Biography
Stephen Simpson Hillage is an English musician, best known as a guitarist. He is associated with the Canterbury scene and has worked in experimental domains since the late 1960s. Besides his solo recordings he has been a member of Gong, Khan and System 7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Hillage
Album & Cover
Green is the fourth studio album by British progressive rock musician Steve Hillage. Written in spring 1977 at the same time as his previous album, the funk-inflicted Motivation Radio (1977), Green was originally going to be released as The Green Album as a companion to The Red Album (the originally intended name for Motivation Radio). However, this plan was dropped and after a US tour in late 1977, Green was recorded alone, primarily in Dorking, Surrey, and in London. Produced and engineered by Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason, Green features science fiction themes and explores electronic music, especially of a dance music bent, continuing the dance themes of Motivation Radio. Most of the guitar and some of the keyboard parts on Green were played by Hillage with a Roland GR 500–an early guitar synthesizer. Hillage enjoyed “the hybrid sounds” he achieved on the album with the instrument, but would retire the instrument as it was too problematic to use. Green peaked at number 30 on the UK Albums Chart and was a critical success. Hillage pursued a more electronic direction after its release. The album was released in 1978 by Virgin Records, originally as a limited edition translucent green vinyl before the standard version replaced it shortly afterwards. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green
The album cover features a distinctive “pyramid fish” design by English writer John Michell – an English writer and painter with a particular interest in numbers and geometric shapes. His design is based on the medieval vesica piscis shape–the intersection between two equal sized circles where the centre of each lies on the circumference of the other. The green vinyl pressing also included a poster of Hillage superimposed on a mountain range, with the pyramid fish symbol from the album cover superimposed on his face, and an insert with lyrics and additional album information.
Cover Location: Studio.
Who Did What: Cover Design – J. Mitchell. Art Direction – Hipgnosis
Label: Virgin V 2098(UK)
Source: Vinyl. Album. Cover. Art, The Complete Hipgnosis Catalogue: Aubrey Powell
Tracklist
| Green Rock Sea-Nature Ether Ships Musick Of The Trees Palm Trees (Love Guitar) |
Om Rock Unidentified (Flying Being) U.F.O. Over Paris Leylines To Glassdom Crystal City Activation Meditation The Glorious Om Riff |
Credits
Arranged By [Organic Electrick Musick] – Steve Hillage
Bass – Curtis Robertson Jr.
Drums, Percussion – Joe Blocker
Engineer – John Wood
Engineer [Assistant, Manor Mobile] – Malcolm Heeley
Engineer [Assistant, Matrix] – Andy Llewelyn
Guitar, Synthesizer [Polyphonic Guitar, Moog], Guitar [Glissando], Voice – Steve Hillage
Management – Dominic Miles, Steve Lewis
Producer – Nick Mason, Steve Hillage
Synthesizer [Arp, Ems], Vocoder [Ems], Vocals – Miquette Giraudy
