ROY HARPER SUPER-RARE 'FOLKJOKEOPUS' 1ST US FOLK-ROCK RELEASE ON WORLD PACIFIC
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ROY HARPER SUPER-RARE 'FOLKJOKEOPUS' 1ST US FOLK-ROCK RELEASE ON WORLD PACIFIC!
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Folkjokeopus Review by Richie Unterberger
Courtesy of AllMusic.comThis Shel Talmy-produced album is as sprawling and unwieldy as its title. Always a determined eclectic, Harper tries to cover a lot of ground here, and while his effort is impressive, the result is unnervingly inconsistent. The influences of Bob Dylan, Bert Jansch, Donovan, and maybe even early Al Stewart hover over most of this folk-rock. Harper tries to cram too many musical and (especially) lyrical ideas together here, and several of his heart-on-the-sleeve narrative folktales ramble on for too long, with an obscurity that verges on maddening. Some pretty, melodic passages here and there, with adequate folk singing that cracks when he even approaches the upper register. The acoustic guitar work is uniformly excellent, making this confused late-'60s timepiece sound rather more impressive than it should.
DISCOGS DETAILS: Courtesy of Discogs
Roy Harper – Folkjokeopus
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Label:
World Pacific Records – WPS-21888Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, All Disc PressingCountry:
USReleased:
1969Genre:
Folk, World, & CountryStyle:
Folk Rock, AcousticTracklist
A1 Sergeant Sunshine 3:00 A2 She's The One 6:52 A3 In The Time Of Water 2:14 A4 Composer Of Life 2:24 A5 Zaney Janey 3:24 A6 Ballad Of Songwriter 3:03 B1 Exercising Some Control 2:49 B2 McGoohan's Blues 17:47 B3 Manana 5:00Companies, etc.
- Record Company – World Pacific Records
- Record Company – Liberty/UA, Inc.
- Copyright © – Liberty Records, Inc.
- Published By – Noma Music, Inc.
- Published By – Croesus Music, Inc.
- Pressed By – All Disc Records, Inc.
Credits
- Art Direction – Woody Woodward
- Composed By – Roy Harper
- Illustration [Back Liner], Design [Back Liner] – Ron Wolin
- Producer – Shel Talmy
Notes
All Disc Record Co. pressing variant as indicated by "114" etched in runouts.Roy Harper - Folkjokeopus is a similar version with variant typesetting layout on labels..
Printed in U.S.A.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Rights Society: BMI
- Matrix / Runout (A side runout): WPS 21888-1 114 3-20-69
- Matrix / Runout (B side runout): WPS 21888-2 114 3-19-69
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