Seeing Harper live in the Eighties, it seemed astonishing to us that the venerable sixties troubadour still breathed. This Mancunian Methuselah would, of course, have been all of forty-five years old.
Now, Harper’s seventieth birthday sees digital re-releases for his twenty-three albums. 1970’s Flat Baroque and Berserk, a marinaded acoustic set, only partially spoiled by stoned spoken interruptions, was overshadowed by its acclaimed successor Stormcock, but sold Harper to post-punks when This Mortal Coil covered the airily undulating Another Day.
Today, the album’s period details seem oddly timeless, and it’s inspired the Joanna Newsome generation of diaphanous folkies.
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Deepbass, Guardian.co.uk
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James Dellingpole, Daily Telegraph
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Dominic Cavendish, Daily Telegraph
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Esme Folley, Actress, cellist, Twitter
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BBC iPlayer edition of discussion of Stewart Lee on A Good Read
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Frankie Boyle, Comedian
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Richard Herring, Comedian
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Anon, BBC Complaints Log
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Aiden Hearn, Twitter
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Brendon, Vauxhallownersnetwork.co.uk
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Tweeter Kyriakou, Twitter
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Alex Quarmby, Edfringe.com
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Alwyn, Digiguide.tv
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Iain, eatenbymissionaries
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Gwaites, Digitalspy
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Idrie, Youtube
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Robert Gavin, Twitter
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Foxfoxton, Youtube
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Pirate Crocodile, Twitter
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World Without End, Twitter
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Ishamayura Byrd, Twitter
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John Robins, Comedian
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Cojones2, Guardian.co.uk
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Sweeping Curves, Twitter