On Turning to Dust

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On Turning To Dust
On Turning To Dust cover
Studio album by Mark Heard
Released 1975 / 1978
Recorded Lemco Studios
Genre Folk/Rock
Label Solid Rock Records
Producer Mark Heard
Mark Heard chronology
Setting Yesterday Free
(1972)
On Turning To Dust
(1975/1978)
Appalachian Melody
(1979)

Mark Heard is the title of the first solo album by Mark Heard, originally released in 1975, and rereleased as On Turning To Dust on Solid Rock Records in 1978.

A limited edition CDR reissue of the original Mark Heard album was released to fans in 1998 through Fingerprint Records.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Mark Heard, except "Cabin in Gloryland" by O. A. Parris, writer /Cpl. Curtis Stewart. "Greensleeves interlude" is a 16th Century English Melody. "There is a Fountain" is an Early American melody, words by William Cowper, 1771. "Passion Chorale" is by Hans Leo Hassler, 1601; harmony by J. S. Bach, 1729, words by Bernard of Clairvaux, eleventh Century. "Dinner at Grandma's" - by Mark Heard, Pat Terry, Jeff Vansant, Wayne King. All other songs by Mark Heard.

[edit] Side one

  1. "On Turning To Dust"
  2. "Dinner At Grandma's"
  3. "Cabin In Gloryland"
  4. "A Friend"
  5. "Lullabye"

[edit] Side two

  1. "Solid Rock"
  2. "To Diane"
  3. "Interlude (Traditional: Greensleeves & There Is A Fountain)"
  4. "The Road"
  5. "Interlude (Traditional: Passion Chorale)"
  6. "All"
Original Cover of "Mark Heard"
Original Cover of "Mark Heard"

[edit] The Band

  • Mark Heard: Guitars, vocals, piano, synthesizer and hambone.
  • Earl Grigsby: Bass. Frank Godby: Banjo.
  • John Heinrich: Pedal Steel.
  • Chuck Long: Sandblocks.
  • Jim Pennington: Percussion.
  • Strings arranged by Dave Aldrich and performed by the Lamay String Quartet.

[edit] Production notes

  • Engineer: Cecil Jones.
  • Photography and cover design by Mark and Janet Sue Heard.
  • Recorded at Lemco Studios, Lexington, Kentucky.