From: gwkfong@v8803s (Fong Whye Koon)
Subject: Re: new Don Harriss release "Mysterium"
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Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 02:10:00 GMT

In article <1992Nov17.015322.2797@ann-arbor.applicon.slb.com>, chamber@mailhost.aa.cad.slb.com (Craig Chamberlain) writes...
> 
>The fifth release by Don Harriss, "Mysterium", is finally showing up
>in stores.  This time it is on the Sonic Edge label, CD80042.
> 
>The selections are:
> 
>  Isle of Light  4:34
>  Dreaming Tomorrow  5:15
>  Return to Half Moon Street  5:06
>  When Statues Dance  5:32
>  Stones and Flowers  4:24
>  Goldenrod  4:17
>  Days of Alabaster  5:44
>  Julian  4:59
>  Mysterium  5:06
> 
>If the titles don't pique your curiosity, the cover artwork will.  :-)
>It's pretty striking.
> 
>Don Harriss plays keyboards and synthesizers.  Other musicians are
>Jeff Buenz, Michael Spiro, and Patrick Feehan (where have I heard that
>name before?).  It was recorded and mixed by Russell Bond.
> 
>Previous releases by Don Harriss:
> 
>  Elevations
>  Vanishing Point
>  Abacus Moon
>  Shell Game
> 
>Enjoy!
>-- 
>(My opinions do not necessarily represent those of my employer.)
>Craig Chamberlain, Software Engineer, Applicon Schlumberger
>Ann Arbor, Michigan  chamber@ann-arbor.applicon.slb.com  (313) 995-6310
Hi,
	It's good that you mention Don Harriss in this group. I was
getting bored just reading only about Tangerine Dream, Vangelis
Yanni, and Kitaro here. Talk about listening scope of newage
enthusiasts.
	Incidentally, my first encounter with NewAge was when I heard
about Cusco-Apurimac pieces, Don Harris-Vanishing Point, Narada
Collection One and Yanni-Chameleon Days albums being performed
over The WAVE radio station in S.California where I did some work
for a year. Since then, I have collected almost every NewAge 
albums deem collecting. I am quite proud of my collection as it
contains many pieces from all over the world, some of which are 
almost impossible to buy nowadays. There are very good stuff in
Europe, especially in Holland and Germany, which newage enthusiasts
should sought after. There is this particular brand known as Fonix
Music from Denmark which has a repertoire of 20 over newage artist
and is like the equivalent of the Narada label in Europe. Very
good recording standards and some of the artists are very 
outstanding such as Bindu, Kristian Borregard, Lars Alsing etc.
Pity they get so little exposure outside of N. Europe. The 
Nightingale label from Germany is also worth collecting, and
though it is distributed by Higher Octave in USA, not every title is
imported to USA, I know because I regularly source my materials from
CD buying houses from USA. The latest album by Sangit Om under Nightingale
is not available through Higher Octave, what a pity 'cos it's a very
nice piece, which I got thru' Europe sources.
I wonder if you people out there also ever heard of the Austrian Yanni-like
artist called Gandalf. He has an album released under Austria CBS label called
"Reflections" which is a collection similar to Yanni's Reflection of Passion.
Definitely worth buying, in US, I believe this album is released under the
Eurorock label, though I must say that the re-mastering is not as good as
the original Austrian release on CBS, as I have compared both recordings before.
This is not to say that US re-prints are sub-standard, on the contrary, I
have found that Higher Octave re-masterings of the Cusco titles taken from
the original German Prudence label pressings are so much better. But it is
a pity that they have not released the original Cusco repertoire (about 8 
titles) but instead did their own recompilation of selections taken from 
all 8 albums. In this respect, I recommend you all to try to get whole of
the whole range of Cusco titles from SONY Japan, which has done a better
remastering of all the pieces than Prudence and Higher Octave. In fact the
packaging is also much classier; I haven's seen a NewAge album as lavishly
packaged as the Cusco's Tales From A Distant Land album on Sony Japan. 
I bought every piece of CUSCO albums under SONY Japan (about 8 titles) at
a higher price than Prudence or Higher Octave equivalents but no regrets.
But I think the latest release CUSCO 2000 from Higher Octave has no 
equivalent Japanese pressing because that was a special album done for
HIgher Octave which has made Cusco a household name among NewAge fans in
the US.

Well, 'nuff said.
Fong

































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