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Live Herald | ||||
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Live album / studio album by | ||||
Released | 26 January 1979 | |||
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Studio | Sawmills, Fowey, Cornwall | |||
Genre | Progressive rock | |||
Label | Virgin | |||
Producer | Steve Hillage | |||
Steve Hillage chronology | ||||
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Live Herald is a part live, part studio album by British progressive rock musician Steve Hillage. The live tracks were recorded at several concerts in England between 1977 and 1978, and the studio tracks were recorded in 1979.
Track listing, recording dates and track times are taken from the liner notes of the original 1979 double album.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Notes | Length |
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1. | "Salmon Song" | Hillage, Giraudy | recorded 26 March 1977 at the Rainbow Theatre, London | 7:36 |
2. | "The Dervish Riff" | Hillage | recorded 26 March 1977 at the Rainbow Theatre, London | 4:17 |
3. | "Castle in the Clouds/Hurdy Gurdy Man" | Hillage/Donovan | recorded 26 March 1977 at the Rainbow Theatre, London | 7:02 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Notes | Length |
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4. | "Light in the Sky" | Hillage, Giraudy | recorded 25 May 1978 at Oxford Polytechnic | 5:16 |
5. | "Searching for the Spark" | Hillage, Giraudy | recorded 7 August 1978 at the Marquee Club, London | 11:11 |
6. | "Electrick Gypsies" | Hillage | recorded 3 November 1977 at the Rainbow Theatre, London | 5:55 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Notes | Length |
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7. | "Radiom/Lunar Musick Suite/Meditation of the Dragon" | Hillage/Hillage, Giraudy/Hillage | recorded 26 March 1977 at the Rainbow Theatre, London | 15:23 |
8. | "It's All Too Much/The Golden Vibe" | Harrison/Hillage | recorded 25 May 1978 at Oxford Polytechnic | 6:47 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Notes | Length |
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9. | "Talking to the Sun" (Omitted from all CD releases) | Hillage, Giraudy | recorded at Sawmills Studio, Powey, Cornwall | 5:56 |
10. | "1988 Aktivator" (Omitted from all CD releases) | Hillage | recorded at Sawmills Studio, Powey, Cornwall | 2:30 |
11. | "New Age Synthesis (Unzipping the Zype)" (Omitted from all CD releases) | Hillage, Giraudy, Anderson, McKenzie | recorded at Sawmills Studio, Powey, Cornwall | 8:47 |
12. | "Healing Feeling" (Omitted from all CD releases) | Hillage, Giraudy | recorded at Sawmills Studio, Powey, Cornwall | 6:09 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Notes | Length |
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9. | "Solar Musick Suite" | Hillage | recorded in 1977 at the Rainbow Theatre, London | 14:37 |
Year | Type | Label | Catalogue # | Country |
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1979 | LP | Virgin | VGD3502 | UK |
1990 | CD | Virgin | CDVM3502 | UK |
2007 | CD Remaster | Virgin | CDVMR3502 | UK |
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