Poems, Speeches, Thoughts and Doodles

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Poems, Speeches, Thoughts and Doodles

Compilation album by Roy Harper
Released	1997
Recorded	Ireland November 1997
Genre	Spoken Word
Length	57:56
Label	Science Friction HUCD034
Producer(s)	Roy Harper
Pending
Roy Harper chronology
The BBC Tapes - Volume VI (1997)	Poems, Speeches, Thoughts and Doodles (1997)	The Dream Society (1998)

1 History
2 Miscellanea
3 Track listing
4 Personnel
5 References
6 External links

[edit] History

Poems, Speeches, Thoughts and Doodles is a 1997 spoken word compilation album by Roy Harper featuring 34 of Harper's poems, and songs. It was originally only available via mail order or at Harper concerts.^[1]

[edit] Miscellanea

This rare album (copies of which have sold for over $270 (US) on eBay) is primarily a collection of Harpers poetry. In addition, the CD contains spoken versions of some earlier Harper recordings, such as "The Spirit Lives", "Commune" and "Pinches Of Salt" and at least one poem ("The Angel Of The Night") that would later become a song on the 1998 album, The Dream Society. Occasional guitar by Harper and Jeff Martin punctuates certain tracks, perhaps most notably on "Timelords in the Frost" which is the only track on the CD credited to both artists.

[edit] Track listing

"First Thing In The Morning" - 2:58 (Original song on The Unknown Soldier)
"Blow By Blow" - 1:10
"The Spirit Lives" - 2:47 (Original song on HQ)
"Lunchtime Sandwich Secretaries" - 1:17
"November" - 0:19
"The Arty Fartique (The Critic)" - 0:56
"Bad Speech 2 (A Degree Of Disbelief)" - 3:53 (A direct descendant of "Bad Speech" on Whatever Happened to Jugula?)
"Timelords In The Frost" - 2:22
"Angel Of The Night" - 1:31 (Became song on The Dream Society)
"Hidden By Numbers" - 1:14
"Hole In The Sky" - 0:26
"Overnight Success" - 1:11 (a.k.a the song, "The Boy Stood On The Burning Deck")
"Nero" - 0:40
"Clones" - 1:33
"Constant Sorrow" - 1:53
"BUPA" - 1:55
"Extreme Middle Age" - 3:57
"The Night Aglow" - 0:37
"Filthy Stain Hussein" - 2:06
"Your Tongue In Their Cheeks" - 1:48
"Commune" - 2:22 (Original song on Valentine)
"Tel" - 0:50
"Descendants Of Smith" - 1:22 (Original song on Descendants of Smith)
"Our Father" - 3:36
"Crystal Shoes" - 0:28
"The Afternoon Sun" - 0:19
"The Unknown" - 1:05
"And Yet" - 3:19
"Auto Farrier" - 1:04
"Ere Winter Ends" - 0:32
"Ghost Dance" - 1:24 (Original song on Once)
"Pinches Of Salt" - 1:32 (Original song on Descendants of Smith)
"The Song That Never Ends" - 0:57
"Love Me" - 4:33