Paul Winter / Paul Halley - Whales Alive
Paul Winter  / Paul Halley - Whales Alive Singer: Paul Winter
Title: Whales Alive
Label: Living Music ‎– LC0013
Type: Cassette, Album
Country: US
Date of released: 1987
Category: Electronic, Jazz, Folk, World, & Country
Style: New Age, Field Recording, Modern Classical, Folk
Size MP3 zip: 1351 mb
Size FLAC zip: 1708 mb
Rating: 4.4✭
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Tracklist Hide Credits

1 Whales Weep Not! (Overture) / Lullaby From The Great Mother Whale For The Baby Seal Pups
Cello – Eugene FriesenEnglish Horn – Nancy RumbelGuitar – Jim Scott Harmonium – Viki Sylva*Organ – Paul HalleyRead By – Leonard NimoySarrusophone [E-flat Contrabass], Soprano Saxophone – Paul Winter Tambora – Ted MooreWords By – D.H. Lawrence*Written-By – Humpback Whale, Jim Scott , P. Winter*
7:43
2 Dawnwatch
Organ – Paul HalleyRead By – Leonard NimoySoprano Saxophone – Paul Winter Words By – Elizabeth KemfWritten-By – R. Payne*, Humpback Whale, P. Winter*
3:47
3 George And Gracie
Talking Drum [Giant] – P. Winter*Written-By – R. Payne*, Humpback Whale, P. Winter*
2:07
4 Turning
Piano – Paul HalleyRead By – Leonard NimoySoprano Saxophone – Paul Winter Words By – Gary SnyderWritten-By – Paul Halley
4:02
5 Concerto For Whale And Organ
Organ – Paul HalleyWritten-By – R. Payne*, Humpback Whale, P. Winter*
6:32
6 Humphrey's Blues
Organ – Paul HalleySoprano Saxophone – Paul Winter Written-By – R. Payne*, Humpback Whale, P. Halley*, P. Winter*
3:38
7 Queequeg And I / The Water Is Wide
Percussion – Ted MooreRead By – Leonard NimoySoprano Saxophone – Paul Winter Words By – Herman MelvilleWritten-By [Queequeg And I] – Humpback Whale, P. Winter*Written-By [The Water Is Wide] – Traditional
6:43
8 Ocean Dream
Bass – Gary KingCello, Cello [8-string Electric] – David DarlingDrums [Water Drum] – Laudir de OliveiraGuitar [Steel String] – John GuthOrgan, Synthesizer [Moog], Bass, Tambora – Robert ChappellRead By – Leonard NimoySoprano Saxophone – Paul Winter Surdo [Brazilian], Caixa [Grand Cassa], Percussion [Traps] – Steve GaddWords By – Herman MelvilleWritten-By – Humpback Whale, P. Winter*
6:49
9 The Voyage Home (Finale)
Organ – Paul HalleyPercussion – Ted MooreRead By – Leonard NimoySoprano Saxophone – Paul Winter Words By – Roger Payne*Written-By – R. Payne*, Humpback Whale, P. Hally*
6:27

Credits

  • Creative Director – Roger Payne*
  • Design [Album Design] – Bob Cato
  • Edited By [Additional Editing] – Les Kahn, Tom Lewis
  • Liner Notes – Roger Payne*, Leonard Nimoy, Paul Winter
  • Mastered By – Bill Kipper
  • Mixed By – Chris Brown, Glen Kolotkin
  • Mixed By [Assisted By] – Paul Briggs, Tom Lewis
  • Narrator – Leonard Nimoy
  • Photography By [Cover Photo] – Bob Talbot
  • Producer – Roger Payne*, Paul Winter
  • Recorded By – Chris Brown
  • Recorded By [Assisted By - Audio West] – Bill Burke
  • Recorded By [Assisted By - Effanel Music Remote Truck] – John Harris, Mark Shane, Randy Ezratty
  • Recorded By [Assisted By - Rby Studio] – Evan Jones
  • Recorded By [Assisted By] – Connie Kieltyka, Tom Lewis
  • Recorded By [Grand Canyon] – Mickey Houlihan
  • Recorded By [Manhattan Sound] – Glenn Berger
  • Voice – Humpback Whales*

Notes

Recorded January 1987 in the Cathedral of St.John the Divine, New York City. Additional Recording with Effanel Music remote truck, at Audio West, at Manhattan Sound, at RBY Studio and in the Grand Canyon. Mixed at Living Music Studio.

©℗ 1987 Living Music, Inc.

For recordings of humpback whales, special thanks to the Center for Coastal Studies, the New york Zoological Society, Katherine Payne, Roger Payne, Peter Tyack and Frank Watlington.

Mastered at Masterdisk, New York City.

"This album dedicated to the memory of Frank Watlington of Bermuda. Friend, engineer, and lover of whales, his recordings of humpback whales were the first heard by most of us. They are still unsurpassed. His generosity made them available to all the world."

Track 1: Reading from from D.H.Lawrence, "Whales Weep Not!", from the Complate Poems of D.H.Lawrence. Originally recorded as "Lullaby from the Mother Whale for the Seal Pups" for Paul Winter's Callings (LM 0001).

Track 2: This whale is several miles in the distance.

Track 3: "George" and "Gracie" are the nicknames of the two whales who star in Star Trek IV.

Track 4: Reading "Mother Earth, Her Whales ," from Turtle Island.

Track 7: Reading from "Moby Dick", Chapter XLVII.

Track 9: Reading from "Moby Dick", Chapter CXVI. Originally recorded for Paul Winter's Common Ground (A&M SP-4698).

Track 10: Reading from "The Voyage Home".

© 1987 Earth Music Productions
Made in USA

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode: 0 1048-80013-4 5

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
LD0013 Paul Winter / Paul Halley, Leonard Nimoy Paul Winter / Paul Halley, Leonard Nimoy - Whales Alive ‎(CD, Album) Living Music LD0013 US 1987
LM-00013, LM 0013 Paul Winter / Paul Halley Paul Winter / Paul Halley - Whales Alive ‎(LP, Album) Living Music, Living Music LM-00013, LM 0013 Canada 1987
LD-0013 Paul Winter / Paul Halley Paul Winter / Paul Halley - Whales Alive ‎(CD, Album) Living Music LD-0013 US 1986
D32Y5072 Paul Winter / Paul Halley, Leonard Nimoy Paul Winter / Paul Halley, Leonard Nimoy - Whales Alive ‎(CD, Album) Living Music D32Y5072 Japan 1987
LM 0013 Paul Winter / Paul Halley, Leonard Nimoy Paul Winter / Paul Halley, Leonard Nimoy - Whales Alive ‎(LP, Album) Living Music LM 0013 Europe 1987