Visionary (Gordon Giltrap album)

Visionary
Studio album by Gordon Giltrap
Released	1976 (1976)
Recorded	October 1975 – June 1976
Studio	Sound Associates Studio
Genre	Folk, progressive rock
Length	52:57
Label	The Electric Record Company (UK)
Producer	Jon Miller, Rod Edwards, Roger Hand
Gordon Giltrap chronology
A Testament of Time (1971) Visionary (1976) Perilous Journey (1977)

Visionary is a 1976 album by guitarist Gordon Giltrap. ^[1]

The music is inspired by the words of poet William Blake. ^[2] Side one by the illustration "The Day of Judgement" and the poem "The Last Judgement". Side two by the poems and illustrations as titled.

Track listing

All music composed by Gordon Giltrap

Side one

1. "Awakening"  – 3:01
2. "Robes and Crowns"  – 1:23
3. "From The Four Winds"  – 3:30
4. "Lucifer's Cage"  – 4:07
5. "Revelation"  – 3:45

Side two

1. "The Price of Experience"  – 2:22
2. "The Dance of Albion"  – 1:57
3. "The Tyger"  – 2:00
4. "The Echoing Green"  – 2:02
5. "London"  – 3:01
6. "Night"  – 3:52

bonus tracks for Voiceprint 1999CD

1. "On Wings of Hope"  – 3:10
2. "Jerusalem"  – 3:28
3. "Visionary" (original version)  – 15:19

Personnel

• Gordon Giltrap - guitars (Fylde 12-string acoustic, John Bailey 6-string acoustic, double neck 6- and 12-string electric)
• Rod Edwards - keyboards
• John G. Perry - bass
• Simon Phillips - drums

with:

• R.W. "Butch" Hudson - trumpet
• Henry Lowther - trumpet
• Chris Pyne - trombone
• Chris Mercer - alto and tenor saxophone
• Jeff Daly - baritone saxophone
• Tony Carr - percussion
• Roger Hand - percussion
• Shirlie Roden - vocals
• Strings led by Patrick Halling; George Hamer - contractor
• Music by Gordon Giltrap – inspired by the works of William Blake
• Arranged by Rod Edwards and Roger Hand; except "From the Four Winds" arranged by Joel Lazar
• Recorded between October 1975 and June 1976 at Sound Associate Studios
• Engineered by Gareth Edwards
• Mastered by Harry Fisher at Decca Studios

References

1. Groom, Nick (June 2007). "In the Field". John Clare Society Journal. 26: 76–79, 95. ProQuest   196687232.
2. Jones, Simon (13 June 2012). "The Cambridge of the North". Lancashire Evening Post. ProQuest   1020078021 . Retrieved 13 June 2025.

External links

• Gordon Giltrap
• Visionary