The eponymous album, released in 1971, is now a highly sought-after collector’s item for four reasons. First, Mike Absalom is an outstanding singer-songwriter with an eccentric sense of humour and a flair for poetry. It contains themes such as drugs, sex, police corruption and politics, humorously wrapped up in Mike’s unique brand of poetry, which he delivers accompanied by acoustic guitar and folk-rock. Second: the beautiful and unique six-panel cover by the legendary album cover designer Roger Dean, which unfolds into a poster. Third: Produced by the renowned Irish guitarist and songwriter Patrick Campbell-Lyons, best known for his work with the 1960s band Nirvana and fourth: It was released by the British progressive cult label Vertigo.

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Mike Absalom, a truly exceptional figure on the British music scene, performed nationwide, both as a busker and at colleges and small clubs across the UK. When Patrick Campbell-Lyons signed him to Vertigo, he had already released two albums, neither of which had been successful. On his third album, this time released on the Philips sub-label Vertigo, the scenes from Notting Hill and its amusing characters, designed by Roger Dean for the cover, visually captures the essence of Absalom’s songs and his penchant for bizarre humour. Although released only in the England and went largely unnoticed at the time, yet it is undoubtedly his strongest album.