A Song for Me

A Song for Me
Studio album by Family
Released 23 January 1970
Recorded 1969 at Olympic Studios, London
Genre Progressive rock, psychedelic rock
Length 38:26
Label Reprise
Producer Family
Family chronology
Family Entertainment
(1969)		 A Song for Me
(1970)		 Anyway
(1970)
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A Song for Me is the third album from the British progressive rock band Family, released 23 January 1970.

Contents

The album

The album was recorded late 1969 in Olympic Studios in London. It was their first album with new members John Weider on bass and Poli Palmer on keyboards, flute and vibraphone. The past several months had been full of setbacks for Family, with Grech having left for Blind Faith, King forced to leave for getting too deep into drug addiction, and their first U.S. tour having proved a disaster.

Although many of the songs had been written with King's saxophone in mind, Charlie Whitney and Roger Chapman were able to rework them with Palmer's instruments, and Palmer quickly made himself integral to Family's sound. Because some of these songs had been debuted in live performances in the previous year, many Family fans found themselves getting accommodated to arrangements that sounded radically different from what they expected.

Much of A Song for Me shows Family exploring various popular forms, from jazz and blues to folk and country.

Track listing

All tracks by Whitney/Chapman, except where noted.

Side one

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Drowned in Wine"     4:08
2. "Some Poor Soul"     2:44
3. "Love is a Sleeper"     4:00
4. "Stop for the Traffic (Through the Heart of Me)"     2:09
5. "Wheels"     4:38

Side two

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Song for Sinking Lovers"     4:04
2. "Hey – Let It Rock"     1:02
3. "The Cat and the Rat"     2:30
4. "93's O.K. J" (instrumental) Whitney, Weider 3:57
5. "A Song for Me"   Whitney, Chapman, Weider, Townsend 9:13

Additional Tracks on the February 2007 Re-release

  1. "No Mules Fool"
  2. "Good Friend Of Mine"
  3. "Drowned In Wine" (Live)
  4. "Cat And The Rat" (Live)
  5. "Wheels" (Live)
  6. "Song For Me" (Live)

Personnel

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References

  1. ^ Dougan, John (2011 [last update]). "A Song for Me – Family | AllMusic". allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r37209. Retrieved 25 June 2011. 
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