In 1968 The Rolling Stones released the last album that Brian Jones would play on, Beggars Banquet. It would also have a contreversal cover that was changed to a plain white one.
The Idle Race are a band that slipped under the radar in the 1960s. They included in their membership Roy Wood, Jeff Lynne and Trevor Burton. Here is their 1968 album The Birthday Party.
In 1990 Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills, Michael Stipe, Warren Zevon and Bryan Cook were members of a supergroup called The Hindu Love Gods. They released one self-titled album.
Time Boom X De Devil Dead from Lee Scratch Perry and Dub Syndicate was released in 1987 on the On-U Sound label, a label known for high quality Reggae and Dub produced by Adrian Sherwood.
Last week we had Rattus Norvegicus from The Stranglers, so this week why not feature Hot Rats from Frank Zappa. Released in 1969 it soon became a favourite in my cassette player at work.
In the 1970s I had lost interest in new music lisening mostly to Rock'N'Roll, and then something happened. Amongst the exciting Punk and New Wave records released was Rattus Norvegicus from The Stranglers in 1977
In 1966 The Yardbirds released a self titled album in the UK, in the US and Europe it was called Over Under Sideways Down. Eventually the album became known by the title of the cartoon, Roger The Engineer after the drawing on the cover
This weeks #AlbumOfTheWeek comes from 1969, and is The Strawbs magnificent self-titled first album. Most people remember The Strawbs for "Part Of The Union", this album is nothing like that single and is just simply beautiful.