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Mosaics (album)




  Type Album
  Artist Mark Heard
  Cover MosaicsAlbumjpg
  Background orange
  Released 1985
  Recorded Fingerprint Recorders <br/> Montrose, California
  Genre Folk / Rock
  Label Home Sweet Home Records
  Producer Mark Heard
  Last Album Ashes And Light <br/>(1984)
  This Album '''''Mosaics''''' <br/> (1985)
  Next Album '' Tribal Opera '' <br/> (1987)


''Mosaics'' is the title of an album by Mark Heard , released in 1985 on Home Sweet Home Records .


THE ALBUM COVER

The cover art included a Mosaic of a photo of Heard. The photo was cut up into tiny squares. Each square section was then sent to various friends, musicians and onlookers to paint or scribble on. The pieces were then brought back together and reassembled in a computer for the final album cover. The cover artists were Tim Alderson, Bill Batstone , Christian Benz, T-Bone Burnett , Tim Chandler , Nancy Clark, Dave de Coup-Crank, Terry Currin, Vernettie Currin, Alex Disch, David Edwards , Rowena Emmett-Stelmach, Maria Finch, Margrit Geissler, Peter Geissler, Hansruedi Graf, Heard's wife Janet, Heard's parents Jean & John Heard, Mark Heard, Susan Heard, Actor Jerry Houser , Tom Howard , Tonio K. , Barry Miller Kaye , Martin Kurz, L'Abri volunteers, Christa Laderach, Peter Laderach, Angy von Lerber, Jean Daniel von Lerber, Ed McTaggart , John Mehler , Lynda Mehler, Sye & Ina Mitchell, Leslie Phillips , Gian Sandri, Prisca Sandri, Edith Schaeffer, David Stelmach, Randy Stonehill , Terry Scott Taylor , Pam Terry, Pat Terry , Christie Tickner, David Tickner, Ray and Sue Ware.

Front Cover concept by Tim Alderson. Cover design and computer art by Mark Heard. Photographs by Stewart Ivester.


THE BAND

  • Mark Heard: Electric 6 and 12 string guitars, Acoustic guitars, and lead guitar, Bass guitars, vocals, and assorted sounds.

  • John Mehler : Drums.

  • David McSparran : Simmons Drums on "Power of Love" and "Miracle."

  • David Mansfield : Lead guitar on "Heart of Hearts", "Schizo", "I Want You", and "Forever".

  • Bill Batstone : Bass guitar on "Forever", general hanging out.

  • Harry Stinson : Percussion and Simmons drums.

  • Buddy Rufus Greene : Harmonica on "All is Not Lost" and "The Golden Age."

  • Tom Howard : Synthesizer on "Golden Age", "Schizo", and "All is Not Lost."

  • Barry Miller Kaye : Organ on "Forever."


Background Vocals by Mark Heard and Leslie Phillips , on except: "Schizophrenia": Mark Heard and Dave de Coup-Crank and on "Miracle": Mark Heard and Dori Howard.


PRODUCTION NOTES

Produced, Engineered, Mixed and Arranged by Mark Heard at Fingerprint. Punch-in's by: Janet Heard, Dave de Coup Crank, Nick van Maarth, Tim Alderson.

All songs written by Mark Heard, except "Power Of Love" by T-Bone Burnett and "Miracle" by Tonio K.


TRACK LISTING


Side One

# "With Broken Wings"
# "Schizophrenia"
# "All Is Not Lost"
# "Heart On the Line"
# "He Plays the Game"


Side Two

# "The Golden Age"
# "The Power Of Love "
# "I Want You"
# "It Will Not Be Like This Forever"
# "Miracle"