A Little Belated Christmas Bonus

   


The Boys, 1968

Hello and Merry Late Crimble to one and all! As a little thanks for all of you giving this silly blog a read, I decided to post a couple of bonus albums from the various bands that make up this timeline! Also, as I realize how unfitting some of the Spaced tracks sounded with Kings and Queens, I decided to re-do the tracklist a bit, using two tracks from Elton Dean's solo album from 1971: Elton Dean! One of the albums I'll post here is what his album would be like in the timeline! Thank you and may your 2021 be above average!



Elton Dean (Just Us)



                           Front Cover                                                                    Back Cover



Side A:

Ooglenovastrome (15:08) (Elton Dean) [1]

  Something Passed Me By (5:37) (Dean) [1]

Side B:
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Banking On Bishopsgate (20:01) (Dean) [1]

Parts: The Last (5:53) (Dean) [1]




Top position in US charts: N/A

Top position in UK chats: N/A

Track sources:

[1] - Elton Dean - Elton Dean (Just Us), 1971








Echo



                       Front Cover                                                                            Back Cover



Side A:

Love Makes Sweet Music (2:28) (Kevin Ayers) [1]

Feelin’ Reelin' Squeelin’ (2:48) (Ayers) [1]

She’s Gone (2:30) (Ayers) [1]

We Know What You Mean (3:11) (Ayers) [1]

A Certain Kind (4:14) (Hugh Hopper) [1]

Why Are We Sleeping? (2:54) (Ayers, Mike Ratledge, Robert Wyatt) [1]

Side B:

Singing A Song In The Morning (3:33) (Dave Sinclair, Wyatt) [1]

Dedicated To You But You Weren't Listening (2:32) (Hopper) [1]

O, Caroline (3:16) (Ayers) [1]

Stars (3:32) (Ayers) [1]

 Stranger In Blue Suede Shoes (3:19) (Ayers) [1]

God Song (3:00) (Phil Miller, Wyatt) [1]

Released: July 23rd, 1977

Top position in UK charts: 43

Top position in US charts: 150

Track sources: 

[1] - Custom Mix


Nothing Can Stop Us


                       Front Cover                                                                            Back Cover






Side A:

Shipbuilding (3:04) (Clive Langer, Elvis Costello) [1]

At Last I Am Free (4:47) (Nile Rodgers, Bernard Edwards) [1]

Caimanera (5:22) (Carlos Puebla, Joseíto Fernández) [1]

Grass (2:40) (Ivor Cutler) [1]

Stalin Wasn't Stallin' (3:22) (Willie Johnson) [1]

Red Flag (3:10) (Traditional) [1]

Side B:

Strange Fruit (3:33) (Lewis Allan) [1]

Arauco (4:35) (Violeta Parra) [1]

Memories Of You (2:58) (Andy Razaf, Eubie Blake) [1]

'Round Midnight (4:09) (Thelonious Monk, Bernie Hanighen) [1]

 Pigs (In There) (2:39) (Robert Wyatt) [1]

Chairman Mao (3:00) (Wyatt) [1]

Released: November, 1982

Top position in UK charts: N/A

Top position in US charts: N/A

Track sources: [1] - Custom Mix


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