FAMILY Bandstand LP REPRISE 1972 UK orig+die cut+inner ROGER CHAPMAN-LINDA LEWIS
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FAMILY
ROGER CHAPMAN, CHARLIE WHITNEY, POLI PALMER,
JOHN WETTON, ROB TOWNSEND, plus LINDA LEWIS
A blues-based band with art rock inclinations, Family were one of the more interesting
groups of hippie-era Britain. Fronted by the deft and frequently excellent guitar playing
of John "Charlie" Whitney and the raspy, whiskey-and-cigarette voice of Roger Chapman,
Family were much loved in England and Europe but barely achieved cult status in America.
While bands like Jethro Tull, Ten Years After, and the Keith Emerson-led Nice
(and later Emerson, Lake & Palmer) sold lots of records, Family, who frequently toured
with these bands, were left in the shadows, an odd band loved by a small but rabid group of fans.
Music in a Doll's House Although the band's first official release was
Music in a Doll's House in 1968, the roots of the band went back as far as the early '60s,
when Whitney started a rhythm & blues/soul band called the Farinas
"BANDSTAND"
1972 LP REPRISE RECORDS STEREO K 54006
MADE IN ENGLAND ORIGINAL PRESSING
DIE-CUT GATEFOLD COVER DESIGN SHAPED LIKE an OLD TV with A PLASTIC "SCREEN" WINDOW
WITH LYRICS INNER SLEEVE
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Barcode: none
LABEL: REPRISE - TAN LABEL w/LOGO on TOP - BLACK TEXT
Catalog on cover: (spine & rear) K 54006
Catalog on labels: K 54006 (K 54006 A) / K 54006 (K 54006 B)
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Stamped): K 54006-A1
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Stamped): K 54006-B1
On labels: rim text reads "All Rights......Prohibited"
? 1972
Produced by Family and George Chkiantz for Bradgate Bush Ltd.
A WEA UK Recording
United Artists Music
On Inside Left Panel: Recorded at Olympic, London
On Back Sleeve: A Reprise Record distributed by WEA Records Ltd ? 1972
PAK by Shorewood Packaging Co. Ltd. ENGLAND
tracklisting
Side A: BURLESQUE - BOLERO BABE
CORONATION - DARK EYES - BROKEN NOSE
Side 2: MY FRIEND THE SUN - GLOVE
READY TO GO - TOP OF THE HILL
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RECORD EX but (please, read above description)
SLEEVE VG+ but (please, see pictures and read above description)
Now this was more like it. Kicking off with the wickedly salacious "Burlesque," Bandstand was the best of the
late Family recordings. For a band that for the most part eschewed riffs and hooks, both are in plentiful supply here.
More important, by the time of Bandstand's release, Family had reconciled the war between their art-rock
and hard rock tendencies; that is to say, there is more of the latter and less of the former. So, the record
doesn't have the internal stress of their earlier releases, but what it does have is Chapman shouting
like he could take on the world and Whitney playing like he must have
when he formed the Farinas in 1962. A corker from the word go...(AllMusic)
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