Flashes from the Archives of Oblivion is a live double album released in 1974 by Roy Harper

Roy Harper

Roy Harper is an English folk / rock singer-songwriter and guitarist who has been a professional musician since the mid 1960s...

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History

The album's liner notes state the tracks were "recorded at various concerts in England at one time or another". Two of the songs were recorded on Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day

Saint Valentine's Day, commonly shortened to Valentine's Day, is an annual commemoration held on February 14 celebrating love and affection between intimate companions. The day is named after one or more early Christian martyrs named Saint Valentine, and was established by Pope Gelasius I in 496...

 at a concert to mark the release of Harper's 1974 album Valentine

Valentine (album)

Valentine is the seventh album by English folk / rock singer-songwriter and guitarist Roy Harper. It was first released in 1974 by Harvest Records.-History:...

. That concert took place at London's

London

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 Rainbow Theatre where Harper performed alongside Jimmy Page

Jimmy Page

James Patrick "Jimmy" Page, OBE is an English multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and record producer. He began his career as a studio session guitarist in London and was subsequently a member of The Yardbirds from 1966 to 1968, after which he founded the English rock band Led Zeppelin.Jimmy Page...

, David Bedford

David Bedford

David Vickerman Bedford , was an English composer and musician. He wrote and played both popular and classical music....

, Max Middleton

Max Middleton

David Maxwell "Max" Middleton . He is an English composer and keyboardist and was originally a docker on the Liverpool docks. Middleton is known for his work on the Fender Rhodes Electric piano, the Minimoog synthesiser and his percussive playing style of the Hohner Clavinet...

, Ronnie Lane

Ronnie Lane

Ronald Frederick "Ronnie" Lane was an English musician, songwriter, and producer who is best known as the bass guitarist and founding member of two prominent English rock and roll bands; the Small Faces where he was nicknamed "Plonk", – and, after losing the band's frontman, Faces, with two new...

 and Keith Moon

Keith Moon

Keith John Moon was an English musician, best known for being the drummer of the English rock group The Who. He gained acclaim for his exuberant and innovative drumming style, and notoriety for his eccentric and often self-destructive behaviour, earning him the nickname "Moon the Loon". Moon...

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The initial printing of the album cover caused a strike among female workers at the EMI

EMI

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 factory in Hayes

Hayes, Hillingdon

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 when shop stewards

Union steward

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 found the picture of a naked man in that week's new releases. The naked man is Harper himself, wearing a pair of football socks in the colours of his favourite football team, Manchester City F.C.

Manchester City F.C.

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In 1989 the album was reissued on Awareness Records

Awareness Records

Awareness Records was a record label founded in the mid 1980s by its owner, Andy Ware. The label was based in England and had Roy Harper and Michael Nesmith among its artists. It has now gone out of business.-Artists:* Michael Nesmith* Roy Harper...

. The tracklist was slightly altered so the album would fit onto a single cd. As a result, three tracks; "Home" (Studio version), "Too Many Movies" and "Home" were appended onto the 1989 Awareness' reissue of Harper's 1974 release; Valentine

Valentine (album)

Valentine is the seventh album by English folk / rock singer-songwriter and guitarist Roy Harper. It was first released in 1974 by Harvest Records.-History:...

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Side one

1. "Home (Studio version)
2. "Commune"
3. "Don't You Grieve"
4. "Twelve Hours of Sunset"
5. "Kangaroo Blues"

Side four

1. "Another Day
   Another Day (Roy Harper song)
   "Another Day" is a song by Roy Harper from his album Flat Baroque and Berserk.The track's bittersweet lyrics are written from the point of view of a man looking back with regret upon a missed chance. A chance that might have led him to a love he searches for. Eternally. He views his former...
   
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2. "M.C.P. Blues"
3. "Too Many Movies"
4. "Home"

Tracklist on 1989 CD reissue

1. "Commune"
2. "Don't You Grieve"
3. "Twelve Hours of Sunset"
4. "Kangaroo Blues"
5. "All Ireland"
6. "Me and My Woman"
7. "South Africa"
8. "Highway Blues"
9. "One Man Rock & Roll Band"
10. "Another Day
    Another Day (Roy Harper song)
    "Another Day" is a song by Roy Harper from his album Flat Baroque and Berserk.The track's bittersweet lyrics are written from the point of view of a man looking back with regret upon a missed chance. A chance that might have led him to a love he searches for. Eternally. He views his former...
    
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11. "M.C.P. Blues"