Sunday 9 October 2011

CD Release: Songs Of Love And Loss - Roy Harper / Exclusive Interview

Roy Harper - Songs Of Love And Loss (2CD)
Cat. No.: SALVODCD222
Barcode: 698458822222
Playing Time: Approx 2 hours

CD1: 01. Black Clouds / 02. Girlie / 03. All You Need Is / 04. Francesca / 05. East Of The Sun / 06. Little Lady / 07. North Country / 08. I’ll See You Again / 09. Naked Flame / 10. Commune /11. Frozen Moment

CD2: 01. Davey / 02. Another Day / 03. South Africa / 04. Hallucinating Light / 05. Sleeping At The Wheel / 06. Waiting For Godot / 07. The Flycatcher / 08. On Summer Day / 09. Cherishing The Lonesome / 10. My Friend / 11. One More Tomorrow /12. Forever

CD Description
"Kate Bush sang with him. Led Zeppelin sang about him. Pink Floyd once asked him to sing lead. Fleet Foxes and Joanna Newsom adore him" - The Sun.

And now Roy Harper has come up with a new compilation on the Salvo label. Compiled by Roy himself `Songs Of Love And Loss is a 2CD collection of the talented lyricist, vocalist and guitarist s most celebrated love and lament songs.

The album comes with a 20 page booklet including rare photos, lyrics and a commentary by Roy on each song. "My love songs are often hidden by the more epic things I attempt," comments Roy, "It's been a long time ambition of mine to gather a dynamic mix of them together in just their own context. It was a rewarding labour of love for me! Hope you enjoy it ."

Includes 23 tracks from 11 different albums from Sophisticated Beggar in 1966 to Death Or Glory in 1992.

We had a chat with Roy about this new CD and you can hear what he had to say by clicking on the sound icon below (please note this may take longer to load if you are using a Mac...):


The full interview will be broadcast in our "Best Kept Secrets...In Conversation" Show on Preston later this month - details to follow.