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The image features a vibrant, surreal collage representing the album "Earth Day Blue" by Nick Harper. It includes various elements such as a guitar, a motorcycle, a vintage taxi, and a figure reminiscent of a cowboy, all set against a colorful backdrop with abstract landscapes and a tree. The design combines nature and urban motifs, conveying an artistic and imaginative scene.
A musician is seated while playing an acoustic guitar in a recording studio. He is wearing a red, embroidered shirt and singing into a microphone. In the background, there are sound-proofing panels and a warm light source.
A man with glasses and a black cap is sitting on a chair, playing an acoustic guitar in a spacious room with wooden flooring. In the background, a woman is standing and appears to be interacting with others, while various studio equipment is visible.
A musician plays guitar in a studio space, surrounded by sound equipment and soft lighting. An audience of seated individuals, facing the performer, observes the session. The wooden floor features a patterned design, and the background includes lighting rigs and partitions.
The image features a stylized street sign that reads "ABBEY ROAD NW8," with additional text indicating "CITY OF WESTMINSTER." The background is a textured brick wall covered in various graffiti and markings, creating a vibrant and urban aesthetic. Prominent elements include the phrases "JUICY FRUIT" and "MONEY DRIPPER," along with various doodles and illustrations. The design suggests a blend of musical and artistic themes.
A man is seated while playing an acoustic guitar, wearing a red shirt with a floral pattern. He is positioned in front of a microphone, appearing engaged in his performance. The background features a textured gray surface, suggesting a music recording studio setting.
A woman in a stylish black fur coat stands next to a yellow taxi, with a vintage train in the background. The scene evokes a nostalgic urban atmosphere, enhanced by the title "Earth Day Blue" and the artist's name, Nick Harper, at the bottom.
The image features a vibrant, surreal collage representing the album "Earth Day Blue" by Nick Harper. It includes various elements such as a guitar, a motorcycle, a vintage taxi, and a figure reminiscent of a cowboy, all set against a colorful backdrop with abstract landscapes and a tree. The design combines nature and urban motifs, conveying an artistic and imaginative scene.
A musician is seated while playing an acoustic guitar in a recording studio. He is wearing a red, embroidered shirt and singing into a microphone. In the background, there are sound-proofing panels and a warm light source.
A man with glasses and a black cap is sitting on a chair, playing an acoustic guitar in a spacious room with wooden flooring. In the background, a woman is standing and appears to be interacting with others, while various studio equipment is visible.
A musician plays guitar in a studio space, surrounded by sound equipment and soft lighting. An audience of seated individuals, facing the performer, observes the session. The wooden floor features a patterned design, and the background includes lighting rigs and partitions.
The image features a stylized street sign that reads "ABBEY ROAD NW8," with additional text indicating "CITY OF WESTMINSTER." The background is a textured brick wall covered in various graffiti and markings, creating a vibrant and urban aesthetic. Prominent elements include the phrases "JUICY FRUIT" and "MONEY DRIPPER," along with various doodles and illustrations. The design suggests a blend of musical and artistic themes.
A man is seated while playing an acoustic guitar, wearing a red shirt with a floral pattern. He is positioned in front of a microphone, appearing engaged in his performance. The background features a textured gray surface, suggesting a music recording studio setting.
A woman in a stylish black fur coat stands next to a yellow taxi, with a vintage train in the background. The scene evokes a nostalgic urban atmosphere, enhanced by the title "Earth Day Blue" and the artist's name, Nick Harper, at the bottom.

Earth Day Blue LP

Nick Harper's new 12" LP Earth Day Blue on deluxe 180g vinyl press with sumptuous gatefold art by Fal with lyrics and pics

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Nick Harper - Earth Day Blue

Recorded in Abbey Road Studio 2 on Earth Day 2024, September sees the 14th studio album release from Nick Harper, the wildly talented and much loved singer-songwriter. With John Leckie in the producer’s chair (Stone Roses, Radiohead, Muse etc.) and Tchad Blake mixing (Tom Waits, Crowded House, Peter Gabriel etc.), ‘Earth Day Blue' is a flash mob of high calibre talent assembled for a few hours’ collaboration in a very special space. 

       But this was not the first time Nick and John had been in session together in Studio 2. It was way back in 1973, in the very same room, that Nick was given his ‘big break’ in the world of music. The duo first ‘worked’ together when Nick, aged 8, recorded his first ever songs with John whilst Nick’s father Roy was recording his own seminal album 'Lifemask' with Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin. So the circle has been squared off and the journey is complete!

        'Earth Day Blue' is peppered with acoustic ear-worms written with a Studio 2 Beatlesque approach of short, immediate songs, but with the added brio of a group of studio attendees sometimes driven to sing along to Nick’s guitar and voice, adding a party atmosphere to the day. Along the way, Nick displays all his (un)usual talents, from his trademark virtuoso string-bending guitar playing and references to the time of his previous session with John on the paean to Joni Mitchell 'Joni If Only ..' to his penchant for prose poems when describing the scene at Abbey Road in the 70s in 'The Lady In The Fur Coat’.

        The recording captures what John says is the magic of a live performance in a controlled recording environment, though, in a space such as this, dripping with portent and legacy (on a personal level for the two as well as to a worldwide community of Abbey Road fanatics) there is a tangible, added depth of poignancy and emotion underlying the album. For Nick Harper fans and for new fans alike, it is all here in unadorned beauty, a recording that witnesses a solo artist without dilution or compromise, nor studio trickery or production prop, having a great day performing in one of the most hallowed rooms on the planet.