After Family’s break up in 1973, Roger Chapman and Charlie Whitney kept things going and recorded an album Streetwalkers, released in 1974. The long awaited official release of the tracks that comprised that first  Chapman/Whitney Streetwalkers album is taken from the original master tapes and re-sequenced by Roger Chapman. This has been much demanded and a long wait for fans of this excellent record. The tracks appear in the original...

Previously unreleased BBC tapes from this legendary progressive rock band. Two previously unreleased tracks. This is the third of three Hux volumes of previously unreleased BBC Radio 1 sessions by the band, and features new material as well as different versions of original songs never before available on CD. Included here are Poli Palmer’s debut Radio 1 appearance with Family, plus ‘Here Comes The Grin’, which has never been released...

Hide Go Seek, the new Roger Chapman album, will be released in the UK on 5th May and in Europe on 8th May. It is a double CD set, released by the Hamburg based Hypertension Label and features  28 tracks. The double CD, close on 2 hours long, is very diverse, featuring a collection of previously unreleased songs, demo’s and alternative versions of tracks already featured on other albums. Asking Roger about the work that had to be carried...

A little late to report, but in March 2008, Angel Air released “Best of Family & Friends” CD/DVD set. Seems like Family & Roger Chapman’s catalogue has traveled to a new label, so we may expect to see even more (relatively tacky) repackaging of their music. You may order it at our...

In the mid-90′s, super Family fan Patrick Little created and maintained the Strange Band – The Family Homepage website. About a decade later, FamilyBandstand.com officially launches, helping maintain the legacy of the British progressive, pyschedelic no-nonsenese rock band Family.

Repertoire Records releases limited edition digisleeve remasters of a few Family albums…be sure to add them to your collection! Order them online. BANDSTAND (limited Edition of 4000 copies) comes with the B side “Rockin’ R’s” as well as three live cuts, “No Mule’ Fool” “The Weaver’s Answer” and “Good News, Bad News” as bonus tracks. ANYWAY (limited Edition of 4000...