Checkfield


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Checkfield is an American new-age music ensemble from San Diego.

Checkfield was founded by Ron Satterfield and John Archer, who first met in 1970 at Mesa College. They reunited to work together in 1977, making home recordings and playing live locally. They released their first album, Spirit, in 1982, and then signed to American Gramaphone, who released four albums between 1986 and 1992. The most commercially successful of these was A View from the Edge (1990), which hit #15 on the Billboard Top New Age Albums chart.They released a retrospective on the Gallery label in 1997.

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Checkfield
Surrounded
2002, DVD-V, D/Sided, Comp, RM, Multichannel, NTSC + CD,, American Gramaphone Records
Keltik Kharma
The Keltik Age
2005, CD, Album, SBE Records (2)
Various
Party 2 (Music That Cooks)
1995, CD, ,
Easy Listening
Various
"Linfa"
1998, CD, Comp, Smplr, New Sounds Multimedia
Various
Romance II
1997, CD, Comp, American Gramaphone, ,
Easy Listening
Various
Morning Blend
1997, CD, Comp, Pier 1 Imports
Various
Noël
1997, CD, Comp, Smplr, New Sounds Multimedia
Various
Vintage Selections
1997, HDCD, Comp, Gallery Records (6)
Various
Freedom Time
1997, Vinyl, ,
Soul-Jazz
Various
Montecarlo Nights Vol.8
1997
Various
Perla
1996, CD, Comp, Smplr, New Sounds Multimedia
Various
Acoustic Guitar Masters
1995, CD, Album, Comp, Honest Entertainment
Various
Sony's Digital Collection 4
1993, CD, Comp, Ltd, Num, Promo, Sony
Various
Party (Music That Cooks)
1992, ,
Easy Listening
Mannheim Steamroller & Other Friends Of Audio*
The Demo
1992
Various
SONY ES Digital Masterpiece Collection
1991, Box, Comp + 4xCD, Comp, Sony, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Modern Classical
Various
This Ain't No Bologna
1991, CD, Comp, American Gramaphone Records, ,
Ambient/New Age/Easy Listening/Fusion
Various
Speed Of Sound Reference Disc
1990, CD, Comp, Alpine Car Audio Systems
Various
Independent Label Sampler Spring 1989
1989, CD, Comp, Promo, Schwartz Brothers, Inc.
Various
Wave Aid II
1988, CD, ,
Ambient
Various
Sampler 2
1988
Various
American Gramaphone Sampler
1987, CD, Comp, American Gramaphone Records
Various
Sounds That Move Air
1987
Various
Sampler
1987
Various
Routine Jazz Extra! Fudge For Girls
Cass, Comp, P/Mixed, Promo, Not On Label
Various
Wave Aid - The First Three Years
3xCD, Comp, The Wave 94.7, The Wave 94.7, The Wave 94.7, ,
New Age/Ambient
Various
Vineyard Jazz
Various
Alaska New Age I (The Future Sound Of World)
1992, CD, Comp, Unofficial, ZYX Music (2)