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

by Nightjar Tue Oct 06, 2020 7:23 pm

Nightjar wrote:Noël Coward.

I guess that was the deliberate aim.

I'm being kind.

by Guest Tue Oct 06, 2020 7:23 pm

Sound like a bunch of bandwagon jumpers to be honest.

by Guest Tue Oct 06, 2020 7:24 pm

Simon Dupree and the Big Sound.

Probably.

by Nightjar Tue Oct 06, 2020 7:24 pm

This is the encapsulation of '60s whimsy-psych-pop.

It's a parody of itself.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Tue Oct 06, 2020 7:24 pm

They've run out of words.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Tue Oct 06, 2020 7:24 pm

Track 12 - The Lady Who Said She Could Fly.

by Guest Tue Oct 06, 2020 7:25 pm

11: The Lady Who Said She Could Fly

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Tue Oct 06, 2020 7:25 pm

Strings.

by Guest Tue Oct 06, 2020 7:25 pm

Sounds like ELO gasp

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Tue Oct 06, 2020 7:25 pm

I can hear the roots of ELO.

by Nightjar Tue Oct 06, 2020 7:25 pm

WhatDoesThisButtonDo? wrote:Sound like a bunch of bandwagon jumpers to be honest.

Beyond the 10-or-so London-based bands that was everyone in the late '60s really.

by Nightjar Tue Oct 06, 2020 7:25 pm

by Guest Tue Oct 06, 2020 7:26 pm

Jeff, I think you should go along in this direction and forget the comedy bits. yes

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Tue Oct 06, 2020 7:27 pm

Last track - End of the Road.

by Guest Tue Oct 06, 2020 7:27 pm

Still pretty dull though.

by Guest Tue Oct 06, 2020 7:28 pm

60s plodder.

A blame the Small Faces. or possibly the Kinks. dunno

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Tue Oct 06, 2020 7:28 pm

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Tue Oct 06, 2020 7:29 pm

Back to Hollywood.

by Guest Tue Oct 06, 2020 7:29 pm

I've recorded a drum kit. Well, I stuck a microphone in front of a drum kit, that sounded better than this.

dunno

Comedy ending.

by Nightjar Tue Oct 06, 2020 7:29 pm

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

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And?

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