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Justin Hayward
Title: Songwriter
- Tightrope
(Hayward)
- Songwriter (part 1)
(Hayward)
- Songwriter (part 2)
(Hayward)
- Country Girl
(Lodge)
- One Lonely Room
(Hayward)
- Lay It On Me
(Hayward)
- Stage Door
(Hayward)
- Raised On Love
(Hayward)
- Doin' Time
(Hayward)
- Nostradamus
(Hayward)
- Marie
(Hayward) †
- Learning The Game
(Holly) ††
Producer: Tony Clarke
Except † Justin Hayward & A. Leeming
†† Martin
Wyatt
1-10 Bright Music Ltd.
12 Southern Music Pub. Co. Ltd.
1-10 
1977 Justunes Ltd.
11
1979 Justunes Ltd.
12
1987 The Decca Record Co. Ltd.
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1987 The Decca Record
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Dave Holland, Terry Rowley and Mel Galley from the threshold
group, "Trapeze" were the backbone and strongest supporters
of "Songwriter". I had heard of the wonderful Ken Freeman,
the supreme master of the synthesiser, and when I met him I was
instantly taken aback by his gentle spirit, his true emotion in
everything he played and his capacity to give himself to every
track. Tony Clarke was as dedicated as ever and his control over
the recording process was masterful.
I got to play a lot of instruments myself (piano, keyboards,
guitars and even drums), and the album became my life for several
months.
Peter Knight likes to use his own rhythm section on the tracks
he arranged, but always had me play acoustic guitar live in the
middle of it all (a bit daunting). If I needed a sound that we
couldn't play, (as on Nostradamus) we would just call a famous
classical musician (often more adaptable than pop session musicians)
and they never failed to get into the spirit.
I felt I had waited all my life to make this album. The biggest
thrill I had after "Songwriter" was released was when
a famous guitarist I met told me that he had bought the record
because he loved it. Happy days!
-Justin
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