''You Can All Join In'' is a budget priced

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, released in the UK by Island Records in 1968. It was priced at 14

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and 6 pence (£0.72), and reached no. 18 on the

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that year. It was arguably instrumental in breaking world-class bands such as Free, Jethro Tull and

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to a wider audience. The album is described at Allmusic.com as: It was combined with the follow-up, '' Nice Enough To Eat'' for a CD Re-release in August 1992 entitled ''Nice Enough To Join In'' (Island Records IMCD 150).

Track listing

;Side one #" A Song for Jeffrey" ( Ian Anderson) – Jethro Tull – (Alternative mix, original version from ''

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'') (ILPS 9085) #"Sunshine Help Me" (

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) – Spooky Tooth – (from '' It’s All About Spooky Tooth'') (ILPS 9080) #"I’m a Mover" ( Paul Rodgers,

Andy Fraser Andrew McIan Fraser (3 July 1952 – 16 March 2015) was a British musician and songwriter, best known as the bassist and co-composer for the rock band Free, which he helped found in 1968 when he was 15. He also founded the rock band Sharks ...

) – Free – (from ''

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'') (ILPS 9089) #"What’s That Sound" ( Stephen Stills) –

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– (from '' Supernatural Fairy Tales'') (ILP 967) #"Pearly Queen" ( Steve Winwood,

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) – Tramline – (from ''Moves of Vegetable Centuries'') (ILPS 9095) #"You Can All Join In" (

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) –

– (from ''

'') (ILPS 9081T) ;Side two #"Meet on the Ledge" ( Richard Thompson) – Fairport Convention – (from '' What We Did on Our Holidays'') (ILPS 9092) #"Rainbow Chaser" (Alex Spyropoulos, Patrick Campbell-Lyons) –

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– (from ''

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'') (ILPS 9087) #"Dusty" – (Martyn) -

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– (from '' The Tumbler'') (ILPS 9091) #"I’ll Go Girl" ( Billy Ritchie, Ian Ellis, Harry Hughes) – Clouds – (from ''Scrapbook'') (ILPS 9100) #"Somebody Help Me" ( Jackie Edwards) –

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– (from ''The Best of the Spencer Davis Group'') (ILPS 9070) #"Gasoline Alley" (

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) – Wynder K. Frog – (from ''Out of the Frying Pan'') (ILPS 9082)

The album cover

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and although not as imaginative as some of their later work, the front cover photograph was taken in Hyde Park and is said to feature "every single one of the Island artistes ... bleary eyed after a party." The rear cover consists merely of a track listing and

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images of the covers of eight of the sampled albums (Tracks 1.1, 1.2, 1.4, 1.6, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3 & 2.6).

Artists shown

References

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External links

The Original Mixed-Up Label: Island Records Sampler Albums
Sampler albums Albums with cover art by Hipgnosis 1969 compilation albums Rock compilation albums Island Records compilation albums