Ashes and Light

Infobox Album |
Name = Ashes and Light
Type = Album
Artist = Mark Heard



Released = 1984
Recorded = Fingerprint Recorders Montrose, California
Genre = Folk/Rock
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Label = Home Sweet Home Records
Producer = Mark Heard
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Last album = Eye Of The Storm (1984)
This album = "Ashes and Light" (1984)
Next album = "Mosaics" (1985)

"Ashes and Light" is the title of an album by Mark Heard, released in 1984 on Home Sweet Home Records.

This is the first album that Heard recorded at his own studio, Fingerprint Recorders.

"This album is dedicated to the memory of Francis A. Schaeffer, whose love for truth and whose understanding of the arts has helped me more than I can say, in my desire to interweave the two."

Track listing

All songs written by Mark Heard, except "Threw It Away" written by Mark Heard and Pat Terry.

ide one

# "The Winds Of Time"
# "True Confessions"
# "I Know What It's Like To Be Loved"
# "Washed To the Sea"
# "We Believe So Well"

ide two

# "Straw Men"
# "Age Of the Broken Heart"
# "Can't See Light"
# "Threw It Away"
# "In Spite Of Himself"

The Band

*Mark Heard: Acoustic guitars, Electric 6 and 12 string guitars, Slide guitars, Synth on "True Confessions", Bass on "Washed To The Sea" and "Threw It Away", Harmonica, Accordion, Vocals.
*Dave McSparran: Drums.
*Bill Batstone: Bass.
*Carl Pickhardt: Hammond Organ
*David Mansfield: Fiddle, Dobro, Lead guitar on "Age Of The Broken Heart"
*Pat Terry: Electric guitar on "Washed To The Sea", Acoustic guitar on "Threw It Away"; Synth on "Straw Men", "We Believe So Well" and "In Spite Of Himself", general comraderie and comic relief.
*Tom Howard: Synth on "Can't See Light", "I Know What It's Like To Be Loved", "We Believe So Well."
*Harry Stinson: Percussion.
*Background Vocals by Mark Heard, Dave de Coup-Crank and Dori Howard.

Production notes

*Written, Produced and Arranged by Mark Heard.
*Engineered and mixed by Mark Heard at Fingerprint Recorders, Montrose, California.
*Assistant Engineer on basic tracks: Dan Reed.
*Punch-in's by: Mylo Carter, Janet Heard, Pat Terry, Tim Alderson, Dave de Coup-Crank.
*Cover Photography and Artwork by Stewart Ivester.
*Art Director: Tim Alderson.
*Cover concept by Stewart Ivester and Mark Heard.