Three Week Hero

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Three Week Hero
File:ThreeWeekHeroalbumcover.jpg
Studio album by P.J. Proby
Released April 8, 1969
Recorded September 1968 at
Olympic Studios, London
Genre Rock, Pop
Length 47:41
Label Liberty Records
Producer Steve Rowland
P.J. Proby chronology
Believe It or Not
(1968)Believe It or Not1968
Three Week Hero
(1969)
California License
(1970)California License1970
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 2.5/5 stars[1]

Three Week Hero is an album released by rock singer P.J. Proby on April 8, 1969 by Liberty Records. The album contains a mixture of dramatic pop, blues, rock, and country style songs. While it did not succeed commercially, it is best remembered today as the first time all four members of Led Zeppelin recorded together in the studio.[2] The album was reissued on CD in 1994.

Track listing

  1. "Three Week Hero" (John Stewart) – 2:56
  2. "The Day That Lorraine Came Down" (Kenny Young) – 3:15
  3. "Little Friend" (Robin Gair, Peter Mason) – 4:01
  4. "Empty Bottles" (Albert Hammond, Mike Hazlewood) – 2:53
  5. "Reflections (Of Your Face)" (Amory Kane) – 5:14
  6. "Won't Be Long" (J. Leslie McFarland) – 3:41
  7. "Sugar Mama" (Woodley, Young) – 2:50
  8. "I Have a Dream" (Terry Hensley, Alec Wilder) – 4:45
  9. "It's Too Good to Last" (Baker, Stephens) – 3:14
  10. "New Directions" (Albert Hammond, Mike Hazlewood) – 3:46
  11. "Today I Killed a Man" (Roger Cook, Roger Greenaway) – 3:24
  12. "Medley: It's So Hard to Be a Nigger/Jim's Blues/George Wallace is Rollin' in This Mornin'" (Mable Hillery/Traditional) – 7:38

Personnel

Additional notes

The song "Sugar Mama" recorded by Led Zeppelin at Morgan Studios in 1969, is not the same "Sugar Mama" recorded on this album.

Catalogue: Liberty 83219

References

  1. Allmusic review
  2. Ian Fortnam, "Dazed & confused", Classic Rock Magazine: Classic Rock Presents Led Zeppelin, 2008, p. 43.