The Idle Race The Birthday Party (full album) 1968 HQ

00:00 Skeleton and the Roundabout 02:26 Happy Birthday 02:50 Birthday 05:50 I Like My Toys 08:03 Morning Sunshine 09:52 Follow Me, Follow 12:40 Sitting in My Tree 14:40 On With the Show 17:02 Lucky Man 19:41 (Don t Put Your Boys In The Army) Mrs. Ward 21:56 Pie in the Sky (Dave Pritchard) 24:23 The Lady Who Said She Could Fly 26:46 End of the Road The Birthday Party was the first album by The Idle Race, a psychedelic pop band, released in 1968. This quasiconcept 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 album. The inside sleeve art included a mock birthday feast attended by many British Celebrities. In the U. S.