Title: Hatfield and the North – The Rotters’ Club
Year/Genre: 1975, Prog Rock / Canterbury Scene
Condition: New

Cultural Facts:

1. Second album by Hatfield and the North, built from veterans of the English Canterbury scene, including ex-members of Caravan, Egg, and Matching Mole.

2. Its title later inspired British author Jonathan Coe’s 2001 novel The Rotters’ Club, a rare case of a prog LP lending its name to contemporary literature.

3. The record sits at the crossroads of mid-’70s UK art-rock and jazz-influenced experimentation, long treated as a cult touchstone among Canterbury devotees.