The Time Is Near Explained

The Time Is Near
Type:	Album
Artist:	Keef Hartley Band
Cover:	The Time Is Near.jpg
Released:	September 1970^[1]
Recorded:	December 1969 April–May 1970
Studio:	Trident Studios, London Morgan Studios, London
Genre:	Blues rock
Length:	35:08
Label:	Deram
Producer:	Neil Slaven and Keef Hartley
Prev Title:	The Battle of North West Six
Prev Year:	1969
Next Title:	Overdog
Next Year:	1971

The Time Is Near is the third album by the Keef Hartley Band, released in 1970. Its cover art includes a rendition of the 1908 Cyrus Dallin statue Appeal to the Great Spirit.

Track listing

1970 LP

Deram SML 1071 (UK), DES 18047 (US)

All songs written by Miller Anderson, except "Premonition", written by Dave Caswell

1. "Morning Rain" – 3:00
2. "From The Window" – 3:28
3. "The Time Is Near" – 10:09
4. "You Can't Take It With You" – 7:19
5. "Premonition" – 4:24
6. "Another Time, Another Place" – 2:35
7. "Change" – 4:00

Tracks 1, 7 recorded at Trident Studios in December 1969
Tracks 2–6 recorded at Morgan Studios in April and May 1970

2005 CD reissue

Eclectic Discs ECLDCD 1027
Same track listing as the 1970 LP

Personnel

Keef Hartley Band

• Keef Hartley – drums, percussion
• Miller Anderson – vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Henry Lowther – trumpet, flugelhorn, violin, piano, brass arrangements (tracks 1, 7)
• Gary Thain – bass guitar
• Dave Caswell – flugelhorn, euphonium, trumpet, electric piano, brass arrangements (tracks 2–6)
• Lyle Jenkins – tenor saxophone, flute, baritone saxophone (tracks 2–6)

Additional musicians

• Jim Jewell – tenor saxophone (tracks 1, 7)
• Stewart Wicks – piano, organ (tracks 2, 3)
• Del Roll – percussion (track 7)

Technical

• Keef Hartley, Neil Slaven – producers
• Robin Black – engineer, Morgan Studios
• Peter Flanagan – assistant engineer, Morgan Studios
• Colin Caldwell – engineer, Trident Studios
• Keef Hartley – album design

Notes and References

1. Album Reviews . Disc and Music Echo. September 12, 1970 . 12 . 15 September 2021.