Tracklist
Many Chinas | 4:05 | ||
Sympathy And Acknowledgement | 8:17 | ||
On The Threshold Of Liberty | 7:27 | ||
When Things Dream | 2:43 | ||
Raffles In Rio | 4:38 | ||
Something Nice For My Dog | 2:49 | ||
Men Before The Mirror | 6:07 | ||
Mr. Moto's Penguin (Who'd Be An Eskimo's Wife?) | 3:18 | ||
In The Blue Distance | 4:06 |
Credits (6)
- Mark IshamComposed By
- Rick GoldmanLacquer Cut By [Runout Etching Au♂]
- Bernie GrundmanMastered By
- Peter Van HookePercussion [Electronic Percussion], Snare [Snare Drum]
- Steven MillerProducer, Engineer
- Mark IshamSynthesizer, Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Piano, Saxophone, Electronic Valve Instrument [Steiner EVI], Percussion [Electronic Percussion]
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Vapor Drawings Cassette, Album | Windham Hill Records – WT-1027 | US | 1983 | US — 1983 | Recently Edited | ||||
Vapor Drawings LP, Album, Stereo | Windham Hill Records – WH-1027 | US | 1983 | US — 1983 | Recently Edited | ||||
Vapor Drawings LP, Album, Stereo | Windham Hill Records – 6.26164 AP, Windham Hill Records – 6.26164, Windham Hill Records – TA-C-1027 | Germany | 1983 | Germany — 1983 | |||||
Vapor Drawings LP, Album | Windham Hill Records – 371027-1, A&M Records – 371027-1 | Germany | 1983 | Germany — 1983 | Recently Edited | ||||
Vapor Drawings LP, Album, Purple Translucent | Windham Hill Records – WH-91027 | Canada | 1983 | Canada — 1983 | New Submission | ||||
Vapor Drawings LP, Album, Promo | Windham Hill Records – C28Y5013 | Japan | 1983 | Japan — 1983 | Recently Edited | ||||
Vapor Drawings LP, Album | Windham Hill Records – L43003 | Australia & New Zealand | 1983 | Australia & New Zealand — 1983 | New Submission | ||||
Vapor Drawings Cassette, Album | Windham Hill Records – WT-1027 | US | 1983 | US — 1983 | New Submission | ||||
Vapor Drawings LP, Album, Promo | Windham Hill Records – WHP-28014 | Japan | 1983 | Japan — 1983 | New Submission | ||||
Vapor Drawings LP, Album | Windham Hill Records – C28Y5013 | Japan | 1983 | Japan — 1983 | New Submission | ||||
Vapor Drawings Cassette, Album | Windham Hill Records – WT-91027 | Canada | 1983 | Canada — 1983 | New Submission | ||||
Vapor Drawings LP, Album | Windham Hill Records – WHP-28014 | Japan | 1983 | Japan — 1983 | Recently Edited | ||||
Vapor Drawings Cassette, Album | Windham Hill Records – WT-1027 | US | 1983 | US — 1983 | New Submission | ||||
Vapor Drawings LP, Album, Stereo, Translucent Black | Windham Hill Records – WH-1027 | US | 1983 | US — 1983 | Recently Edited | ||||
Vapor Drawings LP, Album, Stereo | Windham Hill Records – WH-1027 | US | 1983 | US — 1983 | Recently Edited | ||||
Vapor Drawings LP, Album, Stereo | Windham Hill Records – WH-1027 | US | 1983 | US — 1983 | New Submission | ||||
Vapor Drawings CD, Album, Reissue | Windham Hill Records – WD-1027 | US | 1983 | US — 1983 | New Submission | ||||
Vapor Drawings LP, Album | Windham Hill Records – TA-C-1027 | Germany | 1983 | Germany — 1983 | New Submission | ||||
Vapor Drawings CD, Album | Windham Hill Records – 38XB-15 | Japan | 1984 | Japan — 1984 | New Submission | ||||
Vapor Drawings LP, Album | Windham Hill Records – 371 027-1 | Brazil | 1987 | Brazil — 1987 | New Submission | ||||
Vapor Drawings LP, Album, Stereo | Windham Hill Records – WH-1027 | South Korea | 1991 | South Korea — 1991 | New Submission | ||||
Vapor Drawings CD, Album, Reissue | Windham Hill Records – WD-1027 | US | US | Recently Edited | |||||
Vapor Drawings CD, Album, Reissue | Windham Hill Records – 01934 11027 2 | Germany | Germany | Recently Edited | |||||
Vapor Drawings CD, Album, Reissue | Windham Hill Records – 371027-2 | Germany | Germany | Recently Edited | |||||
Vapor Drawings CD, Album, Club Edition, Reissue | Windham Hill Records – WD-1027 | US | US | Recently Edited | |||||
Vapor Drawings CD, Album, Reissue | Windham Hill Records – WD-1027 | US | US | Recently Edited | |||||
Vapor Drawings CD, Album, Reissue | Windham Hill Records – WD-1027 | US | US | Recently Edited | |||||
Vapor Drawings CD, Album, Reissue | Windham Hill Records – WD-1027 | US | US | Recently Edited | |||||
Vapor Drawings CD, Album, Reissue | Windham Hill Records – WD-1027 | US | US | Recently Edited | |||||
Vapor Drawings CD, Album, Club Edition, Reissue | Windham Hill Records – WHCD 1027 | US | US | New Submission | |||||
Vapor Drawings CD, Album, Reissue | Windham Hill Records – 371 027-2 | Germany | Germany | New Submission | |||||
Vapor Drawings CD, Album | Windham Hill Records – 371027-2, Windham Hill Records – CDW 1027 | Germany | Germany | New Submission | |||||
Vapor Drawings CD, Album, Reissue, Stereo | Windham Hill Records – WD-1027 | US | US | New Submission |
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referencing Vapor Drawings (LP, Album, Stereo) WH-1027
I feel like this record is the Rumours of the modern New Age dollar bin. As in, you could find Rumours for 3 bucks 10 years ago and now it's gone before it hits the rack at a $20 min. Vapor Drawings won't exist in the dollar bin much longer especially with people finally catching up to the fact it's not just another Wyndam Hill release and a masterpiece.referencing Vapor Drawings (LP, Album, Stereo) WH-1027
Great soundstage and mastering! I found this record by searching for ECM records and somehow I came across this. If you like ambient stuff ala Steve Reich, you’ll dig this. If you’ve read other reviews, you’ll come away with how it is ahead of it’s time as far as being recorded without sampling. The vinyl pressings of this most likely are on “quiex” vinyl or an equivalent audiophile pressing that is translucent when held up to light and has very little surface noise. A wonderful recording!referencing Vapor Drawings (LP, Album, Stereo) WH-1027
This is vapor wave without the wink. No irony. I wish i could find more songs like "many chinas".referencing Vapor Drawings (LP, Album, Stereo) WH-1027
I bought this on vinyl when it came out, listened to it a ton for years. Almost 40 years later, it still sounds divine and luscious. Just this morning, I reflected on how this is the kind of thing Vaporwave makes reference to. By reading the other reviews here, I see I'm not the only one to think of that! I was also thinking how "expensive" it sounds. The irony is, today you could make an album that sounds like this on any computer with a free DAW and a few cheap VST's. Of course, what distinguishes Vapor Drawings is that Mark Isham is a superb composer and arranger. I absolutely can find no fault in his musical ideas, nor in his execution of how to arrange for synthesizers. I think those qualities make the album a "classic."referencing Vapor Drawings (LP, Album, Stereo) WH-1027
Mark Isham's ''Raffles In Rio" is an absolute masterpiece of ambience and pensiveness.referencing Vapor Drawings (LP, Album, Stereo) WH-1027
A dreamy retreat to a lodge steeped in mist and memories, the most peacefully developed and ambient of experiences. It’s like a trip into the sort of transient half-thoughts that pass through the mind during a good meal and a reflection on a full day. The cast of instruments featured are eclectic and largely oriented towards more Brazzy, breezy, and airy synthetic sounds.
It’s a proto-vaporwave piece in that it follows the nostalgic 1980s (which was at the time current) styles of ambient jazz, but it has no sampling. This is a measure of talent beyond vaporwave in that none of it is sampled, it is completely created by Isham beyond assistance from Peter Van Hook on percussion.
The tunes are all sort of veiled, like they slowly fall as sunbeams through glass, and refract into a myriad of ethereal notes on the wax. Beautiful beyond compare, and one of the best albums on Windham Hill records, possibly ever recorded. A work of ambient music to be heralded as one of the greatest classics of all time, from the long mournful and poignant notes of “On the Threshold of Liberty” to the murky jungly percussion of “Raffles in Rio” and soft ambivalence of “Men Before The Mirror”, this is truly a visionary work. Best enjoyed with a cup of coffee and ones own thoughts on a warm dawn.
10/10
Favorite Track: Mr. Moto’s Penguin (who’d be an eskimo’s wife?)
🌬🪟🌅- Can anyone elaborate on the transparent black vinyl meaning? I know I have a few of these pressings, was it intentional? I had a very awkward interaction with a record store clerk recently where he checked the Winham Hill record I had with light and upon seeing it was transparent said it was no longer for sale.
referencing Vapor Drawings (LP, Album, Stereo) WH-1027
Contrary to what many might think is Macintosh Plus - Floral Shoppe, this is actually the first vaporwave album :)- Edited 2 years ago
referencing Vapor Drawings (LP, Album, Stereo) WH-1027
Timeless? Creative? Dreamy? Pompous? Its all the above and much more. Isham a progeny of the jazz world transcends both time and space to create mood, form and function thru the medium of sound vibration. To The Threshold of Liberty(with guest ex-Van Morrison Peter Van Hooke on military bass drum) is a timeless piece of music that exemplifies the grand beauty of the North American continent free of the confines of linguistic bondage or political dogma. This is sheer beauty encapsulated in melancholic nostalgia via modern electronics (circa 1984).
The entire album is drenched in atmosphere and compositional hegemony conveyed in a very positive and airy tapestry. One of my top 20 favorites not only because there's so much creative energy captured but because of the sheer divinity of the diverse sounds. A truly masterfully executed piece of music gracefully gifted to us very early in Isham's long standing career. referencing Vapor Drawings (LP, Album, Stereo) WH-1027
Came here after hearing Mark Isham's work with David Sylvian circa 1984-1986. Also liked his music in The Hitcher. This album is a mixture of the two, an otherworldly jazz album that takes you deep into the midnight desert, alone, in a soothing yet powerful sound experience.
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