Classic Rock (album)

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Classic Rock
London Symphony Orchestra - Classic Rock.jpg
Studio album by
The London Symphony Orchestra
Released1 July 1978
Genre Classical, Rock
Length51:42
Label K-Tel International
Producer Jeff Jarratt, Don Reedman
The London Symphony Orchestra chronology
Classic Rock
(1978)		Classic Rock – The Second Movement
(1979)

Classic Rock, produced by Jeff Jarratt and Don Reedman, is the first album in the Classic Rock series by London Symphony Orchestra. It was released on 1 July 1978 by K-Tel International, [1] and entered the UK Albums Chart on 8 July 1978, rising to number 3 and staying in the charts for 39 weeks. [2] The album gained platinum certification from the British Phonographic Industry on 10 November 1978. [1] The album was recorded at EMI Abbey Road Studios on 15–16 October 1976. A further nine albums in the series followed, between 1979 and 1992.

Contents

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Bohemian Rhapsody" (Freddie Mercury) – 6:23
  2. "Life on Mars?" (David Bowie) – 4:19
  3. "A Whiter Shade of Pale" (Gary Brooker, Keith Reid) – 3:51
  4. "Whole Lotta Love" (John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page, John Bonham, Robert Plant) – 4:28
  5. "Paint It Black" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) – 5:27

Side two

  1. "Nights in White Satin" (Justin Hayward) – 4:49
  2. "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 6:06
  3. "Without You" (Thomas Evans, Peter Ham) – 3:53
  4. "I'm Not in Love" (Graham Gouldman, Eric Stewart) – 7:30
  5. "Sailing" (Gavin Sutherland) – 4:56

All tracks arranged and conducted by Andrew Pryce Jackman except:

Personnel


Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1979)Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [3] 2
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [4] 19
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [5] 5
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [6] 2
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [7] 27
UK Albums (OCC) [8] 3

Year-end charts

Chart (1979)Position
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [9] 3

References

  1. 1 2 "Certified Awards Search". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  2. ↑ "Classic Rock". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  3. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – The London Symphony Orchestra – Classic Rock" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  4. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – The London Symphony Orchestra – Classic Rock" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  5. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – The London Symphony Orchestra – Classic Rock" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  6. ↑ "Charts.nz – The London Symphony Orchestra – Classic Rock". Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  7. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – The London Symphony Orchestra – Classic Rock". Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  8. ↑ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  9. ↑ "Top Selling Albums of 1979 — The Official New Zealand Music Chart". Recorded Music New Zealand . Retrieved 28 January 2022.
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