First Albums : Part 1 Trivia Quiz

Answer: The Who Sing My Generation

Released 1965 and contains the Who's most famous anthem "My Generation".
The Who also went on to write and record the a rock opera 'Tommy' in 1969. They also released another full length opera 'Quadrophenia' which told the story of the mod/rocker conflict of the late '60s in Britain and seemed to be a story of the Who themselves.

Answer: Marianne Faithfull & Come My Way

Interestingly 'Marianne Faithfull' and 'Come My Way' were both issued on the same day in 1965. During her career, she has reinvented her style a number of times, from a pop singer in the sixties to a tough social commentator and cabaret style singer through the 80's and '90s. 'Broken English' was a remarkable comeback album in 1979 after an absence of nearly 10 years from the recording studio.

Answer: Pete Green's Fleetwood Mac

Released 1968. Fleetwood Mac began in the late 1960's as a hard-edged blues band, but by the mid 1970's had transformed completely into a mainstream pop-rock outfit.

Mick Fleetwood and John McVie were original founding members after performing together in John Mayall's Bluesbreakers and continue to tour today with the band.

Answer: True

Released 1985. Isaak is a former boxing champion who gave it all up for the easier career of singer and and actor. The single "Wicked Game" was featured in David Lynch film Wild at Heart and became a top-ten single.

Answer: False

The first was Mr. Tambourine Man also released in 1965 (the same year as Turn, Turn, Turn).

The Byrds were one of the most influential groups of the 60's almost single-handedly inventing folk-rock and later to develop country-rock. Their album 'Sweetheart Of The Rodeo" is generally regarded as the first country-rock album

Answer: Writer

It was released in 1970 which preceded her most famous album 'Tapestry' by a full year. Prior to releasing her initial album she was already established as a talented writer of pop music often in association with Gerry Goffin.

Answer: True

Subtitled 'Saturate Before Using' released 1972. Jackson Browne originally started performing as a member of the country-rock band The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. Browne's biggest solo hit is "Somebody's Baby" from the movie "Fast Times At Ridgemont High" and has never appeared on one of his solo albums.

Answer: Can I Have My Money Back?

Released 1971 a full 7 years before his legendary 'City to City' which contained the hit 'Baker Street' with the sax drive solo by Raphael Ravenscroft.

Answer: Bedsitter Images

Released 1967, the first of many albums. He went on to achieve his greatest success on the mid 70's and early 80's with albums such as 'Modern Times' (1975), 'Year of the Cat' (1976), 'Time Passages' (1978) and '24 Carrots' (1980).

Answer: Wonderwall Music

Released 1968. This was the first solo release by any of the Beatles and was the soundtrack to the film 'Wonderwall'. His greatest solo work 'All Things Must Pass' was released in 1970 and was originally released as a triple album.