''Satellite Sky'' is the final album by

Mark Heard John Mark Heard III (December 16, 1951 – August 16, 1992) was an American record producer, folk rock singer and songwriter from Macon, Georgia. Heard released sixteen albums, and produced or performed with many artists, including: Sam Phil ...

, released in 1992, on Heard's own

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, shortly before his death. The album, which was almost entirely written on a

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, prominently features Heard's own 1939 National Steel electric mandolin.

Track listing

All songs written by Mark Heard. # "Tip of My Tongue" – 4:22 # "Satellite Sky" – 3:48 # "The Big Wheels Roll" – 4:02 # "Orphans of God" – 6:22 # "Another Day In Limbo" – 4:31 # "Language of Love" – 4:06 # "Freight Train to Nowhere" – 4:30 # "Long Way Down" – 4:42 # "A Broken Man" – 5:42 # "Love Is So Blind" – 3:15 # "Hammers and Nails" – 4:41 # "We Know Too Much" – 5:58 # "Lost on Purpose" – 4:20 # "Nothing But the Wind" – 3:32 # "Treasure of the Broken Land" – 6:22

Personnel

The band * David Raven – drums *

Michael Been Michael Kenneth Been (March 17, 1950 – August 19, 2010) was an American rock musician who achieved critical attention and rotation play on MTV in the 1980s with his band The Call (band), The Call. He later released an album of his solo work an ...

– bass guitar * Fergus Jemison Marsh –

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– electric steel mandolin, electric guitars, acoustic guitars and mandolins,

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, accordion and harmonica. *

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– electric guitar * Jack Sherman – electric guitar * Mark Goldenberg – electric guitar * David Miner – standup bass * Jim Goodwin – horns * David Baker – African percussion * Doug Berch – hammered dulcimer, mountain dulcimer * Sam Phillips (singer), Sam Phillips – backing vocals * Pam Dwinell-Miner – backing vocals * Dan Russell – backing vocals * Joel Russell – backing vocals Production notes * Mark Heard – producer for Fingerprint Productions,

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, mixing at

Fingerprint Recorders ''Fingerprint Recorders'' was a recording studio owned by Mark Heard, where he recorded most of his own records. The studio was located in Montrose, California. Many other artists also recorded there from time to time, including those that were ...

, design, artwork * Dan Russell – co-producer * Jim Scott – co-producer * Chuck Long – production associate * Jim Scott – engineer at Dodge City,

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and Bedrock, Los Angeles * Jeff Shannon- assistant engineer * Conrad Kalil- assistant engineer * Richard Benoit- assistant engineer * Joel Russell- assistant engineer * Chris Morris – assistant engineer (misspelled as Chris Morse in liner notes) * Patrick House – photography * Fingerprint – digital editing, graphics * Design by Fran Larson – frame

References

{{Authority control 1992 albums Mark Heard albums