Roll On Dreamer is a folk/rock album by Johnny Coppin

Johnny Coppin

Johnny Coppin is an English singer/songwriter, composer, poetry anthologist and broadcaster. He plays guitar and piano and has written and recorded many albums as a solo artist. He has a weekly one-hour show on BBC Radio Gloucestershire entitled Folk Roots which he has produced and presented every...

 released in 1978, his debut solo album following his time with Decameron

Decameron (band)

Decameron were a British folk-rock band.Initially formed in 1968 in Cheltenham by Johnny Coppin and Dave Bell, the band were augmented in 1971 by the addition of Al Fenn and Geoff March...

. Like the subsequent Coppin solo albums, it includes cover versions as well as Coppin originals and settings of Gloucestershire poetry.

The album was produced and engineered by John Acock, and recorded at Millstream Studios, Cheltenham

Cheltenham

Cheltenham , also known as Cheltenham Spa, is a large spa town and borough in Gloucestershire, on the edge of the Cotswolds in the South-West region of England. It is the home of the flagship race of British steeplechase horse racing, the Gold Cup, the main event of the Cheltenham Festival held...

 during May and June 1978. It includes cello contributions from former Decameron

Decameron (band)

Decameron were a British folk-rock band.Initially formed in 1968 in Cheltenham by Johnny Coppin and Dave Bell, the band were augmented in 1971 by the addition of Al Fenn and Geoff March...

 colleague Geoff March and fiddle by Phil Beer

Phil Beer

Phil Beer is an English multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer, and one half of English acoustic roots duo Show of Hands.-Biography:...

 who subsequently joined Coppin's regular band.

Roll On Dreamer was originally released by Avada Records as a vinyl LP, catalogue number AVA 102 with sleeve artwork by Rob Scattergood and photography by Paddy O'Biernes of Fairview Designs. It was rereleased on CD in 2009 by Red Sky, catalogue number RSKCD 119.

'Never Lost For Love' was re-recorded for the 2007 album "Breaking The Silence", a duo record with English singer/songwriter Mike Silver.

Track listing

(Composed by Johnny Coppin unless otherwise noted)

1. "Liberty"
2. "Never Lost For Love"
3. "Angelus"
4. "If That's The Way You Feel"
5. "Roll On Dreamer"
6. "The Worm Forgives The Plough" (Bill Boazman)
7. "Archangel"
8. "The Roads Go Down" (Coppin setting of a poem by Frank Mansell)
9. "Midwinter"
10. "Warm Love
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Personnel

• Johnny Coppin
  Johnny Coppin
  Johnny Coppin is an English singer/songwriter, composer, poetry anthologist and broadcaster. He plays guitar and piano and has written and recorded many albums as a solo artist. He has a weekly one-hour show on BBC Radio Gloucestershire entitled Folk Roots which he has produced and presented every...
  
   - Vocals, piano, acoustic guitar, harmonium

with

• Phil Beer
  Phil Beer
  Phil Beer is an English multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer, and one half of English acoustic roots duo Show of Hands.-Biography:...
  
   - fiddle on "Angelus"
• Nigel Mazlyn Jones
  Nigel Mazlyn Jones
  Nigel Mazlyn Jones is an English guitarist, singer and songwriter.Jones was born in Dudley, England, where he did part time work at Dudley Zoo from the age of 12...
  
  - 12-string guitar on "Archangel"
• Geoff March - cello on "Archangel" and "The Roads Go Down"