Name: Stormcock
Brand: Roy Harper

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

sflp001

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Discs

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2016-09-30

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

PIAS

Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

5065000022006

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

hucd047

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2007-10-22

1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Roy Harper

Genre GB

Folk

Label GB

Limited edition re-issue - fully remastered with a CD sized booklet with 12 pages of rare photos and new liner notes. Widely considered Roy Harper's masterpiece, 1971's 'Stormcock' downplays the mercurial quirkiness of Harper's earlier records in favour of a mature, sophisticated, but never stuffy or boring orchestrated folk-rock song cycle. Scored by David Bedford, the four lengthy songs mix folk, rock, and jazz elements into a subtle and understated blend not at all unlike an earthier, less spiritually preoccupied Van Morrison. The centerpiece is 'the same old rock,' a bitter anti-religion diatribe supported by a blazing extended guitar solo by Jimmy Page. Elsewhere, the swaggering 'one man rock and roll band,' Harper's signature tune, and the tender, beautifully arranged 'me and my woman' show the range of emotions Harper was capable of successfully conveying. Somehow, Roy Harper was never an enormous star, but he's clearly an enormous talent.

Stormcock

Music GB