Tigger 2's Music Madness Seawind: Window of a Child
FACTORY SEALED LP Format: Album
Country: U.S.A.
Record Company & Release Number: CTI: CTI7 5007
Original release date: 1977
Bar Code: NONE Condition of the cover: Mint
Condition of this Album: Sealed - Assumed Mint
My inventory number: 208101A
Shipping Weight: 1 pounds, 3 ounces
Notes: Gatefold cover Please contact me if you have any difficulty viewing the photos.
Songs
One Sweet Night Wings of Love Do Listen To Campanas de Invierno Window of a Child Angel of Mercy Lovin' You Hallelujah Counting the Days Credits
Harvey Mason Sr.: Percussion, Vocals, Producer Bud Nuanez: Guitar, Vocals Ian Underwood: Synthesizer, Programming Ken Wild: Bass, Vocals Larry Williams: Keyboards, Wind, Vocals, Woodwind Pauline Wilson: Percussion, Vocals Bob Wilson: Percussion, Drums Bill Sommers: Percussion Bob Wirtz: Producer Bill Summers: Percussion Seawind: Main Performer Michael Zager: Producer Peter Chaikin: Engineer Charles Veal: Strings Jerry Hey: Horn, Brass Kim Hutchcroft: Flute, Saxophone, Vocals Bill Reichenbach Jr.: Trombone Album Review

If Seawind's self-titled debut album is its most essential release, the band's excellent follow-up, Window of a Child, runs a close second. It would have been easy for the Hawaiian combo to compromise its creativity -- instead of being so eclectic and unpredictable, it could have focused on one style of music exclusively. But thankfully, Seawind sticks to its guns on this LP, embracing everything from funk and soul to instrumental jazz fusion. Singer Pauline Wilson has many inspired moments; she is as convincing on funk gems ("Angel of Mercy," "Do Listen To") as she is on more jazz-minded tracks like the title song and "Wings of Love," which wouldn't have been out of place on a Return to Forever album -- Larry Williams' keyboard solo certainly shows an awareness of Chick Corea. Wilson doesn't sing on all the tracks; "Campanas de Invierno" is a calm, peaceful jazz fusion instrumental that gives the horn players (including saxman Kim Hutchcroft and trumpeter/flugelhornist Jerry Hey) a chance to stretch out. Like 1976's Seawind, this album fared well on quiet storm formats, although it didn't contain any major R&B or pop hits. But regardless of how it performed commercially, Window of a Child is a consistently rewarding sophomore album. ~ Alex Henderson, All Music Guide

Biography
Seawind biography by Thom Granger, All Music Guide

This influential late-'70s pop/jazz outfit boasted in-the-pocket grooves, clever horn charts, and Pauline Wilson's signature vocals set to lyrics that (more often than not) clearly communicated a Christian worldview. Seawind's career produced only three albums, but Pauline and husband/drummer Bob released an album in the early '80s, and various other members have made their mark in the L.A. studios, playing on a myriad of projects.

This record came from a record store called "Phantasmagoria" which was located in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Phantasmagoria went out of business in 1978. I purchased most of their unsold inventory some years later when I owned "Music Madness" - a new & used record store in Catasauqua.

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