An Introduction to .....

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An Introduction to .....
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Released1994
Recorded Ireland / England
Genre Folk, rock
Length72:04
Label Science Friction HUCD017
Producer Roy Harper
Roy Harper chronology
Harper 1970-1975
(1978)
An Introduction to .....
(1994)
Song Of The Ages
(1997)
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An Introduction to ..... is a 1994 compilation album by Roy Harper.

Contents

History

The album features 13 Harper songs from a 25-year period and is "...a collection of various styles and periods...purely intended for people who may not know where to start (with Harpers music)." Roy Harper [1]

Track listing

All tracks credited to Roy Harper

  1. "Legend" 3:46 (from Sophisticated Beggar )
  2. "She's The One" 6:57 (from Folkjokeopus )
  3. "Tom Tiddler's Ground" 6:50 (from Flat Baroque and Berserk )
  4. "Highway Blues" 6:34 (from Lifemask )
  5. "Che" 3:05 (from Valentine )
  6. "Hallucinating Light" 6:24 (from HQ )
  7. "One Of Those Days In England" 3:27 (from Bullinamingvase )
  8. "You" 4:35 (from The Unknown Soldier )
  9. "Nineteen Forty-Eightish" 9:35 (from Whatever Happened to Jugula? )
  10. "Pinches Of Salt" 3:08 (from Descendants of Smith )
  11. "Ghost Dance" 3:53 (from Once )
  12. "The Tallest Tree" 4:55 (from Death or Glory? )
  13. "Miles Remains" 8:52 (from Death or Glory? )

Personnel

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