Three Week Hero is an album released by rock singer
P.J. Proby on
April 8,
1969 by
Liberty Records. The album contains a striking mixture of dramatic pop, blues, rock, and country style songs. While it did not succeed commercially, it is best remembered today as the first time all four members of
Led Zeppelin recorded together in the studio.
Track listing
- "Three Week Hero" (Stewart) - 2:56
- "The Day That Lorraine Came Down" (Young) - 3:15
- "Little Friend" (Gair/Mason) - 4:01
- "Empty Bottles" (Hammond/Hazelwood/Hazlewood) - 2:53
- "Reflections (Of Your Face)" (Kane) - 5:14
- "Won't Be Long" (McFarland) - 3:41
- "Sugar Mama" (Woodley/Young) - 2:50
- "I Have a Dream" (Hansley/Hensley/Wilder) - 4:45
- "It's Too Good to Last" (Baker/Stephens/Stevens) - 3:14
- "New Directions" (Hammond/Hazelwood/Hazlewood) - 3:46
- "Today I Killed a Man" (Cooke/Greenway) - 3:24
- "Medley: It's So Hard to Be a Nigger/Jim's Blues/George Wallace is Rollin' in This Mornin'" (Hillery/Traditional) - 7:38
Total album length: 47:41 minutes
Personnel
-
P.J. Proby - Vocals
-
Jimmy Page - Acoustic guitar, electric guitar
-
John Paul Jones - Bass guitar, keyboards
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John Bonham - Drums, conga
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Robert Plant - Harmonica
- Amory Kane - Acoustic guitar, strings
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Alan Parker - Guitar
- Alan Hawkshaw - Keyboards
- Clem Cattini - Drums
- Stan Barrett - Percussion
- Dennis Lopez - Percussion
- Steve Rowland - Arranger, producer
- Mike Weighell - Engineer
- Spencer Leigh - Liner notes
- Gustav Karl Moody - Art direction, cover design
- Steve Thomas - Art direction
Chart positions
Billboard Music Charts (North America) - album
1969 Three Week Hero The Billboard 200 -
Additional notes
Recorded and mixed in September 1968 at Olympic Studios, London.
Catalogue: Liberty 83219
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