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CDs can be ordered with a credit card using the links below or by sending a check or MO to:

Jay Ansill Box 35, New Hope, PA, 18938 (please add $3 for P&H for the firstt CD and $1 for each additional one.)
INCREDIBLE STRING BAND TRIBUTE VOL. 3

A new privately issued collection of songs by my favorite band. Nine classic songs by Robin Williamson and Mike Heron done with my own twist. Includes October Song, First Girl I loved, Log Cabin Home in the Sky and A Very Cellular Song. $13.00
INCREDIBLE STRING BAND TRIBUTE VOL. 2

A new Privately released CD. I had such a blast making the first one, and the response was so positive that I decided to make a second CD. (I have a photo of the little glass globe covered with snow should there be a need for Vol 3!) This one shows that I've learned a bit more about recording and I've been a bit more ambitious with arrangements, while still keeping to the spirit of the songs. This CD also features the recorded debut of Laura Ansill who sings some of the parts sung by Licorice on the original ISB albums. The recording also features Claudia Balant singing. $13.00
TRIBUTE TO THE INCREDIBLE STRING BAND

This is a privately printed CD of some of my favorite songs by my favorite band. I originally made this in response to requests from my friends on the ISB Yahoo discussion group. Most of the songs were recorded myself at home, but I've included a few songs recorded at the 2002 Philadelphia Folk Festival and a song performed on Gene Shay's radio show on WXPN FM. Hear a sample here $12.00
MUSIC FOR STRINGS

Another privately released CD. This some of the music I've written for string quartet. I've put together a group of extremely talented players for this recording. I only play on two of the cuts. Several of the pieces are based on traditional Celtic and American fiddle tunes and there is also my first quartet in four movements. It's all instrumental and only one piece features an instrument other than violin, viola and cello; on the arrangement of the tune "The Butterfly" I play the Celtic harp. $15.00
A LOST WORLD

Released in 1996, this is a collection of poems by Robert Graves that I set to music. I got to work with an amazing collection of singers and musicians including Anne Hills, Richard Shindell, Seamus Egan, Johnny Cunningham, Priscilla Herdman, John Roberts & Tony Barrand, John Gorka and lots of others. $15.00
ORIGAMI

This was my first real album. It was recorded in 1989 and gave me the chance to record with some amazing musicians including Darol Anger, Barry Mitterhoff and Rolly Brown. It's all instrumental and the Celtic harp is the central instrument on it. Some people might call it New Age. I don't have any for sale but it can be downloaded from iTunes or ordered here
The two books I wrote in 1992, MYTHICAL BEINGS and LIFESTYLE ORIGAMI have been reissued as a single volume by Rockport Publishers. Unfortunately, I found out about the publication so late in the process, that I was not able to make the much needed corrections. (Publishing is a crazy business!) Still it should be easy enough for people to follow the diagrams. I should have copies to sell soon, but they can be ordered from Rockport.