Land of Merlin
In the 1960s, Jon Mark was a session guitarist for such notables  as The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, The Yardbirds, and Jeff Beck. He also  produced Marianne Faithfull's first five albums. In 1970, he founded the  renowned Mark-Almond Band with reedman John Almond. They produced such hits  asThe City,The Ghetto,One Way Sunday, andWhat  Am I Living For? Those familiar with the songs of the Mark-Almond Band  will notice similar qualities in the music onThe Standing Stones of  Callanish. Jon Mark identifies those qualities as "gentle, soft,  introspective, smooth, and somewhat sentimental and melancholy at  times."Born in Cornwall, England, Jon Mark has always been drawn to  Celtic music and mythology. His upbringing took place near the actual site  of The Standing Stones of Callanish. He continues to compose vocal music  and points out that this all-instrumental release is not meant to be new  age, old age, or anyage, but is a natural extension of who he is.  It attests, in fact, to his creative spirit and his willingness to give  life to all the music that is within him.His other recordings for  Kuckuck Schallplatten includeThe Standing Stones of CallanishandAlhambra, and for Black Sun Music,The Best of Mark-Almondwith Johnny Almond.