''Roll On Dreamer'' is a folk/rock album by
Johnny Coppin
John "Johnny" Coppin (born 5 April 1946) is an English singer-songwriter, composer, poetry anthologist and broadcaster. He plays guitar and piano and has written and recorded many albums as a solo artist. He has a weekly one-hour show on BBC Ra ...
released in 1978, his debut solo album following his time with
Decameron
''The Decameron'' (; it, label=Italian, Decameron or ''Decamerone'' ), subtitled ''Prince Galehaut'' (Old it, Prencipe Galeotto, links=no ) and sometimes nicknamed ''l'Umana commedia'' ("the Human comedy", as it was Boccaccio that dubbed Dan ...
. Like the subsequent Coppin solo albums, it includes cover versions as well as Coppin originals and settings of Gloucestershire poetry.
The album was produced and engineered by John Acock, and recorded at Millstream Studios,
Cheltenham during May and June 1978. It includes cello contributions from former
Decameron
''The Decameron'' (; it, label=Italian, Decameron or ''Decamerone'' ), subtitled ''Prince Galehaut'' (Old it, Prencipe Galeotto, links=no ) and sometimes nicknamed ''l'Umana commedia'' ("the Human comedy", as it was Boccaccio that dubbed Dan ...
colleague Geoff March and fiddle by
Phil Beer
Phil Beer (born 12 May 1953 in Exminster, Devon, England) is an English multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer, and one half of English acoustic roots duo Show of Hands.
Biography
Beer first began to play fiddle, guitar, and mandolin whils ...
who subsequently joined Coppin's regular band.
''Roll On Dreamer'' was originally released by Avada Records as a vinyl LP, catalogue number AVA 102 with sleeve artwork by Rob Scattergood and photography by Paddy O'Biernes of Fairview Designs. It was rereleased on CD in 2009 by Red Sky, catalogue number RSKCD 119.
'Never Lost For Love' was re-recorded for the 2007 album "Breaking The Silence", a duo record with English singer/songwriter
Mike Silver.
Track listing
(Composed by Johnny Coppin unless otherwise noted)
# "Liberty"
# "Never Lost For Love"
# "Angelus"
# "If That's The Way You Feel"
# "Roll On Dreamer"
# "The Worm Forgives The Plough" (
Bill Boazman)
# "Archangel"
# "The Roads Go Down" (Coppin setting of a poem by Frank Mansell)
# "Midwinter"
# "
Warm Love" (
Van Morrison
Sir George Ivan Morrison (born 31 August 1945), known professionally as Van Morrison, is a Northern Irish singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist whose recording career spans seven decades. He has won two Grammy Awards.
As a teenager in t ...
)
Personnel
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Johnny Coppin
John "Johnny" Coppin (born 5 April 1946) is an English singer-songwriter, composer, poetry anthologist and broadcaster. He plays guitar and piano and has written and recorded many albums as a solo artist. He has a weekly one-hour show on BBC Ra ...
- Vocals, piano, acoustic guitar, harmonium
with
*
Phil Beer
Phil Beer (born 12 May 1953 in Exminster, Devon, England) is an English multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer, and one half of English acoustic roots duo Show of Hands.
Biography
Beer first began to play fiddle, guitar, and mandolin whils ...
- fiddle on "Angelus"
*
Nigel Mazlyn Jones
Nigel Mazlyn Jones (born 26 June 1950) is an English guitarist, singer and songwriter.
Early life
He was born in Dudley, Worcestershire, England, where he did part-time work at Dudley Zoo from the age of 12. In 1969, he moved to Jersey, to wor ...
- 12-string guitar on "Archangel"
*Geoff March - cello on "Archangel" and "The Roads Go Down"
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1978 albums
Johnny Coppin albums