Label: Retro Disc International (Spain), RDI 33004
Style: Psychedelic Rock, Pop Rock
Country: Birmingham, England
Time: 72:33
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 384 Mb
The Idle Race were a British rock group from Birmingham in the late
1960s and early 1970s who had a cult following but never enjoyed mass
commercial success. In addition to being the springboard for Jeff Lynne,
the band holds a place of significance in British Midlands' pop-rock
history as a link between The Move, Electric Light Orchestra, the Steve
Gibbons Band and Mike Sheridan & The Nightriders.
The Birthday Party was the first album by The Idle Race, a psychedelic pop band, released in 1968.
This quasi-concept album was the first to be composed almost entirely of songs by a young Birmingham guitarist/singer named Jeff Lynne. The LP came in a gatefold sleeve. The inside sleeve art included a mock birthday feast attended by many British celebrities, including most of the Radio 1 disc jockeys, the Beatles, the Duke of Windsor, actor Warren Mitchell in his role as Alf Garnett, and group leader Jeff Lynne as an eight-year-old schoolboy. 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.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Birthday_Party_(The_Idle_Race_album))
The Birthday Party was the first album by The Idle Race, a psychedelic pop band, released in 1968.
This quasi-concept album was the first to be composed almost entirely of songs by a young Birmingham guitarist/singer named Jeff Lynne. The LP came in a gatefold sleeve. The inside sleeve art included a mock birthday feast attended by many British celebrities, including most of the Radio 1 disc jockeys, the Beatles, the Duke of Windsor, actor Warren Mitchell in his role as Alf Garnett, and group leader Jeff Lynne as an eight-year-old schoolboy. 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.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Birthday_Party_(The_Idle_Race_album))
01. The Skeleton And The Roundabout (02:19)
02. Happy Birthday (Instrumental) (00:23)
03. The Birthday (02:58)
04. I Like My Toys (02:10)
05. Morning Sunshine (01:47)
06. Follow Me Follow (02:46)
07. Sitting In My Tree (01:52)
08. On With The Show (02:19)
09. Lucky Man (02:37)
10. Mrs. Ward (02:12)
11. Pie In The Sky (02:24)
12. The Lady Who Said She Could Fly (02:19)
13. End Of The Road (02:08)
14. Lucky Man (Bonus Track) (02:34)
15. Follow Me Follow (Bonus Track) (01:54)
16. Days Of The Broken Arrows (Bonus Track) (03:40)
17. It's Only The Dog (Bonus Track) (02:13)
18. Your Friend (Bonus Track) (03:23)
19. Here We Go Round The Lemon Tree (Bonus Track) (02:42)
20. My Father's Son (Bonus Track) (02:13)
21. Impostors Of Life's Magazine (Bonus Track) (02:19)
22. Knocking Nails Into My House (Bonus Track) (02:25)
23. Days Of The Broken Arrows (Bonus Track) (03:48)
24. Worn Red Carpet (Bonus Track) (03:04)
25. In The Summertime (Bonus Track) (02:55)
26. Told You Twice (Bonus Track) (03:34)
27. Neanderthal Man (Bonus Track) (03:53)
28. Victim Of Circumstance (Bonus Track) (03:32)
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