The Birthday Party (album)
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| The Birthday Party | |||||
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| Studio album by The Idle Race | |||||
| Released | 1968 Re-Issue 1976 |
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| Recorded | 1967-68 Advision Studios London, UK | ||||
| Genre | Psychedelic rock | ||||
| Length | 31:36 | ||||
| Label | Liberty Records Sunset (Re-Issue) |
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| Producer | Eddie Offord & Gerald Chevin | ||||
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The Birthday Party was the first album by The Idle Race, a psychedelic pop band, released in 1968 (see 1968 in music).
This quasi-concept album was the first to be comprised almost entirely of songs by a young Birmingham guitarist/singer named Jeff Lynne. The LP came in a gatefold sleeve, the first of its kind since the Beatles' Sgt Pepper album. The inside sleeve art included a mock birthday feast attended by many famous British Celebrities. In the U.S. the cover art was different with a rather psychedelic-styled paisley pattern behind the band. While warmly received by critics, the record failed to chart in the U.K. or the U.S. The album was re-issued in 1976 to capitalise on Electric Light Orchestra's success.
[edit] Track listing
- "Skeleton and the Roundabout" (Lynne) – 2:16
- "Happy Birthday" (Hill/Hill) – 3:16
- "Birthday" (Lynne) – 2:09
- "I Like My Toys" (Lynne) – 1:45
- "Morning Sunshine" (Lynne) – 2:45
- "Follow Me, Follow" (Lynne) – 2:45
- "Sitting in My Tree" (Lynne) – 2:50
- "On With the Show" (Lynne) – 2:20
- "Lucky Man" (Lynne) – 2:35
- "Don't Put Your Boys in the Army, Mrs. Ward" (Lynne) – 2:10
- "Pie in the Sky" (Pritchard) – 2:23
- "The Lady Who Said She Could Fly" (Lynne) – 2:17
- "End of the Road" (Lynne) – 2:05
[edit] Personnel
- Jeff Lynne - vocals, guitar, piano
- Dave Pritchard - guitar, vocals
- Greg Masters - bass guitar, vocals
- Roger Spencer - drums, vocals
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