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Released
  
April 8, 1969

Believe It or Not (1968)
  
Three Week Hero (1969)

Release date
  
8 April 1969

Label
  
Liberty

Length
  
47:41

Artist
  
P.J. Proby

Producer
  
Steve Rowland

Genres
  
Rock music, Pop music

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Recorded
  
September 1968 at Olympic Studios, London

Three Week Hero (1969)
  
California License (1970)

Similar
  
PJ Proby albums, Rock music albums

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Three Week Hero is an album released by rock singer P.J. Proby on April 8, 1969 by Liberty Records. The album contains a mixture of dramatic pop, blues, rock, and country style songs. 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. The album was reissued on CD in 1994.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Three Week Hero" (John Stewart) – 2:56
  2. "The Day That Lorraine Came Down" (Kenny Young) – 3:15
  3. "Little Friend" (Robin Gair, Peter Mason) – 4:01
  4. "Empty Bottles" (Albert Hammond, Mike Hazlewood) – 2:53
  5. "Reflections (Of Your Face)" (Amory Kane) – 5:14
  6. "Won't Be Long" (J. Leslie McFarland) – 3:41
  7. "Sugar Mama" (Woodley, Young) – 2:50
  8. "I Have a Dream" (Terry Hensley, Alec Wilder) – 4:45
  9. "It's Too Good to Last" (Baker, Stephens) – 3:14
  10. "New Directions" (Albert Hammond, Mike Hazlewood) – 3:46
  11. "Today I Killed a Man" (Roger Cook, Roger Greenaway) – 3:24
  12. "Medley: It's So Hard to Be a Nigger/Jim's Blues/George Wallace is Rollin' in This Mornin'" (Mable Hillery/Traditional) – 7:38

Personnel

  • P.J. Proby - Vocals
  • Jimmy Page - Acoustic guitar, electric guitar
  • John Paul Jones - Bass guitar, keyboards, arrangements
  • John Bonham - Drums, conga
  • Robert Plant - Harmonica
  • Amory Kane - Acoustic guitar, strings
  • Alan Parker - Guitar
  • Alan Hawkshaw - Keyboards
  • Clem Cattini - Drums
  • Stan Barrett - Percussion
  • Dennis Lopez - Percussion
  • The Jericho (The Family Dogg with Bob Henry) - backing vocals on "Won't Be Long" and "I Have a Dream"
  • Steve Rowland - Arranger, producer
  • Mike Weighell - Engineer
  • Spencer Leigh - Liner notes
  • Gustav Karl Moody - Art direction, cover design
  • Steve Thomas - Art direction

    • Songs

    1Three Week Hero2:56
    2The Day That Lorraine Came Down3:15
    3Little Friend4:01

    References

    Three Week Hero Wikipedia
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