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Stormcock

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Storm´cock`
n.1.(Zool.) The missel thrush.


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The album Stormcock, featuring his big pal Jimmy Page, is usually cited as the pinnacle of Roy Harper's extensive recording career.
On a rough count, the mistle-thrush, the hero of Thomas Hardy's poem "The Darkling Thrush," has more than thirty separate and distinct names, such as stormcock and shrite, disregarding those that seem to be merely spelling or pronunciation variants.
In the five years from 1970 he conjured-up Flat, Baroque & Berserk, Stormcock - probably his best - Lifemask, Valentine and the double album Flashes From the Archives of Oblivion.
 
 
 
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