Around 15/20 years ago a friend recommended this compilation. At the time I may have only heard Nick Drake and Jethro Tull. I remember the name Dr Strangely Strange intrigued me. I put the recommendation to a side.

When I was re-building my vinyl collection from scratch 3 years ago I found the pink rimmed comp in a local second hand store by accident shortly after the said friend had passed away - I had almost forgotten about it. I considered it a gift from beyond the grave. The album is full of artists I had been listening to in the years since the recommendation. Indeed it is a flawless compilation and am now on the look out for "Bumpers" a double Island sampler released later in the same vane.