One of the great record labels of all time, Island used to put out a consumer catalog with a listing of it's releases. 1975 was a particularly good year. As you will see as I get to post it over the next who-knows-how-long. Really, before punk, this was where British pop music was in the 1970s.The Amazing Blondel. "Amazing" because noone EVER bought a Blondel (Amazing or otherwise) record, despite guest appearances on their albums by rock royalty like Steve Winwood and Paul Kossoff, and opening slots on major tours by the likes of Genesis, Procol Harem and Steeleye Span. Maybe it was the rockin' accoustic medieval tunes, which at its most commercial has been compared to Jethro Tull. They put down their lutes and recorders in the mid-70s and did reform in 1997 to release an album appropriately called "Restoration."
Art (the band) is most interesting as a fore-runner to the band Spooky Tooth, which in turn was a spawning ground for folks like Mick Jones (Foreigner), Greg Ridley (Humble Pie), Luther Grosvenor (Stealers Wheel and Mott the Hoople) and Gary Wright ("Dream Weaver").
And here is a video link to the wonderful rock soft "Dream Weaver" performed by Gary Wright.
