Biography
Alastair Ian “Al” Stewart is a Glasgow-born English singer-songwriter and folk-rock musician who rose to prominence as part of the British folk revival in the 1960s and 1970s. He developed a unique style of combining folk-rock songs with delicately woven tales of characters and events from history. Stewart was a key figure in British music and he appears throughout the musical folklore of the revivalist era. He played at the first-ever Glastonbury Festival in 1970, knew Yoko Ono before she met John Lennon, shared a London flat with a young Paul Simon, and hosted at the Les Cousins folk club in London in the 1960s. Stewart has released sixteen studio and three live albums since his debut album Bedsitter Images in 1967, and continues to tour extensively in the US, Canada, Europe, and the UK. His latest release is Uncorked, which was released on his independent label, Wallaby Trails Recordings. Stewart has worked with Peter White, Alan Parsons, Jimmy Page, Richard Thompson, Rick Wakeman, Francis Monkman, Tori Amos, and Tim Renwick, and more recently has played with Dave Nachmanoff and former Wings lead-guitarist Laurence Juber. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Stewart
Album & Cover
Time Passages is the eighth studio album by Al Stewart, released in September 1978. It is the follow-up to his 1976 album Year of the Cat. The album, like 1975’s Modern Times and 1976’s Year of the Cat, was once again produced by Alan Parsons. The album’s title track (which, when edited, reached #7 on the Billboard charts) and “End of the Day” were both co-written by Peter White. The title track also reached #1 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary charts for 10 weeks.
Aubrey Powell says the idea of this cover is of a radio being tuned in a kitchen and also is ‘in tune with its external surroundings, the landscape and the truck which in fact was an RV.
Cover Location: Monument Valley, Arizona, USA
Who Did What: Photography: A. Powell
Label: Arista AB-4190(US), RCA Victor PL 25173(UK)
Source: Vinyl. Album. Cover. Art, The Complete Hipgnosis Catalogue: Aubrey Powell
Tracklist
| Side One Time Passages Valentina Way Life In Dark Water A Man For All Seasons |
Side Two Almost Lucy The Palace Of Versailles Timeless Skies Song On The Radio End Of The Day |
Credits
Alto Saxophone – Phil Kenzie
Arranged By [Strings] – Andrew Powell
Backing Vocals – Brian Huddy, David Pack, James Robert West, Jeff Borgeson, Joe Puerta, Krysia Kristianne
Bass – Robin Lamble
Congas – Lindsey Elliot
Drums – Stuart Elliot
Engineer [Assistant] – Chris Blair, Chris Desmond, Pat Stapley
Executive-Producer – Luke O’Reilly
Keyboards – Peter Wood
Keyboards, Accordion – Peter White
Lead Guitar – Peter White (tracks: A1, A2, B5), Tim Renwick (tracks: A4 to B2)
Mastered By [Original] – Allen Zentz
Percussion – Art Tripp
Producer – Alan Parsons
Steel Guitar – Al Perkins
Written-By – Al Stewart
