TIM HOLLIER Message to a Harlequin LP UA 1968 ITA orig+ster UAS9036 JOHN CAMERON

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TIM HOLLIER

 One of the period's more distinctive singer-songwriters, 

Hollier usually co-wrote his songs, principally with Rory Fellowes. 

The songs explore isolation, nature, time, ancient landscapes and the world of dreams, 

but there are also a few pretty love songs. His fine voice blends well with John Cameron's 

orchestral arrangements. Such serious lyrical fare is uplifted by touches of woodwind 

and harp, conveying mystery and wonder rather than depression or fear. 

His least obscure song is probably Cameron's Flowers In the Morning. 

The second album has several live tracks, while the first and third have 

the more elaborate arrangements. Sky Sail is probably Hollier's finest moment

but it seems to have sold poorly at the time...(Tapestry of Delights)

"MESSAGE TO A HARLEQUIN"

[released in UK in 1968 but published for the first time in Italy in 1969]  

Produced By Ray Singer

Arranged And Conducted By John Cameron

1969     LP     UNITED ARTISTS RECORDS      STEREO   UAS 9036

MADE IN ITALY    ORIGINAL FIRST PRESSING

FULLY LAMINATED SINGLE SLEEVE 

This version: on cover tracklist "Message To The Harlequin";

on label "Message To A Harlequin"

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LABEL: UNITED ARTISTS -  DARK PINK/ORANGE LABEL w/BOXED "UA" LOGO - BLACK TEXT

Catalog on cover: UAS 9036

Catalog on labels: UAS 9036 (SULP 1211-A) / UAS 9036 (SULP 1211-B)

Matrix / Runout (Side A, Stamped): SULP 1211 A-2

Matrix / Runout (Side B, Stamped): SULP 1211 B-2

On labels: STEREO    BIEM (boxed)

?1969

Arrangements by John Cameron

Album Produced by Ray Singer

rim text reads "United Artists.............Made in Italy"

Rights Society / Publishing: Simon Napier-Bell Music/United Artists Music/Mecolico/B.I.E.M./N.C.B.

On back cover: Notes by David Hemmings

Sleeve design by EBM Studios

Esclusività per l' Italia Cemed Galleria del Corso 4 Milano

Printed and made by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd. Patents Pending S/ULP 1211

from my records collection

tracklisting (from label)

Side A: MESSAGE TO A HARLEQUIN - BIRD OF PARADISE

HANNE - JIMMY - DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN - STREETS OF GOLD

Side B: AND WHERE WERE YOU THAT MORNING MR. CARROLL

FULL FATHOMS FIVE - AND I - IN THE LIGHT OF SADNESS - IN SILENCE

  grading

RECORD NEAR EX but (please, also read above description) 

SLEEVE VG+ but (please, see pictures and read above description)

A hauntingly beautiful debut, Message to a Harlequin has Tim Hollier working in a restrained yet elegantly produced folk-pop mode, almost pre-Raphaelite in the manner of Duncan Browne's Give Me Take You. John Cameron's arrangements, far more ornate than his work during the same period for Donovan, sometimes bury Hollier's acoustic guitar and drench his solo singing voice in choral accompaniment. The songs themselves were probably strong enough to stand on their own a bit better, but the results are still eminently listenable, resembling a folk-based equivalent to the kind of highly produced psychedelic pop/rock of the period...(AllMusic)