Tracklist

By The Dawn's Early Light
1	Poem: Aztec Hotel	1:33
2	Boy About Ten	4:59
3	Arcadia	2:00
4	Dead Horse Alive With Flies	3:40
5	The Photo Of Santiago McKinn	6:55
6	The Corpse At The Shooting Gallery	2:57
7	Albion Farewell (Homage To Delius, For Gavin Bryars)	2:38
8	Poem: Distant Lights Of Olancha Recede	1:27
9	Down The Slopes To The Meadow (For Ruben Garcia)	7:39
10	She Dances By The Light Of The Silvery Moon	2:03
11	Blind Bird	2:12
12	Saint's Name Spoken	3:59
13	The Place Of Dead Roads	4:49
14	A Child In A Sylvan Field	3:36
Poems
15	Boy About 10	1:18
16	Wings	0:37
17	No Name	0:55
18	Advent	0:49

Credits

• Art Direction, Design – Tom Recchion
• Composed By – Bill Nelson (tracks: 13)
• Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar – Bill Nelson
• Harp – Susan Allen
• Mastered By – Stephen Marcussen
• Photography By ["the Captive White Boy, Santiago Mckinn"] – Unknown Artist
• Photography By [Front Cover, Petroglyphs] – Harold Budd
• Piano, Organ [Hammond B3], Synthesizer, Vocals, Composed By [Words And Music], Performer [Performed By] – Harold Budd
• Producer – Harold Budd
• Recorded By, Mixed By – Mark Howard
• Steel Guitar [Pedal] – B.J. Cole*
• Viola – Mabel Wong

Notes

Recorded and mixed at Kingsway USA Recording Studio in New Orleans, Louisiana from March 15 till April 4, 1991. Special thanks to Daniel Lanois, Mark Howard and Karen Brady. Mastered at Precision Mastering, Los Angeles, California. Particular thanks to Mr. Stephen White, Los Angeles, whose help has been invaluable. My Personal and most sincere gratitude to Melanie Ciccone and to Kevin Laffrey.

"The Place of Dead Roads" refers to the novel by William S. Burroughs.

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
9 26649-2	Harold Budd	By The Dawn's Early Light ‎(CD, Album)	Opal Records, Warner Bros. Records	9 26649-2	US	1991
HNCD1506ADV	Harold Budd	By The Dawn's Early Light ‎(CD, Album, Promo, PE )	All Saints, Hannibal Records	HNCD1506ADV	2005
7599-26649-4	Harold Budd	By The Dawn's Early Light ‎(Cass, Album)	Opal Records, Warner Bros. Records	7599-26649-4	Europe	1991
9 26649-4	Harold Budd	By The Dawn's Early Light ‎(Cass, Album)	Opal Records	9 26649-4	US	1991
9 26649-2	Harold Budd	By The Dawn's Early Light ‎(CD, Album)	Opal Records	9 26649-2	US	1991

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