The Time Is Near

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.

The Time Is Near
Studio album by Keef Hartley Band
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
Keef Hartley Band chronology
The Battle of North West Six (1969) The Time Is Near (1970) Overdog (1971)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[3]

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

References

1. "Album Reviews" (PDF). Disc and Music Echo. 12 September 1970. p. 12. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
2. Greene, Jo-Ann. The Time Is Near at AllMusic
3. Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0857125958.