Live Herald
1979 live album / studio album by Steve Hillage
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Live Herald is a part live, part studio album by British progressive rock musician Steve Hillage released by Virgin Records in January 1979.
Released26 January 1979
Recorded
- 1977–1978 (live)
- 1978 (studio)
Venue
- Rainbow Theatre, London
- Marquee Club, London
- Oxford Polytechnic, Oxford
StudioSawmills, Fowey, Cornwall
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| Live album / studio album by | ||||
| Released | 26 January 1979 | |||
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| Venue |
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| Studio | Sawmills, Fowey, Cornwall | |||
| Genre | Progressive rock | |||
| Label | Virgin | |||
| Producer | Steve Hillage | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Music Week |  [1] |
The live tracks were recorded at several concerts in England in 1977 and 1978, and the studio tracks, which occupied side 4 of the original vinyl release, were recorded in late 1978. On CD releases, the studio tracks were removed and added instead to the studio album Open, originally released later the same year.
Track listing
Track listing, recording dates and track times are taken from the liner notes of the original 1979 double album.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Notes | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Salmon Song" | Hillage, Giraudy | recorded 26 March 1977 at the Rainbow Theatre, London | 7:36 |
| 2. | "The Dervish Riff" | Hillage | recorded 26 March 1977 at the Rainbow Theatre, London | 4:17 |
| 3. | "Castle in the Clouds/Hurdy Gurdy Man" | Hillage/Donovan | recorded 26 March 1977 at the Rainbow Theatre, London | 7:02 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Notes | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4. | "Light in the Sky" | Hillage, Giraudy | recorded 25 May 1978 at Oxford Polytechnic | 5:16 |
| 5. | "Searching for the Spark" | Hillage, Giraudy | recorded 7 August 1978 at the Marquee Club, London | 11:11 |
| 6. | "Electrick Gypsies" | Hillage | recorded 3 November 1977 at the Rainbow Theatre, London | 5:55 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Notes | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7. | "Radiom/Lunar Musick Suite/Meditation of the Dragon" | Hillage/Hillage, Giraudy/Hillage | recorded 26 March 1977 at the Rainbow Theatre, London | 15:23 |
| 8. | "It's All Too Much/The Golden Vibe" | Harrison/Hillage | recorded 25 May 1978 at Oxford Polytechnic | 6:47 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Notes | Length |
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| 9. | "Talking to the Sun" (Omitted from all CD releases) | Hillage, Giraudy | recorded at Sawmills Studio, Fowey, Cornwall | 5:56 |
| 10. | "1988 Aktivator" (Omitted from all CD releases) | Hillage | recorded at Sawmills Studio, Fowey, Cornwall | 2:30 |
| 11. | "New Age Synthesis (Unzipping the Zype)" (Omitted from all CD releases) | Hillage, Giraudy, Anderson, McKenzie | recorded at Sawmills Studio, Fowey, Cornwall | 8:47 |
| 12. | "Healing Feeling" (Omitted from all CD releases) | Hillage, Giraudy | recorded at Sawmills Studio, Fowey, Cornwall | 6:09 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Notes | Length |
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| 9. | "Solar Musick Suite" | Hillage | recorded in 1977 at the Rainbow Theatre, London | 14:37 |
Musicians and production
- Musicians
- Steve Hillage − guitar, synthesiser, vocals (all tracks)
- Miquette Giraudy − synthesiser, sequencer, bells (all tracks)
- Christian Boulé − glissando and rhythm guitar (side 1, tracks 1 to 3; side 2, tracks 1 and 2; side 3, tracks 1 and 2)
- Phil Hodge − keyboards (side 1, tracks 1 to 3; side 3, track 1)
- Basil Brooks − synthesiser, sequencer, flute (side 1, tracks 1 to 3; side 3, track 1)
- Colin Bass − bass, vocals (side 1, tracks 1 to 3; side 3, track 1)
- Clive Bunker − drums (side 1, tracks 1 to 3; side 3, track 1)
- Curtis Robertson − bass (side 2, track 3)
- Joe Blocker − drums, vocals (side 2, track 3)
- John McKenzie − bass, vocals (side 2, tracks 1 and 2; side 3, track 2, side 4, tracks 1 to 4)
- Andy Anderson − drums, percussion (side 2, tracks 1 and 2; side 3, track 2; side 4, tracks 1 to 4)
- Production
- Steve Hillage − producer (all tracks)
- Trevor White − engineer, Maison Rouge mobile studio, side 1, tracks 1 to 3; side 3, track 1
- Malcolm Heeley − engineer, Manor Mobile recording studio, side 2, track 1; side 3, track 2
- Jeremy Allom − engineer, Manor Mobile recording studio, side 2, track 2
- Phil Newell − engineer, Manor Mobile recording studio, side 2, track 3
- Simon Fraser − engineer, side 4, tracks 1 to 4
Release information
| Year | Type | Label | Catalogue # | Country |
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| 1979 | LP | Virgin | VGD3502 | UK |
| 1990 | CD | Virgin | CDVM3502 | UK |
| 2007 | CD Remaster | Virgin | CDVMR3502 | UK |