Aerial Boundaries

by Michael Hedges

Aerial Boundaries cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 18 June 1984
  • Label: Windham Hill
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 37:47
  • Community rating: 3.93/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Recorded directly to two-track tape with no overdubs, this acoustic masterclass revolutionized modern fingerstyle guitar technique. Hedges employs unorthodox alternate tunings, two-handed tapping, and percussive body slaps to extract a full, symphonic sound from a single instrument. The record brought immense prestige to the Windham Hill label and fundamentally shifted the boundaries of solo acoustic performance.

Genres

Descriptors: Folk, Acoustic, technical, acoustic, instrumental, atmospheric, guitars, folk, virtuosic, melodic

Tracklist

  1. Aerial Boundaries (4:40)
  2. Bensusan (2:31)
  3. Rickover's Dream (4:50)
  4. Ragamuffin (3:13)
  5. After the Gold Rush (4:09)
  6. Hot Type (1:31)
  7. Spare Change (5:46)
  8. M茅nage 脿 Trois (7:07)
  9. The Magic Farmer (3:55)

Credits

  • Michael Manring - fretless bass
  • Neil Young - written-by
  • Mindy Rosenfeld - flute

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