You Can All Join In – Various Artists(1969)

Biography
You Can All Join In is a budget priced sampler album, released in the UK by Island Records in 1969. It was priced at 14 shillings and 6 pence (£0.72), and reached no. 18 on the UK Albums Chart that year.It was arguably instrumental in breaking world-class bands such as Free, Jethro Tull and Traffic to a wider audience.

Album & Cover
The album is described at Allmusic.com as:  (…) one of those seamless compilations that simply cannot be improved upon. A dozen tracks highlight the best – and that is the best – of Island’s recent and forthcoming output, from much-anticipated debut albums by Jethro Tull, Free, and Spooky Tooth to the sophomore effort by Fairport Convention.

The album cover featured every Island Record artistes at the time…after a party of course.

Cover Location: Hyde Park, London, UK
Who Did What: Photography – A. Powell. Cover Design – Hipgnosis
Label: Island IWPS2(UK)
Source: Vinyl. Album. Cover. Art, The Complete Hipgnosis Catalogue: Aubrey Powell

Tracklist

Artists Shown On Front Cover