First official release of this cult favorite--an album overflowing with brooding, mystical, Eastern-influenced hippie psychedelia dominated by long and largely instrumental tracks--all based on a complex interplay of recorder, hand drums and acoustic guitar. Sometimes it is free-flowing and jazz-oriented; at other times it has the mystical feel of a shamanistic ceremony, with its oriental or South American harmonies, rated by many as the best "folk/progressive" and/or "folk/psych" album ever made.
01 Go dancing - rise 0:25 02 Go dancing - go dancing 5:16 03 The island (part one) - intro 1:58 04 The island (part two ) - preamble 0:37 05 The island (part three) - main theme 6:29 06 Vancouver (part one) - reflections 2:55 07 Vancouver (part two) - the city 2:36 08 Night of the gulls (part one) - on the water 0:51 09 Night of the gulls (part two) - on the wind 3:10 10 A hymn to the ocean and a great northern lake (part one) - ocean song 6:15 11 A hymn to the ocean and a great northern lake (part two) - afternoon rain 0:50 12 Coquihalla 9:49