Tracklist
Introduction - Scrapbook | |||
The Carpenter | |||
The Colours Have Run | |||
I'll Go Girl | |||
Grandad | |||
Ladies And Gentlemen | |||
Humdrum | |||
Union Jack | |||
Old Man | |||
Waiter, There's Something In My Soup | |||
Scrapbook |
Credits (11)
- Billy RitchieBass Guitar
- Ian EllisBass Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, Backing Vocals [Occasional]
- John Williams (30)Design [Cover Design]
- Harry HughesDrums
- Andy JohnsEngineer
- Billy RitchieLead Vocals
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The Clouds Scrapbook LP, Album, Repress | Island Records – ILPS 9100, Island Records – ILPS-9100 | UK | 1969 | UK — 1969 | Recently Edited | ||||
The Clouds Scrapbook LP, Album | Fontana – STL 244 | South Africa | 1969 | South Africa — 1969 | New Submission | ||||
The Clouds Scrapbook LP, Album | Island Records – 849 300 UY | Germany | 1969 | Germany — 1969 | New Submission | ||||
The Clouds Scrapbook LP, Album | Island Records – ILPS 9100, Island Records – ILPS-9100 | UK | 1969 | UK — 1969 | Recently Edited | ||||
The Clouds Scrapbook LP, Album | Island Records – ILPS 9100, Island Records – ILPS-9100 | UK | 1969 | UK — 1969 | |||||
The Clouds Scrapbook Cassette, Album, Reissue, 2nd Type "I" Logo On Paper Labels | Island Records – CIR 15010, Island Records – CIR 15010 (02) | UK | 1970 | UK — 1970 | Recently Edited | ||||
The Clouds Scrapbook CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, SHM-CD, Paper Sleeve | Belle Antique – BELLE 172832 | Japan | 2017 | Japan — 2017 | New Submission | ||||
The Clouds Scrapbook 14×File, MP3, Album, Reissue, Remastered, 320 kbps | Chrysalis – none | 2018 | 2018 | New Submission | |||||
The Clouds Scrapbook CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Unofficial Release | Island Records (2) – ILPS 9100 | Russia | Russia | New Submission |
Recommendations
Reviews
referencing The Clouds Scrapbook (LP, Album) ILPS 9100
If you retune your pop and rock listening ears to pick up a different vibe you'll make a connection to Clouds, an extremely flower power progressive lounge jazz combo that put this slab out amongst blues wailing hard prog opposition.
Good and slightly different for an Island release.- This is an oddly compelling album from a band that never got its due, despite some good reviews (for their concerts as well as their records) and did at least one international tour. The music is a strange mix of early prog rock, psychedelia, and baroque pop, moderately orchestrated pieces bumping up against works of Beatlesque music hall jollity ("Grandad") and spaced-out weirdness ("Waiter, There's Something in My Soup"). They weren't too strong in the vocal department, but Clouds reveal themselves as amazingly powerful in most other areas on this debut album, which seems to have been (rather successfully) aimed at bridging the gap between Sgt. Pepper/Mystery Tour-style psychedelic pop and the prog rock experiments of the Nice, the Moody Blues, and other such bands. Organist Billy Ritchie is the dominant musician, but bassist/guitarist/vocalist Ian Ellis gets moments to shine as well, and when the orchestrations aren't too prominent, drummer Harry Hughes has his innings. Island and producer Terry Ellis are to be commended for the time and money they put into this premiere effort by a trio that had yet to prove itself commercially, and leaving behind this enjoyable artifact from the psychedelic era.
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