Three Week Hero

Infobox Album
Name = Three Week Hero
Type = Album
Artist = P. J. Proby


Released = April 8, 1969
Recorded = September 1968 at
Olympic Studios, London
Genre = Rock, Pop
Length = 47:41
Label = Liberty Records
Producer =
Reviews = Allmusic Rating|2.5|5 [http://wc02.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:0xftxqy5ldje]
Last album = "Believe It or Not"
(1968)
This album = "Three Week Hero"
(1969)
Next album = "California License"
(1970)

"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. The album was reissued on CD in 1994.

Track listing

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

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

Additional notes

The song "Sugar Mama" recorded by Led Zeppelin at Morgan Studios in 1969, is not the same "Sugar Mama" recorded on this album.

Catalogue: Liberty 83219