New "regime"

As described in emails I`m  starting a new regime on my blog , during the next few months I will blog about Albums from the past, that has made an impact on my life , there will be albums from the 70`s onwards and I will try and provide a few facts + some reviews of my own of the tracks . If I can I will try and find some obscure things .
So expect albums from , Cockney rebel , Stones , Led Zeppelin , etc  and some more obscure one´s

They will not be in any particular order .

If any suggestions I would really appreciate any reminders ....

The first you see below :

The Human Menagerie - Cockney Rebel

Recorded and released in 1973 , this album "came" to me when I was working as a manager for a record shop in Sandnes (near Stavanger) . At that time I was 17 years old and nobody in the area had heard of Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel. Not quite sure how I discovered the album but in those days I more often than not looked at covers and made up a mind that it had to be listened to .
I ended up selling more Cockney Rebel albums than any other record shop at that time .
Wow what a "trip" it was I remember we used to play Sebastian and Death trip at full volume and the choir/string sections was threatening to blow the speakers away .
In retrospect the opening track Hideaway is still one of my favourite tracks  , with it`s violin used almost as a lead guitar something that Mr.Harley did a lot on the first albums ." It was summer or maybe spring I can`t remember " is a line that really fits my life at the moment . His lyrics where really not so much about anything although Steve Harley worked as a reporter for various papers and therefor maybe should have "something to say". I believe he wrote more stories that rhymed and I believe something  had to do with drugs at that time  , or maybe his background suffering of Polio and spent almost 4 years in hospital, anyway who cares , the music was making an impression to me .
Although Cockney Rebel or Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel as they where called after the second album Psychomodo went on to gain a some success with Judy Teen , Make me smile and a Beatles cover Here come the sun I don`t really think they gained as much success as they really deserved. Especially I think the song Tumbling Down deserved more credit , but it was always a concert favourite and a show stopper  .
I assume I could just as well written about Psychomodo but since The Human Menagerie was the first I suggest this is the most fitting . Steve is still recording and playing live concerts mostly around northern Europe but not to great success other than for  die hard fans . I remember seeing him in Stavanger I believe it must have been in the 80`s and it still stands out as one of the best concerts I have seen .
He has a web site : http://www.steveharley.com/

Stand out tracks :
Hideaway
Mirror Freak
Sebastian
Death Trip
Chameleon

Good tracks on other albums
Here comes the sun
Tumbling Down
Make me smile
Sling it
Bed in the corner
Psychomodo
Riding the waves (for Virginia Woolf)