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Vinyl LP pressing. HQ is the eighth studio album by English folk/rock singer-songwriter and guitarist Roy Harper. It was first released in 1975 by Harvest Records. In the United States the album was released under the title When An Old Cricketer Leaves The Crease, which is also the name of the LP's most popularly known track. Harper considered HQ to be Inch... probably the best record that I have made to dateInch and Inch... a great album made at one of the best times of my lifeInch Originally the album was to be called Blood From a Stone, but it was changed to avoid unwanted comparisons with Dylan's Blood on the Tracks. The album features David Gilmour and John Paul Jones, playing lead guitar and bass respectively, on InchThe GameInch and The Grimethorpe Colliery Band on InchWhen An Old Cricketer Leaves The CreaseInch, one of Harper's best-known songs Album Tracks 1. The Game (Parts 1-5) 2. The Spirit Lives 3. Grown Ups Are Just Silly Children 4. Referendum (Legend) 5. Forget Me Not 6. Hallucinating Light 7. When An Old Cricketer Leaves the Crease
