Biography
Roy Harper is an English folk rock singer, songwriter and guitarist who has been a professional musician since 1964. Harper has released 32 albums (including 10 live albums) across his 50-year career. As a musician, Harper is known for his distinctive fingerstyle playing and lengthy, lyrical, complex compositions, reflecting his love of jazz and the poet John Keats. His influence upon other musicians has been acknowledged by Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, Pete Townshend, Kate Bush, Pink Floyd, and Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull, who said Harper was his “…primary influence as an acoustic guitarist and songwriter.” Neil McCormick of The Daily Telegraph described him as “one of Britain’s most complex and eloquent lyricists and genuinely original songwriters… much admired by his peers”. Across the Atlantic his influence has been acknowledged by Seattle-based acoustic band Fleet Foxes, American musician and producer Jonathan Wilson and Californian harpist Joanna Newsom with whom he has also toured. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Harper
Album & Cover
HQ is the eighth studio album by English folk / rock singer-songwriter and guitarist Roy Harper. It was first released in 1975 by Harvest Records. In the United States the album was released under the title When An Old Cricketer Leaves The Crease, which is also the name of the LP’s most popularly known track.The album features David Gilmour and John Paul Jones, playing lead guitar and bass respectively, on “The Game”.
Of the artwork Harper stated: In reply to walking on water I should just like to say that the album sleeve design for HQ was given completely to Hipgnosis. When they presented me with the finished product I laughed and ok’d it on the spot. The picture was taken by Po Powell on the Isle of Skye. I have still not been to the Isle of Skye. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HQ_(album)
Cover Location: Cover background: Isle of Skye
Who Did What: Photography: A. Powell
Label: Chrysalis CHR 1105(US), Harvest SHSP 4096(UK)
Source: Vinyl. Album. Cover. Art, The Complete Hipgnosis Catalogue: Aubrey Powell
Tracklist
| Side One The Game (Parts 1-5) The Spirit Lives Grown Ups Are Just Silly Children |
Side Two Referendum (Legend) Forget Me Not Hallucinating Light When An Old Cricketer Leaves The Crease |
Credits
Engineer – John Leckie
Engineer [Assistant] – Mark Vigars
Performer [Fellow Conspirator] – Bill Bruford, Chris Spedding, Dave Cochran, Dave Bedford, Dave Gilmour, The Grimethorpe Colliery Band, John Paul Jones, Ray Warleigh, Steve Broughton
Producer – Peter Jenner
Written-By – Roy Harper
