Fates Warning - Island in the Stream (First Impressions)


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First Impressions

Jim Matheos
First Impressions
(1993)
Metal Blade Records
(3984-14016-2)

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Band Members:
Jim Matheos - Guitar
Eugene Friesen - Cello
Charlie Bisharat - Violin

Produced by Bill Metoyer and Jim Matheos
Engineered and mixed by Bill Metoyer
Guitar recorded at Eldorado, Hollywood, CA
Except tracks 3 and 8 recorded direct to digital master
at Bill's Place, North Hollywood, CA (thanks Bill)
Cello and violin recorded at Hollywood Sound Recorders, Hollywood, CA
Mixed at Studio Sound, North Hollywood, CA
This is an all digital recording
Mastered by Eddie Schreyer at Future Disc

Track Listing:

1. Remembering Rain	4:46	4. Metaphysical Soup	5:05	7. Three Wishes	3:50
2. Winter's Thaw	3:07	5. Laurel Dawn	5:05	8. Pause For Paws	1:08
3. Gay Head	2:44	6. The Air Of Autumn	5:33	9. Silent Snow, Secret Snow	6:33

All Compositions By Jim Matheos And Published By Matheos Music / BMI.

Sound Clips:

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Sound Clip	Size	Sound Clip	Size
Remembering Rain	120KB	Three Wishes	123KB
Gay Head	119KB	Pause For Paws	124KB
Laurel Dawn	123KB	Silent Snow, Secret Snow	123KB

Liner Notes:

Legal representation by Joe Serling and Paul Ungar
for Serling, Rooks and Ungar

Charlie Bisharat appears courtesy of GTS Records

Front cover photo courtesy of William D. Tidwell
Common Fossil Plants of Western North America, BYU Press, 1975

Silent Snow, Secret Snow inspired by the Conrad Aiken
story of the same name

Special thanks go to Eugene Friessen and Charlie Bisharat
for adding so much to this project

Thanks also to Ole Bergfleth, Brian Slagel, Bill "Mr. Mom" Metoyer,
Chris Leibundgut, Tracy Vera, Mike Rittberg, Mike Moses, Derek Simon,
Jon Sutherland, Joe Richardson for staying awake, Todd Barnes, Dona
Fischer, Mike White, Fidel Horrendous, Sal Mortadelli and Arthur Letsgoberg,
Joe, Ray, Frank and Mark from Fates Warning for being friends as well as
bandmates and to Laurel Dawn Matheos for putting up with me.

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