The Sensational Alex Harvey Band – The Impossible Dream
Tracklist
| The Hot City Symphony | |||
| A1.1 | Part 1 - Vambo | 5:02 | |
| A1.2 | Part 2 - Man In The Jar | 8:11 | |
| A2 | River Of Love | 3:10 | |
| A3 | Long Hair Music | 4:36 | |
| B1 | Sergeant Fury | 3:26 | |
| B2 | Weights Made Of Lead | 2:36 | |
| B3.A | Money Honey | 2:06 | |
| B3.B | Impossible Dream | ||
| B4 | Tomahawk Kid | 4:30 | |
| B5 | Anthem | 7:42 |
Companies, etc.
- Record Company – Phonogram Ltd.
- Marketed By – Phonogram
- Produced For – Mountain Records (5)
- Recorded At – Ramport Studios
- Recorded At – Apple Studios
- Mixed At – Advision Studios
- Mixed At – Ramport Studios
- Printed By – Howards Printers (Slough) Ltd.
- Made By – Howards Printers (Slough) Ltd.
- Pressed By – Phonodisc Ltd.
- Lacquer Cut At – Phonodisc Ltd.
Credits
- Bagpipes, Drums – London-Scottish T.A.V.R.* (tracks: B5)
- Bass Guitar – Chris Glen
- Drums – Ted McKenna
- Engineer – Cyrano* (tracks: B1), Martin Rushent (tracks: A1 to A3, B2 to B5)
- Guitar – Zal Cleminson
- Keyboards, Synthesizer – Hugh McKenna
- Lacquer Cut By – Pecko* (tracks: B1 to B5), Porky (5) (tracks: A1 to A3)
- Producer – David Batchelor (tracks: A1 to A3, B2 to B5), Derek Wadsworth (tracks: B1)
- Sleeve [Sleeve Design], Illustration – Keith Davis (3)
- Vocals – Vicki Silva* (tracks: B5)
- Vocals, Rhythm Guitar – Alex Harvey
Notes
Lacquer cut by George Peckham unlike that otherwise identical release The Impossible Dream, where side A is cut by Denis Blackham.
℗ 1974
Made in England
A Mountain Records Production
Recorded at Apple Studios, Mixed at Advision Studios. "Sergeant Fury" recorded and mixed at Ramport Studios.
Writing credits taken from the back sleeve.
(The writing credits from the label are not that complete as the back sleeve is.)
Timing for B5 is incorrectly given as 4:30 on rear of sleeve, but is correct on label.
℗ 1974
Made in England
A Mountain Records Production
Recorded at Apple Studios, Mixed at Advision Studios. "Sergeant Fury" recorded and mixed at Ramport Studios.
Writing credits taken from the back sleeve.
(The writing credits from the label are not that complete as the back sleeve is.)
Timing for B5 is incorrectly given as 4:30 on rear of sleeve, but is correct on label.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Price Code: DE LUXE
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 1): 6360112 1Y//1 420 1 21 PORKY
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 1): 6360112 2Y//1 420 11 9 MARTY - PECKO
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 2): 6360112 1Y//1 420 13 5 PORKY
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 2): 6360112 2Y//1 420 11 7 MARTY - PECKO
Other Versions (5 of 41)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Recently Edited | The Impossible Dream (LP, Album) | Vertigo | VEL-2000 | US | 1974 | ||
| The Impossible Dream (LP, Album, Stereo) | Vertigo | 6360 112 | Scandinavia | 1974 | |||
New Submission | The Impossible Dream (LP, Album) | Vertigo | 6360 112 | Canada | 1974 | ||
Recently Edited | The Impossible Dream (LP, Album) | PGP RTB | LP 5859 | Yugoslavia | 1974 | ||
Recently Edited | The Impossible Dream (LP, Album, Gatefold) | Vertigo | 6360 112 | France | 1974 |
Recommendations
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Released1976 — UKVinyl —LP, Album, Stereo
Released1975 — UKVinyl —LP, Album, Stereo
Released1975 — UKVinyl —LP, Album, Stereo
Released1973 — UKVinyl —LP, Album, Stereo
Released1976 — UKVinyl —LP, Album, Stereo
Released1975 — UKVinyl —LP, Album, Stereo
Released1973 — UKVinyl —LP, Album
Released1977 — UKVinyl —LP, Album, Stereo
Reviews
I treasure Harvey as an artist as welll as a performer.
Of the records I have of him, this is the most difficult one, like a bad trip full of vile expressed. Expressed certainly well, but can't say I enjoy listening to it.
Release
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