Album: Light Walls
Artist: Steve Howe
2003 Snapper Music (Recall 2cd)
CD: SMD CD 480

Musicians:
Steve Howe

with
Jon Anderson (1)
Annie Haslam (4)
Paul Sutin (5, 16)
Phoebe Snow (9)
Keith West (12)
Geoff Downes (13)
Dylan Howe (18)
PP Arnold (22)
Max Bacon (24)

Liner notes by Michael Heatley
 

Tracks:
CD1
1. Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands [Dylan] from Portraits of Bob Dylan
2. Family Tree [Howe] from Natural Timbre
3. Paradox [Howe] from Quantum Guitars
4. All Over Now Baby Blue [Dylan] from Portraits of Bob Dylan
5. Voyager [Howe/Sutin] from Voyagers
6. Solid Ground [Howe] from Quantum Guitars
7. Intersection Blues [Howe] from Natural Timbre
8. The Little Galliard [Dowland, arr. Howe] from Natural Timbre
9. One Too Many Mornings [Dylan] from Portraits of Bob Dylan
10. Winter [Vivaldi, arr. Howe] from Natural Timbre
11. Southern Accent [Howe] from Quantum Guitars
12. Lay Lady Lay [Dylan] from Portraits of Bob Dylan

CD2
13. Just Like a Woman [Dylan] from Portraits of Bob Dylan
14. Walk Don't Run [Smith] from Quantum Guitars
15. Distant Seas [Howe] from Natural Timbre
16. San Marco's Journey [Sutin] from Seraphim
17. Light Walls [Howe/West] from Quantum Guitars
18. I Don't Believe You [Dylan] from Portraits of Bob Dylan
19. In the Course of the Day [Howe] from Natural Timbre
20. Golden Years [Howe] from Natural Timbre
21. Curls & Swirls [Howe] from Natural Timbre
22. Well, Well, Well [Dylan/O'Keefe] from Portraits of Bob Dylan
23. Lost for Words [Howe] from Natural Timbre
24. Going, Going, Gone [Dylan] from Portraits of Bob Dylan

Notes:  A compilation mainly from Howe's recent solo albums Portraits of Bob Dylan, Natural Timbre, Quantum Guitar, plus two older pieces with Paul Sutin from Voyagers and Seraphim. It is one of those compilations that seems more determined by what material was easy to license rather than any aesthetic choices, but it is decent enough as a sampler of Howe's late nineties work. The cover is spectacularly generic, including a vaguely Jon Anderson-like figure on the back for no apparent reason. (HP, 7 Dec 03)


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