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I was playing this the other day as it came on shuffle and I knew I had it somewhere on vinyl. Found it (I can’t tell you where due to embarrassment). I like pretty much all things Harper, so added Jimmy Page is just a bonus.
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I was playing this the other day as it came on shuffle and I knew I had it somewhere on vinyl. Found it (I can’t tell you where due to embarrassment). I like pretty much all things Harper, so added Jimmy Page is just a bonus.
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🎵 Now Playing
When: 3 Jul 2026
Where: Cirencester🎤 - Roy Harper & Jimmy Page
🎵 - Nineteen Forty-Eightish
💿 - Whatever Happened to Jugula? (Remastered)🔗 - Listen here
#NowListening #RoyHarper&JimmyPage #AppleMusic #NowPlaying #JonsMusicShortcuts #MusicCloud
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ROY HARPER
Stormcock
1971 UK pressingHats off to Roy Harper!
It’s hard to believe nobody really gave a shit about this when it came out.
Harvest absolutely loathed it.
It’s that age old story of “no singles, can’t sell it”.
Harvest claimed there was no money to promote it, but it’s 1971, and they were Harvest, so that’s clearly bullshit.It’s 2026 now, and we’ve known for a very long time how fucking brilliant it is. It’s by far Harper’s best album, and it’s even got a guest guitar solo on it from Jimmy Page (of course it does).
Johnny Marr of The Smiths cites this as a favorite of his, and calls it “Hunky Dory’s bigger, badder brother.”
High (and much deserved) praise.
Just a mind blowing early #70s masterpiece.
#vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #vinylcollection #retro #vintage #art #music #folk #Guitar #RoyHarper #stormcock #1970s #70smusic
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"Have a Cigar" is the third track on #PinkFloyd's 1975 album #WishYouWereHere. It follows "#WelcomeToTheMachine" and on #theOriginal LP opened side two. In some markets, the song was issued as a single. English folk-#rock singer #RoyHarper provided lead vocals on the song. It is one of only three Pink Floyd recordings with a guest singer on lead vocals, the others being "#TheGreatGigInTheSky" (1973) with #ClareTorry and "#HeyHeyRiseUp" (2022) with #AndriyKhlyvnyuk.
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"Have a Cigar" is the third track on #PinkFloyd's 1975 album #WishYouWereHere. It follows "#WelcomeToTheMachine" and on #theOriginal LP opened side two. In some markets, the song was issued as a single. English folk-#rock singer #RoyHarper provided lead vocals on the song. It is one of only three Pink Floyd recordings with a guest singer on lead vocals, the others being "#TheGreatGigInTheSky" (1973) with #ClareTorry and "#HeyHeyRiseUp" (2022) with #AndriyKhlyvnyuk.
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Today's the birthday of Roy Harper, aka Speedy/Arsenal.
(Art by Maurice Del Bourgo, Rich Buckler, Nick Cardy, and Dave Bullock.)
#1976DCCalendar #DCComics #comics #TeenTitans #GreenArrow #RoyHarper
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Today's the birthday of Roy Harper, aka Speedy/Arsenal.
(Art by Maurice Del Bourgo, Rich Buckler, Nick Cardy, and Dave Bullock.)
#1976DCCalendar #DCComics #comics #TeenTitans #GreenArrow #RoyHarper
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"Have a Cigar" is the third track on #PinkFloyd's 1975 album #WishYouWereHere. It follows "#WelcomeToTheMachine" and on #theOriginal LP opened side two. In some markets, the song was issued as a single. English folk-#rock singer #RoyHarper provided lead vocals on the song. It is one of only three Pink Floyd recordings with a guest singer on lead vocals, the others being "#TheGreatGigInTheSky" (1973) with #ClareTorry and "#HeyHeyRiseUp" (2022) with #AndriyKhlyvnyuk.
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"Have a Cigar" is the third track on #PinkFloyd's 1975 album #WishYouWereHere. It follows "#WelcomeToTheMachine" and on #theOriginal LP opened side two. In some markets, the song was issued as a single. English folk-#rock singer #RoyHarper provided lead vocals on the song. It is one of only three Pink Floyd recordings with a guest singer on lead vocals, the others being "#TheGreatGigInTheSky" (1973) with #ClareTorry and "#HeyHeyRiseUp" (2022) with #AndriyKhlyvnyuk.
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84-year-old #FolkLegend #RoyHarper on stage last night at #birminghamsymphonyhall with his insanely talented son #NickHarper.
'How does it feel?' Sublime, emotional, poignant. And they moved me to tears.
#acousticguitars
#livemusic
#nickharper
#folkmusic
#guitarlegend
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84-year-old #FolkLegend #RoyHarper on stage last night at #birminghamsymphonyhall with his insanely talented son #NickHarper.
'How does it feel?' Sublime, emotional, poignant. And they moved me to tears.
#acousticguitars
#livemusic
#nickharper
#folkmusic
#guitarlegend
#GuitarMusic -
84-year-old #FolkLegend #RoyHarper on stage last night at #birminghamsymphonyhall with his insanely talented son #NickHarper.
'How does it feel?' Sublime, emotional, poignant. And they moved me to tears.
#acousticguitars
#livemusic
#nickharper
#folkmusic
#guitarlegend
#GuitarMusic -
84-year-old #FolkLegend #RoyHarper on stage last night at #birminghamsymphonyhall with his insanely talented son #NickHarper.
'How does it feel?' Sublime, emotional, poignant. And they moved me to tears.
#acousticguitars
#livemusic
#nickharper
#folkmusic
#guitarlegend
#GuitarMusic -
84-year-old #FolkLegend #RoyHarper on stage last night at #birminghamsymphonyhall with his insanely talented son #NickHarper.
'How does it feel?' Sublime, emotional, poignant. And they moved me to tears.
#acousticguitars
#livemusic
#nickharper
#folkmusic
#guitarlegend
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Recorded #OnThisDay 47 years ago:
Roy Harper - Peel Session 1978
The complete session recorded by Roy Harper on 7 August 1978 for the John Peel show on BBC Radio 1 and broadcast on 21 August 1978.
Tracklist:
1. Forget Me Not (0:43)
2. The Same Old Rock (4:07)
3. I Hate The White Man (17:10)https://vibracobra23.blogspot.com/2016/07/roy-harper-peel-session-1978.html
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Today’s listening is ‘Whatever Happened To…..Jugula?’, the 1984 album by Roy Harper and Jimmy Page.
“An ordinary man writing songs for ordinary people”..I’m not so sure about that, Roy!
This is definitely an album of 2 sides!
Side 1 is great, with the Harper classics ‘Nineteen Forty-Eightish’ and ‘Hangman’, plus you can tell that the music for the track ‘Hope’ was written by David Gilmour.
Side 2, however, is less than great, although ‘Elizabeth’ has it’s moments.
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Today’s listening is ‘Come Out Fighting Ghengis Smith’, the 1967 album by Roy Harper.
In particular I’ve been listening to the 2017 remastered album.
This version has a new front cover image, more like what Roy wanted for the original, but which CBS refused (not surprisingly!).
This also comes with some fascinating new liner notes from Roy, putting his second album into context.
Roy was not quite at the height of his powers just yet, but for 1967?
Remarkable stuff.
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Shel Talmy, producer for the Who, the Kinks and David Bowie, dies aged 87 https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/nov/15/shel-talmy-dies-producer-who-kinks-david-bowie #Popandrock #DavidBowie #Folkmusic #Pentangle #RoyHarper #TheKinks #Culture #TheWho #UKnews #USnews #Music
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Shel Talmy, producer for the Who, the Kinks and David Bowie, dies aged 87 https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/nov/15/shel-talmy-dies-producer-who-kinks-david-bowie #Popandrock #DavidBowie #Folkmusic #Pentangle #RoyHarper #TheKinks #Culture #TheWho #UKnews #USnews #Music
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anyone who can pique Roger Waters' immeasurable vanity is alright by me. Roy Harper did it when he delivered his perfect vocal on "Have A Cigar". He was also the fifth member of Led Zeppelin. I got to see him live a couple of times back in the day and treasure those memories. His solo work is infinitely worth checking out.
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Today’s listening is ‘Lifemask’, the 1973 album by Roy Harper.
This album was written when Roy Harper thought he was dying of an incurable disease-hence the ‘death mask’ fold-out album cover.
Note, he is still alive today at the age of 83!
This is sadly not one of my favourite RH albums.
Although side 1 has some good songs, ‘The Lord’s Prayer’ (which takes up the whole of side 2) is a struggle to enjoy.
Thank goodness this did not end up being his final album!
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Today’s listening is ‘Flat Baroque And Berserk’, the 1970 album by Roy Harper.
This is a great album by Roy and contains some of his classic songs, such as ‘I Hate The White Man’ (which, however, could do without the rambling “live” introduction here), ’Another Day’ and ‘Tom Tiddler’s Ground’.
The final song ‘Hell’s Angels’ features members of The Nice (including Keith Emerson) who appear 'incognito'.
The album ends with Roy’s very characteristic stoned giggling!
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"Have a Cigar" is the third track on #PinkFloyd's 1975 album #WishYouWereHere. It follows "#WelcomeToTheMachine" and on the original LP opened side two. In some markets, the song was issued as a single. English folk-rock singer #RoyHarper provided lead vocals on the song. It is one of only three Pink Floyd recordings with a guest singer on lead vocals, the others being "#TheGreatGigInTheSky" (1973) with #ClareTorry and "#HeyHeyRiseUp" (2022) with #AndriyKhlyvnyuk.
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"Have a Cigar" is the third track on #PinkFloyd's 1975 album #WishYouWereHere. It follows "#WelcomeToTheMachine" and on the original LP opened side two. In some markets, the song was issued as a single. English folk-rock singer #RoyHarper provided lead vocals on the song. It is one of only three Pink Floyd recordings with a guest singer on lead vocals, the others being "#TheGreatGigInTheSky" (1973) with #ClareTorry and "#HeyHeyRiseUp" (2022) with #AndriyKhlyvnyuk.
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Man & Myth & The Bug...
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Today’s listening is ‘The Unknown Soldier’, the 1980 album by Roy Harper.
An odd Roy Harper album sonically, this one..probably because several songs are co-written with David Gilmour, who also plays guitar.
The song ‘Short and Sweet’ had also previous featured on Gilmour’s first solo album.
To me, the track ‘True Story’ almost sounds like an out-take from The Wall album!
The track ‘You (The Game Part 2)’ features a duet with Kate Bush. -
@openculture didn’t realise that the Another day duet with #PeterGabriel was from this show. Only recently found out it was written and performed by #RoyHarper still touched by that song and their performance.
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Btw, there are moments like this when the perfect tones of @grimethorpeband and #RoyHarper are a reminder of why songwriting is an underrated craft
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"Flat Baroque And Berserk" by #RoyHarper
