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''The Birthday Party'' was the first album by The Idle Race, a psychedelic pop band, released in 1968 (see 1968 in music). This quasi-concept album was the first to be composed almost entirely of songs by a young Birmingham guitarist/singer named Jeff Lynne. The LP came in a gatefold sleeve, the first of its kind since the Beatles' ''Sgt Pepper'' and the Rolling Stones' ''Their Satanic Majesties Request'' albums. 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. In the U.S. the cover art was different with a rather psychedelic-styled paisley pattern behind the band. While warmly received by critics, the record failed to chart in the U.K. or the U.S. The album was re-issued in 1976 by Liberty on their budget-price label Sunset, although in a non-gatefold sleeve with different design, to capitalise on Electric Light Orchestra's success. A further re-issue came in 2014 by Parlophone, as the Liberty back catalogue had long since been acquired by EMI Records, for National Record Shop Day, a limited edition on gold vinyl. ==Track listing== All tracks composed by Jeff Lynne; except where indicated # "Skeleton and the Roundabout" – 2:26 # "Happy Birthday" (Patty Hill, Mildred J. Hill) – 0:23 # "The Birthday" – 3:00 # "I Like My Toys" – 2:12 # "Morning Sunshine" – 1:48 # "Follow Me, Follow" – 2:48 # "Sitting in My Tree" – 1:59 (mono) # "On With the Show" – 2:22 # "Lucky Man" – 2:38 # "(Don't Put Your Boys In The Army) Mrs. Ward" – 2:14 # "Pie in the Sky" (Dave Pritchard) – 2:23 # "The Lady Who Said She Could Fly" – 2:22 # "End of the Road" – 2:09 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Birthday Party (The Idle Race album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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