Every now and then a band comes along that defies convention, refuses to be pigeon-holed, thumbs its nose at comfy predictability and blows raspberries at commercial wisdom. That band is Gong.
Fairport Convention are a great British institution - or, at least, they should be. For more than 50 years they have helped to keep traditional music alive and kicking by injecting it with a healthy dose of electric rock 'n' roll. In this exhaustive and illuminating book Kevan Furbank looks at all the studio albums in detail.
The first in a new series focussing in on a particular year and a genre within that year. One of the key years in the development of rock music - 1967 produced albums like Sgt Pepper by The Beatles and Piper At The Gates Of Dawn by Pink Floyd. The year is also synonymous with The Summer Of Love - focussed on San Francisco .
1972 was the year Progressive Rock came of age, when bands and artists still revered today produced some of their most ground-breaking, inventive, and enduring musical creations. In this fascinating and absorbing book, Kevan Furbank looks at some of the artists and albums that made 1972 such a watershed in musical achievement.