''Blake's New Jerusalem'' is an album by

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, recorded and originally released in 1978 on Barclay. The album was remastered and expanded in 2017, adding three more tracks. The title is a reference to the popular British

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", which is based on

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's 1804 poem "

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". Tim Blake performed the tracks "Lighthouse" and "Blake's New Jerusalem" live with

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. "A Song for a New Age" was covered by Hawkwind bandmates

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, Niall Hone and Richard Chadwick under the name Hawkwind Light Orchestra for the album ''Stellar Variations''.

Track listing

#"Song for a New age" — 5:12 #"Lighthouse" — 6:46 #"Generator (Laserbeam)" — 3:34 #"Passage sur la Cité de la Révélation" — 7:43 #"Blake's New Jerusalem" — 16:12

Remastered edition additional tracks, 2017

#"The Woodland Voice" - 3:39 #"From Outer Space" - 19:09 #"Jupiter to Jerusalem" - 16:07

Personnel

**As listed in liner notes on back cover: *Tim Blake: Vocals, Acoustic and Electric Guitars, EMS Custom Synthesizers, Roland 100 System, Mini-Moog, ARP Omni and Korg Polyphonic Ensembles *Jean-Phillipe Rykiel: Mini-Moog Synthesizers on "Passage sur la Cité de la Révélation" and "Blake's New Jerusalem"

References

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