The Time Is Near
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| The Time Is Near | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | September 1970[1] | |||
| Recorded | December 1969 April–May 1970 | |||
| Studio | Trident Studios, London Morgan Studios, London | |||
| Genre | Blues rock | |||
| Length | 35:08 | |||
| Label | Deram | |||
| Producer | Neil Slaven and Keef Hartley | |||
| Keef Hartley Band chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [3] |
The Time Is Near is the third album by the Keef Hartley Band, released in 1970. Its cover art includes a rendition of the 1908 Cyrus Dallin statue Appeal to the Great Spirit.
Track listing
[edit]1970 LP
[edit]Deram SML 1071 (UK), DES 18047 (US)
All songs written by Miller Anderson, except "Premonition", written by Dave Caswell
- "Morning Rain" – 3:00
- "From The Window" – 3:28
- "The Time Is Near" – 10:09
- "You Can't Take It With You" – 7:19
- "Premonition" – 4:24
- "Another Time, Another Place" – 2:35
- "Change" – 4:00
Tracks 1, 7 recorded at Trident Studios in December 1969
Tracks 2–6 recorded at Morgan Studios in April and May 1970
2005 CD reissue
[edit]Eclectic Discs ECLDCD 1027
Same track listing as the 1970 LP
Personnel
[edit]Keef Hartley Band
[edit]- Keef Hartley – drums, percussion
- Miller Anderson – vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar
- Henry Lowther – trumpet, flugelhorn, violin, piano, brass arrangements (tracks 1, 7)
- Gary Thain – bass guitar
- Dave Caswell – flugelhorn, euphonium, trumpet, electric piano, brass arrangements (tracks 2–6)
- Lyle Jenkins – tenor saxophone, flute, baritone saxophone (tracks 2–6)
Additional musicians
[edit]- Jim Jewell – tenor saxophone (tracks 1, 7)
- Stewart Wicks – piano, organ (tracks 2, 3)
- Del Roll – percussion (track 7)
Technical
[edit]- Keef Hartley, Neil Slaven – producers
- Robin Black – engineer, Morgan Studios
- Peter Flanagan – assistant engineer, Morgan Studios
- Colin Caldwell – engineer, Trident Studios
- Keef Hartley – album design
References
[edit]- ^ "Album Reviews" (PDF). Disc and Music Echo. 12 September 1970. p. 12. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
- ^ Greene, Jo-Ann. The Time Is Near at AllMusic
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0857125958.
