Harry Williamson
Gypsy Suite
Blueprint BP189CD
Harry Williamson and Anthony Phillips' beautiful semi-classical Guitar Pieces. Mother Gong's Harry Williamson and Anthony Phillips - friends since the late sixties - recorded these beautiful pieces in '75 and '78. In fact their Gypsy Suite recordings resulted in them being offered a deal by Virgin's Caroline off-shoot, which they declined (how would things be if they had accepted?). The Tarka pieces are very well recorded, intimate demos of what eventually was released in it's full multi-instrumental glory in 1987. A gentle, highly evocative and richly melodic release.
tracks
- Gypsy Suite
- Movement I - First Light
- Movement II - Siesta
- Movement III - Evening Circle
- Movement IV - The Crystal Ball
- Tarka
- Movement I - The Early Years
- Movement II
- Streams River and Salmon Hunting
- Dunes and Estuary
- Moonfield (Postscript)
personnel
- Harry Williamson 6‑string guitar, bass, piano, autoharp, percussion, glissando guitar, echoes
- Anthony Phillips 12‑string guitar, piano, synthesizer, organ, percussion