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A Song for Me is the third album by the British progressive rock band Family, released on 23 January 1970 on Reprise Records.

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A Song for Me
Studio album by Family
Released	23 January 1970
Recorded	1969
Studio	Olympic Studios, London
Genre	Progressive rock, psychedelic rock, folk rock
Length	38:25
Label	Reprise
Producer	Family
Family chronology
Family Entertainment (1969) A Song for Me (1970) Anyway (1970)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Background

The album was recorded in late 1969 at Olympic Studios in London. It was their first album with new members John Weider on bass and Poli Palmer on keyboards, flute and vibraphone. The past several months had been full of setbacks for Family. Rick Grech left for Blind Faith, Jim King was forced to leave for getting too deep into drug addiction, and their first U.S. tour proved to be a disaster.^{[citation needed]}

Although many of the songs had been written with King's saxophone in mind, Charlie Whitney and Roger Chapman were able to rework them with Palmer's instruments, and Palmer quickly made himself integral to Family's sound. Because some of these songs had been debuted in live performances in the previous year, many Family fans found themselves getting accommodated to arrangements that sounded radically different from what they expected.^{[citation needed]}

Much of A Song for Me shows Family exploring various popular forms, from jazz and blues to folk and country.^{[citation needed]}

Track listing

All tracks written by John "Charlie" Whitney and Roger Chapman, except where noted.

U.S. Vinyl track listing (All CD issues contain the UK track listing)

Personnel

Family

• Roger Chapman – vocals, percussion
• John "Charlie" Whitney – guitars, banjo, organ
• John Weider – guitars, bass, violin, dobro
• John "Poli" Palmer – vibes, piano, flute
• Robert Townsend – drums, percussion, harp

Additional musicians

• George Bruno - organ (3)

Technical

• Family – producer
• George Chkiantz – engineer
• Dave Bridges – assistant engineer
• Keith Harwood – assistant engineer
• Roger Beale – assistant engineer

Chart positions

• Highest chart position (UK) – No. 4
• Highest chart position (US) – did not chart

References

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A Song for Me — третий студийный альбом британской рок-группы Family, записанный в лондонской студии Olympic в конце 1969 года и выпущенный звукозаписывающей компанией Reprise Records 23 января 1970 года[1]. 7 февраля альбом поднялся до #4 в UK Albums Chart, ознаменовав наивысшее достижение группы в чартах.[2]

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