Stormcock

Roy Harper | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 1, 1994)
• Original Release Date: March 1, 1971
• Number of Discs: 1
• ASIN: B00004TETV
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,242,494 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Hors D'oeuvres

2. The Same Old Rock

3. One Man Rock And Roll Band

4. Me And My Woman

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Chillingly beautiful, July 5, 2000

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B.A.S. (watford, herts United Kingdom) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Stormcock (Audio CD)

How this album did not elevate Harper to the commercial status of his mates in Zep and Floyd is almost as mysterious as the music contained herein. Everyone knows about the collaborators on this album but the likes of Page and Bedford combined with some inspired production to produce an album of such supreme originality that I guarantee you'll never have heard anything quite like it before. Gothic, but not in the rediculous melodramatic sense, there is such a tangible sense of foreboding on this album that it really could have been the soundtrack to one of those atmospheric early 70's horror films, and I mean the Wicker Man and not some dodgy Vampire pic. The last six minutes of The Same Old Rock is possibly the most spine chilling passage you're likely to hear, but there's also the beautifully orchestrated Me And My Woman, an epic love song with some superb seasonal metaphors. All the tracks are over 8 minutes long but when you hear them, you'll be glad that record companies were once so indulgent.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars masterpeice, December 9, 2000

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allismile0 "allismile0" (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Stormcock (Audio CD)

This is an amazing album- every song is relavant and it is definitly Roy Harper's masterpeice. Whether back by a strings or just Jimmy Page the music just flows with intelligent emotional expressions- Me and My Woman especially does that. The album goes through so many deeply moving changes that it expresses a lifetime of experience. Unfortunately most of his work including this album are very hard to find and most people think I mean Ben Harper when I talk about him- but ROY Harper was a very important artist with a very distinct and original vision. He was and is a very respected musician in the UK but never got the proper respect in the States besides being recognized as the guy how sang Have A Cigar on Pink Floyd's Wish you Were Here or the respectful recognition on Led Zeppelin's III Hats off to Roy Harper. HQ, Stormcock, Flat Baroque and Berserk, and any of the BBC tapes I strongly recommend. You can buy any of these at the Roy Harper Web Site.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Harper's best, June 10, 2000

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Joel Ron (Tel Aviv, Israel) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Stormcock (Audio CD)

Sort of a cult figure, Roy Harper has been active in London's folk scene since 1965. 'Stormcock', easily his best, was released in 1971 following his drugier 1970 effort 'Flat,Baroque and Berserk' (which, by the way, desrves to be re issued)

All 4 songs are personal and moody, yet mature both lyrically and musically. True, Jimmy Page is featured here, but make no mistake, Harper himself is an acoustic guitar wizard.

This is one of those albums that you will never get tired listening to. It kind of rubs on you with each listening.

Essential for folk lovers and guitar players.