Roy Harper - Flat Baroque And Berserk

Limited edition 180-gram gatefold LP reissue

Recorded at Abbey Road Studio, originally released in 1970

Original artwork with additional printed heavy inner sleeve plus extra notes and images

Flat Baroque and Berserk was the first record of Roy Harper's to go onto the charts. Peter Jenner was assigned by EMI Records to produce the recording — the two have been good friends ever since. EMI Studios, Abbey Road was at that time the most advanced studio in Europe, and over the next 10 years Harper was to record in near-perfect conditions.

This year marks two important milestones for Harper — his 75th birthday and 50 years of recording music.

Throughout his years with Abbey Road, the studio buzzed with four separate Beatles, some Stones, The Pink Floyd, Cliff and the Shadows, Gracie Fields, three of four musical knights, Kate Bush, Olivier Newton-John, The Hollies, Yehudi Menuin, Stefan Grapelli, The Plastic Ono Band, Eric Clapton; you name them, they were all there. It was a creative hotbed where the technical staff, headed by Ken Townsend, were second to none.

The song that Harper was best known for in those days, "I Hate the White Man," was recorded live for this album, and still stands as a testament to his lifelong devotion to espousing equal rights for all humans.

 

Side 1

Don't You Grieve

I Hate The White Man

Feeling All The Saturday

How Does It Feel

Goodbye

Side 2

Another Day

Davey

East Of The Sun

Tom Tiddler's Ground

Francesca

Song Of The Ages

Hell's Angels

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