A Song For Me (LP)

A Song For Me (LP)
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“FAMILY – A Song For Me” 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. Review “Twenty seven years after the fact, this might well be the best of the early Family recordings. A combination of hard rock (bordering on metal) and wistful folk-rock (it sounds as if Chapman and Whitney were listening to a lot of Incredible String Band), A Song for Me veers toward early progressive rock, but isn't as nakedly indulgent as some early prog-rock recordings (e.g., they didn't try to sound like a jazz band, they wanted to sound like a rock band screwing around with jazz). Perhaps their most experimental record, it seems as though the credo in making this disc was that anything went. And on tracks like "Drowned in Wine,” it works quite well. Again, Chapman offers more proof of his vocal greatness, and again the record sells large quantities in England and nearly nothing in America." – AllMusic Track Listing: Side A: Drowned in Wine Some Poor Soul Love Is a Sleeper Stop for the Traffic (Through the Heart of Me) Wheels Song for Sinking Lovers Hey-Let It Rock The Cat and the Rat 93's Ok J A Song for Me No Mule's Fool Good Friend of Mine