The Time Is Near

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The Time Is Near
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 1970[1]
RecordedDecember 1969
April–May 1970
StudioTrident Studios, London
Morgan Studios, London
GenreBlues rock
Length35:08
LabelDeram
ProducerNeil Slaven and Keef Hartley
Keef Hartley Band chronology
The Battle of North West Six
(1969)
The Time Is Near
(1970)
Overdog
(1971)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [2]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]

The Time Is Near is the third album by the Keef Hartley Band, released in 1970. Its cover art includes a rendition of the 1908 Cyrus Dallin statue Appeal to the Great Spirit.

Track listing[edit]

1970 LP[edit]

Deram SML 1071 (UK), DES 18047 (US)

All songs written by Miller Anderson, except "Premonition", written by Dave Caswell

  1. "Morning Rain" – 3:00
  2. "From The Window" – 3:28
  3. "The Time Is Near" – 10:09
  4. "You Can't Take It With You" – 7:19
  5. "Premonition" – 4:24
  6. "Another Time, Another Place" – 2:35
  7. "Change" – 4:00

Tracks 1, 7 recorded at Trident Studios in December 1969
Tracks 2–6 recorded at Morgan Studios in April and May 1970

2005 CD reissue[edit]

Eclectic Discs ECLDCD 1027
Same track listing as the 1970 LP

Personnel[edit]

Keef Hartley Band[edit]

Additional musicians[edit]

  • Jim Jewell – tenor saxophone (tracks 1, 7)
  • Stewart Wicks – piano, organ (tracks 2, 3)
  • Del Roll – percussion (track 7)

Technical[edit]

  • Keef Hartley, Neil Slaven – producers
  • Robin Black – engineer, Morgan Studios
  • Peter Flanagan – assistant engineer, Morgan Studios
  • Colin Caldwell – engineer, Trident Studios
  • Keef Hartley – album design

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Album Reviews" (PDF). Disc and Music Echo. 12 September 1970. p. 12. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  2. ^ Greene, Jo-Ann. The Time Is Near at AllMusic
  3. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0857125958.