Family - Music In A Doll’s House (1968) [Original UK Mono] {Full Album}

Many thanks to @profstoned for the rip, photos, and permission to share here! From his notes: This dedicated mono mix is more than just an interesting oddity. It differs substantially from the stereo version by being more straightforward and less experimental. Quite why it has never seen a re-release on any format is unclear, although the following blurb from an interview with Guitarist John Whitney in 1973 seems to indicate the band had mixed feelings about it: Q: “Now, wasn’t that album the first to be released in stereo only?“ A: “No. I think there was a mono version, but it had to be pulled out because it was so bad. It kept jumping the grooves, so they withdrew it. There was some interesting things on the mono version, because in those days when you did the final overdubs to a song, since it was only four tracks you had to do your final overdubs--- say a few bars of guitar --- while they were actually mixing. So the guitar bits were different from mono to stereo,
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