A question for Bill and everyone else who cares to comment

'By The Dawn's Early Light' for me, and not just because I took part in its recording but because it has Harold reciting some of his own poetry on certain tracks and hearing his voice brings him back from another realm to momentarily be with me again. My other favourite is 'Pavilion Of Dreams' because it reminds me of how I discovered Harold's music back in the late '70s and also because it is stunningly beautiful.

Ambient 2: The Plateaux Of Mirror, The White Arcades, Lovely Thunder are my favs

My friend Russ Curry re-released Luxa on vinyl on his Curious Music label not long ago ... and it's a goodie ...

Stepping Sideways - Foxx/Budd

My first Harold Budd LP was the first one Bill got, which is The Pavilion of Dreams (1978). Must've been 1980 when I heard it, though. From there I got Ambient 2: The Plateaux Of Mirror (1980) and then I got The Pearl (1984), which was so anticipated. Seemed really like an eternity between 'Mirror' and 'Pearl.' Everyone was so excited when 'Pearl' was released. Was pretty much chronological with H.B., me. You can't go wrong with those three, not that you could ever go wrong with Harold Budd releases, but I think those are a great place to start. The only one that I didn't understand right away was Abandoned Cities (1984).

I am drawn to the Room.

I own most of his albums swampboy .... the ones l play the most are (in no particular order)

The white Arcades

Pavilion of dreams

By the dawns early light

lovely thunder

the ones with Clive wright

a song for lost blossoms and

candylion .... there’s one more which l can’t find at the mo .... lots of ebow on these ❤️ the one with Robin Guthrie .... l particularly like “Bordeaux“ .... l find all of his albums very accessible..... ❤️