The majority of the album was written, produced and recorded from Spring 2021 to Spring 2022 in my home studio “Haskin’s Hideaway,” located in Fayette County, Georgia. Sections of other pieces were recorded in Atlanta, Georgia and Mentone, Alabama.

During this project, I sought out spoken word and music in the public domain I could use to enhance the piece which gave it a great flavor. More details on these contributors and the sources are found in the liner notes on each piece below.

This marks the final album of my C.S. Lewis Space Trilogy-inspired series. Thanks to all who have been part of the journey on this strange trip.

THE MUSIC/Track by Track

Studdock’s Struggle: Mark Studdock struggles throughout this book. He is one of my favorite characters and the whirlwind Lewis creates around him is invigorating. Lewis also captures the lure of the Inner Ring with Mark’s story. I am appreciative of Liam Neely’s work reading parts of, “Sea Fever,” by the great poet John Masefield. I used this excerpt to capture Mark’s want to escape from the confines of the college, N.I.C.E. and Feverstone.
Spoken word: Liam Neely, reciting sections of, “Sea Fever,” by poet John Masefield.
Music: Mark Wallace Maguire, bells, acoustic and electric guitars, bass, drum programming, sequencing.

THS Theme: I wanted to capture a soft, sonic ambience for this piece. While the book is filled with action, dread and violence, this piece is an intentional, marked stab at capturing the end of the space saga and its summation of a peaceful resolution.
Music: Mark Wallace Maguire, keyboards, electric guitars, drums, drum programming, sequencing.

Merlin Sleeps: “You lay upon your back and waited.” I was fortunate to discover this line from T.S Eliot’s poem, “Preludes.” It fit in perfectly with the long sleep of the Great Wizard. I was fortunate enough as well to discover Eliot himself reading it and was able to use it thanks to the public domain.
T.S. Eliot: Reading sections from, “Preludes.”
Saxophone: Sourced from Randy Brooks, “The Man with his Horn.” Recorded 1932.
Music: Mark Wallace Maguire, acoustic and electric guitars, bass, drum programming.

Bragdon Wood: The gloriously-described wood where Merlin himself sleeps deep within the coolth of the earth.
Credits:
Music: Mark Wallace Maguire, electric guitars and keyboards.

The Head Awakes: The dreadful Head, perhaps the most obscene thing Lewis ever wrote.
Music Mark Wallace Maguire, synthesizers, ambient treatments.

Jane's Lament: Jane, like Mark, is being torn in this book, especially in the first third of the work. The book itself begins with her lamenting about her marriage and The Dream which this piece is aimed at reflecting. Adam Chesney recorded the vocals on this in 2014, so I’ve been waiting on an occasion to feature his gorgeous four-part harmony. We recorded the majority of this in Mentone, Alabama in the summer of 2014.
Adam Chesney: Vocals, four-part harmonies.
Music: Mark Wallace Maguire, electric guitars, bass, drums.

St. Anne’s: The headquarters of our friends is surrounded by tree and leaf and The Bear, but also by The Elidil.
Violin: Sourced from WelvynZPorterSamples. From the public domain.
Spoken Word: Phil Schempf reading sections of, “Written in March,” by William Wordsworth.
Music: Mark Wallace Maguire, guitars and synthesizers

Lost at Belbury: Blurred from fear and drink, Mark Studdock struggles to find his way out of the great structure, only to be confronted by Whither walking in the woods.
Music: Mark Wallace Maguire, guitars, drums, bass, and keyboard.

Edgestow Afterwards: The denouement.
Music: Mark Wallace Maguire, keyboards.