Live Herald

Live Herald is a part live, part studio album by British progressive rock musician Steve Hillage. The live tracks were recorded at several concerts in England between 1977 and 1978, and the studio tracks were recorded in 1979.

Live Herald
Live album / studio album by
Steve Hillage
Released1979 (1979)
Recorded
  • 1977–1978 (live)
  • 1979 (studio)
Venue
StudioSawmills, Fowey, Cornwall
GenreProgressive rock
LabelVirgin
ProducerSteve Hillage
Steve Hillage chronology
Green
(1978)		 Live Herald
(1979)		 Rainbow Dome Musick
(1979)

Track listing

Track listing, recording dates and track times are taken from the liner notes of the original 1979 double album.

Side One

  1. "Salmon Song" Hillage-Giraudy - 7:36
  2. "The Dervish Riff" Hillage - 4:17
  3. "Castle in the Clouds/Hurdy Gurdy Man" Hillage/Donovan - 7:02
all tracks recorded 26 March 1977 at the Rainbow Theatre, London

Side Two

  1. "Light in the Sky" Hillage-Giraudy - 5:16 (recorded 25 May 1978 at Oxford Polytechnic)
  2. "Searching for the Spark" Hillage-Giraudy - 11:11 (recorded 7 August 1978 at the Marquee Club, London)
  3. "Electrick Gypsies" Hillage - 5:55 (recorded 3 November 1977 at the Rainbow Theatre, London)

Side 3

  1. "Radiom/Lunar Musick Suite/Meditation of the Dragon" Hillage/Hillage-Giraudy/Hillage - 15:23 (recorded 26 March 1977 at the Rainbow Theatre, London)
  2. "It's All Too Much/The Golden Vibe" Harrison/Hillage - 6:47 (recorded 25 May 1978 at Oxford Polytechnic)

Side 4

  1. "Talking to the Sun" Hillage-Giraudy - 5:56
  2. "1988 Aktivator" Hillage - 2:30
  3. "New Age Synthesis (Unzipping the Zype)" Hillage-Giraudy-Anderson-McKenzie - 8:47
  4. "Healing Feeling" Hillage-Giraudy - 6:09
all tracks recorded at Sawmills Studio, Powey, Cornwall

bonus tracks for 2007 CD release

  1. "Solar Musick Suite" Hillage - 14:37
recorded in 1977 at the Rainbow Theatre, London

Musicians and production
Musicians
  • Clive Bunker - drums (side 1, tracks 1 to 3; side 3, track 1)
  • Colin Bass - bass, vocals (side 1, tracks 1 to 3; side 3, track 1)
  • 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)
  • Miquette Giraudy − synthesiser, sequencer, bells (all tracks)
  • Steve Hillage − guitar, synthesiser, vocals (all tracks)
  • Andy Anderson − drums, percussion (side 2, tracks 1 and 2; side 3, track 2; side 4, tracks 1 to 4)
  • John McKenzie - bass, vocals (side 2, tracks 1 and 2; side 3, track 2, side 4, tracks 1 to 4)
  • Joe Blocker - drums, vocals (side 2, track 3)
  • Curtis Robertson - bass (side 2, track 3)
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
1979 LP Virgin VGD3502 UK
1990 CD Virgin CDVM3502 UK
2007 CD Remaster Virgin CDVMR3502 UK

Both CD releases omit the four studio tracks. These were added to the CD remaster of Open.[1]

References
  1. "Planet Gong bazaar: Steve Hillage Live Herald". planetgong.co.uk. Retrieved 8 February 2020.


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