Born in Captivity

Infobox Album |
Name = Born in Captivity
Type = Album
Artist = Roy Harper


Released = 1984
Recorded = England
Genre = Rock
Length =
Label = Hardup PUB 5002,
Awareness AWL1001,
Science Friction HUCD008
Producer = Roy Harper
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|2.5|5 [http://www.allmusicguide.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:2t67mps39fco link]
Last album = Work of Heart (1982)
This album = Born in Captivity (1984)
Next album = Whatever Happened to Jugula? (1985)

History

"Born in Captivity" is a 1984 album by English folk musician Roy Harper. Essentially, "Born In Captivity" is the demo tape for "Work of Heart", Harper's 1982 release.

Originally, "Born in Captivity" was released as a collectors item on Harper's Hardup label. 830 copies were made and sold quickly to Harper's fans. Demand was such that the record was reissued in 1985 (with variations to the sleeve notes, colours and labels [ [http://musicnaut.iki.fi/musicnaut/royharper/discography/born_in_captivity.html Discography and cover notes] ] ) on the Awareness Records label. Awareness Records also released cassette and CD versions in 1989.

In 1994, Harper's own label, Science Friction, combined "Born in Captivity" with "Work of Heart" to form the Double CD version of this album currently available.

The albums cover shows Harper behind bars, the numbers "120641" represent his date of birth (12th June 1941) and the "No.006" is a reference to Patrick McGoohans character, "Number Six", in the British, Sixties TV programme, The Prisoner. Harper referenced this programme earlier in his career on his 1969 album "Folkjokeopus", with a track entitled "McGoohans Blues".

N.B. The songs "No Woman is Safe" and "Jack of Hearts" are basically the same, containing identical lyrics.

Track listing

"All tracks credited to Roy Harper"

ide One

#"Stan" – 5:03
#"Drawn to the Flames" (Demo Version) – 4:43
#"Come To Bed Eyes" – 4:20
#"No Woman Is Safe" – 4:42
#"I Am A Child" (Demo Version) – 3:59
#"Elizabeth" – 4:47

ide Two

#"Work of Heart" (Demo Version) – 19:20
##"No One Ever Gets Out Alive"
##"Two Lovers in the Moon"
##"We Are the People"
##"All Us Children (So Sadly Far Apart)"
##"We Are the People" (reprise)
##"No One Ever Gets Out Alive" (finale)

1994 Double CD reissue

Disc One – "Born in Captivity"

#"Stan" – 5:03
#"Drawn to the Flames" (Demo Version) – 4:43
#"Come To Bed Eyes" – 4:20
#"No Woman Is Safe" – 4:42
#"I Am A Child" (Demo Version) – 3:59
#"Elizabeth" – 4:47
#"Work of Heart" (Demo Version) – 19:20
##"No One Ever Gets Out Alive"
##"Two Lovers in the Moon"
##"We Are the People"
##"All Us Children (So Sadly Far Apart)"
##"We Are the People" (reprise)
##"No One Ever Gets Out Alive" (finale)

Disc Two – "Work of Heart"

#"Drawn To The Flames" – 6:34
#"Jack Of Hearts" – 4:14
#"I Am A Child" – 3:09
#"Woman" – 4:42
#"I Still Care" – 4:50
#"Work of Heart" – 21:32
##"No One Ever Gets Out Alive"
##"Two Lovers in the Moon"
##"We Are the People"
##"All Us Children (So Sadly Far Apart)"
##"We Are the People" (reprise)
##"No One Ever Gets Out Alive" (finale)

Personnel

*Roy Harper- vocals and guitar

References

External links

* [http://www.royharper.com/ Roy Harper Official Site]
* [http://www.iki.fi/musicnaut/royharper.html Excellent Roy Harper resource]
* [http://www.mistlethrush.co.uk/stormcock/discogra.htm Roy Harper discography]