''The Long Hello'' is a studio instrumental album by David Jackson,

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and

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recorded in August 1973 and released in Italy in 1974 (and Britain and Europe in 1976). All had been members of

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, but the band had split up in August 1972 (reformed in 1975). In 1981 Potter and Evans released a follow-up to this album, '' The Long Hello Volume Two''. There also is a ''Long Hello Volume Three'' (by Jackson and Evans, 1982) and ''Long Hello Volume Four'' (by Jackson, Evans and Life of Riley, 1983). The album ''Gentlemen Prefer Blues'' (by Jackson, Banton and Evans, 1985) is sometimes regarded as a sort of "Long Hello Volume Five." It was engineered by Banton and was mixed at the Chalk Farm Studio,

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, London.

Track listing

#"The Theme from (Plunge)" (David Jackson) – 5:31 #"The O Flat Session" (Pietro Messina) – 5:32 #"Morris to Cape Roth" (David Jackson) – 6:33 #"Brain Seizure" (Hugh Banton) – 4:01 #"Fairhazel Gardens" (David Jackson, Pietro Messina) – 7:56 #"Looking at You" (David Jackson) – 6:16 #"I've Lost My Cat" (David Jackson) – 8:28

Personnel

* David Jackson – saxophones, flute, piano *

– all instruments on "Brain Seizure", bass on "The O Flat Session" *

– drums *

– bass * Ced Curtis – electric guitar, bass on "Fairhazel Gardens" * Pietro Messina – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, piano

Release history

References

External links

* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Long Hello, The 1974 debut albums Progressive rock albums by British artists United Artists Records albums