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{{cquote|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.<ref>{{cite book | title=Led Zep were my backing band| year=2005| author=Fred Dollar| pages= 83}}</ref>}} | {{cquote|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.<ref>{{cite book | title=Led Zep were my backing band| year=2005| author=Fred Dollar| pages= 83}}</ref>}} | ||
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 (musician)|John Paul Jones]] had already pre-booked the session as a commitment prior to August 1968.<ref>{{cite book|last=Welch|first=Chris|year=2002|title=Peter Grant: The Man Who Led Zeppelin|pages=62|isbn=0-7119-9195-2}}</ref> The medley "Jim's Blues/George Wallace Is Rollin' In This Mornin'," features all four members with [[Robert Plant]] playing harmonica and tambourine. "Today I Killed a Man" reached number 13 on the Dutch singles chart,<ref>{{cite web | url = http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=P%2EJ%2E+Proby&titel=Today+I+Killed+A+Man&cat=s | title = Top 100 Singles - 27 December 1969 | publisher = dutchcharts.nl | accessdate = 2009-04-20}}</ref> an [[American Civil War]] song ostensibly redirected towards the [[Vietnam War]]. Many of the ideas behind these songs would be revisted 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 CD in October 1993. | [[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 (musician)|John Paul Jones]] had already pre-booked the session as a commitment prior to August 1968.<ref>{{cite book|last=Welch|first=Chris|year=2002|title=Peter Grant: The Man Who Led Zeppelin|pages=62|isbn=0-7119-9195-2}}</ref> The medley "Jim's Blues/George Wallace Is Rollin' In This Mornin'," features all four members with [[Robert Plant]] playing harmonica and tambourine. "Today I Killed a Man" reached number 13 on the Dutch singles chart,<ref>{{cite web | url = http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=P%2EJ%2E+Proby&titel=Today+I+Killed+A+Man&cat=s | title = Top 100 Singles - 27 December 1969 | publisher = dutchcharts.nl | accessdate = 2009-04-20}}</ref> an [[American Civil War]] song ostensibly redirected towards the [[Vietnam War]]. Many of the ideas behind these songs would be revisted 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 CD in October 1993. | ||
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*Musicians: | *Musicians: | ||
**PJ Proby - vocals | **PJ Proby - vocals | ||
** | **Jimmy Page – acoustic, electric, and pedal steel guitar | ||
**Robert Plant – harmonica, tambourine, backing vocals | **Robert Plant – harmonica, tambourine, backing vocals | ||
**John Paul Jones – bass guitar, piano, organ, arranger | **John Paul Jones – bass guitar, piano, organ, arranger | ||
Revision as of 00:38, 30 May 2009
| Three Week Hero | |
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| Type | Studio album |
| Artist | PJ Proby |
| Release Date | 8 April 1969 |
| Recorded | September 1968 at Olympic Studios, London. |
| Genre | Rock, blues rock, pop |
| Language | English |
| Length | 39 min 26 sec |
| 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 PJ 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.[1] 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.[2] | ” |
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.[3] The medley "Jim's Blues/George Wallace Is Rollin' In This Mornin'," features all four members with Robert Plant playing harmonica and tambourine. "Today I Killed a Man" reached number 13 on the Dutch singles chart,[4] an American Civil War song ostensibly redirected towards the Vietnam War. Many of the ideas behind these songs would be revisted 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 CD in October 1993.
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Track listing:
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Chart history
Album
| Chart (1969) | Peak position |
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| US Billboard The 200 Albums Chart | - |
Singles
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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| 1969 | "Today I Killed a Man" | US Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart (Pop Singles) | - |
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Notes
- ↑ Ian Fortnam, "Dazed & confused", Classic Rock Magazine: Classic Rock Presents Led Zeppelin, 2008, p. 43.
- ↑ Fred Dollar (2005). Led Zep were my backing band, 83.
- ↑ Welch, Chris (2002). Peter Grant: The Man Who Led Zeppelin, 62. ISBN 0-7119-9195-2.
- ↑ Top 100 Singles - 27 December 1969. dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved on 2009-04-20.