- Mixed by Mark Heard at Fingerprint (Los Angeles)
- Assistants: Jeff Shannon, Conrad Kalil, Richard Benoit, Joel Russell and Chris Morris (misspelled as Chris Morse in liner notes)
- Photography by Patrick House
- Digital editing & graphics by Fingerprint
- Design and Artwork by MH
- Frame from Design by Fran Larson
References
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