''Time and Tide'' is the fourth studio album of the

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band

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, released in 1975 on

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. The artwork for the album cover is by

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. The album was released in the US on the

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label. An edited version of "Catalan" was released as a single, with "Animal Farm" as the B-side, but both it and the album itself failed to chart. The track "Gangsters" was used as the theme music for the BBC TV series of the same name. Having written the theme in 1974 for a one-off programme “Gangsters”, in 1976 Dave Greenslade wrote lyrics for the tune. This version was recorded by

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and was used for the last series in 1978. The track was included, as a bonus track, on the CD re-issue of Dave Greenslade's solo ''

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'' album.

Cover art

Andrew McCulloch, who was at the time reading a science fiction novel with cover art by

, suggested that he create the art for ''Time and Tide''.

Background and recording

''Time and Tide'' saw the revival of the Dave Greenslade-Dave Lawson songwriting partnership which had been dormant during ''

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''. With few exceptions, Dave Greenslade wrote the music first and Dave Lawson then added lyrics. The song "Catalan" was named in honor of a fondly remembered concert Greenslade had in the

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region of

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. The bulk of the album was recorded in Studio Three of

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, already famed as the place where Yes recorded ''

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'', while the vocals for "Time" were recorded at

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. Sawmills Studios was used for this track because Dave Greenslade was an enthusiast of local choir The Treverva Male Voice Choir and wanted to record with them. Recording took place from 3 to 23 February 1975, with mixing beginning on 28 February. The album was produced by the band with engineers Gregg Jackman and Jeremy Ensor, both of whom had also worked on ''Spyglass Guest'', though Jackman was not credited as a producer on ''Spyglass Guest''. Dave Lawson recalled that new member Martin Briley had a strong role in the production.

Track listing

All music written by

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and all lyrics written by Dave Lawson, except where noted. # "Animal Farm" (music: Lawson) – 3:22 # "Newsworth" – 3:10 # "Time" – 1:16 # "Tide" – 2:44 # "Catalan" – 5:03 # "The Flattery Stakes" – 3:30 # "Waltz for a Fallen Idol" - 3:18 # "The Ass's Ears" - 3:19 # "Doldrums" (music: Lawson) - 3:30 # "Gangsters" - 2:21

Personnel

;Greenslade *

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, percussion *

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(except on "Time", "Tide", and "Waltz for a Fallen Idol"), lead

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(except on "Time") *

Martin Briley Martin Steven Briley (born 1950) is an English singer-songwriter, guitarist and keyboardist. He was born in London and has recorded with and written for a variety of well-known musicians, as well as releasing several solo albums. Music career B ...

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, guitars, backing vocals *

- keyboards (except on "Animal Farm" and "Doldrums") ;Additional musicians * Barry Morgan - timbales *The Treverva Male Voice Choir - all vocals on "Time" *Ann Simmons and Jill MacIntosh - backing vocals on "The Flattery Stakes" ;Technical personnel * Gregg Jackman - producer, engineer * Jeremy Ensor - producer * Lindsay Kidd - assistant engineer

References

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