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Ring Of The Dolphin is an album by German cross-cultural new age band Cusco. It was released originally in 1989 as Ring der Delphine under the Prudence label, but was completely re-recorded in 1996 and released on Higher Octave as this album.
The liner notes have a long story that traces the history of rings with dolphins on them, from antiquity to the construction of the Suez Canal, claiming to be from an upcoming novel which so far has not been released. Compared to other Cusco albums, Ring of the Dolphin is much more varied, and ranges in style from Celtic to almost Medieval, whilst conceptually focusing on the ancient Mediterranean. This album contains the complete "Bur Said" (Port Said; pronounced "sa-EED") and "Djebel at Tarik", which were considerably shortened for the classic Water Stories release. Compared to the original Ring der Delphine, the tracks have a more clear, crystalline sound quality to them, but there are some other sight changes as well. For instance, Waters of Cesme originally had a certain percussive beat in the middle of the song that has been removed for this version, and Bur Said has a bassier sound and some of the melodies in the very ending section have been removed so that the track fades back into solo guitar.
[edit] Track listing
- "Ring of the Dolphin"
- "Methos"
- "The Spell"
- "Waters Of Cesme"
- "Djebel At Tarik"
- "Bur Said"
- "Children's Crusade"
- "Ring Of The Dolphin Reprise"
[edit] Album credits
- Kristian Schultze – Arranger, engineer
- Stefan Loiperdinger – Art direction
- Jochen Scheffter – Engineer
- Svend Nissen – Graphic design
- Cusco – Main performer
- Michael Holm – Arranger, producer
- Johann Danzen – Guitar
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