Fear of the Dark (Gordon Giltrap album)

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Fear of the Dark
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Released1978 (1978)
RecordedMay – August 1978
StudioRedan Recorders
London, England
Genre Folk, progressive rock
Length53:59
Label The Electric Record Company (UK)
Producer Jon Miller, Rod Edwards, Roger Hand
Gordon Giltrap chronology
Perilous Journey
(1977)
Fear of the Dark
(1978)
The Peacock Party
(1979)
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Fear of the Dark is a 1978 studio album by guitarist Gordon Giltrap. The album is the last of the album trilogy that started with 1976's Visionary and continued with 1977's Perilous Journey .

Contents

It was remixed and re-released in 1998.

Iron Maiden who released a similarly titled album in 1992 with drummer Nicko McBrain, who played on an earlier Giltrap album, and Giltrap notes that the Iron Maiden logo uses a similar font to the "Gordon Giltrap" logo on this album. [1]

Track listing

All music composed by Gordon Giltrap; except where noted.

Side one

  1. "Roots (Part One and Two)"  – 6:11
  2. "Nightrider" (Gordon Giltrap, Rod Edwards, Roger Hand)  – 5:44
  3. "Inner Dream"  – 5:03
  4. "Weary Eyes" (Gordon Giltrap, Rod Edwards, Roger Hand)  – 4:46

Side two

  1. "Fast Approaching"  – 5:04
  2. "Melancholy Lullaby"  – 2:28
  3. "Fear of the Dark" (Gordon Giltrap, Rod Edwards, Roger Hand)  – 7:56
  4. "Visitation"  – 4:26

Personnel

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References

  1. "Gordon Giltrap". www.giltrap.co.uk. Retrieved 17 May 2019.