Three Week Hero

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Three Week Hero is an album released by rock singer P.J. Proby on April 8, 1969 by Liberty Records. The album contains a mixture of dramatic pop, blues, rock, and country style songs. While it did not succeed commercially, it is best remembered today as the first time all four members of Led Zeppelin recorded together in the studio.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 3 Chart positions 4 Additional notes

Track listing

1. "Three Week Hero" (Stewart) - 2:56
2. "The Day That Lorraine Came Down" (Young) - 3:15
3. "Little Friend" (Gair/Mason) - 4:01
4. "Empty Bottles" (Hammond/Hazelwood/Hazlewood) - 2:53
5. "Reflections (Of Your Face)" (Kane) - 5:14
6. "Won't Be Long" (McFarland) - 3:41
7. "Sugar Mama" (Woodley/Young) - 2:50
8. "I Have a Dream" (Hansley/Hensley/Wilder) - 4:45
9. "It's Too Good to Last" (Baker/Stephens/Stevens) - 3:14
10. "New Directions" (Hammond/Hazelwood/Hazlewood) - 3:46
11. "Today I Killed a Man" (Cooke/Greenway) - 3:24
12. "Medley: It's So Hard to Be a Nigger/Jim's Blues/George Wallace is Rollin' in This Mornin'" (Hillery/Traditional) - 7:38

Total album length: 47:41 minutes.

Personnel

• P.J. Proby - Vocals
• Jimmy Page - Acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• John Paul Jones - Bass guitar, keyboards
• John Bonham - Drums, conga
• Robert Plant - Harmonica
• Amory Kane - Acoustic guitar, strings
• Alan Parker - Guitar
• Alan Hawkshaw - Keyboards
• Clem Cattini - Drums
• Stan Barrett - Percussion
• Dennis Lopez - Percussion
• Steve Rowland - Arranger, producer
• Mike Weighell - Engineer
• Spencer Leigh - Liner notes
• Gustav Karl Moody - Art direction, cover design
• Steve Thomas - Art direction

Chart positions

Billboard Music Charts (North America) - album

1969	Three Week Hero	  The Billboard 200       	-

Additional notes

Recorded and mixed in September 1968 at Olympic Studios, London.

Catalogue: Liberty 83219