Origins, by Jim Haptonstahl

Origins

by Jim Haptonstahl

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1.	Spring Chant 04:37	info	buy track
2.	Along the Shoreline 03:09	info	buy track
3.	Games [Live at Knox College] 07:57	info	buy track
4.	Testimonial [Ode to Helen] 03:15	info	buy track
5.	An Apocalyptic Love Song 03:26	info	buy track
6.	Cold White Eye 03:45	info	buy track
7.	Up and Down 04:07	info	buy track
8.	To the Sun 05:43	info	buy track
9.	A Shrouded Sea 05:44	info	buy track
10.	7th Recurring Dream [from 1977] 05:40	info	buy track

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Sampling of early original tunes from Jim Haptonstahl's 1977 song cycle "7th Recurring Dream". Reflects an eclectic approach to the singer-songwriter idiom, ranging from romantic reveries to lovelorn laments, from imagistic meditations to jazzy excursions with shifting time signatures...and more.

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released September 15, 1977

All words & music by Jim Haptonstahl. Jim Hap on vocals, acoustic guitar. GUEST ARTIST: Robert E. Lee - flute on "Games [Live at Knox College]". Recorded mostly in living room of David "Bernie" Berntson, Galesburg IL. Cover photo by Mark Schulte

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Jim Haptonstahl Oak Park, Illinois

Singer-songwriter Jim Haptonstahl creates a swirling tapestry of sound, evoking images of prairie land and sky-scapes mixed with voyages into deep recesses of the soul. With an assortment of six and twelve string guitars, vocal harmonies, percussion, and myriad other instruments, Haptonstahl explores a wide and eclectic sonic spectrum...from the meditative to the edgy, and always heartfelt. ... more

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