Three Week Hero

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	To oppose or discuss a nomination, please go to CZ:Proposed for deletion and follow the instructions. For the monthly nomination lists, see Category:Articles for deletion. Three Week Hero Type Studio album Artist P. J. Proby Release Date 8 April 1969 Recorded September 1968 at Olympic Studios, London. Genre Rock, blues rock, pop Language English Length 39 min 26 secv Label Liberty Records Catalogue LBS 83219 (US), LBL 83219 (UK) Producer Steve Rowland Engineer Mike Weighell & John Macswith Three Week Hero is an album released by rock singer P. J. Proby on 8 April 1969, by Liberty Records. The album contains a mixture of dramatic pop, blues, rock, and country style songs, a departure from Proby's trademark pop sound of the 1960s. 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, which revived interest in the recording. Proby recollects: ‘ Come the last day we found we had some studio time, so I just asked the band to play while I just came up with the words. ... They weren't Led Zeppelin at the time, they were the New Yardbirds and they were going to be my band. ’ Jimmy Page had previously sessioned for Proby on his biggest success 'Hold Me', which reached number 3 in the UK charts. Other sessions soon followed for 'Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart', 'Stagger Lee', 'Linda Lu', 'Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu', and 'Hanging from Your Love Tree'. Due to poor managerial and investment advice, Texan-born Proby was declared a bankrupt in the United States in 1967, and decided to try his luck in the United Kingdom by relocating there in 1968. Members of Led Zeppelin were invited to participate after John Paul Jones had already pre-booked the session as a commitment prior to August 1968. The medley 'Jim's Blues'/'George Wallace Is Rollin' In This Morninˈ', features all four members with Robert Plant playing harmonica and tambourine. 'Today I Killed a Man' reached number 13 on the Dutch singles chart, an American Civil War song ostensibly redirected towards the Vietnam War. Many of the ideas behind these songs would be revisited on the Family Dogg's 1969 album A Way of Life, whose members appeared as backing singers, and this release was also produced by Steve Rowland. The song 'Sugar Mama' recorded by Led Zeppelin at Morgan Studios in 1969, is not the same 'Sugar Mama' recorded on this album. The album was reissued on compact disc in October 1993. Album information Track listing: Side 1: 'Three Week Hero' (John Stewart) – 2:56 'The Day That Lorraine Came Down' (Young) – 3:14 'Little Friend' (Robin Gair, Peter Mason) – 4:01 'Empty Bottles' (Albert Hammond, Mike Hazlewood) – 2:53 'Reflections (of Your Face)' (Amory Kane) - 5:14 'Won't Be Long' (J Leslie McFarland) - 3:41 Side 2: 'Sugar Mama' (Woodley, Young) – 2:50 'I Have a Dream' (Terry Hansley, Alec Wilder) – 4:45 'It's Too Good to Last' (Baker, Stephens) – 3:14 'New Directions' (Albert Hammond, Mike Hazlewood) – 3:46 'Today I Killed a Man' (Roger Cooke, Roger Greenway) - 3:24 Medley: 'It's So Hard to Be a Nigger'/'Jim's Blues'/'George Wallace is Rollin' in This Morninˈ' (Hillery, traditional) – 7:38 Chart history Album Chart (1969) Peak position US Billboard The 200 Albums Chart - Singles Year Single Chart Position 1969 'Today I Killed a Man' US Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart (Pop Singles) - Personnel Musicians: P. J. Proby - vocals Jimmy Page – acoustic, electric, and pedal steel guitar Robert Plant – harmonica, tambourine, backing vocals John Paul Jones – bass guitar, piano, organ, arranger John Bonham - drums, conga, percussion Amory Kane - acoustic guitar, strings Alan Parker - electric guitar Alan Hawkshaw - piano, organ Clem Cattini - drums Stan Barrett - percussion Dennis Lopez - percussion The Jericho (The Family Dogg with Bob Henry) - backing vocals ("Won't Be Long" and "I Have a Dream") Production: Steve Rowland – producer, arranger ("It's So Hard ..." medley) Reg Tilsley - arranger ("Reflections (of Your Face)") Mike Weighell - engineer (Lansdowne studio) John Macswith - engineer (Lansdowne studio) Spencer Leigh - liner notes Gustav Karl Moody - art direction, cover design Anthony Lloyd Parker - photography Steve Thomas - art direction Notes