Artist ....... Jon Anderson Album ........ Olias Of Sunhillow Genre ........ Progressive Rock Source ....... CDDA Label ........ Esoteric Recordings ? Catalog Nr. .. QECLEC22478 Release Date . Jul-10-2021 Tracks ....... 08 Length ....... 44:24 Quality ...... 44,1 Mode ......... Joint Stereo Encoder ...... LAME v3.100 -V0 Size ......... 81,63 MB Link ......... https://www.jonanderson.com/ Rls Notes Esoteric Recordings is proud to announce the release of a new expanded and re-mastered 2 disc edition of the classic debut solo album by YES vocalist JON ANDERSON, ôOlias of Sunhillowö. Released in July 1976, the album was a conceptual work recounting the story of an alien race on a journey to find a new world following volcanic destruction on their home planet. All music on the album was written and performed by Jon Anderson and the recording took place at AndersonÆs Buckinghamshire home studio whilst Yes were on hiatus following the tour to promote the album ôRelayerö. Initially recorded on an 8-track tape machine, the arrangements were then re-recorded on to a 24-track tape machine. The album saw Jon perform the music entirely alone, teaching himself to play keyboards and acknowledging the influence of such legendary musicians as Rick Wakeman, Patrick Moraz and Vangelis on his work. Indeed, it was even rumoured Vangelis performed on the album, something the maestro would deny in interviews. ôOlias of Sunhillowö was released by Atlantic Records in the summer of ô1976 in an elaborate gatefold sleeve designed by David Fairbrother- ôRoe and was a top ten album in the UK. This Esoteric Recordings ôedition has been newly remastered from the original album master ôtapes and fully restores the stunning original artwork and also ôfeatures a booklet with a new essay and exclusive interview with Jon ôAnderson. Over the ensuing years the excellence of the album has led to many calls for the album to be remixed in a 5.1 Surround Sound format. Alas, despite extensive research, the multi-track masters of the album cannot be found. However, this expanded edition of ôOlias of Sunhillowö features a DVD featuring a high resolution 96 kHz / 24-bit re-master of the stereo mix and also includes a high resolution 5.1 Surround Sound up-mix derived from the original stereo master tapes as an additional feature. ---------- # track length 01 Ocean Song 03:06 02 Meeting (Garden Of Geda) / Sound Out The Galleon 03:35 03 Dance Of Ramyart / Olias (To Build The Moorglade) 04:20 04 Qoquaq ╦n Transic / Naon / Transic T÷ 07:11 05 Flight Of The Moorglade 03:26 06 Solid Space 05:22 07 Moon Ra / Chords / Song Of Search 12:51 08 To The Runner 04:33