FAMILY. "MUSIC IN A DOLL'S HOUSE" LP UK 1974 REISSUE. REPRISE LABEL.
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Family (6) – Music In A Doll's House Label: Reprise Records – K 44057 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo Country: UK Released: Genre: Rock Style: Psychedelic Rock, Prog Rock Music In A Doll's House (Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo) for sale
Tracklist Position Title/Credits Duration A1 The Chase A2 Mellowing Grey A3 Never Like This A4 Me My Friend A5 Variation On A Theme Of Hey Mr. Policeman A6 Winter A7 Old Songs New Songs A8 Variation On A Theme Of The Breeze B1 Hey Mr. Policeman B2 See Through Windows B3 Variation On A Theme Of Me My Friend B4 Peace Of Mind B5 Voyage B6 The Breeze B7 3 X Time Companies, etc. Recorded At – Olympic Studios Published By – Dukeslodge Music Ltd. Published By – Island Music Ltd. Made By – Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd. Printed By – Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd. Distributed By – Kinney Record Group Ltd. Credits Bass Guitar, Violin, Cello, Vocals – Ric Grech* Co-producer – Jimmy Miller (tracks: B4, B6) Composed By – John Whitney* (tracks: A1, A2, A4 to B7), Mason* (tracks: A3), Family (6) (tracks: A1, A2, A4 to B7), Roger Chapman (tracks: A1, A2, A4 to B7) Design – Peter Duval Drums, Percussion – Rob Townsend Engineer – Eddie Kramer Engineer [Second] – George Chiantz* Executive Producer – John Gilbert Lead Guitar, Steel Guitar – John Whitney* Lead Vocals, Harmonica, Saxophone [Tenor] – Roger Chapman Photography [Back] – Jac Remise Photography [Front & Insert] – Julian Cottrell Producer [Olympic Studios, London] – David Mason* Vocals, Saxophone [Soprano, Tenor], Harmonica – Jim King Notes
Issued in a fully laminated sleeve; tan labels.
Recorded at Olympic Studios, London 1968 Made in UK ℗ 1968 Published in The Golden Age Of Toys A Dukeslodge Enterprises Production Ltd. Printed and made by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd. Distributed by Kinney Record Group Ltd.
Family Biography by John Dougan 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 while at college. In 1966, Whitney met Roger Chapman, a prematurely balding singer who had a voice so powerful that, to quote Robert Christgau, "It could kill small game at a hundred yards," and the two began a creative partnership that would last through two bands and into the early '80s. With Whitney and Chapman leading the way, Family became whole with the addition of bassist Ric Grech, saxophonist Jim King, and drummer Rob Townsend. Within a year they were hyped as the next big thing, and under that pressure and intense British pop press scrutiny delivered their debut record in 1968, Music in a Doll's House. Doll's House is pop music redolent of the Zeitgeist: Chapman's voice is rooted in the blues and R&B, but the record is loaded with strings, Mellotrons, acoustic guitars, and horns -- essentially all the trappings of post-psychedelia and early art rock. Almost completely ignored in the States, Doll's House was a hit in Britain and Family began a string of "less art rock/more hard rock" albums that ended, as did the band, with the release of It's Only a Movie in 1973.
After Family's demise, Whitney and Chapman formed the blues-rock Streetwalkers; other Family members (of which there were quite a few in the band's tempestuous eight years) such as John Wetton (King Crimson, Asia) and Jim Cregan (Rod Stewart) went off to find fame and fortune elsewhere. Trivia buffs note: it was Ric Grech who was the first to leave Family in 1969 to become the least well-known member of supergroup Blind Faith. Sadly, that proved to be Grech's biggest mistake, as Blind Faith imploded in a year, and Grech (whose last notable band membership was in Traffic), long plagued by drinking problems, died of liver failure in 1990. Charlie Whitney went on to play in an extremely low-key country/blues/bluegrass band called Los Rackateeros, and Roger Chapman moved to Germany, where his solo career flourished. A fine, occasionally great band, Family deserved more recognition (at least in America) than they received -- something that a thoughtfully compiled career-spanning CD retrospective might rectify.
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