''Audience'' is the first album by British
art rock band
Audience, released in 1969. It was deleted shortly after its release and is now collectable in its original vinyl version. The band was soon afterwards signed by
Tony Stratton Smith to
Charisma Records
Charisma Records (also known as The Famous Charisma Label) was a British record label founded in 1969 by former journalist Tony Stratton-Smith. He had previously acted as manager for rock bands such as The Nice, the Bonzo Dog Band and Van der ...
.
Track listing
Unless noted, all tracks credited to Howard Werth and Trevor Williams.
Side one
# "Banquet" – 3:47
[used on the soundtrack of the film '']Bronco Bullfrog
''Bronco Bullfrog'' is a 1969 British black-and-white kitchen sink drama film directed by Barney Platts-Mills. It was Platts-Mills' first full-length feature film.
Plot
The film follows the fortunes of a 17-year-old, Del, and his group of frie ...
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# "Poet" – 3:05
# "Waverley Stage Coach" (Williams) – 2:59
# "Riverboat Queen" – 2:57
# "Harlequin" – 2:35
# "Heaven Was an Island" – 4:18
Side two
# "Too Late I'm Gone" – 2:37
# "Maidens Cry" (Gemmell, Richardson, Werth, Williams) – 4:47
# "Pleasant Convalescence" – (Gemmell, Werth) – 2:30
# "Leave It Unsaid"
# "Man On Box" (Gemmell, Werth)
# "House On the Hill"
Re-release bonus tracks
# "Paper Round"
# "The Going Song"
# "Troubles" (Werth)
Personnel
*
Howard Werth
Howard is an English-language given name originating from Old French Huard (or Houard) from a Germanic source similar to Old High German ''*Hugihard'' "heart-brave", or ''*Hoh-ward'', literally "high defender; chief guardian". It is also probabl ...
[credited as "Howard Alexander Werth"] – electric classical guitar, vocals
*
Trevor Williams – bass
*
Keith Gemmell
Keith Gemmell (15 February 1948 – 24 July 2016) was a British musician. He played saxophone, clarinet, and flute, and was best known for being a member of art rock band Audience from 1969 to 1972 and from 2004 to 2016. He was also a musica ...
–
tenor saxophone
The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (while ...
, clarinet, flute
*Tony Connor – drums,
vibes
*
Mike d'Abo
Michael David d'Abo (born 1 March 1944) is an English singer and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist of Manfred Mann from 1966 to their dissolution in 1969, and as the composer of the songs "Handbags and Gladrags" and "Build Me Up Butt ...
– piano
;Additional personnel
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Chris Brough – producer
*
Andrew Price-Jackman – string arrangements on tracks A3, B1 & B3
*Paragon Publicity – sleeve design
References
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Polydor Records albums
1969 debut albums
Audience (band) albums
Albums recorded at Morgan Sound Studios