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.
2002
American Gramaphone Records
DVD-V, D/Sided, Comp, RM, Multichannel, NTSC + CD,
1998
LiquidTrax
2xCD, Album
1998
Gallery Records (6)
CD, Album
1997
Gallery (4)
CD, Comp
1990
American Gramaphone Records
CD, Single, Promo
1990
1988
1987
American Gramaphone Records
7"
1987
1986
American Gramaphone Records
Cass, Album
1986
1983
Pausa Records
LP, Album
2005
SBE Records (2)
CD, Album
1995
American Gramaphone
CD, Comp
1998
New Sounds Multimedia
CD, Comp, Smplr
1997
American Gramaphone
CD, Comp
1997
Pier 1 Imports
CD, Comp
1997
New Sounds Multimedia
CD, Comp, Smplr
1997
Gallery Records (6)
HDCD, Comp
1997
1997
1996
New Sounds Multimedia
CD, Comp, Smplr
1995
Honest Entertainment
CD, Album, Comp
1993
Sony
CD, Comp, Ltd, Num, Promo
1992
1992
1991
Sony
Box, Comp + 4xCD, Comp
1991
American Gramaphone Records
CD, Comp
1990
Alpine Car Audio Systems
CD, Comp
1989
Schwartz Brothers, Inc.
CD, Comp, Promo
1988
1988
1987
American Gramaphone Records
CD, Comp
1987
1987
Not On Label
Cass, Comp, P/Mixed, Promo
The Wave 94.7, The Wave 94.7, The Wave 94.7
3xCD, Comp
1992
ZYX Music (2)
CD, Comp, Unofficial
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