Album: After the Storm—A Benefit Album for the Survivors of Hurricane Katrina
Artist: various artists
2006 NEARfest Records
CD: NFR0007

Band members:
Chris Buzby: Hammond organ, Fender Rhodes, Nord synth, Wurlitzer (1)
Tom Hyatt: bass, backing vocals (1)
Brett Kull: electric guitar, percussion, backing vocals (1)
Paul Ramsey: drums (1)
Ray Weston: lead & backing vocals (1)

Stan Whitaker: guitar (2)
Frank Wyatt: keys (2)
David Rosenthal: keys (2)
Rick Kennell: bass (2)
Joe Bergamini: drums (2)

Cameron Hawkins: vocals, bass, keys (3)
Martin Deller: drums (3)
Ben Mink: electric violin (3)

Andy Latimer: guitar (4)
Colin Bass: bass (4)
Guy LeBlanc: keys (4)
Denis Clement: drums (4)

Mike Keneally: guitar, vocals (5)
Bryan Beller: bass (5)
Toss Panos: drums (5)

Nick D'Virgilio: lead vocals, acoustic guitar (6)
Alan Morse: electric guitar, backing vocals (6)
Dave Meros: bass, backing vocals (6)
Ryo Okumoto: keys (6)
Jimmy Keegan: drums, backing vocals (6)

Michael Holmes: ProTools plug-ins: Atmosphere, Stylus RMX, Trilogy (7)
Peter Nicholls: vocals sampled from "Subterranea" (7)

Hellmutt Hattler: bass (8)
Peter Wolbrandt: guitar, vocals (8)
Jan Fride: drums (8)
Ingo Bischoff: keys (8)

Bryan Josh: guitar (9)
Heather Findlay: vocals (9)
Ian Jennings: keys (9)
Angela Gordon Goldthorpe: recorders, flute (9)
Andy Smith: bass (9)
Liam Davidson: slide electric guitar (9)
Andrew Jennings: drums (9)

Tom Galgano: keys, vocals, keyboard bass (10)
Paul Bremner: electric guitar (10)
John Galgano: electric guitar, vocals (10)
Brian Coralian: acoustic & electronic drums, percussion (10)
Greg DiMiceli: acoustic drums, percussion (10)

Roye Albrighton: vocals, guitars (11)
Taff Freeman: keys, piano, organ, Mellotron, backing vocals (11)
Ron Howden: drums, percussion, backing vocals (11)
Randy Dembo: bass, backing vocals (11)

Sean Malone: fretless bass (12)

Steve Walsh: vocals, keys (13)
Richard Williams: guitars (13)
Phil Ehart: drums (13)
Billy Greer: bass (13)
Robby Steinhardt: violin, vocals (13)
London Symphony Orchesta, conducted by Larry Baird (13)

Roine Stolt: vocal, 12-string acoustic & electric guitars, slide guitar, glockenspiel (14)
Hasse Froberg: vocal (14)
Tomas Bodin: Wurlitzer, grand piano, Hammond (14)
Jonas Feingold: Fender bass (14)
Jaime Salazar: drums (14)

Jimmy Robinson: guitar, guitar synth (15)
Mark Whitaker: drums (15)
Fran Comisky: keys (15)
Paul Clement: bass (15)

Gayle Ellett: electric & acoustic guitar, Mellotron, organ (16)
Chuck Oken Jr.: drums, modular Soundworlds & keyboard sequencing (16)
Aaron Kenyon: bass (16)

Neal Morse: vocals, guitars, keys (17)
Mike Portnoy: drums, vocals (17)
Eric Brenton: guitar, violin, flute, pedal steel guitar (17)
John Krovosa: electric cello (17)
Bert Baldwin: keys, vocals (17)
Rick Altizer: guitar, keys, percussion, vocals (17)
Mark Leniger: percussion, sax, vocals (17)
Randy George: bass, keys, vocals (17)

Dave Newhouse: alto, baritone & tenor sax (18)
Tom Scott: alto & soprano sax (18)
Paul Sears: drums, guitar (18)
Billy Swann: bass (18)
Doug Elliott: trombone (18)

Pye Hastings: vocals, acoustic guitar (19)
Jimmy Hastings: flute (19)
Doug Boyle: guitar (19)
Geoff Richardson: viola (19)

Johan Hogberg: bass (20)
Anna Holmgren: flute (20)
Thomas Johnson: Hammon, Mellotron, keys (20)
Jonas Engdegård: guitars (20)
Mattias Olsson: drums, percussion (20)
Tord Lindman: guitar, vocals (20)

Steve Katsikas: vocals, keys (21)
Ray Bigai: bass (21)
Diego Procovi: drums, percussion (21)
Roy Strattman: electric & acoustic guitars (21)

Arjen Anthony Lucassen: all instruments, vocals (22)
Cleem Determeijer: keys (22)

Paul Richards: guitar (23)
Bert Lams: guitar (23)
Hideyo Morita: guitar (23)
Tony Levin: bass (23)
Pat Mastelotto: drums (23)

Nick Barrett: vocals (24)
Clive Nolan: keys (24)
Peter Gee: bass (24)
Fudge Smith: drums (24)
 

(c) 1979 (3), 1994 (20), 1996 (5), 1998 (13), 2002 (4), 2004 (11), 2005 (1, 2, 6-10, 12, 14-19, 21-24)
compilation: (c) 2005

Produced by Holmes (7), Sears/Scott (18), J Gordon-Hastings (19)
Recorded by Kull (1, 12), Mike Potter (2), Richard Baird/David Stocker (15)
Originally recorded by Lucassen/Oscar Holleman (22)
Engineered by Dino Maddalone III (5), Jürgen Schlachter (8), Carl Merson (18), Gordon-Hastings (19)
Mixed by Kull (1), Bill Plummer (2)
2005 mix by Lucassen (22)
Mastered by Paul Abbott (1), Plummer (2)

Producer: Ellett
Executive producers: Chad Hutchinson/Robert LaDuca
Project coordinator: Hutchinson
Compilation masterin: Ellett/Wayne Yentis
Artwork/design/layout: Michael Bennett
 

Tracks:
Disc 1
1. Echolyn: 15 Days [lyr: Weston] (5:10) previously unreleased, written Oct 2005 for this compilation
2. Happy the Man: Ibby It Is (live) (8:17) previously unreleased, recorded at ProgDay 2005
3. FM: Random Harvest (4:38) previously unreleased on CD, originally on Surveillance
4. Camel: After All These Years (5:53) from the Japanese edition of A Nod and a Wink
5. Mike Keneally: Time Table ["Time Table" and "Apocalypse in 9/8" by Genesis] (6:16) previously unreleased
6. Spock's Beard: Shining Star (live) (5:53) previously unreleased, recorded in Oakland, CA on 4 Nov 2003, original on Feel Euphoria
7. IQ: Chemical Rain [Holmes] (5:26) previously unreleased
8. Kraan: Silver Buildings (4:41) previously unreleased, from forthcoming Silver Buildings
9. Mostly Autumn: Ghost in Dreamland (3:12) from Storms Over Still Water
10. Izz: My River Flows (5:28) from My River Flows
11. Nektar: Phazed by the Storm (9:23) from Evolution
12. Sean Malone: Grace (live) [Malone] (7:10) previously unreleased, original on Emergent, recorded at NEARfest 2004

Disc 2
13. Kansas: Song for America (9:13) from Always Never the Same
14. The Flower Kings: A King's Prayer (Reworked/Alternate Mix) (6:03)previously unreleased, original on Space Revolver (2000)
15. Woodenhead: Buzz Beat (live) [Robinson] (6:45) previously unreleased, recorded in New Orleans 1995, original on Perserverance (2003)
16. Djam Karet: The Shattering Sky (6:02) previously unreleased
17. Neal Morse: Sleeping Jesus (live) [N Morse] (5:18)previously unreleased, recorded in Whittier, CA in Nov 2003, original on Testimony (2003)
18. The Muffins: Essay R (Alternate Mix) [Newhouse] (5:53)previously unreleased, original on Bandwidth (2002)
19. Caravan: Love Song with Flute (live) (4:06) previously unreleased, recorded in London 2003, original on Caravan (1968)
20. Änglagård: Gånglåt från Knapptibble (7:18) originally released as a bonus single in "Ptolemaic Terrascope" #5 and  also on remastered version of Hybris (2002/2003)
21. Little Atlas: On and On (5:34) from Wanderlust
22. Arjen Anthony Lucassen: Pools of Sorrow/Not Over You (Alternate Mix) (5:25) previously unreleased, original on Pools of Sorrow, Waves of Joy
23. California Guitar Trio: Zudoko-Bushi (live) [includes portions of "21st Century Schizoid Man" [Fripp/McDonald/Lakes/Giles/Sinfield] and "VROOOM" [Belew/Fripp/Bruford/Levin/Gunn/Mastelotto] by King Crimson] (3:47) previously unreleased, recorded in Boston on 3 Feb 2005, original on CGT+2 (2002)
24. Pendragon: Sou' by Sou'west (6:50) from Believe
 

Notes: A charity album to raise money to aid the survivors of Hurricane Katrina, which struck the US Gulf Coast on 29 Aug 2005, through Habitat for Humanity. (HP, 8 Feb 06)


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