VA - Strangely Strange But Oddly Normal: An Island Anthology 1967-1972 (2005)
XLD Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log, scans) - 1.2 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 527 MB
3:49:06 | Rock, Folk Rock, Progressive Rock, Psychedelic | Label: Island Remasters
Most casual onlookers don't remember it today, but there was a time when Island Records was well known as the home of numerous varieties of music beyond classic reggae and the 1980s work of U2. In fact, from 1967 until the early/mid-'70s, Island was one of the major outlets for progressive and art rock bands in England. The label didn't have much of a presence in the United States until the second half of the 1970s, and many of the groups that it had under contract only released their work through Island in England, with major acts such as Jethro Tull, King Crimson, and Emerson, Lake & Palmer having separate contractual relationships with Warner/Reprise and Atlantic in the United States.