Breakfast in the Field

Breakfast in the Field
Studio album by Michael Hedges
Released	1981
Recorded	The Music Annex, Menlo Park, CA
Genre	New-age, world
Length	33:43
Label	Windham Hill
Producer	Will Ackerman
Michael Hedges chronology
Breakfast in the Field (1981) Aerial Boundaries (1984)

Breakfast in the Field is the debut recording by guitarist Michael Hedges released on the Windham Hill label in 1981. It was recorded live to 2-track, with no overdubs.

Hedges recorded Eleven Small Roaches, Baby Toes and Two Days Old on a six-string guitar built in 1978 by Ken DuBourg of Arbutus, Maryland. The remaining tracks were recorded using a guitar made by Ervin Somogyi.^[1]

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Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Michael Hedges.

1. "Layover" – 2:32
2. "The Happy Couple" – 3:23
3. "Eleven Small Roaches" – 3:01
4. "The Funky Avocado" – 2:05
5. "Baby Toes" – 2:12
6. "Breakfast in the Field" – 2:23
7. "Two Days Old" – 4:44
8. "Peg Leg Speed King" – 3:20
9. "The Unexpected Visitor" – 2:49
10. "Silent Anticipations" – 3:19
11. "Lenono" – 3:55

Personnel

• Michael Hedges – acoustic guitar
• Michael Manring – fretless bass
• George Winston – piano

Production notes

• Produced by Will Ackerman
• Engineered by Russell bond
• Design by Anne Robinson

References

1. Album notes; Acoustic Guitar Magazine: July 2005, No. 151
2. Allmusic review