''Born in Captivity II'' is a 1992 live album by English folk/rock singer-songwriter Roy Harper.

History

The album was released as a

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(2,000)

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available by mail order. Though the album is

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, it has remained popular with Harper fans due to its sound quality, song selection and the standard of performance recorded. It is very true to the 'live experience'. Harper's son,

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, makes guest appearances playing guitar on a number of songs, and English

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makes an appearance playing drums on the song "Hope". According to Harper's spoken introduction "

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" was written for Fowlers benefit concert. The album was re-released in 1993 as '' Unhinged'', and re-issued again in 1995 (with a different

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) on Harper's own label, Science Friction ( HUCD020). Neither of these CD releases contain all 14 of the original tracks found on the cassette, probably due to the time constraints of the CD format compared to the original C90 cassette. ("Short and Sweet" and the poem "Yet" have been omitted from the CD reissues).

Track listing

Side One

#"Descendants Of Smith" – 5:13 (''

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, Wolverhampton – 29 November 1991'') #"Short and Sweet" – 10:11 (''

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" – 6:31 (''

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" (Poem) – 2:52, 5b. "Hope" – 5:34 (''Forum Theatre, Wythenshawe, Manchester – 17 November 1991'') #"Naked Flame" – 5:33 (''

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, London – 1 June 1990'') #"South Africa" – 5:39 (''

, London – 31 May 1990'') #"North Country" – 6:07 (''

, Wolverhampton – 29 November 1991'')

Side Two

#"Commune" – 4:53 (''

, London – 1 June 1990'') #"Yet" (Poem) – 4:18 (''Civic Theatre, Leeds – 10 November 1989'') #"Back To The Stones" – 5:25 (''The

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– 11 November 1989'') #"Legend" – 3:05 (''

, London – 31 May 1990'') #"Frozen Moment" – 8:12 (''Civic Theatre, Leeds – 10 November 1989'') #"Highway Blues" – 5:41 (''

, Wolverhampton – 29 November 1991'') #"The Same Old Rock" – 10:36 (''Forum Theatre, Wythenshawe, Manchester – 17 November 1991'')

Personnel

* Roy Harper – Guitar and vocals *

– Guitar *

– drums

References

External links

Roy Harper Official Site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Born In Captivity II Roy Harper (singer) live albums 1992 live albums