Scenes from the South Island

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Scenes from the South Island
Roy Montgomery - Scenes from the South Island.jpg
Studio album by
Roy Montgomery
Released5 September 1995 (1995-09-05)
RecordedDecember 1994 (1994-12) – February 1995 (1995-02)
Studio324 East 13th Street
(New York City, NY)
GenrePost-rock
Length51:51
Label
Roy Montgomery chronology
Scenes from the South Island
(1995) 		Temple IV
(1996)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic4/5 stars[1]

Scenes from the South Island is the debut studio album of guitarist and composer Roy Montgomery, released on 5 September 1995 by . The album was remastered and reissued on 29 November 2019 by Liz Harris' label, Yellow Electric.[2] The reissue includes three additional songs not present on the original release, and also reorders and splits several of the original songs.

Track listing[]

1995 Release[]

All music is composed by Roy Montgomery.

No.TitleLength
1."Along the Main Divide"3:26
2."Clear Night, Port Hills"4:01
3."Twilight Conversation"10:04
4."Rainshadow Near Christchurch"5:06
5."Rain Receding"4:43
6."Escape Velocity"4:59
7."The Barracuda Sequence"1:47
8."Downtown to Vesuvio"1:23
9."The Road to Diamond Harbour"4:56
10."Winding It Out in the High Country"4:25
11."Norwester Head-On/The Last Kakapo Dreams of Flying"7:01

2019 Reissue[]

All music is composed by Roy Montgomery.

No.TitleLength
1."Along the Main Divide"3:26
2."Clear Night, Port Hills"4:01
3."Twilight Conversation"10:04
4."Rainshadow Near Christchurch"5:04
5."Rain Receding"4:45
6."Escape Velocity"4:59
7."Downtown To Vesuvio"1:46
8."The Road to Diamond Harbour"1:22
9."Winding It Out in the High Country"4:55
10."Norwester Head-On"4:23
11."The Last Kakapo Dreams of Flying"6:51
12."Hollyford Valley Day 1"5:22
13."Hollyford Valley Day 2"5:52
14."Hollyford Valley Day 3"5:14

Personnel[]

Adapted from the Scenes from the South Island liner notes.[3]

Production and additional personnel

Release history[]

Region Date Label Format Catalog
United States 1995 CD, LP DFR-22
United States 2019 Yellow Electric[2] LP, Bandcamp

References[]

  1. ^ Jurek, Thom. "Roy Montgomery: Scenes from the South Island > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Bruce-Jones, Henry (29 October 2019). "Grouper's Yellow Electric to reissue Roy Montgomery's debut Scenes From The South Island". FACT. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  3. ^ Scenes from the South Island (booklet). Roy Montgomery. San Francisco, California: . 1995.CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

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