Artist: Roy Harper
Genre(s):
Rock
Rock: Blues
Discography:
Hats Off
Year: 2001
Tracks: 14
Green Man
Year: 2001
Tracks: 11
Death or Glory?
Year: 1992
Tracks: 14
Loony On The Bus
Year: 1988
Tracks: 11
Whatever Happened To Jugula
Year: 1985
Tracks: 8
Born in Captivity (CD2)
Year: 1985
Tracks: 7
Work Of Heart
Year: 1981
Tracks: 6
The Unknown Soldier
Year: 1980
Tracks: 10
HQ
Year: 1975
Tracks: 7
Valentine
Year: 1974
Tracks: 13
Lifemask
Year: 1973
Tracks: 6
Stormcock
Year: 1971
Tracks: 4
Flat, Baroque and Berserk
Year: 1970
Tracks: 12
Folkjokeopus
Year: 1969
Tracks: 8
An idiosyncratic British singer/songwriter acclaimed for his deeply personal, poetical lyrics and unequalled guitar work, Roy Harper was born June 12, 1941, in Manchester, England. As a teenager he tenured with De Boys, his brothers' skiffle ring, earlier departure base at the age of 15 to accede the Royal Air Force; he after secured a fill in by claiming insanity, resulting in a long menses pronounced by frequent corset in mental institutions (where he was the content of ECT treatments) and prison. Harper later drifted passim Europe, and by 1965 was a mainstay of London's Les Cousins tribe clubhouse, playacting on base the likes of Paul Simon, Joni Mitchell, and Nick Drake.
In 1966 the petite indie mark Strike issued Harper's debut LP, The Sophisticated Beggar; the disc brought him to the care of Columbia, which released his sophomore crusade, Come Out Fighting Genghis Smith, the following class. In 1968, Harper mounted a serial publication of release concerts in London's Hyde Park, which greatly expanded his fan base in planning for the release of 1969's Folkjokeopus, which included "McGoohan's Blues," the low gear of his many extended compositions.
After merging Pink Floyd manager Peter Jenner, Harper was signed to EMI's Harvest subsidiary company, and in 1970 he issued Flat Baroque and Berserk, recorded with contributions from members of the Nice; that same class marked the appearing of Light-emitting diode Zeppelin III and its rails "Hats Off to Harper," a protection penned by longtime ally Jimmy Page. Upon relocating to the Big Sur expanse of California, Harper began writing 1971's Stormcock, regarded by many as his finest book; the following year he starred in the film Made, cathartic the music he composed for the picture's soundtrack in 1973 under the title Lifemask.
Valentine, a collection of erotic love songs, appeared in 1974, and was cursorily followed by the live album Flashes from the Archives of Oblivion, featuring appearances by Page, Keith Moon, Ronnie Lane, and Ian Anderson. In 1975, Harper formed Trigger, a financial support chemical group including guitarist Chris Spedding and drummer Bill Bruford; however, after cathartic just one LP, HQ, the whole disbanded. In 1975 Harper too took spark advance vocals on "Have a Cigar," a rails on Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here. Two old age after he resurfaced with Bullinamingvase; the single "Unrivalled of Those Days in England," with invitee vocals from Paul and Linda McCartney, well-nigh even became a hit.
With the same group of musicians world Health Organization recorded Bullinamingvase, Harper cut another LP, Commercial Break, merely the album went unreleased. Due to financial problems, he did not issue some other album until 1980's black The Unknown Soldier. Upon leaving EMI, Harper founded his possess label, Public Records, releasing Make of Heart in 1982; despite the usual secure press, the album failed to sell, and Public before long went under. After marketing the limited edition 1984 set Born in Captivity at gigs, the next twelvemonth he released the album Whatsoever Happened to Jugula with Page.
Harper re-signed to EMI in 1986, recording the bivalent live LP In Between Every Line. Posterity of Smith appeared deuce years later, and when the record stiffed he moved to the Awareness label, issuing Once in 1990. By 1991 his boy Nick was performing with him regularly; upon the button of 1992's Expiry or Glory?, Awareness folded, over again going away Harper without label support. He before long founded his have company, Science Friction. The label issued the six-volume BBC Tapes in 1997. Resurgent was the label for 1998's The Dream Society, merely deficiency of interest returned Harper to his cottage industry. His Science Friction label released 2001's The Green Man, and a month after Capitol released the eccentric compilation Hats Off. Four old age passed earlier the compiling Counter Culture appeared.
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