Green (Steve Hillage album)
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Green is the fourth studio album by British progressive rock
musician Steve Hillage
. It was recorded primarily in Dorking, Surrey, and in London, and was produced and engineered by Nick Mason
, of Pink Floyd
fame.
The album entered the UK charts on 29 April 1978, where it stayed for 8 weeks, hitting a peak of number 30.
The cover features a distinctive "pyramid fish" design by John Michell
- an English writer and painter with a particular interest in numbers and geometric shapes. His design is based around the medieval vesica piscis
shape - the intersection between two equal sized circles where the centre of each lies on the circumference of the other.
The Virgin catalogue number for this album on vinyl was V2098.
The album was initially issued on see-through green vinyl, with later pressings on normal black vinyl. The green vinyl pressing also included a poster of Hillage superimposed on a mountain range, with the pyramid fish symbol superimposed on his face. Those green vinyl pressings also came with an insert with lyrics and additional album information.
Side Two
bonus tracks for CD release 2007
for bonus tracks:
Progressive rock
Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...
musician Steve Hillage
Steve Hillage
Steve Hillage is an English musician, best known as a guitarist. He is associated with the Canterbury scene and has worked in experimental domains since the late 1960s...
. It was recorded primarily in Dorking, Surrey, and in London, and was produced and engineered by Nick Mason
Nick Mason
Nicholas Berkeley "Nick" Mason is an English drummer and songwriter, best known for his work with Pink Floyd. He was the only constant member of the band since its formation in 1965...
, of Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd were an English rock band that achieved worldwide success with their progressive and psychedelic rock music. Their work is marked by the use of philosophical lyrics, sonic experimentation, innovative album art, and elaborate live shows. Pink Floyd are one of the most commercially...
fame.
The album entered the UK charts on 29 April 1978, where it stayed for 8 weeks, hitting a peak of number 30.
The cover features a distinctive "pyramid fish" design by John Michell
John Michell (writer)
John Frederick Carden Michell was an English writer whose key sources of inspiration were Plato and Charles Fort...
- an English writer and painter with a particular interest in numbers and geometric shapes. His design is based around the medieval vesica piscis
Vesica piscis
The vesica piscis is a shape that is the intersection of two circles with the same radius, intersecting in such a way that the center of each circle lies on the circumference of the other. The name literally means the "bladder of a fish" in Latin...
shape - the intersection between two equal sized circles where the centre of each lies on the circumference of the other.
The Virgin catalogue number for this album on vinyl was V2098.
The album was initially issued on see-through green vinyl, with later pressings on normal black vinyl. The green vinyl pressing also included a poster of Hillage superimposed on a mountain range, with the pyramid fish symbol superimposed on his face. Those green vinyl pressings also came with an insert with lyrics and additional album information.
Track listing
Side One- "Sea Nature" - 6:43
- "Ether Ships" - 5:02
- "Musick of the Trees" - 4:53
- "Palm Trees (Love Guitar)" - 5:19
Side Two
- "Unidentified (Flying Being)" - 4:30
- "U.F.O. over Paris" - 3:11
- "Leylines to Glassdom" - 4:06
- "Crystal City" - 3:36
- "Activation Meditation" - 1:03
- "The Glorious Om Riff" - 7:46
bonus tracks for CD release 2007
- "Unidentified (Flying Being)" – Live at Glastonbury 1979
- "Not Fade Away (Glid Forever)" – Live at The Rainbow Theatre 1977
- "Octave Doctors" – Live at Glastonbury 1979
- "Meditation of the Snake" [alternative mix]
Musicians and Production
- Steve HillageSteve HillageSteve Hillage is an English musician, best known as a guitarist. He is associated with the Canterbury scene and has worked in experimental domains since the late 1960s...
– vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
, electric guitarElectric guitarAn electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
, guitar synthesizer, synthesizerSynthesizerA synthesizer is an electronic instrument capable of producing sounds by generating electrical signals of different frequencies. These electrical signals are played through a loudspeaker or set of headphones... - Miquette GiraudyMiquette GiraudyMiquette Giraudy is a keyboard player and vocalist, best known for her work in Gong and with her partner Steve Hillage. She and Hillage currently form the core of the ambient band System 7.-Film:...
– synthesizer, vocoderVocoderA vocoder is an analysis/synthesis system, mostly used for speech. In the encoder, the input is passed through a multiband filter, each band is passed through an envelope follower, and the control signals from the envelope followers are communicated to the decoder...
, vocals - Curtis Robertson Jr – bassElectric BassElectric bass can mean:*Electric upright bass, the electric version of a double bass*Electric bass guitar*Bass synthesizer*Big Mouth Billy Bass, a battery-powered singing fish...
- Joe Blocker – drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
for bonus tracks:
- Andy Anderson – drums (live at Glastonbury)
- Paul Francis – bass (live at Glastonbury)
- Dave Stewart – rhythm guitarRhythm guitarRhythm guitar is a technique and rôle that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with singers or other instruments; and to provide all or part of the harmony, ie. the chords, where a chord is a group of notes played together...
and glissando guitarGlissandoIn music, a glissando is a glide from one pitch to another. It is an Italianized musical term derived from the French glisser, to glide. In some contexts it is distinguished from the continuous portamento...
(live at Glastonbury) - Clive BunkerClive BunkerClive William Bunker is a British rock drummer. He was the original drummer in the British band Jethro Tull....
– drums (live at Rainbow) - Colin BassColin BassColin Bass, also known as Sabah Habas Mustapha , is an English progressive rock musician, bassist, record producer, and an active member of the British progressive-rock band Camel.-History:...
– bass (live at Rainbow) - Christian Boule – rhythm guitar and glissando guitar (live at Rainbow)
- Phil Hodge – keyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
(live at Rainbow) - Basil Brooks – synthesizer (live at Rainbow)
- Produced by Nick MasonNick MasonNicholas Berkeley "Nick" Mason is an English drummer and songwriter, best known for his work with Pink Floyd. He was the only constant member of the band since its formation in 1965...
and Steve Hillage - Engineered by John Wood
- CD reissue research and co-ordinated by Mark Powell
- CD reissue compiled by Steve Hillage and Mark Powell