Roman Wall Blues

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Roman Wall Blues
Roman Wall Blues cover
Studio album by Alex Harvey
Released 1969
Recorded 1969
Genre Rock
Length 39:41
Producer Alex Harvey
Alex Harvey chronology
The Blues
(1964)
Roman Wall Blues
(1969)
Joker Is Wild
(1972)

Roman Wall Blues is an 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 he would later re-record ("Midnight Moses", "Roman Wall Blues", "Hammer Song").

[edit] Track listings

  1. "Midnight Moses" (Harvey)
  2. "Hello L.A. Bye Bye Birmingham"
  3. "Broken Hearted Fairytale"
  4. "Donna" (Rado/Ragni/MacDermot)
  5. "Roman Wall Blues" (W. H. Auden/Harvey)
  6. "Jumping Jack Flash" (Jagger/Richards)
  7. "Hammer Song" (Harvey)
  8. "Let My Bluebird Sing"
  9. "Maxine"
  10. "Down At Bart's Place"
  11. "Candy"

[edit] Personnel

  • Alex Harvey - Guitar
  • Lesley Harvey - Guitar
  • Mickey Keene - Guitar
  • Bud Parks - Trumpet
  • Derek Watkins - Trumpet
  • Derek Wadsworth - Trombone, brass arrangements
  • Frank Ricotti - Alto sax, percussion, brass arrangements
  • Ashton Tootle - Baritone sax, flute
  • Laurie Baker - Bass guitar, electronics
  • Maurice Cockerill - Keyboard
  • Pete Wolfe - Drums