Folkjokeopus

by Roy Harper

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  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1 May 1969
  • Label: Liberty
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 48:07
  • Community rating: 3.75/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Marking a massive leap in structural ambition, the idiosyncratic folk artist anchored his third album with the sprawling, 18-minute masterwork 'McGoohan's Blues'. His wildly inventive acoustic guitar tuning and caustic, stream-of-consciousness lyrical style thoroughly subverted the boundaries of the traditional singer-songwriter format.

Genres

Descriptors: acoustic, folk, guitars, storytelling, long-form

Tracklist

  1. Sgt. Sunshine (2:59)
  2. She's the One (6:57)
  3. In the Time of Water (2:12)
  4. Composer of Life (2:29)
  5. One for All (8:14)
  6. Exercising Some Control (2:52)
  7. McGoohan's Blues (18:02)
  8. Manana (4:19)

Credits

  • Roy Harper - primary artist, concept by [conceived by], composed by, written-by
  • Ron Geesin - arranged by [added touches]
  • Russ Stableford - bass
  • Clem Cattini - drums
  • Mox Gowland - performer [somewhere else]
  • Nicky Hopkins - piano
  • Jane Scrivener - voice

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