Watercourse Way

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Watercourse Way
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Studio album by
Released1976 / 1985
RecordedNovember 1975 / May 1985
Length41:41
Label Passport/ABC, Windham Hill (1985 reissue)
Shadowfax chronology
Watercourse Way
(1976)
Shadowfax
(1982)

Watercourse Way is the debut album by Chicago progressive rock/new-age band Shadowfax, released in 1976 on Passport Records (and subsequently re-released by Windham Hill in 1985). [1]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "The Shape of a Word" (G. E. Stinson) – 7:29
  2. "Linear Dance" (Stinson) – 5:51
  3. "Petite Aubade" (Chuck Greenberg, Stinson) – 5:59
  4. "Book of Hours" (Doug Maluchnik) – 6:37
  5. "Watercourse Way" (Greenberg, Stinson) – 6:04
  6. "Song for My Brother" (Stinson) – 9:41

Personnel

Shadowfax [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Shadowfax, Watercourse Way, allmusic.com