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"Serenity is a priceless treasure, and yet, it does not require any more effort than simply closing your eyes and relaxing your mind."
Executive producer Beth Smith. Distributed by Greenbrier International (yes, those guys).
00:00 The Wanderer
05:25 Precious Moments
08:39 The Minstrel Boy
13:29 Peaceful Valley
18:13 Free Spirit
21:47 Smiling
25:10 Summer Sunset
30:24 Aura Lee
34:00 The Piper
40:56 Sunset Reflections
"Serenity is a priceless treasure, and yet, it does not require any more effort than simply closing your eyes and relaxing your mind."
Executive producer Beth Smith. Distributed by Greenbrier International (yes, those guys).
00:00 The Wanderer
05:25 Precious Moments
08:39 The Minstrel Boy
13:29 Peaceful Valley
18:13 Free Spirit
21:47 Smiling
25:10 Summer Sunset
30:24 Aura Lee
34:00 The Piper
40:56 Sunset Reflections
![Voices on the Bay: Bicentennial Historic Steamship Recordings (1974) [FULL ALBUM]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/KWFvFyai2so/mqdefault.jpg "Voices on the Bay: Bicentennial Historic Steamship Recordings (1974) [FULL ALBUM]
Found still shrink-wrapped at a thrift store in Fredrickburg. From the back cover:
To the accompanyment of screaming sea-gulls, splashing waves, and jingling engine-room bells, The Old Bay Liner CITY OF RICHMOND introduces this record with a salute off Old Point Comfort, Virginia. Her greeting is followed by an unusual and completely authentic anthology of ships voices. All of these even the blasts from Admiral David Glasgow Farraguts Civil War Flagship, USS HARTFORD are genuine, not simulated.
The casual listener, as well as the steamboat buff, has the unique opportunity of reliving the excitement, the romance, and the nostalgia from The Golden Era of Chesapeake Bay Steamboating, an era which has now passed into the Annals of American Maritime History.
Edited and arranged by Michael Arthur Rorer who credits John :. Lochhead and Robert H. Burgess, of The Mariners Museum, Newport News, Virginia, with inspiring his love of steamboat whistles VOICES ON THE BAY is Copyrighted and Produced Exclusively by:
Bicentennial Historic Steamship Recordings, U.S., P.O. Box 6134, Newport News, Virginia, 23606.")
