Vernal Equinox (album) explained

Vernal Equinox
Type:	Album
Artist:	Jon Hassell
Cover:	VernalEquinox.jpg
Recorded:	–
Genre:	Ambient
Length:	51:03
Label:	Lovely Music, Ltd.
Producer:	Jon Hassell
Next Title:	Earthquake Island
Next Year:	1978

Vernal Equinox is the debut studio album by Jon Hassell, released in 1977 by Lovely Music, Ltd.

In 2016, the album was rated by Pitchfork magazine as one of the fifty best ambient albums.https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/9948-the-50-best-ambient-albums-of-all-time/?page=1

Personnel

Adapted from the Vernal Equinox liner notes.^[1]

• Jon Hassell – trumpet, electric piano (A1, A3), production

Musicians

• Miguel Frasconi – bells and claves (A3)
• Andy Jerison – synthesizer (A3)
• Nicolas Kilbourn – mbira and talking drum (A3)
• David Rosenboom – synthesizer (A1, A3), mbira (A2), rattles (A3), goblet drum (B1), recording
• Naná Vasconcelos – congas (A1, B1, B2), shakers (A1, A3), bells (A2), talking drum (A2)
• William Winant – kanjira and rattles (A3)

Production and additional personnel

• Michael Brook – recording
• Andy Jerison – recording
• Rich LePage – mixing
• Ariel Peeri – design

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United States	1977	Lovely Music, Ltd.	LP	1021
	1990		CD

Notes and References

1. Vernal Equinox . . 1977 . sleeve . . Berkeley, California.