Roman Wall Blues
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Roman Wall Blues is an album by Alex Harvey
made after the Soul Band, and his time in the Hair pit band. This album was released in 1969 and contains one song from Hair ("Donna"), plus some Harvey originals he would later re-record ("Midnight Moses", "Roman Wall Blues", "Hammer Song").
The album was recorded at Philips (Phonogram) Studio, London.
Alex Harvey (musician)
Alex Harvey was a Scottish rock musician. With The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, he built a reputation as an exciting live performer during the 1970s glam rock era.-Biography:...
made after the Soul Band, and his time in the Hair pit band. This album was released in 1969 and contains one song from Hair ("Donna"), plus some Harvey originals he would later re-record ("Midnight Moses", "Roman Wall Blues", "Hammer Song").
The album was recorded at Philips (Phonogram) Studio, London.
Track listings
- "Midnight Moses" (Harvey)
- "Hello L.A. Bye Bye Birmingham"
- "Broken Hearted Fairytale"
- "Donna" (Rado/Ragni/MacDermot)
- "Roman Wall Blues" (W. H. AudenW. H. AudenWystan Hugh Auden , who published as W. H. Auden, was an Anglo-American poet,The first definition of "Anglo-American" in the OED is: "Of, belonging to, or involving both England and America." See also the definition "English in origin or birth, American by settlement or citizenship" in See also...
/Harvey) - "Jumping Jack Flash" (JaggerMick JaggerSir Michael Philip "Mick" Jagger is an English musician, singer and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist and a founding member of The Rolling Stones....
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) - "Hammer Song" (Harvey)
- "Let My Bluebird Sing"
- "Maxine"
- "Down At Bart's Place"
- "Candy"
Personnel
- Alex HarveyAlex Harvey (musician)Alex Harvey was a Scottish rock musician. With The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, he built a reputation as an exciting live performer during the 1970s glam rock era.-Biography:...
- Guitar - Leslie HarveyLeslie HarveyLeslie Cameron "Les" Harvey was a guitarist in several Scottish bands of the late 1960s and early 1970s, most notably Stone the Crows....
- Guitar - Mickey Keene - Guitar
- Bud Parkes - Trumpet
- Derek Watkins - Trumpet
- Derek WadsworthDerek WadsworthDerek Wadsworth was a British jazz trombonist, session musician, composer and arranger....
- Trombone, brass arrangements - Frank RicottiFrank RicottiFrank Ricotti is an English jazz vibraphonist and percussionist.Ricotti played in the National Youth Jazz Orchestra while a teenager, then attended Trinity College of Music...
- Alto sax, percussion, brass arrangements - Ashton Tootell - Baritone sax, flute
- Laurie Baker - Bass guitar, electronics
- Maurice Cockerill - Keyboard
- Pete Woolf - Drums