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Born in Captivity is the twelfth studio album

Album

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by English

English people

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folk

Folk music

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/ rock

Rock music

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singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriter

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and guitarist

Guitarist

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Roy Harper

Roy Harper is an English folk / rock singer-songwriter and guitarist who has been a professional musician since the mid 1960s...

. It was first released in 1984

1984 in music

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. Essentially, Born In Captivity is the demo tape for his previous 1982

1982 in music

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release, Work of Heart
Work of Heart
Work of Heart is the eleventh studio album by English folk / rock singer-songwriter and guitarist Roy Harper. It was first released in 1982 and is one of the most produced albums of his career featuring a full backing band.-History:...

.

History

Originally, Born in Captivity was released as a collectors item on Harper's Hardup label. 830 copies were made and sold quickly to Harper's fans. Demand was such that the record was reissued in 1985 (with variations to the sleeve notes, colours and labels ) on the Awareness Records

Awareness Records

Awareness Records was a record label founded in the mid 1980s by its owner, Andy Ware. The label was based in England and had Roy Harper and Michael Nesmith among its artists. It has now gone out of business.-Artists:* Michael Nesmith* Roy Harper...

label. Awareness Records also released cassette and CD versions in 1989.

In 1994, Harper's own label, Science Friction

Science Friction

Science Friction is an English record label established by English singer-songwriter Roy Harper in 1993 in order to release his back catalogue of recorded music. Generally, all CD releases are prefixed by the coding "HUCD0..."-Albums by catalogue number:...

, combined Born in Captivity with Work of Heart
Work of Heart
Work of Heart is the eleventh studio album by English folk / rock singer-songwriter and guitarist Roy Harper. It was first released in 1982 and is one of the most produced albums of his career featuring a full backing band.-History:...

to form the Double CD version of this album currently available.

The albums cover

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shows Harper behind bars, the numbers "120641" represent his date of birth (12 June 1941) and the "No.006" is a reference to Patrick McGoohan

Patrick McGoohan

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s character, "Number Six

Number Six (The Prisoner)

Number Six is the central fictional character in the 1960s television series The Prisoner, played by Patrick McGoohan. In the AMC remake, the character is played by Jim Caviezel, renamed "Six"....

", in the British

United Kingdom

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, Sixties TV programme, The Prisoner

The Prisoner

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. Harper referenced this programme earlier in his career on his 1969 album Folkjokeopus
Folkjokeopus
Folkjokeopus is the third album issued by English folk / rock singer-songwriter and guitarist Roy Harper. It was produced by Shel Talmy and was first released in 1969 by Liberty Records.-History:...

, with a track entitled "McGoohans Blues".

N.B. The songs "No Woman is Safe" and "Jack of Hearts" are basically the same, containing identical lyrics.

Side one

"Stan" – 5:03
"Drawn to the Flames" (Demo Version) – 4:43
"Come To Bed Eyes" – 4:20
"No Woman Is Safe"* – 4:42
"I Am A Child" (Demo Version) – 3:59
"Elizabeth" – 4:47

Side two

"Work of Heart" (Demo Version) – 19:20
1. "No One Ever Gets Out Alive"
2. "Two Lovers in the Moon"
3. "We Are the People"
4. "All Us Children (So Sadly Far Apart)"
5. "We Are the People" (reprise)
6. "No One Ever Gets Out Alive" (finale)

Disc one – Born in Captivity

"Stan" – 5:03
"Drawn to the Flames" (Demo Version) – 4:43
"Come To Bed Eyes" – 4:20
"No Woman Is Safe"* – 4:42
"I Am A Child" (Demo Version) – 3:59
"Elizabeth" – 4:47
"Work of Heart" (Demo Version) – 19:20
1. "No One Ever Gets Out Alive"
2. "Two Lovers in the Moon"
3. "We Are the People"
4. "All Us Children (So Sadly Far Apart)"
5. "We Are the People" (reprise)
6. "No One Ever Gets Out Alive" (finale)

Disc two – Work of Heart
Work of Heart
Work of Heart is the eleventh studio album by English folk / rock singer-songwriter and guitarist Roy Harper. It was first released in 1982 and is one of the most produced albums of his career featuring a full backing band.-History:...

"Drawn To The Flames" – 6:34
"Jack Of Hearts"* – 4:14
"I Am A Child" – 3:09
"Woman" – 4:42
"I Still Care" – 4:50
"Work of Heart" – 21:32
1. "No One Ever Gets Out Alive"
2. "Two Lovers in the Moon"
3. "We Are the People"
4. "All Us Children (So Sadly Far Apart)"
5. "We Are the People" (reprise)
6. "No One Ever Gets Out Alive" (finale)

(* The songs "Jack of Hearts" and "No Woman is safe" are basically the same, containing identical lyrics.)

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