A Song for Me

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.

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Drowned in Wine"		4:08
2.	"Some Poor Soul"		2:44
3.	"Love Is a Sleeper"		4:00
4.	"Stop for the Traffic – Through the Heart of Me"		2:09
5.	"Wheels"	Whitney, Chapman, Ric Grech	4:38

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Song for Sinking Lovers"		4:04
2.	"Hey – Let It Rock"		1:02
3.	"The Cat and the Rat"		2:30
4.	"93's O.K. J" (instrumental)	Whitney, John Weider	3:57
5.	"A Song for Me"	Whitney, Chapman, Weider, Rob Townsend	9:13

Additional tracks on the February 2007 re-release
No.	Title	Length
1.	"No Mule's Fool"
2.	"Good Friend of Mine"
3.	"Drowned in Wine" (Live)
4.	"Cat and the Rat" (Live)
5.	"Wheels" (Live)
6.	"Song for Me" (Live)

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

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)
1.	"No Mule's Fool"
2.	"Drowned in Wine"
3.	"Love is a Sleeper"
4.	"Some Poor Soul"
5.	"Wheels"	Whitney, Chapman, Ric Grech

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)
1.	"Hey – Let It Rock"
2.	"Stop for the Traffic - Through the Heart of Me"
3.	"Song for Sinking Lovers"
4.	"93's O.K. J" (instrumental)	Whitney, John Weider
5.	"A Song for Me"	Whitney, Chapman, Weider, Rob Townsend

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

^ "Album Reviews" (PDF). Melody Maker. 24 January 1969. p. 23. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
^ Dougan, John (2011). "A Song for Me – Family | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 June 2011.

v t e Family
Roger Chapman John "Charlie" Whitney Jim King Ric Grech Rob Townsend Harry Ovenall John Weider John "Poli" Palmer John Wetton Jim Cregan Tony Ashton
Studio albums	Music in a Doll's House Family Entertainment A Song for Me Anyway Fearless Bandstand It's Only a Movie
Compilations	Old Songs New Songs
Singles	"No Mule's Fool" "The Weaver's Answer" "In My Own Time" "Burlesque" "My Friend the Sun"
Related articles	Discography

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