Album UK 1973 on Charisma label
Rock (Art Rock, Prog Rock)
1st Release with Textured Gatefold Cover and Large Mad Hatter label Recorded in February and March 1973 at Sofa Sound, Sussex and Rockfield Studios, Monmouthshire. Mixed at Trident Studos, London W.1. Notes on tracks: A1) has "(Jaxononsax)" after the title A3) has "(Nic "Killer" Potter, Randolph (a), The Honker)" after the title B1) has "(Mellifluteous David)" after the title B2) has "(Ni..... And Davi.....)" after the title B4) has "Sandwiching" after the title B5) has "(Electrostatic Retrospective)" after the title Ancillaries: The Tin, dogs, socks, the Beaufort Arms, Antipodeanism ("The tape is rolling"), pink champagne, General Hospital, Nationwide and Subbutio (Poland 3 Scotland 2). Individual track times are not supplied, but times for each side are. Side 1 - 24.40 Side 2 - 24.12
![]() | Peter Hammill voc, *1948 GB producer, conduced by, written by, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mellotron, one flight of mellotrons, harmonium, some gothic harmonium, piano, electric and grand pianos (bar leapfrog), vocals, and tesseraschizoid warbling, album by |
![]() | Nic Potter b, 1951-2013 GB bass, other, cortina |
![]() | Guy Evans dr, perc, *1947 GB drums, (a) drum and cymbal (b) the thundering horsemen of the darkest dawn |
![]() | Pat Moran voc, engineer, rockfield |
![]() | Ralph Down , engineer, rockfield |
![]() | Rodney Sofa engineer, sofa sound |
![]() | David Hentschel key, *1952 GB engineer, trident |
![]() | Hugh Banton org, *1949 GB organ, other, the rack, bass, foot and hand bass, piano, bomber, banshee, organ and leap frog piano |
![]() | O.S.A. Troeller other, gordianisation |
![]() | Bettina Hohls photography by, hamburg foliage |
![]() | Gordian Troeller , GB photography by, sussex and scacchi |
![]() | John Anthony , *1944 GB producer, conduced by |
![]() | David Jackson fl, *1947 GB flute, other, screams in the night and icy waterfalls, saxophone, acoustic and electric tenor and alto saxophones |
Paul Whitehead cover |
Peter Hammill |
No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
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1 | German Overalls | Peter Hammill | ||
2 | Slender Threads | Peter Hammill | ||
3 | Rock And Rôle | Peter Hammill | ||
4 | In The End | Peter Hammill | ||
5 | What's It Worth | Peter Hammill | ||
6 | Easy To Slip Away | Peter Hammill | ||
7 | Dropping The Torch | Peter Hammill | ||
8 | (In The) Black Room | Peter Hammill | ||
9 | In The Black Room (I) | Peter Hammill | ||
10 | The Tower | Peter Hammill | ||
11 | In The Black Room (II) | Peter Hammill |