March 13 1970

When Beard of Stars was released, rhe US president was Richard Nixon (Republican), the UK Prime Minister was Harold Wilson (Labour). Pope Paul VI was leader of the Roman Catholic church.

Famous people born on this day include American director and producer Tim Story and French cyclist Stéphane Goubert. At that time people in the US were listening to Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon and Garfunkel. In the UK Wand'rin' Star by Lee Marvin was top. Bloody Mama, directed by Roger Corman, was one of the most viewed movies released in 1970 while Mary Queen Of Scots by Antonia Fraser was one of the best selling books. 

Malcolm Toft

Audio engineer and businessman Malcolm Toft was the engineer for the album. He worked at Trident Studios, first as an audio engineer, then as the studio's manager, and eventually as co-founder of recording console maker Trident Audio Developments. Toft went on to form another console company, Malcolm Toft Associates, which eventually led to the founding of Toft Audio Designs and then Ocean Audio. Toft is also co-owner of The Music Mill Studio. In 2009 he was awarded a visiting professorship by Leeds College of Music. He is also a member of the University of West London Student Advisory board which mentors students during the last year of their degree courses in music technology. He worked with Visconti on Prophets, Unicorn and Beard of Stars and on David Bowie's Space Oddity album. He later engineered James Taylor's debut album and was the mix engineer on The Beatles' song "Hey Jude."

Automatic Shoes Cover

 The whole album is covered and can be found here.

A Day Laye cover by Catherine Lambert