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by Laurasia
  • original LP release June 1, 1978
  • expanded CD release Sept. 1, 1996
  • Wild Orchard WOLC 001
Spanning ballad & samba, string-jazz & acoustic fusion, vocal & instrumental, this rare mix of acoustic guitars, violin, voice, reeds & bass defined the creative collage of the "new acoustic movement."

The New Haven Advocate called ERC's music "lush meanderings with a steely counterpoint and classical dignity... Rule-breaking, category-denying music with intriguing textures, immersed in the fusion of east & west."

Unavailable since the early 80's, this expanded recording now includes previously unreleased live & studio cuts and has been remastered for CD.

Produced by Patrick Noonan
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1 The Sphinx in
her Stable		     John Houshmand, Jonathan Levi, Patrick Noonan
2 Run Away     Laura Teller
3 Twilight Barking  
 
 Levi, Houshmand
4 Gopher Goes Hawaii     Terry Butler
5 Laurasia
 
   Houshmand, Levi, Noonan
6 Song  
 
 Noonan
7 The Funeral Swing     Houshmand, Noonan
8 Entropical Paradise     Houshmand, Levi, Noonan
9 Sarah Vail  
 
 Noonan
10 Erika's Tears
 
 
 Houshmand
11 Lithuanian Farewell     Houshmand, Noonan
12 Wind and Rain
 
   Noonan
Read what the press, record companies and radio stations said about the original LP release:
  • New Haven (Ct.) Advocate, 8/16/78: "Immersed in the Fusion of East and West" [link to full review]
  • Don Silver, Arista Records: "Creative & tasteful... talented writer/performers involved"
  • WSCV/WSLE (Peterborough, NH): "Everyone here at WSLE is enjoying the music of The East River Consort very much and the album is receiving medium to heavy airplay. "Laurasia" will be our feature album on Monday, June 11."
  • WWUH (Hartford, Conn.): "Laurasia... has been getting heavy airplay, almost since the day it was put into the new bin. Our jocks are in love with it and so is the audience. People have been calling constantly, trying to find the album... Crossover is high - both rock and jazz announcers are playing the album. In other words, we love it!!!
  • KUNM (Albuquerque, NM): "East River #2 is as good as #1, which means we'll be playing it a lot."

Have YOU heard East River Consort? If you've got some comments that we can add to this section - just a few words, or a full review - please send them to:
Original Credits:

    Recorded at Connecticut Recording Studios, Bridgeport, CT, April-May 1978

    Engineered by John Convertino

    Cover Photos: John Houshmand, Patrick Noonan

    Group Photographs: Robert Tobey

    Thanks to: Billy Rose, The Brotherhood of Thieves, our friends on the Island, Hilary & Erik, The New Haven Advocate, and the Gothic Zoo from whence we came

Expanded CD Reissue Credits:

    Digital Reconstruction by Bruce Bennett, Exocet Productions, Atlanta, GA, Jan.-Apr. 1996

    Gopher Goes Hawaii, The Funeral Swing, and Lithuanian Farewell recorded live at The Barleyneck Inn, Orleans, MA, Sept. 1979. Remixed by Bruce Bennett

    CD Mastering by Hoyt Dooley III, DiskMastering, Nashville, TN

    CD Design: Night Sky Studio Ltd., Atlanta

    More gratitude and thanks to: Southern Trax, Doug Wolfe, Paul Winter, Peter Noonan, David Geffen, WPKN, WYBC, KUNM, KCFR, Bob Tobey, Elaine Creasman Penn


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