Asher Quinn: Open Secret

 

Open Secret

 

Originally released: November 1987

Arranged and produced by Anthony Phillips and Asher Quinn

Album re-issued by Voiceprint on 16th March 2009 with 
three previously unreleased extra tracks from the original sessions. 

Re-issue re-mastered by Phil Thornton

2009 re-issue artwork by Jon Price

 

 

Original album release details

Cassette:

Country of Release

Record Label Catalogue Number
UK New World Cassettes NWC 147
USA Valley of the Sun AM151

CD:

Country of Release Record Label Catalogue Number
UK New World Company NWCD 147
USA Valley of the Sun CD114
Holland Good Heart Records GHR 22 (re-issue, 2005)
UK Voiceprint Records VP465CD (re-issue, 2009)

NB: USA cassette and CD releases have different cover artwork to the New World release.  The 2005 re-issue has different cover artwork to either of the previous releases.

Track Listing

Credits

1. Sacred Heart (4:48) 

2. Journey To A Remarkable Place (5:26) 

3. Soldier of Love (5:44) 

4. A Solitary Bird (5:15) 

5. Days Of Honey (2:17)

6. Violette (2:57)

7. Luna Nueva (5:41)

8. Little Wolf (9:20)

9. Open Secret (7:12)

10. Open Secret (vocal version) (4:07)

11. The Power of Love (4:56)

12. Song of the Morning (2:37)

13. Shine Brightly (3:56)

All tracks composed by Asher Quinn

Asher Quinn: Piano, keyboards, vocals

Anthony Phillips: Keyboards, Spanish, bass, rhythm & 12-string guitars, mandocello

Andy Latimer: Lead, Tex-Mex guitars

Tristan Maillot: Drums, percussion

Ivor McGregor: Violin

Cythia Robertson: Flute

Anthony Freer: Oboe

Jemma Sidell: Pizzicato Cello

Phil Thornton: Recorder (on Open Secret - vocal version)

Sharon Sage: Vocals

 

 

 

Previous Releases

Original 1987 cover artwork by Penny Adam

2005 re-issue cover design by Roland van Steijn and Jordy Boezaard

Original 1987 release

Sacred Heart (4:48) 

Journey To A Remarkable Place (5:26) 

Soldier of Love (5:44) 

A Solitary Bird (5:15) 

Days Of Honey (2:17)

Violette (2:57)

Luna Nueva (5:41)

Open Secret (9:32)

 

2005 re-issue track listing

Sacred Heart (4:48) 

Journey To A Remarkable Place (5:26) 

Soldier of Love (5:44) 

A Solitary Bird (5:15) 

Days Of Honey (2:17)

Violette (2:57)

Luna Nueva (5:41)

Little Wolf (9:20)

Open Secret (7:12)

Open Secret (vocal version) (4:07)

Notes on the re-issues

The 2005 re-issue of Open Secret included two extra tracks not included on the original issue of the album.  Little Wolf is a piano piece previously released on Asher's album Single As Love (under the title The King's Wolf) and the vocal version of Open Secret is a new recording from 2005.  In addition the original track of Open Secret has been edited to remove the vocals from it, which accounts for it being 2:20 shorter than on the original release.

For the 2009 Voiceprint re-issue three songs (The Power of Love, Song of the Morning and Shine Brightly) that were recorded during the original sessions for the album have also been added as extra tracks.  All three were newly mixed from the original multi-track masters from Ant's archive.

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