Performer: Paul Winter
Genre: Electronic / Jazz / Folk, World, & Country
Album: Whales Alive
Released: 1986
Style: New Age, Field Recording, Modern Classical, Folk
MP3 version ZIP size: 1346 mb
FLAC version RAR size: 1823 mb
WMA version ZIP size: 1606 mb
Rating: 4.4
Votes: 457
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1	Whales Weep Not! (Overture) Cello – Eugene FriesenEnglish Horn – Nancy RumbelGuitar – Jim Scott Harmonium – Viki Sylva*Organ – Paul HalleyRead By – Leonard NimoySarrusophone [E-flat Contrabass], Soprano Saxophone – Paul Winter Tambora – Ted MooreWords By – D.H. Lawrence*Written-By – Humpback Whale, Jim Scott , P. Winter*	7:43
2	Dawnwatch Organ – Paul HalleyRead By – Leonard NimoySoprano Saxophone – Paul Winter Words By – Elizabeth KemfWritten-By – R. Payne*, Humpback Whale, P. Winter*	3:47
3	George And Gracie Talking Drum [Giant] – P. Winter*Written-By – R. Payne*, Humpback Whale, P. Winter*	2:07
4	Turning Piano – Paul HalleyRead By – Leonard NimoySoprano Saxophone – Paul Winter Words By – Gary SnyderWritten-By – Paul Halley	4:02
5	Concerto For Whale And Organ Organ – Paul HalleyWritten-By – R. Payne*, Humpback Whale, P. Winter*	6:32
6	Humphrey's Blues Organ – Paul HalleySoprano Saxophone – Paul Winter Written-By – R. Payne*, Humpback Whale, P. Halley*, P. Winter*	3:38
7	Queequeg And I - The Water Is Wide Percussion – Ted MooreRead By – Leonard NimoySoprano Saxophone – Paul Winter Words By – Herman MelvilleWritten-By – Humpback Whale, P. Winter*	6:43
8	Ocean Dream Bass – Gary KingCello, Cello [8-string Electric] – David DarlingDrums [Water Drum] – Laudir de OliveiraGuitar [Steel String] – John GuthOrgan, Synthesizer [Moog], Bass, Tambora – Robert ChappellRead By – Leonard NimoySoprano Saxophone – Paul Winter Surdo [Brazilian], Caixa [Grand Cassa], Percussion [Traps] – Steve GaddWords By – Herman MelvilleWritten-By – Humpback Whale, P. Winter*	6:49
9	The Voyage Home (Finale) Organ – Paul HalleyPercussion – Ted MooreRead By – Leonard NimoySoprano Saxophone – Paul Winter Words By – Roger Payne*Written-By – R. Payne*, Humpback Whale, P. Hally*	6:27

Credits

• Creative Director – Roger Payne*
• Design [Album Design] – Bob Cato
• Edited By [Additional Editing] – Les Kahn, Tom Lewis
• Mastered By – Bill Kipper
• Mixed By – Chris Brown, Glen Kolotkin
• Mixed By [Assisted By] – Paul Briggs, Tom Lewis
• Narrator – Leonard Nimoy
• Photography By [Cover Photo] – Bob Talbot
• Producer – Roger Payne*, Paul Winter
• Recorded By – Chris Brown
• Recorded By [Assisted By - Audio West] – Bill Burke
• Recorded By [Assisted By - Effanel Music Remote Truck] – John Harris, Mark Shane, Randy Ezratty
• Recorded By [Assisted By - Rby Studio] – Evan Jones
• Recorded By [Assisted By] – Connie Kieltyka, Tom Lewis
• Recorded By [Grand Canyon] – Mickey Houlihan
• Recorded By [Manhattan Sound] – Glenn Berger

Notes

Recorded January 1987 in the Cathedral of St.John the Divine, New York City. Additional Recording with Effanel Music remote truck, at Audio West, at Manhattan Sound, at RBY Studio and in the Grand Canyon. Mixed at Living Music Studio.

For recordings of humpback whales, special thanks to the Center for Coastal Studies, the New york Zoological Society, Katherine Payne, Roger Payne, Peter Tyack and Frank Watlington.

Mastered at Masterdisk, New York City.

"This album dedicated to the memory of Frank Watlington of Bermuda. Friend, engineer, and lover of whales, his recordings of humpback whales were the first heard by most of us. They are still unsurpassed. His generosity made them available to all the world."

Track 1: Reading from from D.H.Lawrence, "Whales Weep Not!", from the Complate Poems of D.H.Lawrence. Originally recorded as "Lullaby from the Mother Whale for the Seal Pups" for Paul Winter's Callings (LM 0001).

Track 2: This whale is several miles in the distance.

Track 3: "George" and "Gracie" are the nicknames of the two whales who star in Star Trek IV.

Track 4: Reading "Mother Earth, Her Whales ," from Turtle Island.

Track 7: Reading from "Moby Dick", Chapter XLVII.

Track 9: Reading from "Moby Dick", Chapter CXVI. Originally recorded for Paul Winter's Common Ground (A&M SP-4698).

Track 10: Reading from "The Voyage Home".

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 0 1048-80013-2 1

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
LD0013	Paul Winter / Paul Halley, Leonard Nimoy	Paul Winter / Paul Halley, Leonard Nimoy - Whales Alive ‎(CD, Album)	Living Music	LD0013	US	1987
320.056	Paul Winter / Paul Halley	Paul Winter / Paul Halley - Whales Alive ‎(LP, Album)	Living Music, Sbk Songs	320.056	Brazil	1986
LD-0013	Paul Winter / Paul Halley	Paul Winter / Paul Halley - Whales Alive ‎(CD, Album)	Living Music	LD-0013	US	1986
D32Y5072	Paul Winter / Paul Halley, Leonard Nimoy	Paul Winter / Paul Halley, Leonard Nimoy - Whales Alive ‎(CD, Album)	Living Music	D32Y5072	Japan	1987
LC0013	Paul Winter / Paul Halley	Paul Winter / Paul Halley - Whales Alive ‎(Cass, Album)	Living Music	LC0013	US	1987