"Aquamarine.
Musical sounds of relaxation.
Indescribably beautiful, incredibly calming, magical in their ability to inspire, balance and harmonize the listener, these are the soothing sounds of relaxation."

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Thought to be by David Naegele, arranged / produced by Robert Slap.

Above, words from the cassette inlay card rear outside. For sharing in The W.W.W. in YouTube there are 5 parts. Aquamarine One: 3 parts, Aquamarine Two: 2 parts. Here, SIDES 1 & 2 of the tape are called "Aquamarine One" & "Aquamarine Two", as they're 2 different musical pieces, around 20 mins each.

There is no musical author or performer attribution with the music, beyond the tape publisher's name, Great American Audio Corp., & another reference, Valley of the Sun. GA Audio Corp. seem to be no more. They don't seem to have a placement at the New York address given. I estimate this musical work is from the 1980s or early 1990s. That information isn't given anywhere.

The only link I can find to "GA Music Corp." is very few records on The Web listing some old cassettes the company produced.

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It's unfortunate this recording (and who knows how many others) aren't for sale for those looking for this kind of thing. Though I'm really pleased indeed to legally share this - a great phenomenon made possible here by YouTube (thank you YouTube.)

*** Re. Publication here for free sharing: This music can't be found anywhere else on The Web currently. It seems none of Great American Audio Corp.'s recordings can be bought at all & that it doesn't exist anymore. The company or assignees, or if dissolved, composers and / or publishers, still of course own copyright. Though, with certain special interest in this rare, otherwise unavailable musical recording, it can be published & shared non-commercially for no profit gain. This is an obvious FAIR USE COPYRIGHT EXCEPTION. Copyright is given in the recording information as owned by:

C P Great American Audio Corp.
C P Valley of the Sun
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Sampled by basic home equipment from the tape player at the highest quality available to me - 160 kbps. A lot depends on the tape player. I tried a number. This recording was not from the best tape player - there was a much better tape output, but through the connection lead, the bass was so resonant there was feedback at all volumes, so that option vanished!

This video might be removed for the sake of adding a better quality version if it seems possible.
I know this great music will be enjoyed and loved.

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I was looking at some brainwave altering / brainwave entrainment sounds & hypnosis and chanced upon a site of recordings by Dick and Tara Sutphen, which I discovered publishes by the name "Valley of the Sun."

I emailed the company. I confirm this is the same publication / production company from which "Aquamarine" came, a couple of decades or so ago. And their short response I think has given identification the creator or a creator of this music. I copy the email from Valley of the Sun:

"I recognize the older cover of Aquamarine from your YouTube video, but I'm not sure of the circumstances that those older tapes arose from. There were a series of 6 or 10 that were made and distributed through Great American. 20 years or so ago. Anyone who would know is no longer around. Maybe it was created by Robert Slap, he did a lot of the music back then. Maybe not. Could've been in tandem with other artists.

Sorry. Best, Jason D McKean. Valley of the Sun"

Though not in production, it wasn't hard to find some recordings since then by Robert Slap under his own name. These seem now to have gained cult status (see some prices in Amazon for a single CD.) Having been able to listen to some samples of Robert Slap's other music, it's very similar to "Aquamarine". I made a good estimate that this same man created or created some of & produced "Aquamarine". Though these CDs are out of production now, Amazon (UK & US at least) has some at reasonable & also very high prices. Spiritvoyage.com (USA) seems to have some at reasonable prices.

Some of Robert Slap's titles under his own name are:
Ascension To The All That Is, Atlantis: Crystal Chamber, Eternal Om, Atlantis: Healing Temple, Om Sanctuary, Crystal Cave

Sept. 2015: Thought to be by David Naegele, then arranged / produced by Robert Slap. This information has been supplied by Rick Janus ( Youtube user: rjsynthjaz ) in the comments to this video (Part 1 video). Thanks for the information. As Job Jorgeson (who is a big fan and kind of expert on these recordings) and I had assumed the earlier info from Jason @ the modern Valley of the Sun, was likely a good indication it was mostly or significantly written and performed / produced by Robert Slap.

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