Fact #101873

Terry Reid : The year was building for me. There was so much going on. When ‘68 drifts away every band was breaking up or forming or breaking up and reforming. It was like Scrabble, everything flying in all directions. I had no idea how the dice would fall. Music was changing. Not the industry but the groups. The picture was that the singles market had become the albums market. Oh, if you make singles that was a problem. It’s the era of the concept album - not since Sinatra had that happened. The music had to have continuity. There were songs but there were solos and atmospheric pieces. A lot more design. Almost like classical. The old verse and chorus and hook had gone.

I was coming along with Cream and Traffic. Still got the Beatles and Stones but they’re going off the wall. The new groups had a different culture and concept. That set the scene. I was watching this. I was working with producer Mickey Most who made incredible albums with The Animals and Donovan. He was a pop man and into mono. I arrive and it’s what I call hi-fi, stereo recordings were eight tracks and sixteen tracks still wasn’t sophisticated. But the equipment change is significant. Look at Traffic, they went nuts. Suddenly you’ve got sounds coming at you from all different angles.
(Source : interview by Max Bell for Classic Rock, 2012)