Visionary (Gordon Giltrap album)

Visionary is a 1976 studio album by guitarist Gordon Giltrap.

Visionary
Studio album by
Released1976 (1976)
RecordedOctober 1975 – June 1976
StudioSound Associates Studio
GenreFolk, progressive rock
Length52:57
LabelThe Electric Record Company (UK)
ProducerJon Miller, Rod Edwards, Roger Hand
Gordon Giltrap chronology
A Testament of Time
(1971)
Visionary
(1976)
Perilous Journey
(1977)

The music is inspired by the words of poet William Blake. Side one by the illustration "The Day of Judgement" and the poem "The Last Judgement". Side two by the poems and illustrations as titled.

Track listing

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All music composed by Gordon Giltrap

Side one

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  1. "Awakening"  – 3:01
  2. "Robes and Crowns"  – 1:23
  3. "From The Four Winds"  – 3:30
  4. "Lucifer's Cage"  – 4:07
  5. "Revelation"  – 3:45

Side two

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  1. "The Price of Experience"  – 2:22
  2. "The Dance of Albion"  – 1:57
  3. "The Tyger"  – 2:00
  4. "The Echoing Green"  – 2:02
  5. "London"  – 3:01
  6. "Night"  – 3:52

bonus tracks for Voiceprint 1999CD

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  1. "On Wings of Hope"  – 3:10
  2. "Jerusalem"  – 3:28
  3. "Visionary" (original version)  – 15:19

Personnel

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  • Gordon Giltrap - guitars (Fylde 12-string acoustic, John Bailey 6-string acoustic, double neck 6- and 12-string electric)
  • Rod Edwards - keyboards
  • John G. Perry - bass
  • Simon Phillips - drums

with:

  • R.W. "Butch" Hudson - trumpet
  • Henry Lowther - trumpet
  • Chris Pyne - trombone
  • Chris Mercer - alto and tenor saxophone
  • Jeff Daly - baritone saxophone
  • Tony Carr - percussion
  • Roger Hand - percussion
  • Shirlie Roden - vocals
  • Strings led by Patrick Halling; George Hamer - contractor
  • Music by Gordon Giltrap – inspired by the works of William Blake
  • Arranged by Rod Edwards and Roger Hand; except "From the Four Winds" arranged by Joel Lazar
  • Recorded between October 1975 and June 1976 at Sound Associate Studios
  • Engineered by Gareth Edwards
  • Mastered by Harry Fisher at Decca Studios

References

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