Biography
Howard Werth is an English singer, guitarist and record producer. He was the founder and frontman of the cult British art rock band Audience from 1967 to 1972, and 2004 to date. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Werth
Album & Cover
King Briallant is Werth’s debut solo album. Gus Dudgeon produced and the core of the Elton John band provided the hacking, with the help of Bob Weston, fresh from his lime with Fleetwood Mac. The first two tracks to be laid down were ”Lucinda”, a single that received a lot of airplay , and “Fading Star”, which were recorded with members of Kokomo plus Davey Johnstone from Elton’s band.
This cover was an attempt of an pastiche of cubism and as Storm Thorgerson says it was far from brilliant but a good try nonetheless.
Cover Location: Hipgnosis Studio, London, UK
Who Did What: Cover Design – Hipgnosis/H. Werth. Photography – A. Powell. Colour/Graphics – R. Evans
Label: Rocket Record Company PIG-2180(US-1976), Charisma CAS1104(UK-1975)
Source: Vinyl. Album. Cover. Art, The Complete Hipgnosis Catalogue: Aubrey Powell
Tracklist
| Side One Cocktail Shake Got To Unwind The Embezzler A Human Note Ugly Water |
Side Two Midnight Flyer Fading Star Dear Joan Roulette The Aleph |
Credits
Arranged By [Strings], Conductor – Richard Hewson
Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Written-by, – Howard Werth
Bass Guitar – Freddy Gandy (tracks: A1 to A5, B1, B3 to B5)
Drums – Roger Pope (tracks: A1 to A5, B1, B3 to B5)
Electric Guitar – Bob Weston (tracks: A1 to A5, B1, B3 to B5)
Engineer – Phil “Magic” Dunne
Piano – Mike Moran (tracks: A1 to A5, B1, B3 to B5)
Producer – Gus Dudgeon
