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ROY HARPER

with BRIAN DAVISON, STEVE BROUGHTON, BRIAN HODGES

TONY CARR, RAY WARLEY, JIMMY PAGE

An idiosyncratic British singer/songwriter acclaimed for his deeply personal, poetic lyrics 

and unique guitar work, Roy Harper was born June 12, 1941, in Manchester, England.

Eccentric, prolific British genius, a folk-rock cross of Bob Dylan's

troubadourism and Syd Barrett's freewheeling spirit

"LIFEMASK"

Produced by Peter Jenner for Blackhill Enterprises Ltd.

Jenner for Blackhill Enterprises Ltd.

1973     LP     HARVEST RECORDS      STEREO   SHVL 808

MADE IN ENGLAND    ORIGINAL COPY BUT SECOND PRESSING

WITH boxed EMI Logo, with "EMI Records..." on top rim 

and with 'MADE IN GT BRITAIN' on bottom rim on the label

[Top rim credits on very rare early first pressings will say " The Gramophone Co. Ltd",

and with "MADE IN GT BRITAIN" at 6 o'clock on the label]

This version: Issued on green/yellow Harvest label (with boxed EMI logo) 

and in a gimmick sleeve, opening at the front from the middle 

and with both Harvest and EMI logos on the inside panel to the right

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: none

LABEL: HARVEST -  GREEN/YELLOW LABEL and with boxed 'EMI' - BLACK TEXT

Catalog on cover: (left & right spines) Jenner for Blackhill Enterprises Ltd.

1973     LP     HARVEST RECORDS      STEREO   SHVL 808

MADE IN ENGLAND    ORIGINAL COPY BUT SECOND PRESSING

WITH boxed EMI Logo, with "EMI Records..." on top rim 

and with 'MADE IN GT BRITAIN' on bottom rim on the label

[Top rim credits on very rare early first pressings will say " The Gramophone Co. Ltd",

and with "MADE IN GT BRITAIN" at 6 o'clock on the label]

This version: Issued on green/yellow Harvest label (with boxed EMI logo) 

and in a gimmick sleeve, opening at the front from the middle 

and with both Harvest and EMI logos on the inside panel to the right

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: none

LABEL: HARVEST -  GREEN/YELLOW LABEL and with boxed 'EMI' - BLACK TEXT

Catalog on cover: (left & right spines) SHVL 808

(rear) SHVL 808 (1E 064 ? 05232)

Catalog on labels: SHVL 808 (SHVL.808A) / SHVL 808 (SHVL.808B) 

Matrix / Runout (Side A, Stamped): SHVL 808 A-5

Matrix / Runout (Side B, Stamped): SHVL 808 B-3

On labels: top rim text reads "EMI Records Ltd All Rights..........Reserved"

bottom rim text reads "Unauthorised.............Made in Gt. Britain"

?1973 The Gramophone Company Limited

Produced by Peter Jenner For Blackhills Enterprises Ltd.

On Inside Panels: I would like to dedicate this song to V. Gordon Childe for his great little book

"What Happened in History' (Pelican 14 020 1084)

E.M.I. Records (The Gramophone Company Ltd)

Made and Printed in Great Britain

On Back Sleeve: INTRODUCTION, Lyrics and Notes

....Jimmy Page appears by courtesy of Atlantic Records.

tracklisting

Side A: HIGHWAY BLUES - ALL IRELAND - LITTLE LADY

BANK OF THE DEAD - SOUTH AFRICA

Side B: THE LORD'S PRAYER (a) Poem (b) Modal Song Parts I To IV

(c) Front Song (d) Middle Song (e) End Song (Front Song Reprise)

  grading

RECORD VG+ but (please, read above description) 

SLEEVE VG+ but (please, see pictures and read above description)

Lifemask was an emotional if not musical rebirth for Roy Harper, who nearly lost his life in 1972 due 

to a rare congenital circulatory disorder. When the album was released in early 1973, it showed Harper 

refining the acoustic music he had perfected on 1971's Stormcock. Some of the songs on the album 

previously appeared in a motion picture entitled Made, but the sound is nonetheless consistent throughout. 

"Highway Blues" and "South Africa" are the best-known songs on this set, and have 

remained concert mainstays for many years. The former is a strong opener and added a touch 

of synthesizer to Harper's instrumental stable, while the latter was a political comment on apartheid 

in the guise of a touching love song. "Little Lady" and "Bank of the Dead" (featuring Jimmy Page) 

are fairly similar in sound and context, but remain pleasant, if not classic, cuts anyway...(AllMusic)