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Time Is

Time Is is the third and final studio album recorded by The Idle Race. It was recorded in 1970 after Jeff Lynne had left the band. He was replaced by vocalist Dave Walker and guitarist Mike Hopkins.

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Time Is
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 1971
Recorded1970
GenreRock, folk
LabelRegal Zonophone
ProducerThe Idle Race & Kenneth Young
The Idle Race chronology
Idle Race
(1969)
Time Is
(1971)
Back to the Story
(1996)
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Time Is is the third and final studio album recorded by The Idle Race. It was recorded in 1970 after Jeff Lynne had left the band. He was replaced by vocalist Dave Walker and guitarist Mike Hopkins.

Track listing

  1. "Dancing Flower" (Dave Pritchard) – 2:14
  2. "Sad O'Sad" (Pritchard) – 3:28
  3. "The Clock" (Pritchard) – 3:22
  4. "I Will See You" (Dave Walker) – 3:11
  5. "By the Sun" (Roger Spencer) – 6:42
  6. "Alcatraz" (Pritchard, Spencer, Walker) – 4:02
  7. "And the Rain" (Walker, Pritchard) – 2:52
  8. "She Sang Hymns Out of Tune" (Jesse Lee Kincaid) – 3:07
  9. "Bitter Green" (Gordon Lightfoot) – 3:45
  10. "We Want It All" (Walker, Spencer) – 4:10

Personnel

The Idle Race
Technical
  • Management - Don Arden
  • Producer - Idle Race, Kenneth Young
  • Assistant producer - David Arden
  • Design, art direction - Joe McGillicuddy
  • Photography - Tim Fulford-Brown

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References

  1. "Idle Race - Time Is". discogs.com. May 1971. Retrieved 30 April 2011.