''Eye of the Storm'' is an album by

Mark Heard John Mark Heard III (December 16, 1951 – August 16, 1992) was an American record producer, folk rock singer and songwriter from Macon, Georgia. Heard released sixteen albums, and produced or performed with many artists, including: Sam Phil ...

, released in 1983 on

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. According to the liner notes: "This album is a special, one-time release of acoustic guitar-oriented material. It is homemade. It was recorded on 24 track equipment one instrument at a time."

Track listing

All songs written by Mark Heard. Side one # "Eye of the Storm" – 3:02 # "The Pain That Plagues Creation" – 3:59 # "Castaway" – 3:18 # "Well-worn Pages" – 2:45 # "He Will Listen To You" – 3:00

Side two

# "In the Gaze Of the Spotlight's Eye" – 3:59 # "Gimme Mine" – 3:32 # "These Plastic Halos" – 3:03 # "No One But You" – 2:29 # "Moonflower" – 2:26

The band

*Mark Heard – Linn drums, bass guitar, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, lead and slide guitars, accordion, mandolin, harmonica, xylophone, percussion, voicehorns, voicestrings Additional musicians * Tom Howard – emulator,

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, synthesizer *

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– synthesizer, Fender Rhodes, eruma *

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– pedal steel guitar * Brandon Fields – saxophone * Harry Stinson – tambourine, shaker, toothbrush, bowling pins * Mark Heard * Dave de Coup-Crank – backing vocals Production notes * Mark Heard – producer, arranger,

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, mixing, cover design, photographer *Recorded July–September 1982 at the Gold Mine,

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* Janet Heard – assistant engineer, photographer * Tim Alderson – cover design, art director * Sally Jo Withrow – hand-lettering * Steve Hall – mastering at Future Disc * Wally Grant – mastering assistant "Love to the Circle of Cynics, Pat and Pam Terry and the Strat Brothers, the Perefits, my friends at

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and in Zurich and Stockholm, and my folks."

References

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