Live Herald

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Live Herald
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Live album / studio album by
Released26 January 1979 (1979-01-026)
Recorded
  • 1977–1978 (live)
  • 1978 (studio)
Venue
Studio Sawmills, Fowey, Cornwall
Genre Progressive rock
Label Virgin
Producer Steve Hillage
Steve Hillage chronology
Green
(1978)
Live Herald
(1979)
Rainbow Dome Musick
(1979)

Live Herald is a part live, part studio album by British progressive rock musician Steve Hillage released by Virgin Records in January 1979.

Contents

The live tracks were recorded at several concerts in England in 1977 and 1978, and the studio tracks, which occupied side 4 of the original vinyl release, were recorded in late 1978. On CD releases, the studio tracks were removed and added instead to the studio album Open , originally released later the same year.

Track listing

Track listing, recording dates and track times are taken from the liner notes of the original 1979 double album.

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)NotesLength
1."Salmon Song"Hillage, Giraudyrecorded 26 March 1977 at the Rainbow Theatre, London7:36
2."The Dervish Riff"Hillagerecorded 26 March 1977 at the Rainbow Theatre, London4:17
3."Castle in the Clouds/Hurdy Gurdy Man"Hillage/Donovan recorded 26 March 1977 at the Rainbow Theatre, London7:02
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)NotesLength
4."Light in the Sky"Hillage, Giraudyrecorded 25 May 1978 at Oxford Polytechnic 5:16
5."Searching for the Spark"Hillage, Giraudyrecorded 7 August 1978 at the Marquee Club, London11:11
6."Electrick Gypsies"Hillagerecorded 3 November 1977 at the Rainbow Theatre, London5:55
Side three
No.TitleWriter(s)NotesLength
7."Radiom/Lunar Musick Suite/Meditation of the Dragon"Hillage/Hillage, Giraudy/Hillagerecorded 26 March 1977 at the Rainbow Theatre, London15:23
8."It's All Too Much/The Golden Vibe" Harrison/Hillagerecorded 25 May 1978 at Oxford Polytechnic 6:47
Side four (Studio side)
No.TitleWriter(s)NotesLength
9."Talking to the Sun" (Omitted from all CD releases)Hillage, Giraudyrecorded at Sawmills Studio, Powey, Cornwall 5:56
10."1988 Aktivator" (Omitted from all CD releases)Hillagerecorded at Sawmills Studio, Powey, Cornwall2:30
11."New Age Synthesis (Unzipping the Zype)" (Omitted from all CD releases)Hillage, Giraudy, Anderson, McKenzierecorded at Sawmills Studio, Powey, Cornwall8:47
12."Healing Feeling" (Omitted from all CD releases)Hillage, Giraudyrecorded at Sawmills Studio, Powey, Cornwall6:09
Bonus tracks for 2007 CD release
No.TitleWriter(s)NotesLength
9."Solar Musick Suite"Hillagerecorded in 1977 at the Rainbow Theatre, London14:37

Musicians and production

Musicians
Production

Release information

YearTypeLabelCatalogue #Country
1979LPVirginVGD3502UK
1990CDVirginCDVM3502UK
2007CD RemasterVirginCDVMR3502UK

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