Family

Artist: Family

LP: Bandstand

Song: "Broken Nose"
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I found  this beat-up copy of Family's 1972 "Bandstand" LP for a dollar in the "as is" bins at Everyday Music a few months ago. Formed in Leicester, England in 1966, the group went through numerous lineup changes before calling it quits and disbanding in 1973. Known for their wild on-stage antics and the unusual vocals of Roger Chapman (an "electric goat," someone said), Family had a string of hit albums in the UK, but they never quite caught on here in the USA. "Bandstand," the group's sixth studio album, which you can read about here, is formed in the shape of an old Bush TV22 television set, with a photo of the group featured on the screen. You can see the insides of the TV when you lift the front cover, and the back of the record looks like the back of the TV. You can read all about Family and navigate the many changes that took place in the group on their Wikipedia page here, and find more information, photos, and other neat things on the group's unofficial website here.

[ Family — 1972 ]