By the Dawn's Early Light
Encyclopedia
By the Dawn's Early Light is an album
by composer Harold Budd
. It was first released in 1991 by the Warner Bros.
and Wea
record labels, and subsequently re-released with new cover art in 2006 by All Saints Records
. The album is typical of Budd's signature minimalist style, and features several short poems, each read by Budd himself..
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
by composer Harold Budd
Harold Budd
Harold Budd is an American ambient/avant-garde composer and poet. Born in Los Angeles, he was raised in the Mojave Desert, and was inspired at an early age by the humming tone caused by wind blown across telephone wires....
. It was first released in 1991 by the Warner Bros.
Warner Bros. Records
Warner Bros. Records Inc. is an American record label. It was the foundation label of the present-day Warner Music Group, and now operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of that corporation. It maintains a close relationship with its former parent, Warner Bros. Pictures, although the two companies...
and Wea
Wea
The Wea were a Miami-Illinois-speaking tribe originally located in western Indiana, closely related to the Miami. The name Wea is used today as the a shortened version of their many recorded names...
record labels, and subsequently re-released with new cover art in 2006 by All Saints Records
All Saints Records
All Saints Records is a British independent record label. It was established in 1991 by Dominic Norman-Taylor. They have published Ambient music from the likes of Brian Eno or Biosphere.-History:...
. The album is typical of Budd's signature minimalist style, and features several short poems, each read by Budd himself..
Track listing
- "Aztec Hotel (Poem)" – 1:33
- "Boy About 10" – 4:59
- "Arcadia" – 2:00
- "Dead Horse Alive with Flies" – 3:40
- "The Photo of Santiago McKinn" – 6:55
- "The Corpse at the Shooting Gallery" – 2:57
- "Albion Farewell" – 2:38
- "Distant Lights of Olancha Recede (Poem)" - 1:27
- "Down the Slopes to the Meadow" - 7:39
- "She Dances by the Light of the Silvery Moon" - 2:12
- "Blind Bird" - 2:03
- "Saint's Name Spoken" - 3:59
- "The Place of Dead Roads" - 4:50
- "A Child in a Sylvan Field" - 3:36
- "Boy About 10 (Poem)" - 1:18
- "Wings (Poem)" - 0:37
- "Advent (Poem)" - 0:49