Sun, Salt and Time is the fifth full length album

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 by Canadian

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 singer-songwriter

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 and guitarist

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 Bruce Cockburn

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Bruce Douglas Cockburn OC is a Canadian folk/rock guitarist and singer-songwriter. His most recent album was released in March 2011. He has written songs in styles ranging from folk to jazz-influenced rock to rock and roll.-Biography:...

; released in late 1974 on True North Records

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. The album was recorded in Toronto

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, Ontario

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 at Thunder Sound studio between May and August 1974; except the songs "Salt, Sun and Time" and "Rouler Sa Bosse" which were mixed at Manta Sound with Leo DeCarlo.

Track listing

All songs written by Bruce Cockburn except where noted.

1. "All the Diamonds in the World" – 2:42
2. "Salt, Sun and Time" – 3:10
3. "Don't Have to Tell You Why" – 4:33
4. "Stained Glass" – 3:14
5. "Rouler Sa Bosse" – 3:47
6. "Never So Free" – 4:01
7. "Seeds on the Wind" (Bruce Cockburn, Eugene Martynec) – 7:04
8. "It Won't Be Long" – 3:48
9. "Christmas Song" – 3:53

Personnel

• Bruce Cockburn
  Bruce Cockburn
  Bruce Douglas Cockburn OC is a Canadian folk/rock guitarist and singer-songwriter. His most recent album was released in March 2011. He has written songs in styles ranging from folk to jazz-influenced rock to rock and roll.-Biography:...
  
   – guitar
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  , composer
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  , vocals
• Gene Martynec
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   – synthesizer
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  , guitar, producer
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• Jack Zaza – clarinet
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• Bruce Anthony – producer
• Bill Seddon – engineer
• Vic Anesini – mastering
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• Leo DeCarlo – mixing
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• Lyle Wachovsky – photography
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• Marcel Moussette – translation
• Bernie Finkelstein – direction