Steve Howe – The Steve Howe Album
Tracklist
A1 | Pennants | 4:32 | |
A2 | Cactus Boogie | 2:00 | |
A3 | All's A Chord | 4:56 | |
A4 | Diary Of A Man Who Disappeared | 2:35 | |
A5 | Look Over Your Shoulder | 5:00 | |
B1 | Meadow Rag | 2:40 | |
B2 | The Continental | 2:50 | |
B3 | Surface Tension | 3:25 | |
B4 | Double Rondo | 8:12 | |
B5 | Concerto In D 2nd Movement | 4:50 |
Companies, etc.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Atlantic Recording Corporation
- Distributed By – WEA Records Ltd.
- Recorded At – RAK Studios
- Recorded At – EMI Studios
- Recorded At – Redan Recorders
- Mixed At – RAK Studios
- Mastered At – Strawberry Mastering
- Published By – Topographic Music Ltd.
- Published By – Warner Bros. Music Ltd.
- Published By – Sparta Florida Music Group Ltd.
- Published By – Victoria Music Publishing Co. Ltd.
Credits
- Crew [Equipment Manager] – Claude Johnson-Taylor*
- Design [Cover] – Magnetic Storm Ltd.
- Engineer [Mix Down, RAK] – Greg Jackman*
- Engineer [RAK & EMI] – Greg Jackman*
- Engineer [Redan] – Roger T. Wake*
- Music By – Steve Howe (tracks: B4)
- Music By, Words By – Steve Howe (tracks: A1 to B1, B3)
- Painting [Cover] – Roger Dean (4)
- Photography By – Bart Nagel
- Photography By [Guitar Photos] – Miki Slingsby
- Producer – Steve Howe
- Tape Op [Mix Down, RAK] – Pete Schwier
Notes
Studios:
RAK & EMI
Redan
Mix down:
RAK
Bill Bruford appears courtesy of EG Records Ltd.
Clive Bunker appears courtesy of EMI Records Ltd.
Patrick Moraz appears courtesy of Charisma Records Ltd.
Thanks to all at Sun Artists, Gibson Guitars, Manna Restaurant.
An Atlantic Record distributed by WEA Records Ltd. A Warner Communications Company.
© & ℗ 1979
Cover painting © 1979
Printed in England
Track B5: with String Ensemble
℗ 1979 Atlantic Recording Corp.
Publishing:
Topographic Music/Warner Bros. Music Ltd. - A1 to A3, A5, B1, B3 to B5
Sparta Florida Music Group Ltd./Britico - A4
Victoria Music Pub. Co. Ltd. - B2
Guitars used: Kohno Spanish Guitar, Martin 0018, Gibson EB6 Bass, Gibson The Les Paul, Fender Stratocaster, Gibson Florentine Electric Mandolin, Martin Mandolin, Danelectro Coral Sitar Guitar, Bacon & Day Banjo Guitar, Gibson Les Paul Recording, Gibson ES 175D, Fender Telecaster, Sho Bud Pedal Steel, Fender Twin Neck Steel.
RAK & EMI
Redan
Mix down:
RAK
Bill Bruford appears courtesy of EG Records Ltd.
Clive Bunker appears courtesy of EMI Records Ltd.
Patrick Moraz appears courtesy of Charisma Records Ltd.
Thanks to all at Sun Artists, Gibson Guitars, Manna Restaurant.
An Atlantic Record distributed by WEA Records Ltd. A Warner Communications Company.
© & ℗ 1979
Cover painting © 1979
Printed in England
Track B5: with String Ensemble
℗ 1979 Atlantic Recording Corp.
Publishing:
Topographic Music/Warner Bros. Music Ltd. - A1 to A3, A5, B1, B3 to B5
Sparta Florida Music Group Ltd./Britico - A4
Victoria Music Pub. Co. Ltd. - B2
Guitars used: Kohno Spanish Guitar, Martin 0018, Gibson EB6 Bass, Gibson The Les Paul, Fender Stratocaster, Gibson Florentine Electric Mandolin, Martin Mandolin, Danelectro Coral Sitar Guitar, Bacon & Day Banjo Guitar, Gibson Les Paul Recording, Gibson ES 175D, Fender Telecaster, Sho Bud Pedal Steel, Fender Twin Neck Steel.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Rights Society: Britico
- Matrix / Runout (Label Side A): K 50621 A*
- Matrix / Runout (Label Side B): K 50621 B*
- Matrix / Runout (Runout Side A - Variant 1): S-12 K 50621 A-2
- Matrix / Runout (Runout Side B - Variant 1): S-18 K 50621 B-2
- Matrix / Runout (Runout Side A - Variant 2): S-7 K 50621 A-2 STRAWBERRY 1
- Matrix / Runout (Runout Side B - Variant 2): S-10 K 50621 B-2 2 STRAWBERRY
- Matrix / Runout (Runout Side A - Variant 3): S-4 K 50621 A-2 STRAWBERRY
- Matrix / Runout (Runout Side B - Variant 3): S-6 K 50621 B-2 2 STRAWBERRY
- Matrix / Runout (Runout Side A - Variant 4): S-12 K 50621 A-2 STRAWBERRY
- Matrix / Runout (Runout Side B - Variant 4): S-16 K 50621 B-2 2 STRAWBERRY
- Matrix / Runout (Runout Side A - Variant 5): S-24 K 50621 A-2 STRAWBERRY
- Matrix / Runout (Runout Side B - Variant 5): S-8 K 50621 B-2 2 STRAWBERRY
Other Versions (5 of 42)
View AllTitle (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
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Recently Edited | The Steve Howe Album (LP, Album, Gatefold) | Atlantic | ATL 50 621 | Europe | 1979 | ||
The Steve Howe Album (LP, Album, CBS Pressing) | Atlantic | QSD 19243 | Canada | 1979 | |||
Recently Edited | The Steve Howe Album (LP, Album, SP - Specialty Pressing, Gatefold) | Atlantic | SD 19243 | US | 1979 | ||
New Submission | The Steve Howe Album (LP, Album, Gatefold) | Atlantic | W 50621 | Italy | 1979 | ||
New Submission | The Steve Howe Album (Cassette, Album) | Atlantic | K 450621 | UK | 1979 |
Recommendations
Reviews
- I believe the attribution to Leos Janacek of "Diary of a Man Who Vanished" (which appeared only on some British editions) is an error. Leoš Janáček (to spell his name correctly) was a Czech composer who wrote a song cycle called 'The Diary of One Who Vanished' (or similar, depending on translation)...but Howe's song does not quote from this cycle. My best guess is that someone at the British label noticed the similarity of title and made some assumptions. The song certainly sounds like a Howe composition...and nothing like Leoš Janáček.
- It’s likely that almost every wide-eyed neophyte Yes fan sucked in by side-long epics and Roger Dean gatefold sleeves eventually finds himself (or rarely, herself) scraping the bottom of the Yes barrel and investigating the stacks of available Yes-man solo albums. The more discerning ones will soon realize that these releases constitute far more quantity than quality. There are, however a few of these albums that are indispensible for even the most selective Yes fan. Among the best of these is Steve Howe’s eponymous 1979 album.
Released right at the end of Yes’ heyday, The Steve Howe Album finds the guitarist reveling in his entire range of influences: country, bluegrass, early rock & roll and classical music. Side one focuses on shorter pieces shaped largely by old timey Americana, while side two features two longer-form orchestral pieces in the form of a Howe original and the second movement of Vivaldi’s Concerto in D.
Throughout it all, Howe employs his growing and eclectic collection of acoustic and electric stringed instruments, usually several at one time. The inside of the gatefold on the original LP and the 1994 CD reissue shows photos of each instrument used and includes a key detailing which instruments were used on which tracks–fascinating stuff if you are into guitars.
Fortunately, Howe learns from the mistakes of his first album and elects to sing on only one track. While Howe is capable of carrying a tune, his limited range and earthy timbre sound great as a foundation for Jon Anderson’s and Chis Squire’s cosmic choirboy harmonies in Yes but they do little to endear themselves to the listener when they take center stage. Fortunately, Howe leaves the remaining vocal duties to singer-songwriter Claire Hammill on “Look Over Your Shoulder.” What’s left is ample room for tasteful and timeless acoustic and electric guitar playing without a hint of the gratuitous self indulgence and lame posturing that would plague so much guitar based music in the eighties.
An interesting point about the cover art is that the swimmer in the water on the original LP was removed for the CD reissue. According to his book “Views,” Roger Dean’s original intent was that the pool in the image was to be a portal between two worlds. The swimmer actually is doing a backstroke in the world opposite the viewer’s perspective, but apparently, many people just saw a dead body floating in the water. As they say, hindsight is 20/20.
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