Re: The Idle Race ‎– The Birthday Party (1968)

by Guest Tue Oct 06, 2020 7:29 pm

Nightjar wrote:The inside gatefold...

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
.

And?

It tells you on the back.

by Guest Tue Oct 06, 2020 7:30 pm

It is over.

It started off alright, but some of those vaudeville 'things' on side 2, :disgust:

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Tue Oct 06, 2020 7:31 pm

It is over.

It was pleasant but unremarkable and very much in line with what zillions of other acts were doing at that time, which does raise the question of whether George Formby was the most influential musical figure in the UK in the late 1960s.

Now to look back at the thread and see what everybody else made of it. Excited

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Tue Oct 06, 2020 7:31 pm

I shall give it 2 stars.

by Guest Tue Oct 06, 2020 7:32 pm

WhatDoesThisButtonDo? wrote:
It tells you on the back.

The Idle Race ‎– The Birthday Party (1968) - Page 6 R-2329291-1436458249-9254.jpeg

I also went 2 little star things.

It's pretty much how I imagine the Bee-gees 60s albums as sounding like. dunno

by Nightjar Tue Oct 06, 2020 7:32 pm

WhatDoesThisButtonDo? wrote:
Nightjar wrote:The inside gatefold...

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
.

And?

It tells you on the back.

I think we can all see what I'm on about...

The Idle Race ‎– The Birthday Party (1968) - Page 6 Bpartyguests_big

by Nightjar Tue Oct 06, 2020 7:35 pm

I think that that has to be - even taking the fact that there's unwittingly a s*xual deviant and monstrous k***y f*****r on it - the worst, most shoddily realised, most cynical, most craven Lonely Peppers rip-off, arse-crawling-up bit of album artwork ever created.

I might even dock them a point for it. vom

by Guest Tue Oct 06, 2020 7:39 pm

Are you suggesting the reason they put Radio 1 DJs on it was just an attempt to get them to play the album on the radio?

It's sad to see so much cynicism in someone so young. sad yes

Also complete lack of any women. Or anyone non-white. Sly

At least I think I can spot Oliver Hardy, so it's not all bad.

by Nightjar Tue Oct 06, 2020 7:41 pm

Rowan Atkinson doesn't look too pleased being seated next to Savile neither.

by Nightjar Tue Oct 06, 2020 7:46 pm

Here's the full line-up in legible form...

The Idle Race ‎– The Birthday Party (1968) - Page 6 HlSZe6O

by Nightjar Tue Oct 06, 2020 7:47 pm

Bob Holness!

by Nightjar Tue Oct 06, 2020 7:51 pm

WhatDoesThisButtonDo? wrote:Also complete lack of any women. Or anyone non-white.

Little Richard and Fats Domino are in there apparently.

by Guest Tue Oct 06, 2020 7:59 pm

The Idle Race ‎– The Birthday Party (1968) - Page 6 Scree345

The Idle Race ‎– The Birthday Party (1968) - Page 6 Scree346

I stand corrected.

by Guest Tue Oct 06, 2020 8:00 pm

I don't think this album is worth this level of scrutiny to be honest.

by Nightjar Tue Oct 06, 2020 8:05 pm

I believe that the inside cover may represent a piece of important criminal evidence.

On multiple levels.

In truth I'm surprised Jonathan King isn't there.

Or Peter Sutcliffe. sad yes

by Guest Tue Oct 06, 2020 8:07 pm

Nightjar wrote:
In truth I'm surprised Jonathan King isn't there.

He is. Number 40

by Nightjar Tue Oct 06, 2020 8:15 pm

Like I said.

Important.

Like a full list of addressees and visitors at Dolphin Square during the '70s and '80s. sad yes

BTW - scholar, indeed. oh no

by Sponsored content

Quickly vote, if you can be bothered.