Scenes from the South Island

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Scenes from the South Island
Roy Montgomery - Scenes from the South Island.jpg
Studio album by
Released5 September 1995 (1995-09-05)
RecordedDecember 1994 (1994-12) – February 1995 (1995-02)
Studio324 East 13th Street
(New York City, NY)
Genre Post-rock
Length51:51
Label Drunken Fish
Roy Montgomery chronology
Scenes from the South Island
(1995)
Temple IV
(1996)
Professional ratings
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Scenes from the South Island is the debut studio album of guitarist and composer Roy Montgomery, released on 5 September 1995 by Drunken Fish Records. The album was remastered and reissued on 29 November 2019 by Liz Harris' label, Yellow Electric. [2] The reissue includes three additional songs not present on the original release, and also clarifies the proper titles and running order of the original songs.

Contents

Track listing

1995 Release

All music is composed by Roy Montgomery.

No.TitleLength
1."Along the Main Divide"3:26
2."Clear Night, Port Hills"4:01
3."Twilight Conversation"10:04
4."Rainshadow Near Christchurch"5:06
5."Rain Receding"4:43
6."Escape Velocity"4:59
7."The Barracuda Sequence"1:47
8."Downtown to Vesuvio"1:23
9."The Road to Diamond Harbour"4:56
10."Winding It Out in the High Country"4:25
11."Norwester Head-On/The Last Kakapo Dreams of Flying"7:01

2019 Reissue

All music is composed by Roy Montgomery.

No.TitleLength
1."Along the Main Divide"3:26
2."Clear Night, Port Hills"4:01
3."Twilight Conversation"10:04
4."Rainshadow Near Christchurch"5:04
5."Rain Receding"4:45
6."Escape Velocity"4:59
7."Downtown To Vesuvio"1:46
8."The Road to Diamond Harbour"1:22
9."Winding It Out in the High Country"4:55
10."Norwester Head-On"4:23
11."The Last Kakapo Dreams of Flying"6:51
12."Hollyford Valley Day 1"5:22
13."Hollyford Valley Day 2"5:52
14."Hollyford Valley Day 3"5:14

Personnel

Adapted from the Scenes from the South Island liner notes. [3]

Production and additional personnel

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
United States 1995 Drunken Fish CD, LP DFR-22
United States 2019Yellow Electric [2] LP, Bandcamp

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References

  1. Jurek, Thom. "Roy Montgomery: Scenes from the South Island > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
  2. 1 2 Bruce-Jones, Henry (29 October 2019). "Grouper's Yellow Electric to reissue Roy Montgomery's debut Scenes From The South Island". FACT. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  3. Scenes from the South Island (booklet). Roy Montgomery. San Francisco, California: Drunken Fish Records. 1995.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)