Re: Roy's "Flashes"

[Doug Ciceri <dciceri@credit.erin.utoronto.ca>]

Hi Ross!

Thank you very much!

I really appreciate the advice on this subject.  

Take Care!

DC

At 09:41 AM 5/14/96 -0400, you wrote:
>> Date: 	Mon, 13 May 1996 12:18:44 -0400
>> From: Doug Ciceri <dciceri@credit.erin.utoronto.ca>
>> Subject: Roy Harper
>
>> I saw the other day that someone mentioned that there is an album 
>> by Roy Harper that has a few songs by Keith Moon and Jimmy Page as 
>> the backing band.  I saw this album (used) on vinyl for 16.00!!  I 
>> was afraid to buy it because I've never heard anything by Roy 
>> Harper (except for Have a Cigar with Pink Floyd and the Edges of 
>> Twilight with the Tea Party).  Can someone tell me more about the 
>> album (i.e. the type of music) and how many songs have Moonie 
>> behind the kit.  I thank you in advance.
>
>"a few songs <with> Keith Moon" is right, he only appears on the 
>final two tracks "Too many Movies" & "Home" of the official release 
>however on the night it was recorded I can only guess that more 
>songs by "The Intergalactice Elephant Band" (as they were billed) 
>were played. The evening in question was Valentines Day in '74 and 
>Robert Plant made the stage announvements and the gig was in tandem 
>with the release fo Roy's Valentine album, which again features 
>Jimmy and Keith on a track or two.  But going back to "Flashes", the 
>live album in question, Jimmy features on several more tracks 
>including "MCP Blues"(excellent slide playing on this) and "One Man 
>Rock and Roll Band" while Ian Anderson from Tull guests on the one 
>studio track (Home again).  The album is a great overview of Roys 
>work which is at time totally sublime and sometimes rather self 
>indulgent to say the least, so this album condenses all the good 
>stuff into one double.
>
>Careful about the CD reissue though which misses off the tracks with 
>Keith.  These can be found on the CD of Valentine though, if you are 
>simply interested in the Who connection alone, but "Flashes" is the 
>better all round album. One other though springs to mind, Valentine 
>also contains (IMHO) a far superiour version of North Country Girl 
>than the version found on Pete's ATBCHCE
>
>Ross
>
>e-mail : galvinr@ee-wp.bham.ac.uk
>
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