Tim Weisberg, Part 4: 1979 Night-Rider, 1979 Tip of the Weisberg [compilation], 1980 Party of One, 1981 Travelin' Light

 

Yes, the cover art gets a little ridiculous by the time of "Tip of the Weisberg," admittedly.

And also, given the year, on 1979's Night-Rider! you can expect some very smooth commercialese style fuzak.  Consider Shadows in the Wind recalling very much Dave Grusin and the theme from Taxi, for ex:

Title track of Party of One sounds completely out of place for the year 1980 showing some people, thank god, just don't want to keep up with the zeitgeist:

1981's installment called Travelin' Light has its songwriting credits, quite a mix, on this page.  A very little track called Audrey, written by (someone called) John Jarvis:

After the 1981 album, he went on to make 5 more I didn't bother to listen to, though they might very well be good as his output, consistently, has been worth hearing throughout the decade.  But I didn't have the courage or stamina to pursue the matter any further.

Tim Weisberg, Part 3: 1975 Listen to the City, 1976 Live at Last! 1978, Twin Sons of a Different Mother [with Dan Fogelberg]

 

From 1975's Listen to the City, Nikki's Waltz:

Then of course the obligatory live album which came out in 1975, then he teamed up with Fogelberg, who composed most of the record, for their twins album from 1978.   Here Neil Larsen, featured before on this blog, plays keys.

The incredibly gorgeous and emotional song Since You Asked is a Judy Collins composition, but the arrangement here is superior to Judy's original simplistic folky version, at least in my opinion.  On google, the note: This song is noted as the first song she ever wrote, inspired by a conversation with Leonard Cohen:

Really nice stuff.  Worth going to sleep with?

Tim Weisberg, Part 2: 1973 Dreamspeaker, 1974's "4"

 

More along the same lines, slightly more uptempo compared to the folky mellow stuff on the first 2 LPs.

Scrabbly Y from the 1973 Dreamspeaker work, composed by the Weisberg + Blessing collab:

From the 4th album which came out in 1974, Californian memory Sand Castles, this time written by the guitarist Todd Robinson:

So basically, more of the same mellow stuff.  And more mellowness to come.

Tim Weisberg, Part 1: 1971 ST, 1972 Hurtwood Edge

Here's another truly unfairly unknown, forgotten artist.  Discography here.

Real Name: Timothy Jules Weisberg

American jazz flutist and composer, born Jan. 1,1943 in Hollywood, California.

First album came out in 1971 and has credits for compositions here (some pages are lacking those writing credits).  Note there are a couple of cover songs, not so unexpected.  The vibes player whose unbelievable name is Lynn Blessing cowrote or wrote many of the tracks with Tim.  The music which is instrumental of course is very light and approachable in general but, to my surprise, many, sometimes a majority of the songs are interesting beyond the usual expected simplicity of the easy listening arrangements, with Tim's flute gently playing above the typical accompaniment (rhythm section, piano, guitar, vibes).  Occasionally the production is a little more fleshed out (on some albums) but usually it's the straightforward backing you'd expect, without orchestral arrangements.  

Starting with this ST 1971 LP he went on to put out album after album roughly yearly until the end of the 80s and even thereafter, into the grunge decade of the 90s.  Of course, I didn't form an opinion of those later ones since I didn't have the courage to listen to them.

Anyways let's start from the beginning, from more than half a century ago, way way back in 1971.  

Sunshine in Her Hair is an original composition, by Lynn Blessing:

The credits for his second album from 1972 can be found on this particular page.

Is Hurtwood Edge referencing the place in the UK where Eric Clapton's house was? (see here).
Title track is by drummer Jim Gordon:

 

Another truly lovely composition called Summers Past (which is credited to Lynn Blessing and Tim):

Lots more to come.

Henry Debich again with Horyzonty 1978, released 2021 [FLAC limited time only]

This is a compilation of his music from the earlier records. It's possible I posted them all before but I'm not sure.  Information discogged here.

Certainly we know the ethereally lovely track called Amfora from before: