Peter Skellern - Hard Times (1975) Part 1 (Full Album) Vinyl rip

Track List: 1-4

1. Peter Skellern - Hard Times (0:00)
2. Peter Skellern - I Guess You Wish You'd Gone Home (3:48)
3. Peter Skellern - Baby What A Fool I've Been (6:30)
4. Peter Skellern - Down In The Cellar (9:47)

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Hard Times is the fifth album by singer, songwriter and pianist Peter Skellern (1947–2017) 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". This album has now been officially re-issued on CD by Mint Audio Records on the 3 cd set, The Complete Island & Mercury Recordings.

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"