Finally!! Some release info. for the long awaited, new Roy Harper album. "Bella Union are thrilled and honoured to announce the release of Man And Myth, the new album from ROY HARPER, which will be available 23rd September via the label." More info. here in the press release...
'Oo is making a guest appearance? Mr Townshend according to this: http://www.uncut.co.uk/roy-harper-confirms-new-album-details-news
Bill Shanley Made contact with Bill on his .ie website and he sent me a lovely email promising to check out Stormcock.net etc. A x
Sleeve Album sleeve: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?...27905549.59120.193324074022038&type=1&theater
Almost agree. FB&B and Jugula yes. But HQ is visually very odd; strong concept, though. I would include Sophisticated Beggar too. Love the cartoon-Roy climbing to his guitar.
I was introduced to Roy via HQ, but we Americans knew it by the title of the hit single, and I think the photos and art were completely reworked. I seem to remember the Cricket photos and something about the game of Cricket. I loved the Song "The Game" and that kept Roy in my mind until I finally rediscovered him on the internet. All my vinyl sleeves of Roy's albums are white, missing (FB&B), or ads for other artists on Chrysalis records. BTW, I (Americans) refer to the inner sleeves as sleeves. I guess you mean the cover. I don't have a problem with Roy's face being on the cover, though there could always be more art. I first owned Valentine, still love the art and the back photo.
Reuters! http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/23/entertainment-us-royharper-idUSBRE96M0K920130723 A xz
The Enemy thanks to Dave Burnham for the heads-up - you can hear "The Enemy" for the next 7 days at http://goo.gl/0FOCp0 - about 1hour 40 mins in !! and NOT surprisingly it sounds MUCH better without Andi singing along to the guitar solos ( as he did in DeBarras on Sunday ) !!
Ha! Ha you did mention this! You should have nudged me out of the transfixtional Harperspace in my head. I could hear several people also behind me....:m8: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/.../Roy-Harper-confessions-of-a-hippie-sage.html A x
Uncut compilation http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Uncut-CD-...?pt=UK_CDsDVDs_CDs_CDs_GL&hash=item53fcf17551 A x
Valentine's cover has a good concept but I think the illustration is not so good. On the original one Roy somehow reminds me of a cocker spaniel with tears in the eye. I think Roy never liked it that much too and he had the illustration reworked a couple of times. First during the late 80s / early 90s the new illustration featured a smiling confident (and worse, contemporary) Roy – oh dear... Later he got back to the original concept but with a new illustration. Recently he got back to the original. With all its faults it's still the one and only original. Some things are better left as they are.
I'm impressed! I'm impressed! Man & Myth has not been released yet and it's already on Wiki [not Wikileaks!] : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_and_Myth A x
