The Five Day Week Straw People (RPM)

This was a concept album from the late 60s by a London duo, one of whom now runs Toni & Guy apparently, and some musicians from other bands including the singer John Du Cann from The Attack. The concept was the life of ordinary British people who work hard during the week and then let it all go at the weekend...

Recorded in a few hours (and sometimes you can tell, often very rough around the edges) it has some truly great moments. Take the shambling trippy "Sunday morning" that conveys the morning after the night before really well. "Postman" starts with some great psychedelic noises before clicking into a poignant bluesy number. "Five day week straw people" is one of my all-time favourite psychedelic tracks, dreamy and asymmetric yet still with a great tune.