My favourite LPs project [see entry for 27th Oct]

No. 3 - Past, Present & Future - Al Stewart released October 1973

This album was a constant soundtrack to my time at University. In the days when I attended The University of Kent there was an assumption that getting into a University was success in itself. Not only did (UK) students not pay fees, but many received maintenance grants. In my first year you could even sign on for the dole during the vacations. As a social sciences undergraduate I and my friends (as we didn't really mix with the plumbers who spent long hours in the labs) only had 5 hours of mandatory seminars to attend per week, and another 5 hours of lectures for those of a curious disposition. So, much of my time was spent drinking tea (or the occasional alcoholic beverage) in each others rooms whilst Al Stewart provided incidental music.