''Salterbarty Tales'' is the debut album by the

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band Earthstar. It was recorded in

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and

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and released by Moontower Records in 1978. The album is the only release to feature significant grand piano sections performed by

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with relatively basic synthesizer work and far less multitracking when compared to later Earthstar albums. It is also the only album not to feature tape loop instruments: the

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and the

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. ''Salterbarty Tales'' has been described as "impossible to find" by Earthstar

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. A few copies sold online in

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ranged in price from US $75 to US $125. In December 2023, Made in Germany Music officially reissued ''Salterbarty Tales'' as part of the 5-CD set ''Collected Works''.

Track listing

;Side A #Splendored Skies and Angels – 5:48 #Serindego – 9:11
(including Rapid of HU) #Salterbarty Overture – 3:03 #Wee Voices Touch - 1:32 #Broken Chain of Euphoria – 8:30 ;Side B #Canyon Nebula – 22:10
(including Rapter Relcafe, Sunspots Theme, Rapter Releafe Reprise - Final.) #Night Tones – 5:15 #Sunsets – 1:14 #Shades – 1:02

Personnel

– piano, synthesizers *

– guitar *

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– violin *

Norm Peach Norm Peach is an American bassist from Utica, New York who was a member of Earthstar during the late 1970s. He also played with Dennis Rea and Daniel Zongrone in Zuir prior to joining Earthstar. He appeared on two Earthstar albums: '' Salterba ...

– bass *

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– percussion * Tim Finnegan – flute

Notes

References

* Discog
Salterbarty Tales
Retrieved July 12, 2008. * Rea, Dennis, and uncredited contributors

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