ography ▁to ▁the ▁album ▁Phys ical ▁Gra ff iti . ▁ ▁Har per ' s ▁crit ically ▁acc laimed ▁ 1 9 7 1 ▁album ▁was ▁a ▁four - song ▁ep ic , ▁Storm cock . ▁The ▁album ▁featured ▁Jimmy ▁Page ▁on ▁guitar ▁( cred ited ▁as ▁" S . ▁F la vi us ▁Mercur ius " ▁for ▁contract ual ▁reasons ) ▁and ▁David ▁Bed ford ' s ▁orch est ral ▁arrang ements ▁( B ed ford ▁would ▁also ▁collabor ate ▁on ▁some ▁of ▁Har per ' s ▁future ▁releases ). ▁Har per ▁felt ▁the ▁album ▁to ▁be ▁not ▁particularly ▁well ▁promoted ▁by ▁his ▁record ▁label ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁and ▁later ▁stated : ▁ ▁Nevertheless , ▁Storm cock ▁would ▁remain ▁a ▁favour ite ▁album ▁of ▁Har per ' s ▁fans ▁and ▁influence ▁mus icians ▁for ▁dec ades ▁to ▁come . ▁Th irty - five ▁years ▁later ▁( in ▁ 2 0 0 6 ) ▁fellow ▁Man c un ian ▁Johnny ▁Mar r ▁of ▁English ▁alternative ▁rock ▁band ▁the ▁Smith s ▁said : ▁ ▁Jo anna ▁News om ▁c ited ▁Storm cock ▁as ▁an ▁influence ▁upon ▁her ▁ 2 0 0 6 ▁release ▁Y s ▁and ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 1 , ▁Robin ▁Pe ck n old ▁of ▁Seattle , ▁Washington - based ▁folk ▁band ▁Fle et ▁Fox es ▁stated ▁that ▁he ▁took ▁insp iration ▁from ▁Storm cock ▁when ▁recording ▁Fle et ▁Fox es ▁second ▁album ▁Hel pl ess ness ▁Blues . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 7 2 , ▁Har per ▁made