Between Today and Yesterday

by Alan Price

Description by OLDIES.com:

Though Eric Burdon got most of the attention, keyboardist Alan Price was the most valuable instrumental Animal, his organ propelling hits like "House of the Rising Sun" and "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood". After leaving the band, Price notched a number of U.K. hits before creating what most critics consider to be his crowning achievements, his soundtrack to Lindsay Anderson's film "O Lucky Ma"n and his concept album "Between Today and Yesterday."

The term "concept album" justified a lot of self-indulgent records in the late '60s and early '70s, but this album, thankfully, is not one of them. Instead, it's a whimsical, charming look at Price's upbringing in working class Newcastle, a sort of companion piece to the Kinks' "Village Green Preservation Society" complete with music hall flourishes. It's also probably the most critically-acclaimed album of Price's career (All Music Guide gives it 4 1/2 stars), and something of a lost classic.