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Released
  
November 1970

Artist
  
Family

Label
  
Reprise Records

Length
  
39:57

Release date
  
November 1970

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Recorded
  
July 26, 1970 live at Fairfield Halls, Croydon studio recordings: Olympic Sound Studios, London

Producer
  
Family for Bradgate Bush, Ltd.

Anyway (1970)
  
Old Songs New Songs (1971)

Genres
  
Rock music, Progressive rock, Psychedelic rock, Hard rock

Similar
  
A Song for Me, Fearless, Bandstand, Family Entertainment, It's Only a Movie

Family good news bad news


Anyway is the fourth album by the British progressive rock band Family. Side one was recorded at a concert at Fairfield Halls in Croydon, south London; side two was a collection of studio recordings.

Contents

The UK edition of the album came housed in a plastic see-through sleeve with a gatefold non-pocket inner card design by Hamish and Gustav. The outer illustration was licensed from Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan and was titled 'Mortars With Explosive Projectiles' by Leonardo da Vinci. No track listing was printed on the outside of the sleeve.

Once again the production credit for the album was attributed to Family (for their company Bradgate Bush Ltd) and Tony Gourvish (manager) was credited as 'Co-ordination'. Tony is credited between live tracks by singer Roger Chapman as 'shining in his new Kings Road suit'.

The album was released on the Reprise label (RSX 9005) as a stereo pressing. Editions are known to have been released in France (gatefold card sleeve, no bag SRV 6120 and later in a stouter card sleeve with a greyer coloured illustration) and Canada and the USA (singlepocket card sleeve with 'In My Own Time' - a later single, - added as first track on the studio side with the track 'Normans' severely edited to make room). The Canadian edition was released on the United Artists label after Family had delivered 'Bandstand' the following album, and had an explanatory sticker on the shrink-wrap.

'The track 'Normans' was named after a light-hearted band name for people who were deemed idiotic. Radio One disc jockey John Peel rated 'Lives And Ladies' as one of the most powerful anti-war songs he had ever heard, and he was known to play the track long after 1970.

It is also the band's longest studio album.

Family any way


Track listing

All tracks written by John "Charlie" Whitney and Roger Chapman, except where noted.

Side One: Fairfield Halls, Croydon
  1. "Good News Bad News" - 8:06
  2. Roger Chapman - lead vocals
  3. John "Charlie" Whitney - guitar
  4. John "Poli" Palmer - vibraphone
  5. John Weider - bass
  6. Rob Townsend - drums
  7. "Willow Tree" - 4:40
  8. Roger Chapman - lead vocals
  9. John "Charlie" Whitney - bass
  10. John "Poli" Palmer - piano
  11. John Weider - violin
  12. Rob Townsend - drums
  13. "Holding the Compass" - 4:28
  14. Roger Chapman - lead vocals
  15. John "Charlie" Whitney - amplified acoustic guitar
  16. John "Poli" Palmer - percussion
  17. John Weider - amplified acoustic guitar
  18. Rob Townsend - percussion
  19. "Strange Band" - (Whitney, Chapman, Williamson) - 3:35
  20. Roger Chapman - lead vocals, percussion
  21. John "Charlie" Whitney - guitar
  22. John "Poli" Palmer - electric piano, vibraphone
  23. John Weider - bass, violin
  24. Rob Townsend - drums
Side Two: Olympic Studios
  1. "Part of the Load" - 4:41
  2. Roger Chapman - lead vocals
  3. John "Charlie" Whitney - guitar
  4. John "Poli" Palmer - piano, vibraphone, drums
  5. John Weider - bass
  6. Rob Townsend - drums
  7. "Anyway" - 3:28
  8. Roger Chapman - lead vocals
  9. John "Charlie" Whitney - guitar, bass
  10. John "Poli" Palmer - vibraphone, percussion
  11. John Weider - percussion
  12. Rob Townsend - drums, percussion
  13. "Normans" (instrumental) (Palmer, Whitney, Weider) - 4:22
  14. Roger Chapman - wordless vocals
  15. John "Charlie" Whitney - guitar
  16. John "Poli" Palmer - piano, flute
  17. John Weider - bass, violin
  18. Rob Townsend - drums
  19. "Lives and Ladies" - 6:37
  20. Roger Chapman - lead vocals
  21. John "Charlie" Whitney - guitar
  22. John "Poli" Palmer - piano
  23. John Weider - bass
  24. Rob Townsend - drums

Family's single "In My Own Time" was added to the American edition of Anyway (and editing down the song "Normans") when it was released by United Artists Records in 1971, although there were some early copies that had the full length version of "Normans" and did not include "In My Own Time".

Personnel

  • Roger Chapman - vocals (instrumental vocals on 7), percussion (5)
  • Charlie Whitney - electric guitars (1, 4-8), amplified acoustic guitar (3) bass (2, 6)
  • John Weider - bass (1, 4-5, 7-8), violin (2, 4, 7), amplified acoustic guitar (3) percussion (6)
  • Poli Palmer - percussion (3, 6), vibes (1, 4-6), electric piano (4), piano (2, 5, 7-8), flute (7), drums (5)
  • Rob Townsend - drums (1-2, 4-5, 7-8), percussion (3, 6)

    • Chart positions

  • Highest chart position (UK) - #7

    • Songs

    1Good News - Bad News7:22
    2Willow Tree4:20
    3Holding the Compass3:40

    References

    Anyway (album) Wikipedia
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