Mark Heard is the first solo album by Mark Heard, originally released in 1975, and re-released as On Turning to Dust on both AB Records and Solid Rock Records in 1978.

A limited edition CDR reissue of the original Mark Heard album was released to fans in 1998 through Fingerprint Records.

Mark Heard (album)

Track listing

All songs written by Mark Heard, except "Cabin in Gloryland" by O. A. Parris, writer /Cpl. Curtis Stewart. "Greensleeves interlude" is a 16th-century English melody. "There is a Fountain" is an early American melody, words by William Cowper, 1771. "Passion Chorale" is by Hans Leo Hassler, 1601; harmony by J. S. Bach, 1729, words by Bernard of Clairvaux, 11th century. "Dinner at Grandma's" - by Mark Heard, Pat Terry, Jeff Vansant, Wayne King.

Mark Heard (album)

Side one

"On Turning to Dust" "Dinner at Grandma's" "Cabin in Gloryland" "A Friend" "Lullabye"

Mark Heard (album)

Side two

"Solid Rock" "To Diane" "Interlude (traditional: Greensleeves & There Is a Fountain)" "The Road" "Interlude (Traditional: Passion Chorale)" "All"

The band

Mark Heard – guitars, vocals, piano, synthesizer and hambone

Earl Grigsby – bass guitar

Frank Godby – banjo

John Heinrich – pedal steel guitar

Chuck Long – sandblocks

Jim Pennington – percussion

Dave Aldrich – string arrangement

Lamay String Quartet – string section

Production notes

Cecil Jones – engineer

Mark and Janet Sue Heard – photography and cover design

Lemco Studios, Lexington, Kentucky – recording location

References

1975 albums

Mark Heard albums