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Island Book of Records Volume III

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1970s music
All the Young Dudes
Aqualung
Bob Marley and the Wailers
Bryter Layter
Cat Stevens
Catch a Fire
Catch Bull at Four
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Chris Blackwell
Chrysalis
David Bowie
ELP
Emerson
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folk
forthcoming
Glastonbury 1971
Goldeneye
interviews
Jamaica
Jethro Tull
Lake and Palmer
LPs
Mott the Hoople
Nick Drake
On the Road to Find Out
Pictures at an Exhibition
Pink Moon
pop
prog rock
record label
reggae
rock
Round the Mulberry Bush
Roxy Music
Roxy Music (album)
soft rock
Tarkus
Tea for the Tillerman
Ten Years After
The Harder They Come
The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys
Thick as a Brick
Traffic
Woodstock

Product details

  • ISBN 9781807072995
  • Dimensions: 300 x 300mm
  • Publication Date: 06 Oct 2026
  • Publisher: Manchester University Press
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Hardback
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The third in the acclaimed Island Book of Records series chronicles 1971–72, two years that saw the label secure a position at the forefront of contemporary music around the world.

Major albums from Cat Stevens, Emerson, Lake & Palmer and Jethro Tull brought international success. Traffic released their era-defining The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys and Island returned to its roots with the soundtrack to the most important Jamaican film of all time, The Harder They Come. Nick Drake’s masterpieces Bryter Layter and Pink Moon were yet to find their audience, but a new sensation emerged as Roxy Music released their first LP. Meanwhile, Bob Marley & The Wailers were beginning to record Catch A Fire – the album that will be the first to be detailed in IBoR IV.

Featuring material from recent interviews and comment of the time, and including a comprehensive discography of 45s, The Island Book of Records Volume III is lavishly illustrated with album art, gig adverts, tickets, flyers, international LP variants, rare photos, LP and 45 adverts and exclusive ephemera.
About
Neil Storey has spent almost fifty years at the heart of the music industry. He joined the Island sales force in 1974 before going on to co-run the press office into the mid-1980s.