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Upon a Time is a studio album by American jazz guitarist John Abercrombie with drummer George Marsh, with additional tracks performed by Marsh and bassist Mel Graves. The album was recorded in California in 1982 and released by New Albion Records in 1989.
The first ten tracks, featuring Abercrombie and Marsh, were originally released as the album Drum Strum on 1750 Arch Records; the remaining tracks with Marsh and Graves were taken from Marshland on the same label.