Credits: Heavens

Annals of My Glass House – Credits

    Bound (disc 1)      Heavens (disc 2)      Vigil  (disc 3)   Lumens  (disc 4)
     

Heavens (Oct. 2009)

Alan Williams – lead vocals, acoustic guitar, string arrangements
Darleen Wilson – acoustic and electric guitar, harmony vocals
Greg Porter – bass, harmony vocals
Ben Wittman – drums
Marissa Licata – first violin
Maximillian Haft – second violin
Rose Wollman – viola
Catherine Bent – cello
Fabio Pirozollo – percussion on "Astronomy," "Mystery" and "Moonlight Mile"
Jerry Leake – percussion on "Clean," "Light in the Window," and "Mystery"
Anne Elise Thomas – qunun on "Adrift"

Bass and drums were recorded by Roy Hendrickson, assisted by Aki Nishimura, at Avatar Studios in New York City.

Strings were recorded by Antonio Oliart at Fraser Performance Studio, WGBH in Boston.

Fabio, Jerry, and Anne Elise were recorded in their homes by Alan Williams with the Backpack Mobile system. All other performances were recorded by Alan Williams at The Aviary.

Mastered by Mark Donahue at Soundmirror in Jamaica Plain, MA.

Produced by Alan Williams


Artwork

Astronomer Sir John Herschel-Portrait by Julia Margaret Cameron

The cover image is a detail from a photograph of astronomer Sir John Herschel taken by Julia Margaret Cameron 1867.

 

Alan, Darleen, and Greg at the telescope

The inside cover photograph of Birdsong At Morning was taken by Bob Hannan (as are multiple images of the website). It was shot at Ladd Observatory, Brown University, with thanks to Bob Horton and David Eichhorn.

Alan Williams envisioned the whole thing. Eddie Collins and Greg Porter designed the package.

Thanks to Susanna Vennerbeck and everyone involved in making this record. And special thanks to you, our listening audience!