Family Entertainment

Family Entertainment
Studio album by Family
Released	March 1969
Recorded	1968-1969
Genre	Progressive rock, art rock, folk rock
Length	39:35
Label	Reprise
Producer	Glyn Johns, John Gilbert
Family chronology
Music in a Doll's House (1968)Music in a Doll's House1968 Family Entertainment (1969) A Song for Me (1970)A Song for Me1970

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Family Entertainment was the second album from the British progressive rock band Family, released in March 1969. The cover of the album was a takeoff from the sleeve of the Doors' second album, Strange Days, as Family admitted.

The album was released on Reprise Records (RSLP6340) in stereo pressings, no mono pressings are known, in the USA, England and Germany. Initial UK pressings came with a black and white poster/lyric sheet inside. Original inner bags were the gold-on-white 'Egyptian' poly-lined Reprise house bags. The band were on tour in America and their manager hastily mixed and released the album without their approval. This proved to be the end of their relationship with manager John Gilbert (who retained the rights to the album via his Dukeslodge production deal which, by now, was registered in the Bahamas, the address of which was proudly printed on the album sleeve).

String arrangements were by Tony Cox, played by the Heavenly Strings, Nicky Hopkins played piano on some tracks. Famed illustrator Alan Aldridge was the album designer with photos taken by Rodger Phillips.

Family Entertainment was the last album from the group's original lineup.

The album

Family's momentum was almost derailed by the departure of Grech for Blind Faith two months after Family Entertainment's UK release, which caused their first U.S. tour to founder, and Jim King only worsened the situation with his departure later in 1969.

Track listing

All selections are by Roger Chapman and Charlie Whitney except where noted.

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Weaver's Answer"	4:57
2.	"Observations from a Hill"	3:11
3.	"Hung Up Down"	3:13
4.	"Summer '67" (instrumental)  (Whitney)	3:19
5.	"How-Hi-the-Li" (Ric Grech)	4:57

Side two
No.	Title	Length
6.	"Second Generation Woman" (Grech)	3:13
7.	"From Past Archives"	3:22
8.	"Dim"	2:31
9.	"Processions" (Whitney)	2:49
10.	"Face in the Cloud" (Grech)	2:53
11.	"Emotions" (Whitney, Grech, Chapman)	5:10

Personnel

Family

• Roger Chapman: lead (1, 3, 5, 7-9, 11) and backing vocals, percussion
• John "Charlie" Whitney: guitars, organ, piano
• Jim King: saxophone, backing and lead (2) vocals, piano
• Ric Grech: bass, backing and lead (6, 10) vocals, violin
• Rob Townsend: drums, percussion

Additional Personnel

• Nicky Hopkins: piano

Chart positions

• Highest chart position (UK) - #6
• Highest chart position (U.S.) - did not chart