IN BETWEEN EVERY LINE

Hot on the heals of Roy's relative success with his Jimmy Page collaboration album "What Ever Happened To Jugular?" , EMI decided to reup with Roy and produced this double live album of Harper and his touring band, which included Page as a guest at some venues. As it was rare for Harper to tour with full band support this live outing, recorded at various venues, is a bit of a gem. The band, consisting of Roy's son Nick on lead guitar, FIRM bassist extraordinaire Tony Franklin, drummer Steve Broughton (from the Edgar Broughton Band) and key's man Nik Green, are tight as a drum, with Roy in excellent voice throughout.

A solo rendition of "One Of Those Days In England (Parts 2-5)" starts off the album and the song is all the better because of it. This song allows Roy to show off his incredible vocal range without fighting a full band accompaniment. This is followed by full band versions of "Short And Sweet", "Referendum", "Highway Blues" and "True Story", all featuring the incredible Jimmy Page, who amps up not only the rest of band and Harper, but the appreciative crowd as well. Excellently recorded, this live album is an absolute must have for Harper fans, as well as anyone who appreciates well played hard rock. "The Game" from the IQ album is acoustic with just Roy accompanied by his talented son Nick on acoustic lead and is quite good. A manic version of "One Man Rock And Roll Band" with just Roy on acoustic guitar meanders a lot and is less successful, but is still a good song to end the album with. Sound quality is very good, if not pristine. 4 stars.