THE IDLE RACE Birthday Party LP LIBERTY 1968 UK original+gatefold w/JEFF LYNNE
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IDLE RACE
JEFF LYNNE, GREG MASTERS, DAVE PRITCHARD, ROGER SPENCER
In the history of 1960s British rock,
Birmingham was a source of talent virtually in the same league with Liverpool.
Although the city never produced a group as big as the Beatles, it was a seething cauldron
of musical activity and home to literally hundreds of groups whose activities
and memberships were in a constant state of ferment, yielding acts such as
the Move, the Moody Blues, and the Electric Light Orchestra,
whose influences extended well into the 1970s and beyond.
Perhaps the most important of the Birmingham groups
that didn't make it to the front rank was the Idle Race
"BIRTHDAY PARTY"
Produced and Engineered by Gerald Chevin, Edward Offord and the Idle Race
1968 LP LIBERTY RECORDS LBS 83132E STEREO
MADE IN ENGLAND ORIGINAL FIRST PRESSING
GATEFOLD SLEEVE DEBUT ALBUM
This version: rim text reads 'All rights of the record........Manufactured by Philips Records Ltd.'
Barcode and Other Identifiers
LABEL: LIBERTY - DARK/LIGHT BLUE LABEL with BOXED LOGO - BLACK TEXT
Catalog on cover: (spine) LBS 83132; (rear) LBS 83132E
Catalog on labels: LBS 83132 (LBS 83132 A / LBS 83132 B)
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Stamped): LBS 83132 A//1
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Stamped): LBS 83132 B//1
On back cover:
The Guest List: The Following came to our party...now we want you to join in.
The musical selection for the occasion was specially composed
and performed by the Idle race, and included such musical gems as...
Printed and made by Mac Neill Press Ltd., London
On labels: Produced by Chevin & Offord & The Idle Race
? 1968 on both labels (on the labels the release year appears at 3 o'clock, circa)
from my records collection
tracklisting
Side A: THE SKELETON AND THE ROUNDABOUT - HAPPY BIRTHDAY
THE BIRTHDAY - I LIKE MY TOYS - THE MORNING SUNSHINE
FOLLOW ME, FOLLOW - SITTING IN MY TREE
Side B: ON WITH THE SHOW - LUCKY MAN
(DON'T PUT YOUR BOYS IN THE ARMY) MRS. WARD - PIE IN THE SKY
THE LADY WHO SAID SHE COULD FLY - THE END OF THE ROAD
grading
RECORD from EX to NEAR MINT (please, read above description)
SLEEVE VG (+) (please, see pictures and read above description)
The debut album by this unjustly overlooked band is a piece of classic British psychedelia that transcends its origins.
Most British bands trying to achieve a psychedelic sound in those days simply played softly
and sang in a very effete and poetic manner -- the Idle Race, by contrast, play hard here
and don't sound effete so much as just cheerfully trippy, a lot like the Beatles of "Penny Lane"
and "Strawberry Fields Forever"; indeed, "End of the Road"
from this album sounds like a rewrite of "Penny Lane."
Jeff Lynne is the dominant personality here, as composer, guitarist, and singer,
and, as one might expect given his presence, the music all has
a Beatles-like quality of playfulness amid the musical invention...(AllMusic)
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