The album was recorded in Les Cousins, a folk and blues club in the basement of a restaurant in Greek Street, in the Soho district of London, England. The club was most popular during the second British folk revival of the mid-1960s, and was notable as a venue in which musicians of that period met and learnt from each other. It was influential in the careers of numerous artists; Harper himself describing it as "a spawning ground".[2]
On the night 30 August 1969, EMI brought their equipment to record Harper's performance as he felt one of his songs ("I Hate The White Man") needed to be recorded live to capture the full essence of the song. The track was included on his 1970 release, Flat Baroque and Berserk, however the rest of the recording remained in the archives of Abbey Road Studios for nearly 30 years. This album makes available the four reels of tape found (an almost complete recording of the concert) and includes Harper's commentary between the songs.
The album is notable for being the earliest known live recording of Harper,[3] for capturing Harper and the audience "in a mood (and mindset) typical for the period" and, according to AllMusics Brian Downing, it shows Harper "coming out of his Jansch-inspired, neo-Dylan period into his more progressive, acoustic one".[4]
live, cousins, 1996, double, live, album, english, folk, rock, singer, songwriter, harper, live, album, harperreleased1996recorded30, august, 1969, cousins, london, englandgenrefolk, progressive, folklength121, 09labelblueprint, bp220cdscience, friction, hucd0. Live at Les Cousins is a 1996 double live album by English folk rock singer songwriter Roy Harper Live at Les CousinsLive album by Roy HarperReleased1996Recorded30 August 1969 Les Cousins London EnglandGenreFolk Progressive folkLength121 09LabelBlueprint BP220CDScience Friction HUCD036ProducerRoy HarperRoy Harper chronologyUnhinged 1993 Live at Les Cousins 1996 The BBC Tapes Volume II In Concert 1974 1997 Professional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllmusic 1 Contents 1 History 2 Track listing 3 Personnel 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksHistory editThe album was recorded in Les Cousins a folk and blues club in the basement of a restaurant in Greek Street in the Soho district of London England The club was most popular during the second British folk revival of the mid 1960s and was notable as a venue in which musicians of that period met and learnt from each other It was influential in the careers of numerous artists Harper himself describing it as a spawning ground 2 On the night 30 August 1969 EMI brought their equipment to record Harper s performance as he felt one of his songs I Hate The White Man needed to be recorded live to capture the full essence of the song The track was included on his 1970 release Flat Baroque and Berserk however the rest of the recording remained in the archives of Abbey Road Studios for nearly 30 years This album makes available the four reels of tape found an almost complete recording of the concert and includes Harper s commentary between the songs The album is notable for being the earliest known live recording of Harper 3 for capturing Harper and the audience in a mood and mindset typical for the period and according to AllMusics Brian Downing it shows Harper coming out of his Jansch inspired neo Dylan period into his more progressive acoustic one 4 Track listing editAll tracks credited to Roy HarperDisc 1 You Don t Need Money 6 22 North Country 8 06 Hors D Oeuvres 6 17 Blackpool 6 38 She s The One string change 2 24 She s The One 8 20 Goldfish 5 11 East of the Sun 12 19 Disc 2 McGoohan s Blues 19 48 Feeling All The Saturday 3 09 Zengem 1 20 Che 6 29 Davey 8 53 I Hate The White Man 10 38 Goodbye 10 33 Tom Tiddler s Ground edit 4 47Personnel editRoy Harper Guitar and vocalsSee also editTom Tiddler s GroundReferences edit Allmusic review BBC article on Roy Harper Album information from artists website Folkblues review of Harper s earliest live recordingsExternal links editRoy Harper Official Site Excellent Roy Harper resource Roy Harper Discography and information nbsp This 1990s folk album related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Live at Les Cousins amp oldid 1185011436, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
