9 thoughts on “ When An Old Cricketer Leaves The Crease - Roy Harper - When An Old Cricketer Leaves The Crease (Vinyl) ”

1. When an Old Cricketer Leaves the Crease describes the feelings of a traditional local cricket match, using the context as a metaphor for death. Lancastrian born, Roy Harper described childhood.

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2. Having seen Roy Harper touring this album back in the 70s, this brought back memories. There are some stunning tracks on here, Hallucinating Light and When An Old Cricketer Leaves The Crease, incredible musicianship and Harper's very personal take on the world. He is a great artist who deserves further exploration. Excellent!/5(30).

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3. When an old cricketer leaves the crease, you never know whether he's gone If sometimes you're catching a fleeting glimpse of a twelfth man at silly mid-on And it could be Geoff, and it could be John, with a new ball sting in his tail And it could be me, and it could be .

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4. Roy Harper – When An Old Cricketer Leaves The Crease Lyrics When the day is don,e and the ball has spun in the umpires pocket away, And all remains in the groundsman's pains for the rest of time and a .

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5. Having seen Roy Harper touring this album back in the 70s, this brought back memories. There are some stunning tracks on here, Hallucinating Light and When An Old Cricketer Leaves The Crease, incredible musicianship and Harper's very personal take on the world. He is /5(30).

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6. When an old cricketer leaves the crease, well you never know whether he's gone If sometimes you're catching a fleeting glimpse of a twelfth man at silly mid-on And it could be Geoff and it could be John, with a new ball sting in his tail And it could be me and it could be thee, and it could be the sting in the ale5/5(1).

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7. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the Pitman Pressing Vinyl release of When An Old Cricketer Leaves The Crease on Discogs.4/5(1).

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8. The single "When an Old Cricketer Leaves the Crease", taken from HQ, is one of Harper's best known songs. Harper also co-wrote the song "Short and Sweet" with Gilmour for Gilmour's first solo record, David Gilmour (released in ), and subsequently appeared on his own album The Unknown Soldier (released in ).

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9. May 01,  · 'HQ' features Roy's band Trigger, with Harper again aided by David Bedford's orchestral arrangements, plus the Grimethorpe Colliery Band on 'When An Old Cricketer Leaves The Crease'. Chris Spedding, Bill Bruford, Dave Gilmour and John Paul Jones are just a few more names also involved in the making of this album/5(13).

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