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Roman Wall Blues

1969 studio album by Alex Harvey

Roman Wall Blues is the first solo album by Alex Harvey made after the Soul Band, and his time in the Hair pit band. This album was released in 1969 and contains one song from Hair ("Donna"), plus some Harvey originals, ("Midnight Moses", "Roman Wall Blues" and "Hammer Song"); that he later re-record with The Sensational Alex Harvey Band. The title track was a couplet sonnet by W.H. Auden about the life of a Roman soldier.

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The album was recorded at Philips (Phonogram) Studio, London.

Track listings

All tracks composed by Alex Harvey, except where indicated.

  1. "Midnight Moses" – 3:30
  2. "Hello L.A., Bye Bye Birmingham" (Delaney Bramlett, Mac Davis) – 2:29
  3. "Broken Hearted Fairytale" (Harvey, Andy McMaster) – 3:41
  4. "Donna" (James Rado, Gerome Ragni, Galt MacDermot) – 2:21
  5. "Roman Wall Blues" (W. H. Auden, Alex Harvey) – 2:50
  6. "Jumping Jack Flash" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) – 3:14
  7. "Hammer Song" – 3:12
  8. "Let My Bluebird Sing" – 3:40
  9. "Maxine" (A. Foray) – 4:40
  10. "(Down at) Bart's Place" – 4:21
  11. "Candy" – 2:57

Personnel

Musicians

Technical

  • Brian Shepherd – producer
  • David Voyde – engineer
  • Robin Nicol – sleeve design

References

  1. [1]
    John Neil Munro (4 October 2011). The Sensational Alex Harvey. Birlinn. p. 56. ISBN 9780857901521.
  2. [2]
    "Alex Harvey Roman Wall Blues". AllMusic. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
  3. [3]
    "Alex Harvey Roman Wall Blues". Discogs. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
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