DESCENDANTS OF SMITH [AKA: GARDEN OF URANIUM]

Roy Harper

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Studio Album, released in 1988

Songs / Tracks Listing

1. Laughing Inside (4:15)
2. Garden of Uranium (4:03)
3. Still Life (4:47)
4. Pinches of Salt (3:07)
5. Desert Island (4:20)
6. Government Surplus (2:21)
7. Surplus Liquorice (0:39)
8. Liquorice Alltime (3:43)
9. Maile Lei (4:34)
10. Same Shoes (4:15)
11. Descendants of Smith (3:49)

Total Time 39:53

Bonus track on 1988 & 1994 CD releases:
12. Laughing Inside (Rough and Ready version) (4:09)

Line-up / Musicians

- Roy Harper / vocals, acoustic & electric (10) guitars, emulator (3), arranger & producer

With:
- Nick Harper / electric (1), acoustic (1,6) & slide (2) guitars, vocals (1), E-mu SP-12 programming (1,5,8,10)
- Nik Green / keyboards, piano (10)
- Kevin McAlea / keyboards (3), alto saxophone (5)
- Mark Ramsden / tenor saxophone (5)
- Tony Franklin / bass (1,5), fretless bass (2-4,8,10,11), emulator (4)
- Stuart Elliot / drums (1,5,10), electronic drums (8,10), percussion (4,8,10)
- Jacqui Harper / emulator (3), computer (3,10), backing vocals (10), engineer

Releases information

Artwork: Abrahams Pants studio with Paul Cox (photo)

LP EMI - EMC 3524 (1988, UK)

CD EMI - CDP 7901392 (1988, UK) With a bonus track
CD Science Friction - HUCD014 (1994, UK) Re-entitled "Garden Of Uranium", different cover art and a bonus track

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4 stars This was Harper's last album he made to EMI. His contract to EMI had already finished after 'Unknown Soldier' album, but he got new one when he's album with Jimmy Page got popularity. If I understood right, Harper was one of those who unfairly suffered to become 'a hippie relic' in the eighties. ... (read more)

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