# The Inconsolable Secret

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***The Inconsolable Secret*** is the eighth studio album by American [progressive rock](/source/Progressive_rock) band [Glass Hammer](/source/Glass_Hammer), released on July 12, 2005, by Arion Records/Sound Resources.

It is the last album with singer Walter Moore as band member (though he would continue to collaborate with the band, including on 2014's *[Ode to Echo](/source/Ode_to_Echo)*), and also the first without band leader Fred Schendel acting as drummer.

A special edition of the album was released on June 25, 2013, with an additional third disc featuring five songs entirely re-recorded by the band, with new members [Jon Davison](/source/Jon_Davison) and Kamran Alan Shikoh on vocals and guitar respectively.[2] The name "inconsolable secret" comes from C.S. Lewis's sermon, *The Weight of Glory*.[3]

## Personnel

**Glass Hammer**

- Walter Moore – [lead vocals](/source/Lead_vocalist)[2]
- Susie Bogdanowicz – lead vocals
- Fred Schendel – [keyboards](/source/Keyboard_instrument), [electric](/source/Electric_guitar) and [steel guitars](/source/Steel_guitar), vocals
- Steve Babb – keyboards, [bass](/source/Bass_guitar), vocals

**Additional musicians**

- Matt Mendians – [drums](/source/Drum_kit)
- Sarah Snyder – vocals
- Flo Paris – vocals on “Long and Long Ago” and “Having Caught a Glimpse”
- Eric Parker – [acoustic guitar](/source/Acoustic_guitar)
- The Adonia String Trio - Rebecca James – [violin](/source/Violin) - Susan Hawkins-Whitacre – [viola](/source/Viola) - Rachel Hackenberger – [cello](/source/Cello)
- Bethany Warren – backing vocals and [choir](/source/Choir)
- Stephanie Rumpza – [recorder](/source/Recorder_(musical_instrument)) and choir, Latin and elvish (Quenya) lyrics
- Haley McGuire, Summer Hullender, Elimy Hammett and Natalie Pittman – choir
- Tom Hammett – vocals
- Laura Lindstrom – vocals on “Morrigan's Song”
- David Carter – lead guitar on "Long and Long Ago"

**Production**

- Fred Schendel and Steve Babb – [production](/source/Record_producer)
- [Bob Katz](/source/Bob_Katz) – [mastering](/source/Audio_mastering)
- [Roger Dean](/source/Roger_Dean_(artist)) – [cover art](/source/Cover_art)

**New personnel in 2013 re-issue**

- [Jon Davison](/source/Jon_Davison) – lead vocals on "Long and Long Ago" and "The Morning She Woke"
- Kamran Alan Shikoh – electric and [classical guitars](/source/Classical_guitar) on "The Morning She Woke" and "The Knight of the North"
- Johnny Bruhns – electric guitar on "Long And Long Ago"
- David Wallimann – electric guitar on "Having Caught A Glimpse"
- Donna Curry – [flute](/source/Flute) on "Long And Long Ago" and "Having Caught A Glimpse"
- Kelly Luther Stultz – [alto](/source/Alto) choir
- Josh Greene – [baritone](/source/Baritone) choir

## References

1. ["Image indicating the length of the songs"](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71AkNbAxamL._SX300_.jpg)

1. ["official page for the album"](http://glasshammer.com/pages/features/theinconsolablesecret.html). Glass Hammer website. Retrieved 5 August 2014.

1. C.S. Lewis The Weight of Glory (New York: Macmillan and Co., 1966), pp. 4-5.

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