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In Search Of The Turtle's Navel
''In Search of the Turtle's Navel'' (originally titled "The Search for the Turtle's Navel" from 1976 to 1979) is the 1976 debut album by guitarist Will Ackerman. Some consider the album to be the start of new-age music. The album took Ackerman from his work as a carpenter and head of Windham Hill Builders to becoming a professional musician and executive of Windham Hill Records. The picture on the album cover is one Ackerman took of his younger sister Elinor when they were children. Track listing All compositions by Will Ackerman Original Track Listing 1975–1979 # "The Pink Chiffon Tricycle Queen" – 5:32 # "Ely" – 5:26 # "Windham Mary" – 4:27 # "Processional" – 3:43 # "Dance for the Death of a Bird" – 5:59 # "Second Great Tortion Bar Overland of West Townshend, Vermont, Jose Pepsi Attending" – 2:33 # "What the Buzzard Told Suzanne" – 4:33 # "Barbara's Song" – 7:28 # "Gazos" – 4:36 # "Slow Motion Roast Beef Resta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Will Ackerman
William Ackerman (born November 16, 1949) is an American guitarist and record producer who founded Windham Hill Records. Career Early years Ackerman was born in Germany. His adoptive father was a professor of English at Stanford University. He grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and attended Northfield Mount Hermon School in western Massachusetts. He returned to Palo Alto to study English and History at Stanford University. His life took a turn when he discovered he had a fondness for carpentry. He was five credits short of graduating when he left Stanford to work as an apprentice to a Norwegian boat builder. In 1972, he founded Windham Hill Builders in Palo Alto while playing music for Stanford theater productions and performing impromptu concerts in town. Windham Hill Records With money borrowed from friends, he recorded his first album, ''The Search for Turtle's Navel'', later changed to '' In Search of the Turtle's Navel'', on his own label, Windham Hill Records in 1976 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |