"Francesca", "The Same Old Rock" and "When An Old Cricketer Leaves The Crease" are all included in a series of digital downloads reissuing Harper's back catalogue.

The Songs Of Love And Loss Volumes 1 & 2 compilation is out now. Sophisticated Beggar, Flat Baroque And Berserk, Stormcock and Bullinamingvase will be available to download on 8 August at Believe Digital. Roy Harper’s 70th birthday concert takes place at London Royal Festival Hall on 5 November.

Harper is on the cover of The Wire 329, interviewed by Rob Young.