Blog: 30 Days Out

Another rock sampler from CBS/Columbia Records, this 2-LP, 23-track collection appeared in 1970. By this time Columbia (CBS Records in Europe) had a vast array of rock artists, and they displayed them well in this sampler - from the horn-steeped jazz-rock of Chicago Transit Authority and Blood, Sweat and Tears to the prog-rock of Spirit, Steamhammer and The Flock, Fill Your Head With Rock turned a lot of British kids (it was initially released only in the United Kingdom and later in the Netherlands) to the sounds coming from the American counterculture. By 1970, of course, corporate America [...]