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Hard Times
Hard Times
Studio album by Peter Skellern
Released	1975
Genre	Pop
Label	Island
Producer	Meyer Shagaloff
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Hard Times is the fifth album by singer, songwriter and pianist Peter Skellern (1947–2017)^[1]) released in 1975 on the Island Records label. Despite much radio airplay, "Hard Times" failed as a single and the LP slipped into decades of obscurity. As a result of this commercial failure, Skellern changed record companies again, signing with Phonogram under their Mercury subsidiary and immediately enjoying a minor hit with a cover of "Love Is the Sweetest Thing".^[2] This album has now been officially re-issued on CD by Mint Audio Records on the 3 cd set, The Complete Island & Mercury Recordings.

Track listing

All tracks written by Peter Skellern except "Make Love, Not War" written by John Burrows, John Harding and Peter Skellern.

Side 1

"Hard Times”
"I Guess You Wish You’d Gone Home"
"Baby What a Fool I’ve Been”
"Down in the Cellar"
”Goodbye, America Keep You Well”

Side 2

"Snake Bite"
"Make Love, Not War” (From the musical revue Loud Reports)
"A Capella”
"Let’s Sleep Late"
"And Then You’ll Fall"

Personnel

Peter Skellern - vocals, acoustic and electric piano, percussion, organ and Moog
Rob Townsend - drums
George Ford - bass guitar
Mick Green, Brian Alterman - guitar
Chris Karan - tablas
Andrew Price Jackman - string arrangements
Madeline Bell, Joy Yates, Joanne Williams - backing vocals
George Harrison - guitar on "Make Love Not War"

Production

Producer: Meyer Shagaloff by arrangement with Johnny Stirling for Pendulum Music Ltd
Engineer: Trevor Vallis
Tape operators: Dave & Vaughan
Recorded at: Mayfair Sound Studios
Cover illustration: Tony Wright
Album design: Eckford Stimpson

References

^ allmusic.com/artist/peter-skellern-mn0000687269/biography retrieved 16/01/2014
^ skellernhardtimes.blogspot.co.uk/

[1] usic.com/artist/peter-skellern-mn0000687269/biography retrieved 16/01/2014

[2] skellernhardtimes.blogspot.co.uk/

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-'''''Hard Times''''' is the fifth album by singer, songwriter and pianist [[Peter Skellern]] (born 14 March 1947, Bury, Lancashire<ref>allmusic.com/artist/peter-skellern-mn0000687269/biography retrieved 16/01/2014</ref>) released in 1975 on the Island Records label. Despite much radio airplay, "Hard Times" failed as a single and the LP slipped into decades of obscurity.  As a result of this commercial failure, Skellern changed record companies again, signing with Phonogram under their Mercury subsidiary and immediately enjoying a minor hit with a cover of "Love is the Sweetest Thing".<ref>skellernhardtimes.blogspot.co.uk/
+'''''Hard Times''''' is the fifth album by singer, songwriter and pianist [[Peter Skellern]] (1947&ndash;2017)<ref>allmusic.com/artist/peter-skellern-mn0000687269/biography retrieved 16/01/2014</ref>) released in 1975 on the [[Island Records]] label. Despite much radio airplay, "Hard Times" failed as a single and the LP slipped into decades of obscurity.  As a result of this commercial failure, Skellern changed record companies again, signing with [[Phonogram Inc.|Phonogram]] under their [[Mercury Records|Mercury]] subsidiary and immediately enjoying a minor hit with a cover of "[[Love Is the Sweetest Thing]]".<ref>skellernhardtimes.blogspot.co.uk/
+</ref> This album has now been officially re-issued on CD by Mint Audio Records on the 3&nbsp;cd set, The Complete Island & Mercury Recordings.
-</ref>
 ==Track listing==
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 #"And Then You’ll Fall"
-==Musicians==
+==Personnel==
-*Keyboards: Peter Skellern (acoustic and electric piano, percussion, organ and moog)
+*Peter Skellern - vocals, acoustic and electric piano, percussion, organ and Moog
+*Rob Townsend - drums
-*Vocals: Peter Skellern
+*George Ford - bass guitar
-*Drums: Rob Townsend
+*[[Mick Green]], Brian Alterman - guitar
-*Bass: George Ford
+*[[Chris Karan]] - tablas
-*Guitars: Mick Green, Brian Alterman
+*Andrew Price Jackman - string arrangements
-*Tablas: Chris Karan
+*[[Madeline Bell]], Joy Yates, Joanne Williams - backing vocals
-*Strings: Arranged by Andrew Price Jackman
+*[[George Harrison]] - guitar on "Make Love Not War"
-*Background vocals: [[Madeline Bell]], Joy Yates, Joanne Williams
-*Guitar on "Make Love Not War": [[George Harrison]]
 ==Production==
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 *Tape operators: Dave & Vaughan
 *Recorded at: [[Mayfair Studios|Mayfair Sound Studios]]
-*Cover illustration: Tony Wright
+*Cover illustration: [[Tony Wright (artist)|Tony Wright]]
 *Album design: Eckford Stimpson
 ==References==
 {{reflist}}
+{{Authority control}}
 [[Category:1975 albums]]
-[[Category:Pop albums by English artists]]
+[[Category:Island Records albums]]
+[[Category:Peter Skellern albums]]