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©
2011 Jeff Wyatt (SOCAN), arranged by Jeff Wyatt .
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Single
Title:
MIND THE TIME
Label:
Cardboard Alley Music
Catalogue
No.:
CAM-005
Release
Date:
December 16, 2011.
Availability:
This single is available for mp3 download at
CD Baby,
iTunes,
and a host of other music download sites.
Produced
by:
Jeff Wyatt
Recorded
at:
Cardboard Alley Music recording
facility, Burnaby BC, 2011
Engineered
& Mixed by:
Jeff Wyatt
Mastered
with:
T-RackS 3
Deluxe
Original
Art ("paper crane") by:
Tina Martel
Cover
Design by:
Jeff Wyatt
Particulars:
Second digital single release of 2011. Guitar performed by
Jeff Wyatt. Midi bass and midi percussion programmed by
Jeff Wyatt. Recorded
on a dual processor PowerMac G5. Software used
included
Digidesign
Pro Tools and a
host of IK Multimedia processors
available in
T-RackS 3
Deluxe.
This guitar instrumental was used as the soundtrack for the
video "EXCELSIOR #004"
produced by Mike Freda of Mike Freda Productions
for
pro bike builder Paul Brodie, owner of
Flashback Fabrications
Ltd.
This video can be viewed on YouTube.
MIND THE TIME is dedicated to Jeff's artist cousin, the
lovely and talented Tina Martel.
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Single
Title:
MAX AND THE SQUIRREL
Label:
Cardboard Alley Music
Catalogue
No.:
CAM-004
Release
Date:
August 1st, 2011.
Availability:
This single is available for mp3 download at
CD Baby,
iTunes,
Amazon
and a host of other music download sites.
Produced
by:
Jeff Wyatt
Recorded
at:
Cardboard Alley Music recording
facility, Burnaby BC, 2009
Engineered
& Mixed by:
Jeff Wyatt
Mastered
with:
T-RackS 3
Deluxe
Art
Work & Cover Design by:
Jeff Wyatt
Photography
by:
Jeff Wyatt
Particulars:
First digital single release. Guitar, midi bass and midi
percussion performed by Jeff Wyatt. Recorded
on a dual processor PowerMac G5. Software used
included
Digidesign
Pro Tools and
Miroslav Philharmonik
and a
host of IK Multimedia processors
available in
T-RackS 3
Deluxe.
'MAX AND THE SQUIRREL' is the story of a beloved dog who
especially loved chasing squirrels. The story is "told" as
a guitar instrumental with percussion and upright bass
accompaniment. To add to the fun of the upbeat music, Max's
bark is interspersed within the tune. Max has the final say
at the conclusion of the track. The overall musical style
is a mix of finger-style jazz guitar, classical guitar with
World Fusion rhythms.
The music was used as the musical soundtrack for the
popular video "Bike Frame Building School 101" by Mike
Freda.
This video can be found on YouTube as
well as on Brodie Bikes
website.
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Listen to the complete album below
All compositions © 2011 Jeff Wyatt (SOCAN),
except Over the Line © 2011 Jeff Wyatt, Stan Dorsett and Jim Folk (SOCAN).
All arrangements by Jeff Wyatt .
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Album Title:
PEOPLE DO BLUES
Label:
Cardboard Alley Music
Catalogue
No.:
CAM-003
Release
Date:
January 31st, 2011.
Availability:
This album is available as CD &/or digital download
at
CD Baby,
iTunes,
Amazon,
Rhapsody,
Napster,
CD universe
and a host of other music download sites.
Produced
by:
Jeff Wyatt
Recorded
at:
Cardboard Alley Music recording
facility, Burnaby BC, between 2007 and
2010.
Musical
help:
Bass guitar in
Over the Line performed
by Stan Dorsett. Organ in
Over the Line performed
by Jim Folk. Crowd sounds in
Over the Line recorded
by Brett Green.
Engineered & Mixed by:
Jeff Wyatt
Mastered
with:
T-RackS 3 Deluxe
and
Bias Peak 6 LE.
Art
Work & Cover Design by:
Jeff and Janice Wyatt
Photography
by:
Stephanie Pruneau (front cover), Warren Reinheimer (back
cover) and Bev Barry (CD image).
CD
Replication, Printing & Packaging managed
by: Disc Makers
Particulars:
4th solo album. Vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, bass
and keyboards performed by Jeff Wyatt. Other Musical Help
listed above. Digital percussion programmed by Jeff
Wyatt. Recorded
on a dual processor PowerMac G5. Software used
included
Digidesign
Pro Tools,
GarageBand,
Amplitube,
Reason,
Sampletank,
Miroslav Philharmonik
and a
host of IK Multimedia processors
available in
T-RackS 3
Deluxe.
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ALBUM
REVIEWS
LINK TO: Jeff Wyatt - PEOPLE DO BLUES,
Province Review, Vancouver, April 10th, 2011 - by Tom
Harrison
Though
Wyatt has taken three years to produce this album, blues
has been around a lot longer and has created traditions and
modes of expression this record only begins to explore.
Wyatt sings and plays with charm and those who favour a
flavourful approach to swampy and slide guitar driven
blues-rock to flashy but sterile blues (the curse of most
contemporary blues) will like this record. The two minor
reservations that prevent the album from being a killer is
that, one, most of the 14 tracks come in at five minutes
each. He could have tightened up the arrangements, done
some editing or dropped a few tracks. The other is that
Wyatt can be sentimental ("That's My Mom") or trite
("Tequila On My Shoes"). However, the honesty is part of
the album's appeal and if you've spent three years on
an album, you grow attached to the tracks as they
are.
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PEOPLE DO BLUES was reviewed by veteran music journalist
Ron Bervoets at the Belgium site
ROOTSTIME. Ron
has had the pleasure of interviewing blues legends who
include Jim Suhler,
Warren Haynes,
Johnny Winter and
John Mayall).
ROOTSTIME is a
non-profit internet magazine and internet radio station.
LINK TO: Jeff Wyatt - PEOPLE DO BLUES,
Rootstime Review, Belgium, March 2011 - by Ron
Bervoets
Below is
an English translation:
Jeff
Wyatt a guitarist and singer from the Canadian west coast
has been in the music business for 40 years, at first
during the 70’s with a band named Eden. In the nineties his
first solo cd, "Flight of the Hawk" and 4 years later "The
Bullfrog Session" (which can downloaded for free from his
site). After that Jeff went quiet on the musical front. In
2004 he met the songwriter, Barry Greenfield, and they
became the Greenfield Wyatt duo and recorded "Songs from
the Rothstein".
It
was in 2008 that I got to know Jeff Wyatt. I got his 3rd
solo cd that was titled: "Reflections at every Corner". His
cd is highly recommended here at Rootstime and today his
latest cd: "People do Blues" gets played a lot on our cd
player. The predecessor was a cd that stood out for it's
variety of styles, with influences from Jeff Beck and even
Celtic sounding songs, but this time Jeff has resolutely
opted for the blues and nothing but the blues...in all
facets, with emphasis on the slide guitar. His main
influencess here are Ry Cooder, David Lindley, Sonny
Landreth and Mark Knopfler and this is very clear on this
cd. His recordings are done in a basement studio aptly
named "Concrete Studios".
What
strikes you from the first time you listen is the crafty,
prominent sounding deep slide sounds in all the songs. A
sound in the opening song "People do Blues" which resembles
Mark Knopfler's "Money for Nothing" and a beautiful
instrumental sound midway in the cd "Bodhi Surfing" is a
similar approach. It is obviously inspired by Mark
Knopfler. In the next track, the beautiful "I just got the
News" he sounds like a mix between Sonny Landreth and
Ry Cooder and he mimics the sound of these 2 top guitar
players effortlessly.
In
Acoustic Delta Blues we can hear his tribute to Robert
Lee Burnside simply called "RL Burnside Blues". TO QUOTE
RL'S OWN WORDS: "Well, well, well". But it gets
better because "Chasing my Tail" surpasses everything prior
effortlessly. Intense deep-sounding slide sounds, topped
with Jeff's deep, warm voice. I know I am
repeating myself but again Ry Cooder's influence is heard
and even more in the next track "Longing by the River" a
beautiful gospel song full of beautiful deep slide sounds.
On the lyrical side you are struck by Jeff’s "tongue in
cheek" humor that brings a regular smile to your face as
you listen to his beautiful slide guitar. The song "Tequila
on my shoes" is good example of
this.
Of
course we are not going to analyze all 14 songs on "People
do Blues" here bit by bit as it will take too long. I am
going to leave it up to you to discover this Joy for
yourself. But we can say that Jeff keeps up this momentum
in the rest of the songs and we can definitely recommend
"Over the Line" where the slide sounds come to play. After
yet another evening of listening to this cd we come to the
conclusion: Some people do blues... some really good!
(Ron)
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LINK TO: Jeff Wyatt - PEOPLE DO BLUES,
Bealstreet Review, Belgium, April 10th, 2011 - by
Francois Braeken (a.k.a. SWA)
Below is an English translation:
People
Do Blues ...... and those people are always welcome in
Belgium Beale Street. Jeff Wyatt has been around for nearly
a half century in the Canadian music scene but in our
country is still a noble stranger/unknown. Hopefully this
will change with the album "People Do Blues' because not
only was Norbert Theodore Wyatt, just as the undersigned,
born in 1955 - please note, the year rock & roll was
born - but it is a great showcase for Blues Comes in many
styles and with many faces. "People do Blues" has fourteen
self-written (original) songs which are all at home in the
wide range of country blues, Southern rock blues, New
Orleans blues and Chicago blues. People do blues ...... the
title track and the instrumentals "Bodhi Surfing," "Butt
Burger Boogie" might bring to mind Mark Knopfler and
together with Brendan Croker introduce a new lease of life
to The Notting Hillbillies and maybe provide for guitar /
virtuoso Jeff Wyatt a place to provide a guest / support
act .....
That the man (guitar / slide) knows what he is doing is
underlined with bravado on "I Just Got the News", "Chasing
My Tail" with its beautiful country blues ode to
"Mississippi" RL Burnside and "That's My Mom" (dedicated
to his mother on her 80th birthday). People who swear by
Sonny Landreth, Ry Cooder & David Lindley will probably
change tacks on ( or: change their loyalties to..) Wyatt's
"Swamp Rat Blues", "Give me one more drink, Over The Line"
and "Tequila On My Shoes". "Sing & Play Some Blues" à
Jeff Wyatt - supplemented by some "Whistle in the Dark" -
and the world suddenly looks much nicer. (SWA)
Ps, a fun,
informative link how this album came about;
http://miccontrol.com/#/micschool/recording-in-the-home-jeff-wyatt/
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Listen to the complete album below
All compositions © 2008 Jeff Wyatt (SOCAN),
except Albania © 2008 Jeff Wyatt and Camille Miller (SOCAN).
All arrangements by Jeff Wyatt.
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Album Title:
REFLECTIONS AT EVERY CORNER
Label:
Cardboard Alley Music
Catalogue
No.:
CAM-001
Release
Date:
March 7th, 2008.
Availability:
This album is available as CD &/or digital download,
at
CD Baby,
iTunes,
earBuzz,
Rhapsody,
Napster,
Amazon,
CD universe
and a host of other music download
sites.
Produced
by:
Jeff Wyatt
Recorded
at:
Druid Studios, New
Westminster BC and
Cardboard Alley Music recording
facility, Coquitlam BC, between 2004 and
2007.
Musical
help:
Harmonica in
Corae Corae performed
by John Evoy. Additional back up vocals in
Corae Corae performed
by Janice Wyatt, Rene Berard, Greg Dreysko, Hal Hand,
Gordie Schultz, Roberta Mullen, Greg Bjork, Anne Leaman and
John Evoy.
Back up vocals in
Albania performed
by
Camille Miller.
Engineered
& Mixed by:
Jeff Wyatt
Mastered
by:
Jamie Sitar at
Suite Sound
Labs,
Vancouver.
Art
Work & Cover Design by:
John Evoy
Photography
by:
Janice Wyatt and Steve Kotyk
CD
Replication, Printing & Packaging managed
by: Seth
Goldberg and
Digital Media
Alliance,
Vancouver.
Particulars:
First solo album in 14 years. Vocals, acoustic and electric
guitars, bass and keyboards performed by Jeff Wyatt.
Digital percussion, choirs and orchestrations programmed
and performed by Jeff Wyatt. Recorded
on a dual processor PowerMac G5. Software used
included
Digidesign
Pro Tools,
GarageBand,
Amplitube,
Reason,
Sampletank,
Miroslav
Philharmonik,
Maxim and
Amadeus
Pro.
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ALBUM
REVIEWS
(Tom Harrison -
Vancouver's The PROVINCE),
March 18th, 2008:
“His
guitar playing is attractive and soulful,... his singing...
is not unlike Waylon Jennings..."
"His lyrics, too, have an honesty and sincerity that is
appealing..."
"A song such as 'CORAE CORAE' makes you wonder how good an
album he'd make if he concentrated on
blues-rock."
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(Jon Ostrow - 'MicControl' music review
blog),
February 23, 2009:
“When I first listened to Jeff, his music really surprised
me. The first track I listened to was Part-Time Love,
Full-Time Pain, and I was floored at his ability to mix
blues guitar, jazz bass, furious techno-esk drums (a la
David Bowie's Earthling), and a strong vocal ability that
is reminiscent of Johnny Cash. His music is catchy, but
more so than that, it is powerful, with the ability to keep
the sound fresh from track to track without ever loosing
sight of the true musical nature of his
art.”
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(Jon Ostrow - 'MicControl' music review
blog),
March 11th, 2009:
"Jeff Wyatt’s album
Reflections at Every Corner
achieves what a good album should. It showcases the
well rounded talents of a musician, an artist and a
personality. The first track on the album
Life At Every Station
foreshadows what is to come on the album through a pink
floyd type of track where each song appears to be a
different station of the radio. But that is about the
extent to which Jeff uses production over music. From the
next track on, the entire album is all about the music and
the vocals. However, that is not to overlook the wonderful
production values of the entire album. Every track has been
recorded with a crisp quality (usually associated with jazz
music) that enables the listener to hear the ins and outs
and ups and downs of every instrument.
The
songwriting here is quite good. Each song has a very strong
melody and a well written hook. It is clear that Jeff took
the time to meticulously write each chord change in order
to create some contrasting sounds; that is what a melody
needs to be interesting.
As
a musician, more specifically a guitarist, Jeff is very
talented. His abilities range from blues to jazz to country
and here and there he plays some latin style licks. Each
track on the album shows his abilities being applied in a
different way, which is what makes the album so solid. It
is very evident that this album was a true artistic outlet
for Jeff, which shows in every powerful solo, melody and
chord change written throughout.
Although
I found it hard to dislike a single track on the album, I
did find that certain tracks had more of a creative spark
than others. Tracks such as
Take It From Me,
Saving Grace,
Albania
and
In Her Own Time
all have a driving energy that hits harder than
anything else on the album, but it’s Wyatt’s
piece
Kerala Sunset
that is the highlight of the album. Although it is
fairly simple piece in terms of the entire band, the guitar
playing in
Kerala Sunset
is high and above anything else I have heard from Jeff.
Every pull of the string, hammer on and bluesy slide
allowed Jeff to show off his personality and
emotionality. There are also times on the album where
the varying instruments create a renewed feeling from the
rest, such as
Thank You For Loving Me
where the main focus is the piano and his voice. The
form of the song is beautiful, sweeping in and out of a
verse/chorus style of song with sections written in that
allow Jeff to showcase his abilities on the guitar.
This
album also showcases the vocal abilities of Jeff Wyatt.
This is not the first time I have mentioned this, but
Jeff’s abilities to mix jazz, and blues along with a Johnny
Cash-esk style of vocals is uncanny. This album shows Jeff
in top form singing deeply yet very smoothly; always
keeping up with the intensity of the music itself. There
are times when he overdubs his own vocals to create
beautiful harmonies, but for the most part Jeff relies
solely on the very interesting melodies that he has
created.
At
times,
Reflections At Every Corner
may seem like a blues album; at times it may seem like
a jazz album. But there is no question that the originality
and musicianship throughout the entire album will shine
bright onto anyone who will listen to this
album."
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REFLECTIONS AT EVERY CORNER was reviewed by veteran music
journalist Ron Bervoets at the Belgium site
ROOTSTIME. Ron
has had the pleasure of interviewing blues legends who
include Jim Suhler,
Warren Haynes,
Johnny Winter and
John Mayall).
ROOTSTIME is a
non-profit internet magazine and internet radio station.
LINK TO: Jeff Wyatt - REFLECTIONS AT
EVERY CORNER, Rootstime Review, August 2008 - by Ron
Bervoets
Below is an English translation:
"Although
Reflections at Every Corner
is a cd with a diversity that might be considered
detrimental, it is interesting. In as much as the style of
Jeff Beck is difficult to put a label on, this album ranges
from jazz rock tinted guitar numbers, pure blues rock over
calm laid back ballads and country tinted songs, all the
way to folk and world music. Moreover, Jeff did most
everything himself with his own portable studio. A mishmash
one might think, on the contrary, this album presents
itself as a small story incorporating all these musical
styles. The cd begins, for instance quite original. You
hear Jeff seat himself, turn on a cheap transistor radio
and pass the dial through all sorts of radio stations.
Suddenly the sound quality improves, presenting
Take it From Me,
a Celtic seeming song with mandolin. Into this he also
brings a country as well as a folky atmosphere, along with
a voice that is reminiscent of Waylon Jennings. Seamlessly,
this song blends into a long guitar number
Kerala Sunset;
a beautiful, dreamy instrumental which introduces itself
with the sounds of ocean waves and seagulls. This
atmosphere perfectly reproduces that of a sunset on an
Indian beach, where you hear the clear influences of Jeff
Beck; a man who Jeff Wyatt admits to be an admirer of. Jeff
is mainly a guitarist, but he also plays bass guitar, piano
and other instruments. In
Part-time Love, Full-time Pain
he plays a virtuoso bass which is a reminder of another
one of his heroes, Jaco Pastorius, who passed away from us
much too early.
Saving Grace
is an Indian style instrumental with tabla and acoustic
guitar, bringing folk and world music together. The dark,
distinct sounding song
Albania
is delivered with the vocal help of singer
songwriter
Camille Miller.
This follows with the slow, classical sounding piano
ballads
If She Could Know
and
Thank You For Loving Me Again
which features a beautiful intense guitar solo, with
Jeff delivering all he has. Once again we change the pace
with something very different;
In Her Own Time,
dedicated to a deceased friend, Kasandra. Beginning with a
recording of loose shreds of a conversation with her, this
song features searing slide guitar. The
traditional
Shenandoah
is a beautiful distinct adaptation, following which we
get
Corae Corae
near the cd’s end, sounding much like a blues rock
version of the traditional folksong 'Corinna, Corinna'. The
eleven-minute title track is a kind of symphonic epic,
which brings us to the album’s conclusion. This is indeed a
mixed plate. But for the superior beautiful guitar
contribution, alone, this cd is worth the purchase."
(Ron)
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Album Title:
SONGS FROM THE ROTHSTEIN
Label:
Independent release
Release
Date:
October 2005
Availability:
OUT OF PRINT & NOT AVAILABLE. This CD was a special,
limited edition only and there is no plan for future
pressings. The album, though not available, still appears
with a listing of the tracks on
artistdirect.
Produced by:
Barry Greenfield
and
Jeff Wyatt
Recorded
at:
Druid Studios, New
Westminster, BC
Engineered,
Mixed & Mastered by:
Jeff Wyatt
Cover
Design by:
Barry Greenfield
and
Jeff Wyatt
CD
Replication, Printing & Packaging by:
Seth
Goldberg and
Digital Media
Alliance,
Vancouver.
Particulars:
This project was recorded between 2004 and 2005 on a dual
processor Mac PowerPC G5 using
Digidesign
Pro Tools with
additional software assistance from
GarageBand,
Amplitube,
Reason,
Sampletank,
Maxim and
Amadeus.
Tom Harrison (Vancouver's
veteran music critic for The
Province)
reviewed the album and graciously complimented my
contribution by writing,
"Greenfield's fourth and most atmospheric album thanks
to Wyatt's stately strings and fluid guitar...".
Album
Tracks
Hold
Out For Love
Live At the Rothstein
The Lonely Hearts Dance
Sweetheart
I Don't Know If You Know This (instrumental)
These are Beautiful Things God Makes When He Dreams
The First Time I Saw Her With Another Man
I Can't Move Mountains
I Don't Know If You Know This
I
Don't Want To Lose Your Love
Rosemary Jane
Dirty Swamp Dry Dry Bone
She Loves You
In Her Own Time (in memory of Kasandra)
All
arrangements by
Barry Greenfield
and/or
Jeff Wyatt, except
Hold Out For Love (Barry Greenfield
and
Bill Runge),
These Are Beautiful Things God Makes When He
Dreams (Barry Greenfield
and
Markham Brown)
and
I Don't Know If You Know This (Barry Greenfield
and
David Sancious).
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All compositions © 1994/2011 Jeff Wyatt (SOCAN).
All arrangements by Jeff Wyatt.
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Album Title: THE BULLFROG SESSION (1994) ReMastered
Label: Cardboard Alley Music
Catalogue No.: CAM-002
Origial Release Date: February 1994
Re-Release Date: November 24, 2011
Availability: This album has been digitally re-mastered as of October 2011 and is available as a digital download on CD Baby, iTunes, Amazon and a host of other download sites. The previous free download version from this site has been discontinued.
Produced by: Ian Tarasoff and Jeff Wyatt
Recorded at: Bullfrog Recording Studios, Vancouver, BC
Engineered, Mixed & Mastered by: Ian Tarasoff
Re-Mastered in 2011 with: T-RackS 3 Deluxe.
Cover Design by: Jeff Wyatt
Photography by: Kasandra Fox
Particulars: THE BULLFROG SESSION started at 11:00 one dark and dreary, rainy Vancouver night within the quaint surroundings of the late Bullfrog Recording Studios at 2475 Dunbar Street. This January 26th 1994 session was recorded on a Tascam DA88 digital 8 track recorder. After going at it all night our work was finally completed by 7:00 the following morning. This was a simple bare-bones project with nothing more than single acoustic guitar and vocal tracks with no additional overdubs.
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Album Title:
FLIGHT OF THE HAWK
Label:
Independent release
Release
Date:
November 1990
Availability:
Out of print but may be made available in the future as a
FREE DOWNLOAD
Produced by:
Warren St Onge and Jeff Wyatt
Recorded
at:
Inner City Sound Studios,
Regina, Sask.
Musical
help:
Warren St Onge (bass), Stan Dorsett (bass), Paula Lewry
(cello).
Engineered
& Mixed by:
Warren St Onge
Cover
Design by:
Jeff Wyatt
Photography
by:
Terry Goodlad
Particulars:
These tracks were recorded the old fashioned analog way on
24 track 2” tape at a speed of 30 ips. The project
was recorded between September and October of 1990.
Album Tracks:
464
on the First Week of May
Prairie Lily
Breakaway
Missin' Island Blues
My Little One
Who Are We To Say
Flight of the Hawk
English Bay
Freedom Blues
Multi-person Friend
I'm Just Goin' Home
Picnic in the Park
Time To Listen
Princess
All
compositions © 1990 Jeff Wyatt (SOCAN) except
Who Are We To Say and
Time To Listen {© 1990
Jeff Wyatt and Paula Lewry (SOCAN)}. All arrangements by
Jeff Wyatt.
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