The Wind in the Willows was an American psych folk band, best known for being the first band of Blondie co-founder, Debbie Harry. The group took its name from British writer Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows, a classic of children's literature. The band's only album, the self-titled The Wind in the Willows (1968, Capitol Records LP2956), grazed the Billboard Top 200 album chart at #195. The band broke up the following year, after failing to achieve commercial or critical success. Artie Kornfeld, the album's producer, went on to be the music producer of the Woodstock festival in August 1969. Debbie Harry went on to join The Stillettoes in 1973 and other bands until subsequently achieving success fronting the new wave band Blondie, which she co-founded in 1974 with guitarist Chris Stein. Wind in the Willows recorded a second album in 1969, which remains unreleased. The tapes are with band member Paul Klein’s second wife Alice Anne. According to Cathay Che's biography of Harry, the tracks have never surfaced, but Harry was said to have contributed more vocals than on the first album, as well as writing lyrics for a song titled "Buried Treasure". Another song originally slated for the second album, "A Quite Respectable Older Lady", was released by its writer, band member Wayne Kirby, in 2022.

The Wind In The Willows

During 1968 the album was released by Capitol Records, appearing in the U.S. as a stereo vinyl LP with a "Unipak" gatefold sleeve as catalog no. SKAO-2956 (and on 8-track tape as 8XT-2956). The vinyl LP was also released in mono in the UK and Brazil only, along with stereo versions in those countries and in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Germany, South Africa, and the Netherlands. A mono version of the album on compact disc was issued in 1993 in the UK by Drop Out Records. The album was digitally remastered and released on compact disc in the UK by Edsel Records on 8 March 2000. On 6 March 2007 the original (unremastered) album was reissued on compact disc by Fallout Records in the UK.

Track listing

Singles

Two singles were released: Worldwide discography:

Musicians

Assisting breezes:

Production